17/06/2012 Reporters

Saturday was wet or windy or in some cases both. Today looks better.

Not as much rain around. More sunshine on offer and the winds

will be lighter. Most places start dry and bright. Still some cloud

for Scotland and north-east England. Through the Midlands, some sunny

spells. Well puts into Yorkshire, we move into cloud and some rain,

certainly the eastern side of Scotland. Western side of Scotland

is dry with a bit of sunshine. Northern Ireland - a welcome

sunshine around. Some sunshine in Wales. One or two showers left here.

It was a windy day across the south of England yesterday. Gusts of up

to 50mph. Much like her on Sunday morning -- lighter. It still might

be cloudy in eastern Scotland on Monday. Away from here, the

sunniest weather is likely on coastal districts. The temperatures

should be a little higher than yesterday. When the sun comes out

it will feel warmer. Into Sunday evening and Sunday night, things

changed. Thickening cloud will bring rain up from France. It could

be heavy in the south of England. The clearer it colder weather for

the western side of Scotland. But it should start with sunshine on

Monday. A cloudy start elsewhere. The rain in eastern England will

trickle away to the North Sea. It should brighten up in most places

on Monday with just a scattering of showers. Similar on Tuesday with a

few showers about. If anything, it is this other half of the UK that

looks drier. Temperatures around 20 or 21 degrees. It looks like a high

pressure will build on Tuesday and possibly into Wednesday. But it

could be short-lived, with further rain had expected during the week.

rain had expected during the week. This is BBC News. A summary of the

news now. A political row has broken out over the Leveson Inquiry.

In a telephone call to the country's most senior civil servant,

Sir Jeremy Heywood, Lord Justice Leveson complained about comments

made by Education Secretary Michael Gove. Mr Gove said the inquiry

created a chilling atmosphere towards press freedom.

The UN observer mission in Syria has been suspended because of

increasing violence in the country. The head of the mission said his

staff were being impeded from carrying out a mandate to observe a

ceasefire deal and that they would stay within their bases until

further notice. A British soldier killed in

Afghanistan yesterday has been named by the Ministry of Defence as

37-year-old Corporal Alex Guy from the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian

Regiment. He was fatally wounded when leading a fire support section

to assist Afghan soldiers, who had come under attack.

The polls have closed on the first day of voting in Egypt's

presidential election. Voters are choosing between Mohammed Morsi of

the Muslim Brotherhood and Ahmed Shafiq, who was prime minster under

the overthrown president Hosni Mubarak.

Three boys have been injured when a tree fell at a cricket ground in

south-west London. The boys, all aged nine, were at Spencer Cricket

Ground in Earlsfield when the tree fell in a practice nets area. Two

of boys have suffered head injuries and are in a serious condition,

while the third suffered a leg injury, the London Ambulance

Service said. After decades of turmoil, Somalia

strives for peace and stability. Reporting from inside the war-torn

capital, Gabriel Gatehouse assesses their progress.

A helping hand for the destitute. Duncan Kennedy finds an Australian

project is having great success in getting the homeless off the

streets. And we travel to the Falkland

Islands, liberated from Argentine invaders 30 years ago and still

determined to stay British. Welcome to Reporters. Until a few

months ago, Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, was considered the most

gaugers city in the world. Locked in civil war and brutalised by Al-

Shabab. -- dangerous city. Al- Shabab controls large parts of

southern Somalia and recently suffered significant defeat.

Several hundred fighters have defected in recent months,

according to the African force that has been fighting the militants in

and around were the issue. Gabriel Gatehouse is in the capital and has

been travelling with troops. Life is returning to this bullet

scarred city. The effects of more than two decades of war have been

devastating. But last August, the force of African Union soldiers

drove Al-Shabab out of Mogadishu and for now the momentum is on

their side. These Ugandan troops have been pursuing the Islamists

into their heartland in central Somalia. Last month, they captured

the town of Afgoye, once one of their strongholds in these -- and

the Centre for their bomb-makers. The Ugandans have been helped by a

steady trickle of defectors. This man does it to just one week ago.

He takes a call on his mobile. It is a former Al-Shabab commander.

The punishment for desertion is harsh. If they catch him, the

commander says, he will slaughter him with his own hands. What was

the morale and the mood amongst the fighters you were with?

TRANSLATION: They have all fled to this area. The morale has died.

Everybody is looking for somewhere to hide. It has been just a few

weeks before African Union soldiers, mainly the Ugandans, pushed Al-

Shabab out of this town and already you can see the changes. The khat,

the stimulant their laughter too, is now a thriving trade. The

soldiers to say there are still Al- Shabab fighters around the country

and clashes are still going on. There have been numerous attempts

to bring peace here by force. The Americans failed and the UN failed.

Now, the African Union believes it has found a winning formula.

Africans selfing African problems. We can fight better than foreign

forces that have been here before. But the Islamists still have their

supporters. Here at the Mogadishu seaport, drivers are loading goods

on to their tracks. They all said life was better and Al-Shabab. Less

corrupt and more secure, so long as you stay clear of politics.

TRANSLATION: In Al-Shabab areas, we do not see guns everywhere. If a

gunman disarmed the militias and got rid of the checkpoints, we

would support the government. African Union knows it needs more

than just military victories. The guns become a way of life here.

Somalia's patchwork of private militias need to be integrated into

a unified national force. One that would defend the security of the

population, not just the interest of the clan.

Now to a project in Australia making extraordinary strides

towards eradicating homelessness. The Michael Project was ruled out

three years ago and it has so far have drastically reduced

unemployment among its homeless men. Hundreds have been helped and

thousands of Australian taxpayers' money saved. With war on the

project, here is Duncan Kennedy. -- with more on the project.

The Milk Crate Theatre Group in Sydney. 68-year-old Gordon is in

full voice. Hard to believe that not long ago he was living in a

shipping container and washing himself in a river. This is my

kitchen. A former accountant, -- accountant, he lost everything to

mental health problems and ended up on the streets. Now, he has this

new apartment, paid out of his own disability pension, one of many

life changing differences organised through a unique scheme called The

Michael Project. They have been helping hundreds of homeless men.

It has given me confidence in myself, it has given me a place of

my own, which I did not have before. A whole host of things. The cast

changed your life? Yes. Would you ever be homeless again? No. I will

never be honest again. Australia has 100,000 homeless people. Three

years ago, an anonymous to the land of the past donated millions of

dollars to set up the Michael project, named after her husband,

to see if homelessness could be ended. When was the last time you

saw the doctor? About five months ago. It is all about what they call

asserted management. Each homeless person gets a mental and early

intervention is beaky. If you need a doctor's appointment, it is fixed

that day. -- is key. It is all about fall on attention to break

the cycle of drift and inaction. The results of the project have

been remarkable. The numbers with jobs have tripled from six to 18%.

Those in permanent housing have gone from zero to 50%. And the

overall cost of the health service, the justice system and other parts

of society have gone down from almost $24,000 to under $21,000. A

saving of more than $3,500 for each homeless person. $3,000 per person

less cost to society from doing the work than for not doing the work.

So it is more expensive to leave people homeless then it is to

engage them in this way. project is now a study by the

Government to assess if it can be scaled up nationally. And see

whether there was like Gordon, who live on the margins of society, can

find a lasting place they call home. It is not just Europe feeling the

pinch these days. India is at risk of seeing its credit rating

downgraded to junk status as new figures confirm the slowdown. The

country's recently booming economy could be removed from the informal

grouping of the fastest developing countries. This report from Mumbai.

After soaring height the years, India is looking at a hard landing.

Its huge market and global ties would get the global economy again

but it has stalled. It is a story of contradictions. Here at this

vehicle factory, they use the latest technology and selling all

over the world. If you own a Mercedes, there is a good chance

the engine was assembled here. But the chairman tells me political

paralysis in India has -- and stalled reforms are putting

everything at risk. This is an opportunity where we could be

storing up. Jobs, prosperity, infrastructure. That opportunity is

being wasted all flitted away simply because political decision-

making, economic decision-making, is not being done in the manner in

which it should be. Some businesses are still roaring ahead. Like

British sports car maker Aston Martins. India has become one of

the most important markets. We are going pretty good. Doing pretty

good in spite of the slowdown. some in India, money is no object

and sales of his car are one example. -- for some. But India as

a whole is slowing down after years of supercharged growth and it has

got many worried that it may be more than just a bunch in the road.

India's growth rate has dropped from just over 9% to around 5% in

the last quarter. It has been threatened with a credit downgrade

and of losing its status as one of the bricks group of emerging power

houses. Abuse received any letters in writing or in recent payment

objection? -- have you received. Even one of the call centres is

struggling. This Mumbai operation which serves UK financial companies

lost half its business last year. Largely to the Philippines. We do

get over-confident and thought we knew it all. We thought we could do

better than what clients wanted and that is why we lost business to the

Philippines. They said we did not understand. This man -- Paul wrote

in infrastructure still holds India back. There is also pessimism.

Right now, we are going through that stage where there is over

pessimism and looking at one year from now we will say we did things

the other way around. We were over- pessimistic just because six months

or nine months the economy did not perform so well. Being open to the

world economy has made in the richer but more exposed. And they

could be facing a lot more bad When it comes to economic prospects,

that is when one company is hoping to capitalise on with a floating

home for entrepreneurs. We have all heard of Silicon Valley start-ups

but probably never one like this. Pitching to foreigners who can't

get these is to work in the west, it is hoping a ship anchored in

international Waters 12 miles off California's sure will be an

Our plan is to have a ship approximately five miles away from

here. In international Waters. 12 miles away from the California

coast. This man is not sa mere but he is

testing his sea legs ahead of an entrepreneurial adventure. -- not a

sail-off. We're having to have 1,000 entrepreneurs from around the

world. 25% of Silicon Valley start- up scarf founded by foreigners. But

they are finding it increasingly hard to get long-term visas from

the US. Floating a technology park in the Pacific could help them

steer past immigration issues. plan is to have a daily ferry

service which would connect people on the ship with the mainland. The

ship itself is going to be a cruise ship that we will retrofit to suit

our needs. They will be working on their start-ups, their products and

services. A man who runs a music company in Silicon Valley has

already signed up. But his business partners in Brazil can't get a visa

to move to the US. It is important that my investors know my partner

and that he is here. So on this ship he can meet with them. Could

the offshore venture fall foul of the Immigration Service? What they

are trying to do is legal as long as or productive work remains

offshore on the ship. As long as the entrepreneurs are coming into

the mainland and the four other things. It will take many years and

millions of dollars before the real ship sets sail. Dario would like

the aperitif to change tack and immigration policy. It could be

seen as a novel way of lobbying for a change. It could address needs

that hi-tech entrepreneurs around the world have.

The people of the Falkland Islands have been marking the 30th

anniversary of the end of the Falklands War between Britain and

Argentina. Before the commemoration got underway, it was announced that

residents from the islands would hold a referendum next year about

their national status. The head of the Falklands government said he

hoped the outcome would send a clear message that the islanders

wish to remain British. Port Stanley could hardly feel more

British. But there is frustration here that even now, Argentina is

not listening to a clear message from the islands. A war of words

with the bonus I raised -- Buenos Aires is starting up again. We will

give the Falkland Islanders to -- the opportunity to send a clear to

the whole of the international community that they alone are the

masters of their own fate. Almost 30 years since British forces

liberated Port Stanley, the islanders want to leave Argentina

without any doubt. Argentina tries to suggest that we are practically

held hostage by the British government. This will prove that

this is about what we want. Argentina has continued to make

life difficult for the island. Threatening to cut off their ailing

to Chile while escalating the war of words. It is annoying to the

extreme. There was an unnecessary war fought over these islands and

we hope that would be the end of it. There is a constant move to try and

claim the islands. Now it is more political and economic warfare.

Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner will continue. She has

been pressed harder since the discovery of ore in Falklands

Waters. This former marine saw some of his comrades die on these peaks

to at -- uphold the right to determine their own fate. People

should be able to determine how they are governed. That is worth

fighting for. The people of the Falklands say they will always be

grateful for the people who fought and died on these mountains. The

islanders say they want that freedom to continue. Richard

Cockwell's paintings have been inspired by the landscape for years.

Once the adrenalin stopped, it was quite emotional. I find it very

difficult knowing that people were dying for our sake. There is not an

island of hear that does not have gratitude. Even as Argentina

restates its claim to the Falklands, Britain is reassured. The islanders

wish to determine their own fate. It will make clear that after the

budget for their freedom, the islanders want to remain British.

The opening of the Olympic Games in London will mark not just the

beginning of the sporting world's greatest festival, but the 40th

anniversary of one of its darker moments. At the Munich Games in

1972, Palestinian gunmen murdered 11 members of the Israeli team

after infiltrating the Olympic village and taking them hostage.

Among the Israeli athletes who survived were sure that the --

Shaul Ladany, who had already survived the horrors of the

concentration camps. Now 76, he celebrates his life by walking his

own age in kilometres every year. Shaul Ladany keeps on walking.

Behind him lies stories of records broken and concentration camps

survived. Ahead, the challenges of the future. Walking his own age in

kilometres every year. I hope that it would pose any problem to finish

it. If I get to a much of the age, that is another story. As a child,

he survived the horrors of the Holocaust. He remembers every day

he spent in the German concentration camp at Burgen-Belsen.

The shadows of death and the starvation. I remember the hunger,

the cold. We had to stand out and be counted for hours in the extreme

cold and rain. 20 years later, he was a member of the Israeli Olympic

team attacked by Palestinian gunmen in the Ablett village in the Munich

Olympics. 11 Israelis were murdered. Was he unlucky to find himself so

often in danger, or lucky to have come through? I am not a

psychologist and I don't care. This is the way that I behave. It is

possible I was born with a certain character and baby the

circumstances have created the character in my behaviour.

Something about that determination to keep on going? May be. You need

that to be a long-distance walker or run-off. -- or runner. They have

been health scares in his recent life. He came through, of course.

The man who says he is just stubborn plans to walkies Age in:

It is four years to come. -- walkies Age in kilometres for years

to come. That's all for Reporters for this

Saturday was wet or windy. Today looks slightly better. It should be

brighter with less rain. Most places starts Sunday dry and bright.

Through the Midlands, we start with some sunny spells. Be the North and

Yorkshire, a bit of rain left overnight. It looks like being a

much drier day. Northern Ireland will see some welcome sunshine.

Noticeably lighter wind. It has been very windy and yesterday. A

bright start in most places with sunshine across East Anglia. We

will see a bit of cloud leading to a scattering of light showers.

Still cloudy in eastern Scotland and the far north-east. The

sunniest weather is likely to be around coastal districts.

Temperatures should be higher than yesterday. Into Sunday evening and

night, there is a change. The rain could be quite heavy in the south-

east. Cleo and cold were there for Scotland. Cloudy elsewhere. The

rain in eastern England trickling into the southern North Sea. It