:00:00. > :00:00.but it is going to stay cold. Goodbye.
:00:00. > :00:14.Hello. You are watching BBC world News. Our top stories: More than a
:00:15. > :00:17.week after Typhoon Haiyan laid waste to much of the central Philippines,
:00:18. > :00:23.the president criticises authorities in some areas for not being fully
:00:24. > :00:29.prepared. When the backbone doesn't exist,
:00:30. > :00:33.what do you augment? The national government had to fill in on so many
:00:34. > :00:40.routes. At least six people are killed as doesn't of tornadoes sweep
:00:41. > :00:49.through the American Midwest. Banking on the baby being - after
:00:50. > :01:01.China has a rethink on its one child policy, sales in baby products saw.
:01:02. > :01:09.We start in the Philippines, where the misery goes on for the victims
:01:10. > :01:14.of Typhoon Haiyan. We are hearing there are still pockets of survivors
:01:15. > :01:18.who have not been reached, even though a massive operation to
:01:19. > :01:23.distribute food and water is beginning to pick up pace. The total
:01:24. > :01:28.number of people killed is now close to 4000, and another 1500 are
:01:29. > :01:31.officially missing. Meanwhile, there is something of a blame game
:01:32. > :01:37.walloping. The Philippine president, Benigno Aquino, has faced criticism
:01:38. > :01:46.for the time taken to get supplies to people who need it most, but he
:01:47. > :01:49.has blamed local government. I would like to ask these critics what else
:01:50. > :01:54.we could have done, given the resources we have, and given the
:01:55. > :01:57.magnitude of the problem. I have spoken to people in Tacloban who
:01:58. > :02:02.have told me that they were without fresh water for a week, and without
:02:03. > :02:07.food for a week, and they were getting no supplies. Is that an
:02:08. > :02:15.appropriate response? Perhaps you should ask the local government in
:02:16. > :02:19.Tacloban and the first responders. The response of this country is
:02:20. > :02:23.geared towards the end powered local government, who is supposed to
:02:24. > :02:27.provide the backbone for the national government. The national
:02:28. > :02:32.government comes into augment that which local government does. We have
:02:33. > :02:39.to admit, there was a breakdown in terms of government. There was a
:02:40. > :02:42.cascading effect. When you say you want to understand the shortcomings
:02:43. > :02:46.of the municipal government and the local authorities, it sounds that
:02:47. > :02:51.you are saying the ultimate responsibility for this does not lie
:02:52. > :02:55.with you. Eventually it does. I have general supervision over all. But
:02:56. > :03:02.the system has to rely on the local government systems already in place
:03:03. > :03:06.to provide help, so the responses are generated by the local
:03:07. > :03:11.government. When the backbone doesn't exist, what do you actually
:03:12. > :03:16.augment? The national government feed in so many ways. For example,
:03:17. > :03:22.we had to bring in policeman all over the country to augment what was
:03:23. > :03:30.there. We had to clear the airport to transport all of these people.
:03:31. > :03:36.Ultimately, responsibility for this disaster lies with you. Well, I am
:03:37. > :03:41.the Chief Executive. Therefore, everything that happens I am
:03:42. > :03:45.ultimately responsible for. But if you look at the figures, the
:03:46. > :03:54.overwhelming bulk of them has been in this region, and you have to ask
:03:55. > :03:58.why. Why in this particular region? We are talking thousands already.
:03:59. > :04:04.What is the difference? Everybody was basically given the same bits of
:04:05. > :04:08.knowledge and information. Let's now take a moment to look at some images
:04:09. > :04:14.which give a fresh sense of the sheer force of the storm. This is
:04:15. > :04:20.the moment that a storm surge ploughed into homes in a town to the
:04:21. > :04:24.west of Tacloban. It was filmed from the second floor of the nearby
:04:25. > :04:30.building. These pictures were filmed by a staff member from charity Land
:04:31. > :04:37.International. One of his colleagues joins me from Manila by Skype. Good
:04:38. > :04:44.to talk to you. Could you tell me the story behind these images? In
:04:45. > :04:57.terms of finding these images, we have a staff member who is based on
:04:58. > :05:02.the ground. We have got 270 to 300 staff based in areas that would have
:05:03. > :05:06.been directly affected. So our staff would have been affected
:05:07. > :05:12.themselves. This footage was filmed by one of our team in a small town
:05:13. > :05:17.with about 9000 people. He was on the second floor of a boarding house
:05:18. > :05:21.which was the strongest structure they could find. He started filming
:05:22. > :05:29.at about 4am, and carried through until about 8am. This happened at
:05:30. > :05:36.about 6am, with the devastating storm surge. You can see that it
:05:37. > :05:39.literally wiped out a house. It really did wreak devastation across
:05:40. > :05:45.that area. These pictures giving us a very graphic sense of the
:05:46. > :05:49.destruction caused. Tell me how the town is faring now. Have rescue
:05:50. > :06:02.efforts managed to reach that bit of the Philippines? It is not like
:06:03. > :06:07.other provinces where we are working around the clock to get aid to these
:06:08. > :06:18.communities. We have worked with communities for a long time, but the
:06:19. > :06:28.scale of this emergency means that life-saving goods and services are
:06:29. > :06:32.being delivered to this community. There are areas across the affected
:06:33. > :06:40.region which have just been devastated. We are focusing on
:06:41. > :06:44.children and their families. These are children who have lost
:06:45. > :06:49.everything - their homes, their possessions, and for their parents,
:06:50. > :06:55.their livelihoods. There is a huge amount for us to do. A huge amount
:06:56. > :07:01.still to do. Thank you for joining us.
:07:02. > :07:06.Let's talk about China now. The country announced last week it is to
:07:07. > :07:11.relax its policy of restricting most couples to having only one child. In
:07:12. > :07:16.future, families will be allowed two children if one parent is an only
:07:17. > :07:23.child. The Communist Party leadership has for -- has promised
:07:24. > :07:27.even more reform to tackle the economic issues China is facing in
:07:28. > :07:33.the next decade. Let's get the broader impact of these reforms.
:07:34. > :07:36.Let's talk to our chief business correspondent in Singapore. It seems
:07:37. > :07:42.as if markets have been react thing pretty positively to the reforms
:07:43. > :07:46.announced in Beijing so far. They certainly have. There is a real
:07:47. > :07:55.sense that the decisions of the third plan, which were released more
:07:56. > :07:59.quickly than many had thought - I hear that social media leaked it
:08:00. > :08:05.online! It came out late on Friday, and there were 60 different reforms
:08:06. > :08:10.in 15 different categories and announced. It is the sheer scale of
:08:11. > :08:15.it that has caused some to be optimistic that the president can
:08:16. > :08:20.deliver. You have mentioned the one child policy. Other eye-catching
:08:21. > :08:24.reforms on the social side include relaxing the household registration
:08:25. > :08:27.system, and allowing more migrants to settle in small and medium-sized
:08:28. > :08:34.cities and towns. That is intended to help boost the numbers of
:08:35. > :08:41.consumers in China. One of the most significant things about the reform
:08:42. > :08:49.was the ability to tackle state owned enterprises. They are dominant
:08:50. > :08:53.in China, but they will have to hand over 30% of their dividends, and
:08:54. > :08:59.that will help fund social welfare programmes. That is one indication
:09:00. > :09:06.that Xi Jinping may have a little bit of power to wield yet. For these
:09:07. > :09:10.changes to happen, we are going to see -- need to see staggering reform
:09:11. > :09:15.of local government within China. Who is going to insure that those
:09:16. > :09:20.changes are actually implemented? Absolutely. That is probably where
:09:21. > :09:26.the decisions from the third plan were slightly short. Now, in terms
:09:27. > :09:33.of detail, but even in terms of intent. The ability for local
:09:34. > :09:38.government to implement the wheel of the centre depends on how much they
:09:39. > :09:42.get in terms of transfer of revenue. This is a system that Americans will
:09:43. > :09:46.recognise, because it is similar to the Federal comment in the United
:09:47. > :09:50.States. It has been said that they will look at the revenue split
:09:51. > :09:52.between local and central governments, but until they make
:09:53. > :09:58.that split, so that local governments have an incentive to
:09:59. > :10:08.implement central government dictates, it is hard to see how
:10:09. > :10:11.these will be implemented. This system has been loosened for some
:10:12. > :10:16.time, but their children were not given the benefits. It was said that
:10:17. > :10:21.central government did not give the money to do it, so it would not be
:10:22. > :10:26.implement it fully. But one thing that was highlighted is that they
:10:27. > :10:33.are going to set up a committee to oversee implementation. That is
:10:34. > :10:39.certainly worth watching. Thank you. A powerful tornado and thunderstorm
:10:40. > :10:44.has swept through the northern eastern United states, destroying
:10:45. > :10:49.buildings and overturning cars in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
:10:50. > :10:54.Authorities suspect several hundred people may have been injured and at
:10:55. > :10:59.least 60 people have been killed. A man says his prayers as the
:11:00. > :11:04.tornado sweeps in. Too close for comfort, too fast to run from.
:11:05. > :11:11.Beneath menacing skies, there was little time to seek shelter. I saw
:11:12. > :11:16.debris coming towards us, so I went inside and shut the door. My friend
:11:17. > :11:22.yelled, get down, and the roof caved in. We stood in the hallway and just
:11:23. > :11:27.held each other. We ran in the basement, and ten seconds later, I
:11:28. > :11:32.felt the house shaking. Dozens of tornadoes tore across the midwest,
:11:33. > :11:38.sweeping through parts of Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and
:11:39. > :11:41.Kentucky, moving at almost 100 kilometres per hour. They brought
:11:42. > :11:48.hailstones said to be the size of tennis balls, tossed cars into the
:11:49. > :11:53.air like toys. They ripped buildings apart. Communities in central
:11:54. > :11:58.Illinois have been the hardest hit, particularly Washington County,
:11:59. > :12:02.where houses have been flattened. Rescue efforts are under way, but
:12:03. > :12:06.many roads have been blocked, making it difficult to reach the injured
:12:07. > :12:10.and establish how many lives have been lost. Police say a number of
:12:11. > :12:16.people may still be trapped in basements. Above ground, people here
:12:17. > :12:22.are reeling. Rebuilding their lives is a daunting task. It is hard to
:12:23. > :12:27.see where to start. Stay with us. Still to come -
:12:28. > :12:33.embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he will challenge moves to
:12:34. > :12:38.strip him of some of his powers, after he admitted smoking crack
:12:39. > :12:45.cocaine. We have the latest. The deputy head of Libyan
:12:46. > :12:50.intelligence has been freed a day after he was abducted by gunmen near
:12:51. > :12:54.Tripoli airport. The capital has been tense since 43 people were
:12:55. > :12:59.killed and hundreds of others injured in fierce clashes on Friday
:13:00. > :13:03.between militias and protest is trying to evict them. Militia
:13:04. > :13:08.brigades from the western city of Misrata have been given a deadline
:13:09. > :13:16.to leave. The Army has deployed, in some parts
:13:17. > :13:21.of the capital, in a bid to assert a sense of control by the state. They
:13:22. > :13:25.are now securing the district in southern Tripoli that witness the
:13:26. > :13:32.most deadly violence since the end of the war in 2011. Libya's deputy
:13:33. > :13:36.chief of intelligence was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at the weekend
:13:37. > :13:41.from near Tripoli's International airport, after he had arrived from
:13:42. > :13:47.his latest troubles. An uneasy calm is returning. Tripoli is observing a
:13:48. > :13:53.three-day general strike announced on Sunday by the city's local
:13:54. > :14:00.council. Most shops are closed. The streets are deserted. Protesters
:14:01. > :14:05.gathered on Sunday, demanding all militias from other parts of Libya
:14:06. > :14:10.to leave the city. TRANSLATION: E1 everything to be
:14:11. > :14:16.civilised. We want everyone from any part of Libya who wants to visit
:14:17. > :14:21.Tripoli to feel free, but to come to form a militia, this is not
:14:22. > :14:26.acceptable. The demonstrations look as if they have been partly
:14:27. > :14:31.successful. A joint statement by the local council of Misrata and the
:14:32. > :14:38.council of Elders declared a 72 hour deadline for all brigades to exit
:14:39. > :14:41.the capital and returned to their city. Emotions have been running
:14:42. > :14:46.high injured police following the killings on Friday, when some
:14:47. > :14:52.militiamen from Misrata based in the capital opened fire on protesters
:14:53. > :14:56.trying to drive them out. April after minding the government, seen
:14:57. > :15:00.as weak in the net -- in the eyes of many, to take control across Libya
:15:01. > :15:07.and disarm the vast number of militias in the country. You can get
:15:08. > :15:15.in touch with me and the rest of the team on Twitter. It is always good
:15:16. > :15:20.to hear from you. You're with BBC World News. The
:15:21. > :15:24.latest headlines: As the official death toll from Typhoon Haiyan
:15:25. > :15:28.reaches 4,000 people, the President of the Philippines tells the BBC
:15:29. > :15:31.some areas of the country were not fully prepared.
:15:32. > :15:37.At least six people have been killed after dozens of Tornados sweep
:15:38. > :15:42.across the US Midwest. There are fears several hundred people may
:15:43. > :15:46.also have been injured. First came the spying scandal
:15:47. > :15:52.involving the United States and some of its closest allies. Now
:15:53. > :15:58.Australia's involved in a similar espionage. It is alleged in 2009,
:15:59. > :16:04.the Australian spy agency tried to listen in on the mobile phone calls
:16:05. > :16:10.of the Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Indonesia's
:16:11. > :16:14.recalled its ambassador. The Australian Prime Minister Tony
:16:15. > :16:16.Abbott had this to say. All Government's gather information and
:16:17. > :16:19.all Government he is know every other Government gathers
:16:20. > :16:24.information. The Australian Government never comments on
:16:25. > :16:33.specific intelligence matters. I can speak now to our journalist Ian
:16:34. > :16:37.McPhedran, the defence writer for News Corporation's newspaper in
:16:38. > :16:44.Australia. It is taking the issue rather seriously? Absolutely. This
:16:45. > :16:50.has really hit big in Jakarta. There are calls for our ambassador to be
:16:51. > :16:56.expelled. Calls of breaking of relations from some of thest more
:16:57. > :17:01.radical elements. This will play very big in Indonesia. It is
:17:02. > :17:05.damaging the relationship, no question about that. This isn't the
:17:06. > :17:10.first time allegations of spying between these two countries has come
:17:11. > :17:14.to light, is it? No, that's right. The difference here is there is very
:17:15. > :17:20.specific proof in the form of these dockments leaked by Edward know
:17:21. > :17:26.done, the National Security Agency whistleblower. These show
:17:27. > :17:29.specifically the Australian electronic spy agency targeted the
:17:30. > :17:35.President's personal mobile phone and that of his wife and several of
:17:36. > :17:41.his inner circle. This sort of proof in the form of these slides that
:17:42. > :17:46.have been leaked, is very damaging. And it is damaging because Australia
:17:47. > :17:52.needs Indonesia's co-operation with regards to the asylum issue in
:17:53. > :17:56.particular, doesn't it? Absolutely. There's been so much work put into
:17:57. > :18:01.this issue over the last few years. In recent times with the change of
:18:02. > :18:06.Government here, this Government got off with the wrong foot with
:18:07. > :18:12.Indonesia on a whole lot of matters. It has put a lot of effort and is
:18:13. > :18:19.just making some progress and now this. Relations have been set back
:18:20. > :18:25.considerably. Indonesian Government will take retall Tory action.
:18:26. > :18:28.Australia will seek a lot more asylum seekers coming through the
:18:29. > :18:33.southern ports of Jaffa over the next few weeks. It will problemry
:18:34. > :18:38.playout in the up coming elections in Indonesia as well. Thank you very
:18:39. > :18:44.much. Now the 'em battled Mayor of Toronto
:18:45. > :18:48.says he'll challenge moves by the city council to strip him of some of
:18:49. > :18:52.his powers. Rob Ford admitsed smoking crack cocaine whilst in
:18:53. > :18:57.office. On Sunday, the mayor went to watch his home town team in a
:18:58. > :19:01.Football League play-off game ignoring requests by the
:19:02. > :19:07.commissioner to stay away. This is the wall outside Toronto
:19:08. > :19:12.City Hall. As you can see, it has become a chalk board for people
:19:13. > :19:17.looking to express their views about the string of scanned articles
:19:18. > :19:22.enveloping the mayor's office. Resign there, sorry I'm your mayor.
:19:23. > :19:29.The slightly more forthright "get out." Overwhelmingly negative. Rob
:19:30. > :19:33.Ford continues to refuse to resign. That's left the city council with
:19:34. > :19:38.very little option. They don't have the authority to sack him. They've
:19:39. > :19:44.set about pairing away at his responsibility. Later today, they
:19:45. > :19:50.are expected to transfer the bulk of his remaining responsibilities to
:19:51. > :19:55.his deputy. Rob Ford has vowed to fight these moves through the court.
:19:56. > :19:59.Something he conceded Khost taxpayers thousands of dollars.
:20:00. > :20:04.Meanwhile, a new chatter's written in this ongoing saga tonight when
:20:05. > :20:10.Rob Ford and his brother Doug, also on the city council here, appear in
:20:11. > :20:14.their own show on Canadian TV. David Willis there.
:20:15. > :20:20.Leading internet search companies like Google and Microsoft have
:20:21. > :20:26.agreed to measures to block access to child abuse images. New software
:20:27. > :20:32.will be introduced which will automatically block unambiguous
:20:33. > :20:38.content. David Cameron called for action last July and welcomed the
:20:39. > :20:43.announcement. Among the safety measures, 100,000 unique search
:20:44. > :20:47.terms will be blocked yeti UK to begin with before being expanded
:20:48. > :20:54.into other English-speaking countries. Over the next six months,
:20:55. > :21:00.the blocks will be #r08ed out in 158 other languages as well. Some child
:21:01. > :21:08.safety experts say few child abuse images are found with the majority
:21:09. > :21:11.on hidden networks. I asked the NSPCC's Claire Lilley how big a
:21:12. > :21:15.difference the measures will make? We are impressed by the leadership
:21:16. > :21:22.the UK Government's shown on this. We are encouraged by the focus the
:21:23. > :21:27.search engines have put on the issue of child abuse images. This is a big
:21:28. > :21:32.step forward in terms of deterring and preventing offenders who are
:21:33. > :21:36.casual or curious offenders. And those who are looking for images for
:21:37. > :21:41.the first time. We think this will have a key role in deterring new
:21:42. > :21:46.offenders getting online and looking for images. It also sends a message
:21:47. > :21:54.to those more committed paedophiles who are looking at images -- images
:21:55. > :21:59.through hidden networks, the extent to which nobody in society wants
:22:00. > :22:06.these images to play any part in our society and on an internet which is
:22:07. > :22:12.suitable for everyone to see. You say will act as a deterrent, help
:22:13. > :22:17.deter those curious offenders. But what about those persistent
:22:18. > :22:22.offenders who, primarily, as I understand, search for child abuse
:22:23. > :22:29.images on hidden networks which will not be picked up by these changes?
:22:30. > :22:33.We've seen today the result of some impressive work Wye Google,
:22:34. > :22:37.Microsoft and others where Nev they've put the best technological
:22:38. > :22:42.brains in the business on one particular issue. We are not saying
:22:43. > :22:46.this is a silver bullet which will solve the problem of child abuse
:22:47. > :22:51.images online. We need them to put that same focus on a range of other
:22:52. > :22:57.issues which will help to stop child abuse images spread online. Some of
:22:58. > :23:02.which may be the hidden internet. Up to 12,000 Afghan Taliban fighters
:23:03. > :23:08.have been killed, wounded or captured this year according to
:23:09. > :23:12.latest figures from the UN. The report also says violence in
:23:13. > :23:17.Afghanistan is at a three-year high. This week, tribal elders are
:23:18. > :23:21.preparing to gather for a grand assembly to decide on the future of
:23:22. > :23:31.US troops in the country after 2014. With me now is alley Alyan from the
:23:32. > :23:37.BBC's Afghan service. 12,000 Afghan fighters have been killed. Is that a
:23:38. > :23:43.number were expecting? According to UN, 10,000-12,000 Taliban are
:23:44. > :23:52.killed, captured or wounded. So they are not all killed. According to UN
:23:53. > :23:58.reports, from the past three years, fighting in Afghanistan, violence is
:23:59. > :24:03.at a highest level. It was expected that lots of Afghans from both
:24:04. > :24:09.sides, from Afghan security and the Taliban, are killed. Fighting is
:24:10. > :24:17.going on in Afghanistan and it is tense, these days. In this report,
:24:18. > :24:23.it is stressed that 8 because 80% of the casualties for Afghan force
:24:24. > :24:28.taking from home-made bombs from the Taliban. It is stressing that the
:24:29. > :24:38.Afghan Government should take measures to prevent some home-made
:24:39. > :24:42.bomb-making. Things should not be in the hands of Taliban which is used
:24:43. > :24:48.in the mining industry. Is that one of the measures which will be
:24:49. > :24:52.discussed at this assembly? What kind of decisions do you think will
:24:53. > :24:58.be taken? The main thing the assembly will do is decide about the
:24:59. > :25:03.future of the US forces in Afghanistan. Whether US forces
:25:04. > :25:11.should remain after 2014 or not. This is what the assembly will do.
:25:12. > :25:15.It will start in two days. Around 2,500 people around Afghanistan are
:25:16. > :25:27.gathering in Kabul. It is a big event in Afghanistan. Security is
:25:28. > :25:31.very tight in Kabul. They are deciding, the Afghan people are
:25:32. > :25:37.deciding about the security argument between Afghanistan and the US which
:25:38. > :25:42.determine the future of US forces in Afghanistan. They are deciding. From
:25:43. > :25:46.speaking to your contacts on the ground in Afghanistan, is there any
:25:47. > :25:51.sense of what they think will be decided? Will US forces remain on
:25:52. > :25:57.the ground in Afghanistan after 2014? There are different ideas. But
:25:58. > :26:02.mainly Afghans in the Parliament, in Afghan Government, there are some
:26:03. > :26:06.signs this security agreement should be signed because it is very crucial
:26:07. > :26:13.and important for Afghanistan's future and for Afghan people. But
:26:14. > :26:21.there are still some complaints and groups who are saying, no, there's
:26:22. > :26:26.no need for this security agreement. It will intensify fighting in
:26:27. > :26:32.Afghanistan. Most Afghans think this security agreement should be signed.
:26:33. > :26:38.This grand assembly that will decide these key decisions will begin on
:26:39. > :26:41.Thursday. Thank you for coming in and speaking to us from the BBC's
:26:42. > :26:47.Afghan service. A quick reminder of our top story
:26:48. > :26:53.here on BBC World News. The President of the Philippines Benigno
:26:54. > :26:56.Aquino has told the BBC there was a breakdown at local government level
:26:57. > :27:02.in Tacloban province.