we have four teams, oxfam, won the ground... >> apologies.e seem to have lost that skype connection with the oxfam director, justin morgan - we do apologise for that. >>> let's move on to other news. it's been more than 10 years since the government in zimbabwe evicted white commercial farmers from their land. now some of those white farmers are proposing to work with black landowners to rebuild the sector. there is mistrust of their motives. we have this report. >> zimbabwe's land reform in the year 2000 was controversial and racially divisive. most of the country's 4,000 white farmers were the backbone of the agricultural economy. they were forced off the land. it was given to the black farmers. the country is struggling to feed its 14 million people. white farmers unions propose working with the black landowners and their unions to rebuild. >> we are really trying to achieve a one voice for agriculture. more of a unified agricultural industry, which can lobby government and get policies that will benefit agriculture in zimbabwe. we have to

scene you describe the that oxfam representatives are seeing?art of the problem is getting to the devastated areas. arenumber of counted dead around 1000, but some are saying tens of thousands. there are whole areas that cannot be reached. the other humanitarian teams, it remains to be a challenge because this is a big area. it is true, the number of feared dead ranges from 1000 to 10,000. this is almost 10% of the population of the whole country. these are entirely displaced people with no food or water. this is overwhelming humanitarian capacities. >> what needs to get their the most? >> food, water, shelter. right now, communication lines are slowly being restored, but it is mostly food, water, shelter. money, there is nothing to buy. this is what the people are saying. ofrefore, you have instances looting. it is difficult to use that term in times like this, because what happens when people are desperate for something, perhaps and the people who are there at the store are not. to be found. --not there to be found. >> remember, these are the

oxfam. thank you very much indeed and for joining us at the stall is tainted now i'm grinding in the worst affected areas of the philippines. we have to harriet me hopping but ultimately the cleanup operation in a depression taking them over like harriet it returned with her and to be able to get. i did. our management theory during that time. are you. you know. he could be the new high the challenge. along the ground. many different societies and countries giving aid and uses well if the many thousands being coordinated well enough coordination with the aim of the team the upgrading. now i'm cool with it the word i am. don't we. i do not need to make sure that the complementary. i'm liking it. it might be on ensuring that we didn't get it and got the boot. nice to see me now on to people that need nice to action. i'm choked up. you know it too. i'm not going out again. but people have been off the table. i didn't know it but i think that in no time. it even better today they need. the actio

fromjoined by ian bray oxfam. what kind of difficulties are faced insed -- getting the aid out? difficulties have been blocked roads because of the ravage the storm brought with it. roads in one of the areas that was worse affect it is now open. be distributing hygiene kits and blankets. sent 17 tons of aid from airport.ouse to an it will be flying out on the weekend. that will be distributed as soon as it arrives on the weekend. four teams in the areas that are most effective and we will start distributing tomorrow. >> this is finally getting through. it comes six days after the typhoon. is it not too late to help some people? >> it is never too late to help people. given the scale of the the scale of the storm, it means everything has been destroyed. it will take time to reach people. tomorrow, our teams will be distributing aid. it takes a long time to get a two people. the final mile is always the most difficult one. we wanted to start on the first day, but we could not. >> what can our viewers do if they want to help? >> 14 u.k. aid charities joined together with a joint ap

he first went to africa with oxfam during the horrific nigerian civil war. >> we left under a hail of gunfire, basically, and by the time we were gone, a million people were dead and there was nothing to show for it. and it kind of scared me away from doing something with that big a possibility of major failure. >> haunted by those memories, jock did not return to africa until july 2000. this time, he went to fix a solar-

. >> also from manila via skype is justin morgan, the country director for oxfam in the phil people's, an international aid organization focussing on reducing poverty. what are some of the biggest hurdles you all are facing now. >> right now the people who are most vulnerable are those without access to water, shelter and food. the challenge that we are facing is getting access to the people. with so many of the roads no longer available to use and airports down, getting to access the people is a tremendous damage. >> you mention access to the people because of the roads. i know you are helping with the relief efforts, but what about recovery, we understand the death toll can be into the tens of thousands. will your organization help with the burial efforts. >> in terms of the burial of community members, we'll leave that to the local organizations to do, who understand the culture and follow that all the time. with oxfam we make sure we support the survivors, we are there to make sure we are understanding the grief they are going through with lost ones and support them with access to

marie madamba from oxfam. keep you up to date with all of the news from the philippines as it happens. >>> bp has recently signed a deal for all of the games for the champions league. bt only launched its sports channel and spent 738 million pounds to show premier league games. speaking earlier on this channel, the cfo of bt defended the deal's cost. >> we had an envelope. we came within that envelope and we genuinely believe that we can monetize this and it makes commercial sense. we have a long track record of having delivered what we said we would deliver, both in terms of our guidance and our cash flow guidance. what we're saying here is our guidance remains unchanged as a result of doing this so we don't think we've overpaid. >> joining us is mike laughlin. bt doesn't think they've overpaid but plenty of others do, don't they? >> i think the market is pretty shocked by the fees paid by bt. more than excessive double the amount than the current deal is worth, 400 million. it's a lot of money, but it it giv

we are joined by noah, a policy advisor for oxfam. he returned from the region where he manages the humanitarian efforts. talk about what you have seen out there. how bad is it? >> thank you for having me. there's more than 2 million people who have been displaced in the region, displaced to neighbouring countries and 5 million displaced in the country. 7 million are in need of assistance, about a third of the population. in u.s. terms it's like 100 million needed assistance. people are worried about how to survive winter, which is predicted to be the worst in a century. more assistance is needed, but ultimately an end to the conflict is needed. >> until that happens, talk about the humanitarian efforts. what is most needed now? >> in the short term what is necessary is the things that will make the winter survivable for the people who are most at risk. things like blankets, heating fuel and stoves, preparations to make homes more liveable. 80% of rev gees are living outside of camps. we see the images in the camp... ... at the camps.

oxfam is a charity that tries to fight poverty all overt world and i say fine, you want to do that, you raise the money, leave governments out of it. well, the issue, john, is that there are some things that charities just can't do. despite the impact that we have around the world and we are very proud of the work that we do with money raised from average americans, there is only so much that we can do with our own projects. there is some places where government needs to step in to do things. >> all right. government needs to make sure aids workers aren't being murdered on the way to where they're going and i should say that you don't take government money from the united states, so 30% of your money from some other countries. but you call for governments to spend more on foreign aid. why, when so much has been squandored? >> it's important to note, we're calling for more of the right kind of aid. >> yeah. they all say, this is going to be the right kind. >> no, there are some things that we think the united states government is doing that we think are not a good use of money. in partic

. >> that's oxfam's paolo brian, an interesting look at the devastation and the effects there in the philippines tonight. >>> next, some unanswered questions in renetia mcbride's death. the stand your ground state. will her killer be charged? >>> now, a snapshot of stories making headlines on america tonight. hawaii is now the 15th state in the u.s. to legalize same-sex marriage. the state was actually the first one to start the debate back in 1990 and a state supreme court decision eventually led to congress passing the defense of marriage act in 1996. well, the official obamacare numbers have finally, been released: around 106,000 people signed up nationwide in its first month of business. that includes both the state-run exchanges and the 27,000 who enrolled on healthcare.gov. the administration's goal was 500,000 sign-ups. they fell quite short. the final chapter for boston's convicted mob boss, families of the victims lashed out at the 84-year-old on the first day of his sentenceses hearing. he sat quiet as federal prosecutors asked for a life sentence. he was convicted of 11 mu

i'm joined now on the phone by an oxfam emergency team member on the ground near the northernmost tip thanks for joining us and making time to speak to us in the middle of this horrific situation. the government is calling this a national state of calamity. give us a state from on the ground where you are of the devastation that you're witnessing. >> yeah. over in northern cebu it's not as bad as you see in tacloban but yeah, definitely the devastation is there. power lines are down and so in the process they also have no water because their water is very much dependent on electricity. there are a lot of debris but as of yesterday, the roads have been cleared off so workers can already have access to these areas but problems remain, there is a shortage of food and water and sanitation needs. so we are trying to address that. >> we're hearing that there's no electricity in the area where you are and no water. what are you doing for supplies? >> actually, we are doing assessments, and we head back to the city because we also have to do some reports so we need electricity to do that. wha

the senior advisor for humanitarian response for oxfam. >> 25 are dead after a boat carrying hatians capsized. the boat ran aground and overturned 200 miles from florida. there are pictures of the migrants clinging to the hull of the boat. they'd been at sea for nine days with little food for water. >> every year thousands of men children are forced to leave the u.s. when their parents are deported. as al jazeera's jennifer london reports, the kids are foreigners in their parents homeland. >> a long a rutted dirt road littered with trash and broken down houses you'll find francisco villa secondary school secondary school in eastern tijuana mexico. for 13-year-old emily, who used to live in burbank california, her new school is as strange as the country she calls home. >> i like it way more over there. i think it's prettier. i have friends. i had my whole life over there. >> so did 13-year-old stephanie who used to live in southern california. >> i didn't know much about it. >> both girls are u.s. citizens, forced to leave their homeland when their parents were deported back to mexico

we can also -- this is work being done with the government of the philippines, organization like oxfam and unicef working to get this up and running. -- our had our one which water sanitation supplies on the ground, water ladders, hygiene kits, and water purification tablets for 45,000 people come and much more is on the way. what is sick of it is these supplies are arriving by road from us so we do not have to lie -- to rely on planes. i was speaking to colleagues this morning who were in a city, and representative is on site him to i was speaking to him, so the mobile phones have been research. secondly, he got from the airport to town in a half hour, whereas today's a good -- two ays ago it took an hour and half. things are improving in terms of getting more people on the ground, more supplies in. you looking at emerging challenges, challenges around child protection, risk of export and she, concerns about separation, and getting them back with their families as quickly as possible. hygiene,n, water, issues related to child protection, preventing disease outbreaks -- those are the i