:00:19. > :00:21.A powerful typhoon hits Japan's southern islands - more than half
:00:22. > :00:23.a million people are urged to leave their homes for safety.
:00:24. > :00:26.A report into the South Korean ferry sinking blames official
:00:27. > :00:28.corruption and negligence - almost 300 people died in the disaster.
:00:29. > :00:31.Hamas says Israel should shoulder its responsibility for the
:00:32. > :00:41.escalating violence in Gaza after a major military operation there.
:00:42. > :00:47.and we meet the young woman who defied her disability to add to the
:00:48. > :01:04.titles she won in Australia and France.
:01:05. > :01:06.Hello and welcome. It is one of the strongest storms to sweep the
:01:07. > :01:12.Pacific in decades. These are the latest pictures of
:01:13. > :01:14.Japan's southern island of Okinawa where people are beginning to feel
:01:15. > :01:17.the brunt of Typhoon Neoguri. More than half
:01:18. > :01:19.a million people are leaving Flights
:01:20. > :01:22.in the area have been cancelled, sea lanes closed and around 70,000
:01:23. > :01:24.homes are without power. The storm will be at its most
:01:25. > :01:27.powerful as it passes Okinawa. Officials warn it could bring waves
:01:28. > :01:30.up to 14 metres high and wind gusts This gives you an idea
:01:31. > :01:42.of just how big this typhoon is this is a view from
:01:43. > :01:45.the international space station. Typhoon Neoguri stretches
:01:46. > :01:50.from Southern Japan to Taiwan. The typhoon is expected to gradually
:01:51. > :01:52.weaken gradually over the next 24 to 48 hours but they are
:01:53. > :01:57.still expecting a lot of rain. The islands south of Japan
:01:58. > :02:01.and southern Japan itself could see That could cause flash floods
:02:02. > :02:06.and landslides. Neoguri is expected to track north
:02:07. > :02:09.then east, Then it should make its way up
:02:10. > :02:35.the main island of Honshu Our correspondent in Tokyo says the
:02:36. > :02:39.storm remains a big concern. It was a super typhoon. It is now weakening
:02:40. > :02:44.but it is still a really huge weather system. It is carrying a lot
:02:45. > :02:51.of wind and a huge amount of moisture. The latest reports I have
:02:52. > :02:57.seen on the television I have seen from Okinawa show a lot of
:02:58. > :03:02.structural damage. All the traffic lights are out. There are widespread
:03:03. > :03:08.power cuts. All the things you would expect to see in a storm of this
:03:09. > :03:11.scale. The good news is there are no reports of fatalities so far. It
:03:12. > :03:17.looks like people in Okinawa are riding out the storm so far quite
:03:18. > :03:21.successfully. Japan is a wealthy country with well built strong
:03:22. > :03:29.buildings. People are staying inside and it looks like by and large they
:03:30. > :03:34.are staying safe. Japan does prepare for typhoons well because they
:03:35. > :03:39.experience them a lot, doesn't it? Japan is a country which prepares
:03:40. > :03:43.for all sorts of disasters. It sits in the typhoon region of the western
:03:44. > :03:49.Pacific. It is also right on the Pacific Ring of Fire so it is used
:03:50. > :04:00.to earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes. It is a country which
:04:01. > :04:09.thinks very well and builds buildings to withstand these kind of
:04:10. > :04:12.disasters. It is very different from what we saw in the Philippines when
:04:13. > :04:16.the typhoon struck last year. Here, the instructor is much better and
:04:17. > :04:22.can with and the storm is much better.
:04:23. > :04:31.We will be keeping across that storm to find out what damage it causes.
:04:32. > :04:35.Let's stay in the region. A South Korean government report into the
:04:36. > :04:41.ferry thinking which killed almost 300 people back in April, has
:04:42. > :04:49.pointed to official corruption and negligence -- the ferry sinking. The
:04:50. > :04:53.release comes as the trial of the captain and some of the crewmembers
:04:54. > :05:01.resumes. Video footage will be presented in court from the day the
:05:02. > :05:05.sinking. The BBC's Lucy Williams is outside the court and she says there
:05:06. > :05:12.have been some distressing scenes. Inside the court there has been a
:05:13. > :05:16.lot of footage of the captain and crew and also footage from inside
:05:17. > :05:21.the ship, shot by one of the schoolchildren who died in this
:05:22. > :05:25.disaster. That footage shows him and his classmates gathered in the
:05:26. > :05:29.corridors of the ship, wearing their life jackets, laughing and joking,
:05:30. > :05:35.not understanding the gravity of the situation. The prosecution was
:05:36. > :05:38.insistent that this was important footage to show because it indicated
:05:39. > :05:43.how close the exit doors were for many of the children on board. They
:05:44. > :05:47.are making the case that none of these deaths needed to happen if the
:05:48. > :05:50.captain and crew had acted differently. The judge said he
:05:51. > :05:54.understood this would be very distressing footage, particularly
:05:55. > :05:58.for the families of many of these young victims, who come here every
:05:59. > :06:01.week to watch the proceedings. Indeed, there were many tears in the
:06:02. > :06:08.courtroom as the footage was displayed. One woman was seen
:06:09. > :06:12.outside the courtroom breaking down in tears, screaming again and again,
:06:13. > :06:17.give me back my children. All this comes on the same day that an
:06:18. > :06:21.interim government report spread the blame for this disaster much more
:06:22. > :06:28.widely, calling into question the actions of the Coast Guard,
:06:29. > :06:32.regulators, inspectors. 11 officials have already faced corruption
:06:33. > :06:36.charges and the South Korean president all this time is vowing to
:06:37. > :06:41.clean up these lax regulations and inspections and make South Korea
:06:42. > :06:48.safe for its citizens. Lucy Williamson there.
:06:49. > :06:53.Let's bring you the latest on the Middle East. Israel is taking other
:06:54. > :06:57.measures in case it decides to send ground troops into the Gaza Strip.
:06:58. > :07:01.The situation on the ground has becoming creasing utensil.
:07:02. > :07:06.Overnight, Israel carried out air strikes towards 50 targets in Gaza.
:07:07. > :07:13.Doctors say women and children were injured. Israel says the action is
:07:14. > :07:19.aimed at stopping the barrage of rockets being fired by Hamas.
:07:20. > :07:22.Earlier I spoke to Sir Peter Lerner. He said they had not ruled out
:07:23. > :07:25.sending in ground troops and He said they had not ruled out
:07:26. > :07:33.sending in ground troops they are targeting Hamas strongholds. The
:07:34. > :07:39.situation where Hamas chooses to infiltrate the structure is a huge
:07:40. > :07:44.challenge for us. We have intelligence and we are striking the
:07:45. > :07:50.heart of that organisation, its operatives, its infrastructure, the
:07:51. > :07:57.rockets which are being poised and prepared to be launched at our
:07:58. > :08:03.towns. Will you use ground troops? I say that we hope not. We have to be
:08:04. > :08:09.prepared for that escalation. Indeed, we are preparing, we have
:08:10. > :08:14.called up some reservists and we are taking the necessary steps around
:08:15. > :08:20.the Gaza Strip to be prepared for that option. That is not a DS
:08:21. > :08:28.collation, is it? No, that is what we call for last week. They have
:08:29. > :08:34.escalated the situation and forced us to a situation where we have no
:08:35. > :08:38.choice, we have to respond. That was Sir Peter Lerner from the Israeli
:08:39. > :08:47.defence Force speaking to me early on.
:08:48. > :08:54.The Australian government have refused... A legal challenges the
:08:55. > :08:58.latest development in a growing controversy when Australia confirmed
:08:59. > :09:02.that a boat with more than 40 other Sri Lankan asylum seekers was
:09:03. > :09:07.intercepted at sea and turned around on Sunday. Phil Mercer is in Sydney
:09:08. > :09:13.and he has been following the latest developments. The High Court here in
:09:14. > :09:17.Australia issued an interim injunction against the transfer of
:09:18. > :09:22.asylum seekers from this second vessel, apparently intercepted by
:09:23. > :09:26.Australian authorities near Christmas Island in the Indian
:09:27. > :09:32.Ocean. The full hearing resumes in the southern city of Melbourne
:09:33. > :09:36.today. At issue, exactly where this asylum boat was stopped by the
:09:37. > :09:40.Australians. The government insists it was picked up outside of
:09:41. > :09:45.Australia's territorial waters, therefore the passengers on board
:09:46. > :09:49.are not able to claim asylum in Australia. Refugee lawyers have a
:09:50. > :09:54.very different view, they believe the boat was intercepted in
:09:55. > :09:59.Australian waters, therefore those on board can seek asylum here. It is
:10:00. > :10:05.a very conjugated Kay said it has been adjourned for about three weeks
:10:06. > :10:09.but that raises big questions. What happens to these asylum seekers in
:10:10. > :10:15.the care of the authorities for the next 21 days, while they are still
:10:16. > :10:18.being kept on the high seas. The issue of asylum seekers and
:10:19. > :10:23.immigration is very big in Australia. This episode plays into a
:10:24. > :10:28.wider context of tough measures taken by the government. The
:10:29. > :10:33.Conservative Prime Minister was elected in Australia in September of
:10:34. > :10:38.last year, and part of his election campaign was promising to stop the
:10:39. > :10:43.boats. That was Mr Abbott's mantra, the boats being vessels carrying
:10:44. > :10:48.unauthorised maritime arrivals into Australia's northern waters. In
:10:49. > :10:53.recent years we have seen a steady flow of those boats. Mr Abbott
:10:54. > :10:58.brought in the military to try and fortify Australia's northern
:10:59. > :11:04.maritime borders. Offshore detention camps were opened as a deterrent for
:11:05. > :11:11.asylum seekers. Some very hard-line measures pursued by the Australian
:11:12. > :11:13.government. Many voters agreed with Mr Abbott but there is a part of
:11:14. > :11:19.Australia that believes that Mr Abbott is behaving unfairly harshly.
:11:20. > :11:24.Till Mercer in Sydney now. The defence team of Oscar Pistorius
:11:25. > :11:28.has ended its case. The prosecution finished cross-examining the final
:11:29. > :11:32.defence witness yesterday. Mr Pistorius denies murder. He claims
:11:33. > :11:45.he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp when he shot her stake for
:11:46. > :12:09.an intruder. Milton Nkosi reports. As you can see, the packing up as
:12:10. > :12:09.begun. The judge said they would reconvene here on the 7th of
:12:10. > :13:10.August. We do not know when... expected to ask for money so that
:13:11. > :13:18.detention centres can be built for the children and officials hired to
:13:19. > :13:24.look after them. It is all about the children.
:13:25. > :13:28.Outside the White House, opponents of plans to deport unaccompanied
:13:29. > :13:34.child migrants raised their voices. For them, this is a simple
:13:35. > :13:48.humanitarian issue. Some of them do not know what is happening. They
:13:49. > :13:54.said, you go with these people. On the other side of the argument,
:13:55. > :13:59.passions are just as strong. These are anti-immigration protesters in
:14:00. > :14:06.California last week, angry at the number of immigrants entering the US
:14:07. > :14:08.illegally. Since October, 52,000 unaccompanied children from
:14:09. > :14:14.Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras have been caught entering the United
:14:15. > :14:22.States. That is double the figure from the year before. According to
:14:23. > :25:48.the White House, those who can prove they are suffering at home can stay.
:25:49. > :25:52.the president. Bill Clinton 's runs throughout Washington DC during the
:25:53. > :26:06.morning rush hour probably presented the Secret Service with its greatest
:26:07. > :26:15.challenge during my protective career. We went out the same gate
:26:16. > :26:17.and ran the same routes. When you become predictable that's when the
:26:18. > :26:21.real danger comes in. become predictable that's when the
:26:22. > :26:27.real danger comes The qualities that make a really good Secret Service
:26:28. > :26:32.agent is first of all, the ability to with stand a lot of hardship, a
:26:33. > :26:36.lot of physical discomfort, but the will to do the job. You are not
:26:37. > :26:39.going to get a lot of thanks, you are not going to get any
:26:40. > :26:44.recognition, but what you do get is a feeling of accomplishment, of a
:26:45. > :26:45.job well done when you go home at the end of the day and the president
:26:46. > :26:49.is still alive. Retired Secret Service agent
:26:50. > :26:53.Dan Emmett there on what it takes