:00:08. > :00:10.Tonight at Ten, hopes of relief for a besieged town in Syria,
:00:11. > :00:18.as the UN prepares to send food to thousands of starving people.
:00:19. > :00:20.A convoy is being readied to head for Madiya tomorrow.
:00:21. > :00:26.new testimony on conditions there, where people are said to be living
:00:27. > :00:34.I haven't seen my mother in a year-and-a-half. Every time we
:00:35. > :00:38.she breaks down. I'm asking for people to help. What is happening is
:00:39. > :00:44.a crime. The partner of the murdered
:00:45. > :00:47.EastEnders actress Sian Blake, arrested in Ghana, is to be
:00:48. > :00:54.questioned by British detectives. On Britain's membership
:00:55. > :00:59.of the European Union. The Hollywood actor
:01:00. > :01:01.and the drugs baron. Sean Penn's interview
:01:02. > :01:04.with Mexico's most wanted, For months the town of Madiya
:01:05. > :01:34.in Syria has been under siege by government forces,
:01:35. > :01:38.and with little access to food, terrible reports have been emerging
:01:39. > :01:41.of how thousands of people there, Children are feared to have died
:01:42. > :01:47.of starvation, while people have Well tomorrow, the United Nations
:01:48. > :01:53.and the Red Cross hope a convoy of aid will be allowed to travel
:01:54. > :01:57.from the capital Damascus to Madiya, and two villages besieged
:01:58. > :02:00.by rebel forces. Lyse Doucet, who's on Syria's
:02:01. > :02:03.border with Lebanon, has heard new testimony
:02:04. > :02:19.on the desperate situation in On Lebanon's border, Syria looms
:02:20. > :02:25.with majestic beauty. Just behind the snow capped peaks unfolds
:02:26. > :02:28.Madhya's dark tale. Ssh woman left with her young family two years ago.
:02:29. > :02:34.Her mother, nieces, nephews, are still there. She asked us to blur
:02:35. > :02:39.their faces. TRANSLATION: I haven't seen my
:02:40. > :02:44.mother in a year-and-a-half. Every time we talk, she breaks down in
:02:45. > :02:46.tears. I'm only asking for someone to intervene and help people there
:02:47. > :02:53.because what is happening is a crime. They stay in touch by text.
:02:54. > :02:58.They can't get through today. Yesterday, her sister asked, when is
:02:59. > :03:02.the aid coming. Monday, she texted back. Just two more days of
:03:03. > :03:09.starvation, came the reply, thanks be to God. These are the images said
:03:10. > :03:16.to be from inside Madhya. A child whose mother says is surviving on
:03:17. > :03:23.salt and water. It's what many seem to be living on. If you can call
:03:24. > :03:29.this a life. Packets of salt handed out, leaves pulled from trees. We
:03:30. > :03:35.can't verify these images ourselves. Today, on the border, Syrians and
:03:36. > :03:44.Lebanese raised their voices more Madiya. A rebel-held town that's
:03:45. > :03:47.besieged by Syria's army and its Lebanese Hezbollah allies. Madiya is
:03:48. > :03:52.in the eyes of the world. Protests like this are mostly because of the
:03:53. > :03:59.distressed images are merging from inside. Madiya is just one of the
:04:00. > :04:03.places around Syria. Some 400,000 people in all say the authorities
:04:04. > :04:08.not getting any aid at all. This is the place that used to
:04:09. > :04:13.symbolise suffering in Syria, Yarmouk. We returned to its darkest
:04:14. > :04:21.corridor last month. The UN hasn't been able to enter here since June.
:04:22. > :04:27.Some places have never been reached. Today, aid agencies prepare to feed
:04:28. > :04:31.Madiya. Two northernvilleage besieged by opposition forces.
:04:32. > :04:35.That's the deal. In Syria, food is a weapon of war.
:04:36. > :04:44.A British man arrested in Ghana in connection with the killing
:04:45. > :04:46.of his partner, the former Eastenders actress Sian Blake,
:04:47. > :04:49.and their two sons, will appear in court in the morning.
:04:50. > :04:51.Arthur Simpson Kent was detained yesterday at a beach resort.
:04:52. > :04:54.British detectives have begun legal proceedings,
:04:55. > :04:56.to bring him back to the UK for questioning.
:04:57. > :04:58.From Ghana, Alistair Leithead reports.
:04:59. > :05:04.The Ghanaian authorities were keen to show off Arthur Simpson-Kent,
:05:05. > :05:08.the murder suspect in their custody just three days after being told
:05:09. > :05:11.he was in Ghana, and British police wanted to find him.
:05:12. > :05:15.The fugitive is in our custody, awaiting an official request
:05:16. > :05:20.from the British government via the diplomatic channel
:05:21. > :05:23.for his extradition to the United Kingdom.
:05:24. > :05:26.He was arrested yesterday at a remote tourist spot hours
:05:27. > :05:31.Locals who recognised him said it took police a long time to act
:05:32. > :05:33.on tips, but British officers disagreed.
:05:34. > :05:37.I'm satisfied it was done as quickly as we could to have got here.
:05:38. > :05:42.There is nothing we or the Ghanaians could have done quicker to get back
:05:43. > :05:50.The bodies of Sian Blake and her two children were found last week
:05:51. > :05:53.in her back garden, weeks after being reported missing.
:05:54. > :05:56.Their father had travelled to Ghana before Christmas.
:05:57. > :05:59.This beautiful stretch of coast is where Arthur Simpson-Kent came,
:06:00. > :06:02.after apparently visiting his grandmother in Cape coast
:06:03. > :06:07.Little goes unnoticed in this small beach community,
:06:08. > :06:14.When his photographs circulated on social media,
:06:15. > :06:21.He met Mr Simpson-Kent at a cafe owned by a British lady.
:06:22. > :06:25.He said he was going to relocate here.
:06:26. > :06:32.It was three weeks that Arthur Simpson-Kent was here
:06:33. > :06:34.in Ghana before authorities were made aware that police
:06:35. > :06:39.Such is the power of social media that just a few days
:06:40. > :06:41.after his photograph was circulated, the community here in this remote
:06:42. > :06:43.part of coastal Ghana realised it was him.
:06:44. > :06:45.They mobilised police and he was arrested.
:06:46. > :06:48.The fast flow of information and coordination between British
:06:49. > :06:53.The search ended here, but the process to extradite him
:06:54. > :07:11.The first step will be when he appears in court tomorrow.
:07:12. > :07:14.David Cameron as clear as he has been today as to when we will get
:07:15. > :07:23.Does he expect a referendum in the summer?
:07:24. > :07:37.He gave the strongest signal yet that the in-out vote could be as
:07:38. > :07:42.early as June. Here is Ross Hawkins. In or out? The decision could be
:07:43. > :07:46.just months away. My aim is clear, best of both worlds for Britain, the
:07:47. > :07:49.massive prize of sorting out what frustrates us about Europe but
:07:50. > :07:53.staying in a reformed Europe. The prize is closer than it was and I'll
:07:54. > :07:58.work around-the-clock to get that done. He's Loachful he'll secure the
:07:59. > :08:02.prize in Brussels which will mean a referendum in June. If he fails, the
:08:03. > :08:05.vote may not come until next year. After tortuous negotiations in
:08:06. > :08:09.Europe, was the British Government prepared for the possibility of
:08:10. > :08:13.actually leaving the EU? I don't think that is the right answer for
:08:14. > :08:18.the reasons I've given, but were that to be the answer, we'd have to
:08:19. > :08:23.do everything necessary to make that work. We put nit the manifesto. It's
:08:24. > :08:33.the public that will decide this, not the politician. He said this
:08:34. > :08:39.morning there's no plans for brex it. Now, this is actually
:08:40. > :08:42.disgraceful. There are no plans for brexit and that's really serious
:08:43. > :08:48.because it's a complicated operation to carry out if it happens. I'm told
:08:49. > :08:52.there is growing disquiet among Euro-sceptic Cabinet Ministers that
:08:53. > :08:55.while pro-Europeans are encouraged to speak, they for the time being
:08:56. > :08:59.are kept quiet. While David Cameron says he'll stay in his job, however
:09:00. > :09:04.people vote in the referendum, some of his MPs think if Britain votes to
:09:05. > :09:12.leave the EU, he will be forced from Downing Street.
:09:13. > :09:14.The authorities in Mexico say they want to question the American
:09:15. > :09:17.actor Sean Penn, about an interview he conducted with the drug baron
:09:18. > :09:22.It took place in the Mexican jungle while Guzman was a fugitive
:09:23. > :09:24.on the run, having escaped from a maximum security prison.
:09:25. > :09:36.From Mexico City here's Katie Watson.
:09:37. > :09:40.A hand shake that took everyone by surprise, a Hollywood star and a
:09:41. > :09:45.wanted man, until he was caught on Friday after six months on the run,
:09:46. > :09:51.that is. It turns out that vanity played a part in El Chapo's
:09:52. > :09:56.downfall. He wanted to make a film about his life. He'd been in contact
:09:57. > :10:01.with actors and producers, Sean Penn was one. After a brief meeting in a
:10:02. > :10:06.hide out, he recorded an interview answering questions provided by
:10:07. > :10:08.Penn. In it, he blamed his rise to become the violent and feared
:10:09. > :10:24.criminal on his poor background. The man said to be responsible for
:10:25. > :10:25.tens of thousands of deaths through his drug trafficking activities
:10:26. > :10:41.denies he is a man of violence. There is talk in Mexico that contact
:10:42. > :10:45.between the two men may have facilitated El Cphapo's capture.
:10:46. > :10:51.Authorities here and in the US would like to talk to Sean Penn -- El
:10:52. > :10:59.Chapo. The authorities are seeking to extradite him as soon as
:11:00. > :10:59.possible. Mexico is a country sometimes where stories are
:11:00. > :11:05.unbelievable. The Government's Chief Medical
:11:06. > :11:08.Officer, Dame Sally Davies, has urged junior doctors in England
:11:09. > :11:11.to call off a strike She told the Sunday Times
:11:12. > :11:16.she could understand their anger and frustration, but didn't
:11:17. > :11:19.want patients to suffer. The doctors union,
:11:20. > :11:22.the British Medical Association, says strike action demonstrates
:11:23. > :11:24.the strength of feeling within the profession,
:11:25. > :11:26.against proposed new employment The Prime Minister's announced
:11:27. > :11:32.a ?140 million programme to either renovate, or tear down and replace
:11:33. > :11:34.England's worst housing estates. David Cameron pledged to end
:11:35. > :11:37.what he called 'decades of neglect' with the initiative,
:11:38. > :11:41.which he hopes will also help tackle A panel of experts will choose
:11:42. > :11:46.the 100 sites to be looked at. Here's our Political
:11:47. > :11:58.Correspondent Ross Hawkins. Southampton's Thornhill estate,
:11:59. > :12:05.in parts dilapidated and deprived. These are the kinds of tower blocks
:12:06. > :12:10.and dark alleyways that should be Phyllis, who has lived
:12:11. > :12:17.here for seven years, If they live in a rough area,
:12:18. > :12:21.they have no pride. Therefore, they do not
:12:22. > :12:23.bother with themselves, The government is investing ?140
:12:24. > :12:28.million to get early work underway. The rest, and the bulk,
:12:29. > :12:31.would have to come from the private The idea is to build more affordable
:12:32. > :12:35.homes on the estates I think sink housing estates,
:12:36. > :12:39.many built after the war where people can feel trapped
:12:40. > :12:42.in poverty and unable to get on and build a good life
:12:43. > :12:46.for themselves, I think it is time, with government money and massive
:12:47. > :12:49.private sector and perhaps pension sector help, to demolish the worst
:12:50. > :12:52.of these and rebuild houses that people feel they can
:12:53. > :12:54.have a real future in. In Southampton, there's long been
:12:55. > :12:57.an aspiration to regenerate some Some work has been done,
:12:58. > :13:05.but plans often hit obstacles, proposal does not mean a lot
:13:06. > :13:08.without more money to back it up. The local Labour council says it
:13:09. > :13:15.costs millions to revamp They fear that new homes that
:13:16. > :13:20.are built could be sold off, leaving a shortage of
:13:21. > :13:23.social housing for rent. We have about 10,000 people
:13:24. > :13:26.on the social housing waiting list in Southampton, I don't know how
:13:27. > :13:29.much money is there for them. The government is offering
:13:30. > :13:32.for people who can buy or nearly The government say that tenants
:13:33. > :13:40.will have their rights protected. Some are not convinced tearing down
:13:41. > :13:51.with a mixture of homes. Some are not convinced tearing down
:13:52. > :13:53.and starting again is the answer. It's nice, neighbourhood wardens
:13:54. > :13:58.control the whole thing, they're brilliant. The problem is in the
:13:59. > :14:01.people, not the housing estate. Recognition that social turn around
:14:02. > :14:08.will take more than changing bricks and mortar.
:14:09. > :14:11.A ceremony has been held in Paris, ending a week of commemorations
:14:12. > :14:13.for the victims of the attacks, on the satirical newspaper
:14:14. > :14:16.Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket a year ago.
:14:17. > :14:19.People gathered in the Place de la Republique, the site of defiant
:14:20. > :14:20.protests against the killings, for a minute's silence.
:14:21. > :14:23.An oak tree has also been planted to commemorate the victims,
:14:24. > :14:27.and those killed in the Paris shootings in November.
:14:28. > :14:30.Thousands of people have held a protest in Hong Kong,
:14:31. > :14:33.over the disappearance of five booksellers thought to be
:14:34. > :14:39.They're all linked to the same bookshop in Hong Kong,
:14:40. > :14:43.that sells publication, critical of the government in Beijing.
:14:44. > :14:46.Senior figures within the Church of England, including seven
:14:47. > :14:50.Archdeacons and eight retired Bishops, are among more than 100
:14:51. > :14:53.signatories to an open letter with, urging the church to acknowledge gay
:14:54. > :14:57.and transgender Christians have been discriminated
:14:58. > :15:02.It comes ahead of a meeting of global Anglican leaders
:15:03. > :15:05.in Canterbury tomorrow, and there are fears differing views
:15:06. > :15:13.Our Religious Affairs Correspondent Caroline Wyatt is there for us.
:15:14. > :15:19.The Anglican communion's made up of over 80 million of the faithful in
:15:20. > :15:26.over 160 countries around the world who look to Canterbury for their
:15:27. > :15:31.leadership. Ever since the liberal Episcopal Church in America
:15:32. > :15:36.consecrated an openly gay bishop over a decade ago, it's intensified.
:15:37. > :15:40.The bant has called the leaders of the churches together around one
:15:41. > :15:47.table to discuss their differences in what is being seen as many as a
:15:48. > :15:51.business strategy. The crypt at Canterbury's heard many heart felt
:15:52. > :15:54.prayers over the centuries. Tonight, there'll be many more as the leaders
:15:55. > :15:57.of the Anglican communion come together to face their divisions
:15:58. > :16:04.over sexuality that have scarred the church.
:16:05. > :16:06.Jane is a leading evangelical Christian who came out as gay. She
:16:07. > :16:11.was behind the letter to the Bishops was behind the letter to the Bishops
:16:12. > :16:15.today. It was sent in the hope that the church can heal some of the hurt
:16:16. > :16:19.felt by gay Christians. I would like to see them repent for the way that
:16:20. > :16:25.they have treated and spoken about us. I would love it for the primates
:16:26. > :16:28.to turn round and say gosh we've got it round. I don't think that's going
:16:29. > :16:31.to happen. There is a significant part of the Church of England who
:16:32. > :16:36.really worry about how the gay community is being treated and want
:16:37. > :16:42.to stand up for them. But attitudes of many African countries and
:16:43. > :16:46.elsewhere were active -- where active homosexuality remains a crime
:16:47. > :16:50.remain difficult to find common ground with opposition to gay
:16:51. > :16:54.marriage and openly gay bishops in some countries. More conservative
:16:55. > :16:58.voices here like the former Bishop of Rochester says the church must
:16:59. > :17:02.stick to its biblical routes. It's about the source of authority,
:17:03. > :17:06.whether we just make it up as we go along or does the church still
:17:07. > :17:11.acknowledge the authority of the Bible and the unanimous teaching of
:17:12. > :17:16.the whole church, not just the Anglican communion for 2,000 years.
:17:17. > :17:21.This Chappell is where many of the primates will gather to pray and
:17:22. > :17:26.reflect this week -- chapel. Many hope they can overcome their
:17:27. > :17:29.divisions. It's hard to see how such radically different views on
:17:30. > :17:32.sexuality can be reconciled, not least while the hutch of England
:17:33. > :17:38.itself is still struggling with just that issue. Some fear that this week
:17:39. > :17:42.could even mark the end for the Anglican communion itself.
:17:43. > :17:46.With all news of today's FA Cup action and the rest of the sport
:17:47. > :17:49.here's Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes at the BBC Sports Centre.
:17:50. > :17:54.The FA Cup 3rd round continued today.
:17:55. > :18:01.The results are coming now, so you need to leave the room
:18:02. > :18:06.if you want to wait for Match of the Day which follows the news
:18:07. > :18:08.or if you're in Scotland, it's after Sportscene which has
:18:09. > :18:15.But their Premier League colleagues Swansea suffered by far the biggest
:18:16. > :18:17.shock losing to League 2's Oxford United.
:18:18. > :18:21.Our Correspondent Andy Swiss has the details.
:18:22. > :18:27.A hefty shock on the day the FA Cup and Oxford delivered a Gooled
:18:28. > :18:33.old-fashioned giant killing. Not that there was much sign of one when
:18:34. > :18:38.Swansea took a sumptuous lead but this back heel -- good
:18:39. > :18:42.old-fashioned. Penalty to Oxford coolly despatched. If that got them
:18:43. > :18:50.excite, what followed after the break was something else.
:18:51. > :18:58.It's a beauty! Step forward 23-year-old Roof, first fired Oxford
:18:59. > :19:05.exquisitely ahead and minutes later, Roofe raised precisely that! He's
:19:06. > :19:12.scored! The underdogs were in dream land, Swansea did pull one back but
:19:13. > :19:15.it was Oxford's day. Everyone's bouncing and the atmosphere in the
:19:16. > :19:20.crowd, they were going crazy and it's the same in the dressing room
:19:21. > :19:23.now. Chelsea know all about FA Cup upsets but after shock defeat to
:19:24. > :19:29.Bradford last year, there were no such slip ups against Scunthorpe.
:19:30. > :19:33.Costa's early goal eased any nerves and, after the break, Loftus-Cheek
:19:34. > :19:37.sealed a 2-0 win. For all their recent problems, something for the
:19:38. > :19:41.owner to smile about. Leicester City meanwhile looked on
:19:42. > :19:46.course to continue their impressive form after initially trailing
:19:47. > :19:51.Tottenham, this solo effort gave them a lead. In the closing minutes,
:19:52. > :19:57.controversy as Dyer was adjudged to have handled the ball and Kane fired
:19:58. > :20:01.Tottenham into a replay, an eventful end to a dramatic afternoon.
:20:02. > :20:04.Elswhere Cardiff were beaten by Shrewsbury and Yeovil came
:20:05. > :20:07.from behind to draw with Carlisle that match played in Blackpool due
:20:08. > :20:11.Celtic and Rangers are both safely through to the 5th round
:20:12. > :20:18.And Rangers thrashed Cowdenbeath 5-1.
:20:19. > :20:21.Martyn Waghorn with a hat-trick to become Britain's top scorer this
:20:22. > :20:26.Bath Rugby lost 12-9 at the European Champions Toulon,
:20:27. > :20:29.but Ulster staged a remarkable comeback against Oyannax.
:20:30. > :20:32.They were trailing 23-0 at half-time in France but went on to steal
:20:33. > :20:36.victory with this Paddy Jackson penalty from the half-way line.
:20:37. > :20:41.Scott Waites is the new BDO World Darts Champion.
:20:42. > :20:44.The carpenter from Huddersfield thrashed the unseeded
:20:45. > :20:49.Canadian Jeff Smith 7-1 in the final at Lakeside in Surrey.
:20:50. > :20:52.It's the second time Waites has won the title,
:20:53. > :21:04.And there's been an upset at the start of the Masters Snooker
:21:05. > :21:08.With the defending Champion Shaun Murphy knocked-out in the first
:21:09. > :21:17.round by Mark Allen partly due to this extraordinary error.
:21:18. > :21:21.That was the Englishman's third miss on the red and he had
:21:22. > :21:46.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
:21:47. > :21:50.But do stay with us on BBC1, it's time for the news