05/07/2011 BBC News at Ten

The pressure on the News of the World grows, with fresh allegations

about phone hacking, outraged politicians and one company

suspended advertising. Tonight there is a new concern about phone

hacking and the family of Jessica Chapman. It follows claims that

Milly Dowler's phone messages were intercepted after she disappeared.

The editor of the news of the world at the time says she is shocked and

appalled. She faces calls to quit. Of course she could consider her

position. This goes beyond one individual. This is about the

culture and practises which were obviously going on at that

newspaper, the News of the World, over sustained period. If they are

true, this is a truly dreadful act and a truly dreadful situation.

What I have read in the papers is quite, quite shocking.

And the man convicted of phone hacking for the newspaper, says the

pressure there was relentless, with a constant demand for results. Also

tonight - inside the world's biggest refugee camp, as 10 million

people are threatened by drought in East Africa. This group of

villagers have been walking five days to get here. Others have

travelled longer than that, sometimes several weeks, but all of

them are looking for food, water and medical supplies.

Calls for British manufacturing jobs to be saved, as 1400 jobs go

at a train-making company in Derby. 20 years to recover from this.

Never! I don't know how many are unemployed in Derby, when they all

join the queues f you don't have a job, you'll never get one. On the

royal tour - Prince William tries his hand at Canada's national sport.

And coming up in Sportsday at 10.30pm, find out how this goal

helped England's women qualify for Good evening. The storm of

controversy about phone hacking at the News of the World is growing.

Tonight the BBC has learnt of a new allegation, concerning the family

of one of the schoolgirls murdered in Soham in 2002. There were calls

for the newspaper editor at the time, Rebekah Brooks, to resign.

One company has suspended its advertising in the paper. MPs will

discuss the development in an emergency debate tomorrow. Glenn

Mulcaire, the private detectiveive convicted of phone hacking for the

paper, said he had been under relentless pressure there.

Our business editor reports. Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, the

schoolgirls murdered in Soham in 2002, we learn today whether

Jessica Chapman's father's phone was hacked. Milly Dowler, also

murdered in 202, whose mobile phone voice -- 2002, whose mobile phone

voice mails were intercepted by a reporters working for the News of

the World, after she was killed, but before her body was found.

Tonight that private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, told the Guardian

This is Rebekah Brooks - editor of the News of the World when the

alleged phone hacking took place. Today, she said she will not quit

her current job. Chief executive of News International, owner of the

News of the World. She has powerful friends. What I have read in the

papers is quite, quite shocking, that somebody could do this,

actually knowing that the police were trying to find this person and

trying to find out what had happened, and we all now know the

tragedy which took place. Of course she should consider her position.

This goes beyond one individual. This is about the culture and

practises which were obviously going on at that newspaper, the

News of the World, over a sustained period. This was not a rogue

reporter. Rebekah Brooks told her staff today

that the allegations were horif ribg and she knew -- horrific, and

that she knew nothing about them. If things went wrong, we will

correct them and justice will be done. At the News of the World, in

2002 when the alleged Soham and Milly Dowler hacking took place,

Rebekah Brooks was editor. She was succeeded by her deputy and after

the first revelations about hacking, he quit in 2007, going on to work

for David Cameron as Director of Communications.

Today, Rebekah Brooks is chief executive of the News of the

World's publisher, News International, owned by News

Corporation. So her boss and protecter is Rupert Murdoch,

chairman of News Corporation. News International executives tell me

they don't dispute the facts of the latest allegations, even though

they are conducting their own inquiries. Perhaps more striking,

they also say they expect more explosive revelations from the

police investigation into how the News of the World obtained its

information. British Sky Broadcasting, News Corporation owns

39% of the UK's largest broadcaster and it is trying to buy 100%. This

organisation, Ofcom has the power to decide whether or not Newscorp

is now a fit and proper owner of Sky. If they were to decide at any

point in the future, given what may have emerged by then, that News

Corporation were not fit and proper, they could act at any point.

pressure keeps piling on News International. NPower, the energy

group, the Halifax and other companies are reviewing whether to

stop advertising in the News of the World and because of concerns about

standard of behaviour at the paper, Ford has suspended advertising.

The scandal, which began with a minor story about the Royal Family

in the News of the World has gone deeper than anyone could have

anticipated. Some tabloid journalists describe phone hacks as

one of the dark arts of their trade. Increasingly light is being shed on

these practises and the moral debate about British journalism is

deepening. It started with the News of the World story, Prince William

suffering a knee injury. Information obtained by phone

hacking. The News of the World's Royal Editor was jailed. Back then,

a handful of well known people were known to be victims. In 2009, it

emerged the number of those affected was much higher. At the

centre of all this, private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, who

tonight admitted he had been pushed to the limits. He had pushed the

limits ethically. His alleged actions in the case of Milly Dowler

has prompted reactions like this from senior politicians. I think

these allegations are truly shocking. I think it is right that

they should be looked at, that they should be investigated with great

vigour. Obviously we have been absolutely clear, in relation to

all the allegations which have come about phone hacking. This is a

matter for the police to investigation and -- investigate

and they should take those investigations wherever the

evidence leads them. It is still the case that much of the evidence

about phone hacking comes from Mulcaire's reporters notebooks.

11,000 pages of notes, seized by police years ago. He recorded the

names of his targets. Their phone numbers, voice mail PIN numbers and

account details. Crucially which journalists commissioned the

hacking. It led to the homes of newspaper

executives being raided. News international itself provided some

evidence. Computers, as well as phones have been hacked. The former

army intelligence officer Ian Hurst was a victim, according to evidence

seen by BBC's Panetta. There have been claims a police officer, Dave

Cook had his voice mail listened to. Police are talking to his wife, the

BBC Crimewatch presenter who may have been targeted. Hugh Grant

believes with cases like that of Milly Dowler things are coming to a

head. It's been hard to make large portions of the population really

care about it in a vis ral way, because so many of the victims were

rich and famous, wherever. These stories I think hit people in the

gut. It will be for the police and the

courts to get to the bottom of all this. Once the facts are finally

established it is likely there'll be big questions about where to

draw the moral line in British journalism.

Thank you. In a moment we'll get the latest

from Westminster and our political editor Nic Robinson. First our

business editor, Robert Peston, is here. This story is changing

throughout the evening. Developments are coming thick and

fast. What is the latest? Well, the latest extraordinary twist is I

have learnt that News International has passed e-mails to the police,

which indicate over a period of years, payments were made to the

police for information and they also appear to indicate that those

payments were authorised by the then editor of the News of the

World, this is of significance Andy Coulson went on to be the Director

of Communications for the Prime Minister, David Cameron.

I have tried to put these allegations to Andy Coulson. I have

left a message on his mobile phone. As yet, he's not got back to me.

That said, having talked to sources at News International, they regard

this as a very, very significant development in, what is a quite

extraordinary story. Robert, thank you very much. Well, Nic Robinson,

at Westminster, what are the political implications of this?

is the link those close to David Cameron always feared. The link

between the Prime Minister, his former Director of Communications

and alleged, let's repeat that word, "alleged". News International

passed on evidence, not to do with phone hacking, but payments to the

police, which is illegal. Those of you with long memories may remember

that Rebekah Brooks, that is Andy Coulson's boss, the woman who is

currently chief executive of News International was asked about this,

here in the House of Commons, at a select committee. She said, "We

have paid the police for information in the past." There

were gaffes in the room. Andy Coulson lent across and said, "we

have always operated within the code, and within the law." Well,

the suggestion is that this is being tested by the police now.

What I think it means is two things, Fiona, first of all, people have

hung together throughout this crisis, Rebekah Brooks, Andy

Coulson, this chap Glenn Mulcaire, all those at News International are

now not doing so. It is my information that News International

did not tell Mr Coulson about the information that they had passed on

to the police. The second thing, it says, is this is becoming political.

There is Prime Minister's Questions here tomorrow. There is an

emergency debate on phone hacking and there is no doubt that the

enemies of David Cameron will now say, this gos to your doorstep.

Thank you. -- goes to your doorstep. A human

tragedy of unimaginable proportions. This is the warn from the UN

commissioner for refugees. He says there are high levels among

children of malnutrition. Rains have failed for the past three

seasons. More than 10 million people across Ethiopia, Somalia and

Kenya are facing dire shortages of food, shelter and health services.

Ben Brown is the only TV journalist in the Dadaab refugee camp.

These are the people of the drought, but they are escaping from

Somalia's endless civil war and they trek vast distances across

land where it no longer seems to rain.

Some are sick like this boy who is just six months old. Some will die

along the way. These people we came across today are from the same

village in Somalia. What they carry is all they process.

TRANSLATION: The journey was too long. We had no food. We were

carrying children on our back. No water. Threat from wild animals.

All kinds of suffering. This group of villagers have been

walking for five days now to get here. Others have travelled for

longer than that, sometimes several weeks, but all of them are looking

for the same thing - food, water and medical supplies and pleading

for help from the international community.

When they arrive at the Dadaab refugee camp, they are desperate,

but this place has been overwhelmed and aid workers are struggling to

cope. The UN say they do give basic rations to everyone who comes here,

but some refugees complain they can wait for days or even weeks without

getting any proper food supplies. Unless we can get humanitarian aid

into this part of the world and unless we can scale up our

operations to meet the growing need this crisis could turn into a

catastrophe and that's what we have got to stop.

The most vulnerable at this camp are the Mall nourished children who

have just arrived, often they die within a day or so of getting here.

And so the graveyards are filling up fast, mainly it is children and

babies buried here. Families who have come in search of food and

The train manufacturer, Bombardier is to cut almost half its workforce

at its plant in Derby. It is heading almost 500 jobs.

The contract has gone to a German firm and the Prime Minister has

been asked to look into whether British companies are losing out

under EU regulations. Jo Coburn An uncertain future for workers at

the Bombardier train factory. Today they learned half of them face

redundancy. It follows the Government's decision to award a

major contract to build 1200 new Thameslink train carriages to

Siemens rather than a British company. Workers have said they

feel betrayed. It will take 20 years to recover

from this. Never. I don't know how many is unemployed in Derby, but

when these thousands join the queue, if you ain't got a job you will

never get one. If I haven't got a job now, the

Government is going to have to pay more money for me to be unemployed

and that's silly. Ministers claim under European

contract law the Government had no choice, but to choose Siemens, they

also insist that the job losses are not all as a result of the

Thameslink decision. We have got to look at long-term procurement,

staying within the European rules. We have no alternative, but to do

that, but to operate like the French and Germans trying to make

sure that tenders are drawn up in a way that helps our own

manufacturers. European Commission has warned against blaming Brussels

for the job losses at Bombardier. It claims Britain does well out of

the current system. Our figures show that 98.5% of UK

public procurement stays with UK companies so it is only 1.5% of UK

public spending that goes to companies outside the UK.

Labour has said the decision is a body blow for British manufacturing

and it is calling on the Government to think again.

In the months ahead, if there is any doubt about what Siemens are

going to produce, they can still re-open the contract. We need

steely minded determination from ministers, not the damp squibs we

have seen today. The Government claims its hands are tied by a

process devised by the previous Labour administration, but that

won't satisfy many Tory MPs who want David Cameron to live up to

his pre-election promise of renegotiating Britain's

relationship with the European Union.

The Prime Minister's spokeswoman said the Government will look at

whether it is applying EU rules to best effect for future contracts,

but that will be too late for many Coming up:

The colourful welcome for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they

visit one of Canada's remotest A British soldier found shot dead

yesterday after disappearing from his base in Southern Afghanistan

has been named. He was Highlander Scott McLaren of 4th Battalion The

Royal Regiment of Scotland. He was 20 years old. The circumstances of

his death overshadowed David Cameron's visit to Afghanistan. He

confirmed more British troops will be leaving the country. Paul Wood

has been outed with one unit as it trains the Afghans set to replace

British troops drop in on an area the Taliban used to control. No

longer. In Helmand NATO is pushing out. That's what you can do when

10,000 British troops have been reinforced by 20,000 Americans. So

far the British soldiers have not run into any opposition and usually

when the ants see NATO coming in strength, they retreat, but not

always. So no one takes any chances. Afghan

police lead the searches. NATO believes Afghans can deal with

their own people better than foreign troops. By 2015, the idea

is they will do it alone. One of the villagers hopes things will

improve without the insurgents around.

"the Taliban steal steal food. I am very poor, but if I II protest,

they say you support NATO." This is what progress looks like in

Afghanistan. So much so there is to be a further cut in British troops

of a few hundred soldiers. But NATO still far outnumbers the

Afghan forces in Helmand. What is needed to hand over a village like

this to the local troops altogether. A-regular police presence. That's

what we need. So regular patrolling down here. The people with the

confidence to be able to come and talk to the police.

But in this village the police seemed willing to help themselves

to food just like the Taliban. They did though find a Taliban

ammunitions stash in the melon patch.

The insurgents haven't gone away. There was sniping at the soldiers

on the operation we joined. The Afghan forces lack much and British

officers say privately there is still a big problem with corruption.

NATO's diemployment has peaked -- deployment has peaked. The question

now, will the Afghans be able to do the job the British soldiers have

A court in the Netherlands ruled that the Dutch State was

responsible for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslims in the 1995

Srebrenica massacre. A Dutch ba talion was in charge of the area

when Bosnian forces overran it and killed 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and

boys. The ruling opens the way for families of over 200 other refugees

to sue for compensation. In the past few moments, President

Obama said he will be holding talks at White House to to resolve the

deadlock over the Federal Budget. The country has a debt of $14

trillion and the White House wants to increase that limit. The

Republicans are opposing it. Stephanie Flanders Assesses the

implications for the US and for the This is supposed to be the start of

a America's summer holidays. The Independence Day weekend, but not

this year. Not for the politicians. They still have to find a way to

prevent the world's richest economy defaulting on its debt in just a

few weeks time. The current limit on the amount of

US federal debt was set last year at 14.3 trillion dollars with over

$100 billion in new borrowing every month the Government will hit that

ceiling a the start of August, but Republicans won't let the

administration borrow more without massive spending cuts.

President Obama will talk a good game and assert that is virtueous

with regard to spending and not propose anything and ridicule those

who propose cuts. He calls for tax increases and almost every

Republican has signed a pledge not to increase taxes.

Markets are worried that America's deaf dit is still -- deficit is

still going up. There are good and bad ways to cut borrowing. No one

wants America to stumble into a default.

US Government debt is the building block of the of the global

financial system. It is important for the plumbing of the global

financial system so avoiding a default on debt is essential.

The results of a default could be so important that everyone expects

the sides to do a deal. The battle raised questions about America's

ability to sort out its budget at a difficult time for the economy.

Real incomes haven't risen this year and unemployment is over 9%.

The President doesn't want to get rushed into steep spending cuts

that make a weak recovery even weaker in the run-up to an election.

That's their bottom line. Don't increase the fiscal cuts coming

next year and hopefully find what you can give the Republicans to buy

yourself a little less cut next year. 2012 has got to be the centre

of his attention. Yes, the other side has 2012 in its

sights as well. We need need to stand up to Barack Obama's massive

deficit spending. America isn't about to default on

its debt, but it tells you something about the political

debate that 70% of the population doesn't want to raise the debt

ceiling to let the Government make good on spending commitments that

Congress has already passed. It is not an easy time for politicians on

either side to do the right thing The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

have continued their Royal tour of Canada with a visit to one of the

country's most remote regions. The couple travelled to the town of

Yellowknife 250 miles south of the Artic Circle where they have been

greeted with a display of music and dance by local native tribes people.

The sound maybe familiar, the setting less so. They are here for

a taste of another way of Canadian life. Half of the population are

abridge nationals. Eleven languages are spoken. Prince William tried

his hand at a few. We are so excited to be here.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Thank you very much.

This is a vast area with few inhabitants. A fair few of them

were here to see a couple who were being referred to as

megacelebrities. I got my mosquito net and I have come prepared and I

haven't drank anything for three days!

There is no bathrooms here! It is nice to see them personally

and I'm in Yellowknife so I'm just lucky.

Up in the north who would have thought they would come up here for

us. How exciting is this? This is great.

The finalists were on parade in Yellowknife for prince Prince

Charles and princess Ann. He is a different prince. It was a

different age. 40 years on, William's challenge

was to take part in a game of street hockey. The polo playing

prince in a suit will have to keep practising!

It doesn't really get get dark here at this time of year and this gives