28/08/2014 BBC World News

Rebels fighting government forces say thousands are fighting on their

side. Fighting to contain the disease crisis. People in the UK

calling for followers of both faiths to stamp out racism in Gaza.

Thanks for being with us. The Ukraine president has said that his

country has been invaded by Russia. He has cancelled a trip to Turkey

and is calling an emergency meeting of his Security Council. The United

States said Russian troops are intervening directly in fighting in

south-east Ukraine. A new front has effectively opened along this CD.

Russian backed separatist tab opens the town of Novoazvosk -- entered

the town of Novoazvosk and they are reinforcing strategic port cities

where the separatists have said is their neck is objective. -- next

objective. They are pushing deep into separatist held areas. These

pictures show the Italians -- Italians fighting. -- Harrison 's

fighting. -- Garrison 's fighting. They have said that they have got

3000 fighters from Russia fighting with separatist troops. He said it

is because they prefer to spend their holidays in Ukraine rather

than on the beach, as they put it. They know this government in Kiev is

calling on May so for help. They are holding a summit in Wales in a feud

days. A lot of the papers in Russia are speaking about the security

meeting that took place on Tuesday. I asked our correspondent in Moscow

if any of the newspapers were picking up on this new separatist

front in Ukraine. One exclusion, we have got correspondent here and

there was a witness of a takeover and he saw groups of uniformed

soldiers and tanks with no identification. Again, no proof it

was the Russian soldiers. We have seen it in Crimea in the early

stages of the Russian takeover. For weeks they had been soldiers very

well equipped and nobody could tell who they were officially. But they

turned out to be Russians. Is there a public, I do not know if it is a

scratching of heads or a dawning realisation as to what is going on,

but what if the perception of what is happening among Russian people?

The general attitude towards Russian involvement in eastern Ukraine

remains positive according to many reports but some reports say that

the majority of Russians do not agree with sending Russian soldiers

in Ukraine. But nobody is talking about this officially. What is

happening parallel to this are numerous reports on social media and

Russian media about funerals of service men. Nobody explains

officially how they were killed. But the human rights organisations have

called soldiers in various regions and they are very concerned. There

are reports of funerals and a lot of wounded. There are these officials

trying to coordinate act and they are going to Russia and visiting

hospitals to see what is happening. -- coordinate action. It has been a

bit of a shock, hasn't it? A new front opening up like that. And out

of nowhere. The areas that were controlled by Ukrainian soldiers,

they did not have this grouping. The only way for it to appear in the

area next to the coastline of the resort was across the Russian

border. This was observed by a Russian reporter and a reporter for

the New York Times that was there at the time. The idea of 3000 Russians

soldiers fighting, is that credible? It is coming from a person that

should know. He is a self proclaimed leader of the self acclaimed

republic. This message is not coming for the first time. There was an

admission that the 12,012 hundred -- the 1200 troops on the raid on a

Russian city across the border... There is more and more evidence of

armour not used idea cranium military. The idea that it was

captured via the rebels does not stack up. There was another soldier

that was captured by the Ukrainian military describing in detail how he

was told and the soldiers stripped signs of weaponry before it was

handed to the rebels. There is an indirect support. They have been

Russian consistent denials that this was taking place. But I think it is

getting more difficult with the mounting evidence coming from

multiple sources. It is interesting that these remarks about starting a

war in Europe, I guess they are looking to NATO and wondering what

they can do. But they are not members and not about to become

members and I suppose there is only so much they can expect. I think

there is real is about European Union assistance and what Europe and

NATO can do and what the United States can do. I think there is more

realisation among the Ukrainian leadership that they need to rely

among themselves. But they are limited in what they can do. The

Ukrainian army is not prepared for war. It has not been for a long

time. The volunteers that are fighting, they are fighting

well-trained rebels in the east of the country and those volunteers are

full of Pat -- patriotism but are not

necessarily prepared. It has been depleted. The gunships, many of them

have been shot. The aircraft is in disarray. And the danger is that if

now the rebels, or according to the Ukrainians, the Russian invaders, if

they go all the way and cut off the southern coast of the sea, from the

territory, it opens up absolutely unlimited opportunities for weapon

suppliers across the maritime border with Ukrainian forces will not be

able to protect. It will not just BBS, it will be completely

uncontrollable. It is a grim prospect. An audit of votes from the

Afghanistan disputed residential election has restarted without

observers from either of the candidate teams. It is a setback

after one of the candidates said that he would boycott the count. His

supporters have alleged large-scale fraud and said hundreds of thousands

of false ballots were cast for his rival. I am joined why my

correspondent in Kabul. It sounds like another the terrible tipping

point for Afghanistan in pursuit of some sort of democratic process. It

is. I was speaking to a political aide close to Mr Abdullah and they

said that they felt that it was handled politically by the United

Nations, the Afghanistan government and by the election and he said,

look, he does not trust any one of those parties. This is

look, he does not trust any one of time that he has boycotted the

audit. And as this is happening, separately, Mr Abdullah and his

political aides are meeting with the opposition camp and they are trying

to find a political solution. Some kind of power-sharing formula which

could put an end to the deadlock which shattered the confidence of

the Afghanistan people. It has affected them all with the security

forces. They are fighting large-scale Taliban attacks. And

let's not forget the finance minister only told the BBC last week

that he would not be able to pay the salaries of the ploys in the next

month or so. There is a lot which is at stake. Because of this election

deadlock. Elections were brought for the international community and the

Afghanistan government and it seems that the very success is at risk.

Thank you very much indeed. A big picture from Kabul as well. The West

African health ministers are meeting in Ghana and discussing how to

prevent the deadly if those around break from spreading across the

region. The world health organisation said the cases might

eventually reach 20,000. They are looking at experimental vaccines and

looking to build up 10,000 doses for emergency deployment. In Nigeria

there has been a further depth this time of a doctor in the oil hub of

Port Harcourt. Will Ross is in Lagos. Starting with that last bit

of news, that is going to send some shock waves of anxiety through a big

community of people, I guess. Yes, it will. It is a big setback as

well. For the attempt to stop Ebola here. People were thinking that it

was contained. And there had not been any confirmed cases outside

Lagos. And what seems to have happened according to the health

Minister is that a man that came into contact with the Liberian

American man that came into Nigeria from Liberia last month and then

died from Ebola, a man coming into contact with him, instead of

reporting to the authorities, got onto a plane and went to Port

Harcourt and was treated at a doctor there. And that medical treatment

was not relayed to the central team here in Lagos. It was almost being

done in secret. The man recovered. But the doctor treating him has

died. And we have got 70 people now being watched in Port Harcourt. We

understand that the doctor 's wife is also one of those being

monitored. She is not well. It is a setback. It has now moved outside

Lagos. The key is what happens next as far as containment is concerned.

But it demonstrates the need for people not to hide away cases which

have happened before in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. They need

to work with the authorities. We know that almost half of the people

that get it are surviving. It is not a death sentence. People need to

report early and it needs to be transparent. Thank you very much.

Stay with pass on BBC World News. Coming up... Getting a haircut, if

you can call it that. The Australian sheep has finally been shorn. Will

this hefty fleece set a world record? We will find out.

Researchers have said that not enough is being done to tackle

depression suffered by large numbers of cancer patients in the UK. A

study found rates of depression were three times higher among cancer

victims than the general population. Treatment is rarely offered however.

But in Scotland there are trials underway. They are looking at the

effects of targeted treatment for patients. Here is our correspondent.

A diagnosis of bowel cancer left her reeling. Her marriage fell apart.

She started drinking and she felt depressed and lonely. I just felt so

alone. I felt like a burden to society and not knowing about how to

cope with things after going through so much. Treatment and things like

that. It is like a new normal for a cancer patient. Things are never the

same again. The research today says depression is often overlooked in

cancer treatment. In a study of 21,000 NHS patients at cancer

clinics in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee, they found rates of

depression were several times higher than the general population. Almost

75% were not having the depression treated. A new approach with cancer

nurses offering support made a difference to almost two thirds that

tried it. People often lose their jobs. They become quite passive IV

treatment. They are a patient receiving treatment. They come out

of the of this treatment with good news often that they have been cured

from the cancer. But they have lost their sense of themselves and their

lives. They have to rebuild. Caring for her pets has been part of her

recovery. She is now in remission and have had help from Macmillan

Cancer support who have said that it is a heartbreaking and sometimes

difficult problem. STUDIO: This is BBC World News. The

latest headlines... The President of Ukraine has cancelled his trip to

Turkey and is holding an emergency meeting of the National Security

Council to discuss what he called a Russian invasion of his country.

West African health ministers are meeting in Ghana to discuss how to

prevent the deadly Ebola outbreak in Liberia, S Leone and Guinea from

spreading across the region. The United Nations World Food Programme

has delivered aid supplies into Gaza from Egypt for the first time since

a blockade of the Palestinian territories started seven years ago.

The convoy entered through a crossing after a cease-fire between

Israel and Hamas. In the UK, Muslim and Jewish leaders are calling for

followers of both faiths to export a piece to Gaza, and stamp out racism

as well. They have issued a statement condemning the civilian

casualties. Earlier I spoke to the president of the board of deputies

of reduced Jews and a doctor and a secretary general of the Muslim

Council of Britain. I asked if it was positive that they were both

seeking the same thing. So we have a lot in common and

really we should be stressing that. It has got to a state of desperation

with regard to Gaza, hasn't it? I suppose an element about this is

that we have differentiation is that you both have to make between being

Jewish and looking at Israel and being a Muslim and looking at the

Palestinian situation. Is that what you're doing here, almost separating

nationality from religion? I think this is about ourselves as

representatives of our communities. We have a number of things which are

common. More commonalities than differences between us. And we want

to make sure that problems overseas abroad do not get brought here as

problems. We need to maintain good relationships and we generally have

good relationships with the commonalities. We want to make sure

that that exists and that we are not deflected on those issues. The idea

of that not being exported, you would say that in terms of

anti-Semitic incidents in the UK, that is on the rise anyway, so it is

about stopping the export? Yes, stopping importing conflicts, but as

well we want to export peace. That is the message here. We Jews are

passionately committed to Israel. So there is no condemnation here of the

Israeli government? In spite of everything that has happened over

the past few weeks? Certainly not. The Jewish community has very strong

feelings about this. It is not united but it has strong feelings.

We acknowledge that there are strong feelings on both sides, but let's

not play out the battle on the streets of the UK, that is the

idea. We all feel strongly but here in the UK we respect each other and

live together as citizens. Can you separate those elements? We should

all agree that we should all have peace, that is a lovely ideal for

everybody. At the realities are different. -- but the realities are

different. There is no condemnation of the Israeli government, I guess

there is no condemnation of the Hamas perspective either? This is

about not reinforcing that we need to have our relationships

appropriate, but also maintain those good relationships, but also make

sure that conflict outside is not going to affect it. And we certainly

agree that we disagree on certain things, particularly in this

particular conflict, and we each have a right to take up positions

and do whatever is appropriate. In doing so, there is no place for

anti-Semitism, there is no place for Islamophobia, there is no place for

violence, and that is what this is about, to reinforce and say that

publicly. Here in Britain the news is being dominated by a child abuse

scandal in the North of England. For 16 years, more than 1400 children in

Rotherham were sexually exploited. The crimes are shocking in their

nature and their scale. One of the victims has been talking to the BBC.

We are calling her Jessica. She was groomed from the age of 14 and

suffered years of violent abuse. A very silly teenager, I thought we

was going to get married, have kids, It was only later on

when it changed and things started Jessica was just one of hundreds

of teenage girls in Rotherham abused With the violence you get so used to

it and it becomes kind of just - it sounds very strange,

but you do just get used to it. Were there moments where

you feared for your life? Yeah, there were so many occasions,

I remember towards the end I It was just so painful.

I just could not take any more. Did you go to the police?

Yeah, I did. I went to the police when I was 16

and he basically said, he has got The policeman said that?

Yeah. And I will never, ever forget

those words, what he said. You know, if the police are saying

no, where do you go from that? Like so many here in Rotherham,

and across the country, Jessica says she feels betrayed by the police, by

the local authority, by the system. I mean, 1400 people, you know,

there has to be more than one They are not sorry

because I got abused, they are sorry because they got caught out in

a scandal that has hit the media. What would you say to other girls

who are still currently They have to be strong.

You have to stay strong. You have to come forward,

tell someone. I just hope that it is taken

seriously Britain is still deeply elitist

towards people who went to private school, and Oxbridge graduates

dominate the most senior positions in public life. This is the case

according to a new report. Half of the House of Lords and the third of

the Cabinet went to private school. A degree from Oxford or Cambridge is

not just about academic excellence and personal success, it also opens

doors. Today's report shows that graduates from the two universities

still have a disproportionate hold on the top jobs. Three quarters of

our top judges, 59% of the Cabinet and almost half of all newspaper

columnist have Oxbridge degrees. But this report shows elitism begins

even earlier. Only 7% of the population is privately educated,

but one third of MPs went to fee-paying schools, as it 62% of

senior military officers and more than half of the highest ranking

diplomats. The report warns that this lack of diversity means that

Britain's key institutions do not represent the public they serve, or

employ the best people. Its authors say it is time to end what they call

the closed shop at the top. Michel Platini has announced that he will

not be running against Sepp Blatter for the presidency of the football

world governing body, FIFA. He says he wants to continue his work as the

head of European football's governing body and he will stand for

re-election as president of UEFA. Sepp Blatter prepares to put himself

forward for a fifth term, despite his public promise not to stand for

another term. Every year hundreds of mountaineers heading off from around

the world to climb Mount Everest and other Himalayan peaks in Nepal, and

each year they leave behind tonnes of discarded tents, oxygen

cylinders, you name it, or left there for others to clear up. We

have been to one of the dumping grounds in the capital. It is a

garbage dump as you can see, but this is not from the city of

Kathmandu, most of this waste comes from the Himalayan mountains. Every

year hundreds of climbers attempt to scale Everest and other peaks. They

carry a lot with them but they bring everything back and whatever is

disposed goes to the Himalayan mountain side. The recycled waste is

brought to the capital, Kathmandu. On average officials here say around

500 kilograms of waste are brought from the mountains to this place.

Food cans, plastic bottles, wine bottles, all kinds of waste. But

what happens to that garbage left? bottles, all kinds of waste. But

Some estimates suggest that a lot of garbage is still on Mount Everest

and it will take years to climb Everest. -- to clean it up. They are

asking whether it is justifiable to allow more mountaineers to go to the

Himalayan region, and they should take

you an update on a story you might have seen on BBC. We brought you the

news of an Australian sheep named, imaginatively enough, Shaun. He was

found in Tasmania and they thought he might well be the woolly sheep in

the world. He had never been shorn before and they thought the fleece

might be a world record. before and they thought the fleece

quite a task, quite a wait, coming in at 23 kilograms. That was

actually below the world record, so not only did he lose his wonderful

fleece but he lost frankly all his dignity, when you look at him left

in that state of some shock and no doubt trembling in the relative

cold. Poor old Shaun. Of course we have got plenty more for you on the

main stories. Our main story this hour, the president of Ukraine,

retro porridge he will be holding a meeting of the

Security Council to discuss what he called a Russian invasion of his

country.