21/04/2016 Outside Source

Hello and welcome to Outside Source you in the BBC newsroom. Let's look

through some of our main stories. First of all we must begin with the

news that came through about three and a half hours ago and now, Prince

has died in his home in Minnesota. His fusion of punk, rock, just about

anything, whatever he turned his hand to, made him one of the

bestselling artists. Queen Elizabeth is celebrating her

90th birthday, she was joined by family and friends and large crowds

in Windsor. Including well-wishers and politicians.

We will hear from Daniel Sandford on the story behind this video, those

are police arriving arrested -- to arrest two men who possess the

largest haul of weapons are to be seized on the UK mainland. If you

are online you can use our hash tag, we will also bring you the score in

the English Premier League. There is a track on Prince's eight

album called Parade, called sometimes it snows in April, it is

about the things in life that you just don't expect actually happening

and in it he sings about the loss of someone close, he uses a lovely

phrase, those kinds of cards to pass through every day. I think you could

probably apply that to him. An artist so brilliant and unique there

is no one to compare him to. But you more of his music. -- and those

kinds of cars don't pass you every day.

That was one of the tracks which made Prince a giant of the 1980s,

another giant of that decade Gloria Estefan has used a lovely phrase,

saying he is a legend, a master, a musical juggernaut that knew no

boundaries. It seemed like a very good way of describing him. Iraq

Obama has also been paying tribute, he said today the world lost a great

icon. -- Marrack Obama President Barack Obama is in the air

at the moment, flying from Saudi Arabia here to London. E-mail land

in the next half hour, if you does we will bring you that live. -- he

may land in the next half hour. Prince's almost in Minnesota, that

is where he died, at a place called Paisley Park on the outskirts of the

city. Let's bring you Peter in Los Angeles. Peter, in a way, the fact

that he did not move to LA or New York and stayed in Minneapolis is

more evidence that this is a man apart from the entertainment

industry. He was a unique character in every

respect, certainly in terms of his talent, he was uniquely talented

musician in that he could sing and produce and right, he could play

multiple instruments. He had an extraordinary persona, his wit, his

wisdom as he grew older in terms of his knowledge of the industry, and

also his determination to make claim to his own personality, his own

character, his own identity. His notorious battles with his record

company, which he described himself as the artist is normally known as

Prince. People remember all of those aspects of his personality today,

from here in Hollywood all the way over to the east coast of America

and around the world. You are alive from the City Hall to

the Hollywood industry, and one of the things he wants to talk about is

the fact that his biggest selling album purple rain picked up an

Oscar. That is right, purple rain made into

a movie as well, and I think it's just goes to the character of the

man, the ability of the man, that he could not only conquer the Grammys,

the award show for the music industry, but also the Oscars as

well. He embraced the film industry, based television, and based music.

He could seemingly do it all and what is really interesting about him

as a man and a character, especially in his later years, he would perform

in very small venues and sometimes you Hollywood. You would hear about

the fact that Prince is performing tomorrow night at the hotel just

down the road probably just a few dozen people in the audience. He

seemed to revel in those small intimate gatherings as much as he

did the huge concert arenas. Peter, when some people die we

celebrate their achievements as we rightly should, but I have noticed

in the last couple of hours talking to people here in London and looking

online, people are genuinely shocked by what has happened, they can't

really imagine this man and his music not being around. I wonder how

the conversations you have been having in Los Angeles. -- I wonder,

how are the conversations you have been having in Los Angeles?

There is this sense of disbelief, he was only 57 years old. He was not

known to be suffering from any serious illnesses, we know he had

for the week or so ago and he had not performed since then and the

fans and members of the audience aware wear there say they did not

notice anything untoward. It was a great performance, a very emotional

performance, with purple rain be his final song. People were not aware

that he was suffering from any kind of illness. There is a sense of

shock and disbelief that he is no longer with us. Thank you very much.

Let's return to our coverage now of the Queen's 90th birthday

celebrations. The Queen as I'm sure you know presiding officer 53

countries that make over the Commonwealth, they include Australia

and New Zealand, the also includes Canada and if you go a long way

south from Canada he gets to the Caribbean, and of course Jamaica and

there is a growing debate about whether this country should become a

republic. The BBC's Elaine Dunkley has been looking at that.

Today, the children have sent -- the children of Saint Elizabeth in

Jamaica are learning about the Queen. You know this person? Queen

Elizabeth! This could soon be a history lesson as to make up plans

to cut links with the monarchy. The people of Jamaica in England, there

is no question about that... The newly elected Prime Minister

believes it is time to break from the constitution born from a

colonial past. Jamaica has embraced the Queen and embrace our legacy in

terms of the laws that we have, in terms of the system of government

that we have. But the deep burning desire for real, true independents

still exists. Queen Elizabeth II first the visitors Jamaica in 1953

as part of our Commonwealth tour. By 1962 the island had gained

independence. Despite this, final decisions about Jamaica's Court of

Appeal are made in London. Signs of a shared past the run deep,

following more than 300 years of British rule. Many Jamaicans today,

young people especially, they don't have a clue about what is happening

with the Queen or the way the Queen is related to Jamaica and what that

is. They don't see any benefits in it. She has visited her I was six

times and I'm sure she loves the people of the make or she would not

come here. This is one of the places that Queen Elizabeth has visited, a

charity in trench town in one of the most deprived areas of Kingston.

Everything you see here, the monitors, everything was given to us

by the Queen. I can't describe it, it is like a dream come true. I

still look forward to seeing people from trench town benefiting from

this. How old is the Queen? As the Queen turns and 90, Jamaica is keen

to answer questions about true independents and identity. And

whether the royal seal of approval is still needed. -- questions about

true independents. These very dark pictures assure you a live feed

coming in from Stansted Airport, just outside London, that is because

in the last few minutes that plane, our force one, has touched down and

on-board is President Barack Obama, he has just finished a two-day visit

to Saudi Arabia. He is here for a three-day visit and will be welcomed

by Prime Minister David Cameron as you would expect, but of course the

visit -- but on the visit he will meet the Queen. He will be hosted

for a dinner, both President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, by the

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. There will be full coverage of that coming

up on the BBC across Friday and the weekend.

Let's begin at the Max bought by talking about the Premier League.

You will not be short-changed with Premier League games this week,

there has been one every night. Tonight it is Arsenal against West

Brom will stop I was listening earlier to how unhappy so many

Arsenal fans are, you lose track of the fact that the in the top at the

moment. Yes, the end of the match at the

Emirates Stadium there were banners being held out, it is Arsenal FC not

arson FC. Their fans are not happy, the reason is they have not won a

Premier League title since 2004. They have an FA cups in 2014 and

2015 and that give their fans the impression that they were ready, the

squad was ready to bid for the Premier League title but as has

happened in so many seasoned recently dared challenge collapsed

in March -- so many seasons recently, their challenge collapsed

in March and now they have won 2-0 putting them ahead of Manchester

city and butter is united. They are in third spot and look likely to get

into the Champions League, but that title is what their fans wanted.

There were empty seats at the start of the match and by the end of the

mat instead fill up, official attendance was 59,000, very close to

capacity at the Emirates Stadium. But a patch of empty seats and some

fans showing they are not happy. Just explain to those who do not

follow the Premier League, the reason the difference between third

and fourth place matters is, you come third you go through into the

first round of the Champions League, come forth and you are in the

Champions League if you take part in a play-off. I would like to show you

these pictures from volunteer Elliott, the Olympic Court was lit

in Greece, you can see this is the start of a journey that will lead

all the way to Rio de Janeiro. This is the site of the ancient games,

this is an actress playing a high priestess lighting the parts using a

-- using the rays of the sun and a parabolic Miller -- parabolic Miller

to do that. Probably something you should not try at home.

Next he will talk about the International Space Station because

British national Stimpy is there and he will be in one way or another

running the London Marathon this Sunday. -- Tisch astronaut Tim Peake

is there. This keeps me started on the treadmill when I run, and these

chains connects to a buddy system that keeps me on the treadmill and

gives me the weight bearing that I need on my legs to stimulate those

muscles and to make sure that we don't lose too much muscle mass and

that we do not lose too much bone density. It is not very often all

the running, it is like running with a clumsy rucksack on, it tucks in

polls in different directions and causes chaffing around the hips and

shoulders. I have worn it in now and gotten used to, and I have gotten it

into a position where I am happy to run a marathon on Sunday but it has

been tough to get used to. There are a number of things that will keep me

motivated, and one of them is when I ran the marathon before, the

atmosphere of the crowd and other competitors taking part, that spirit

we the race. In order to try and get some of that fewer on the space

station I have a couple of things. Firstly I have the run social app,

so I will look at the rate that I am running, and everyone else on the

digital version of the London Marathon. And hopefully I will get

the Kelly set up to the space station so at times I will hopefully

be able to see what is going on with the real race in London, which will

be a real boost to know I am running alongside everyone down there. In

terms of recovery from race and running training, witnessed this is

one of the perfect environment, because the moment you stop running

at the moment you get off that system your muscles are in a

completely relaxed state, and I do think that we recover faster are

pure from any kind of Aix or sprains, any muscular problems I do

think recover quite quickly. -- any Aix or sprains. Good luck to Tim

Peake running the London Marathon up in .Mac space. I was about to show

you President Barack Obama but then some guns came up. Our force one has

just landed in Stansted just outside London, we are expecting at any

moment President Barack Obama will walk down those steps, he and

Michelle Obama are here for a three-day visit. There is a great

deal to talk about before the president leaves on Sunday. They

will discuss how Britain fits into the global economy, which is one of

the key issues shaping the referendum debate. We know that

President Barack Obama favours staying in the EU and he may well

reference that during his time here. They are also likely to talk about

Vladimir Putin and Russia, because Russia's foreign policy is being

increasingly aggressive, seeking to shape the national response from

other thing to say to the international drug streets of the

West is having to work out his response. And there is the president

coming out, on what looks like a blustery evening. Wasting no time in

getting down the steps and he will be greeted by a number of people on

the tarmac. Another thing they are certain to discuss when the Prime

Minister and the president sits down is the fight against Islamic State.

Partly how they do that in Syria and Iraq, but also how the two countries

keep themselves safe, of course we have seen those attacks in Brussels

and in Paris and in San Bernardino, so the set of Islamic State is no

longer something that is only playing out in Syria and Iraq, it is

something very relevant to Europe and the US. What's to talk about.

Another issue, speaking of Islamic State, you imagine they will discuss

the sharing of intelligence. -- lots to talk about. Full coverage of this

visit, President Barack Obama in the UK on the BBC over the next few

days. In a little while I will show you

the report which briefly flashed up on the screen, it is about the

biggest haul of weapons to be seized on the UK mainland ever. Those are

the men trying to ship them onto the shore, but that operation went wrong

for them a few minutes after this was filmed.

But's struggling steel industry has been thrown a lifeline today, the

government has made clear that it is ready to take a 25% stake in the

steel operations. -- Britain's steel industry.

Should you, me and every British taxpayer soon on a part of this? The

government has pledged public money to keep these fires burning, saying

it could take 25% share -- saying it could take a 25% share along with a

buyer. The UK Government does not want a role in managing, it is about

the priority we are trying to attract an investor. Any investor

will now be able to see the numbers the government has made available.

For a workforce tired of vague promises this feels like something

more than hot air. It is great. We have been hearing the words for a

while and been told things in meeting, that there is taxpayer

money may be available, but no details, so to get the government

and Welsh assembly to come off the fence and commits the something is

great. What state support would be on offer? A 25% stake in Tata's

steel business would be shared with the British government. An

alternative agreement would be to potentially finance the debt of

another buyer, potentially worth millions of pounds. The government

would not be taking control of the company, it would be a convention

hash-mac It would be a commercial investment.

The question is why this sort of offer was not made sooner, before

Tata put the business up for sale. If hundreds of millions of public

money is up for sale now, shouldn't the money be offered to them?

The answer is maybe because they wanted to avoid a repeat of this,

the part nationalisation of British Leyland in the 1970s did not end

well, some want this deal to go the same way. On the Mac have been

looking for a buyer since 2014, if they can't find one on the open

market then the only way the government can help is by sweeping

the deal. That would be prepping up in industry. These workers could be

doing something more productive. The next few years could be hard. We may

also have a stake in their future, too.

Welcome to Outside Source, we live in the BBC newsroom. Our lead story

is one that has sent shock around the world, Prince has died in

Minnesota at only 57. This is what is coming up after Outside Source,

if you are watching outside the UK there will be more on President

Barack Obama's visit to the UK. This is fitted in getting on the plane,

he has just gone off it. He has arrived. And in the UK, the News at

ten is next, there will be much more on the Queen's 90th birthdays

elevations. Here in the UK earlier there were

convictions for these two men, they were involved in the largest ever

weapons of seizure in mainland UK. The guilty men smuggled these

weapons from France, across the Channel and into the UK via the

River Medway. Here is Daniel Sandford with more information.

What happened is, it seems like multiple criminals and of course

terrorists if you include the man who was killed by police in the

Charlie Hebdo attacks, who exploited a sense that a loophole in the laws

around around firearms. Slovakia has quite a gun culture, quite a lot of

people going hunting there, quite relaxed gun laws, and to deactivate

a weapon in Slovakia all you have to do was put a pin through the barrel

saw a load could not be fired from it, but it was incredibly easy to

reverse and so what criminals would do good to Slovakia, buying these

guns, posing as people making a movie or to do a re-enactment of

some kind of battle from the Second World War, they have just removed

the end, loaded them into a van, drive them across Europe and turned

up not only at the Charlie Hebdo attack but also this huge hole, the

biggest holder has ever been in mainland Britain, 14 up into the

River Medway. Luckily for the British authorities the National

Crime Agency, kind of like the British FBI, where watching the gang

and videoing them as they rested them.

That was me talking with Daniel, we have had to leave that short because

we want to play you this report about Hillary Clinton and hot sauce

in her handbag. But my phrase. She told a radio show that she always

carries a bottle, but this was a show with a primarily

African-American audience and she has been accused of pandering to

black voters and of using stereotypes. The ABC team always

looks into matters that catch people's attention on social media

and have been investigating whether that criticism of eloquence and is

fair. -- the BBC training team. Name something you always carry with

you. Hot sauce. Hot sauce? RE information right now? -- are you

quoting formation right now? Is it working?

Hot sauce? Really? I just can't any more. I am just so... Discuss that,

first of all. The Clintons, both of them have a

long-standing collision ship with black voters in the United States.

And then you have eight years of President Barack Obama and he is an

actual black person, Hillary Clinton has had a hard run in this campaign

trying to go back to that. You need black support. The way that she has

embarrassed herself to get it is sort of beautiful.

That is where we will leave this edition of Outside Source. Thank you

very much for watching, we will speak to you next week. Goodbye.

As we head towards the end of April we are well and truly in the spring,

but the weather could be a bit of a tease at this time of year. On the

one given, and that is exactly what happened on Thursday. Warmest day of

the year