:00:00. > :00:12.39 migrants, including several children, have drawned trying
:00:13. > :00:14.39 migrants, including several children, have drowned trying
:00:15. > :00:18.Those crowded on to the boat included Syrian refugees.
:00:19. > :00:21.Their deaths come as UN peace talks on Syria continue in Geneva.
:00:22. > :00:23.A British helicopter pilot is shot dead in Tanzania by elephant
:00:24. > :00:28.The targeted cancer treatment which causes fewer side-effects
:00:29. > :00:32.in children than conventional radiotherapy.
:00:33. > :00:34.And, as Serena Williams suffers a shock defeat in Australia,
:00:35. > :00:37.doubles champion Jamie Murray urges brother Andy on for tomorrow's
:00:38. > :01:02.At least 39 migrants have drowned trying to reach Europe
:01:03. > :01:04.in the sea between Turkey and Greece.
:01:05. > :01:12.Coastguards said they were trying to reach the island of Lesbos,
:01:13. > :01:15.where tens of thousands of refugees, including many Syrians,
:01:16. > :01:17.have arrived in recent weeks.
:01:18. > :01:20.This latest tragedy comes as members of the main group opposing
:01:21. > :01:23.the Syrian President flew to Geneva to join UN talks aimed at ending
:01:24. > :01:27.They had originally boycotted the process.
:01:28. > :01:29.More on that in a moment, but first Mark Lowen reports
:01:30. > :01:35.on the latest boat disaster off the Turkish coast.
:01:36. > :01:37.What remains of a death trap for the desperate.
:01:38. > :01:40.It carried 120 but was meant for far fewer.
:01:41. > :01:45.Dozens on board drowned when the vessel capsized off
:01:46. > :01:51.Turkey's western coast just miles from the Greek island of Lesbos.
:01:52. > :01:54.They combed the shore for survivors, most of the pictures are too
:01:55. > :02:03.Among those who died were five children, two of them babies.
:02:04. > :02:05.The casualties were from Syria, Afghanistan and Myanmar.
:02:06. > :02:17.Don't you have a conscious, he is asked?
:02:18. > :02:19."I swear I didn't do it", he replies.
:02:20. > :02:22."I was on board, I had six relatives there too.
:02:23. > :02:30.I don't know if they're alive, I wanted to go to Germany".
:02:31. > :02:33.Typically, the migrant tasked with driving the boat is caught.
:02:34. > :02:34.The big smuggling bosses are never found.
:02:35. > :02:38.Over 50,000 have already made the journey to Greece this month,
:02:39. > :02:44.Here, Italian coastguards spot a group off the island of Kos.
:02:45. > :02:51.Scuba divers are sent in for the rescue.
:02:52. > :02:55.Gradually they're pulled in, scared, but alive.
:02:56. > :02:57.Strong winds and freezing seas are still not deterring those
:02:58. > :03:02.who risk their lives dreaming of a new one.
:03:03. > :03:06.There was much fanfare over the EU deal giving Turkey 3 billion euros
:03:07. > :03:09.to patrol its borders and improve conditions for refugees
:03:10. > :03:16.But the money's been held up and there is no sign that the flow
:03:17. > :03:23.Europe still isn't controlling this crisis and still can't deter those
:03:24. > :03:25.who risk their lives dreaming of a new one.
:03:26. > :03:34.Meanwhile, Britain has welcomed the decision by the main Syrian
:03:35. > :03:37.opposition groups to take part in peace talks in Geneva.
:03:38. > :03:41.Today came another stark reminder of the situation inside Syria
:03:42. > :03:44.with the reported death of 16 people from starvation in the besieged
:03:45. > :04:00.Syria's war has lasted five long years. At least a quarter of a
:04:01. > :04:05.million Syrians have been killed. 13 million driven from their homes,
:04:06. > :04:10.sieges are causing starvation. Now after months of trying, the UN
:04:11. > :04:18.has persuaded the Government and the opposition to come to Geneva, but
:04:19. > :04:23.huge obstacles remain. These pictures appear to show a
:04:24. > :04:27.Russian air strike on Homs. The opposition says it won't talk to the
:04:28. > :04:31.Syrian Government until sieges are lifted, the bombing stops, and
:04:32. > :04:37.prisoners are released. We are here to make this a success. We are ready
:04:38. > :04:42.to start negotiation but at least we should see something, you know, on
:04:43. > :04:47.the ground there in Syria. We should really stop these massacres against
:04:48. > :04:52.our people. The goals for these talks are very ambitious. A
:04:53. > :04:57.ceasefire, a transitional Government and a new constitution, and,
:04:58. > :05:01.finally, UN supervised elections so the Syrians can choose their own
:05:02. > :05:06.Government. Previous attempts to bring peace to
:05:07. > :05:11.Syria have collapsed in failure. The UN is hoping that this time the
:05:12. > :05:14.tranquil surroundings of Geneva will have a positive effect but even if
:05:15. > :05:19.these talks are successful they won't be quick. We are being told to
:05:20. > :05:25.expect six months of painstaking negotiation.
:05:26. > :05:29.And even as the talks inched towards their start, there were reports of
:05:30. > :05:34.more deaths from hunger in the besieged city of Madaya. We know
:05:35. > :05:41.that in many of the besieged areas people are living off leaves, they
:05:42. > :05:44.haven't gotten food in weeks. They're emaciated. We have seen
:05:45. > :05:49.people die from starvation. This is in the 21st century. We need access
:05:50. > :05:55.and we need it now. How much longer can Syria wait? Over the five long
:05:56. > :06:00.years of this conflict the UN estimates that life expectancy has
:06:01. > :06:06.fallen in Syria from just over 70 years old, to just over 50.
:06:07. > :06:17.For people trying to live here, peace can't come soon enough.
:06:18. > :06:25.Turkey has warned Moscow it will face consequences after alleging
:06:26. > :06:27.that a Russian fighter jet violated itsz irspace despite repeated
:06:28. > :06:30.warnings. Russia has dismissed the claim as pure propaganda. Tensions
:06:31. > :06:40.have been high since Turkey shot down a Russian plane in November.
:06:41. > :06:42.Nine people have been arrested during clashes between anti-fascist
:06:43. > :06:44.groups and demonstrators opposed to immigration.
:06:45. > :06:46.Officers seized more than twenty weapons during the disturbances
:06:47. > :06:48.in Dover and at a motorway service station in Maidstone.
:06:49. > :06:51.A British helicopter pilot working for a wildlife charity in Tanzania
:06:52. > :06:53.has been shot dead by elephant poachers.
:06:54. > :06:55.The Friedkin Conservation Fund said Roger Gower was helping to find
:06:56. > :06:57.the criminals when they fired on his aircraft.
:06:58. > :07:05.Roger Gower was a former accountant who took up flying over ten years
:07:06. > :07:08.ago. He was said to be a man who loved his job trying to protect
:07:09. > :07:17.Africa's wildlife. Roger was an amazing person. An
:07:18. > :07:23.amazing - full of joy, full of life. He loved Africa, he loved Tanzania.
:07:24. > :07:25.He was an incredible key player. His helicopter crashed after he came
:07:26. > :07:31.under fire. In this image you can see what appear to be bullet holes.
:07:32. > :07:34.He had been over flying a group of elephant poachers after being
:07:35. > :07:40.alerted to their activities. A huge manhunt is under way for them. They
:07:41. > :07:45.haven't been found yet. The crash happened in northern Tanzania in a
:07:46. > :07:48.game reserve near the Sereneti National Park. Protecting wildlife
:07:49. > :07:53.in Africa is a dangerous business. The stakes are high and poachers are
:07:54. > :07:58.not afraid to kill. A former Tanzanian Minister for
:07:59. > :08:01.natural resources said those who murdered Roger Goeer were cowardly,
:08:02. > :08:02.evil and sad people, he said everything will be done to bring
:08:03. > :08:07.them to justice. A local authority is struggling
:08:08. > :08:09.to restore its computer systems after being targeted by cyber
:08:10. > :08:11.attackers who are demanding Lincolnshire County Council's
:08:12. > :08:15.computers were first infected Threat of a cyber attack,
:08:16. > :08:21.now a daily reality for large organisations and increasingly
:08:22. > :08:24.difficult to deal with. The targeting of companies such
:08:25. > :08:27.as TalkTalk and HSBC shows that But now a new type of attack,
:08:28. > :08:39.one which demands a ransom and it's An e-mail to Lincolnshire County
:08:40. > :08:46.Council contained software which encrypted council files
:08:47. > :08:48.and shut parts of its network. The attackers are demanding
:08:49. > :08:50.?1 million for services The large security software
:08:51. > :09:04.companies that provide the software hadn't seen it before so they've had
:09:05. > :09:07.to work with us to develop something to fix this and to block
:09:08. > :09:10.it for the future. The attack has affected a number
:09:11. > :09:13.of council services. Here at the library it's
:09:14. > :09:17.a handwritten note in the window which explains there are no computer
:09:18. > :09:19.or internet facilities. Social workers have been unable
:09:20. > :09:22.to access case notes and staff have been unable to use an online booking
:09:23. > :09:27.system for rural transport. Experts say this type of attack may
:09:28. > :09:31.become more common in future. This is going to be a daily
:09:32. > :09:38.occurrence from here going forward. Experts say this type of attack may
:09:39. > :09:41.become more common in future. This is going to be a daily
:09:42. > :09:44.occurrence from here going forward. The amount of data that is
:09:45. > :09:46.sensitive, personally identifiable and, if compromised,
:09:47. > :09:48.can assist a hacker in doing things like identity theft and breaking
:09:49. > :09:50.into bank accounts is enormous at County Councils,
:09:51. > :09:52.it's a treasure trove. Lincolnshire Police say they're
:09:53. > :09:54.investigating but computer experts are worried just how vulnerable
:09:55. > :09:57.other organisations could be to this Colombia says more than 2,000
:09:58. > :10:09.pregnant women in the country have The infection, which is carried
:10:10. > :10:14.by mosquitoes, is linked to brain The World Health Organisation has
:10:15. > :10:23.warned that 3 to 4 million people in the Americas could be
:10:24. > :10:25.affected this year. New research suggests
:10:26. > :10:28.a treatment for brain tumours, known as Proton beam therapy,
:10:29. > :10:34.may be as effective as conventional radiotherapy, but with
:10:35. > :10:36.fewer side-effects. The treatment was at the centre
:10:37. > :10:40.of a high-profile medical dispute in 2014, when the parents
:10:41. > :10:42.of five-year-old Ashya King removed him from hospital
:10:43. > :10:44.against doctors' advice and took him Back home in Wiltshire,
:10:45. > :10:52.three-year-old Alexander. He has a particularly aggressive
:10:53. > :10:55.form of brain tumour and he's just returned from receiving proton beam
:10:56. > :10:59.treatment in the United States. Especially with Alexander,
:11:00. > :11:03.he took the treatment very well. He enjoyed every day
:11:04. > :11:19.going to the treatment. Everyone there been really
:11:20. > :11:20.friendly and very warm technology, proton therapy
:11:21. > :11:28.is highly targeted. That causes less damage
:11:29. > :11:31.to surrounding tissue making it especially suitable for children
:11:32. > :11:38.whose developing Patients will be treated using huge
:11:39. > :11:46.gantries as tall as a three-storey house and surrounded
:11:47. > :11:48.by concrete 17 feet thick. In London, the whole
:11:49. > :11:51.operation will be sited below Now the treatment won't be available
:11:52. > :11:56.in Britain until 2018 but figures released last year show that the NHS
:11:57. > :12:01.had helped 400 people This treatment hit the headlines
:12:02. > :12:16.in 2014 when five-year-old Ashya King's parents took their son
:12:17. > :12:19.out of NHS care against doctors' advice to seek proton beam therapy
:12:20. > :12:22.in the Czech Republic. The report published in the Lancet
:12:23. > :12:25.is based on a survey of 59 children Cancer experts say it confirms
:12:26. > :12:33.the value of the treatment but they warn that even with greater
:12:34. > :12:36.availability, there will still be Proton is about double the cost
:12:37. > :12:40.of conventional so those responsible for paying for healthcare,
:12:41. > :12:42.not just in the NHS, but in all healthcare systems,
:12:43. > :12:46.are close to looking at this area to know what criteria to use
:12:47. > :12:49.to decide whether to give or not Alexander's therapy has relied
:12:50. > :12:55.on public generosity, Even when the new centres
:12:56. > :12:59.are on stream there will still be a limit on the number
:13:00. > :13:02.who is can be treated. With all the sport, here's
:13:03. > :13:09.Olly Foster at the BBC Sport Centre. FA Cup football in a moment,
:13:10. > :13:14.but it's finals weekend at the Australian Open and there has
:13:15. > :13:16.already been double British success in the Doubles and
:13:17. > :13:18.Wheeelchair tennis. There was also a surprising result
:13:19. > :13:22.in the women's final as the World Number One,
:13:23. > :13:38.Serena Williams, was beaten Angelique Kerber stepped into the
:13:39. > :13:43.arena a huge underdog. It didn't show as she proved more than a match
:13:44. > :13:48.for Serena Williams. Outstanding point! Taking the first set 6-4 to
:13:49. > :13:54.her delight. This is a bit of a turn-up. Kerber first set. Williams
:13:55. > :13:58.was vying to equal the record of another record, Steffi Graf by
:13:59. > :14:03.winning her 22nd Grand Slam and the world number one fought back to
:14:04. > :14:08.level the match. Into a third set and many expected
:14:09. > :14:14.Kerber to cave. Oh, rally of the final!
:14:15. > :14:18.Not a bit of it. Playing sometimes sublime tennis, she took it 6-4 and
:14:19. > :14:24.with it one of the biggest upsets of any Grand Slam final.
:14:25. > :14:28.Earlier, on the outside court Britain's Gordon Reid won the
:14:29. > :14:31.wheelchair final and the 24-year-old narrowly failed to make it two Grand
:14:32. > :14:36.Slams in an afternoon, just losing out in the men's doubles.
:14:37. > :14:45.But Jamie Murray added to the Scottish spoils. Picking up his
:14:46. > :14:50.first Grand Slam title in the main men's doubles. Among the crowd a
:14:51. > :14:56.keen observer. Andy, you should be in bed. Don't know why you are here
:14:57. > :15:00.taking photos! We will be there to support you tomorrow. I need to
:15:01. > :15:04.thank my wife, she's not here, she's at home. She's working hard to pay
:15:05. > :15:09.the bills so that I can travel the world playing sport. So, another
:15:10. > :15:14.great day's tennis here in Melbourne and not a bad one for the Brits in
:15:15. > :15:25.what has been a pretty good tournament for us. We have still got
:15:26. > :15:28.Andy Murray on Sunday up against his old nemesis, Novak Djokovic.
:15:29. > :15:31.We had 13 ties in the FA Cup fourth round today,
:15:32. > :15:34.all the goals including two hat tricks are coming up on Match
:15:35. > :15:38.I won't spoil it for you too much, but there weren't any major shocks.
:15:39. > :15:41.No Premier League side lost to lower league opposition,
:15:42. > :15:42.Tottenham's Nacer Chadli scored twice against Colchester
:15:43. > :15:46.There was better news for League One Peterborough
:15:47. > :15:50.as they earned a replay against West Bromwich Albion.
:15:51. > :15:52.Hibernian are into the Scottish League Cup Final after beating
:15:53. > :15:56.In the Premiership, only two games survived the weather.
:15:57. > :16:01.Gary Locke resigned as Kilmarnock manager after their 1-0 defeat
:16:02. > :16:06.In Rugby Union, Saracens have stretched their lead at the top
:16:07. > :16:09.of the English Premiership to seven points after rallying from 13-0 down
:16:10. > :16:15.Schalk Brits converted try drew them level before two late penalties
:16:16. > :16:45.In the Pro12, Connacht beat Scarlets.
:16:46. > :16:46.Hello. Storm Henry is on the way. More about that in a moment. Storm