03/07/2011 BBC Weekend News

Britain sends emergency food aid to the Horn of Africa.

Aid agencies say up to 10 million people are at risk from starvation

after the worst drought in 60 years. We are facing a desperate situation.

We are seeing children and their mothers coming in looking very

malnourished. The BBC is told to cut executive pay and lead the way

for other public sector bodies. Anti- monarchy protests greet

William and Kate on the latest leg of their tour in Canada.

And Djokovic fulfils his dream by Good evening. Britain is to provide

emergency aid to over one million people in Ethiopia in danger of

malnutrition and starvation after one of the worst droughts in

decades. The United Nations has also called for a greater

international response to the crisis. Much of the Horn of Africa

has less water than at any time in the last 60 years. Aid agencies say

10 million people in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda

are affected. Driven from Somalia by hunger and

war. This woman and her children arrive at the world's largest

refugee camp. They are among the more than 60,000 people who have

cost -- crossed the Kenyan border to Dadaab camp this year.

TRANSLATION: The main reason is drought. We do not have food or

anything to eat. People were dying so we fled. And the growing

malnutrition among the children is all too evident at the camp. It is

a huge strain on the limited resources. We are facing a

desperate situation. We are seeing mothers coming in looking very

malnourished and very tired. Some of them have not eaten for almost

three days. It is a situation and needs to be critically addressed.

Of the 10 million people aid officials say are affected by

drought across the region, close to 3 million are in Somalia alone.

Today, the UN has not only called for urgent action, it has also

challenged donor countries to put aside fears that in Somalia, aged

will fall into the hands of Islamist extremists or were Lords.

And Britain has announced funding for emergency food relief in

Ethiopia. -- warlords. The focus is to try and stop an emergency

catastrophe taking place in the Horn of Africa. There has been no

rain for two years and a steady drought. Moving livestock in search

of pastures not necessarily giving them a greater chance of survival.

Many animals have died. Local cereal prices have shot up.

should never be in a situation where people get to this situation.

We should not get to a situation like the awful famines in the past.

We can provide food and assistance. We need to do that urgently.

Another severe test of blooming for an ever growing number of families

and for the international community. -- Severe Test looming.

Ben Brown has just arrived at the refugee camp you saw in that report.

He gave us the latest. We have been driving around this area.

Everywhere, we see carcasses of dead animals, dead livestock, that

the family's around here rely on. Dead crops as well. The UN is

saying this is the worst drought for 60 years. They have had two

consecutively years -- two consecutive years weather has not

been enough rain. People are desperate. The US is stressing this

is not yet a famine. It is what they call an emergency. They say it

is a rapidly deteriorating situation and the world needs to

wake up to this. They have an early warning system. Aid workers are

telling me, what is the point of having that system of the world

takes no notice? At this refugee camp, we are seeing something like

1000 people every day streaming in from the drought and the fighting

in Somalia. Many of them are children. They have been walking

for weeks and a desperately weak and Mamic. -- are desperately weak

and ill. The BBC Trust has signalled that it there will be

cuts in executive pay at the corporation. Lord Patten says the

level of management wages is a toxic issue. He says he wants the

corporation to set an example for other public sector bodies.

Just weeks after arriving as chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord

Patten is preparing for tough decisions. He has identified top

executive pay as the issue that is still most upsetting to licence

payers and staff. Especially the amounts paid to those at the top

and the numbers of managers on more than �150,000. There is the issue

of fairness across the board, with senior managers getting some deals

which do not apply to others. I think we can deal with that and if

we do so, we will deal with one of the most toxic reasons for the

public's lack of sympathy for the BBC as an institution, even though

they enormously like what it does. With the BBC facing a six-year

freeze in the licence fee and extra costs including the World Service,

its critics say that high executive pay is even less excusable. It is

very hard for the BBC to simultaneously say "We have a lot

of pressure on our budget and we have to run on a shoestring" And

have so many staff earning above �150,000 a year. The BBC say they

are already cutting top management and pay. There deputy Director

General has been made redundant as part of a 25% cut in the top

management pay bill. With commercial broadcasters are able to

pay more, some fear this will make it harder for the BBC to attract

and keep the best managers. The risk is that if the BBC cannot get

the best people because other broadcasters pay more, you may say

that well, that is a fact of life but licence-payers will not react

well if they do not get the best results. I think that is cobblers.

So many people out there would want to work for an organisation that is

much loved and held in huge regard around the world. People will come

into it and want to work for the corporation. For the right reasons.

For people working at the BBC, executive pay is not the only area

of where the axe is going to fall. It faces budget cuts of 20%.

Labour is seeking to table an urgent question in Parliament

tomorrow over how the Government's changes to benefits will hit some

of the country's poorest households. In a letter obtained by a Sunday

newspaper, a senior civil servant warned the Prime Minister that the

reductions could lead to up to 40,000 people becoming homeless.

Up to 500,000 overweight children in England, some as young as four,

could be at risk of liver disease. A government health adviser says

fast food and a lack of exercise is part of the problem. Experts are

warning that by 2050, nearly two- thirds will be obese.

Families at a food festival in south London today. Here, even the

burkas were promoted as healthy. Soaring child to obesity has

prompted pushes for better food. The Government is warning of a

looming crisis in liver disease. They say half a million people are

at risk. What is important, and it is one of the things that my

colleagues are highlighting just now, is that people may not realise

the nature of the risks that are involved when people become --

children, in particular, become overweight. 20% of 10 year-olds in

England are overweight. By the England are overweight. By the

middle of the century, experts middle of the century, experts

predict that 63% of all children will be obese. They say the liver

will take the told. It is not just alcohol that causes liver disease.

Being overweight is also linked and it is not about the fat that you

can see. The real danger is internal, in the fat in and around

the vital organs. An expert says -- experts say it is a silent killer.

The problem about liver disease is that you do not get any symptoms

are told. Until it is at an exam East -- at an advanced age. You get

cirrhosis of the liver and com -- complications that arise from that

which can be serious. It is not until in late stage that you get

any symptoms. Getting children to eat healthy food is often a

struggle. What is your favourite food? Chips. Chips? What is your

favourite fruits? Chips are not a fruit. Apples. Tomorrow sees the

launch of National childhood obesity week to raise awareness of

this growing problem. But doctors are warning that burgeoned, radical

change is needed in order to save lives. -- urgent, radical change.

The younger sister of Thaksin Shinawatra, the former owner of

Manchester City Football Club, has won Thailand's general election.

Yingluck Shinawatra becomes the country's first been a Prime

Minister. Thailand has been played by criminal on West since Thaksin

Shinawatra was thrown over by a military coup five years ago. --

criminal on rest. Earlier, in Montreal, there was a

small demonstration by anti- monarchy campaigners as William and

Kate visited a children's hospital. A Sunday morning arrival into

Quebec aboard a Royal Canadian Navy frigate. This being the heart of

French-speaking Canada, a church service aboard ship with hymns in

French. Tricky. The centre of the city was under tight control by

police. Anti-monarchist protesters in the main square were being

challenged by police and escorted away. If there was any argument,

they were arrested. In the end, a group of several hundred

demonstrators were allocated an area some distance away. William

and Kate came to the City Hall. The welcome from those in the square

was warm. This is a place where speaking in French really matters.

He thanked them for his patience -- their patience with his accent and

said that he hoped they would get a chance to get to know which other

over the years to come. In the distance, protesters jeered, but in

this where, the words were well received. The couple will have got

the impression, albeit rather fleeting, that there are parts of

Canada and sections of Canadian society which are not supportive of

the Crown. Last night in Montreal, there was a small but noisy protest

by people who believe that the British Royal Family should not

have a special position in Canada. It was a counterpoint, but not an

interruption. William and Kate were busy attending a cookery class.

French cooking, of course. With all the sports news, here is

Francis. Starting at Wimbledon where Novak

Djokovic has won the men's singles title and continued an amazing year.

He defeated Rafael Nadal in four sets.

Wimbledon has been pitch perfect this year. After two weeks of sweat

and drama, champagne and cream, this tournament had made it ever so

simple. The two best players in the world would fight for the sport's

world would fight for the sport's most prestigious cup. The first

that was solid, kg, the equivalent of boxers circling and jabbing.

Djokovic displayed his machine tooled position. He took the set.

He cut loose in the second, turning acrobatic defence into. Winning

attack. -- point winning. Nadal is known for on-court aggression but

it is the war cry of Djokovic that you can hear. A double break later,

the set was his, 6-1. Nadal had had enough. He put down his racket and

picked up his cudgel. -- racquet. Under intense pressure, Djokovic

tamely netted. This time, Nadal would take the set 6-1. The players

traded breaks in the 4th but then the Spanish man of Steel melted,

handing his opponent three break points. His father had a headache.

In two-and-a-half hours, Djokovic's family and President waited for

match point. match point.

Victory tasted sweet. It is hard to describe this with any words,

except that this is the best day of my life, the more special day of my

life. It is my favourite tournament, and I have always dreamed of

winning it. Sports fans, as you can probably hear, often get carried

away at times like this. With the astonishing quality in the men's

game, and given the final that we have seen, Novak Djokovic does

deserve his moment of glory. For the previous eight years, it

has been Federer and Nadal who have dominated Wimbledon. Four today,

Novak Djokovic announced the David Haye is committed terms with

his defeat to Vladimir cliched coat in Germany. He blamed his points

defeat on a broken toe, an excuse that has led the Ukrainian to

dismiss him as a sore loser. David Haye has hinted he might be

prepared to put his retirement on hold if there is a rematch. He had

stated he would stand down before his birthday in October. Now, he

will wait a few weeks. England's one-day cricketers have

lost their second successive cricket match to Sri Lanka. They

gave away cheap wickets. Alastair Cook led from the front, but even

he was outshone by Dinesh Chandimal. England's batsmen reached for the

sky and they filled with a bump. The big-hitting flopped when it got

started. Alastair Cook can do the anchor role expertly. But he sensed

it was not enough. Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene made a masterful

79. Then, over to a remarkable 21- year-old, Dinesh Chandimal, he

threw everything at the ball. Rarely is a comic used to protect a

batsman from his own bat. He wanted a 100. Angelo Mathews refused to

run. He scored one run. Sri Lanka's captain was incredulous. Dinesh

Chandimal eventually did just that. Sri Lanka won with 10 balls to

spare. England were not amused. Violence and suffering are a part

of everyday life in both the Palestinian territories and

Afghanistan, and today football united them. They met in the most

unlikely of World Cup qualifiers. Palestine were playing on home soil

for the first time. Palestinians do not have a steak,

but they do have a football team. For the first time, stepping out

for a World Cup game, on home turf. Their opponents, Afghanistan. They

were flown in from one conflict zone to another. To greet them, the

West Bank Barmy Army. Some of them with high standards. And the fans

got an early goal. The scorer, from Gaza, he has not seen his family

there for three years because of the travel restrictions. Sport and

politics are inseparable. Palestinian people can make it.

They can still do lots of things, like playing soccer in this place.

We can do what, we are still alive. Among the crowd, the Palestinian

Prime Minister, who sees the national team as another step

towards Palestinian state heard. At the final whistle, and a 1-1 draw,

good enough for the Palestinians to go through, and cause for