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live to independence square, tim willcox. >> reporter: this national unity government is expected to be announced tomorrow. parliament is sitting today. we're expecting remarkable, extraordinary scenes later on. the potential cabinet ministers are due to be paraded on the stage just behind me here in independence square. at 7:00 local time, in some sort of x factor style, reality tv parade so the crowd can hear who they are and presumably cheer or boo if they are unhappy. then those cabinet ministers will be voted in, or perhaps not, by parliament tomorrow. you were mentioning, also that the riot police, the marks men, the snipers who many here believe were responsible for the deaths last week, that unit is to be disbanded and the interim president, oleksandr turchynov, will be assuming control of the armed forces. that will be quite a key moment as well. at the moment, buildings here in central kiev are being gartded by the protest groups and demonstrators. i went to the parliament building today. >> reporter: we're outside the ukrainian government building. this is being guarded by
live to independence square, tim willcox. >> reporter: this national unity government is expected to be announced tomorrow. parliament is sitting today. we're expecting remarkable, extraordinary scenes later on. the potential cabinet ministers are due to be paraded on the stage just behind me here in independence square. at 7:00 local time, in some sort of x factor style, reality tv parade so the crowd can hear who they are and presumably cheer or boo if they are unhappy. then those...
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i'm tim willcox live at independence square here in kiev where thousands remain honoring the memory of those killed in last week's revolution. ukraine's most wanted man. an arrest warrant is issued for former president viktor yanukovych. >>> in london, with the other headlines. as the u.n. condemns both sides in south sudan for widespread human rights abuses, we have a special report from the town of bor. >> this trench they have dug is big enough to take 250 bodies. it isn't full yet. but just over here there are two or trenches and they both have been filled in. >>> and the oldest remaining holocaust survivor dies in london at 110 years old. >>> hello and welcome to independence square here in the center of kiev where today the start of a working week thousands of people have still gathered, many clutching flowers to line at sidelines to those 88 people killed last week in ukraine's second revolution in a decade. let me just show you around here. you can see this man here, a refuse truck is coming around and they are asking everyone to help clear up the square. it's going to be a lot
i'm tim willcox live at independence square here in kiev where thousands remain honoring the memory of those killed in last week's revolution. ukraine's most wanted man. an arrest warrant is issued for former president viktor yanukovych. >>> in london, with the other headlines. as the u.n. condemns both sides in south sudan for widespread human rights abuses, we have a special report from the town of bor. >> this trench they have dug is big enough to take 250 bodies. it isn't...
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. >>> i'm tim willcox live in kiev. a warning of dangerous signs of separatism in some parts of the country. >>> a south africa judge just ruled the oscar pistorius murder trial will be partial lly televised. >>> why south sudan is one of the most dangerous places on earth for women to give birth. >> reporter: hello and welcome to kiev. i'm tim willcox just above independence square where people are still singing on the stage here. but the number of protesters and demonstrators is thinning. the focus of attention now is on the ukrainian parliament. we just heard that the interim president says the national transitional government should be formed out by thursday. that's two days. they hoped to have set that up by today. they are warning of dangerous signs of separatism in some parts of the country. that follows comments by sergei lavrov in the last few hours. >> translator: we can find our principal position not interference in the ukrainian domestic affairs. we hope everyone will adhere to similar logic and use the exi
. >>> i'm tim willcox live in kiev. a warning of dangerous signs of separatism in some parts of the country. >>> a south africa judge just ruled the oscar pistorius murder trial will be partial lly televised. >>> why south sudan is one of the most dangerous places on earth for women to give birth. >> reporter: hello and welcome to kiev. i'm tim willcox just above independence square where people are still singing on the stage here. but the number of protesters...
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. >>> i'm tim willcox live in kiev where thousands are gathered again, many clutching flowers to lay in memory of those killed in last week's revolution. >>> also on "gmt", life imprisonment for homosexuals. uganda's president signs a new law despite condemnation. >>> who should control the oil off scotland's coast? the first cabinet north of the border in more than 90 years as the debate over scottish independence intensifies. >>> aaron is here having a look at ukraine in terms of an economic crisis. >> david, it is a mess. a quarter of the debt needs to be repaid in the next 12 months. the question is how if russia turns off the taps, will the eu come to its rescue? >>> hello. welcome to "gmt". it's midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, 2:00 p.m. in kiev where parliament approved an arrest warrant for viktor yanukovych accused of mass murder in which dozens died. parliament is discussing the formation of a government of national unity. there's also a flurry of diplomatic activity with the european foreign affairs visiting kiev to discuss financial and political support fo
. >>> i'm tim willcox live in kiev where thousands are gathered again, many clutching flowers to lay in memory of those killed in last week's revolution. >>> also on "gmt", life imprisonment for homosexuals. uganda's president signs a new law despite condemnation. >>> who should control the oil off scotland's coast? the first cabinet north of the border in more than 90 years as the debate over scottish independence intensifies. >>> aaron is here...
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because tim willcox is in kiev for us. tim? . >> david, thanks very much indeed.s was used by the secret police and hundreds, if not thousands of people, were executed in this building in the basement here. just in front of it a shrine to the people who lost their lives. this is looking over independence square. you can see independence square just below us and the barricades. let's speak to a former diplomat, ukrainian diplomat. just talking about the revolution, the overthrow of viktor yanukovych, it's a long journey ahead, isn't it? >> yes. . there is no joy, no victory because we are still continue to go bury our heros and those who died here. there is a strong sense that yanukovych is not the case. people want to us punish those who are responsible for those terrible killings, senseless killings. but people are still demanding we need a new country, uncorrupted, transparent government, efficient government. we should be listening to people and their demands. >> so is it a revolution at the moment or a change of president which happened constitutionally becaus
because tim willcox is in kiev for us. tim? . >> david, thanks very much indeed.s was used by the secret police and hundreds, if not thousands of people, were executed in this building in the basement here. just in front of it a shrine to the people who lost their lives. this is looking over independence square. you can see independence square just below us and the barricades. let's speak to a former diplomat, ukrainian diplomat. just talking about the revolution, the overthrow of viktor...
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tim willcox joins me live from kiev. that last point perhaps the most relative. we're getting word coming in of president putin ordering the tests of combat readiness of troops in central and pointedly western russia. i guess that's going to press a few alarm bells where you are. >> reporter: yes, he does this from time to time. the timing of this is very important. these troops are adjoining ukraine. there's been no reaction here from the interim president in the last few minutes to that. but this obviously is a sign that president putin, russia is flexing its muscles here at a time when this transitional government is about to be formed. you mention the fact that there's potential cabinet ministers are due to be on the stage here. we're not quite clear how that's going to happen. some people are suggesting that they're going to be paraded on the stage here at independence square in some sort of x factor tv reality shows, a way to see how the crowd reacts. people have very clear ideas of who they want to represent, do they want a new type of politics here? it wi
tim willcox joins me live from kiev. that last point perhaps the most relative. we're getting word coming in of president putin ordering the tests of combat readiness of troops in central and pointedly western russia. i guess that's going to press a few alarm bells where you are. >> reporter: yes, he does this from time to time. the timing of this is very important. these troops are adjoining ukraine. there's been no reaction here from the interim president in the last few minutes to...