The United Nations children's agency, Unicef, says 125 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to female genital mutilation; a little further 30 million are at risk in the next decade. In what it called the most comprehensive compilation of data ever, Unicef questioned people in 29 countries, mainly in Africa and in the Middle East.
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[00:00.10]BBC News with Fiona MacDonald.
[00:03.39]Prince William's wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, has given birth to a son.
[00:07.27]Palace officials say the baby was born at 24 minutes past four in the afternoon and weighs eight pounds six ounces--
[00:14.26]that's just over three and a half kilograms.
[00:16.62]The boy, who will be known as the Prince of Cambridge, is the third in line to the British throne and would in time also become head of state of 15 other Commonwealth countries.
[00:25.96]A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were delighted with the news.
[00:31.10]Rob Broomby reports from outside the hospital where the baby was born.
[00:34.24]It's a boy.
[00:35.62]The news was carried by a messenger from the hospital unit where the duchess is recovering to Buckingham Palace shortly after a statement was released to the press.