gangs. a dazzling display of color in the night sky as the northern nights make a rare appearance across the uk. and also aaron is here. how times have changed in india. david, you know asia s third largest economy was once seen as a rising economic star with growth in double digits. india s economy has plummeted in recent years. we go to mumbai to see what can get india s star shining again. welcome to the program. it s midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, 2:00 p.m. in the capital of ukraine s autonomous region of crimea. the question is this. who is taking control of that region? armed militia have moved into the civilian airport in simferopol. ukraine s interior minister says they are russian and this is an invasion. the government has called on the u.n. security council to hold a special session on the situation in the country. they will speak to our correspondent. and both kiev and moscow for the the latest on those. reporter: unsettling images for th
transcripts from the final voice transmissions saying they reveal nothing abnormal. who is he and what can he do to help the president? plus, a special day of freedom here on bbc exploring your perception of freedom and how it compares with reality. hello. less than a month after russia s annexation of crimea, ukraine has approved a series of military exercises with nato this summer, which could see tension rise still further. ukraine is not currently a member of nato, although it s been a partner of the alliance the last 15 years. the crimean parliament approved two sets of military exercises with the united states, something that caused friction with russia in the past. let s go to our correspondent david stern who is there. what has the parliament said and is this going to be very inflammatory? well, we ll see about whether it s inflammatory or not. the parliament has approved a series of military exercises with nato countries, including the united states. there ar
turns out evading tax doesn t pay. certainly doesn t. credit suisse gets hammered with a $2.6 billion fine. the bank gets to keep its license. how useful is that if your institution is guilty of a federal felony? hello. it is mid day london, 7:00 a.m. washington, 6:00 p.m. bangkok. troops have taken control of the main political building. all radio and tv stations are taken off air. many roads around the capital have been blocked. the military insists it s not a coup. the caretaker government has urged the army to act peacefully within the constitution. antigovernment protestors known as yellow shirts have have been rallying for yingluck shinawatra and her cabinet to resign. her government remained in charge. pro government supporters, red shirts, warning of civil war if the government is replaced by unelected administration as yellow shirts demand. jonathan has been out on the streets of bangkok. reporter: the presence of the armed troops makes this feel like a traditi
hello. thanks very much for being with us. as rescue workers recover at least 118 bodies after bombings in the nigerian city of jos, there is news now of another deadly attack, this time in the northeast of the country. it s the village of alagarno. it s a village that was raised to the ground. 17 people at least have been killed there. all coming just a day after those two blasts in the city of jos. now, the blast happened about 20 minutes apart from each other. the first was at the terminus market there. then the university of jos teaching hospital. there are fears there may be more bodies still buried under the rubble. as for who did it, well, boko haram, of course, were responsible for the kidnapping of the schoolgirls. they are the main suspects for these latest attacks. although we ve had no word for them at this stage. will ross reports. reporter: this area was packed with people. many of the victims were traders selling from the market stalls and their customers. th
pope francis visits the holy sites for muslims and jews in the city on the final day of his middle east talks. hello there. welcome. so the european parliamentary elections is the big story of the day. let me show you preliminary results. they say the people s party in light blue is set to win 212 out of 751 seats. that would make it the biggest group. it would have 59 seats fewer than before. one of the stories of the night, the gray area. this is the surge in so called others. there s set to be about 100 mep s in that group. let s look more closely at countries voting. this is france where national front storms to victory gaining up 19% on their previous election of votes shared to take 25% of the votes. socialists, slight decline by 2%. miserable result coming in third with 15%. now standing ovation from supporters, won over disillusion supporters with a message blaming bureaucracy, high i prices, the global climbing influence. let s show you the picture in britain. prel