10/07/2011 BBC Weekend News

Rupert Murdoch arriving to deal with the phone hacking crisis. He's

photographed using the last -- reading lat ever News Of The World.

There are calls for Mr Murdoch to abandon his bid to buy BSkyB.

He should recognise that with the cloud hanging over his organisation,

it's not possible, I don't think, for this bid to go ahead at the

current time. This evening, Rebekah Brooks arrived at Rupert Murdoch's

Central London home, as fresh questions emerge about how much

executives knew about the phone hacking.

In other news, the US says it's withholding $800 million in

military aid to Pakistan, as relations between the countries

worsen. William and Kate wow the Hollywood

A-list as they continue their US tour.

And Fernando Alonso wins the Good evening. Rupert Murdoch has

arrived in the UK to deal with the deepening phone hacking scandal.

This afternoon the BBC learned that the company found e-mails four

years ago, which suggested that payments were being made to police

and that more than one journalist was involved in intercepting

messages. News International has said its chairman, James Murdoch,

had no knowledge of alleged transgressions by other News Of The

World journalists. The Labour leader has called on Mr Murdoch to

aDan don his bid to buy the whole of BSkyB.

(abandon) A media mogul, the media mogul of our age, Rupert Murdoch

arrived at his UK offices to say goodbye to what was once perhaps,

his favourite newspaper the News Of The World, and to bring calm to a

company, News International, in crisis. The crisis deepened this

afternoon, when the BBC learned that News International found e-

mails in 2007 that appeared to indicate payments were being made

to the police by the News Of The World for information, although

this evidence of alleged criminal behaviour at News Of The World

wasn't handed to the police for investigation until June 20th this

year. Four years ago, these e-mails were passed by News International

to a firm of solicitors, Harbottle & Lewis for review. This is a

letter from a firm of solicitors, Harbottle & Lewis, to a senior News

International executive and it's Harbottle & Lewis's view of a bunch

of News Of The World e-mails passed to it for review by News

International. Harbottle & Lewis's view is that there's nothing in

those e-mails which appears to support evidence that a reporter's

illegal actions were known about and supported either by the then

editor Andy Coulson or by other senior News Of The World

journalists. But what Harbottle & Lewis don't say is that the e-mails

also provide some indication that payments were being made to the

police for stories and that the hacking went more widely than the

actions of this one reporter. If the Harbottle & Lewis e-mails had

been passed to this Metropolitan Police officer, John Yates, a few

years ago, he might not have refused to re-open the hacking

probe in 2009 for which he apologised today. Had I known then

what I know now, he told the Sunday Telegraph, all bets are off. In

hindsight there's a shed load of stuff I wish I'd known.

Here's Rebekah Brooks, the embattled boss of News

International, arriving at Rupert Murdoch's London house. The other

big thing on his mind is whether to press ahead with a �9.5 million bid

for British Sky Broadcasting in the face of growing political pressure

to su pend the planned takeover. When the public have seen the

disgusting revelations that we've seen this week, the idea that this

organisation, which engaged in these terrible practices should be

allowed to take over BSkyB, to get the 100% stake, without the

criminal investigation completed, and on the basis of assurances from

that self-same organisation, that won't wash with the public.

News Of The World said thank you and goodbye to loyal readers today.

There are a growinging number of investors who think it may be thank

you and goodbye to the Murdoch's big ambitions to own all of

Britain's biggest broadcaster Sky. Robert is with me now. What

difference do you think these e- mails could make now, do they

worsen the crisis? They do. There are two huge questions for Rupert

Murdoch tonight - now that we know in 2007, News International

uncovered e-mails that showed that the wrongdoing at the News Of The

World was widespread. Now on Thursday, James Murdoch said he was

not put in the picture about all of this until recently. How could it

be that News International was aware of this widespread wrongdoing

and yet did not communicate this to its boss, James Murdoch and to his

father. The confidence in this business to be restored, they have

to explain how the knowledge never got to the top. The second huge

question for him is what to do about his plan to spend �9.5

billion buying full control of British Sky Broadcasting. It looks

likely Parliament will vote for a delay in the takeover until after

the inquiries are completed. It's not clear if the vote will be

binding. But can Rupert Murdoch press on, against the perceived

will of Parliament? If he were to delay, he'd probably have to delay

for a couple of years. In the City that would be seen as an

abandonment of this take over all together. Thank you.

Washington is suspending about a third of its annual aid to the

Pakistani military, worth about $800 million. Tensions were already

high before the US raid in Pakistan in which Osama Bin Laden was killed.

More recently Pakistan has expelled more than 100 US military trainers.

Bill Daley said some of Pakistan's recent actions have been cause for

concern. Our relationship with Pakistan is very complicated. They

have been an important ally in the fight on terrorism. They've been a

victim of enormous amounts of terrorism. But right now, they have

taken some steps that have given us reason to pause on some of the aid

which we were giving their military. We're trying to work through that.

We can speak to our Washington correspondent, Rajesh Mirchandani,

what do you think is behind this decision then? We all remember that

secret raid in May in which US Special Forces killed Osama Bin

Laden, but the fact that it happened in Pakistan and the fact

that the Pakistanis claimed they didn't know he was hide thring,

that widened cracks in this uncomfortable alliance. Pakistan

demanded America had a smaller presence. It expelled some US

military trainers and denied visas to other personnel. Last week one

senior US official suggested Pakistan was involved in the death

of a journalist there. There is a growing strain. Now America seems

to bring a more confrontational approach. It says it's not a change

in policy. It needs Pakistan to fight the Taliban. To do that,

Pakistan needs US military aid. It's not the way allies are

supposed to behave. The White House said this is a difficult

relationship that must be made to work.

There's been rioting in several towns in Northern Ireland overnight.

Police say five officers were injured in Ballyclare in County

Antrim, when a hijacked bus was crashed no a police vehicle.

Ballyclare is a small town which is not used to trouble, but a night of

violence in Northern Ireland started here. Six police officers

were hurt. Five of them were injured when rioters crashed a

hijacked bus into a police vehicle. The trouble spread to nearby towns.

People were terrified when gangs started burning cars. Scared, very

scared. I have never seen anything like it in real life. I've seen the

TV. I never thought it would be like that. Police fired baton

rounds and used water cannon. In several places dozens of rioters

attacked police with petrol bombs and bricks. It was predominantly

young people intent on attacking police lines. The cost to the

Police Service is high, but the cost to the community is very high.

The rioting began after police removed flags from the streets.

It's believe Loyalist paramilitaries were involved in the

violence. My message to them is: If you think you're being loyal to

your country and if you take the name of "Loyalist" and then do this

to your community, you are wrong and you do not have the support of

anyone for it. On Tuesday, 12th July parades will be held across

Northern Ireland. As this outbreak of violence has come so close to

the biggest day in the marching season, politicians, community

leaders and residents here have been very worried by it.

The head of the UN refugee agency has described the food shortages in

Somalia as the worst humanitarian disaster in the world today. Around

ten people a day are said to be dying. Our correspondent Mike

Wooldridge is near doll waudo. Somali refugees all pass through

here, a transit camp close to the border. Cooked in great vats,

there's a meal of meat, rice and potatoes for everyone for up to six

days. The number of refugees has risen so

rapidly, that often now, they're here much longer. Those who are,

say they're going hungry. It's a bottleneck, bad news for those who

are weak and vulnerable on reaching Ethiopia. Convoys of minibuss set

off twice a day, heading for the newest of the refugee camps. This

one took roughly a thousand refugees to the next camp, already

nearing its intended capacity of 20,000. That, it now emerges, far

from being the only problem. These are the graves of children in a

camp that's so short of tents that many of the refugees are living

among the thorn bushes. The mother of these four children had just

died. The family came to Ethiopia nearly three weeks ago. This family

lost virtually all their livestock from drought in Somalia and came

here because they were told they would get relief aid. With many

people here and too much wind blowing, he says, it causes colds

to get worse and stomach upsets and can mean a quick death.

We estimate around ten children die every day, he says. Alarmed aid

officials agree. Does this mean there is a disaster in the making?

The mortality rates are extremely high. They worry everyone. If we

don't respond quickly to this, with the international community, the

government and everyone, I think we'll have serious long-term

problems. For now, with each day that passes with many more refugees

arriving, the challenge of staving off disaster here is becoming all

the greater. Prince William and the Duchess of

Cambridge are visiting an arts centre in a deprived area of Los

Angeles and meetding war veterans at the end of their tour of North

America. It's in contrast to yesterday when British royalty met

Hollywood glamour. Alastair Leithead is at the jobs fair for

former soldiers, where the couple is expected later.

They're into the last leg of their tour, after racing across Canada

and a very hectic weekend here in California. At the moment, the

couple are in skid row, one of the poorest parts of the city. They'll

be coming to meet war veterans soon. Last night they got a real Los

Angeles welcome. Glitz, glam, it's Hollywood. You

wouldn't expect anything less. The rich and famous and some well known

British faces too. But they were all to be outshone. There was a

bigger act to follow. CHEERING

A lilac evening gown from Alexander McQueen, where else? And a taste of

the full red carpet treatment. At the champagne and Pimm's reception,

they were tripping over each other to get a hand shake. Yes, even

Barbra Streisand. The canopes? Fish and chips and English pea puree.

They call them Hollywood royalty, but people here get very excited

when real royalty come along. They rolled out a big carpet for some of

the biggest stars, keen to get to meet the Duke and Duchess.

They seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the occasion. If the

royals were vaguely star struck, the stars certainly were royal

struck. Among those getting a hand shake - 42 up-and-coming Brits,

here to meet the movers and shakers. The future king poked fun at a

former king's speech. Good evening, ladies and gentleman. Before I

start, I'd like to thank Colin Firth for my perfect opening line.

I have a voice. LAUGHTER

And everyone was listening. The couple have been a hit every step

of the way this side of the Atlantic. An end to another hectic,

if star studed day, one more to go. It's been a good mix of work and

pleasure. This is a veterans job fair for them and their families to

get work, a subject close to Prince William heart. He will make a key

note address here, before the couple head to the airport and for

the long flight home. Sport now and Fernando Alonso won a

thrilling British Grand Prix at Silverstone today. It was a race

full of exciting manoeuvres and pit stop errors, which left

championship leader Sebastien Vettel holding onto second from his

team-mate Mark Webber. Lewis Hamilton was fourth.

So, Formula One's boring, is it? The sport has had critics recently.

You wouldn't have found them at Silverstone. 120,000 watching fans,

one watching royal, in special guest Prince Harry, and one

stoshing race. It began with Sebastien Vettel edging ahead of

Mark Webber. The real action lay behind. Lewis Hamilton's aggression

has got him into trouble this season. Today it got him from tenth

into third in an inspired start. The race ultimately hinged on a pit

stop. Fernando Alonso sweeping past a dithering Vettel. As for Jenson

Button, the wheels came off his race in very literal style. Cue one

rather sheepish mechanic. There was no stopping Alonso. But behind him,

what drama. Vettel clinging onto second from Webber, while Hamilton,

who had slipped to fourth, battled wheel to wheel with Massa. Hamilton

fending him off to the crowd's delight. So no British winner for

the British fans then. But they've certainly enjoyed a thrilling race,

thanks to the brilliant Alonso lns and a resurgent Lewis Hamilton.

For all that, Vettel is now 80 points clear in the championship,