Imprisonment for homosexuals. Ugandas president signs a new law despite condemnation. Who should control the oil off scotlands 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. Its 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. Theres also a flurry of diplomatic activity with the European Foreign Affairs visiting kiev to discuss financial and Political Support for ukraines new leaders. Thousands occupy independence square. Tim willcox is there with a poignant picture. It is quite incredible how many thousands of people come every single day here to independence square. Just look down here. Many clutching flowers. Leading up the hill. If we can just swing around now, leading up the hill through these barricades erected several weeks ago to stop the riot Police Coming down to make arrests here. Barricades made of old tires, bricks and other rubbish. Some 10, 12 feet high. A carpet of flowers in memory of the 88 people who lost their lives last week in the second revolution. A diplomatic flurry of activities. Lets catch up on the latest. This report by duncan. Reporter mourning their heroes. In kiev, the city center fell largely silent. Just the sound of crying and shuffling of feet as people quietly paid their respects to the dead. Independence square was a protest camp, then a battle zone and now a shrine to those who lost their lives. People blame president Viktor Yanukovych. Some are worried the tensions within this country could see it split between east and west. Our priority is to return to the european Integration Course where the fight began. We have to return to the family of European Countries and to understand the importance of realizes with the russian federation. Reconciling ukraines past with its future will be difficult. In kiev, a woman blocks a man from defacing amonment to the kgb, the soviet Russian Security service. Stability here is far from certain. As is the unity of the country. Duncan crawford, bc news, kiev. Theres an intense feeling of patriotism and indeed religious belief here on stage. Prao priests saying prayers. The National Anthem has been sung several times. People make their way up the hill to parliament. More shrines. Thank you. Youre live on bbc world news. You have been here for weeks and week. How do you feel about whats happened in the last few days . Do you think this revolution is here to stay . Hello. Im happy that it finally finished because it was horrible. It was horrible seeing people dying. All that was happening. Right now it is very well. The shooting has stopped. Are you comforted that the future is going to be good for ukraine . Do you think the politicians understand . We still need time. We still need time to reload our government, our parliament. We cant say its stopped now. We still have a lot of work to do and we still need to do a lot. So its not its a little victory but not a victory yet. So how do you feel about the last week . Are you confident of the future now . Yes, im confident. Absolutely. It is the first step. Ukrainians proved they are more than a democratic family. What about the parts of the country, though, who still remain loyal to yann coffeeive, the parts of the country who look towards russia. Indeed, do you think russia should help now allowing ukraine to have that full independence . We should help ourselves. We will have different parts of the country. Ukrainian People Living in different parts of the country. We are one nation and one country. It doesnt matter who is where. We are one country and one people. Thank you both very much indeed. They have been tracking his movements around the east of the country, although yesterday he turned off all communication so he couldnt be tracked. He asked his body guards who wanted to stay and who didnt. Half wanted to stay and handed weapons. Others left with him in three cars. No sign has been seen of him since then. Yanukovych has a house in donetsk. He was born close to the city where we are now in southeastern ukraine, a couple hours drive from the russian border. He was govern on her of this region a decade ago. And this is one of his many homes in the ukraine. A huge gated complex. Call me naive. I think there are worse places to see where he is. Lets go and check if theres any response. Surprise, surprise. Nobody at home. It is predominantly russian speaking. Whoever tries to lead this country forward will have the huge task of trying to unite a polarized nation. In the meantime, the hunt for Viktor Yanukovych goes on. There are rumors he tried to fly from this city to russia over the weekend. But the Customs Officials stopped his plane. Of course the focus has already shifted to what happens next and who tries to leave forward this deeply wounded and fractured country. This is a hugely important country of course in Central Europe in russias backyard. America has made it clear that no Russian Troops should be sent to ukrainian territory. People here want to keep the geographical territory as well. They dont want to see it split up. Matthew price. The eu making overtures to help ukraine. This is a country about to go bankrupt unless it gets a huge injection. You had three european Foreign Ministers at the center of brokering that deal that in essence wasnt meant to lead to president yanukovychs ouster but did set the ground for that. Now, today you have the eu top Foreign Policy official Catherine Ashton in kiev right now spending today and tomorrow meeting the new guard, if you would like in ukrainian politics to discuss with them stabilizing the situation politically and also economically. But there will be, according to russia, penalties if ukraine goes in that direction. The russians have already said ukraine will not be getting the several billion in handouts that russia was about to hand over. Russia wants to see what government ends up being in ukraine. Essentially, with the americans saying they are most likely not going to get involved in directly handing over any money to ukraine and with ukraine needing this year some 13 billion just to repay its foreign debts, its been estimated it requires a bailout of some 20 billion this year to try to stabilize the economy. The eu, with its partners, needs to step in. Now, i talked just a few moments ago to Catherine Ashtons spokeswoman who said the eu is working very quickly at the moment with the International Monetary fund, reconstruction and development and others to try and see what funding might be able. But they will have to agree to stringent Economic Reform Program. You would assume, i would have thought, tim, they wont be trying to force economic reform on to ukraine right now partly because the political vacuum but also of course because any Economic Reform Program brought in now, which would be difficult for people, would possibly add to the difficulty of a political situation as well. Okay. Matthew price in brussels, thank you very much indeed. The parliament trying to form a government of National Unity by tomorrow. People adamant they want a new Brighter Future for ukraine. David, back to you. Thanks very much indeed for comprehensive coverage of the situation in ukraine. Get the very latest on whats happening in the country. This is the place to go to. Our website. Bbc. Com news. We have all the latest video, pictures, analysis. Theres also a profile for you of the interim president. Have a look at the web site for much more. Now, some news from other parts of the world. Egyptian Prime Minister has his cabinet has unexpectedly resigned. He said that no government in the world could fulfill all the demands of its people in a short period of time. The military backed interim government took office last july. It is understood this move is a procedural one to enable the army chief field marshall to declare his candidacy for president. And a Pakistan Taliban commander has been shot dead in north waziristan. He was ambushed as he was driving through a village. Two others in the vehicle also died. No word who killed him. No word from the militants. 2014 Winter Olympics have drawn to a close. And the olympic flag has been handed on to south korea. They will host the 2018 event. Spectacular closing ceremony, as you might expect. That was held on sunday to mark the the end of the games and host nation russia told the medal table with 13 goals and an overall total of 33 medals. Do stay with us on bbc world. Still to come on bbc, chinas fight for fresh air gets creative. Can art make pollution a thing of the past. 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It could see homosexuals jailed for life. Its become a crime not reporting gay people. Signing the bill, the president said the issue of homosexuality had been provoked by arrogant western groups. Lets bring in catherine who has been following events for us. Catherine, cheering government ministers. Clearly a popular measure then . Yes. As soon as the president put pen to paper, there was a cheer in the room. You had officials. They were extremely happy. This has been popular amongst many ugandans. If you look at the religious groups, his ruling party and many citizens are quite happy the president is defending the traditional african values. No Death Penalty which some would see as a concession. Does he stand four square behind this . Is he a supporter of these draconian measures . He was on the side of the mps who passed the laws. He wanted to find out whether gay people are born gay or nurtured gay. And he called for several scientific reports from scientists from uganda and the united states. He says that there was no scientist that stood up to say there was a genetic reason, one gene that caused somebody to be a homosexual. However, the scientist in uganda say there were several reasons why somebody could be gay. And he says because there was no specific gene pointed out to him, he had to sign the bill into law. Catherine, thanks very much indeed. It is going to causality of outrage in the west, thats for sure. Scotland is getting ready for a referendum on whether it should be independent from the rest of the uk. Now, that is a huge issue. Its been causing plenty of friction with the British Government not least today as cabinets from both sides meet separately in scotland to discuss one of the major battle grounds of the campaign. Theres the issue nationalists. Its all about north sea oil. Both want to be in charge getting the most out of whats left with the oil and gas reserves. Could be 40 years worth still. The uk has already had a chance. Now its scotlands turn. Still another 40 or 50 years. We see the example of norway. Now to norman smith. I guess the question north sea oil is about as immotive as it gets in a way, isnt it . It is an absolutely critical question for the scots thinking do we or do we not vote for independence. The argument is there will be many more jobs and they will be much more profitable if scots stay in the uk. Why . The uk government can invest an awful lot more in terms of tax breaks and tax incentives for countries to invest in the north sea. In other words, the industry can be much more profitable. That is a theme we have seen develop in recent weeks, which is to argue people will be better off financially staying in the uk. He questioned whether an independent scotland would be allowed to keep the pound sterling. He said, no, they wouldnt. It raises all sorts of question marks, would Interest Rates go up, playing to the same argument designed really to appeal to the Purse Strings of voters rather than heart strings. Thank you very much, indeed, norman smith in aberdeen for us. Severe smog is smothering many parts of china that. The government has sent out teams of investigators to inspect large victories, including those producing steel, coal and cement to make sure theyre not breaching the rules. The Chinese Government wants to be seen to be improving air quality. One campaign was by an artist. Inside her freezing house outside beijing, the Artist Stores hundreds of her paintings. They document every chapter in her personal life. Like a visual diary, she explains. I used to be a lawyer. But then i became an artist. 11 of her canvasses stand apart from the rest. Her socalled smog dolly series shows the painters frustration witness stand chinas poisonous air pollution. And shes taken them to the streets, handing out face masks last year s. Months later she posed with one of the paintings. The photos soon appeared on chinas version of twitter. Though many posts were deleted by government censors. These are relatively common, particularly when the air is so thick with smog that your eyes and the back of your throat burn after spending time outside. Its pollution that infuriates many in china. Even though political protests are banned in china some, like the artist, are finding creative ways to vent their anger. In december, students in Central China stage an elaborate street performance. They wanted to illustrate what it feels like to be choking on smog, they explained. Online, they post cartoons like this one showing smog essentials. Combing is careful to explain the differences between antigovernment protesters and artists like her. Translator my paintings are memories i want to leave for the next generations. In 100 years i hope people will be inspired by my artwork. She wants to believe that some day chinas pollution problems will be a thing of the past. Many like her are doing what they can to ensure the governments ambitious plans to clean up the air are put into action. Lets hope it clears up one of these days. Back to the situation in kiev. Thousands upon thousands gathering in independence square, which of course has been the focal point for much of the protests and the violence. A lot of tributes dotted around the square to remember those who have given their lives in the pursuit of effectively a change of government. Well keep across that here on bbc world news. In the next half hour on gmt, its closure was a high priority for president obama when he was e inaugurated in 2009. What of Guantanamo Bay today, though . Its still open. We have special report about what happens to detainees once theyre released. And ill have special guests to talk about it. You feel totally. Eat activia. 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