[02:55.77]World News from the BBC
[02:59.57]The American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to the United States without a shark cage.
[03:08.36]The 64-year-old arrived at Key West in Florida 53 hours after she began her swim in Havana.
[03:14.79]Sarah Rainsford reports.
[03:15.90]There were big crowds cheering on the beach in Florida as she took the last exhausted strokes of her record-breaking swim from Cuba.
[03:26.52]This was her fifth attempt at making the crossing.
[03:29.69]The first was over three decades ago and she used a shark cage then.
[03:32.67]This time there was a team of divers on hand to lure any sharks away.
[03:38.61]But there was no sign of them or of the huge storms, fierce currents and deadly box jellyfish that had foiled her previous efforts.
[03:46.65]The swimmer took a special face mask this time for extra protection.
[03:50.53]But the jellyfish were nowhere to be seen.
[03:52.69]Police in Britain are investigating claims that a British Airways pilot used his position to abuse children in African schools and orphanages.
[04:01.82]Simon Wood was found dead days before he was due to appear in a British court on unrelated charges of child abuse.
[04:09.05]Jane Peel reports.
[04:10.11]Simon Wood, who was 54, is alleged to have molested children during stopovers in Kenya after claiming he was carrying out charity work for British Airways.