News Headlines - 23 March 2014

▽BBC News - Nato warns of Russian army build-up on Ukraine border

Nato's military commander in Europe has issued a warning about the build-up of Russian forces on Ukraine's border.

▽Syrian jet shot down by Turkey - Telegraph

The Syrian conflict encroached threateningly on Nato’s eastern frontiers on Sunday when Turkey shot down an Assad regime fighter jet that it said had crossed into its territory during a major battle for a key border post.

▽Scottish Independence: Questions raised over currency union rejection - The Independent

Key reasons put forward by the UK Government for rejecting a currency union with an independent Scotland are "unsubstantiated", an economics expert has said.

▽Ed Miliband under pressure from MPs as Tories surge in polls - Telegraph

Labour ministers on Sunday appealed for calm after two dire polls led to back-bench MPs openly criticising Ed Miliband for his failure to get through to voters.

▽BBC News - Girls in gangs leading desperate lives, says report

Girls in gangs are leading "desperate lives" in which "rape is used as a weapon and carrying drugs and guns is seen as normal", a think tank has said.