this is bbc news. the headlines at apm: famine in parts of africa and the middle east could lead to the world's biggest humanitarian crisis since 1945 according the united nations. turkey's president described the dutch as nazi remnants and fascists in a diplomatic row over a cancelled rally. a retiring femalejudge is criticised for saying women can protect themselves against potential rapists by not getting too drunk. critics say her remarks blame victims for the crime. it isa it is a worry that what she has done, consciously or unconsciously, andi done, consciously or unconsciously, and i am sure it is the latter, that she has put people off complaining if they have had a drink. the government cracks down on ticket touts. computer software which buys hundreds of tickets within seconds is to be made illegal with law breakers facing unlimited fines. and at twickenham: england take on scotland in the six nations as they try to retain their crown.

and coming up in reporters: the best stories from across the globe including a report by owen bennettjones on the pakistani army's military operation on the borders of afghanistan. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. breaking news from washington, dc. it is now about 11 of luck in the morning there in dc. —— ii it is now about 11 of luck in the morning there in dc. —— 11 o'clock. an intruder has been arrested after entering the white house. the intruder, according to a source, entered near the residence entrance,

in other words, the part of the building which provides access to the presidential private quarters, the presidential private quarters, the presidential private quarters, the presidential area in which the president and his family sometimes stay with guests. president trump is often not had —— not done not in residence there. it is not clear what the circumstances of the break—in are, how far being triggered got all —— how far the intruder got, and whether they were challenged. that is a report from reuters saying that someone has been arrested after entering the white house. aid agencies say the international community must not ignore a warning that the world faces the worst humanitarian crisis since the end of the second world war. the united nations under—secretary general for humanitarian affairs, stephen o'brien, says more than 20 million people are at risk of starvation in four countries — nigeria, somalia, south sudan and yemen. he warns that three and a half billion pounds is needed byjuly to avert disaster. our world affairs correspondent

richard galpin has more details. for months now, it's been known that millions of people, including young babies like this, in yemen, have been starving. she was just four months old when a bbc team met her in december. and across yemen, hundreds of thousands more children have so little to eat they are struggling to stay alive. and the threat of mass starvation is affecting three other countries. this is a refugee camp in south sudan, which, like yemen, has been torn apart by conflict. families forced to flee their homes and left with little to eat. already a family has been officially declared here, with almost half the population in urgent need of help. we stand at a critical point in our history. already at the beginning

of the year, we are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the united nations. now more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine. without collective and coordinated global efforts, people will simply starve to death. the number of people the un says is now in danger is huge. almost two million in nigeria. nearly five million in south sudan, and 14 million in yemen. the un predicts without serious help, 1.4 million people could die before the end of the year, unless more aid money is found. they're calling for 5.6 billion to tackle this crisis. apart from conflict, another major cause of the crisis is drought. this is somalia, which has been particularly hard hit. in this hospital in the capital mogadishu, doctors have been treating people who've travelled

almost 200 miles to get medical help. in most cases, the death cause is dehydration. we are doing the rehydration of the child and we have given some antibiotic. some basic aid is reaching those in need, but nowhere near enough. so it's possible famine could be declared in all four countries, unprecedented in modern times. earlier i spoke to alasdair roxburgh, who is the head of humanitarian campaigns for save the children. what we are seeing right now is a combination of prolonged severe droughts in places like somalia combined with conflicts in different

areas, this combination has left millions at risk of starvation. huge appealfrom the millions at risk of starvation. huge appeal from the un, millions at risk of starvation. huge appealfrom the un, one that millions at risk of starvation. huge appeal from the un, one that totals $4 billion, it is urgent and imperative that the international community acts upon this and takes steps immediately to avert disaster. how, in practical terms, steps immediately to avert disaster. how, in practicalterms, how steps immediately to avert disaster. how, in practical terms, how could it most usefully be applied by organisations like your own? save the children is already working on the children is already working on the ground in places like somalia, providing clean water supplies, running health clinics, but we are stretched. we need a huge investment from the international community to save lives and make sure the people who need humanitarian assistance get it as quickly as possible. there are places where they cannot get anything because of conflict? places like yemen, we have a situation where there has been a conflict in that country the two years. that is

massively limiting humanitarian access to that country and it has put millions of lives at risk. 90 million people are already in need a few militarily assistance and we need to get supplies into that country to help the people that need it most. war and drought are two of the biggerfactors. it most. war and drought are two of the bigger factors. presumably, longer term problems come from this make people laugh displaced by fighting, they cannot cultivate crops. they can't plant and harvest their crops. in a sense, it does and this year, even if we prevent people from starving to death. that is why it is imperative that the international community acts, and a cts international community acts, and acts quickly. they need to raise this money and get supplies into this money and get supplies into this country byjuly. two of the real disaster. stephen fry and said this morning that the situation there is the worst humanitarian crisis since the second world war. the international community must

act, and must act fast. the governments of various countries have said, yes, we will give money, but on this occasion, as on previous occasions, the promises have not a lwa ys occasions, the promises have not always been followed up and money has not always appeared. how much difficulty is that cause in terms of preventing relief operations?“ countries don't commit to steve king steps to take action and that there is funding in place, we face a disaster which could affect millions of lives. the international community cannot turn a blind eye to this, they must act, they must act fast, they must act now. the turkish president has described the government of the netherlands as nazi remnants and fascists in an escalating diplomatic row between the two countries. his comments come after turkish foreign minister mevlut cavusoglu was stopped from landing in rotterdam amid concerns

about his bid to drum up support for mr erdogan. many turkish people in europe are allowed to vote in that referendum. the dutch authorities were concerned about the risk to public security and the foreign minister has... addressing a rally afterwards, the present threaten to do with —— to retaliate. they don't know anything about politics or international diplomacy, they are nervous and they are how words. they are not see remnants, they are fascists. in response to that, the dutch by minister has condemned the remarks, he says his country had been willing to consider a planned event in the turkish ilton, like in a construct, but he said it would not respond to threats. this morning on television, he made

clear that he threatened the netherlands with sanctions and of course we cannot negotiate under such threats. we decided it was better for such threats. we decided it was betterfor him not such threats. we decided it was better for him not to come to the netherlands. he described the dutch as nazis. what is your reaction to those remarks watching mark crazy remarks. i understand he's angry but this is way out of line. that is mark rueter, campaigning for the general direction. talking there about inventing the plane from landing. they didn't stop them when they were about to land, but the dutch foreign minister, he has said that it dutch foreign minister, he has said thatitis dutch foreign minister, he has said that it is a scandal, it is an a cce pta ble that it is a scandal, it is an acceptable in every way and he asked again about consequences. president

erdogan said the consequences could be aimed at dorchester dramatic aircraft, not civilian flights coming back from holidays and going to istanbulfor coming back from holidays and going to istanbul for an easter coming back from holidays and going to istanbulfor an easter holiday, it will be aimed at diplomat and it is not clear what these threats might be and whether they will be carried out at the rhetoric from both leaders, both in the bill of different election campaigns, is pretty strong at the moment. we will keep you updated. a female judge has warned women who get drunk that they are putting themselves in danger of being targeted by rapists. lindsey kushner qc said what she called ‘disinhibited behaviour‘ could put women in danger. the comments have been described by the campaign group rape crisis as outrageous and misguided. dame vera baird told me she doesn't

agree with these comments. if you want to leave a legacy message, it would be far better be directed at the men who are raping. those predatory men who deliberately pick on vulnerable young woman, whether it is because she is drinking, that her wits will not be about her, they are deliberately focusing on someone because of their vulnerability. it would be overwhelmingly better to say that that predatory behaviour is well understood and will be treated with very strong sentencing. unfortunately, if you focus, and she herself acknowledged that judges are criticised for focusing too much on the conduct of the complainant and not on the conduct of the rapist, if you focus on the young woman, or the young man, because of course it happens to them as well,

and say that if they have been drinking, seem to be less likely to be believed, or more likely to have consented to the individual, then it looks as if you are shifting the responsibility over to that person. i know she said that you can do what you want with your body, you can drink yourself to a standstill if you want to do that but then went on to say that if you do that, you will put yourself at greater risk of rape. it is a worry that what she has done, consciously or unconsciously, and i am sure it is the latter, if she has put people off complaining if they have had a drink. and i really would want to send the counter message that however much drink people have had, this is actually a bit of a throwback message. the criminal justice authority will deal with that and people should report and not be at all put off if they have been. you say this may put off women from bringing

entirely legitimate complaints of rape, she is saying that one of the things that makes women reluctant to come forward is whatever feelings they have about what happened that night, that they fear this will be thrown back at them. she is saying, actually, if you haven't been drinking, that doesn't mean there isn't a risk of attack because there are predatory men out there, it might mean you are better able to to protect and defend yourself and it may be that you are improving the chances of being treated with respect that you deserve. the likelihood is she will be less likely to report it if she was drunk because maybe she cannot remember but if they go on it and will court, a girl who is/ is less likely to be believed, rightly or wrongly. well, that is a worry. if a judge is heard to say, i mean, look, we all send out these public information

messages, we have a system up here which is keys, money, phone, plan to get home, which means everyone encourages people to ensure they have a spare pocket full of money so that they do get into drink. those messages about keeping yourself safe are out and about everywhere. the difficulty is if you talk of a person because they are in drink being less likely to be believed, if they complain of rape, and being more likely to have believed to consent, a drink is likely to be put off reporting because they are worried about that. that is dame vera baird, the police and crime commissioner in northumberland talking to me earlier. the headlines on bbc news. a plea for help from the un — which says the world faces its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945 — as 20 million people face

famine in parts of africa and the middle east. ajudge has been criticised a judge has been criticised for telling women who drink that they might be at more risk of rape. she said every drunk women could be targeted by predatory men. in sport, big tree for england would mean they retained the six nations crown. earlier, france beat italy 40-18. britain has one of gold medal at the world speed skating championships in the 1500 metres. and manchester city are through to the semifinals with a 2—0 win today. premier league action live up types

are on the website and i will have more details later. let me bring you an update on the story brought you at the top of the hour about ten intruder at the white house. it now appears that the man entered the white house at around midnight washington time, 5am here in the uk. cnn reports and are named source to say that president trump was in residence this weekend, and usually get a weekend, he was in washington rather than at his home in florida. the sources stressed he was not in any danger from the security breach. the intruder was carrying a backpack at the time of his arrest did get into the white house grounds and was only arrested at the point when he was at an entrance to the residents. in other

words, the residential wing of the white house by the president and his guests sometimes stay. it was as he was trying to get in there that he was trying to get in there that he was arrested by us security agents. that happened, apparently, close to midnight last night in washington, dc, eastern standard time, about 5am uk time. the white house so far has not issued comments to reuters. so, thatis not issued comments to reuters. so, that is the reuters news agency report, the man was carrying a backpack and the mantra to enter the residence and was arrested. and in residence and was arrested. and in residence this weekend was and is president trump himself. the fa cup has a huge game taking place in london. lincoln city are taking on arsenal. link another first non—leaguers to reach the last date since 1914. if they win, the result will go down as the biggest

upsetin result will go down as the biggest upset in fa cup history. goodness me, adam wilde is outside the arsenal emirates stadium, no pressure on lincoln! you put it really well. it is hard to overestimate what an achievement it is for lincoln city to even be here. the first non—league side to reach the stage of the fa cup in more than a century. the last time it happened, arsenal were still known as the woolwich arsenal. since then, they have gone on to win this cup 12 times. arsenal are currently fifth, in the premier league, and lincoln 01’... in the premier league, and lincoln or... let me bring in some other lincoln city fans. there will be 9000 here making thejourney lincoln city fans. there will be 9000 here making the journey down to the emirates today. you wouldn't miss this for the world, would you? no, we have to queue up all hours to get tickets for this. hopefully, it

will be worth it in the end. i believe we have a good chance of winning. tell me that the atmosphere in lincoln. it is like the city as we got behind them. the whole town is together. the way they have been playing, everyone is so excited with the cup drawn in the league drawn, everyone is buzzing. you are all burnley in the last round. lincoln have been to a premier league site and one already. and city. and we won convincingly. it was a tough game and we need a very good premier league side. and ifancy game and we need a very good premier league side. and i fancy our chances today. if we play like we have done. it is going to be an amazing day regardless. you have been following lincoln city for years, you have been telling me. put into words what this means for lincoln city fans today. well, we have had poor runs in the past and i have always said, for one year, we need a good run or a draw and we have got both. if we

can go with the flow, play with freedom and play like we did at burnley, who knows, we can't lose, this could make us carry on for the rest of time, really. i don't think we got a problem today. you mentioned thejob the we got a problem today. you mentioned the job the management have been doing. talk me through what the brothers have done for the club. this is theirfirst what the brothers have done for the club. this is their first year as full—time managers in football. it is an extraordinary story. a revelation, really. they are so open, so accepting of everyone. and where they have come from gives them a good grounding, with a baseball —— schoolteachers, and pa rt—time managers as well. they can deal with children and they can deal with the players. because they are so open, it means everyone can accept it. those managers, the cowley brothers, danny and nicky, they said this week their chances were won in a

thousand. the bookmakers have slightly shorter odds that but make no mistake, if lincoln city got the result today, it would be one of the greatest upsets in fa cup history. we willjoin adam wada in the emirates later. reports from syria say at least 40 people have been killed and dozens injured following two explosions in the capital damascus. it's thought two suicide bombers targeted buses transporting shiite pilgrims near an ancient cemetery in the city. it's not yet clear who was behind the attack. more than 60 prisoners were evacuated from a jail in dorset last night after a large fire was started by an inmate. it's believed he climbed onto the roof of hmp guys marsh near shaftesbury after complaining about a change of regime at the prison. flames and thick smoke filled the night sky above hmp guys marsh. after an inmate thought to be drunk,

wearing many layers of clothes, set light to them on top of the prison roofjust after eight o'clock last night. as firefighters controlled what they described as the large fire outside, inside, 64 prisoners were moved from their cells to the safety of the gym. in an unannounced inspection, two—and—a—half years ago, investigators found this place in crisis. they said staff and managers had all but lost control. they said one in four prisoners felt unsafe as gangs operate openly. from where you are here, what could you actually see? we could see out of our bedroom windows some flames. george bolton lives opposite the prison. as i understand it, he ripped tiles off the roof and set fire to his close and it caught the timbers of alight. that's where the fire came from. we didn't see flames, because we can't see past that house there, but we did see the glow. another blaze in another prison.

it's just one in a long string, 50 fires are reported each week in prisons in england and wales. these figures have doubled in two years, a strong indication of the problems going on behind the country's prison fences. fiona lamdin, bbc news. labourmp is labour mp is calling for the abortion laws to be updated. for 50 years the laws on abortion have remained unchanged, meaning a woman must have the consent of two doctors to end her pregnancy. but pro—life critics say it could pave the way for sex selective abortions and terminations on demand. jayne mccubbin reports. my first reaction was, i don't want to have a baby. straightaway, how am i going to care for this being when i can't even care for myself? emily tells me why she had an abortion. she was broke, she had depression, she couldn't cope. she had to wait one month for a termination. that was the worst month of my life. i was googling ways to induce miscarriage and i think that in itself proves it's too long.

you're risking women's lives because i could have really hurt myself during that time. you could have faced a jail sentence. i don't have any words for that. to punish a woman who is already in such an unstable and vulnerable position, what do you think you're doing to that woman's life? just under 200,000 abortions were carried out in the uk in 2015, most in rooms like this. the nhs says women should wait around two weeks, but it can be more than twice that. figures indicate these tablets used to miscarry are increasingly being bought illegally online by women who refuse to wait. two doctors sign off every abortion. now, this is unlike any other medical procedure. but no other procedure involves ending a life and that's what's key here, isn't it? we're in the 21st century. we trust women to make decisions about their lives, about their healthcare, and abortion should be no different. but others say the delay that comes

with not one but two gps is essential when deciding the fate of not one but two lives. many women go for that initial consultation and by the time they come back they actually change their minds. it's an important step in the process to make sure women are making the right decision for them. do you have any statistics to back that argument up? we do know that about 30% of women who go for initial consultations never go through with the process. the difficulty with the termination is once you have done that, if it's a rushed process, you can't change your mind. her office later said this figure had been given by a leading clinician. we could find no evidence of it. abortion is an emotive subject. but while the royal college of midwives has backed the the proposal, more than a thousand midwives have joined a "not in my name" petition. they fear it could pave the way for sex selection abortions on demand. we didn't achieve what i always

believed was what women needed, which was choice. diana monday was a key figure calling for change in the ‘60s, just as she is today. i was a lone public voice, but i was not a lone person who had had an abortion. they were all there, the voices, but they were unheard and unfortunately they still are unheard. i am appalled. 50 years later on, we are still fighting for this. oh, my goodness. this is the hate mail? yes. she shows me the hate mail her campaign attracted in one file. letters from women who begged for help in another. that fine line between the rights of a woman and the rights of an unborn child will be scrutinised again on monday. 0nline touts who bulk buy tickets

and sell them for inflated prices will face unlimited fines under new government plans. it will also be illegal to use so—called bots or automated computer software to bypass limits on the maximum amount of tickets that can be bought. a driver in china has ended up on the roof of a house after trying to avoid an accident. he said that as he tried to get out of the path of a motorised tricycle and an oncoming car, he accidentally put his foot on the accelerator rather than the brake. the result was, to say the least, embarrassing. fortunately, nobody was injured in the incident and he was rescued by local police. i bet he's very grateful but also a bit embarrassed. now to a man who

never gets embarrassed, the weather. afair bit a fair bit of cloud around today. in the south—east, temperatures around 17 degrees. further north, a lot fresher. 12 degrees in leeds. 10 degrees in manchester. 0vernight, rain. more whether funds further east. tomorrow, quite changeable day. some rain across the south—east and east anglia into lincolnshire. a light band of rain. succession of clouds and rain cloud. come monday and tuesday, mostly dry. the week ahead looks pretty dry with variable amounts of cloud.