mark thompson, bbc news, niger. >> stay with us on the "bbc world news." still to come -- first though, france is rejecting a u.n. report calling for an end to the collective deportations of roma people. the u.n. says some of the hundreds deported did not freely consent to leave and have not been informed of their rights. france says they have scrupulously respected obligations. >> sending these, a home in one group without assessing their individual circumstances looks, the united nations says, like racial profiling. the u.n. wants france to avoid mass deportations like these and basicure each person's human rights are respected. >> we understand estate has a right and responsibility to deal with security issues -- we understand it a states has a right and responsibility to deal with security issues, but when you do so, it should not be on a collective basis. you should not be targeting a group as a whole. >> the committee also is that france's political leaders need to turn down rhetoric, saying many of their comments contributed to problems of discrimin

already facing a food crisis, niger faces flooding and destroyed supplies. at first though, in nepal, 14 died when their plane crashed in katmandu. bad weather forced it to turn back from its intended destination near mount everest. >> it was an anxious wait for the relatives and friends of the 14 passengers and crew of the plane. this small german-made passenger plane up katmandu shortly after 7:00 this morning, but after being told by air traffic control to return to the capital because of bad weather, the plane disappeared from radar. the president's -- residents living in the hills north of katmandu reported they had seen the plane crashed and it had broken into small pieces. katmandu airport was briefly closed as officials worked out what happened. >> according to the information we have received, none of the passengers or crew survived the crash. there were 14 people on board the plane. >> there have been accidents in the year before, such as when a small plane crashed and burst into flames in two years ago, killing all 18 on board. it is one of the mo

and the prime minister of niger pleas for a fresh international aid. we have a report from the capital. hello. do you want the good news? that is here in britain. the bad news is global. fears that the global economy is indeed headed downhill. u.k. growth is up by more than anticipated in the spring. in the united states, it is well down, at the country's top banker is ready to step in if it gets worse. we have this from rhode island. >> it started with housing, and it is not getting better. millions of homes across the usa are abandoned and after weeks of travel -- terrible figures, america's top banker says growth is low, the labor market is disappointing, and he was surprised at the deterioration in the balance of trade. the economy remains vulnerable. rhode island is one of the first to plunge into recession. up president obama's stimulus money will go to buying houses cheaply. she says there are fewer repossessions of houses. >> there are very few buyers out there. interest rates are great. it is a good time to buy. there's a lot of uncertainty ab

the niger document was scandalous. if iaea could conclude in a day's time that this was a forgery and this document had been dancing between the italians and to british and the americans and to the french and they all relied upon it and bush alluded to it and mentioned it in the state of the union message in 2003, i think that was the most scandalous part. >> i would like to say something about the niger question just in the light of what you have said because the butler committee, which you recall, concluded the british government had intelligence from several different sources, that the visit to niger was for the purpose of not actually the acquisition of uranium but acquiring it, the forged documents were not available to the uk government at the time it made its assessment. so the fact there was forgery does not actually change the british government's assessment on the niger issue. i thought for the record i should just say that. >> i am glad they didn't manage to misinterpret that one. >> just then to conclude th

niger is facing its worst hunger crisis. charlene israel has the story. >> reporter: some humanitarian aid works are calling it a famine. the u.n.'s world food program says 7.3 million people are in desperate need of food. that is half the country's population. crops have failed and livestock died off. many people have resorted to eating leaves and berries. this woman says we don't have any food. it has beenmore than 3 weeks since i have even seen a single seed. many areas are dealing with flooding from tror torrential rains. 16.7 pcent of children under the age of 5 are acutely malnourished. the u.n. declares is an emergency when it reaches 15 percent. >> there is a vicious cycle between malnutrition and sickness. a sick child doesn't eat and an undernourish child gets sick more often. >> what others can do to help elevate the suffering. >> there is nothing that can take the place of praye we need to pray, god show us, i believe what orphan's promise is doing already is a god given tool to help out this famine. this is the

. >> is a shortfall in funds has caused problems in the feeding funds in niger. the world food program will be giving out their nutritious food to children under the age of 80. -- age of two. an israeli soldier who posted pictures of herself on facebook is defending herself. israeli army officials have condemned her behavior as shameful. a fire killed at least three babies and injured 8 more. >> a palestinian man who broke into the embassy has been sent over to the israeli police after holding the consoles and his wife hostage. the man was seeking asylum. we go to jerusalem to get an update. >> as we have seen from the television pictures, this someone vindicated the palestinian standing off. he stormed his way into the turkish embassy and earlier this evening armed with a knife and a real or fake gun. the israeli authorities were not allowed to go into the building and despite as though this man had two captives and either he released him or they managed to escape. there was a tense standoff and after several hours, a shot was heard and there may have been an in

. >> niger is seeking international help to deal with its own floods. torrential rains have ruined it desperately needed crops. that is all after a drought has left half of the country needing food aide. >> of the rain that many had prayed for has brought havoc here. thousands of homes have been destroyed. desperately needed crops have been washed away. the suffering continues to the capital. 5000 people have lost their homes and everything that they owned. families have been given refuge in temporary shelters. the floods could not have come at a worse time. ever since harvest failed last year. millions of people have had little to live on. some have had to survive on leaves and wild berries. a-agencies have brought in help from around the world. -- aide agencies have brought in help from around the world. >> we are trying to give people a good value food voucher. this allows people to buy food from the vendor of their choice. there is also food for the cattle. >> the next harvest is not due for another six weeks. they are getting help to people in the

the eight agency oxfam has found that the country of niger is in a food crisis. our west africa correspondent had this. >> this was certainly not expected. they had not seen a drop of rain in months. no heavy rains have left more than 100,000 people homeless. -- now heavy rains have left more than 100,000 people homeless. >> we had about 15 plots for growing vegetables. they are all flooded. we have lost earnings. >> in the east, it be a severe food crisis had already hit hardest. thousands of animals have drowned. one of the few cows but survived -- the eight agencies were all ready -- aid agencies were already falling short of money. they are worried. >> [unintelligible] people have just lost everything they had. >> the drought has hit the entire country, causing acute malnutrition of the children. people here wonder what the weather will bring the next. bbc news. >> more details have emerged about the 33 miners trapped a half a mile underground in chile. they have revealed the have been surviving on the tuna and half a cup of milk every 48 hours. rescue worker

niger morgan scored, washington won the 4 1/2 hour marathon 11-10. >>> in texas, rangers looking to sweep the twins. a battle of first place teams. minnesota, however, had other plans. in the sixth, jim tomorrowy who turns 40 today ripped a solo shot to center. twins win it. >>> san antonio visiting phoenix. murk rice proofing why they are the reigning champs. raining "mvp finished with 14 points. phoenix won it, they lead 1-0 in the series. >>> and pete carroll is bringing his college ways to the pros. seattle's new head coach known for pulling a few pranks at usc, now he's at it again. carroll set up a camera in his office, told his players to grab a drink out of his cooler and let the games begin. carroll put a fake snake in the cooler and you see results. each player kept falling for it. p over and over. their reactions are priceless. nothing like seeing grown men jump in fear. attention seahawks players, it's a long season. expect more pranks. that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> we're going to try that on bill. well, will the

the niger document was scandalous. if iaea could conclude in a day's time that this was a forgery and this document had been dancing between the italians and to british and the americans and to the french and they all relied upon it and bush alluded to it and mentioned it in the state of the union message in 2003, i think that was the most scandalous part. >> i would like to say something about the niger question just in the light of what you have said because the butler committee, which you recall, concluded the british government had intelligence from several different sources, that the visit to niger was for the purpose of not actually the acquisition of uranium but acquiring it, the forged documents were not available to the uk government at the time it made its assessment. so the fact there was forgery does not actually change the british government's assessment on the niger issue. i thought for the record i should just say that. >> i am glad they didn't manage to misinterpret that one. >> just then to conclude th

ever since "top gun" you would like to know how to own a niger jet.fantasy may have gotten a lot cheaper [ tower chatter ] >> reporter: wolf aviation in stockton now has that fighter jet and it's trying to sell it at $175,000, still, takers. so the so the price keeps dropping. >> we're willing to get rid of it for less than our ask price. >> this fighter jet can blast through the sky at mach 2, fly as high as 60,000 feet. so you've got your big screen tv and your big barbecue pitkanen. how about something manly, your fine european fighter jet. buying it isn't the issue however. at over $5 a gallon for fuel few can afford to feed it. >> prices have gone down especially on aircraft like this that consume a lot of fuel. it consumers a lot of fuel, it does. >> it blows through 100 gallons of fuel a minute going super sonic, that's $5,000 of fuel every 10 minutes. who are you looking for to buy that? >> the person that has the discretionary income to enjoy something like that. >> reporter: you mean rich? >> rich. >> reporter: it still turns heads of every

the niger document was scandalous. if iaea could conclude in a day's time that this was a forgery and this document had been dancing between the italians and to british and the americans and to the french and they all relied upon it and bush alluded to it and mentioned it in the state of the union message in 2003, i think that was the most scandalous part. >> i would like to say something about the niger question just in the light of what you have said because the butler committee, which you recall, concluded the british government had intelligence from several different sources, that the visit to niger was for the purpose of not actually the acquisition of uranium but acquiring it, the forged documents were not available to the uk government at the time it made its assessment. so the fact there was forgery does not actually change the british government's assessment on the niger issue. i thought for the record i should just say that. >> i am glad they didn't manage to misinterpret that one. >> just then to conclude th

my husband is from niger. uighur benaissa some where you went away to school and her parents had no input -- we grew up in a system where you went away to school and your parents had no input. it worked well. i used to teach and i would tell them to my you have a problem, i will show you how to look it up. my husband and i have to go to all of these pta and get involved and all of my children went to college. the last one is finishing in december. everybody has a master's degree. the jobs are not there, but they are making do. i think the big problem in this country, we coddle our children too much bureaucracy -- too much. guest: i actually could not agree with you more. if you look at what has happened in american public education in the last 20 or 30 years, what david gardner said when he was chairman on national excellence in education, he said, over the years we have expected less of our show and then they have given it to us. your point is exactly right. but we know from common sense and from research tha

the niger delta, gulf of mexico. torture, rendition, drones. but i am optimistic because you cannot make it through the week if you are not. host: so, humankind will prevail in the midst of this dead sea of news? your theory is basically humankind will prevail despite the bad news right now? caller: i think we will have to hit bottom. like an alcoholic. we have to hit bottom and we are not there yet. i think the people are slowly rolling around to the idea that we really have to do something from the bottom up. we have to get rid of washington and 98% of the people down there. we have to curb the corporations because they are destroying the earth. grand scale stuff, but that is what happens. left of their own devices, corporations will grind is up and put us out as they have been. host: thanks, john, from lancaster, pennsylvania. good time to catch up with the results of the primary election for senate in an alaska. there is a lot of tea leaf reading. on the line with us is the report be -- reporter for mcclatchy newspaper and "the anchorage da