12/11/2013 BBC World News

Hello. Welcome to World News. The UN says more than 11 million

people have an effect morgues are being set up as families

search for their loved ones. Iran's president is marking 100 days

in office. He is given the country and international make over, but

have things changed at home? And in sport, Jamaica's top drug

testing official warns that the latest spate could be the tip of the

iceberg. Nearly five days after a devastating

typhoon ripped through the central Philippines, the scale of the task

facing aid agencies is becoming apparent. The UN has raised its

estimate of those affected to apparent. The UN has raised its

The UN is now appealing for more than $300 million. The US is sending

an aircraft carrier and several other ships. In the Philippines

itself, rescue workers are still struggling to reach many areas cut

off by the storm. The island of Cebu has become a logistics hub for the

US aid organisation. This airport has been chosen as the

main drop-off point because it is closest to the disaster zone. This

Belgian air force plane arrived at dawn this morning. But it cannot

land at Tacloban airport itself because it needs a longer airstrip

will stop there is a shortage of aircraft that can land there. This

has led to a bottleneck, meaning the much-needed aid on board this flight

could be delayed now offered to Ward three days. In the meantime, the aid

and personnel travelling with three days. In the meantime, the aid

of material. We have emergency health kits to provide a great of

30,000 people per one month. We have a water purification set and our

base operation has information and medication material. Then there is

logistical support assets. How do you feel about the fact you will be

delayed? Unfortunately, it is one of those things we have to take into

account. We're trying to find another plane that can get to the

airport. If not, tomorrow morning we will have a boat from the military.

But that could take hours. Yes, it will take 20 hours at least. There

is a risk now that Cebu International aid will fill up with

aid like International aid will fill up with

Without aid people are becoming desperate. Our correspondent is in

the devastated area of Tacloban and has been to a food distribution

point where people are no longer waiting for the food inside to be

given out. This is a chaotic scene. It was a

big food warehouse and distribution centre but it has been completely

ransacked. People are desperate to get hold of any food they can. They

are coming back with great big sackfuls laden with new tools, rice

and biscuits. They are telling me that no official aid has come

through. Flights are coming into the airport just out of town, but in

terms of getting the aid onto the streets, it just not coming. So

people are having to fend for themselves will stop there is a real

shortage of clean water, and without it a risk that diseases like

dysentery could spread quickly. it a risk that diseases like

without a roof over their heads, it is making a difficult situation even

worse. Aid is being promised by countries

from around the world, let's have a look at what is being pledged. The

UN has promised $25 million as part of a large-scale humanitarian plan.

Here is a break down of what other states have also pledged. The US is

promising $20 million in immediate humanitarian assistance. They are

also sending an aircraft carrier equipped with more than 80 aircraft

and three accompanying vessels, including a supply craft and 7000

staff will stop that will ride into to Ward three days. Britain has

announced an aid package to aid up to 5000 people.

announced an aid package to aid up including goods such as ten -- tents

and blankets. Australia announced a $9.3 million package including

medical personnel and non-food items such as mosquito nets, water

containers and hygiene kits. China has pledged $100,000 with a further

100,000 from the Chinese Red Cross. A short while ago, I spoke to the

chief executive of the disasters emergency committee. It is a number

of 14 aid agencies. Today, it launches its appeal for the

Philippines. We are asking the people to give as much money as

possible so that we can supply the much-needed aid in the Philippines

at the moment. We need to supply water, shelter, medicine and food to

allow people to survive the next few weeks. Tacloban

allow people to survive the next few it take? The UN, the government and

aid agencies are working together to make sure we can clear the roads to

reach those people. Do you know who is clearing the roads? The

responsibility at the moment is with the Philippine government and army.

They have asked for support, so international support is coming from

the UK, the US. So you are saying it will take days to clear the roads,

and only then will aid get through to those people without doodle water

will stop -- without food or water. Aid is getting through. People will

want to donate to this, but just to be clear, it will be taking days. Is

that right that it will take be clear, it will be taking days. Is

that aid. At the same time, we will work with the UN and the government

to make sure we reach everyone. It is simply a question of clearing the

ground first. In the meantime, there are a number of big names that you

represent. Yes, organisations like the Red Cross, Save the Children.

They will help make sure the roads are clear as well, but the expertise

is going towards making sure we save lives through water, food and

shelter. If people want to donate, how do they do that? They should log

onto the website. for 30 years. He spoke at the

airport and explained how his family escaped. Outside, trees started to

fall. Under the door, Blackwater started to come in. I thought

something was really wrong, so I looked out of the window. The water

was rising quite quickly. I put the kids on top of the highest game in

the living room, the TV cabinet. The TV cabinet began to float, we all

climbed on it. Is it loaded towards the ceiling, I was able to punch

holes in the ceiling. It is made of a thin material will stop --

material. Then we crawled between the ceiling and the metal roof and

sat there and watched and prayed that the water

sat there and watched and prayed laying everywhere. People need help.

Just one of many voices we've been hearing. The challenges facing the

authorities in the Philippines in the aftermath are huge. One of the

biggest is the health of the nation. As a huge relief operation gets

underway in the aftermath, the enormous help publications also

become clear. The immediate concerns are a desperate lack of food and

clean drinking water, causing acute dehydration. It also increases the

risk of potentially deadly waterborne diseases such as cholera.

Many injured people are not receiving the urgent medical care

they need at the urgent medical care they need after hospitals were wiped

out by the storm. Others who they need after hospitals were wiped

countries are flying field hospitals to be affected areas. Urgent efforts

are being made to re-establish water and sanitation infrastructure. This

is a nation in shock. The death and destruction is unimaginable. So

another concern is the psychological damage, both now and in times to

come. The typhoon has already been

downgraded to a Tropical Storm Washi -- into a tropical storm. It still

dropped up to 38 centimetres of rain in parts of China. These pictures

show two vehicles being carried downstream and crashing into a

bridge. You can see the force of the water there. It created strong

currents in a river that runs along the border between China and

Vietnam. there. Much more on the website.

Other news, and dozens of protesters have been injured in a second day of

violent protests in Bangladesh. Riot police fired tear gas on crowds of

garment workers outside the capital who are demanding better pay. They

are angry at proposals to raise the minimum wage from 38 to $66 an

month, insisting it is still too low. Bangladesh has one of the

largest garment industries in the world, but it has been criticised

over poor conditions. Earlier this year, more than 1100 people died

when a factory building collapsed. Much more to come. Is Jamaican

athletics heading for a crisis? The country's top drug tester says

recent positive tests could be just the beginning.

In an age when we all have camera in Africa and beyond. Will Ross went

to see it. Lagos photo is an international

exhibition. More than 50 photographers are showing their work

here, and they come from across the world. This photograph of Lagos

seems to sum it up. Yes, this is by a Dutch photographer who has been

working in the city. We have the juxtaposition of the mega city right

next to the non-city. Another highlight is the work of the

photographer from Another highlight is the work of the

life, but we are still in the same situation where a lot of things have

not advanced. So many things have changed from the days when the

painting was done and when I took this photo, but many things haven't

changed. We are still using the same tools for farming.

Some of the photos have been mounted on huge bamboo frames so even people

who don't make it to the gallery can bump into the exhibition, which will

be on display in public spaces around Lagos. World-renowned British

photographer Martin Parr is a guest here. He hopes the event will

inspire people to get more out of photography. Although everyone takes

millions of photos every year, people often don't think to do any

more than just show their friends there latest night out, so it is

good to have this opportunity to think more about what opportunity

photography can offer. And this is the work of the Kenyan artist who

Guru-Murthy. The latest headlines: the Philippine president has

declared a national calamity after Typhoon Haiyan battered the country

four days ago. The UN says the impact on the local

community is as bad as the tsunami. Over 10,000 people are feared dared

and hundreds of thousands are homeless. Makeshift morgues have

been set up as an desperate families searched for their loved ones.

Syria's main opposition grouping has said it will attend peace talks in

Geneva, but only if President Assad transfers power and is excluded from

any transition process. The BBC's Lina Sinjab has been speaking to the

SNC's leader, who told her what he hopes to achieve in the talks.

TRANSLATION: We start from the principles of friends of Syria,

where they have principles of friends of Syria,

of hunger. My demand is a democratic and diversify its eighth. We aspire

to have a democracy like the one in the West. Will you have control over

different fighting groups inside Syria now that you have agreed to

talks? Will they abide by any talks?

TRANSLATION: Of course we are able to impose the conditions once we

agree on them. Many groups are affiliated to us. They will abide by

the decision. But what about Islamic groups that

are linked to Al-Qaeda? TRANSLATION: They have nothing to do with the

opposition. They have nothing to do with the coalition.

all of these foreigners will be out. The Syrian people will be tolerant

and moderate. The SSC leader there. Events in Syria contribute to the

wider Middle East Victor, and crucially to Iran. Iran's President

Hassan Rouhani has now been in office for 100 days. The moderate

conservative cleric replaced Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after a vote in June.

There's been a marked improvement in Iran's relations with the West. The

US Secretary of state John Kerry has said that they came extremely close

to reaching agreement on Iran's disputed nuclear programme over the

weekend. President Hassan Rouhani spoke of transparency to build trust

with the West. He declared he wanted a deal on Iran's nuclear programme.

Mr Rouhani called his win a victory of moderation over extremism. Let's

get an assessment of those first 100 days in power. Here with

moderate when it comes to foreign policy and nuclear policy, as we

have witnessed in the past few weeks. There has been an attempt to

improve ties with the West and the United States. The nuclear

negotiations are moving on. There is no deal yet, but there is a

prospect, a good chance, that there might be one in ten days when they

meet again. So all in all, in foreign policy, nuclear policy, we

see a big change. And that is obviously crucial on the

international stage, that is something that has one down well at

home? It is, because the immediate impact would be that if there is a

spectre of lifting of sanctions, impact would be that if there is a

is why President Hassan Rouhani wanted to help the economy. How

difficult is it for him to carry everyone with him as he makes these

tracked forward. It is difficult. The hardliners are making a lot of

noise. They have been kind of silent when it comes to nuclear policy, but

on domestic policy, there are very active and have put a lot of Ashur,

and his track on domestic policy and human rights is not as right as what

he has done with the foreign policy. Public executions of continued.

Harassment of journalists, especially those living outside the

country continues. And this is by security forces who now work for the

Rouhani. Is that because maybe you Rouhani. Is that because maybe you

control over the judiciary, the executions, but within his own

government, within his own intelligence ministry, he should

show some authority, some degree of control.

Amir Paivar, thank you very much indeed.

Jamaica's most senior drug testing official has warned that the latest

spate of fails test from athletes on the island could just be the tip of

the iceberg. Dr Paul Wright told the BBC that restoring confidence in the

country's track and field stars depended on a radical shake-up of

its testing programme, which he described as woeful. It comes after

the World Anti-Doping Agency sent a team to the Caribbean to

investigate. From there our sports editor David Bond reports.

Jamaica's athletes have won all over the world, not only with their

incredible speed, but their sense of fun and charisma. Triple Olympic

champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, one

champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, banned drugs in 2013. It raises

concerns about Jamaica's anti-doping regime. Here at Asafa Powell's old

track club in Kingston, one of his team-mates said the Jamaica's

athletes were being unfairly targeted. No one wants to be

associated with what is going on. It is kind of hard to see people

pointing fingers at your team-mates and saying that they are on drugs

when they are not. You have to just stay clean and do the right thing.

That confidence has been eroded. Last week, the world anti-doping

agency visited the island, prompted by claims of a lack of testing,

particularly in the run-up to the London Olympics. Dr Paul Wright is

Jamaica's most senior drug tester. He fears that

cheating? The results are not good. This year alone, the results really

point the finger. I believe that the positives in competition represent

the possible tip of an iceberg. The drug testing that has been promised

will answer this question. Over the last few years, Jamaica's

athletes have given this country a reason to be proud, but this doping

controversy has now brought embarrassment, and the challenge for

Jamaica is to come up with a system which can give the world confidence

again. So what have they promised? Despite crippling debt, this country

has just agreed more funding. That will mean more testers, more tests

and better education for athletes. that. I also recognise that what is

important is for the country to ensure that it puts all of what is

needed in place. Jamaica's biggest stars like Usain Bolt and Fraser

Price has been untouched by a scandal that has shocked this

country. Having risen so rapidly to the top of world athletics, the

people who run sport here must now attempt to live up to the same high

standards. Just a reminder before we go of our

top story. Survivors of the typhoon that has devastated eastern parts of

the Philippines last week are still waiting for help. Our

correspondents in the city of Tacloban say that there is little

sign of aid reaching any of the 200,000 residents desperate for food

or water. Thank you for joining