:00:10. > :00:16.survivors of the powerful tornado in Oklahoma City.
:00:16. > :00:22.It is just ripping up everything in its path. One of the worst storms in
:00:22. > :00:28.US history claimed the lives of nine children. The tornado devastated
:00:28. > :00:33.entire neighbourhoods and survivors have been describing its impact.
:00:33. > :00:40.ripped open the door and it just glass and debris started slamming on
:00:40. > :00:44.us. We thought we were dead. Joy for some parents in the suburb
:00:44. > :00:49.of Moore finding their children safe and well as the president promised
:00:49. > :00:55.unlimited support. The people of Moore should know that
:00:55. > :00:59.their country will remain on the ground and there for them, beside
:01:00. > :01:02.them as long as it takes. We will have the latest on the
:01:02. > :01:06.rescue operation in Oklahoma. Also tonight:
:01:06. > :01:11.The head of NHS England, Sir David Nicholson, who has been criticised
:01:11. > :01:14.for his role in the Stafford Hospital scandal says he will
:01:14. > :01:21.retire. The Apple bosses hit back at
:01:21. > :01:26.allegations that the firm has avoided paying billions in tax.
:01:26. > :01:36.And the film the big studios were not keen on backing. We talk to the
:01:36. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:04.Stoke begin the search for their Good evening. Rescue workers in
:02:04. > :02:06.Oklahoma City are still searching for survivors after the tornado
:02:06. > :02:10.which devastated entire neighbourhoods yesterday. It has
:02:10. > :02:14.been confirmed that 24 people died including nine children. Most of
:02:14. > :02:19.them in the suburb of Moore. Officials fear that number could
:02:19. > :02:25.rise. The tornado was over a mile wide and travelled 20 miles, moving
:02:26. > :02:28.from Newcastle and on to Moore in Oklahoma City. From there, Alastair
:02:28. > :02:34.Leithead September this report. -- sent this report.
:02:34. > :02:39.This is the moment the tornado struck. A huge and terrifying force
:02:39. > :02:44.of nature. It touched down just south of Oklahoma City and began its
:02:44. > :02:49.40 minute path of destruction, tearing up everything in its way.
:02:49. > :02:56.That's a big, big tornado. It levelled a neighbourhood, ripping
:02:56. > :03:00.homes apart with 200mph winds. is terrible. This is war zone.
:03:00. > :03:05.Terrible. Fires burned as power lines came
:03:05. > :03:10.down and gas leaked from ruptured pipes. They know about tornadoes
:03:10. > :03:14.here, warning sirens had given many people a chance to take cover. This
:03:14. > :03:22.family survived the storm and emerged unscathed. There were many
:03:22. > :03:29.stories of near misses. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.
:03:29. > :03:33.We thought we died. We locked the cellar door and the next thing you
:03:33. > :03:38.know, you see the latch coming undone and we couldn't reach for it
:03:38. > :03:43.and it ripped open the door and it just glass and debris started
:03:43. > :03:49.slamming on us. We thought we were dead to be honest.
:03:49. > :03:54.It just tore it like a truck. The focus began to switch to a
:03:54. > :03:59.primary school that fell to the twister's full force. It is
:03:59. > :04:03.destroyed. The warning had not come quickly enough to get everyone out.
:04:03. > :04:08.Children and their teachers clung to the walls as the roof was ripped
:04:08. > :04:13.off. But many were buried by the rubble. Firefighters moved fast to
:04:13. > :04:20.free them from the debris, some were badly hurt. One by one, they
:04:20. > :04:27.emerged. I've really got stuck because all the desks were on top of
:04:27. > :04:36.us and the teacher got stuck and so I had to help her because the desk
:04:36. > :04:40.was on her leg. For the the -- parents a wait to see if their
:04:40. > :04:45.children were pulled out alive. Not all had emotional reunions. This is
:04:45. > :04:50.the path that the tornado took. It is as wide as you can see and it
:04:50. > :04:57.goes on as far as you can see. And just over there, amid all that
:04:57. > :05:02.wreckage, it is where the school once was. House after house, street
:05:03. > :05:08.after street, destroyed. Cars picked up and thrown around like toys.
:05:08. > :05:12.Trees shredded amid the tangle of wood and metal. People's possessions
:05:12. > :05:16.skratered across the neighbourhood -- scattered across the
:05:16. > :05:20.neighbourhood. For the few who made it through the
:05:20. > :05:23.police road blocks, the clean-up has started. Many were grateful they
:05:23. > :05:29.survived. It was really scary. I thought I was
:05:29. > :05:32.going to die. I laid in there on the ground and held my dog close to me
:05:32. > :05:41.and just waited to see what was going to happen.
:05:41. > :05:47.President Obama said the focus was on rescue, but recovery.
:05:47. > :05:52.We face -- rerecognise you face a long road ahead and in some cases
:05:52. > :05:56.there will be gref that has to be absorbed, but you will not travel
:05:56. > :06:01.that path alone. Search and rescue teams with sniffer
:06:01. > :06:04.dogs went from house-to-house to make sure nobody had been left
:06:04. > :06:09.trapped below the rubble. As the work continued, the storm clouds
:06:09. > :06:19.were gathering again and forecasters warned more tornadoes could be on
:06:19. > :06:29.Three-quarters of the world's tornadoes strike in North America
:06:29. > :06:29.
:06:29. > :06:33.with most hitting an area stretching from south South Dakota to kal rad
:06:33. > :06:38.owe. -- Colorado. David Shukman is with
:06:38. > :06:41.me with more details. Thank you, Huw. This is the season
:06:41. > :06:46.for tornados and we are talking about the region that gets hit
:06:46. > :06:53.hardest by them. This storm has taken everyone by surprise. Its
:06:53. > :06:56.speed and power, making it unusually dangerous as we have seen. Le my
:06:56. > :07:00.god. Terrifying approach of one of the
:07:00. > :07:05.most violent forms of weather. Most tornadoes only last a few minutes
:07:05. > :07:09.and pass over fields. This one, just kept going for 45 minutes and headed
:07:09. > :07:13.for the town of Moore. There will be a lot of damage
:07:13. > :07:20.produced by this tornado. This is the month that sees the
:07:20. > :07:26.highest number of tornadoes. Many pass unnoticed, not this one.
:07:26. > :07:33.America gets hit by tornado more than any other country because of
:07:33. > :07:38.its geography, cold, dry air from Rockies cold lIEdz with -- clIEdz
:07:38. > :07:43.with air from the Gulf of Mexico. This area spans several States
:07:43. > :07:46.including Oklahoma and tornadoes are frequent here. So let's take a look
:07:46. > :07:52.in more detail at how tornadoes form.
:07:52. > :07:58.First, if the storms are large enough, they pool air up from the
:07:58. > :08:04.ground. This forms a connection with a column of air that starts to
:08:04. > :08:10.twist. Yesterday, the winds reached 200mph. Now most tornadoes are
:08:10. > :08:16.narrow, but this one was up to two miles across. All of which, made it
:08:16. > :08:20.unusually damaging. America's worst tornado struck back in 1925, over
:08:20. > :08:24.600 people were killed. So tornadoes are nothing new and so far, there is
:08:24. > :08:33.no evidence that over the past century that climate change is
:08:34. > :08:40.causing more of them. In the 1950s, early warning systems were put in
:08:40. > :08:43.place, but tornadoes are unpredictable, the storms that can
:08:43. > :08:47.create them can be forecast, but not the tornadoes themselves. Scientists
:08:47. > :08:50.are trying to understand them and one researcher who has worked in
:08:50. > :08:55.Oklahoma said it is really difficult. We are quite good at the
:08:55. > :08:58.moment at predicting the largest scale weather patterns, but as you
:08:58. > :09:02.get down to individual thunderstorms, individual large
:09:02. > :09:09.clouds, that's a real challenge and we don't have the computer power to
:09:09. > :09:12.model the atmosphere on that scale. Even the forecasters in Tornado
:09:12. > :09:16.Alley ran into trouble. I think it is our time to go.
:09:16. > :09:21.The weather system that generated the deadly tornado was getting close
:09:21. > :09:25.to this studio. Everybody down below. Let's go.
:09:25. > :09:28.It might look as if tornadoes are becoming more frequent, they are
:09:28. > :09:32.not. It is just that more people are living in harm's way. The sixth form
:09:32. > :09:38.that caused the tornado isn't finished. There are warnings of
:09:38. > :09:44.rainfall and there is always the risk of more tornadoes. Huw.
:09:44. > :09:48.Dived shack man there. -- shaved shook man there. Let's go
:09:48. > :09:51.back to Oklahoma and Alastair Leithead. Alistair, what can you
:09:51. > :09:56.tell us? Well, the latest from the search and
:09:56. > :10:01.rescue side of the operation is that's winding down. The fire chief
:10:01. > :10:05.says that he is sure that there is nobody left in the wreckage of these
:10:05. > :10:10.houses. Almost a mile-and-a-half across, that's a lot of houses to go
:10:10. > :10:15.through. He says each of them will be searched at least and by the end
:10:15. > :10:19.of the day he hopes each will have been searched three times. We have
:10:19. > :10:25.seen extra search and rescue teams coming in today to back up the 200
:10:25. > :10:29.that worked through the night. The storm has been upgraded from a
:10:29. > :10:38.Category 4 to a Category 5 which is the highest level you can have for
:10:38. > :10:44.this kind of twister and that's been given by the statement who -- given
:10:44. > :10:47.by the teams working on the ground. Alastair Leithead for us there.
:10:47. > :10:53.The head of the NHS in England, Sir David Nicholson, announced that he
:10:53. > :10:59.will be taking a retirement next year. Sir David has come under
:10:59. > :11:05.pressure to step down since the public inquiry into the scandal at
:11:05. > :11:09.Stafford Hospital. Jeremy Hunt praised him for staying calm in a
:11:09. > :11:13.difficult post. NHS England struggles to deal with a
:11:13. > :11:18.number of serious challenges. Branwen Jeffreys reports.
:11:18. > :11:22.He is the NHS's top boss, the tough operator who delivered on targets,
:11:22. > :11:26.but Sir David Nicholson has been dogged by controversy and calls for
:11:26. > :11:33.him to resign over failings at Stafford Hospital. As the boss of
:11:33. > :11:36.the NHS in England, he managed �100 billion budget. His focus on finance
:11:36. > :11:41.and targets made him popular with the Treasury, but that culture in
:11:41. > :11:46.the NHS was blamed for the needless suffering in Stafford. For months
:11:46. > :11:49.the relatives campaigned for him to resign calling him the man with no
:11:49. > :11:54.shame even now they are disappointed he has been able to choose to
:11:54. > :11:59.retire. He will have a huge pension pot and
:12:00. > :12:04.he will be keep his knighthood. He will have a happy retirement unlike
:12:04. > :12:09.the many people who he has left behind at Mid Staffs who will have
:12:09. > :12:12.to suffer after they have watched their loved one suffer at Mid Staffs
:12:12. > :12:17.Hospital. In Westminster, more than 40 MPs
:12:17. > :12:21.called for him to step down. Some felt he found it too hard to
:12:21. > :12:28.apologise. You seem to not be able to remember lots of things that go
:12:28. > :12:38.on. There it is at paragraph 116. I cannot recall what we... Some were
:12:38. > :12:39.
:12:39. > :12:43.frus strayed by his failure to -- frustrated by his failure to answer
:12:43. > :12:48.questions. Today, he wrote to say he would
:12:48. > :12:53.retire from NHS England. Just weeks after it took control of the Health
:12:53. > :12:56.Service and said recent events showed on occasion the NHS can still
:12:56. > :13:05.sometimes fail patients, their families and careers. This continues
:13:05. > :13:08.to be a matter of profound regret to me." I don't think that history will
:13:08. > :13:12.judge David Nicholson by Mid Staffs, but by the leadership that he
:13:12. > :13:18.provided to a really complex, really difficult, really challenging
:13:18. > :13:24.organisation over seven years. The job description for his
:13:24. > :13:33.relaysment -- replacement, someone dwilg to run a world-class
:13:33. > :13:37.organisation in difficult times. Lower petrol prices and air fares
:13:37. > :13:41.have led to the first drop in the UK's inflation rate for six months.
:13:41. > :13:47.The measures which tracks the rate at which goods and services increase
:13:47. > :13:51.in price fell to 2. 4% in April. For more detail on how it might affect
:13:51. > :14:01.your finances and circumstances, you can try our inflation calculator.
:14:01. > :14:04.You'll find it on the website. The technology giant, Apple has been
:14:04. > :14:08.defending itself against accusations it's avoided paying billions of
:14:08. > :14:11.dollars of tax on profits. The Chief Executive told the US Senate that it
:14:11. > :14:15.was come plying with the law and with the spirit of the law.
:14:15. > :14:19.Yesterday, a report claimed that they avoided taxes by spreading its
:14:19. > :14:24.accounts over a network of subsiduaries. It concluded that
:14:24. > :14:31.Ireland had functioned as a tax haven for the company. As we now
:14:31. > :14:36.report. It's a global brand and the devices are used in countries around
:14:36. > :14:38.the world. It's been hailed as an American success story, but now US
:14:38. > :14:43.politicians are accusing it of shunting of billions of dollars away
:14:43. > :14:48.from the country to avoid paying tax. Senators at a hearing today
:14:48. > :14:53.said it was clear they were simply not paying its fair share of
:14:53. > :14:58.corporate taxes. The real issue is the billions in taxes that it is not
:14:58. > :15:03.paying. Thanks to off-shore tax strategies, whose purpose is tax
:15:03. > :15:10.avoidance pure and simple. bosses were sworn in and then
:15:10. > :15:14.mounted a robust defence of their position. We pay all the taxes we
:15:14. > :15:21.owe, every single dollar. We not only comply with the laws, but we
:15:21. > :15:24.comply with the spirit of the laws. We don't depend on tax gimmicks.
:15:24. > :15:30.the Senate investigation said more than half of the profits were held
:15:30. > :15:38.in Irish companies. One made a profit of $30 billion over three
:15:38. > :15:42.years, but paid no income tax over that time. Another made $74 billion
:15:42. > :15:47.in profit, but paid tax on only a tiny fraction. Ireland has long had
:15:47. > :15:50.a low tax regime as a policy to attract investment. The Government
:15:50. > :15:53.there said today it was not to blame for the level of tax payments. This
:15:53. > :15:58.was a global issue. In so far as there is an international dimension
:15:58. > :16:02.to this, it needs to be tackled by having robust international
:16:02. > :16:07.agreements and Ireland very much is in favour of that. The criticism of
:16:07. > :16:12.Apple comes as politicians here have berated Amazon, Google and Starbucks
:16:12. > :16:16.over low levels of corporate taxes paid in the UK, despite sales of
:16:16. > :16:20.billions of pounds between them. Whether it's Apple or others, there
:16:20. > :16:25.is one thing in common, they all sell goods and services around the
:16:25. > :16:29.world and move money across borders every week. That's why many are now
:16:29. > :16:35.arguing that no single economy on its own can tackle the corporate tax
:16:35. > :16:39.issue. The saga has pushed tax higher up the agenda. Tomorrow's
:16:39. > :16:46.European summit in Brussels will focus on the issue and there's talk
:16:46. > :16:50.of international action, but precisely what remains to be seen.
:16:50. > :16:56.One of the fastest-growing economies in Africa is Ghana. It's making
:16:56. > :17:00.significant progress in tackling poverty and corruption. Growth in
:17:00. > :17:04.Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to outstrip the global average over the
:17:04. > :17:08.next three years. The economy has been expanding at 8. 4% over the
:17:08. > :17:14.past four years and that has brought social benefits too. For example,
:17:14. > :17:19.life expectancy back in 1970 was 49. Now, it is 64. For latest in our
:17:19. > :17:25.series of special reports on the changing face, the BBC's George
:17:25. > :17:31.Alagiah reports from the capital. First, there were the Asian tigers,
:17:31. > :17:36.now meet the African lions. From building sites to stock exchanges,
:17:36. > :17:40.the Continent is seeing a surge in economic activity. Growth rates here
:17:40. > :17:46.put much of the rest of the world into the shade and Ghana is in the
:17:46. > :17:51.vanguard. This would be a sitting room. Very light, so you have the
:17:51. > :17:55.feel of a comfortable area. People who might have taken their money
:17:55. > :18:00.abroad are splashing out at home. All that spending is fuelling an
:18:00. > :18:04.economy that is no longer as quite as dependent on traditional exports.
:18:04. > :18:11.People are reaping the benefits of more than a decade of political
:18:11. > :18:17.stability. I think for the first time the African story is not just
:18:17. > :18:21.communities, but one of expanding incomes and opportunities and a
:18:21. > :18:26.growing middle class. You talk about this new-frowned growth, but is
:18:26. > :18:36.everybody -- new-found growth, but is everybody sharing in it, or are
:18:36. > :18:36.
:18:37. > :18:41.people being left behind? We can do more. Government spending ought to
:18:42. > :18:47.help redress that imimbalance. -- imbalance. I went to school here
:18:47. > :18:56.before your parents were born. was a time of unbridled optimism.
:18:56. > :19:05.Which one do you think I am? That's it. This guy here. What do you want
:19:05. > :19:09.to be? A banker. A doctor.You want to be a doctor. Why? Because I like
:19:09. > :19:14.taking care of sick people. lawyer. But no-one said they wanted
:19:14. > :19:21.to be a scientist or an engineer. The skills that the country will
:19:21. > :19:26.need if it's to expand its manufacturing sector. At 70,000
:19:26. > :19:29.bottles an hour, this one of the most successful drinks producers.
:19:29. > :19:38.The buy Joe chemists here are trying to give a new African twist to the
:19:38. > :19:42.old business of a good night out. What Stephen and his team is mixing
:19:42. > :19:48.alcohol with traditional roots and herbs and now they are doing it on
:19:48. > :19:53.an industrial scale. With a �20 million investment in new plant, the
:19:53. > :19:57.company's targeting the wider African market. Its founder says
:19:57. > :20:05.either he does it or the mleT nationals will. -- multinationals
:20:05. > :20:11.will. It is hard times for us. We need to take the opportunity and use
:20:11. > :20:14.it ourselves, instead of watching for the foreigners to come for us.
:20:14. > :20:19.Gore Ghana the key to sustaining success is making sure there are
:20:19. > :20:28.enough jobs when the pupils are done with their education. By that
:20:28. > :20:35.measure, there is still some way to go. Just to tell you, you can see
:20:35. > :20:39.more on the changing face of Africa. It's on the website. You will see
:20:39. > :20:43.the links and all the information there.
:20:43. > :20:47.The First Minister of Scotland says the Scots can more than afford to
:20:47. > :20:50.embrace independence. He set out his economic case ahead of next year's
:20:50. > :20:54.referendum, he accused British governments past and present are
:20:54. > :21:01.holding the Scottish people back. But critics have questioned the
:21:01. > :21:06.detail and the direction of his policy, as we now report. Get on
:21:06. > :21:10.board - Alex Salmond at a bus and coach builders in Falkirk. The
:21:10. > :21:15.company's doing well and growing the business. Alex Salmond says Scotland
:21:15. > :21:21.is prospering, but could do better with independence if he can quash
:21:21. > :21:26.the doubts raised by his rivals. we go through the debate, every
:21:26. > :21:31.scaremongering initiative will be dragged out of the cupboard and done
:21:31. > :21:36.with like Dracula and the "yes" campaign and everything will build
:21:36. > :21:41.its strength on the positive. underlying SNP narrative is that
:21:41. > :21:45.Scotland's economy has been held back by Westminster governance, but
:21:45. > :21:49.the tone of this document launched here today is upbeat and it's about
:21:49. > :21:54.potential, not about grief and despair. That's because Alex Salmond
:21:54. > :22:00.believes the Scots will be convinced to opt for independence if they feel
:22:00. > :22:04.confident in themselves, not apprehensive about ending the union.
:22:04. > :22:08.There's more to the Scottish economy than the oil around her shores, but
:22:08. > :22:14.it's critical in this debate. Supporters of a union say it's a
:22:14. > :22:17.declining asset, too volatile in value to sustain Scotland.
:22:18. > :22:22.Nationalists say the UK Government deliberately underplayed the extent
:22:22. > :22:27.of oil discoveries in the 1970s to head off demands for independence
:22:27. > :22:32.then. Even today, they say there is still oil aplenty to help fund an
:22:32. > :22:36.independent Scotland. But they point to other UK downsides in their case
:22:36. > :22:39.for independence. They say successive UK governments have
:22:39. > :22:43.implemented spending curbs on capital investment, the wrong tack
:22:43. > :22:46.they say in a recession. They say Scotland is experiencing lower
:22:46. > :22:52.long-term growth than the UK because, they claim, the emphasis
:22:52. > :22:58.has been on the City of London. And, they blame pay inequality in the UK
:22:58. > :23:02.for depressing demand and curbing social mobility. But supporters of a
:23:02. > :23:05.union say Scotland has thrived precisely because of open access to
:23:05. > :23:10.the British market. The finance services industry depends on the UK
:23:10. > :23:15.market. The oil industry depends on the UK subsidy for decommissioning
:23:15. > :23:19.in the North Sea and renewables, it is all backed by a UK bill payers'
:23:19. > :23:24.subsidies, so it shows we are better together and stronger as part of the
:23:24. > :23:34.UK. Back at the bus factory, the date for the referendum is on
:23:34. > :23:35.
:23:36. > :23:38.display. All we await now is the destination. A new film that tells
:23:38. > :23:40.the life story of the flamboyant pianist, Liberace, has been
:23:41. > :23:43.premiered tonight at the Cannes Film Festival. Behind the Candelabra,
:23:43. > :23:45.starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, struggled to get the
:23:45. > :23:48.necessary funding because some studios apparently thought it would
:23:49. > :23:51.only appeal to a gay audience. It was eventually backed by the cable
:23:52. > :24:01.channel HBO. Our arts editor, Will Gompertz, has been to meet the
:24:02. > :24:05.
:24:05. > :24:12.treatment and on top form as Liberace. The man who put the show
:24:12. > :24:18.into showbiz. In a new film, Behind the Candelabra. It's about the love
:24:18. > :24:23.affair that the performer had with a much young younger Scott Percy,
:24:23. > :24:28.played by Matt day Monday. The film is explicit about the nature of
:24:28. > :24:34.their relationship. I want to be everything to you, Scott. Brother,
:24:34. > :24:39.father, lover. I asked them how they approached the more intimate scenes?
:24:39. > :24:44.From my wife, so we are on the coach and I throw my legs over his and we
:24:44. > :24:54.are sitting there. How do you sit and watch a movie late at night with
:24:54. > :24:54.
:24:54. > :24:58.your spouse? Liberace managed his public image. First he denies the
:24:58. > :25:04.homosexuality and having AIDS, but now stars are quick to tell all.
:25:04. > :25:09.What has changed? It's because of the digital age and you are able to
:25:09. > :25:12.hide and have a private life 30, 40 years ago. It doesn't exist and
:25:12. > :25:18.there were maybe two or three gossip columnists and that's all there was.
:25:18. > :25:23.Now you don't have that privacy. As celebrities, it is better for you to
:25:23. > :25:32.get it out and say it and control the information rather than just
:25:32. > :25:37.turn into being gossiped about. know, the last time, stare as long
:25:37. > :25:40.as you want. Behind the Candelabra might be opening at the Cannes Film
:25:40. > :25:45.Festival, but it's commissioned by and made for American television.
:25:45. > :25:51.The studios wouldn't go near it, according to the director, too gay
:25:51. > :25:57.apparently. The feeling was because it would only appeal to a gay
:25:57. > :26:01.audience, which is pretty narrow thinking, but there is some sense of
:26:01. > :26:09.where our studios are at today and many of them. In America some of the
:26:09. > :26:12.best things you get are on TV period and movies seem to be becoming more