07/01/2016 Outside Source

Hello, I am Ross Atkins, welcome to Outside Source. We live in the BBC

newsroom. In Paris a man has been shot dead, he was reportedly

carrying an Islamic State emblem. Meanwhile the city had in

remembering the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine a year ago

today. In Libya, the worst attacks since Colonel Gaddafi was killed. We

will look at another terrible day on the Chinese stock market. We all

need to pay close attention to that. We will go back to Las Vegas for the

tech show. We will get a closer look at that. If you have questions about

stories I am covering, use the hashtag and I will pick up all your

messages. As I was mentioning, it is the

anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. No one in comparison it's a

reminder of the deadly threat of radical Islam, but one it appears

came earlier. -- no one in Paris needs a reminder. It is believed he

was wearing a fake suicide vest. Let's hear from one witness who saw

all of this happening and then described it shortly afterwards. It

was across the road from the police station, I looked out side, I saw

two policemen shouting at a man who was moving towards some quite fast.

When he did not stop, they started shooting and the man fell. They had

a look and they asked people to leave the streets, they ask the

neighbours to close the windows and go inside. Then they had the

go towards the body to check to see if they had something. A couple of

policemen with dogs entered the space and after that a man with a

big jacket and a helmet came towards the body and started taking the

jacket off the body and was with him for a while. Let's hear from Hugh

Schofield on what we know about the man who died. We know he was in his

early 30s, wearing jeans and a puffer jacket and it has just come

through on the AFP news agency that he does have a police record, not

jihadi related, a theft in 2013. He had no identity papers. They will

have taken DNA, fingerprints to check the records. I suspect we will

know soon who it is. Right now all we can say is he looks like a man in

his early 30s, he had a phone on him where there were messages in Arabic

and in German, read into that what you will. We will have to wait to

find out who he is where he came from. What we know about the last

minute his life? We know the police version, he approached a rich

immigrant area. -- last moments of his life? He was concealing a small

meat cleaver, he shouted Al Akbar at them and at that point they felt

they were under threat and they are under instruction to open fire and

they did and he was killed not immediately but died quite soon

afterwards. There was a fear that he had on him and explosive device,

there were wires and buttons seen protruding from his clothes and that

is why the body was probed by the remote device, it did not contain

explosives. The police say there was a deliberate attempt to deceive them

why they're appearing to be an explosive device, a fake belt. -- by

appearing to be an explosive device. There are thoughts that maybe this

man was a psychologically frail personality, but the police are

saying as far as they are concerned he is a terrorist. He had notepaper

on them with Isis flag on it and acclaim in Arabic written on it. --

a claim. This is almost to the minute a year from the Charlie Hebdo

attack. It is the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. You will

remember them, over a three-day period, 17 people died. On the BBC

News website you can find an extensive background about what

happened over those three days. Go to BBC News either on your phone or

the web browser. Just minutes before today's attempted attacks, President

Hollande was speaking at a commemoration for some of those who

died here ago. Here is a little of what he said. TRANSLATION: Ladies

and gentlemen, to protect French citizens, you also protect a way of

living, of a life, of liberty, it is this way of life that the terrorists

wanted to attack. It is joy, the sharing of culture for then inspires

hatred. Next, let's turn to Libya, France takes a very close interest

in this. The worst bombing attacks since Colonel Gaddafi was driven

from power. At least 50 people were killed. We know this happened in a

small town, you can see the two main cities of the country marked on the

northern coast, this places to the of Tripoli. We will get into the

complex situation shortly, but first let's get more details about today's

attack with the help of a journalist in Tripoli. It started in the early

hours of this morning, the cadets were being trained and they were

having their morning gathering at the military camp. A truck full of

explosives, it was reported to have been a water tank trunk, with a

suicide bomb, it went straight to the yard where the training was

happening. It exploded in the middle of the training. There have been

similar attacks, but never to this magnitude. There are conflicting

reports about how many people have died, from people on the scene, they

say it is difficult to determine how many people have died, because of

the scattered flesh around the area. What we can say with some certainty

and this is coming into many different sources, the place that

was targeted was a police training centre and that most of those who

died were within the police force. No one has claimed this attack,

given how chaotic the situation in Libya is, we may never know what

carried it out. We have a correspondent based in Tunisia. We

will look at the context of today's attack. Libya has been in a state of

political and military disarray for several years now, since the ousting

of Colonel Gaddafi in 2011. In the past year we have seen two rival

governments in the country and now we have a third internationally

recognised government that is based outside of the country, mainly

operating out of Tunis since December. That political chaos has

contributed to the rise of extremist groups in the country, particularly

the so-called Islamic State. The Islamic State has certainly expanded

its presence in the country, certainly in the last six or seven

months, they mainly operate after the central area that they

completely controlled. We have seen in recent weeks battles on going in

the eastern oil ports. They have intensified attacks in recent weeks

and they are certainly trying to expand their territory. We know they

operate in different parts of the country as well, namely affiliates

are carrying out bombings in Islamic State's name. Libyans are generally

fed up with the situation, particularly the political chaos and

the fact that Libya's various rulers and politicians have not been able

to come together for such a long time to bring about the stability

they are looking for. There has been an economic crisis over the past

year that is only getting worse. Hospitals are suffering from severe

shortages, medical supplies for example as well because of that

chaos. That has made it harder for both the authorities on the ground,

rival or not and also the various institutions to either prevent

attacks of this kind from happening or to address the aftermath. In a

few minutes time on Outside Source we will have the business, we will

talk about another terrible day on the Chinese stock market. We will

have the help of our Chinese business correspondent. We will

probably be explaining why you need to be worrying about this. Here in

the UK the partner of the east Enders actress Syan Blake it is

believed that he has gone to Ghana. It was announced yesterday that the

initial police investigation has been passed on to the police

watchdog. Is there any confirmation that her partner is still in Ghana?

What we are told from some of our colleagues in Ghana today is that

the police think there is a good chance he is still there, but they

are concerned about the borders around Ghana, they have border

checks to prevent him from leaving the country. The question at the

heart of this is the time that perhaps some people may say is lost

in the investigation. Our lead story comes from Paris

where another man was shot dead. He was apparently carrying an Islamic

State emblem. We have journalist working with close to 30 languages.

BBC Chinese continues to follow the Korean test. South Korea says it

will start propaganda broadcasts using loudspeakers.

much of the world's attention was killed. This time last year

much of the world's attention was impressed. -- in Paris.

But at the same time news was also coming out of another atrocity

Reports on the number of dead differed massively -

One thing we know for sure now is that the Islamist group

Just one of many attacks it carries out - and it's caused many

The largest camp for people displaced by Boko Haram is in Borno

BBC Hausa's Jimeh Saleh has been given rare access to the camp.

This is home to more than 18,000. The same number of people killed by

Boko Haram during the six-year conflict. It is the biggest camp for

internally displaced people in Nigeria. When the insurgency brick

through their towns, these families escaped with their lives, but with a

little else. This man is a father of ten. He used to run a small

business. He was at home recovering from an earlier attack when the

militants came again. TRANSLATION: I was lying in bed and I was nursing a

gunshot wound they had inflicted on me. They came on Monday at 430 in

the morning and started shooting, they were shooting indiscriminately.

They killed many. Some of the bodies were dumped in the river. Some in a

mass grave and others in a well. My brother took me on a bicycle and we

fled to the bush. His wife is also deeply scarred, their son was shot

dead and two of their daughters were kidnapped during the raids.

TRANSLATION: One of them was called Mr -- Mustafa, they took them away

and we have not seen them since. I feel feverish, really ill. I have

learned to live with it, but it hurts inside. I hardly sleep each

time I remember them, I see them in my dreams because they are not

there. I think of them, I see them right before me each time I close my

eyes. There are thousands of people living in these camps, each with

their own horrific accounts of life under Boko Haram. Now in they live

in the safety and security of the camp, but live as a refugee is far

from an easy option. Health is now the biggest challenge, Mallarme --

malaria is endemic along with malnutrition. And nutrition has been

a problem here because most of the people here travel a long distance

before they come here. There was no proper food on the way and even if

their lifetime here, they're feeding is not balanced, the diet they have

is not balanced. There are so many crisis, but I have not come across

one like this one. Many here do pray to return to their homes, but in the

meantime life goes on. The horrors of the past are still very raw, but

that does not mean that these families cannot picture a very

different future. One of you watching on the BBC News

Channel, when asking what kind of comparisons we can make between Boko

Haram and IS, you could go into great detail, but on a basic level,

Boko Haram primarily operate in Nigeria where is IS operates

significantly into and as we have seen in Paris and other countries

well beyond Syria and Iraq. -- in two. Their incomes are very

different, Islamic State using kidnapping and oil, Boko Haram try

to generate money locally often through extortion and then we have

also got the kind of situation they want to create. Islamic State is

trying to create its own state, Boko Haram is trying to reject what is

happening with the Nigerian government and Nigerian society. Its

name means we objects to Western education. If you want more

information you can get it from the BBC website.

A bad and a very short day for China's stockmarkets -

in fact, it was the shortest trading day ever in China.

The reason is twofold - shares went down 7% in half an hour.

That triggered an automatic shutdown of the markets.

Trading was also halted on Monday after a sudden fall.

Share trading was also suspended them.

Both suspensions kicked in automatically because of what's

It automatically stops trading in markets that go up

The idea is to stop panic buying and selling.

But critics say it just creates more pressure and panic

Seems the authorities might agree - the circuit breaker mechanism

Karishma Vaswami is our Asia Business correspondent -

she's usually based in Singapore but she's in London at the moment.

Several of you have asked us to explain why the Chinese markets

The major reason why they keep going down is because people are extremely

nervous. Not to put it simply, other investors are selling their shares.

We have seen that kind of panic reflected in the Chinese stock

market as you were pointing out earlier on your graft when they fell

on Monday and trading was suspended and today in 29 minutes, it is the

shortest trading day in the Chinese stock market's history. A real sense

of anxiety and nervousness amongst investors. What about the circuit

breaker rule? Wasn't that supposed to rectify it? It was put in place

to calm markets and protect investors, that is what they said

and when shares fell on Monday and the circuit breaker role came into

effect, Monday was the first day they were used, the regulator said

this is just a one-off event. It will not happen again, it is a rare

event, today it happened again and what happened was the regulators

suspended the circuit breaker as of January the 8th and there is no

telling what can happen. They have suspended the automatic suspensions?

Yes. People ask this question outside of China often, what have

these drops in the Chinese stock market got to do with the business I

may be running in Nigeria, America, South Africa where ever? That is a

good question, don't forget it is the second-biggest economy in the

world. For a lot of countries especially in Asia, those countries

have benefited from the boom that China has seen in the last ten

years, Indonesia, Australia, they have all been selling their stuff

China. Perhaps the actual stock market falls on Chinese shares in

the Chinese stock exchange, they do not have a direct impact on

businesses as you were talking about, but it adds to the overall

sense of pessimism that the outlook of the Chinese economy and it

outlines what we already know, it is slowing down and it does not appear

that the officials there know how to control it.

Keystone pipeline pumps oil from Canada to the US.

A company called TransCanada Corp wanted to extend it,

but the Obama administration blocked the idea.

Now TransCanada is seeking $15 billion in damages.

Tell me about the pipeline and the plans that are being blocked. Yes,

this was a proposed 100 mile pipeline that would have run from

Alberta Canada to Nebraska. It would have joined up with the existing

keystone pipeline and it would have carried over 830,000 barrels of oil

each day. It would have been a big boon for North American energy

independence. Basically you needed a presidential permit. In November

after seven years, President Obama announced what his decision on the

project was, referring to the State Department and their review and he

did not think this would have a significant enough effect on the US

economy to improve it. It would not lower petrol prices, it would not

create more jobs, it would not create independence as many argued,

he turned it down. He said there was not enough environmental assessment

around it. If you look at what TransCanada is saying, he did not

say this would have any catastrophic environmental consequence and that

is why they are upset. They feel they were singled out and made a

victim of the administration. I don't get this, if the president of

America says this will not happen, how come the company gets to seek

compensation? Basically, companies like TransCanada can seek protection

under this historic trade deal and it is under the provision of chapter

11 where they get a argue if they were unfairly treated. Under the

trade agreement they are saying the decision from President Obama was

arbitrary, unjustified and actually they are also filing a lawsuit in

Texas, a very friendly stage to oil saying that the president exceeded

his power under the US Constitution because Congress had voted

legislation to approve the project and he vetoed it. He overstepped his

powers. Thank you for explaining that.

We've been bringing you stories from the vast

Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas all this week -

There are any number of stories we could bring you every day, there is

so much exciting new kit on show. We will focus on a drone which is so

powerful it can carry a human 184 stands for one passenger. Does

it actually fly? It is not a concept, we have been testing it for

You would have to have a lot of the past two years.

You would have to have a lot of money to get that and you would have

to be quite brave to trust someone else who was controlling it. You

would not roll it out. There's just show you a few stories we are hoping

to cover in the next half an hour. This is part of a very upsetting

report from Jim Newell. It is on a town in Syria which has been

besieged since October. Finally eight will get in there, people have

been starving to death. -- we will. We have been the king at video

technology and looking at what other sports are doing with it as well. --

we have been looking at tennis video technology. We will have one eye on

the weather in the UK, yesterday evening I showed