08/06/2013 BBC Weekend News

"serious, but stable" condition in hospital with a recurring lung

hospital. Also tonight: The intelligence agency GCHQ is to

report to MPs over claims it used a US spy programme to access data on

Britons. It's the 16th Grand Slam title for Serena Williams, who beat

Maria Sharapova in the French Open South African President, Nelson

Mandela, is said to be in a "serious, but stable" condition

after being readmitted to hospital. He's suffering from a recurrence of

a lung infection. The 94-year-old was taken to hospital in Pretoria in

the early hours of this morning. Andrew Harding has more details.

Nelson Mandela was taken from his home here in Johannesburg during the

night. He is suffering from yet another lung infection. Around 1. 30

am this morning, his condition had deteriorated to the point where they

felt that they should immediately hospitalise him. He is now in a

hospital in Pretoria. The doctors have reported, late this morning,

that his condition is serious, but stable. Mr Mandela has fought off

pneumonia before, it's his third visit to hospital this year. Hi is a

global icon, the man who spent 27 years in jail, then led a divided

nation to democracy. Nelson Mandela is a reveered figure here South

Africa. This latest trip to hospital has not provoked any real sense of

surprise or panic. I think that the majority of the South African

population has resigned themselves to the fact that he is in his

advance ages and he will passe way eventually. Because he has been in

and out so many times, you assume he will be out this time as well. I

just hope gets well. As a country, I guess, at this point, we start

assuming the worse as well. What does he mean for South Africa?

us he represents freedom. A living legend then, wrestling with money

our correspondent who is there, Karen Allen. What is the latest on

the former president'ses position? Little change. He is said to be in a

serious, but stable condition in hospital. There is an understanding

across South Africa that he is an elderly man, but Nelson Mandela has

confounded expectations with past spells in hospitals. There is a real

hope that he will rally once again. Archbishop Desmond Tutu who is is a

close friend and fellow freedom fighter has call on South Africans

to pray for Nelson Mandela and to wish him a speedy recovery to allow

him to return home. Tonight, once again, South Africa is holding its

breath. Thank you. Labour has called on the Government to explain what

ministers know about allegations surrounding the intelligence

gathering centre, GCHQ. The agency is expected to report to Parliament

within days on claims it has had access to information about the

internet activity of British citizens, data gathered through an

American spy programme. GCHQ says it has been acting within the law. Ross

Hawkins has more. Has a US security agency plucked personal details from

the servers of goiant internet companies and passed it on to

British authorities? One question raised by claims about a US security

project known as Prism, targeting overseas citizens. The pressure is

growing for ministers here to provide some answers. These reports

have raised very real public concerns. I'm now calling on William

Hague, the Foreign Secretary, to come to the House of Commons on

Monday and to set out the Government's response to members of

Parliament. MPs will want to know whether the UK listening centre,

GCHQ, really did, as claimed, generate almost 200 reports from

that US online surveillance and whether the process should be

brought to a halt. The firms involved have already published

their statements, online of course. their statements, online of course.

The founder of Facebook wrote: . There were similar statements from

Google and Apple. Some ask whether we are worrying too much about extra

we are worrying too much about extra online scrutiny. It's normal that

our allies and friends help us with sharing information about terror

suspects. Terrorism is global, not local. There will be a report next

week, a row on whether Britain needs a new online security law is

gathering pace. These claims have re-ignited those debates about how

far governments have gone and how far they should go in the future, in

the name of security. Three Americans have been killed in

eastern Afghanistan by a man wearing an Afghan army uniform. The attack

took place in Paktika province close to the border with Pakistan. Two of

the dead were soldiers, the third was a civilian working with the

military. It's the first so-called insider attack on foreign troops for

more than a month. We can speak to our correspondent in Afghanistan,

David Loyn. What is the latest on this incident? What has been done to

minimise the chances of insider attacks? Well, investigations go on

as to just what happened this morning in the heat of the Afghan

summer, the high heat of the Afghan summer, an argument turned violent.

Three Americans were shot dead. Three others were wounded. The

Afghan soldier who shot them was quickly shot in return wlachlt makes

this more shocking is that there haven't been many of these attacks

this year. There were last year, around one in six of the

international soldiers killed last year was killed in one of these

attacks. Since then, several measures have been taken, in terms

of vetting new Afghan soldiers, training them far better, protect

protecting Americans and British soldiers, the main people on the

ground. And,, I have to say, on the ground all of the time, in this

country, the job that international soldiers are doing puts them

alongside their Afghan comrades. If they are going to train them and

mentor them and fight alongside them, I was in the same region where

this attack happened a few weeks ago, seeing Americans fighting

alongside Afghan soldiers, then they are vulnerable if these soldiers are

armed as they are. That's the job of the international soldiers here. One

other attack today, particularly shocking, an Italian soldier was

killed in the west of the country by a boy who threw a grenade at them.

The Taliban were very proud of that attack. And, three other Italian

soldiers killed in that incident too. Thank you. The Duke of

Edinburgh has spents a third day in hospital in London. The Duke, who is

92, on Monday, had what is being described as an exploratory

operation on his abdomen. Yesterday, Buckingham Palace said he is making

satisfactory progress. The Duke is expected to stay at the private

hospital for up to two weeks. Britain has pledged to give �375

million to help feed the world's poorest children, at a meeting of

the world's richest nations. It came as thousands of people gathered at a

park in central London to call on the G8 group of countries to do more

to help fight global hunger. It was another call to feed the world.

Thousands of supporters turned up in Hyde Park today and their message

was backed by some powerful voices including the man who helped welcome

the world to the Olympic Games. still important to state very simple

principles of basic human dignity. Nobody should go to bed hungry

really. You know? It not be there fault, really. That is really

important to say again and again. vast bed of plastic flowers was laid

out in the park to represent the two million children who the organisers

claim die of hunger each year. They are calling for better protection

for farmers in poor countries. They want more action to prevent

malnutrition and they say there should be a clampdown on tax

avoidance by companies working in the developing world. The UK has

decided to make malnutrition a priority at the upcoming G8 Summit.

Today, the Prime Minister promised more funds to fight the problem

globally. Britain is the kind of country that should be outward

looking. We understand if we invest in countries before they get broken,

we might not end up spending so much on dealing with the problems.

Whether that is mass migration or new threats to national security.

The leaders of the world's eight richest countries, the G8, are

gathering in Northern Ireland in a weeks' time. Some say the UK should

use it is presidency of the meeting to force through change. We need to

be more generous. We need to pay attention to what is going on in

these poor countries. If they were living in our neighbourhoods,

obviously, we would reach out and help them. That is why today's event

is so important. The charities behind today's rally say there is

enough fooled in the world but one person in eight doesn't have enough.

Message from this rally is that the G8 leaders has a chance to help end

what some say is the silent scandal the North Sea are rising. The

council which certifies whether fish are being caught sustain sustainable

it says it is too soon to know when the levels will fully recover. In

Europe cod catastrophe has been diverted. Strict catch limits have

put the entire North Sea cod fishery on the road to recovery. It is a

matter of time before the fishery can be certified sustainable. It

warns that until that day fish eaters should still source cod from

other fisheries which have earn an MSC label. They admit to Australian

wanted side effect to the campaign against cod eating. Some celebrity

chefs have pointed people towards alternatives. So many fish fishermen

are hunt hunting other options that their stocks may run low. Sport now.

Thank you. Tennis and Lions rugby coming up.

With the start of the Ashes series just over a month away, England's

cricketers are celebrtaing a convincing victroy against Australia

in the first of this summer's meetings.

The won by 48 runs at Edgbaston in the ICC Champions Trophy.

Here's Patrick Gearey. Ian Bell built a platform for them to attack

from. When his shift came to an end on 91 no-one was there to relieve

him. England's big hitters clock on and off in the space of a few overs.

Momentum needed to be carried into the field. The early wicket of

Warner helped. The run rate increased, so did the need to take

risks. England won the gamble. Anderson is England's One Day

International wicket taker. They begin an Ashes summer as they mean

to go on. In Rugby Union, the British and

Irish Lions are still unbeaten in Australia, but their wing, Tommy

Bowe, looks set to miss the rest of the Tour after breaking a hand

against Queensland Reds in Brisbane today.

The home side went ahead with a brilliant solo try from Luke

Morahan. The first Test against Australia is

in a fortnight, The Lions fought back.

A try from Ben Youngs helping them to a 22-12 victory.

The Lions Tour has deprived the home nations of some of their best

players, but Scotland refused to use that as an excuse as they were

beaten by Samoa for the first time in their history.

Scotland are in South Africa playing in a four-team tournament.

Alesana Tuilangi, whose brother Manu is on Lions duty, scored two tries

against the Scots for their 27-17 win.

England won the first Test against Argentina in Salta.

They are missing nine first-team players to the Lions, but were too

strong. An inexperienced Wales side were

winners as well, but were tested by Japan in Osaka.

Harry Robinson scored their only try in the 22-18 win.

They play each other again next weekend in Tokyo.

11 years after her first French Open title, Serena Williams has her hands

on the trophy again. She beat the defending Champion,

Maria Sharapova, in straight sets at Roland Garros to claim her 16th

Grand Slam singles title. Here's Tim Hague. A meeting of the

two biggest names in women's tennis for one of the sports biggest

prizes. Certainly, an occasion to dress up for. So it proved. Two

breaks of serve each in the first eight games. Serena Williams talked

herself into a crucial third. That winner put her into a 5-4 lead she

made no mistake in serving out for the set. Given Maria Sharapova

hadn't beaten the American in nine years, perhaps her game would

crumble? Far from it. She began the second set in winning form. The

problem for her, Serena was supreme. Her range of shots, power and poise

just too much for the Russian. She broke the Champion in the third game

and held on to that to serve for the Championship. Given she had lost one

set in the entire two weeks of play, an ace the obvious conclusion. The

world number one's first French Open for 11 years, her 16th Grand Slam

title. In this form, who would get against number 17 coming at

Wimbledon? Sebastian Vettel is on pole at the

Canadian Grand Prix for the third year in a row, but rain made for

some very tricky conditions in Montreal.

Felipe Massa was the biggest casualty, losing control of his

Ferrari. It was the Brazilian's third big

crash in just over a fortnight, he'll start from 15th.

Vettel and Lewis Hamilton vied for pole with the Championship leader

eventually coming out on top in his Red Bull, with the Mercedes second

quickest. Valtteri Bottas was third for

Williams. Chris Froome has tightened his grip

on the leader's jersey at the Criterium du Dauphine after today's

seventh stage. He leads by 51 seconds ahead of Richie Porte.

Spain's Samuel Sanchez won today's stage, with Froome finishing

seventh. Tomorrow's conclusion is a gruelling

96-mile mountain ride from Sisteron to Risoul.

There was British success in the inaugral Showjumping Grand Prix of

London. It was staged in the Olympic Park

and Ben Maher, who won Team Gold at the Games last summer, won the event