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Britain sends emergency food aid to the Horn of Africa. | :00:11. | :00:15. | |
Aid agencies say up to 10 million people are at risk from starvation | :00:15. | :00:21. | |
after the worst drought in 60 years. We are facing a desperate situation. | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
We are seeing children and their mothers coming in looking very | :00:24. | :00:30. | |
malnourished. The BBC is told to cut executive pay and lead the way | :00:30. | :00:37. | |
for other public sector bodies. Anti- monarchy protests greet | :00:37. | :00:43. | |
William and Kate on the latest leg of their tour in Canada. | :00:43. | :00:53. | |
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And Djokovic fulfils his dream by Good evening. Britain is to provide | :01:05. | :01:09. | |
emergency aid to over one million people in Ethiopia in danger of | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
malnutrition and starvation after one of the worst droughts in | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
decades. The United Nations has also called for a greater | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
international response to the crisis. Much of the Horn of Africa | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
has less water than at any time in the last 60 years. Aid agencies say | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
10 million people in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda | :01:30. | :01:38. | |
are affected. Driven from Somalia by hunger and | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
war. This woman and her children arrive at the world's largest | :01:43. | :01:49. | |
refugee camp. They are among the more than 60,000 people who have | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
cost -- crossed the Kenyan border to Dadaab camp this year. | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
TRANSLATION: The main reason is drought. We do not have food or | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
anything to eat. People were dying so we fled. And the growing | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
malnutrition among the children is all too evident at the camp. It is | :02:07. | :02:10. | |
a huge strain on the limited resources. We are facing a | :02:10. | :02:16. | |
desperate situation. We are seeing mothers coming in looking very | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
malnourished and very tired. Some of them have not eaten for almost | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
three days. It is a situation and needs to be critically addressed. | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
Of the 10 million people aid officials say are affected by | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
drought across the region, close to 3 million are in Somalia alone. | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
Today, the UN has not only called for urgent action, it has also | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
challenged donor countries to put aside fears that in Somalia, aged | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
will fall into the hands of Islamist extremists or were Lords. | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
And Britain has announced funding for emergency food relief in | :02:50. | :02:57. | |
Ethiopia. -- warlords. The focus is to try and stop an emergency | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
catastrophe taking place in the Horn of Africa. There has been no | :03:01. | :03:07. | |
rain for two years and a steady drought. Moving livestock in search | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
of pastures not necessarily giving them a greater chance of survival. | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
Many animals have died. Local cereal prices have shot up. | :03:15. | :03:22. | |
should never be in a situation where people get to this situation. | :03:22. | :03:26. | |
We should not get to a situation like the awful famines in the past. | :03:26. | :03:31. | |
We can provide food and assistance. We need to do that urgently. | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
Another severe test of blooming for an ever growing number of families | :03:35. | :03:41. | |
and for the international community. -- Severe Test looming. | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
Ben Brown has just arrived at the refugee camp you saw in that report. | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
He gave us the latest. We have been driving around this area. | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
Everywhere, we see carcasses of dead animals, dead livestock, that | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
the family's around here rely on. Dead crops as well. The UN is | :03:59. | :04:05. | |
saying this is the worst drought for 60 years. They have had two | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
consecutively years -- two consecutive years weather has not | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
been enough rain. People are desperate. The US is stressing this | :04:12. | :04:17. | |
is not yet a famine. It is what they call an emergency. They say it | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
is a rapidly deteriorating situation and the world needs to | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
wake up to this. They have an early warning system. Aid workers are | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
telling me, what is the point of having that system of the world | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
takes no notice? At this refugee camp, we are seeing something like | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
1000 people every day streaming in from the drought and the fighting | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
in Somalia. Many of them are children. They have been walking | :04:40. | :04:49. | |
for weeks and a desperately weak and Mamic. -- are desperately weak | :04:49. | :04:55. | |
and ill. The BBC Trust has signalled that it there will be | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
cuts in executive pay at the corporation. Lord Patten says the | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
level of management wages is a toxic issue. He says he wants the | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
corporation to set an example for other public sector bodies. | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
Just weeks after arriving as chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord | :05:11. | :05:16. | |
Patten is preparing for tough decisions. He has identified top | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
executive pay as the issue that is still most upsetting to licence | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
payers and staff. Especially the amounts paid to those at the top | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
and the numbers of managers on more than �150,000. There is the issue | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
of fairness across the board, with senior managers getting some deals | :05:33. | :05:38. | |
which do not apply to others. I think we can deal with that and if | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
we do so, we will deal with one of the most toxic reasons for the | :05:43. | :05:47. | |
public's lack of sympathy for the BBC as an institution, even though | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
they enormously like what it does. With the BBC facing a six-year | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
freeze in the licence fee and extra costs including the World Service, | :05:56. | :06:01. | |
its critics say that high executive pay is even less excusable. It is | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
very hard for the BBC to simultaneously say "We have a lot | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
of pressure on our budget and we have to run on a shoestring" And | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
have so many staff earning above �150,000 a year. The BBC say they | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
are already cutting top management and pay. There deputy Director | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
General has been made redundant as part of a 25% cut in the top | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
management pay bill. With commercial broadcasters are able to | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
pay more, some fear this will make it harder for the BBC to attract | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
and keep the best managers. The risk is that if the BBC cannot get | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
the best people because other broadcasters pay more, you may say | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
that well, that is a fact of life but licence-payers will not react | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
well if they do not get the best results. I think that is cobblers. | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
So many people out there would want to work for an organisation that is | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
much loved and held in huge regard around the world. People will come | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
into it and want to work for the corporation. For the right reasons. | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
For people working at the BBC, executive pay is not the only area | :07:06. | :07:13. | |
of where the axe is going to fall. It faces budget cuts of 20%. | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
Labour is seeking to table an urgent question in Parliament | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
tomorrow over how the Government's changes to benefits will hit some | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
of the country's poorest households. In a letter obtained by a Sunday | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
newspaper, a senior civil servant warned the Prime Minister that the | :07:29. | :07:36. | |
reductions could lead to up to 40,000 people becoming homeless. | :07:36. | :07:40. | |
Up to 500,000 overweight children in England, some as young as four, | :07:40. | :07:44. | |
could be at risk of liver disease. A government health adviser says | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
fast food and a lack of exercise is part of the problem. Experts are | :07:47. | :07:53. | |
warning that by 2050, nearly two- thirds will be obese. | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
Families at a food festival in south London today. Here, even the | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
burkas were promoted as healthy. Soaring child to obesity has | :08:02. | :08:08. | |
prompted pushes for better food. The Government is warning of a | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
looming crisis in liver disease. They say half a million people are | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
at risk. What is important, and it is one of the things that my | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
colleagues are highlighting just now, is that people may not realise | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
the nature of the risks that are involved when people become -- | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
children, in particular, become overweight. 20% of 10 year-olds in | :08:31. | :08:32. | |
England are overweight. By the England are overweight. By the | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
middle of the century, experts middle of the century, experts | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
predict that 63% of all children will be obese. They say the liver | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
will take the told. It is not just alcohol that causes liver disease. | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
Being overweight is also linked and it is not about the fat that you | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
can see. The real danger is internal, in the fat in and around | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
the vital organs. An expert says -- experts say it is a silent killer. | :08:57. | :09:01. | |
The problem about liver disease is that you do not get any symptoms | :09:01. | :09:07. | |
are told. Until it is at an exam East -- at an advanced age. You get | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
cirrhosis of the liver and com -- complications that arise from that | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
which can be serious. It is not until in late stage that you get | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
any symptoms. Getting children to eat healthy food is often a | :09:19. | :09:28. | |
struggle. What is your favourite food? Chips. Chips? What is your | :09:28. | :09:36. | |
favourite fruits? Chips are not a fruit. Apples. Tomorrow sees the | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
launch of National childhood obesity week to raise awareness of | :09:40. | :09:44. | |
this growing problem. But doctors are warning that burgeoned, radical | :09:44. | :09:50. | |
change is needed in order to save lives. -- urgent, radical change. | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
The younger sister of Thaksin Shinawatra, the former owner of | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
Manchester City Football Club, has won Thailand's general election. | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
Yingluck Shinawatra becomes the country's first been a Prime | :10:01. | :10:07. | |
Minister. Thailand has been played by criminal on West since Thaksin | :10:07. | :10:11. | |
Shinawatra was thrown over by a military coup five years ago. -- | :10:11. | :10:16. | |
criminal on rest. Earlier, in Montreal, there was a | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
small demonstration by anti- monarchy campaigners as William and | :10:21. | :10:27. | |
Kate visited a children's hospital. A Sunday morning arrival into | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
Quebec aboard a Royal Canadian Navy frigate. This being the heart of | :10:31. | :10:36. | |
French-speaking Canada, a church service aboard ship with hymns in | :10:36. | :10:46. | |
French. Tricky. The centre of the city was under tight control by | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
police. Anti-monarchist protesters in the main square were being | :10:49. | :10:53. | |
challenged by police and escorted away. If there was any argument, | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
they were arrested. In the end, a group of several hundred | :10:56. | :11:02. | |
demonstrators were allocated an area some distance away. William | :11:02. | :11:06. | |
and Kate came to the City Hall. The welcome from those in the square | :11:06. | :11:15. | |
was warm. This is a place where speaking in French really matters. | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
He thanked them for his patience -- their patience with his accent and | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
said that he hoped they would get a chance to get to know which other | :11:22. | :11:26. | |
over the years to come. In the distance, protesters jeered, but in | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
this where, the words were well received. The couple will have got | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
the impression, albeit rather fleeting, that there are parts of | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
Canada and sections of Canadian society which are not supportive of | :11:37. | :11:43. | |
the Crown. Last night in Montreal, there was a small but noisy protest | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
by people who believe that the British Royal Family should not | :11:46. | :11:51. | |
have a special position in Canada. It was a counterpoint, but not an | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
interruption. William and Kate were busy attending a cookery class. | :11:55. | :12:04. | |
French cooking, of course. With all the sports news, here is | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
Francis. Starting at Wimbledon where Novak | :12:08. | :12:14. | |
Djokovic has won the men's singles title and continued an amazing year. | :12:14. | :12:20. | |
He defeated Rafael Nadal in four sets. | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
Wimbledon has been pitch perfect this year. After two weeks of sweat | :12:25. | :12:29. | |
and drama, champagne and cream, this tournament had made it ever so | :12:29. | :12:33. | |
simple. The two best players in the world would fight for the sport's | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
world would fight for the sport's most prestigious cup. The first | :12:37. | :12:43. | |
that was solid, kg, the equivalent of boxers circling and jabbing. | :12:43. | :12:50. | |
Djokovic displayed his machine tooled position. He took the set. | :12:50. | :12:54. | |
He cut loose in the second, turning acrobatic defence into. Winning | :12:54. | :13:04. | |
attack. -- point winning. Nadal is known for on-court aggression but | :13:04. | :13:09. | |
it is the war cry of Djokovic that you can hear. A double break later, | :13:09. | :13:17. | |
the set was his, 6-1. Nadal had had enough. He put down his racket and | :13:17. | :13:25. | |
picked up his cudgel. -- racquet. Under intense pressure, Djokovic | :13:25. | :13:31. | |
tamely netted. This time, Nadal would take the set 6-1. The players | :13:31. | :13:34. | |
traded breaks in the 4th but then the Spanish man of Steel melted, | :13:34. | :13:40. | |
handing his opponent three break points. His father had a headache. | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
In two-and-a-half hours, Djokovic's family and President waited for | :13:44. | :13:54. | |
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match point. match point. | :13:55. | :13:58. | |
Victory tasted sweet. It is hard to describe this with any words, | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
except that this is the best day of my life, the more special day of my | :14:03. | :14:06. | |
life. It is my favourite tournament, and I have always dreamed of | :14:06. | :14:11. | |
winning it. Sports fans, as you can probably hear, often get carried | :14:11. | :14:16. | |
away at times like this. With the astonishing quality in the men's | :14:16. | :14:21. | |
game, and given the final that we have seen, Novak Djokovic does | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
deserve his moment of glory. For the previous eight years, it | :14:26. | :14:30. | |
has been Federer and Nadal who have dominated Wimbledon. Four today, | :14:30. | :14:39. | |
Novak Djokovic announced the David Haye is committed terms with | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
his defeat to Vladimir cliched coat in Germany. He blamed his points | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
defeat on a broken toe, an excuse that has led the Ukrainian to | :14:49. | :14:53. | |
dismiss him as a sore loser. David Haye has hinted he might be | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
prepared to put his retirement on hold if there is a rematch. He had | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
stated he would stand down before his birthday in October. Now, he | :15:02. | :15:07. | |
will wait a few weeks. England's one-day cricketers have | :15:07. | :15:10. | |
lost their second successive cricket match to Sri Lanka. They | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
gave away cheap wickets. Alastair Cook led from the front, but even | :15:15. | :15:23. | |
he was outshone by Dinesh Chandimal. England's batsmen reached for the | :15:23. | :15:29. | |
sky and they filled with a bump. The big-hitting flopped when it got | :15:29. | :15:35. | |
started. Alastair Cook can do the anchor role expertly. But he sensed | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
it was not enough. Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene made a masterful | :15:40. | :15:46. | |
79. Then, over to a remarkable 21- year-old, Dinesh Chandimal, he | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
threw everything at the ball. Rarely is a comic used to protect a | :15:51. | :15:57. | |
batsman from his own bat. He wanted a 100. Angelo Mathews refused to | :15:57. | :16:06. | |
run. He scored one run. Sri Lanka's captain was incredulous. Dinesh | :16:06. | :16:12. | |
Chandimal eventually did just that. Sri Lanka won with 10 balls to | :16:12. | :16:22. | |
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spare. England were not amused. Violence and suffering are a part | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
of everyday life in both the Palestinian territories and | :16:30. | :16:34. | |
Afghanistan, and today football united them. They met in the most | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
unlikely of World Cup qualifiers. Palestine were playing on home soil | :16:40. | :16:49. | |
for the first time. Palestinians do not have a steak, | :16:50. | :16:54. | |
but they do have a football team. For the first time, stepping out | :16:54. | :17:00. | |
for a World Cup game, on home turf. Their opponents, Afghanistan. They | :17:00. | :17:07. | |
were flown in from one conflict zone to another. To greet them, the | :17:07. | :17:12. | |
West Bank Barmy Army. Some of them with high standards. And the fans | :17:12. | :17:21. | |
got an early goal. The scorer, from Gaza, he has not seen his family | :17:21. | :17:27. | |
there for three years because of the travel restrictions. Sport and | :17:27. | :17:33. | |
politics are inseparable. Palestinian people can make it. | :17:33. | :17:38. | |
They can still do lots of things, like playing soccer in this place. | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
We can do what, we are still alive. Among the crowd, the Palestinian | :17:43. | :17:49. | |
Prime Minister, who sees the national team as another step | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
towards Palestinian state heard. At the final whistle, and a 1-1 draw, | :17:54. | :18:00. | |
good enough for the Palestinians to go through, and cause for | :18:00. | :18:07. |