:00:08. > :00:11.This is BBC World News Today with me, Tim Willcox.
:00:11. > :00:13.Shocked and close to tears - the former British prime minister
:00:13. > :00:23.Gordon Brown accuses News International of breaking the law
:00:23. > :00:24.
:00:24. > :00:27.to gain access to his son's medical records. There is absolute proof
:00:27. > :00:34.that News International is involved in hiring people to get this
:00:34. > :00:37.information. I do know also that the people they work with are
:00:37. > :00:39.criminals. Known criminals. Senior police officers accuse News
:00:39. > :00:42.International of trying to block the original phone hacking
:00:42. > :00:47.investigation. Rupert Murdoch, his son James, and Rebekah Brooks are
:00:47. > :00:52.called to answer questions before Parliament next Tuesday.
:00:53. > :00:55.Europe's financial nightmare scenario? The euro falls and shares
:00:56. > :01:01.are under pressure amid fears the debt crisis could spread to Spain
:01:01. > :01:04.and Italy. Mining for future technology - how
:01:04. > :01:06.the computerised world is reviving an ailing industry in the United
:01:06. > :01:09.States. She writes about life on the mean
:01:09. > :01:19.streets of Zimbabwe. We speak to the winner of Africa's leading
:01:19. > :01:29.
:01:29. > :01:32.Hello and welcome. Shocked and at times close to tears,
:01:32. > :01:35.the former British prime minister Gordon Brown has accused News
:01:35. > :01:38.International of being connected to the criminal underworld. It follows
:01:38. > :01:40.allegations that the Sunday Times, along with the Sun, both owned by
:01:40. > :01:43.News International, tried to obtain his family's private financial and
:01:43. > :01:46.medical details. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Gordon
:01:46. > :01:49.Brown revealed he broke down when he read the revelations in the Sun
:01:49. > :01:53.five years ago, telling the world that his son Fraser has cystic
:01:53. > :02:02.fibrosis. Both the Sun and the Sunday Times maintain that the
:02:02. > :02:05.information was obtained legally. James Landale looks now at the
:02:05. > :02:10.allegations. This report contains flash photography.
:02:10. > :02:14.Here are Gordon and Rupert at a conference. Here is Gordon again
:02:14. > :02:20.with Rupert's daughter Elizabeth on his left and the top editor,
:02:20. > :02:25.Rebekah Brooks, the editor on his Far left. For years, team Brown
:02:25. > :02:30.stayed close to team Murdoch. But no more. Today, the smiles faded
:02:30. > :02:39.away as Gordon Brown accused the Sunday Times of employing criminals.
:02:39. > :02:44.I had my bank accounts broken into. I had my lawyers' files blagged as
:02:44. > :02:49.they call it. My tax returns went missing at one point. Medical
:02:49. > :02:54.records have been broken into. I don't know how all this happened,
:02:54. > :02:57.but I do know one thing, that in two of these instances, there is
:02:57. > :03:01.absolute proof that News International was involved in
:03:01. > :03:04.hiring people to get this information. I do know also that
:03:04. > :03:09.the people they work with, because this is what really concerns me
:03:09. > :03:12.most, are criminals. Gordon Brown claimed they were looking for
:03:12. > :03:17.information about a flat in this London Street that he bought in the
:03:17. > :03:23.early 90s. He said he paid the market rate. The Sunday Times
:03:23. > :03:27.claimed he got a knock-down price. This is the editor of the Sunday
:03:27. > :03:32.Times. Mr Brown alleged his newspaper had been out to bring him
:03:32. > :03:36.down as a government minister. Mr Brown also turned his fire on
:03:36. > :03:40.another News International Paper, the Sun. He attacked the way it
:03:40. > :03:45.reported that his youngest son Fraser was suffering from cystic
:03:45. > :03:53.fibrosis. Mr Brown did not allege that his son's medical records were
:03:53. > :03:57.stolen but he said the allegations have left him... In tears. Your son
:03:57. > :04:01.is going to be broadcast across the media. Sarah and died are
:04:01. > :04:04.incredibly upset about it. We are thinking about his long-term future.
:04:04. > :04:09.We are thinking about our family but there is nothing you can do
:04:09. > :04:14.about it, you are in public life. Other parents in public life with
:04:14. > :04:21.children who had medical conditions were sympathetic. My heart goes out
:04:21. > :04:24.to Gordon and Sarah Brown. To have your children's privacy invaded is
:04:24. > :04:28.completely unacceptable and heartbreaking for the family
:04:28. > :04:33.concerned. Tonight, the Sun said it had not accessed medical records
:04:33. > :04:36.but had been given the story by a member of the public with
:04:36. > :04:40.experience of cystic fibrosis and is said the article had been
:04:40. > :04:44.written sensitively and appropriately. Above all, Gordon
:04:44. > :04:48.Brown accused News International of having an agenda against him. He
:04:48. > :04:55.said Rupert Murdoch wanted the BBC and the media regulator Ofcom
:04:55. > :04:58.reformed. He, Gordon Brown, did not. When my record as time of Prime
:04:58. > :05:02.Minister is look at, and all the records are there to see, it will
:05:02. > :05:05.show that we stood up to News International. We refused to
:05:05. > :05:09.support their commercial ambitions when we thought there against the
:05:09. > :05:14.public interest. Four days, the Murdoch empire has faced
:05:14. > :05:19.allegations about phone hacking by one newspaper, the News of the
:05:19. > :05:23.World. But Mr Brown's interview has now widened the attack to other
:05:23. > :05:28.newspapers in the group. Labour's current leader that the family of
:05:28. > :05:32.Milly Dowler, whose phone was also allegedly hacked. Today, he will
:05:32. > :05:36.table a motion calling for Mr Murdoch to withdraw his bid for
:05:36. > :05:41.BSkyB. To I think what the public want us to do as a House of Commons,
:05:41. > :05:45.is to stand up and say it is not conceivable that Mr Murdoch could
:05:45. > :05:48.expand its reach in British media, while the issues that happened at
:05:48. > :05:53.News International, while the issues of criminality are still
:05:53. > :05:59.being investigated and wife - a while so much is coming out day-by-
:05:59. > :06:04.day. Tomorrow, in an historic vote, Parliament has the chance to turn
:06:04. > :06:07.its back on Murdoch. Rupert Murdoch, his son James and
:06:07. > :06:10.the former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks have all been called
:06:10. > :06:14.to appear next week before MPs to answer questions over the hacking
:06:14. > :06:16.scandal at the paper. Today, four senior police officers in charge of
:06:16. > :06:19.past and present investigations into phone hacking told a
:06:19. > :06:22.parliamentary committee that their work had been limited, because the
:06:22. > :06:25.paper's owners had not been co- operative. The officer now leading
:06:25. > :06:35.the investigation said they are looking into whether the phones of
:06:35. > :06:39.4000 people were hacked. Tom Symonds looks now the police
:06:39. > :06:46.investigation. A parade of past and serving police
:06:46. > :06:50.top brass. Arriving by car and on for it to the Commons for a
:06:50. > :06:56.grilling by MPs, still reeling after a week of relentless
:06:57. > :07:01.revelations. Lord Blair was the Metropolitan Police Commissioner
:07:01. > :07:07.when it first emerged royal aides were having their phones hacked.
:07:07. > :07:11.How serious was it then? This was a tiny fragmentary event in the
:07:11. > :07:18.events which were taking place across London at that time. Events
:07:18. > :07:23.such as this. The met ran a swift phone hacking inquiry and moved on.
:07:23. > :07:29.My apologies to you for keeping you waiting. Today, the senior officers
:07:29. > :07:33.were having to explain why it was not widened out. Peter Clarke is a
:07:33. > :07:37.former assistant deputy commissioner who led the first
:07:37. > :07:42.investigation. His reasons: First, that the investigation would be
:07:42. > :07:47.compromised. Second, that a much wider range of people who we were
:07:47. > :07:50.learning were becoming victims of this activity, would continue to be
:07:50. > :07:55.victimised while the investigation took its course. There was another
:07:55. > :07:59.factor, resistance from News International. This is a global
:07:59. > :08:05.organisation with access to the best legal advice and in my view,
:08:05. > :08:10.are deliberately trying to thwart a criminal investigation. A common
:08:10. > :08:15.theme. Also in the hot seat, John Yates, assistant commissioner. The
:08:15. > :08:19.man who decided not to reopen the hacking inquiry into 1009. It is a
:08:19. > :08:22.matter of great concern that for whatever reason, the News of the
:08:22. > :08:26.World appears to have failed to co- operate in the way that we now know
:08:26. > :08:33.they should have, with the relevant police inquiries up to January this
:08:33. > :08:38.year. A lack of evidence left Mr Yates making this announcement in
:08:38. > :08:41.2009. Our inquiries show that in the vast majority of cases there
:08:41. > :08:47.was insufficient evidence to show that tapping had actually been
:08:47. > :08:51.achieved. But many believe the case was dropped because senior officers
:08:51. > :08:56.became too close to executives at News International. Enter Andy
:08:56. > :09:00.Hayman, former assistant commissioner. He oversaw the first
:09:00. > :09:04.phone hacking inquiry. To the continued astonishment for MPs,
:09:04. > :09:08.left the police, to write a column for the Times, owned by News
:09:08. > :09:12.International. Have you any idea how that looks to the public?
:09:12. > :09:15.cannot think of anything in the background where the line has been
:09:15. > :09:20.crossed or I have done anything wrong, as a result of being
:09:20. > :09:24.employed by the Times. It is part of News International, it is a big
:09:24. > :09:30.outfit but it was not the News of the World. The inquiry is not just
:09:30. > :09:35.about Glenn Mulcaire the phone hacker, but about computer hacking
:09:35. > :09:39.and even police corruption. Sue Akers, the deputy assistant
:09:39. > :09:45.commissioner is leading it. She revealed there were 3,800 plus
:09:45. > :09:49.targets for the hackers. Only 170 have been contacted so far.
:09:49. > :09:54.confident we have got an excellent team who while working tirelessly
:09:54. > :09:58.to get this right and I hope that I do not have to come here again in
:09:58. > :10:02.five years' time to explain why we failed. For Rupert Murdoch and
:10:02. > :10:06.Rebekah Brooks, pursued by the media for days, have now been asked
:10:06. > :10:09.to give evidence themselves to another Commons committee. No
:10:10. > :10:13.announcement yet but News International says it will co-
:10:13. > :10:17.operate. Now a look at some of the other
:10:17. > :10:20.news. A half-brother of the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, has been
:10:21. > :10:23.shot dead at his home in the city of Kandahar. Ahmad Wali Karzai was
:10:23. > :10:26.regarded as one of the most powerful politicians in southern
:10:26. > :10:30.Afghanistan. He was killed by his long-serving head of security, who
:10:30. > :10:33.was then killed by other bodyguards. After a night of violent protests
:10:33. > :10:41.in Northern Ireland, tens of thousands of Protestants are taking
:10:41. > :10:47.part in traditional marches, amid heightened sectarian tensions. Last
:10:47. > :10:54.night, police and youths clashed in the capital Belfast. Police have
:10:54. > :10:56.more than 20 officers were injured. The founder of the whistleblower
:10:56. > :10:59.and website, WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has begun an appeal
:10:59. > :11:02.against his extradition from Britain to Sweden, where he is
:11:03. > :11:05.accused of sexual offences. His lawyers told the High Court in
:11:05. > :11:08.London that the description of the charges in the Swedish arrest
:11:08. > :11:10.warrant was misleading and unfair. Mr Assange denies any wrongdoing
:11:11. > :11:13.and says the case against him is politically motivated, after his
:11:13. > :11:15.website published tens of thousands of leaked American diplomatic
:11:15. > :11:18.cables last year. Russia is observing a day of
:11:18. > :11:21.mourning for the victims of Sunday's pleasure boat disaster on
:11:21. > :11:26.the River Volga. It is feared that more than 120 people drowned, and
:11:26. > :11:29.divers are still recovering bodies. It has been a bad day on the
:11:29. > :11:32.European markets as fears of further contagion from Euros in
:11:32. > :11:34.debt crisis continued to build. Both Italy and Spain's borrowing
:11:34. > :11:38.costs soared to record highs earlier as investors fretted about
:11:38. > :11:41.their finances. The worry is that the rest of the bloc would struggle
:11:41. > :11:44.to bail out their economies which are much larger than Greece,
:11:44. > :11:46.Portugal and Ireland's combined. Meanwhile, after a second day of
:11:47. > :11:49.talks, euro-zone finance ministers have still yet to come to an
:11:49. > :11:56.agreement on Greece's second bail- out, as Matthew Price reports from
:11:56. > :12:01.Brussels. Europe's debt crisis spread
:12:01. > :12:07.dangerously far today to Italy. There, the interest rates have been
:12:07. > :12:12.rising sharply. Let's hope we do not end up like grease, this man
:12:12. > :12:18.said. Spain also faced similar pressure, two huge economies being
:12:18. > :12:22.rattled by the Greek debt crisis. In Brussels, Europe's finance
:12:22. > :12:27.ministers gathered, not officially to discuss Italy but it did
:12:27. > :12:30.overshadow the meeting. They used to be an assumption that if a
:12:30. > :12:35.country uses the euro, lending money to that country is basically
:12:35. > :12:38.say. The Greek debt crisis has changed all that. Many
:12:38. > :12:42.international investors are worried they may not get back all the money
:12:42. > :12:46.they lent to Greece, so by extension, they are rethinking the
:12:46. > :12:51.terms on which they lend money to other euro countries which are
:12:51. > :12:56.heavily in debt. That is why the interest payments for Italy and
:12:56. > :13:00.others are going up. Sorting out Greece is crucial.
:13:00. > :13:04.Finance ministers from the eurozone say they have now agreed to work
:13:04. > :13:08.quickly on a second bail-out for Greece. They also said they would
:13:08. > :13:13.increase the size of the rescue mechanism currently in place, and
:13:13. > :13:20.adjust the terms of EU loans to countries currently indebted like
:13:20. > :13:24.grease to make it cheaper for them to pay off their debt. We have made
:13:24. > :13:29.significant process yesterday -- progress yesterday and I'm certain
:13:29. > :13:32.we will be able to have concrete proposals so the ministers can take
:13:32. > :13:38.the concrete decisions on this basis.
:13:38. > :13:40.That, though, is an admission of how much work still needs to be
:13:40. > :13:44.done. There are serious disagreements within Europe about
:13:44. > :13:52.how to help Greece and all the while, other countries are getting
:13:52. > :13:57.dragged into the crisis. We can go to Washington, we hope to
:13:57. > :14:01.go to Rome in a moment as well. A can speak to the Co director of the
:14:01. > :14:06.Centre for economic and Policy Research. Europe says it has got
:14:06. > :14:12.this in hand, cheaper loans, more flexible Refuge funds, it should do
:14:12. > :14:16.the trick, shouldn't it? Not really. The problem for quite some time is
:14:16. > :14:20.the European authorities have been pushing countries like Greece
:14:20. > :14:27.especially further into recession with these austerity powers. They
:14:27. > :14:32.are basically doing the opposite of what countries in the world did
:14:32. > :14:37.during the 2009 world recession, forcing them to cut spending, raise
:14:37. > :14:41.taxes and in spite of depression levels of unemployment in places
:14:41. > :14:46.like Greece and Spain. Greece is that the heart of all of this,
:14:46. > :14:52.isn't it? If they could sort Greece at quickly, wouldn't it arrest
:14:52. > :14:57.threat of contagion elsewhere? Certainly, but they cannot even
:14:57. > :15:03.agree on the obvious which is that some of Greece's debt has to be
:15:03. > :15:09.written off. Instead... I AM sorry to interrupt but there is talk now
:15:09. > :15:14.that may be some sort of structured default might be acceptable?
:15:15. > :15:18.and that would be a step forward. But as long as they continued to
:15:18. > :15:23.squeeze the economy and try and squeeze as much debt payment, that
:15:23. > :15:28.is what they're doing, they are putting it through another year of
:15:28. > :15:32.recession and 16 % unemployment, laying off another 20 % of the
:15:32. > :15:36.federal labour force and all to get as much as they can out of them
:15:36. > :15:46.before they write off some of this debt. So they are making a mess and
:15:46. > :15:47.
:15:47. > :15:52.they have been making a mess from If they could not afford to bail-
:15:52. > :15:56.out Italy and Spain, despite the size of their economy, what is the
:15:57. > :16:01.way forward? The way forward needs to be a default for Greece, one
:16:01. > :16:06.that allows the economy to grow, and I do not know if Europe will
:16:06. > :16:11.agree to that, given the last track record. The same is true for the
:16:11. > :16:17.other weaker euro-zone economies. Portugal signed on to win agreement
:16:17. > :16:25.a few weeks ago, giving and two more years of recession. They
:16:25. > :16:30.cannot continue to prevent these economies recovery and expect this
:16:30. > :16:33.crisis to recover itself. This isn't an economic solution at the
:16:33. > :16:38.moment, it is a political solution in Brussels, and you don't think
:16:38. > :16:43.the euro is worth saving because of the financial straitjackets it
:16:43. > :16:48.imposes on countries that have problems at the moment. I think
:16:48. > :16:53.that this crisis shows that the European Monetary Union, not the
:16:53. > :16:57.European Union as a whole, the monetary union and those that run
:16:57. > :17:03.it are implementing a right-wing project with a right-wing political
:17:03. > :17:10.agenda. You look at privatisation in Greece, the labour market
:17:10. > :17:17.reforms in Spain, the regressive nature of the tax increases that
:17:17. > :17:22.they impose, all of these cases, and bailing out the banks, not
:17:22. > :17:25.wanting the creditors to absorb any losses while putting this enormous
:17:25. > :17:30.burden and social cost on the people of the indebted countries.
:17:30. > :17:34.This is an agenda at that the sacrifice for these countries with
:17:34. > :17:38.no end in sight, no light at the end of the tunnel, this is too
:17:38. > :17:45.great to have a common currency. Thank you.
:17:45. > :17:49.We hope to speak to Italy in a few moments as well.
:17:49. > :17:54.Raw-materials like oil have been strategic assets fought over for
:17:54. > :18:01.many years, but a vital ingredient is found in few parts of the world.
:18:01. > :18:04.Scandium, Neodymium or Dysprosium may not be that familiar, but they
:18:04. > :18:10.are earth elements and Darren everything from iPads to wind
:18:10. > :18:16.turbines. Their cost has gone up, they are produced in China, and it
:18:16. > :18:22.has gone up 1,000 % and this is worrying America, which has revived
:18:22. > :18:26.some ailing industries. In a dusty old mine, high up in
:18:26. > :18:30.California's Mojave Desert, they are digging to securing its
:18:30. > :18:37.security. Been cut deeper Underground is a substance found in
:18:37. > :18:42.very few places. In these rocks, there are rare earth elements,
:18:42. > :18:46.essential hi-tech building blocks, and there is a shortage. We have
:18:46. > :18:51.done enough expiration to know which will last at least 30 years.
:18:51. > :18:55.This closed 10 years ago, but with prices jumping 10 fold in the year,
:18:55. > :19:00.it is viable again, and the market is supplied by just one gigantic
:19:00. > :19:07.play. China at the moment is producing 97 % of what the world
:19:07. > :19:11.needs, but they are starting to consume more of their own elements
:19:11. > :19:16.and their exporting less of them. We're looking at shortages of this
:19:16. > :19:22.now, so this is why we are trying to get these minds up and running
:19:22. > :19:26.as fast as possible. There is an urgent demand for these elements
:19:26. > :19:31.that the world is fast becoming addicted to. There are digging for
:19:32. > :19:39.this grey powder which is aware at Parliament, and each of these bags
:19:39. > :19:47.is worth well over �100,000. -- a rare earth elements. The television
:19:47. > :19:52.sets need these elements for a full-colour picture. They are
:19:52. > :19:56.essential for the technology today. Wind turbines work more efficiently
:19:56. > :20:02.with magnets made from these elements, and they also used in new
:20:02. > :20:06.cars in a battery and in the fuels. The future technology including
:20:06. > :20:11.solar power depends on these elements. Fighter jets and missiles
:20:11. > :20:18.need them as well, so that affects American security. We get worried
:20:18. > :20:22.when any country monopolises a raw material. They are using the
:20:22. > :20:29.political leverage in China about to rise the corner of the market
:20:29. > :20:32.that they have. -- that drives the corner. Natural resources will
:20:32. > :20:41.become more important and the competition for them could reshape
:20:41. > :20:46.local politics. -- global politics. We go back to the European markets,
:20:46. > :20:51.and fears of contagion with the doubts concerning Italy and Spain.
:20:51. > :20:57.We can cross to Rome and speak to Senator Lucio Malan, a member of
:20:57. > :21:01.the Italian Freedom of People Party. It is pretty gloomy, this scenario,
:21:01. > :21:07.the nightmare scenario potentially, for Italy, how do you get out of
:21:07. > :21:14.this? I think we're getting out of it. There is a lot of hysteria at,
:21:15. > :21:21.a lot of media generated panic. We are going to approve, in three days,
:21:21. > :21:26.a budget programme to get a balanced budget by 2014 or even
:21:26. > :21:32.2013. You could end up not being able to pay the interest on these
:21:32. > :21:42.loans if it snowballs? Of chorus, the interest rates that we have
:21:42. > :21:44.
:21:44. > :21:49.today, they are very high. They are too high for the market. Those that
:21:49. > :21:55.voted for them today, they didn't do a good deal. Sorry to interrupt,
:21:55. > :21:58.is that not the problem, the market senses blood. You're now the focus
:21:58. > :22:05.of the international markets, and as a result of that, you have to
:22:05. > :22:11.pay higher market interest. Today, because today, the bonds that we
:22:11. > :22:21.place today, they have higher interest rates. That was a bad deal.
:22:21. > :22:25.We're putting on the market, but once every few weeks, they will
:22:26. > :22:30.have a much lower interest rates, that would be easier for us. You
:22:30. > :22:34.cannot measure. The whole public debt on the basis of one day, you
:22:34. > :22:38.cannot measure this. What about the social cost, the social
:22:38. > :22:44.implications for the Italian people? High unemployment, low
:22:44. > :22:48.growth, the debt load is very high, how do people enjoy work all of the
:22:48. > :22:53.austerity measures that are necessary to get through this? --
:22:53. > :23:01.headed people tolerate all the austerity measures? We need to find
:23:02. > :23:05.ways to promote development, and not just balance the budget. The
:23:05. > :23:09.budget doesn't just give to Parliament to a nation, in fact, we
:23:09. > :23:14.have to work, we're improving urgent measures, but out of the
:23:14. > :23:19.very emergency, in the next weeks or months, we have to promote
:23:19. > :23:27.something to promote the growth. We cannot focus only on a balanced
:23:27. > :23:31.budget. Thank you. We are glad to get hold of you or from Italy.
:23:31. > :23:36.Something very different, she is described as a writer with moral
:23:36. > :23:41.power and weight, and she takes delight in language. Now, NoViolet
:23:41. > :23:46.Bulawayo has won the Caine Prize for literature, for her short story,
:23:46. > :23:52.Hitting Budapest. It is set in her home country Zimbabwe, the tale of
:23:52. > :23:55.a starving gang of shantytown children trying to survive. Let's
:23:55. > :24:01.speak to NoViolet Bulawayo, congratulations. The awards were
:24:01. > :24:11.last night at Oxford University. We heard the plaudits from the judges.
:24:11. > :24:17.What made you write this book? short story, it was inspired by a
:24:17. > :24:27.desire to engage with the world. Especially, in terms of issues that
:24:27. > :24:27.
:24:27. > :24:32.I care about. I look good violence, humanity, a lack of it, in society.
:24:32. > :24:37.And children, in a world of very poor opportunities. And shocking,
:24:37. > :24:40.one young girl that was impregnated by her grandfather, some of the
:24:40. > :24:43.judges thought there were similarities in terms of the gang
:24:43. > :24:49.with some of the characters from Clockwork Orange. How do you answer
:24:49. > :24:54.the critics that say, what you representing is quite a cliche,
:24:54. > :24:59.this kind of view of shantytown children, the dispossessed, poor,
:24:59. > :25:04.starving, a familiar face of Africa and particulars Zimbabwe. It is a
:25:04. > :25:10.very familiar face, but at the same time, I have the right to write
:25:10. > :25:20.what I want to write. As an artist, I write what news me and what
:25:20. > :25:20.
:25:20. > :25:28.speaks to me. -- moves me. Some of this is taken from my own story.
:25:28. > :25:31.I'm not saying that Hitting Budapest is autobiographical, but I
:25:31. > :25:36.was around issues like those, and it gives me the right to tell my
:25:36. > :25:43.story the way that I want to tell it. It's about a group of children,
:25:43. > :25:50.had hunting guavas, and they go to different areas of town. There is
:25:51. > :25:54.the body of a dead woman in a treat, I wondered if you sort
:25:54. > :25:58.paradoxically, the political climate in Zimbabwe was something
:25:58. > :26:02.that was actually a catalyst for writing, and terms of people
:26:02. > :26:12.suffering so much that this was almost like a creative artist
:26:12. > :26:14.
:26:14. > :26:18.expire? -- spire? These children are poverty-stricken because
:26:18. > :26:22.something is wrong politically. But at the same time, I do not want it
:26:22. > :26:28.to be considered as a Zimbabwe and story. It can take place anywhere
:26:28. > :26:34.in the world. Did you think a prize for African literature is sometimes
:26:34. > :26:39.counter-productive, it should be a prize for literature, not just
:26:39. > :26:43.African literature, because all literature is literature. Yes, it
:26:43. > :26:49.is all literature, regardless of third comes from, but the stages on
:26:49. > :26:59.equal. I have to stop you there. Congratulations. Glad to see you.
:26:59. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:06.In the next few days, the weather is staying and saddled with more
:27:06. > :27:11.showers to talk about. This evening and overnight, the showers fade
:27:11. > :27:15.away to return throughout the day tomorrow. If you look at the
:27:15. > :27:19.forecast, low-pressure clearing away from the south-east corner. A
:27:19. > :27:24.weak area of high pressure slowly becoming established on Wednesday.
:27:24. > :27:28.We will still see the cloud bubbling up. Showers in the West.
:27:28. > :27:33.Overcast, the south-east corner, with light, scattered showers. You
:27:33. > :27:38.can see on the coast of eastern England, just here, looking at the
:27:38. > :27:43.showers. Further inland, dry and cloudy with temperatures struggling
:27:43. > :27:47.at around 15 or 16 degrees. Some bright spells at the West. One or
:27:48. > :27:52.two showers breaking out here in the afternoon. A light wind across
:27:52. > :27:56.parts of the south-west and for Wales. Drier and brighter spells in
:27:56. > :28:01.between the showers. In Northern Ireland, some showers through the
:28:01. > :28:05.day, a bit more cloud developing as well for the afternoon. In Scotland,
:28:05. > :28:10.showers across western areas, eastern Scotland being drier, but
:28:10. > :28:14.cloudy skies. A top temperature in Inverness and Glasgow at 60 degrees.