0:00:00 > 0:00:02for Northern Ireland, and to the western side of Wales and south-west
0:00:02 > 0:00:07England. Temperatures of 4-7d, probably even colder on Thursday.
0:00:11 > 0:00:18I'm Ros Atkins what welcome to outside sources to pay royal wedding
0:00:18 > 0:00:21in the spring. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have announced their
0:00:21 > 0:00:25engagement.I could barely let you finish proposing.Then there were
0:00:25 > 0:00:33hugs and I had the ring on my finger and I said, can I give you the ring?
0:00:33 > 0:00:40In Indonesia Mount Agung threatens thousands. We report on the
0:00:40 > 0:00:44overfishing and pollution of Africa's biggest freshwater lake.
0:00:44 > 0:00:56And the Pope has arrived in Myanmar.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07An hour of the biggest global stories coming live from the BBC
0:01:07 > 0:01:10newsroom. There are a number to focus on across the hour. Of course
0:01:10 > 0:01:14we'll talk about the Royal engagement. These are some of the
0:01:14 > 0:01:18latest pictures from Indonesia where thousands of people are being told
0:01:18 > 0:01:24to leave their homes because of this enormous volcano and barley. We've
0:01:24 > 0:01:28also got this special report to play, it's about Lake Victoria and
0:01:28 > 0:01:34pollution damaging the lives of fishermen. Hope Frances is in
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Myanmar and that's going to be a delicate diplomatic trip because of
0:01:37 > 0:01:43the issue of the Rohingya Muslims. We will talk about that in detail as
0:01:43 > 0:01:47well. There's no doubt what the most popular story has been at BBC all
0:01:47 > 0:01:51day. The American actress and campaign Meghan Markle is engaged to
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Prince Harry. Here they are making their first appearance since the
0:01:54 > 0:02:03announcement. Harry has taken the Royal family somewhere new. Meghan
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Markle is successful and well known in her own right. She's a divorcee,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10mixed race, her mother is African-American. The big day is
0:02:10 > 0:02:20going to be in the next year. We spoke to the happy couple. This is
0:02:20 > 0:02:24them and falling in love in the spotlight that comes with both of
0:02:24 > 0:02:28their lives.We were hit so hard at the beginning with a lot of missed
0:02:28 > 0:02:33troops. I made the choice to not read anything, positive or negative
0:02:33 > 0:02:37-- we were hit with all of the mistruths. We focused our energy on
0:02:37 > 0:02:44our relationship, and asked.Some of that scrutiny was centred around
0:02:44 > 0:02:50your ethnicity. When you realise that what did you think?Of course
0:02:50 > 0:02:57it's disheartening.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00It's a shame that that is the climate, in this world,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02to focus on that, or be discriminatory in that sense.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06But I think, at the end of the day, I'm really just proud of who I am
0:03:06 > 0:03:09and where I come from, and we have never put
0:03:09 > 0:03:10any focus on that.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13We've just focused on who we are as a couple, and so,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17when you take all those extra layers away, and all of that noise,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19I think it makes it really easy to just enjoy being together,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21and tune all the rest of that out.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Now that it is all official, Prince Harry, do you have that sense
0:03:24 > 0:03:27that the combination of the two of you and your different
0:03:27 > 0:03:28backgrounds, that you together represent something
0:03:29 > 0:03:31new for the Royal Family?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33I don't know if it's something new.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36For me, it's an added member of the family.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41It's another team player as part of the bigger team.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45For all of us, all we want to do is be able to carry out
0:03:45 > 0:03:47the right engagements, carry out our work, and try
0:03:47 > 0:03:50and encourage others and the younger generation to be able to see
0:03:50 > 0:03:52the world in the correct sense, rather than perhaps
0:03:52 > 0:03:55being a distorted view.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59So, you know, the fact that I fell in love with Meghan so incredibly
0:03:59 > 0:04:01quickly was sort of confirmation to me that everything,
0:04:01 > 0:04:08all the stars were aligned, everything was just perfect.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10There was this beautiful woman who had literally tripped
0:04:10 > 0:04:12and fell into my life.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13I fell into her life.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16And the fact that she...
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I know the fact that she'll be really unbelievably good at the job
0:04:19 > 0:04:25part of it as well is obviously a huge relief to me,
0:04:25 > 0:04:27because she will be able to deal with everything else that comes
0:04:27 > 0:04:30with it, but we are a fantastic team.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33We know we are.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36We hope to, over time, try and have as much impact
0:04:36 > 0:04:39for all the things we care about as much as possible.
0:04:39 > 0:04:46I'm very excited about that.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50To many of you Meghan Markle will need no introduction. She was a
0:04:50 > 0:04:53well-known actress before Prince Harry came on the scene. Lots of you
0:04:53 > 0:04:57will have seen her in the TV series Suits. She's been another shows and
0:04:57 > 0:05:05films. She is a global ambassador for World Vision and she has
0:05:05 > 0:05:09campaigned on the issue of gender equality, here she is talking on
0:05:09 > 0:05:14that issue for the UN. She's got a long track record of campaigning.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18When she was 11 she took issue with an advert she saw, that she felt
0:05:18 > 0:05:23unfairly portrayed women. She wrote letters to high profile women like
0:05:23 > 0:05:27every Clinton taking up the issue. Here is Meghan Markle talking about
0:05:27 > 0:05:38that story at the UN.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50The tag line said women all over America are fighting greasy pots and
0:05:50 > 0:05:54pans. Two boys in my class said that's where women belong, in the
0:05:54 > 0:06:07kitchen. I remember feeling shocked and angry, and also feeling so hurt.
0:06:07 > 0:06:14It just wasn't right and something needed to be done.I'll play you an
0:06:14 > 0:06:17extended part of the interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in
0:06:17 > 0:06:23about 25 minutes. Let's turn to to some of the other main stories.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28We'll begin in Indonesia because more than 100,000 people living near
0:06:28 > 0:06:33a volcano in Bali have been told to move. You can see Mount Agung on the
0:06:33 > 0:06:37east of Bali, it is Indonesia's largest volcano. Here are some of
0:06:37 > 0:06:42the pictures that have come in today. This smoke and ash is being
0:06:42 > 0:06:47fired four kilometres into the. Some activity has been going on for at
0:06:47 > 0:06:51least two months. If you look closely at these pictures you can
0:06:51 > 0:06:57see magma is visible. But may mean that a full eruption could come
0:06:57 > 0:07:03soon. The alert has been raised to the highest level the authorities
0:07:03 > 0:07:08have accessed. I also wanted to show you these pictures from 1963. That's
0:07:08 > 0:07:16the last time that the volcano erupted. At that time over 1000
0:07:16 > 0:07:22people were killed by the eruption. The exclusion zone around the
0:07:22 > 0:07:30volcano has been extended to ten commenters. -- ten kilometres.In
0:07:30 > 0:07:34the last two days, well, yesterday I was wearing a mask and goggles.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Today it's been largely better because it's been raining which has
0:07:37 > 0:07:42dampened down the volcanic ash. TRANSLATION:There are concerns
0:07:42 > 0:07:48among the villagers. We tried to go to your evacuation centres, maybe
0:07:48 > 0:07:55this afternoon, but we also need to stay here to feed our livestock.Yes
0:07:55 > 0:08:00I am scared but I have to stay because I don't have any money. If I
0:08:00 > 0:08:06had it I would leave.Some of the locals. Bali is also a big tourist
0:08:06 > 0:08:09destination. Its airport has been shot which means 50,000 people are
0:08:09 > 0:08:15stranded. This is what we've got on the flight radar website. There is
0:08:15 > 0:08:22the ash cloud. These flags are making a sharp west turn. They can't
0:08:22 > 0:08:30come into Bali at the moment. We've been following the story. Here's the
0:08:30 > 0:08:35latest.Predicting what a volcano will do next is a Falls game. It is
0:08:35 > 0:08:39possible this is a low skill eruption over a longer period of
0:08:39 > 0:08:44time. We've had activity for two months ever since tiny tremors were
0:08:44 > 0:08:48detected from the volcano. What happened recently is that magma can
0:08:48 > 0:08:53be spotted near the top of the volcano. That is a clue for
0:08:53 > 0:08:56scientists that a larger scale eruption could be coming soon.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01What's been happening is the magma has been moving up through the
0:09:01 > 0:09:07volcano, heating water inside, creating steam which in turn creates
0:09:07 > 0:09:12pressure. That pressure is forcing that huge plume of rock and ash
0:09:12 > 0:09:18thousands of metres up into the air. The authorities can't take any of
0:09:18 > 0:09:23chances. They are trying to evacuate 100,000 people from the local area.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Some people in villages around the volcano are staying put. They closed
0:09:27 > 0:09:32the local airport. A lot of people are stranded, tourists and locals,
0:09:32 > 0:09:35thousands of journeys ultimately are disrupted. The priority for the
0:09:35 > 0:09:42authorities and Bali is to make sure there isn't the death and
0:09:42 > 0:09:47destruction that happened the last time it erupted.In US politics,
0:09:47 > 0:09:52first let's talk about the longest serving member of the US Congress.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57He's a Democrat and he stepped aside from a senior congressional position
0:09:57 > 0:10:02because of allegations of sexual misconduct. He accused of firing a
0:10:02 > 0:10:06former staffer because she refused his sexual advances. He tweeted
0:10:06 > 0:10:09earlier that he denies the allegations, many of which were
0:10:09 > 0:10:13raised by documents apparently paid for by a partisan right-wing
0:10:13 > 0:10:22blogger. That story follows on from a couple of weeks back when the
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Democratic senator Al Franken was accused of sexual misconduct by four
0:10:26 > 0:10:33women. He's not spoken about those allegations for the first time. --
0:10:33 > 0:10:37he has now spoken about these allegations.I know that I let a lot
0:10:37 > 0:10:42of people down, people in Minnesota, my colleagues, my staff, my
0:10:42 > 0:10:54supporters, and everyone who has counted on me to stand up for women.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59To all of you I want to again say I am sorry.That clip will no doubt
0:10:59 > 0:11:04have been watched by just about everyone gathering in Iowa for the
0:11:04 > 0:11:152017 Iowa Democratic party gala. I guess these repeated stories about
0:11:15 > 0:11:19sexual harassment inevitably are seizing the agenda.Definitely is
0:11:19 > 0:11:22something people have been talking about a considerable amount.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Democrats trying to figure out where to go on this because members of
0:11:25 > 0:11:31their own party have been swept up in the allegations. Donald Trump
0:11:31 > 0:11:35himself was accused of sexual harassment during the campaign. I
0:11:35 > 0:11:39think Democrats are trying to pick up the pieces. They lost control of
0:11:39 > 0:11:42the State government, they are trying to find a way to go forward
0:11:42 > 0:11:47and make inroads in this Republican majority, not only here but across
0:11:47 > 0:11:51the country.Is it frustrating to Democrats that they are not making
0:11:51 > 0:11:54more political progress, given the trouble is that Donald Trump has
0:11:54 > 0:11:59had?I think they understand that they don't control power in
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Washington or here in Iowa right now. There's only so much they can
0:12:03 > 0:12:08do to slow down the Republicans. There's a certain amount of optimism
0:12:08 > 0:12:16based on election results in Virginia for instance. They might be
0:12:16 > 0:12:19looking at big wins in mid-term elections in 2018 but they
0:12:19 > 0:12:22understand they have a long way to go and they have been trying to come
0:12:22 > 0:12:27up with what message they need to come up with. Whether it is Bernie
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Sanders style populism or moderate approach to appeal to the middle
0:12:32 > 0:12:38class. They need more than being anti-Trump if they want to give a
0:12:38 > 0:12:41positive message to voters.I also want to ask you about this because
0:12:41 > 0:12:46in the last few minutes they clip as coming from Donald Trump speaking at
0:12:46 > 0:12:50an event in the Oval Office to mark the achievements of some Native
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Americans who served during the Second World War. This is what the
0:12:53 > 0:12:58President said.You're very, very special people. You were here long
0:12:58 > 0:13:05before any of us were here. Although we have a representative in Congress
0:13:05 > 0:13:16who they say was here a long time ago. They call her poker --
0:13:16 > 0:13:26Pocahontas.But I like you --but I like you.That was him referring to
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Senator Elizabeth Warren as Pocahontas. Why is that comment so
0:13:29 > 0:13:34controversial?This came up in 2012 when Elizabeth Warren was running
0:13:34 > 0:13:43for the Senate. Apparently she listed Indian heritage on her
0:13:43 > 0:13:47resume, it was listed on her Harvard Law directory when she was a
0:13:47 > 0:13:49professor there. It was turned into a campaign issue because apparently
0:13:49 > 0:13:55there's not much evidence she has an Indian background. Donald Trump has
0:13:55 > 0:14:01coined this Pocahontas which has been considered a racist slur
0:14:01 > 0:14:07against Elizabeth Warren. Calling her Pocahontas because she has these
0:14:07 > 0:14:18questionable assertions about her Indian background.
0:14:20 > 0:14:27To hear him say this again in this context standing next to Native
0:14:27 > 0:14:32Americans at an event honouring them is pretty remarkable. Donald Trump
0:14:32 > 0:14:36has had run-ins with the Native Americans in the past when he was a
0:14:36 > 0:14:41casino owner. In Atlantic City he had some legal fights with Native
0:14:41 > 0:14:48American casino operators in the area. There maybe more background
0:14:48 > 0:14:56context of the stand justified with Elizabeth Warren. -- more background
0:14:56 > 0:15:03than just the disagreement with Elizabeth Warren.Scientists are
0:15:03 > 0:15:07claiming overfishing and pollution are badly damaging the ecosystem in
0:15:07 > 0:15:16Lake Victoria.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20In the UK the government has been accused of keeping Parliament in the
0:15:20 > 0:15:26dark after handing over edited versions on the analysis of the
0:15:26 > 0:15:31potential actor Brexit on sectors of the economy. The Papers were passed
0:15:31 > 0:15:36to the cross-party select committee on exiting the EU. Here is David
0:15:36 > 0:15:42Davis.The leader of the House accepted that it was binding and it
0:15:42 > 0:15:46was clear that these reports, unredacted in full, should be handed
0:15:46 > 0:15:52over. If it doesn't happen, arguably that is content of the house that in
0:15:52 > 0:15:55the first instance we will obviously raise it in Parliament to get
0:15:55 > 0:15:58answers to these questions.
0:16:21 > 0:16:28For those of you watching in the UK, that was Keir Starmer, not David
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Davis, I do know the difference between the two, sorry about that.
0:16:31 > 0:16:37This is Outside Source, our lead story, Prince Harry and Meghan
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Markle have announced their engagement, news has gone around the
0:16:41 > 0:16:47world, the wedding will be in spring of next year. And other stories for
0:16:47 > 0:16:54BBC World Service. American Tobacco companies have been forced to run a
0:16:54 > 0:16:59series of television adverts detailing the deadly effects of
0:16:59 > 0:17:04smoking. One says that smoking kills on average more than 1000 Americans
0:17:04 > 0:17:09per day, more than murder, AIDS, suicide, drugs, car crashes and
0:17:09 > 0:17:13alcohol combined. And this skeleton of a mammoth which is more than five
0:17:13 > 0:17:17metres long has gone on display in France. It will be sold. It is more
0:17:17 > 0:17:22than 15,000 years old, it is estimated at more than half $1
0:17:22 > 0:17:33million worth. Iraqi forces are trying to drive Islamic State out of
0:17:33 > 0:17:38the Western Desert of Iraq. If we show you this graphic, the area in
0:17:38 > 0:17:44light pink is territory controlled by IS in 2015 and the much smaller
0:17:44 > 0:17:50area in dark pink in the west of Iraq and eastern Syria is what IS
0:17:50 > 0:17:54currently control. You can see how much that territory has contracted,
0:17:54 > 0:17:58that is because of military pressure applied to IS and with that, some
0:17:58 > 0:18:02foreign fighters have decided to leave the Islamic State group, or at
0:18:02 > 0:18:08least their families have decided to leave. A look at the story of Tanya,
0:18:08 > 0:18:12a British woman who moved to Syria with her American jihadist husband
0:18:12 > 0:18:16but she very quickly opted to leave because of the circumstances in
0:18:16 > 0:18:24which she was living. She told her story to the BBC.My name is Tanya,
0:18:24 > 0:18:28for a decade I was an Islamic extremist. My ex-husband became a
0:18:28 > 0:18:32leading member of the Islamic State and now I am hoping to come to his
0:18:32 > 0:18:39ideology. Womack in the late 1990s, she went to high school here in
0:18:39 > 0:18:45Harrow, a middle-class suburb.I grew up here and went to school just
0:18:45 > 0:18:49down the road. I didn't know her at the time that knew many people who
0:18:49 > 0:18:53did, they described her as a normal teenager, she sometimes had
0:18:53 > 0:18:56boyfriends and played truant from school, she wasn't known to be
0:18:56 > 0:19:03particularly religious or politically engaged.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05So when did it all change?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07I turned to religion in my life when I was 17.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09I just wanted to change my identity.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11I didn't want to be Tania from Harrow any more.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13I wanted to be someone pious, someone that people
0:19:13 > 0:19:14didn't call a tart.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18So it gave me structure in my life that I needed and helped me feel
0:19:18 > 0:19:19like I belonged somewhere.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22In her late teens and early 20s, Tania mixed with various
0:19:22 > 0:19:23radical groups in London.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25They changed the way she looked at the world.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Our minds were being filled with these images,
0:19:27 > 0:19:28terrible, disturbing images.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31They would give examples of what happened in Srebrenica and Bosnia.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33We were made to feel this shared sense of guilt because we're
0:19:33 > 0:19:36a community and it was our duty to do something.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41And that something was jihad.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43In 2003, she married John Georgelas, an American
0:19:44 > 0:19:46convert she had met online.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Over the next eight years, they lived across the UK,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50the US and the Middle East.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53By the time they reached Syria in 2013, Tania was pregnant
0:19:53 > 0:19:55with their fourth child.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58I stayed in abandoned homes by ex-military.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00The windows had been blown out and every single night,
0:20:00 > 0:20:02I had become accustomed to hearing gunfire.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06By this point, Tanya said she had started
0:20:06 > 0:20:08to question the life of Jihad.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13She wanted to take the children back to America.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15After three weeks in Syria, she pleaded with John
0:20:15 > 0:20:16to let them escape.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17He agreed.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19There were bullets, like snipers, on these towers,
0:20:19 > 0:20:21shooting, and we could see the bullets flying everywhere.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26I remember putting my kids through the barbed wire
0:20:26 > 0:20:29and the Syrian refugees, they were just guys,
0:20:29 > 0:20:31they were helping us as much as they could.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34I put the stroller in and then John passed me another baby.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36It was so scary.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41John remained in Syria and went on to join
0:20:41 > 0:20:42the so-called Islamic State.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Until earlier this year, the group controlled vast
0:20:44 > 0:20:46areas of Syria and Iraq, where it implemented brutal rule
0:20:46 > 0:20:50and killed thousands.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Tania says she hasn't heard from John in over a year,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54and doesn't know if he's alive or dead.
0:20:54 > 0:21:00The last thing he told me, the last message, was that he apologises
0:21:00 > 0:21:07for the wrong that he's done to me and the children, and that
0:21:07 > 0:21:10if I don't hear from him in six months, it's most likely
0:21:10 > 0:21:12because he's dead because he has to fight, because the fight
0:21:13 > 0:21:14is drawing closer to where he lives.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Tania now lives in the United states.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Her children are looked after by John's parents and seem
0:21:18 > 0:21:25well adjusted to American life.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30Why should they give you a second chance?I think because I realised I
0:21:30 > 0:21:34was wrong and made a mistake. I really want to make up for my
0:21:34 > 0:21:34mistakes.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37She says she's turned her back on extremism in order
0:21:37 > 0:21:39to use her experiences to deter others from making
0:21:39 > 0:21:40the same mistakes.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43If you were to meet a woman who was thinking about going down
0:21:43 > 0:21:46the same path that you once took, what would you say to her?
0:21:46 > 0:21:50I would say, I lost my family, I lost my home, I lost ten years
0:21:50 > 0:21:53of my life that I should have been, you know, working towards
0:21:53 > 0:21:54an education and my career.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I have four children who don't have a dad now.
0:21:57 > 0:22:04Is this the situation you want to be in?
0:22:04 > 0:22:10If you want to see that report, it has been on the most watched list on
0:22:10 > 0:22:13the BBC News Apple day long. In Zimbabwe, as we were talking
0:22:13 > 0:22:21about last week, Emerson Gabler is the new President, we await his
0:22:21 > 0:22:28cabinet, that will be a major clue as to how he approaches things, will
0:22:28 > 0:22:34he stick with his allies from the McGarr Bay Area? We also have this
0:22:34 > 0:22:43man, who mediated between the Zimbabwe and they -- Zimbabwe army
0:22:43 > 0:22:49and Robert Mugabe. He has spoken to Richard Galpin.In the African
0:22:49 > 0:23:01world, senior citizens are there for advice. The new president, he is my
0:23:01 > 0:23:05mentor. You said that he is your father and your leader? He is my
0:23:05 > 0:23:17father, my leader, and my mentor. You played a very key role as the
0:23:17 > 0:23:21main mediator to persuade Robert Mugabe to step down. What was the
0:23:21 > 0:23:28deal which did persuade him to go, what was he given and what was he
0:23:28 > 0:23:36offered?Listen, we didn't offer him anything. You are asking a direct
0:23:36 > 0:23:41question for him to resign. He wasn't offered anything. He resigned
0:23:41 > 0:23:46for the good of Zimbabwe. Bayern how confident are you that the new
0:23:46 > 0:23:53president will pursue a democratic path rather than reverting to the
0:23:53 > 0:24:02morgue autocratic -- to the more autocratic presidency of Robert
0:24:02 > 0:24:09Mugabe.He will be a Democrat? Yes. And you believe him?Well, I do,
0:24:09 > 0:24:17after 50 years in his active life as a soldier and as a politician, he
0:24:17 > 0:24:25knows what it means, that democracy is crucial.Before we finish this
0:24:25 > 0:24:29half of Outside Source, cut Time magazine is getting a new owner and
0:24:29 > 0:24:35there's the potential for a political dimension to this. Can you
0:24:35 > 0:24:41tell is more, please?Time Warner has been purchased by Meredith, they
0:24:41 > 0:24:46own magazines like Better Homes and crab-macro Gardens, the clientele is
0:24:46 > 0:24:50mid-American but what makes the story interesting is who has helped
0:24:50 > 0:24:59Meredith make the purchase? It is one of the richest men in America,
0:24:59 > 0:25:06and they often fund things that will serve their conservative values.
0:25:06 > 0:25:12They put money towards interest groups and towards funding political
0:25:12 > 0:25:15candidates that are really more geared towards the conservative
0:25:15 > 0:25:22ideals. Meredith has said that the Cope brothers will not have any
0:25:22 > 0:25:26role, they will not sit on the board or have any editorial direction for
0:25:26 > 0:25:31Time Magazine but of course there are still doubts.We had to leave it
0:25:31 > 0:25:39there, we are at the end of this half-hour of the programme. We will
0:25:39 > 0:25:48also play that interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with Mishal
0:25:48 > 0:25:53Husain, if you cannot wait for that, we will have more coverage on the
0:25:53 > 0:26:02BBC website. But we will see you in a couple of minutes time...
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Hello, we have seen big contrasts in weather conditions across North
0:26:13 > 0:26:16America recently, the south-west United States has been exceptionally
0:26:16 > 0:26:21warm throughout November with records being broken, and further
0:26:21 > 0:26:25north, it has been unsettled. No pressure bringing in winter storms,
0:26:25 > 0:26:32and another round of unsettled weather pushing into the Pacific
0:26:32 > 0:26:38Northwest with snow cascades and the Northern Rockies. Through the course
0:26:38 > 0:26:43of the week, this club moves into the great Lakes. Further south and
0:26:43 > 0:26:47into the Caribbean, Panama and Costa Rica, heavy rain has been affecting
0:26:47 > 0:26:52this part of the world in the last 24 hours. This is the satellite
0:26:52 > 0:26:59picture. Some of the heaviest rain will be across the Caribbean and in
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Cuba, around the Bahamas and southern Florida. We could have a
0:27:03 > 0:27:08risk of flooding. Speaking of flooding, a significant risk across
0:27:08 > 0:27:12parts of Malaysia and Indonesia. You can see these bright colours
0:27:12 > 0:27:16denoting areas where they could be tropical storm developing in the
0:27:16 > 0:27:24next few days. There could be torrential rain for Kuala Lumpur,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Singapore and disruption could be caused at the airports there. Heavy
0:27:27 > 0:27:32rain across the Bay of Bengal, into southern India and the Maldives. On
0:27:32 > 0:27:36the satellite picture, explosive cloud denoting these heavy
0:27:36 > 0:27:43downpours. There is a chance of these thunderstorms showing
0:27:43 > 0:27:46circulation and developing into tropical cyclones as the week wears
0:27:46 > 0:27:55on. Something to keep an eye on. In Colombo, some thunderstorms likely
0:27:55 > 0:28:00and across Chennai. This active for the front spreads across the central
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Mediterranean, southern Italy, Greece, the islands and into the
0:28:03 > 0:28:08Aegean. Heavy thunderstorms here. This satellite picture pushing into
0:28:08 > 0:28:13western Turkey. This ties in with this area of low pressure, pushing
0:28:13 > 0:28:16north-eastwards, on Tuesday and Wednesday, heavy snow on the high
0:28:16 > 0:28:22ground of the Balkans. In Northwest Europe, this high pressure coming
0:28:22 > 0:28:28into the Atlantic, this area of low pressure across Scandinavia, strong
0:28:28 > 0:28:31winds in northern Europe, with a surge of Arctic air spreading
0:28:31 > 0:28:36southwards across the UK & Ireland Poker Tour penetrating as far south
0:28:36 > 0:28:40as central and southern Spain and Western Europe. Temperatures will be
0:28:40 > 0:28:45below the seasonal average across the UK, throughout the week, cold
0:28:45 > 0:28:49northerly winds, sunshine in Central and southern areas with wintry
0:28:49 > 0:28:52showers in northern and western areas, especially on the eastern
0:28:52 > 0:28:58coast. Settling snow on the hills. Temperatures of 5-7dC. A cold
0:28:58 > 0:29:06outlook across the UK.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17Here in the UK the news has been dominated by the new royal
0:30:17 > 0:30:21engagement. Prince Harry and the US actress Meghan Markle are going to
0:30:21 > 0:30:27be married next year.I could barely let you finish proposing.She said
0:30:27 > 0:30:32can I say yes, can I said yes. There were hugs and I had the ring, I said
0:30:32 > 0:30:41can I give you the ring? She said, oh yes the ring!In Indonesia Mount
0:30:41 > 0:30:50Agung is threatening to erupt. And we have a report on the Pope who has
0:30:50 > 0:31:00arrived in Myanmar.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11Let's go back to the most talked about story of the day, the
0:31:11 > 0:31:15announcement Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry next year. Two of
0:31:15 > 0:31:19them met in London last year and they have been speaking to Michelle
0:31:19 > 0:31:29Hussain earlier.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35We were introduced by a mutual friend. We should protect her
0:31:35 > 0:31:40privacy but it was through her. We met in London last July, at the
0:31:40 > 0:31:48beginning of July. Then it was three or four weeks later that I managed
0:31:48 > 0:31:53to persuade her to come and join me in Botswana and we camped out with
0:31:53 > 0:32:06each other. Then we were really by ourselves.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09Then we were really by ourselves, which was crucial to me to make sure
0:32:09 > 0:32:11we had a chance to get to know each other.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14The friend who introduced you, was she trying to set you up?
0:32:14 > 0:32:15It was definitely a setup!
0:32:15 > 0:32:18We talk about it now, because I'm from the States,
0:32:18 > 0:32:21we don't grow up with the same understanding of the Royal family
0:32:21 > 0:32:24and so while I understand now very clearly there is a global interest
0:32:24 > 0:32:27there, I didn't know much about him and so the only thing
0:32:27 > 0:32:30I asked her when she said she wanted to set us up, one
0:32:30 > 0:32:32question - was he nice?
0:32:32 > 0:32:42Because if he wasn't kind, it didn't seem to make sense.
0:32:50 > 0:32:57We went for a drink and then we said, what are you doing tomorrow?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00We got our diaries because I was off to Africa for a month and she was
0:33:00 > 0:33:08working. The gap happened to be in the perfect place.How much did you
0:33:08 > 0:33:13know about Meghan? Had you seen her on TV?I had never heard about her
0:33:13 > 0:33:17until this friend said Meghan Markle. I was like, give me a bit of
0:33:17 > 0:33:25background. I've never watched Suits or heard of Meghan before. I was
0:33:25 > 0:33:29beautifully surprised when I walked into that room and saw her and that
0:33:29 > 0:33:35she was sitting there. I thought, I'm going to have to up my game and
0:33:35 > 0:33:40make sure I've got good chat.For both of us it was really refreshing.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Given that I didn't know a lot about him, everything I've learned about
0:33:44 > 0:33:54him I learned through him as opposed to having grown up around different
0:33:54 > 0:33:58new stories or tabloids. For both of us it was really authentic and
0:33:58 > 0:34:01organic way to get to know each other.Was quite refreshing for you
0:34:01 > 0:34:05in the way you've been brought up with a lots of people knowing a lot
0:34:05 > 0:34:14about you?Or thinking they know. Exactly.It was hugely refreshing to
0:34:14 > 0:34:19get to know someone who isn't in your circle, didn't know much about
0:34:19 > 0:34:23me, I didn't know much about her. To start almost a fresh and getting to
0:34:23 > 0:34:27know each other step-by-step, and then taking that huge leap of two
0:34:27 > 0:34:33dates and then going effectively on holiday together in the middle of
0:34:33 > 0:34:37nowhere and sharing a tent and that kind of stuff, it was fantastic, it
0:34:37 > 0:34:43was amazing to get to know her as quickly as I did.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47In the case of your relationship, unlike many people, there's a layer
0:34:47 > 0:34:50of what it means to get involved with someone from the Royal family.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53How much of a sense did you have of the enormity
0:34:53 > 0:34:55of what you were getting into and what it would
0:34:55 > 0:34:56mean for your life?
0:34:56 > 0:34:59As naive as it sounds now, having gone through this learning
0:34:59 > 0:35:02curve over the last year and a half, I didn't have any understanding
0:35:02 > 0:35:03of what it would be like.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05I think we both said that.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09No, I tried to warn her as much as possible but I think both of us
0:35:09 > 0:35:12were totally surprised by the reaction after the first five
0:35:12 > 0:35:17or six months we had to ourselves of what happened from then.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20I think you can have as many conversations as you'd
0:35:20 > 0:35:24like and prepare as much as possible but we were totally
0:35:24 > 0:35:28unprepared for what happened.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29The scrutiny?
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Well, all sorts.
0:35:31 > 0:35:36And also, there's a misconception that because I've worked
0:35:36 > 0:35:39in the entertainment industry that this would be something I'd be
0:35:39 > 0:35:43familiar with but even though I've been on my show for six years
0:35:43 > 0:35:46at that point, and working before that, I've never been
0:35:46 > 0:35:49part of tabloid culture, pop culture to that degree and had
0:35:49 > 0:35:53lived a relatively quiet life even though I focused so much
0:35:53 > 0:35:57on my job.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00So that was a really stark difference out of the gate.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04And we were hit so hard with a lot of mistruths that I made the choice
0:36:04 > 0:36:07not to read anything, positive or negative,
0:36:07 > 0:36:13instead we focus our energies on nurturing our relationship.
0:36:13 > 0:36:14On us.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17On us.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Some of that scrutiny, you made a public statement about it,
0:36:20 > 0:36:23some of the scrutiny was centred around your ethnicity, I think.
0:36:23 > 0:36:28When you realised that, what did you think?
0:36:28 > 0:36:29Of course it's disheartening.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33It's a shame that that is the climate in this world,
0:36:33 > 0:36:39to focus that much which would be discriminatory in that sense
0:36:39 > 0:36:43but at the end of the day I'm really proud of where I am
0:36:43 > 0:36:48and where I come from.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50We have never put any focus on that, we've just focused
0:36:50 > 0:36:52on who we are as a couple.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55When you take those extra layers away, all of that noise,
0:36:55 > 0:36:58I think it makes it really easy to just enjoy being together
0:36:58 > 0:37:02and tune the rest of it out.
0:37:02 > 0:37:10What was it like introducing Meghan to your father and your brother?
0:37:10 > 0:37:15Do you have that sense that you together represent something new for
0:37:15 > 0:37:22the Royal family?I do think if it's something new. For me it's an added
0:37:22 > 0:37:33member of the family, another team player. We want to try and encourage
0:37:33 > 0:37:36others and the younger generation to see the world in the correct sense
0:37:36 > 0:37:43rather than perhaps having a distorted view. The fact that I fell
0:37:43 > 0:37:51in love with Meghan so incredibly quickly was confirmation to me that
0:37:51 > 0:37:55all the stars were aligned, everything was just perfect. It was
0:37:55 > 0:37:58this beautiful woman who tripped and fell into my life and I fell into
0:37:58 > 0:38:05her life, and the fact that she'll be really unbelievably good at the
0:38:05 > 0:38:10job part of it as well is obviously a huge relief to me because she'll
0:38:10 > 0:38:22be able to deal with everything else that comes with it.
0:38:24 > 0:38:29I am very excited about it.Meghan given your acting, you'd been
0:38:29 > 0:38:34involved in the area 's quarters and been an ambassador for UN Women.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39What about this new role with a bigger platform and big voice? What
0:38:39 > 0:38:48do you want to do with it?I think what has been really exciting as we
0:38:48 > 0:38:51talk about the transition of this out of my career but into the role
0:38:51 > 0:38:57is that, as you said, the causes that have been important to me I can
0:38:57 > 0:39:02focus more energy on. Early out of the gate you realise once you have a
0:39:02 > 0:39:06voice people are willing to listen to, with that comes a lot of
0:39:06 > 0:39:11responsibility.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14And at the same time I think, in these beginnings a few months,
0:39:14 > 0:39:18and now being boots on the ground in the UK, I'm excited to just
0:39:18 > 0:39:20really get to know more about the different communities
0:39:20 > 0:39:22here, smaller organisations who are working on the same causes
0:39:22 > 0:39:25that I've always been passionate about under the same umbrella,
0:39:25 > 0:39:27and also being able to go round to the Commonwealth.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29I think it's just the beginning of...
0:39:29 > 0:39:30There's a lot to do!
0:39:30 > 0:39:36There's a lot to do.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40There's a lot to read on the Royal engagement and you can find
0:39:40 > 0:39:44extensive coverage on the BBC website with videos and articles on
0:39:44 > 0:39:50both Harry and Meghan Markle. If you'd prefer you can get the same
0:39:50 > 0:40:02information on the BBC News app. Next we are going to talk about Pope
0:40:02 > 0:40:07Francis. He's arrived in Myanmar for his first-ever visit. He's been
0:40:07 > 0:40:11greeted a bit earlier and this is going to be a delicate visit. He is
0:40:11 > 0:40:15being urged to put pressure on the authorities over their treatment of
0:40:15 > 0:40:20Rohingya Muslims as we've reported many times. More than 600,000 people
0:40:20 > 0:40:24have fled across the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh since
0:40:24 > 0:40:29August. The UN has accused Myanmar security forces of ethnic cleansing.
0:40:29 > 0:40:37Already since the Pope's arrival the army chief is insisting there is no
0:40:37 > 0:40:41religious discrimination in Myanmar. Pope Francis will give a speech
0:40:41 > 0:40:45tomorrow after meeting the day factor leader of Myanmar, Aung San
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Suu Kyi. Every single word of the speech will be looked at closely for
0:40:49 > 0:41:00references to the Rohingya Muslims.
0:41:01 > 0:41:09These are Roman Catholics from an ethnic minority. They've come for a
0:41:09 > 0:41:15once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the Pope. The congregation here
0:41:15 > 0:41:20at St Anthony 's Church, normally used by the Tamil community, is
0:41:20 > 0:41:30suddenly swollen. The hymns lifted by extra voices. She is on her first
0:41:30 > 0:41:39ever visit here. TRANSLATION:I never imagined he would come to my
0:41:39 > 0:41:42country. You can see hundreds of thousands of people here who have
0:41:42 > 0:41:47travelled four days by train. I never thought I would ever be here.
0:41:47 > 0:41:52Now I am here, just look at me and all these people. This is already a
0:41:52 > 0:42:01sign of change for the better. I am so excited.This is a big moment the
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Myanmar's small population of Roman Catholics, but a risky one for Pope
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Francis. In a country that has generated the largest refugee crisis
0:42:08 > 0:42:12the region has seen in a generation, but where there is very little
0:42:12 > 0:42:19sympathy for them. There have been big street protests here but in
0:42:19 > 0:42:23support of the Myanmar military, even after it was accused of ethnic
0:42:23 > 0:42:27cleansing, of driving hundreds of thousands of Muslims out of the
0:42:27 > 0:42:32country. The Pope has already spoken out several times over their plight.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36But he's been warned not even to use the term Rohingya during the visit.
0:42:36 > 0:42:46TRANSLATION:This is misunderstood by the international community. If
0:42:46 > 0:42:51he uses that word there will be a strong reaction. He needs to look at
0:42:51 > 0:42:54the situation here now. He needs to be aware there are things he can say
0:42:54 > 0:43:00things he should not say.Buddhist monks have been among the strongest
0:43:00 > 0:43:05supporters of a resurgent intolerant nationalism in this country. That
0:43:05 > 0:43:11has affected other Muslim communities like this one in young
0:43:11 > 0:43:12has affected other Muslim communities like this one in young.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16Anti-Muslim sentiment has been stirred up. But can a visiting Pope
0:43:16 > 0:43:22do anything to help?We need such voices, the voices of concern, from
0:43:22 > 0:43:29people who are impartial. He is not speaking for any race or religion.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33In his mind, anybody who is victimised, he should speak for
0:43:33 > 0:43:37them.The build-up to this visit has raised hopes on many sites which the
0:43:37 > 0:43:43Pope will find hard to meet. This old racecourse is a venue for one of
0:43:43 > 0:43:47the masses he will hold. Speaking bluntly about the Rohingya risks
0:43:47 > 0:43:52offending his hosts. While failing to do so will disappoint those who
0:43:52 > 0:44:01have come to expect more from this unorthodox pontiff. We'll have more
0:44:01 > 0:44:07coverage on that speech by the Pope in Myanmar and tomorrow's programme.
0:44:07 > 0:44:12Now East Africa, I want to focus on Africa's largest freshwater lake.
0:44:12 > 0:44:16Lake Victoria plays a key role in the economies of the countries
0:44:16 > 0:44:21surrounding it but researchers say it is suffering from pollution,
0:44:21 > 0:44:26overfishing, which is impacting on Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. You can
0:44:26 > 0:44:32see one of the ways it is impacting by this statistic. Go back to 2005.
0:44:32 > 0:44:36Over 36,000 tonnes of fish was caught. Come back to last year and
0:44:36 > 0:44:40we are at less than half of that figure. Let's get more detail in
0:44:40 > 0:44:53this report. For centuries Lake Mick -- Lake Victoria has provided
0:44:53 > 0:44:58nourishment for its people. The catch is now paltry. He shows me
0:44:58 > 0:45:03what he caught today.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05The catch of the fish is very little.
0:45:05 > 0:45:06Life is very hard.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09As far as today's catch is concerned, it is little,
0:45:09 > 0:45:12it is about ten kilograms when, back in the day, we used to catch
0:45:12 > 0:45:17about 100 to 500 kilograms.
0:45:17 > 0:45:18Abundant fish variety were once here.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21Fishermen have to go farther and farther to find any at all.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24Kwaesi is one of hundreds of fishermen in this village and,
0:45:24 > 0:45:26for him and others here, the smaller catch means they survive
0:45:26 > 0:45:29day by day, hand to mouth.
0:45:29 > 0:45:33day by day, hand to mouth.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36Lake Victoria was called the Lake of Gods, and the people
0:45:36 > 0:45:38believed its resources were endless.
0:45:38 > 0:45:53At the height of the boom, fishermen in Lake Victoria caught
0:45:53 > 0:45:54more than 36,000 tonnes.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57Last year, it was less than half that, at just over 17,000.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59Fishing is still a lifeline for Uganda.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02At this fish market, the country's largest,
0:46:02 > 0:46:03most of the Nile perch are sent abroad.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05But the waters on this bay look odd.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Algae has turned it green, like pea soup.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09Bloom levels are 20 times higher than is safe
0:46:09 > 0:46:13for swimming or drinking.
0:46:13 > 0:46:21Scientists search for clues, testing the water every month.
0:46:21 > 0:46:28The lake is slowly dying, it is a ticking time bomb.
0:46:28 > 0:46:29How desperate is the situation?
0:46:29 > 0:46:32We continue to pollute the lake through untreated waste water,
0:46:32 > 0:46:34for example, fertiliser being washed off from agricultural enterprises.
0:46:34 > 0:46:37Then the other thing is, of course, the destruction of part
0:46:37 > 0:46:38of Lake Victoria's ecosystem, like the wetlands.
0:46:38 > 0:46:47The flower business is an alternative to fishing for some.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50Uganda has perfect weather for roses.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54Large greenhouses dot the lake's shores using water to grow rosebuds.
0:46:54 > 0:46:59But it is adding to the pollution?
0:46:59 > 0:47:02The pesticides can be coming back and turning back to the lake,
0:47:02 > 0:47:05and all of the communities surrounding this bay.
0:47:05 > 0:47:11The Ugandan government is trying to save the lake.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14A special task force raids the villages to destroy
0:47:14 > 0:47:19illegal boats and nets.
0:47:19 > 0:47:24The military is coming in today to control illegal
0:47:24 > 0:47:26fishing on the lake, looking at illegal fishing
0:47:26 > 0:47:30methods on the water.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32These measures are yet to help fishermen like this man.
0:47:32 > 0:47:37Today he has made just £2 to support his family.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39They only live on my power.
0:47:39 > 0:47:43If I don't go on the lake, I don't eat.
0:47:43 > 0:47:52I am scared of the situation in the future.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54Their songs reminisce about the lake's past bounties,
0:47:54 > 0:47:56but more has to be done to stem its decline,
0:47:56 > 0:47:58or future generations will only hear tales
0:47:58 > 0:48:06of the once plentiful Lake of the Gods.
0:48:06 > 0:48:10A little earlier I spoke to me now because I wanted to understand how
0:48:10 > 0:48:17the fishing works in Lake Victoria and who controls it.I think it is a
0:48:17 > 0:48:24partnership of all three countries. It is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania
0:48:24 > 0:48:28and three countries are in charge of that.Do they get along, are they
0:48:28 > 0:48:33working together on the issue?At the moment there is no effort for
0:48:33 > 0:48:37all three to work together. I was in Uganda but the director of fisheries
0:48:37 > 0:48:41in Uganda is trying hard to ensure that the lake is in better shape.
0:48:41 > 0:48:48Stopping illegal fishing and encouraging fishermen to use better
0:48:48 > 0:48:51methods instead of poison which it used in previous times, they
0:48:51 > 0:48:56encourage them to use greener methods to catch fish.And the fish
0:48:56 > 0:49:01menu met, they must be concerned?It is the source of their livelihood,
0:49:01 > 0:49:06one told me that he has had to move further weight to find any fish at
0:49:06 > 0:49:09all because fish have been swimming from the polluted area which is the
0:49:09 > 0:49:19closest to the lake.Tell me more about the pollution?Well, Audi is
0:49:19 > 0:49:23at the bottom of what is happening at Lake Victoria, there is too much
0:49:23 > 0:49:27of it. At normal levels it is good because the fish eat them but here
0:49:27 > 0:49:33there are 20 times the levels of allergy in the area that they should
0:49:33 > 0:49:40be.Is that caused by people or is it an unfortunate twist of fate?It
0:49:40 > 0:49:46is coming from multiple sources, there needs to be better waste
0:49:46 > 0:49:50management, waste coming from city centres into the lake, people
0:49:50 > 0:49:55polluting the lake themselves are a source of concern.These countries
0:49:55 > 0:49:59could see one another as rivals when they look at the wonderful resources
0:49:59 > 0:50:05of Lake Victoria?Some parts are disputed, it is a big deal
0:50:05 > 0:50:08understanding which country claims which part of the lake. It is a
0:50:08 > 0:50:14contentious issue.And Pakistan, there is a deal between is the mists
0:50:14 > 0:50:20and the government which have ended weeks of protests connected to an
0:50:20 > 0:50:31accusation of blasphemy -- Islamists. It rotates around the law
0:50:31 > 0:50:36minister, or he used to be the law minister. He was accused of
0:50:36 > 0:50:44blasphemy after a reference to the Prophet Muhammad was left out of the
0:50:44 > 0:50:51revised effort to stop the atmosphere is less tense than the
0:50:51 > 0:50:54last few days but thousands of protesters have remained, blocking
0:50:54 > 0:51:02this key road between Islamabad. This morning, protesters reached an
0:51:02 > 0:51:06agreement with the government, brokered by the army. For the people
0:51:06 > 0:51:10here it feels like a victory. All of their key demands had been agreed
0:51:10 > 0:51:15to. The law minister has resigned. He is the man the people here
0:51:15 > 0:51:21believe is responsible for the amendment to the oath. Which started
0:51:21 > 0:51:25all of this and rest and the government agreed that all of those
0:51:25 > 0:51:33arrested will be released. They have achieved what they came for. The
0:51:33 > 0:51:38whole purpose was to honour the Prophet Muhammad. TRANSLATION:Once
0:51:38 > 0:51:42they have done this for our people, we will go away and that is our only
0:51:42 > 0:51:47demand now.The violence has concerned many in the country. Some
0:51:47 > 0:51:51blamed the government and say they should have taken firmer action and
0:51:51 > 0:51:56soon. Others say that the powerful military establishment in Pakistan
0:51:56 > 0:52:02have used the protest as a tool to pressurise the civilian government.
0:52:02 > 0:52:06And there is a constant power struggle between the two entities
0:52:06 > 0:52:11although the military would deny that. There is a great deal of
0:52:11 > 0:52:16cleaning up to do. The crisis may be over but the real damage could be to
0:52:16 > 0:52:21the government's reputation ahead of next year's general elections. Next,
0:52:21 > 0:52:26the story of a mother from Uganda who was attacked with a machete by
0:52:26 > 0:52:30her husband. She lost both of her hands but now, thanks to a charity
0:52:30 > 0:52:41here in the UK, she has received a new pair of prosthetics. It is the
0:52:41 > 0:52:46smile that students from Salford University had worked so hard for.
0:52:46 > 0:52:51Just one year ago, this peasant farmer from Fort Portal in Uganda
0:52:51 > 0:52:57was in pain. She was subjected to a vicious machete attack by her
0:52:57 > 0:53:01husband, who was angry that she dared ask for a share of their
0:53:01 > 0:53:05harvested crop. She lost both her hands and an ear in the assault and
0:53:05 > 0:53:10was pregnant at the time with her third child. But fast forward to
0:53:10 > 0:53:14today, a charity called Salford Knowledge for Change, they heard
0:53:14 > 0:53:20about her plight. They helped to raise funds so that she could smile
0:53:20 > 0:53:24once again and have hope of one day looking after her children again.
0:53:24 > 0:53:30It's been a very difficult process. Upper arms prosthetics have not been
0:53:30 > 0:53:34developed in Uganda at all so we've used our undergraduate student
0:53:34 > 0:53:38placement programme to link students in prosthetics and their staff here
0:53:38 > 0:53:43in Salford with our team of biomedical engineers in Uganda and
0:53:43 > 0:53:48together, working between Uganda and the UK, we eventually managed to
0:53:48 > 0:53:53provide her with functioning limbs. I was involved in this side of
0:53:53 > 0:53:59things, being at the University and with lecturers. When we received the
0:53:59 > 0:54:03casts, a group of us rectified, where you add an takeaway plaster to
0:54:03 > 0:54:08form the shape of a cast that would fit on her arm.It was an
0:54:08 > 0:54:13interesting project, one we wouldn't necessarily see in the UK because of
0:54:13 > 0:54:17the cultural differences. We took the casts, send them back here, they
0:54:17 > 0:54:23gave us new arms and that helped in the rehabilitation process.Months
0:54:23 > 0:54:26were spent painstakingly creating a new pair of hands. One is fitted
0:54:26 > 0:54:31with a robotic thumb so that she can grip objects. There will be no
0:54:31 > 0:54:35substitute for the real thing but it is hoped this new pair of prosthetic
0:54:35 > 0:54:42hands will go some way to repairing the damage from this attack.I am
0:54:42 > 0:54:51happy, the prosthesis means they are measured and are the right ones.Her
0:54:51 > 0:55:00smile says it all. Gina Campbell, BBC News. That report ends this
0:55:00 > 0:55:00edition