11/04/2016 World News Today

Hello, I'm Karin Giannone, welcome to BBC World News Today.

The fall out from the Panama Papers continue - now more top politicians

here in the UK go public with their earnings.

After a week of pressure the British Prime Minister

defended his financial affairs in Parliament.

The publication of a prime ministers tax information in this way is

unprecedented but I think it is the right thing to do. Ordinarily people

in the country will not stand by this anymore. They want real

justice. They want the wealthy to pay their share of tax like they pay

when they work hard all the time. of fighting in Yemen,

a ceasefire is in place - Some rare good news

on wild tiger numbers - they are going up for the first time

in modern history. The British Prime Minister has faced

MPs for the first time since the row over his investment in his late

father's offshore fund, details of which emerged in a leak

of documents from Panama. Additional measures to make it

harder to hide the proceeds of corruption offshore, to make sure

that they can no longer get away with it and to investigate wrong

doing. First let me deal with those places that function as tax centres.

They will begin to share information from this September. That had never

happened before I became Prime Minister and said this must happen.

But we need to go further. We have now agreed that today will provide

UK law enforcement and tax agencies with complete access to information

on the beneficial ownership of companies. We have finalised

arrangements of all of them except to, both of which we believe will

follow in the coming months. For the first time UK police and law

enforcement will be able to see who owns and controls every company

incorporated in these territories. Isle of Man, Jersey, the lot.

The Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn has also published

He accused David Cameron of not understanding how angry the public

are about the revelations in the Panama Papers.

The public no longer has trust in him to deal with these matters. Does

he realise why people are so angry? Do members opposite realise? We have

gone through six years of crushing austerity. Families lining up at

food banks to feed their children. Disabled people losing their

benefits. Elderly care reduced. Living standards going down. Much of

this could have been avoided if our country had not been ripped off by

the super rich refusing to pay their taxes. I say this to the Prime

Minister. Ordinarily people in the country simply will not stand for

this anymore. They want real justice. They want the wealthy to

pay their share of tax like BP when they work hard all the time.

Our political correspondent Rob Watson is in Westminster.

A very lively afternoon in parliament but did the opposition

land any heavy blows? I am not sure that the dead. It is

always difficult to deal with these things. The last seven days has been

a battlefield of insinuation and allegations flying this way or the

other. Now the dust is beginning to settle. In a week David Cameron

managed to take a lot of the heat out of it. The opposition Labour

Party will say we got in our pennies worth and that they were able to get

out that line which they like and which has been used by opposition

across the Western world since the 2008 crash, that is there is an

appearance of their being one rule for the rich and one rule for the

rest. We heard David Cameron saying he has

admitted he has handled this badly, you could have done better.

Has done lasting damage? It is extraordinary when one her to make a

statement. A lot of MPs were thinking why did he not make that

one week ago. There is no evidence to suggest he has done anything

wrong. It is all was difficult to answer those questions. In the

short-term it is difficult for David Cameron and the Conservative Party

because it does remind the country that other time in the Government is

trying to reduce spending, a lot of senior ministers and the Government

are wealthy people. David Cameron says he can't make no apology for

that. To his authority? Probably not.

People outside the UK might be wondering how has this become such a

big story when David Cameron has not actually been accused of beating any

rules, breaking any laws. The media will need to look at itself and who

fear it has been in its coverage. The other reason writers such a hot

issue is that in Britain we are quite funny about money and wealth

and that kind of thing. I have spent a lot of my life in the United

States where people have a more robust attitude towards people who

are wealthy. In Britain there is a certain amount of resentment about

tax and about the rich. All of that was fuelling it. All of it at a time

of hostility. Why did a fireworks display go

ahead, at a Hindu temple in Kerala, And what is being done to help

the hundreds of families affected? All questions the authorities

hope will be answered, by the criminal investigation

and now the judicial inquiry, A parent who has lost her child

and children who have lost their 14-year-old Krishna and her brother

were at the fireworks display along with their mother

and father on Saturday night. Their parents had set up a temporary

tea The children escaped

but the parents succumbed to Behind their home they

were cremated on Sunday. TRANSLATION: My daughter

and son-in-law were just trying to make some extra money

for their children when all this We don't have the means

to support the Traces of the disaster still visible

on the ground where it This is the concrete structure

where the fireworks were stored While there was a big blaze

it's also pieces of this concrete that flew far and wide

which caused many of the deaths and In one corner of the ground

there are still a few stacks Local authorities have said

there was no permission to Hence a firework display of this

magnitude is dangerous. Police are now questioning

the management of this temple to find out

how that happened. A truce in Yemen is largely intact

despite reports of ongoing A UN-brokered cessation

of hostilities began It follows more than a year

of fighting between forces loyal to the Government,

who are backed by a Saudi-led Coalition, and Houthi rebels

who're supported by Iran. Our correspondent

Richard Galpin reports. Could this latest ceasefire in Yemen

finally bring peace to the country after more than 18

months of conflict? Here in the southern city of Aden

the mood is not particularly This man, a local journalist,

believes the truce is a positive move but is convinced

that the Shi'ite Houthi rebels The fighting which continued right

up to the start of the ceasefire on Sunday night has not

stopped completely. Both the forces of the exiled

government and the Houthi rebels have accused each other

of violations in at least three Speaking last month, the Houthi

leader said he was in favour TRANSLATION: We said at the very

beginning the war cannot If there are solutions,

it must be from dialogue, Already one of the

Middle East's poorest countries, the civil war has killed

thousands of people and forced more Much of the destruction is the

result of a year-long campaign of air strikes by a Saudi led coalition

in support of the exiled Yemeni The threat of famine now hangs over

half of the country and the United Nations

is calling on the two warring sides to respect

the ceasefire so that peace

talks, due to start next Now a look at some of

the day's other news. An indigenous community in Canada

has declared a state of emergency after 11 people tried to kill

themselves in a single day. The chief of the Cree community says

they have been overwhelmed Thousands of German steelworkers

have staged demonstrations across the country to demand action

to prevent China from dumping cheap The workers fear for their future

because they say that European firms cannot compete with a flood

of subsidised steel from China. China has unveiled an ambitious plan

to become a world football A Government report sets out

a detailed programme for the next three decades, beginning with a big

push to get 50 million children Mind boggling - that's

what the English golfer Danny Willett has called

his victory at the US Masters in Augusta -

one of the sport's most prestigious He is the first British player

to win since Sir Nick Faldo 20 years ago and the first

European player to win He made the win after world number

one Jordan Speith took seven Willett, who also became a father

for the first time just days before the tournament,

said it had been a fantastic But it wasn't just him

who made the headlines. His brother Pete drew in a lot

of attention on Twitter for his running commentary

during the last few hours - and here are some of the ones we can

show you. This is what he had to say about how

the night unfolded for him From seven o'clock onwards

we were having a quiet drink looking forward to Danny hopefully finishing

top Then on the 12th when

Jordan Spieth did what he Me and my wife, we got

a drink, an extra drink. Willett's win isn't the first

unexpected victory to take In football, Leicester

City looks set to win This time last year the Foxes

were fighting relegation from England's top flight but now

they are seven points ahead of their closest

rival Tottenham. The horse Rule the World won

at the Grand National race. The nine-year old horse

had never previously won a steeplechase,

while his 19-year-old jockey had not The win's being described

as a fairytale. Meanwhile the West Indies cricket

teams won both in the men's and women's at the ICC's World

Twenty20. but especially the women who beat

Australia in the final. It was the first time

the West Indies women's team had won the tournament,

with the Australians And what does it mean

for the bookies? To find out I'm joined by Joe Crilly

of the booking agent William Hill. On something like the Augusta

Masters happens? Yesterday after the first nine of the final round Danny

Willett was still 20-1 to win. He was 66 at the start. A result like

that is a good thing for us. Jordan Spieth was massively on song. If it

is good for outsiders, we see all these surprise wins, generally for

bookmakers that is good news? It is because more people will back the

favourites. We have placed them up because we think they are likely to

win an event. There is an exception to this and I am fascinated because

Leicester City being top of the Premier League is actually a bit

concerning for you. There is a contingent of people who bet on

their beloved football team regardless of the odds. That is

right. At the start of the season? 5000-1.

People placed tiny bit. The small spec was just 5p. The biggest was

?20. If you take into account somebody like Chelsea or Manchester

City you tend to see people putting down thousands and thousands of

pounds at the start of the season because they think they are going to

win. But because these people are backing their team at the start of

the season we do not think they are grams oing to win it we keep the

price at the same we keep the price at the same then we started to get

out over ?2 million which would be we could be paying out over ?2

million which would be the worst result in football markets. This is

worrying and football markets. This is worrying are people manage to

put. By huge them are people manage to put their bet on when it was

5000-1. That is right. When you take into account the price the pay-out

from those 25 bets alone will total more than ?360,000. Aside from that

as it always the bookmaker that wins in the end? Do you ever see anything

that deviates from that well worn phrase? Favourites tend to win

roundabout a quarter of the time. Horse racing, huge sport betting

turnover, quarter of the time, 25%, the favourites will win. We are

hoping that we see more of the non-favourites, second favourites,

third favourites, outsiders winning. It is rare that you get a 100-1

winner. You tend to see horses in the middle of the field to provide

the best results because people see the big prices and they say they

will have a pound on that. They say the favourites and they lump onto

the favourites. It is usually a horse that starts off at 33-1. The

start of the date was 50-1. It is great with the bookmakers. We were

looking at British earlier. We saw Jeremy Corbyn. You had some thing to

say about him and Donald Trump and watches with the odds there.

Politics is starting to become a little bit more unpredictable.

Jeremy Corbyn doom and after Ed Miliband step down. He was 150-1 at

the start of the process. Donald Trump was 200-1 at the start of the

Republican nominations. Do people bet on politics? Are you still

seeing a healthy flow of money? Yes, politics is getting more popular.

More people have access to the politics on the TV. TV shows become

global, people around the world and in the UK as well can watch American

politics. They can watch Russian politics. They can watch politics

from around the world. There is a real niche of punters that get

involved in political betting. What are the odds on Donald Trump

becoming Republican nomination. 1-2. The assault on. 6-1 to become

President. Macedonian police have

come under criticism by both the Greek officials

and the United Nation's Refugee Agency - the UNHCR -

after they fired tear gas at migrant protesters on the border

with Greece yesterday. In a tweet, the agency said,

we are very worried about use of tear gas against #refugees

on Greece's northern border. Yesterday's unrest reportedly began

after a group of migrants approached the fence to ask Macedonian border

guards to open it and let them pass. Greece condemned the act -

Medical charity Medicins San Frotiers said its staff had

suffered from teargas when canisters were fired directly

into the camp housing thousands. Conor Kenny, a doctor

working with MSF says among The most serious concerns have been

fractures and plastic bullet wounds We have had three children

under the age of ten who have had a plastic

bullet to the head. Other concerns are due

to what has happened

following a stampede. Many people have had chest injuries

or crush injuries as a result of stampede either

to or from the border. number of pregnant women who have

come in who need assessment and up to 200 people who have been

affected by teargas. In Malaysia, a giant reticulated

python, thought to be the longest every caught,

has died after laying eggs. The snake, which weighs

almost 160 kilograms, It was found several days ago

on the island of Penang. The snake was found under a fallen

tree on a building site. Conservationists say

the number of tigers living in the wild has increased,

after decades of decline. A new estimate suggests there's been

a rise of 700 compared with the last set of figures,

six years ago. Our Science Editor David Shukman has

been looking at the reasons why there's been this surprise

turnaround in the tiger's fortunes. Tigers are among the most

spectacular creatures in the natural For all their power and the fear

they inspire, they are very Some years ago I joined a patrol

in Thailand and tried to I felt like part of

a military operations. The threat is from well-armed

poachers and guards In the markets of Asia,

tiger parts fetch high Demand for the animals

is relentless. Tigers have been in

trouble for decades. The red areas on this map

show where they were Now the smaller orange areas

are all they have got. There were about 100,000

tigers 100 years ago. That collapsed down

to Now there are welcomed signs

of a slight increase, It has been the result of many

decades of hard work. By governments, a lot

of partners on the ground, the local communities

coming together. The future of tigers

still hangs by a thread. Every day the patrols need

to keep watch. When guards do well,

the numbers of tigers starts rising. Automatic cameras planted

in the forest filmed these scenes of the

animals passing by. It takes high technology

and a large budget to keep

the tigers alive. But without this effort,

their only sanctuary Even through a thick pane

of glass it is quite something to get this

close to a tiger. The truth is there are many more

of these magnificent animals in For those in the wild

it is a constant Only in 13 countries

do tigers roam free. In many of the rest,

extinction remains Prince William has paid

tribute to the Queen describing her as remarkably

energetic and a wonderful He was speaking in India,

at a party to celebrate the Queen's From there, our royal correspondent

Nicholas Witchell reports. It was a grandson's

personal tribute. At a reception at the British High

Commissioner's residence in Delhi, William spoke of the monarch,

his grandmother, who on Thursday of next week will

celebrate her 90th birthday. I'm incredibly lucky

to have my grandmother in my life. As she turns 90, she is an energetic

and dedicated guiding force George and Charlotte too

will discover how lucky they are to have such

a wonderful great grandmother. A role model for the

rest of their lives. And as a role model for her family,

the Queen has set The quality most people

would associate with the Queen And that has become a slightly

sensitive issue for William recently, because there have been

questions about his commitment So this visit is a chance

to dispel those doubts. There's certainly been

no lack of enthusiasm. This was William trying a racing car

simulator in Mumbai. And in the serious moments,

at the home of Mahatma Gandhi, and laying a wreath to India's war

dead, William looks what he is - a future king shaping his own

personality to the role from which he knows

he cannot escape. Reaching your 100th birthday

is a always quite an achievement. 100 years old but Verdun Hayes

is not one for sitting still. For his birthday

he wanted to skydive. Doing one thing and the other

which other people do not Born during the First World War

and named after the Battle of Verdun, he fought

the Nazis but that was on the ground, and not

in the Now a centenarian, he is at 10,000

feet and ready to go. I said to them I want to be

first out. It is thought he is

the UK's oldest ever skydiver and in doing it he has

raised money for a local hospice. By then he will be

the oldest skydiver in Do get in touch via

Twitter - I'm @KarinBBC. And there's a transition and where

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