:00:20. > :00:26.The world's facing its largest humanitarian
:00:27. > :00:29.That's the assessment of the United Nations which says
:00:30. > :00:33.more than 20 million people face the threat of starvation and famine
:00:34. > :00:37.in four countries in Africa and the Middle East.
:00:38. > :00:40.?3.5 billion are said to be needed - by July - to avert disaster.
:00:41. > :00:43.This report from our world affairs correspondent Richard Galpin
:00:44. > :00:55.contains images you may find distressing.
:00:56. > :00:57.For months now it's been known that millions of people,
:00:58. > :01:09.old when a BBC team met her in December.
:01:10. > :01:11.Across Yemen hundreds of thousands more children have so
:01:12. > :01:15.little to eat they are struggling to stay alive.
:01:16. > :01:20.And the threat of mass starvation is affecting three other countries.
:01:21. > :01:23.This is a refugee camp in South Sudan which, like Yemen, has
:01:24. > :01:30.Families forced to flee their homes and left with little to eat.
:01:31. > :01:33.Already a famine has been officially declared
:01:34. > :01:35.here with almost half the
:01:36. > :01:42.We stand at a critical point in our history.
:01:43. > :01:45.Already at the beginning of the year we are facing the largest
:01:46. > :01:48.humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations.
:01:49. > :01:50.Now more than 20 million people across
:01:51. > :01:55.four countries face starvation and famine.
:01:56. > :01:57.Without collective and coordinated global efforts people
:01:58. > :02:05.Of the huge number of people the UN says
:02:06. > :02:07.are now in danger, almost 2 million are in Nigeria.
:02:08. > :02:16.and more than 14 million in Yemen.
:02:17. > :02:18.The UN is predicting that without serious help 1.4 million
:02:19. > :02:21.people could die before the end of the year.
:02:22. > :02:27.They're calling for ?3.6 billion to tackle this crisis.
:02:28. > :02:35.Aid agencies on the ground say at the
:02:36. > :02:37.moment they do not have enough money to deal
:02:38. > :02:46.A child who suffers from severe acute malnutrition, unless
:02:47. > :02:48.they are treated there is a high likelihood they will die.
:02:49. > :02:58.If they are treated then they can recover completely and the cost of
:02:59. > :03:04.that treatment can be as little as $80. Apart from conflict, the other
:03:05. > :03:10.because of the crisis is drought. Somalia has been hit hard. In this
:03:11. > :03:15.hospital alone almost 50 children have died in two months, most from
:03:16. > :03:19.dehydration. With the lives of so many children like these now at risk
:03:20. > :03:23.the UN believes the global response must be quick. Richard Galpin, BBC
:03:24. > :03:25.News. A female judge has been criticised
:03:26. > :03:28.after warning women who get drunk that they are putting themselves
:03:29. > :03:30.in danger of being Lindsey Kushner QC said
:03:31. > :03:35.what she called 'disinhibited Her comments have been described
:03:36. > :03:52.by the campaign group Rape Crisis Jailed for six years for what police
:03:53. > :04:00.described as a horrifically prolonged attack. Ricardo Rodriguez
:04:01. > :04:04.was found guilty of two counts of rape but sentencing judge Lindsey
:04:05. > :04:08.Kushner used her final words before retiring to issue a rape warning to
:04:09. > :04:12.women. She said girls are perfectly entitled to drink themselves into
:04:13. > :04:17.the ground but should be aware of potential defendants to rape
:04:18. > :04:21.gravitate towards girls who have been drinking. If push comes to
:04:22. > :04:25.shove, a girl who has been drunk is less likely to be believed than one
:04:26. > :04:29.who is sober at the time. While many might see her comments as useful
:04:30. > :04:33.advice, others believe this is a backwards step. I'm very anxious
:04:34. > :04:42.that whatever message she meant to send, it's very clear that it is a
:04:43. > :04:45.message there is not much point in reporting. That's wrong. Whatever
:04:46. > :04:50.amount of drink you've had, do report, you will be treated better
:04:51. > :04:54.than this suggests. A rape survivor herself this woman now helps others
:04:55. > :05:02.through the ordeal. It makes all of us really quite angry and not just
:05:03. > :05:07.because they're arrogant, factually incorrect comments, but it's one
:05:08. > :05:11.thing to go around making these comments when you sit in a court
:05:12. > :05:15.room all day and you are engaging in one aspect of society without
:05:16. > :05:17.engaging with the women who are experiencing this. Judge Lindsey
:05:18. > :05:22.Kushner is not the first to comment on this sensitive subject. Of the
:05:23. > :05:25.judges have faced criticism in the past. Campaigners, though, hope this
:05:26. > :05:27.will not stop other rape survivors from coming forward in the future.
:05:28. > :05:29.Frankie McCamley, BBC News. President Erdogan of Turkey has
:05:30. > :05:32.described the Dutch as "Nazi remnants" and "fascists"
:05:33. > :05:35.after his Foreign Minister was banned from travelling
:05:36. > :05:38.to Rotterdam to attend a rally in support of a referendum to give
:05:39. > :05:42.Mr Erdogan greater powers. The Dutch Prime Minister said
:05:43. > :05:45.Mr Erdogan's remarks were "crazy" Reports from Syria say at least 40
:05:46. > :05:50.people have been killed, and dozens injured, following two
:05:51. > :05:54.explosions in the capital Damascus. It's thought two suicide bombers
:05:55. > :05:57.targeted buses transporting Shi'ite pilgrims near an ancient cemetery
:05:58. > :06:02.in the city. It's not yet clear who
:06:03. > :06:05.was behind the attack. Online ticket touts who buy in bulk
:06:06. > :06:08.and then sell tickets for inflated prices will face unlimited fines
:06:09. > :06:13.under new Government plans. It will also be illegal
:06:14. > :06:17.to use so-called bots, or automated computer software,
:06:18. > :06:21.to bypass limits on the maximum amount of tickets
:06:22. > :06:24.that can be bought. Our business correspondent
:06:25. > :06:27.Joe Lynam reports. When it comes to seeing your idols
:06:28. > :06:30.up close people will sometimes pay But increasingly fans
:06:31. > :06:35.are being priced out by robots or bots that snap up tickets in seconds
:06:36. > :06:41.and resell them at inflated prices. It stops youth from going to these
:06:42. > :06:50.places, from seeing these shows. It's not necessarily
:06:51. > :06:54.fraud but if people are making money out of something that
:06:55. > :06:57.you, it's kind of a bit like you shouldn't put such
:06:58. > :07:06.a premium on something. The rise of the Internet has enabled
:07:07. > :07:09.touts to use software known as bots to automatically buy up thousands of
:07:10. > :07:12.tickets in seconds and that's what the Government wants to make a
:07:13. > :07:14.criminal offence with unlimited fines.
:07:15. > :07:17.We think it's unacceptable that fans are being ripped off by
:07:18. > :07:19.these computer bots buying up all the tickets
:07:20. > :07:20.and then selling them at
:07:21. > :07:24.So we're going to make that illegal so that people can
:07:25. > :07:27.buy tickets more easily and fans can get to the concerts, the sports
:07:28. > :07:31.But can we ever fully remove illegal ticket touts?
:07:32. > :07:34.There's always more that can be done.
:07:35. > :07:40.As long as there are people out there wanting to profit on the
:07:41. > :07:42.back of tickets there will be people wanting
:07:43. > :07:43.to buy those tickets as
:07:44. > :07:47.The important thing is to sort of distil
:07:48. > :07:52.market that works well for the industry and a market that works
:07:53. > :07:55.And that might mean that official ticket
:07:56. > :07:58.sellers for popular shows will have to be far more vigilant when someone
:07:59. > :08:00.tries to suddenly buy or suddenly sell a lot of tickets.
:08:01. > :08:08.Criminalising these bots which snap up tickets which fans
:08:09. > :08:11.otherwise want could work but if they're overseas then there's very
:08:12. > :08:18.Also, ticketing experts say that the bots might in fact
:08:19. > :08:20.be real human beings, paid paltry sums of money by
:08:21. > :08:24.the illegal ticket touts to do their work,
:08:25. > :08:26.criminalising them would be fraught with problems.
:08:27. > :08:27.Joe Lynam, BBC News, in the West End.
:08:28. > :08:31.England look to be on the verge of retaining their Six Nations title.
:08:32. > :08:33.They are playing Scotland at Twickenham where victory today
:08:34. > :08:41.Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson is there.
:08:42. > :08:48.England very much in the lead with just a few minutes remaining.
:08:49. > :08:53.Absolutely. We note strange things happen in sport but with England
:08:54. > :08:58.54-21 ahead here we can assume the match is theirs and therefore the
:08:59. > :09:02.Six Nations title. This wasn't the type of game we expected. Scotland
:09:03. > :09:07.have been in good form themselves, so why has this happened? Jonathan
:09:08. > :09:12.Joseph in the England backline has been the catalyst, two tries in the
:09:13. > :09:16.first half for him and another one early in the second half, those
:09:17. > :09:20.three tries, his running, Scotland could not match it. England have won
:09:21. > :09:25.their games in the Six Nations without excelling but this is the
:09:26. > :09:29.kind of performance the coach Eddie Jones always wanted. Scotland not
:09:30. > :09:33.helped by a number of injuries in the first half in their back line.
:09:34. > :09:37.England on the point of retaining the Six Nations title but their
:09:38. > :09:40.resources financially and the number of players available should always
:09:41. > :09:45.be competing for this title. Remember how bad they were in the
:09:46. > :09:50.World Cup? What is the difference? It has to be that man, the coach,
:09:51. > :09:52.Eddie Jones, about to win the Six Nations again with