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Welcome to reporters. Im david eades, and from here at the bbc newsroom, we send our correspondants to bring you the best stories from across the globe. In this weeks programme, the other side of the american dream. As donald trump sets out his vision for the next four years, ian pannell assesses the challenges that lie ahead. If you want to know what poverty in america looks like, well, this is it. President trump says he is going to fix it. Hes going to deal with what he calls the carnage in america, of crime, of drugs, of gangs, of violence and of poverty. Marams story. Quentin somerville tells the tale of the syrian baby who lost her parents and had nearly every limb broken in a bombing in aleppo. And also her reunion with the british doctor who saved her. Hello. In tunisia, orla guerin reports from sousse, reports on Terror Attack of its kind and asks if the Government Security if the Government Security crackdown has made it safe for tourists to return. We would very happy to see again british coming back to us. Yes. Do you think its100 safe . Can you say that . Yes. Absolutely. 100 . Is greeces era of Austerity Over . As the authorities try to reach a new bailout deal, 18 months after the first major one, Kevin Connelly finds ordinary people unwilling to face more hard times. 50 of greek people are poor, poor and in the limits of indignity. And we are trying to protect all these people who cannot protect themselves. E aid for africa. Alistair leithead reports from kenya on a new scheme to send money electronically to stop poverty and famine. And Fly Me To The Moon for 100 million. David shukman reports on plans for two passengers to join the first manned flight to deep space for more than a0 years. Its going to give two rich people the thrill of a lifetime. Basically its really an Adventure Thrill Ride that demonstrates a new capability. President trump used his first speech to congress to declare what he called a new chapter of american greatness. In a surprisingly measured tone, he asked legislators to pass a 1 trillion package to build new infrastructure and he missed massive tax relief for the middle class. He promised. But what about his pledge at his inauguration to help the poor and repair what he called the carnage in america, crime, drugs, gangs and poverty . Well, ian panel has been to baltimore, where a quarter of the population lives in poverty, and many no longer see america as the land of opportunity. Say hello to jackson. A citizen of the wealthiest country in the world has ever known. And yet, hes clothed in hand outs. His parents cant find work. They have no home of their own, and every morning, they come to the manor house charity, where the poor of baltimore meet for a little food, warmth and compassion. What is your message to President Trump . Come and help us. Instead of critiquing is, come and help us. Youll see we need help. Bad. Like much of america, this is a story of two worlds. Baltimore is actually something of a boom town these days, but it doesnt feel like it in many parts of the city. In this economy there is no trickle down. Gun crime is surging here. Baltimore was even more violent than chicago last year, driven by gang turf wars. For some of its residents, this is a city where selling your body or selling drugs is the onlyjob available. If you want to know what poverty in america looks like. Well, this is it. Incredibly, this entire block is pretty much made up of dilapidated, abandoned houses. Incredibly, some people are living in between here. Under president obama, poverty grew in america, and President Trump says he is going to fix it. Hes going to deal with what he calls the carnage in america, of crime, of drugs, of violence and of poverty. And there are few places better to do that than baltimore. Marcus allsop has lifted for a0 years. Has lived here. He repairs the citys homes. An eyewitness to the worst baltimore has to offer. The poor live in the single houses. The row houses in baltimore are generally rat infested, regardless of what you do as a person living there. Roaches, mice. I mean, an epidemic of bedbugs. The neighbourhoods are falling apart, not because the people are bad people. We are underpaid, undereducated in so many of us have been living like this for the second and Third Generation until we dont know how to change. Despair is a way of living. And this is where it resides, on a bleak row of abandoned homes. This is the end of the line for americans gripped by poverty. Here, we met the last Family Living on the block. Three generations of the Stewart Family are crammed in here. They are months behind on the rent. Unpaid bills are piling up, not surprisingly they just have 30 a day to survive. I love you. Be careful. Have a good day. Theyve been evicted before, forced to live in one of baltimores many abandoned homes. It hurts, it hurts that they have to stay wrapped up in blankets all day because they are cold. They dont want to get out of bed because theres no heat to keep them warm. People talk about us. They get bullied in school because of it. It hurts. Theyve got to where they dont even want to show their faces outside. But we had no choice but to live there, because of the economy. Ive been struggling for seven years. Seven hard years. What pressure does that put in your relationship . 0h, we argue and fight all the time. All the time. I love this woman to death. She is my best friend, but to see her go through the things she goes through, it hurts. It hurts me. For so many people, this is no longer a land of opportunity. Hope has given way to despair. And the children who clamour for Charity Hand Outs have no american dream. It will be perhaps the biggest challenge for the new president. Ian panel, bbc news, baltimore. The syrian conflict of course is full of terrible tales of horror and suffering, but one story stands out as a symbol ofjust how brutal and unfair war could be. In the new year, five year old maram lost both her parents and nearly every limb in her body was broken when her house was bombed in aleppo. The british surgeon who operated on her watched her leave for asylum in turkey, not knowing if she would survive. Well, seven months on, Doctor David Nott has returned to turkey to be reunited with maram. As Quentin Somerville reports, this is a harrowing story with a happy ending. So much of aleppos pain is anonymous. But marams suffering was unforgettable. An air strike killed her parents and left her gravely ill. Inside syria, Doctor David Knott worked to save her leg. There was shrapnel inside her hip. From here, and only five months old, she was evacuated to turkey, lost and alone. But after months of searching, the bbc tracked her down and reunited the two. Everything at home, at christmas its lavish, we have lots of food, lots of happiness and i left this little girl without any food and without any happiness. Its going to be a bit emotional, to be really honest. A bit emotional. Right. Oh, my goodness me. Well, well, well. Hello. Gosh. Gosh, she looks beautiful. You look beautiful absolutely beautiful. Look what i have got for you. Its a dolly. Dolly. Is her leg healing . The final surgery was nearly too much. Maram almost didnt make it. Her wounds are healing, but there will be work to reconstruct her bones and repair damaged nerves. Its said children cant remember pain. Few though dont have as much to forget as maram. When i saw maram today, it was very emotional. As a doctor, you try and stay fairly unemotional when youre dealing lots of people with injuries. I suppose having got children as well now, and how much you love that child, you know, a tiny Piece Of My Heart was left with maram. Thats what i have been thinking about everyday since leaving. This morning was a beautiful moment. To meet her again. The story of maram. We wish her all the best. Just how safe is tunisian today . The tunisian Authorities Say that now, 18 months after the biggest Terror Attack of its kind in the town of sousse, its now 100 safe for tourists. Following a british Inquest Findings that the Tunisian Police response to the attack was shambolic, they insist major Security Improvements have taken place and that you knew there is as safe as many european destinations. Tunisia. 0rla guerin has been back to visit sousse yesterday. 0n alert in sousse. The new vigilance that was utterly lacking on the day of the attack. Now permanent checkpoints and patrols by the police and the armed forces. The message is clear. You are safe. Its a new tunisia. Ministers are looking to brighter days after tourism was gravely wounded in the carnage on the beach. We improved our security a lot, and we think that tourists will be coming back in the next few months now. We have good indications for summer 2017, and we will be very happy to see again british coming back to tunisia. Do you think its100 safe . Can you say that . Yes, absolutely. 100 safe . 100 . Metal detectors are now standard when you enter a hotel, even if you own them like mohammed bashir. He co owns the now closed hotel where the british Holiday Makers were killed onjune 26 2015. He admits security in tunisia should have been tightened that march, after an attack on tourists in the bardo museum. It should have been stricter after the bardo attack. To be honest with you, it should have been. But there is a before 26th ofjune 2015, and there is an after. This is not the same country any more. This was the picture when terror came to the beach. Locals say the lone gunman was on the loose for over half an hour. At the inquest in london, condemnation at the glaring absence of the security forces. When tourists were being slaughtered here on the sands, police could and should have made an Effective Response according to the coroner. He says police could have arrived here in minutes with everything they needed to confront the gunmen. Instead, they deliberately delayed their arrival. The first officer on the scene stayed outside the main gate and never fired a single shot. Mehdi knows only too well that the police were nowhere to be seen. When the shooting started, he was On The Beach Selling rides on jet skis. His response was swift. Here he is, chasing the killer, armed only with two ashtrays. Hoping in vain for help. Translation no one came, apart from the two guards, who did nothing. Then, when we ran along the beach, there were three National Guard boats in the sea. They didnt come until afterwards, when he was killed. At the rue Imperial Hotel where the gunmen claimed so many lives, they are getting ready to reopen in may. Hoping tourists will return to the golden sands. Sunbathers now have company on the beach. Protection that came too late for 30 britons who just wanted a break from it all. 0rla guerin, bbc news, sousse. Greeces debt drama is back again. This week, the countrys creditors held talks with the government over plans to unlock billions more dollars in Bailout Money to help the struggling economy there. 18 months after the first bailout, the greek Prime Minister has insisted that the era of austerity is over. As Kevin Connolly reports from athens, its clear that ordinary people are just no longer prepared to put up with any further economic hardship. Crowd chants in the outskirts of at athens, greek frustrations with deficit and debt and deadlines from banks boils over at a courtroom. The man in the striped shirt is a lawyer, come to process a repossession order on a building whose owners couldnt pay their mortgage. The activists have come to stop him. He cant get the case heard because he cant make himself heard, and its abandoned for the day. A victory in the fightback against austerity say the protesters. 50 of greek people are poor. We are at the limits of indignity. We are here to protect all these people who cannot protect themselves because the state does not protect these people. After years of cuts, many greeks fear the imf and the leaders of the euro zone are preparing to demand more. Traders in the athens Fish Markets Say Business has fallen by 70 since the debt crisis began to bite seven years ago. They warn that they and their customers cant take any more. Translation we dont believe them. They always want more cuts. There are always new cuts and never new jobs. If the imf and eurozone impose more austerity nothing will change. More investment would make things better, but more austerity wont. Greek problems with debt have an ancient feel to them these days. Superseded in the worlds Attention Span regarding brexit and the coming of President Trump. The greek government says those changes are part of a wave of populism around the world, that are going to help it resist any demands from its creditors for new cuts. This is a general incentive for all people of europe especially in greece, because we have been hit by austerity much harder than any other places in europe. The real question, how to reverse austerity . I think there is hope in that exactly because the elites cannot govern as in the past. The election of trump proves that. Plenty of greeks want their government to push back hard against any calls for more austerity. This protesters are communists, not likely to be part of any future government, but certainly part of the drumbeat of discontent against any deal with International Creditors that would mean further hardship here. So, the International Community talks about light at the end of the tunnel on greek debt, but the message from meetings like this and from these streets is that it is a tunnel that keeps getting longer, and a light that never seems to get any brighter. Kevin connelly, bbc news, athens. We are going to take you to the Horn Of Africa where drought is causing intense suffering for the people of that region. Last week, famine was declared in south sudan. Somalia announced a National Disaster this week because of drought and that was just weeks after neighbouring kenya declared its own drought emergency. In the midst of all this, kenyans have come up with a novel way to help those affected. Rather than food aid, its started to use electronic Cash Payments. As Alistair Leithhead reports, direct transfers are helping to lift people out of poverty. There are thin pickings for the cattle of northern kenyan. Drought is back and with it, a difficult decision, whether or not to sell the cows to survive. Help can be as simple as sending cash to stop them having to sell off the family assets, and its being done from hundreds of miles away. In nairobi. So the red shows the area where we have had extreme drought, and if you have a look at this and compared to what we have this year, you can see we have red all across the four counties. The Satellite Data determines who gets Emergency Aid Money from the uk. No strings attached, direct Cash Payments are becoming increasingly popular. This mans card automatically gets topped up with credit. He identifies himself by a fingerprint scan. 25 a month is handed over. The worse the drought, the more people receive cash to cover the bills and keep them going. If it wasnt for these Cash Payments, he said, hed had to sell the livestock as there are lots of things that have to be paid for. School fees, food for the family and all the other basic needs. Well, you can see why this idea of sending people cash directly works in places where theres a humanitarian crisis, like here, where there is drought and people are doing everything they can just to keep the cattle alive. But they are trying it in places that arent as bad. Just to try and lift people out of poverty. Here in western kenya, there is no drought but people are extremely poor. A charity called give directly is doing just that. Like everywhere, people have big dreams. This evening a lump sum of thousand dollars this lady to build a nes house and start a business selling cooking fat. A tin roof replaced the thatch which needed regular and costly repair. Translation im happy because im not using any more money on my roof. I can use it to buy my clothes, food, Pay School Fees and other expenses. Others use the lump sum to buy cattle, fertiliser, seed. After five years of Detailed Research here into how people spend theirfree money, theres little evidence it is wasted or abused. And theres plenty of proof to show its being used to reduce poverty and make a difference in humanitarian crisis. How ready are we to fly to the moon and back for a holiday . Well, the prospect of Space Tourism has moved a little closer this week, after an American Aerospace company spacex has said it has room for two passengers on its next mission 2018. This would be the first manned flight to deep space in more than a0 years, although it would involve in more than a0 years, although it wouldnt involve a Lunar Landing as such. Theres a catch. Its going to cost you 100 million a seat. 0ur science editor, David Shukman has been to find out more. A spacex promotion. Bold and often boastful, this Young Company knows how to whip up excitement. Its yet to be launched. This is an animation, but already, two tourists have been promised seats on it to fly around the moon as early as next year. Not since the last apollo mission, back in 1972, have any humans flown anywhere near the moon. The tourists will not be landing on it, but if this trip happens then they will get amazing views, and space Scientists Say this is plausible. We are really now entering the era where Space Tourism is a possability. In fact, a probability. Maybe not for another 10, 15, 20 years, for ordinary people to afford it. It will be the playground of the rich. The man behind spacex is elon musk. When i met him he spilled out a startling vision of travel beyond earth. I think we are really entering a new era of space travel thats very exciting. There is a history of spacex promises running late but eventually being delivered. Ten days ago, it landed a huge rocket, significant because Reusing Spacecraft will make launches cheaper. Last year, one of its rocket blew up, but spacex quickly got back to its key business of launching satellites. This week, its Dragon Capsule delivered cargo to the International Space station. A trip to the moon is obviously harder, and critics say it would just be a joyride. Well, its going to give two rich people a thrill of a lifetime. Its not anything to do with science or exploration. Its repeating missions that have been done a0 plus years before, so its basically an adventure, a thrill ride that demonstrates a new capability. I love space. So, how much will it cost . Well, tourists visiting the International Space station have paid at least 20 million each. A moon trip would be much more. We dont know who the two passengers are, but if they get there, they may pave the way for others to follow. David shukman, bbc news. Thats your lot from reporters this week. From me, david eades, goodbye. We saw all sorts early on today. Snow, hail, and some rain as well. We saw a bit of rain and some brighter weather. So some rainbows in places but some of the showers were really quite heavy and they contained hail. Have a look here at 0xfordshire. And we also saw some snow. Yes, snow there over the Higher Ground in wales. So a variety of weather. All down to an area of low pressure swirling around the heart of the uk. That is drifting its way ever eastwards and will continue to do so over the night. Gradually things are calming down, although it is still fairly gray over the eastern side and into the small hours of the morning with small outbreaks of rain. Another area of rain moving into the south west of the uk. It will be chilly, generally speaking. Temperatures up to five degrees and A Touch Of Frost possible in the north of scotland. It is Notjust Rain Across the south west of england, there is potential for snow on the tops of the moors. Apart from that, an ugly commute with the Surface Water and spray. The bulk of wales and the midlands and the South East Of England gets off to a reasonable start although some eastern counties are still fairly cloudy. The north west of england on a bright start to the day. Maybe a few patches of mist, however a little bit of misty fog in some parts of scotland. Scattered showers towards the north and west, where it will be quite breezy as well. Quite breezy too down towards the south west of england but that breeze should help push that rain away. Things will be improving all the while here. Elsewhere it looks like it could turn into a day of sunny spells and showers, with most across central and eastern areas. Sunny out the further west you are. Although we will see fair bit of cloud and rain moving in here. Top temperatures up to 11 degrees. As we go through monday evening, things will quiet down. Pressure builds across the uk, rain comes for the far north of the uk where it will still be quite windy but we are looking west for the next spell of wind and rain to head our way. Before it arrives it will be a cold start to the day, 3 5 degrees again. Bright start to central and eastern areas but out west it is going downhill through the morning and into the early afternoon. That wet and windy weather spreading from the west. And then in the evening, rain makes steady progress across the eastern side of uk leaving behind a brisk breeze for wednesday, coming in from the northwest will be a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain with that. It looks like it will be cloudy again on thursday with some rain and the temperatures are on the rise. Hello everyone. Im rico hizon in singapore, the headlines North Korea Test fires four ballistic missiles. As three land in the sea nearjapan, tokyo calls them a grave threat. Tap or no tap . 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