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nearly half �1 million worth of taxpayer-funded humanitarian aid was | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
captured by Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia. The supplies | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
were in warehouses seized by Al-Shabaab some two years ago, but | :00:32. | :00:35. | |
have only just been revealed in the annual accounts of the Department | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
for International Development. With me now is our political | :00:38. | :00:48. | |
correspondent. What more do we know? We know that this aid was destroyed | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
by Al-Shabaab. The Department for International Development has said | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
that some of it was set fire to when this raid happened in November 2011. | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
It has only just come to light. The Sunday Telegraph reported that the | :01:03. | :01:10. | |
aid, which came up to �480,000 of taxpayers' money, was effectively | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
written off. There is a big debate over international aid and whether | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
we should be funding it to the extent that we do. It is one of the | :01:17. | :01:23. | |
few government departments has its -- which has not faced cuts, so it | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
brings that to the fore again. At a spokesperson told me that the | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
spending was justified because by doing so, you create a safer world. | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
In places like Somalia, which are very dangerous, these things | :01:34. | :01:40. | |
sometimes happen. Police in Northern Ireland have | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
renewed their call for calm ahead of a controversial Republican parade | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
today at Castlederg in County Tyrone. More than 50 police officers | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
were injured on Friday in violence. The Northern Ireland Secretary, | :01:49. | :01:51. | |
Theresa Villiers, described what happened as a hugely regrettable | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
step backwards. Today's march, which is backed by Sinn Fein, is to | :01:55. | :02:04. | |
commemorate IRA members who died during the Troubles. | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
Enemies of Islam - that is how the US State Department has described | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
the people responsible for the latest deadly wave of violence in | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
Iraq. More than 60 people were killed in a series of bomb attacks | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
during celebrations to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Most | :02:18. | :02:21. | |
of the casualties were in the capital, Baghdad, where both Shia | :02:21. | :02:29. | |
and Sunni areas were targeted. It is supposed to be a time of | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
celebrations for the Eid holiday, marking the end of the holy month of | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
Ramadan. But it has been marred by more bloodshed and violence. In the | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
latest round of attacks, Saturday saw a wave of bombings, apparently | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
coordinated to hit market areas, cafes and restaurants at their | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
busiest, places where Iraqis had gathered for the Eid holiday. More | :02:49. | :02:54. | |
than 60 people have been killed, and there are reports that nearly 300 | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
have been injured. The attacks happened mainly in the capital, | :02:57. | :03:04. | |
Baghdad, but but also two towns in the north and one in the south. The | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
tensions this year were fuelled in April, when Iraqi security forces | :03:08. | :03:14. | |
broke up an anti-government protest, killing and wounding dozens | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
of protesters. The violence has been escalating. The UN says 1000 people | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
were killed in July. Then last month, hundreds of inmates escaped | :03:21. | :03:28. | |
after gunmen stormed two jails near Baghdad. An Iraqi affiliate of | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for that. Most of the violence in | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
the past months has happened in Shia areas, and there is a lot of anger | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
towards the Shia led government. Sunnis feel they are being | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
marginalised. Plus, the coalition government is accused of failing to | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
provide basic services such as electricity and clean water. Last | :03:46. | :03:50. | |
week mother prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, vowed to continue | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
operations against militants, and in the run-up to Eid, more security | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
checkpoints had been set up. But it has done little good this weekend. | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
This is one of the deadliest Ramadans Iraq has seen in years. If | :04:04. | :04:09. | |
the government fails to stem the spiralling violence, there are | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
worries that the country could see a return of the all-out Sunni-Shi'ite | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
sectarian conflict. In athletics, Usain Bolt is in | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
action in the 100 metres final this evening at the World Championships | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
in Russia. For Team GB, Shara Proctor could win a first-ever | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
British medal in the women's long jump this afternoon. Our sports | :04:26. | :04:36. | |
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correspondent is in Moscow. A lot of excitement about Usain Bolt? Yes, | :04:40. | :04:45. | |
welcome to another sweltering day in Moscow. After Mo Farah's thrilling | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
victory in the 10,000 metres final last night, all eyes are now turning | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
to the biggest superstar of world athletics, Usain Bolt, as he goes | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
for the first of potentially three gold medals in Moscow. He pretty | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
much strolled his way through the heat yesterday, with so many of his | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
big rivals missing from these championships, it is hard to see | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
anyone stopping him, although Britain's hopes on paper seem to | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
rest with James Dasaolu, one of the fastest men in the world this year. | :05:14. | :05:21. | |
He recorded 9.91 seconds a few months ago, the second fastest | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
Briton in history. But he was less than impressive in yesterday's | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
heats, and he will face a battle just to qualify for the final. Other | :05:28. | :05:34. | |
British hopes today rest with Shara Proctor in the women's long jump. | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
She was very impressive in qualifying yesterday. She will be | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
looking for a place on the podium will stop and also Christine | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
Ohuruogu. She goes in the semifinals of the women's 400 metres. A former | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
Olympic champion and world champion, she will be confident of | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
yet another medal at a major championships here in Moscow. | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel. The | :06:01. | :06:11. | |
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next news on BBC one is at 7.05. winds are coming from the West, from | :06:21. | :06:27. | |
the Atlantic, so it will be mixed, a bit like we are seeing today. There | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
will be sunshine around, but we will find showers, more than we got | :06:30. | :06:36. | |
yesterday, and we see across northern areas. That is blowing in | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
these shower clouds. We have had what a few showers already. They | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
will continue to run into the north of England, possibly affecting the | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
cricket at Chester-le-Street. It has not been bad so far in eastern | :06:50. | :06:54. | |
Scotland, but watch for thundery showers developing here, and more | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
frequent showers arriving for the west of Scotland. No storms in | :06:59. | :07:02. | |
Northern Ireland, but there will be a scattering of showers. The | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
westerly wind will blow the showers over the Irish Sea into the north of | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
Wales. Mid and South wales may stay dry, and we can't rule out the odd | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
shower for the south-west, but many places will have a fine afternoon. | :07:15. | :07:23. | |
Those showers eventually clear away from the south-east. Not a bad day | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
across many southern areas. More showers to the north, where the | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
strong winds will keep those showers going overnight, particularly in | :07:30. | :07:36. | |
Scotland and Northern Ireland, possibly in the Midlands. Over the | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
week ahead, we will find some spells of sunshine, which will feel | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
peasant. There will be cloud and rain, particularly for the north and | :07:46. | :07:55. | |
west of the UK. Some sunshine on Monday, especially for southern and | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
eastern areas. Showers elsewhere from the word go. The showers will | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
develop more widely from the Midlands northwards. Heavy ones are | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
possible for the north-east of England and the east of Scotland, so | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
not good news for the cricketers at Chester-le-Street. Most of England | :08:11. | :08:21. | |
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will have lower temperatures than today. It will probably be the | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
coldest night of the week ahead. After that, we introduce more cloud | :08:25. | :08:31. | |
again from the Atlantic as these weather fronts begin to topple our | :08:31. | :08:41. | |
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way. Again, we are looking towards the West full is up there is a slow | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
progression of these weather fronts our way. Initially, they are weak, | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
and it is mainly Northern Ireland, Wales and the south-west that will | :08:56. | :09:04. | |
see outbreaks of rain. Through Wednesday night and Thursday, the | :09:04. | :09:10. | |
rain may start to turn heavier, and it will work more towards the north, | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
taking rain across Northern Ireland and Scotland. For England and Wales, | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
maybe a few showers around, but as it brightens, it will start to feel | :09:20. | :09:27. | |
warmer and more humid. But this weather front is bringing the rain | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
in from the north-west and will start to trickle southwards into | :09:30. | :09:34. |