21/12/2015 Outside Source

and head into Christmas Eve. More on that in 25 minutes.

Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.

The top stories in the newsroom at the moment.

Two of football's most powerful leaders -

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini - have been suspended for eight years

from football related activities over corruption allegations.

Suspended for eight years, for what? David Cameron has been speaking to

the BBC. -- David Beckham. Some of that interview later.

Turkey Mark Lowen was here in the newsroom

We took the chance to look at Turkey's crucial role in some

if you want any information on the stories without covering, I will

pick up any comments that you send in. First to update you on the

landslide in China. I can show you the different pictures we had coming

and you get an idea of the scale of and you get an idea of the scale of

the disaster. Up to 85 people believed missing. A couple of other

bits of video to show you. Emergency services personnel there as you

would expect. This gives us an insight into the fact that those

people were working night and day to try to find those missing. And you

can see the size of the devastation and also an impression of the kind

of machinery now involved in trying to find everyone affect it. We

believe it was caused by mud and construction waste that piled up

behind an industrial park. The city in question is in the southern

province close to the mainland border with Hong Kong. This gives

you an idea of what happened. This is the area before the disaster, the

industrial Park in question. That was taken before and this is after.

380,000 square metres affect you. And the mud is up to ten metres

deep. This report from Steve Evans. A vast sea of red mud engulfed

the industrial complex. 14 factories were swamped,

two office blocks, Phone footage captured

the moment of impact. Onlookers watched and realised

they might be next in line. A major rescue operation got

underway to try to locate anyone who may have survived in air pockets.

This local official says the top priority is to save people and

prevent further disasters. But questions about the cause, the

authority said heavy rain made the waste unstable but local people say

it should never have been dumped in such a dangerous place. This man

says, it was not a natural disaster, it was man-made. They have been

prayers for the missing and also questions about whether the

breakneck economic growth in China was at the expense of safety

standards. Time for some sport now. Arsenal

against Manchester City. Arsenal winning, is that still the case?

There are 2-0 up. And they could cut the lead that Leicester have at the

top of the premiership by two points. They are doing very well at

the moment. Mesut Ozil, his 15th assist of the season, he was pivotal

in both of the goal. First of all this brilliant strike from Theo

Walcott against the run of play. And Walcott against the run of play. And

then he set up Olivier Giroud. Arsenal just had two attempts on

goal in the first half and scored both so clearly the more clinical

team. And in the second half they came out more assured. Joel Campbell

enjoying himself on the wing. I think questions will be asked of the

city defence, they do not seem to be communicating. Arsenal 2-0 up as it

stands. And you can follow that game through the BBC Sport website. If

Arsenal to win they will be the ones chasing down Leicester as we go into

Christmas. Couple of other stories

I want to mention. Some of you might have

heard of Jaromir Jagr. If not, he's a Czech

Ice Hockey player, he is 43 and has played

in the NHL for 25 years. And here he is scoring his 732nd

goal - he's now fourth Number 1 is of course Wayne Gretzky

on 894, still some way to go. David Beckham's given

an interview to the BBC. All part of a documentary he's made

while playing seven games of football in seven continents -

in the space of just ten days. If I wanted to injure myself

before Old Trafford, I could not have picked a more

slippery pitch on the planet! People sat down with us

and they laughed at some of the things we wanted to do,

and wanted to achieve. To be honest, rightly so,

I turned around in the meeting and said, I want to play

football in the Antarctic, I said, I am serious,

we want to do this. The first three places are Unicef

centres that we help support and fund, and that was

personally important to me. The other places, it was also

about showcasing how the power of the game affects people,

families, in life. I wanted to showcase that

in the best possible way. The climax is at Old Trafford,

it happens the day after the Paris attacks, that must have affected

so many of the players involved, it was France against Germany

in that game that was happening, The fact the game went ahead,

that the fans turned up, 75,000 people turned up,

that showed a real unity. We wanted to make sure

that the game went on. It was a sign of how

powerful this game is. And how it can bring

people together. This is all about, the title says

it, for the love of the game, the positive signs that football can

give around the world. It has not been a good year

for football around the world, what have you made of

what has gone on at Fifa? It has not been a good time this

year, and last year, on the governing body side,

the game is always positive, because it is the biggest

and strongest game of sport That has not changed, but obviously,

what has gone on in Fifa, the talk of corruption,

that has been a negative. What is Christmas with

David Beckham like? We are very normal, we open

presents, we enjoy ourselves, we have a traditional

Christmas dinner. I imagine Victoria is difficult

to buy presents for(!) I know her so well, I know

the simple things that she enjoys. Parallel slalom has been enjoyed

by skiers for decades, but now it's become part

of the FIS Alpine World Cup. This is from Alta Badia

in the Italian Alps. Final heat of the Men's event,

both the contenders are Norwegian. Kjetil Jansrud defeated

Aksel Lund Svindal by a margin In a little while the story of how a

Canadian company is bottling and selling air to people in China

suffering from smog. Prince Charles has been

in Cumbria today - two weeks after the

disastrous flooding there. The Prince of Wales visited the area

to see for himself the devastation He spoke to families in Carlisle

whose homes were badly damaged. A lot has changed in Carlisle, roads

used once again by cars instead of boats. Thousands of homes were

flooded but now that it is gone it is time to assess the damage. People

normally make their homes perfect for a royal visit but here that is

impossible. Prince Charles came to talk to people going through the

most miserable of times and they appreciated it. He could have put a

statement in the paper, my thoughts are with you, but to take the time

to come here and spend time doing what doing today is amazing. Next

door he paused to talk to one man and his dog. He did not go win, but

we did and this is typical of so many homes in Cumbria. It looks like

a house from the outside but not on the inside. I believe the flood

defences need to be looked at and the appropriate amount of money

spent. For the future I feel positive. But in the short term what

is it like? Shocking. I am a positive kind of person so I can see

neighbours, three generations of positive and she is upset. His

neighbours, three generations of them, also met the Prince today in

another home stripped for repairs. We told him that you still have to

live up floorboards and knock off plaster and sort the heating out.

They will be taken away belongs for a long time yet. Insurers estimate

the cost of storm Desmond will be over ?500 million. A lot more than

previous floods because it was more widespread and that was reflected in

the final visit of the day by the Prince to Appleby, another Cumbrian

town where people will be doing well to have their homes back to normal

by next Christmas. This is Outside Source live

from the BBC newsroom. Two of footballs most

powerful leaders - Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini -

have been suspended for eight years from football related activities

over corruption allegations. Coming up next, if you're watching

outside the UK, it is world News America.

World News America is looking at drug abuse in the US

and the role its playing in the presidential race.

A poll listed it as a top concern for voters in New Hampshire -

where a rise in heroin use has fallen under the spotlight.

And on the News at Ten, Fergal Keane is looking back

He'll have a special report, assessing whether the world's

political organisations are able to cope with this

quite a few correspondents around. quite a few correspondents around.

One of them is Mark Lohan who covers Turkey forward the BBC.

Lots of stories - elections, fight against IS, a major

And of course the shooting down of that Russian plane. There is ongoing

tension between Turkey and Russia. That is the first thing by Zach

asked about. -- that I asked about. The plane was allegedly in Turkish

airspace for 17 seconds and yet Now the Turks say there

were basically two reasons First of all they were thoroughly

irritated by Russia violating Turkish airspace

because it had happened And they say, the Turkish

government, that they had warned Russia this time ten times before

the plane entered Turkish airspace. Although Moscow says actually

is didn't enter Turkish airspace. And secondly, there is a nationalist

thing here because the Turkish government wants to protect ethnic

Turkmen in Syria who have been bombed very heavily by the Russian

air force since it began military So this is Turkey saying

we are reaching out to our Turkmen brothers and issuing

a warning shot to Russia. But the warning shot was fatal

and it has created a crisis Bear in mind this is

the first time in over 50 years that a Russian plane has been

shot down by a Nato member. And should we also

see it as evidence of President Erdogan's strength in hand

because of those two elections? I mean these two leaders,

Putin and Erdogan are quite similar. When Erdogan changed

from Prime Minister to President in August 2014, people said

he was "pulling a Putin". They're both very strong men,

leaders, they are nationalists, they like appealing

to their domestic audiences. And he feels emboldened and he has

got a big majority now in this This is him stamping

his foot and saying But the implications,

economically, are huge because Russia is Turkey's second

biggest trading partner, Turkey gets 60% of its gas

from Russia, Turkey is the second biggest destination

for Russian tourists. And now you're getting this cycle

of sanctions and kind of bilateral spat between the two

and it could have major How is it being a

journalist in Turkey? Because lots of Turkish

journalist contact the BBC and want us to highlight

the fact they believe they can't go about their jobs as

freely as they would I think Turkey now, according

to the watchdog report about reporters, it ranks 147th

of 180 in the freedom So there has been

a worrying slide towards You have the editor

of the leading centre-left newspaper who was arrested

a few weeks ago. Various TV channels have

been raided live on-air. The government says

they are propaganda But a lot of outside

analysts would say look, the word terrorism is bandied around

by the Turkish government and actually this is an infringement

on freedom of speech and freedom It is not an easy

place to operate as a But ultimately our job is to report

the news and present the stories We have covered

the refugee crisis and how it is manifesting itself

in Germany, in Serbia, But actually in terms of numbers,

Turkey is taking more than any of those countries

which I have mentioned. Well the EU has relocated

160,000 refugees this Turkey hosts over 2 million,

it is the largest host of refugees You see them in Istanbul,

Syrians who are queueing up to get money, at traffic lights

and things, they are living in very And of course about 300,000

are in refugee camps on the Syrian We covered this story

a lot and for Outside When you look at how Turks

are talking about it, initially Turks I think

were welcoming these Syrians. They were extending

the hand to Sunni brothers. But it is now beginning

to impact a lot on the economy, people

are beginning to think well, actually, when are Syrians

going to be able to go home? They were initially called

guest by the Turkish But I think people are beginning

to feel that it is beginning to impact on the Turkish economy,

on Turkish society, And Mark will be back in Turkey in a

few days. Well we can access all the latest information coming through

the BBC newsroom on this screen. This has come in from the AFP news

have cut production because of smog have cut production because of

in Beijing. People working up to another day of closures including

schools and kindergartens. This shows you just how

bad it was on Monday. Chinese media say 33 other cities

have also imposed a red alert warning - that's the

most serious alert. One of the more random developments

in this story is that a business in Canada is exporting air

from the Rocky Mountains to China. This report features

one of their customers. My name is Tanya, I am a full-time

mum. My daughter is three years old. I saw there was too young men from

Canada who had invented this air, it is easy, you open the cap and pull

and inhale. You can get the fresh and inhale. You can get the fresh

air from the Rocky Mountains. It will not solve the problem, I never

believed that. My daughter has been coughing, I felt that in the past

couple of months. C said she was not comfortable going outside. -- she

said. So I decided to try everything to protect the family. I think every

family has the same thing. We do not have to go outside without a mask.

Beijing is working on policies, there is a red alert policy. It is

not so popular at the beginning. We did not like the policy, we do not

want children to be at home. As we close down more factories,

coal-mining companies, it will solve the problem but it will affect the

economy. We're waiting for the wise people to come up with a better

solution! Well let me show you these pictures from the International

Space Station. Astronauts had to go on a spacewalk. It was not one that

was planned, they had to do because of problems with the jammed robotic

trolley. This is an operation on a robotic arm outside the space

station. They're waiting for a delivery from a Russian cargo ship

which arrives on Wednesday, hence the need to get it done. Repairs

took about three hours to complete and by all accounts went well. A

quick abseil on the football, Arsenal still winning, pushing them

posted to the top of the Premier League. Thank you for watching.