14/07/2016 Outside Source

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

One hour of international news, and we begin here in London.

Britain's new Prime Minister Theresa May has made some big

changes to the Cabinet - with significant figures

The rest of the world has been reacting to Boris Johnson's

His French counterpart has called him a liar.

Mr Johnson says he wants to stay close the the EU.

Being a bit more positive... There is a massive difference between

leaving the EU and our relations with Europe which I think, if

anything, are going to be intensified... A great deal of

attention on this man, Philip Hammond, the new Chancellor of the

Exchequer. The man charged with offering stability to the UK economy

in this post Brexit era. We will look at his options in the coming

months. Reports from the US say Donald Trump

has chosen his running mate - to take on Hilary Clinton -

we'll be live in Washington, as rumours build about

the candidate's name. We will have more on that for you

coming up. And if you've got questions

on any of these stories, To use her own words, Britain's

new Prime Minister Theresa May has She's only been in it

since last night, but already she's shaped

a new Government. And those who campaigned to Brexit

are well-represented. The most eye-catching move

is Boris Johnson becoming No room for Michael Gove -

lead campaigner for Brexit, ran for Prime Minister,

today sacked as Justice Secretary. Justine Greening become

Education Secretary - the first Conservative in that post

who went to a comprehensive Carole Walker is at

Westminster for us. We have a pretty good idea of what

the cabinet is going to look like, Carole. What kind of Government are

we in for? This has been a fascinating day and one in which the

new Prime Minister, Theresa May, has shown just how ruthless she is

prepared to be as she shakes her new Government, of course they stop with

that large challenge of how to take Britain out of the European Union --

shapes up. Three high-profile campaigners for leaving the EU are

in key positions now and dealing with that issue, Boris Johnson, of

course, as you mentioned, the new Foreign Secretary. There is David

Davis, another Brexit campaigner, who will be leading this new

department dealing with just that issue, and of course Doctor Liam Fox

doing this new international trade job, another strong Brexit

campaigner. Looking further across-the-board, she has

effectively sacked some of the key figures in David Cameron's

Government, so today Michael Gove, as you mentioned, the Justice

Secretary, is out. Last night of course the Chancellor George Osborne

was also sacked, and among the others leaving people like John

Whittingdale, Theresa Villiers, and Stephen Crabb, all no out of

Government. In their places, coming into some of those really important

jobs -- all now out. You have a lot of Theresa May's are close allies,

Liz Truss, an interesting appointment, as the new Justice

Secretary. We have Justin Greening who will be the new Education

Secretary. She has a big beef top department that takes in higher and

further education and apprenticeships as well as just

schools -- beefed up. And people like Andrea Leadsom coming in, who

was of course the minister in the running to be the next Prime

Minister, and she pulled out only at the beginning of this week. It was

that which paved the way for the swift sequence of events that

propelled Theresa May so swiftly into Downing Street. She will now be

the new Environment Secretary, Andrea Leadsom. A lot of Brexit

campaigner Zen and the very different Government from the one

that has just gone out. Interestingly enough, a spokeswoman

today said this is all about social justice, about trying to spread

opportunity, that message we heard from Theresa May from the outset of

her time as new pro-Minister. Carole, all these people in new jobs

will be full of energy to crack on with the tasks at hand, but then

there is Brexit. The campaign has pretty much stopped all Government

work before the vote. Is there a risk the work in engineering Brexit

gets in the way of everything else? I think undoubtedly that is the

biggest challenge and undoubtedly an awful lot of the work of the Prime

Minister, as well as those key ministers, will focus on that. But

Theresa May and her spokespeople are making it clear they do not just

want her Government to be defined by that, thus stressing this social

justice message. In Liz Truss as the Justice Secretary the stressing she

will be focusing on rehabilitation right across the criminal justice

system. Justin Greening in education, the stressing they want

her to do more to make sure everyone from every walk of life gets the

best possible start in life -- Justin Greening. And I think one of

the reasons she has put those three big figures in doing those Brexit

jobs, if you like, is to make sure that she has got a lot of effort

going into that huge challenge. There is then space for other

ministers to do the other things on which her Government will be judged.

Carole, thank you very much for the update from Westminster. Interesting

to see this tweet from Norman Smith, another of the BBC's top

correspondents in Westminster. That is the argument from the

Chancellor and we will get into the economic side of the story in about

ten minutes, but first let's speak about Boris Johnson. This is how the

daily Mirror covered his appointment as Foreign Secretary. Dear world,

sorry. And the Daily Express which is pro-Brexit and much more

enthusiastic about Boris Johnson. David Davis is the man who will be

in charge of Brexit. These are a couple of quotes from Boris

Johnson's counterparts. Germany's foreign minister

in a German newspaper: "Boris Johnson is a smart party

politician, who has understood how to use the Eurosceptic mood

for his own purposes." Twice for the price of one -

a compliment and a criticism. The French foreign minister:

"He lied a lot to the British people and now it is him

who has his back against the wall." Mr Johnson doesn't seem to have

taken that to heart though. Just tonight he made a speech

at the French embassy in London, where its fair to say

he got a mixed reception. A political, cultural,

psychological and economic union! To coin a phrase, toujours vous

etes... Thank you very much, everybody, for

this meeting. Clapping and booing for Mr Johnson

in one of his first duty is as the UK Foreign Secretary.

Next week Boris Johnson goes to Brussels to to meet

Here's Tom Burridge on how he may be received.

I think there are a lot of people expressing scepticism

about whether he is the right man to sort of lead and help those

negotiations between Britain and the rest of the EU,

and I think he will have his work cut out, because there is residual

anger about the tone of the Brexit campaign here in Brussels,

and of course Mr Johnson was a key figure in that campaign,

In theory, he's going to sit down with the other 27 EU foreign

ministers on Monday here in Brussels, plus the US Secretary

of State, John Kerry, to talk about issues

But, oh, to be a fly on the wall in that meeting.

And, Tom, the reality of the political situation

is whether they have their reservations or not,

they are going to have to deal with him - they have

Politics has a way of, shall we say, smoothing the edges

Yeah, I mean that was the sentiment that keynote from outgoing

Finance Commissioner, the British EU Finance Commissioner,

Lord Hill, as he spoke in Brussels today, really saying

that the British Government should not cut off its nose to spite

It needs to be positive, there needs to be a pragmatic

I think, in Mr Johnson's favour, he speaks several European

languages, he knows Brussels, knows the city.

He worked here as a journalist in the 1990s for several years,

And he has a profile, you know, you will not suffer from obscurity.

People know who he is and, you know, he does have some

But I think he will have to work hard in the sort of diplomatic sense

to win over many sceptics here in Brussels and elsewhere

Just before I let you go, when I was in Brussels

a couple of weeks ago, everyone there was saying

we are just not talking about Brexit until Article 50 is triggered,

so are we looking at a scenario where Boris Johnson comes to town

and no one is allowed to talk about Brexit?

Well, I think it is hard to believe that in that meeting

there will be no discussion, but I think across the European

institutions, European heads of government are insisting

that the negotiations can only formally start, of course,

when Britain triggers Article 50, and that doesn't mean

there might not be some low-key backroom talks.

I think, you know, in reality that kind of stuff will go on.

Of course, the European side of things, the rest

of the European Union, it is in their interests for that

article to be triggered and the actual formal process

to start because then the clock starts ticking, then there will be

Thanks to Tom for that. Remember there is full coverage of Theresa

May and all the changes they are on the BBC News website. Here are some

tweaks on the situation in the US and the Donald Trump vice president.

We can speak to Anthony Zurcher in Washington.

We cannot say definitively this will be the choice but it is looking

likely? Yes, the Indianapolis, his hometown newspaper, says he is

likely to be chosen, Pence. Although Donald Trump Junior, Donald Trump's

Sun, told the network here that Trump has not picked anyone yet --

Donald Trump's son. That they are perhaps trying to keep some drama

going into the big unveiling tomorrow at nine o'clock Manhattan

hour. One of the people we thought might get it was Chris Christie, a

national figure in the US. Why is Pence being ahead of him? He is a

larger-than-life people, Chris Christie, YouTube highlights,

millions of hits. Mike Pence has nothing like that. He is a

Midwesterner, from Indiana, much more soft-spoken. He is well-known

in some Republican circles. He was in the leadership of the House of

Representatives here in Washington about five years ago before taking

the governor's offers in Indiana but he is not a national figure by any

stretch of the imagination. You know, it will be interesting to see

how he does in the clear, in the spotlight, of the National campaign,

if he is the pick, because you do not know what it is like until you

either. On Outside Source we have spoken many times of people chosen

for that position, they tacked to the position of that party, then

after the back to the centre. How does this pick fit in with that

theory? It is a little unusual. Mike Pence is not really the type of

candidate who could appeal to a wider General Election demographic.

Trump is having problems with minority voters, women voters and

Mike Pence does not bring a lot of that to the table. I think we he

helps is in shoring up the base, getting evangelicals and more

traditional Republican is feeling a little more comfortable with Donald

Trump as their nominee. Sometimes we speak about crossing over and

getting independents and all of that, but when it comes down to it

in a General Election turnout is the key and getting your base to the

poll is the key so perhaps that is the strategy eft Hegi is the pick.

He will focus on bread-and-butter issues for conservatives and drive

them to the polls and perhaps bring in some midwesterners because Pence

is from the region. Very interesting, thank you, Anthony.

Remember it is just US media reporting that Mike Pence will be

the pick. We have to wait until 11 o'clock tomorrow, New York time, to

hear who will be chosen. I know what to play you this report from James

Reynolds has been very close to the Hungary and Serbian border, migrants

living there because they cannot go any further north. We will see how

they are living with the help of James.

Here in the UK the former Work and Pensions Secretary

Iain Duncan Smith, who was a prominent Leave

campaigner, has been giving his reaction

He insists that the three ministers put in charge of Brexit -

Boris Johnson, David Davis and Liam Fox -

won't be driving the negotiation to leave the European Union.

There is but one Brexit minister, when you get down to it,

to be clear, and that is the Prime Minister.

Theresa May's responsibility is to deliver the departure

of Britain from the European Union in the best way possible,

and she is the one that the public will look to, so there is but one

The others will have to help her work the plan out and do

all the ground work, but she is the one who goes to these

She is the one who has to sign the piece of paper

that says we are out, if there is such a piece of paper.

So, yes, there is only one Brexit minister and that is Theresa May.

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

We are in first and covering Brexit. -- we are in the should you offer a

first-time in a while having been out on the road covering Brexit.

New British Prime Minister Theresa May has made massive

The UN says executions and arbitrary killings in Ukraine

A new report says crimes are being committed by government

9500 people have killed in the two-year conflict.

A station master in southern Italy has admitted he allowed a train

to go on a single track minutes before it collided head

23 people died in the crash earlier this week.

The rail line relies on an antiquated phone alert system

Let's got back to the UK's new Prime Minister.

Theresa May is not short of things to do - but probably top

We're already seeing signs that her approach could be

quite different from her predecessor.

David Cameron and his Chancellor George Osborne

were committed to austerity - they and their supporters

believed it was necessary to provide a foundation

By introducing these austerity policies.

Critics say it disproportionately affected the poorest in society -

Whichever point of view you want to take on, this was Theresa May on

Monday. "We need an economy that works

for everyone," "It is apparent to anybody who is in touch

with the real world that people do not feel our economy

works that way at all." We turned to the BBC's Jonty Bloom

to assess David Cameron's I suppose the criticism was of

George Osborne's policy on what we saw the referendum. Many people

voted out of the EU because they felt the economy was not working for

them, that they did not have anything to lose. That they had been

the victims of cuts to service, were living in areas of high unemployment

that the deliberately didn't care. This is what she says will change,

she says the Government will care about the lower down in society and

not just the elite and the rich. I am not dismissing what she said in

Downing Street yesterday but often when leaders kick off as they say

they want to serve the entire country, and it may well be sincere

but it is incredibly hard to do. Yes, we are still running a huge

deficit, borrowing between 17 and ?18 billion a year at the moment and

the Government has just admitted it will not reach its target so that

will increase in coming years. We have an economy which is slowing

down, looking as though it may be going into a recession, then there

is all the uncertainty surrounding the exit from the European Union.

Those are all economic problems the Government has and yet the Prime

Minister is saying at the same time we need to shift the economy so it

serves the poorer in society better, and that is a structural change that

it is very difficult to force through, is very controversial and

will take a long time. To break this down into policy, Philip Hammond has

an almost infinite amount of options. What do you think his

priorities will be? He is bound to want to reassure. He has already

said he will reassure foreign investors, consumers and British

business, and it is rather difficult because they are mainly worried

about what it will be like after we leave the EU and we do not know what

that will be like. I would suggest he is probably going to stick with

something like George Osborne's policy of reducing corporation tax

so companies have an additional reason to come to the UK and that

can offset some of their worries about the future. But if he is going

to start shifting money away from the very rich, from high-paid

executives and towards workers, that is difficult because we already have

a minimum wage that was increased dramatically by George Osborne. We

do not have laws restricting how much companies can pay people, we do

not have high levels of taxation and the Conservative Party has reduced

the top level from 50 to 45%. Is all that going to be reversed? It does

not sound like recognisable Conservative policy from recent

decades. It will be strange to see how he's going to do it and, more

importantly, where he will find the money for it as well. Here is the

story many people did not see coming...

The Bank of England confirmed it would keep the UK interest rate

But that has not happened. Rates have been at 0.5% since 2009, and as

you can see from the graph, no change there.

Here's our economics editor Kamal Ahmed.

The Bank of England certainly surprised the market and a lot of

economists when they said they would not be cutting interest rates to

help the economy. Not yet, anyway. I think that makes an important point.

It is not the Governor of this place who is most vital when it comes

to the direction of travel for the UK economy -

that job is down to the new Prime Minister,

Their policies will play a much more significant role.

We will not know those details until the Autumn Statement,

Economists say speed is now of the essence.

Businesses are waiting for the Government to provide some

clarity on how it is going to support the economy,

how it is going to affect their plans, and waiting

until the Autumn Statement may be a bit too long.

The bank did warn the housing market and consumer confidence have

suffered since June 23rd and said it was ready to cut interest rates

Whether it feels the need may depend in part on how far Mr Hammond

is keeping his side of the bargain on boosting Britain's economy.

It's about how victims of sexual abuse are using Snapchat

You can get that story online, by the way, if you would like to.

Not sure we've ever looked at ballet in the military -

North and South Korea are still technically at war.

A peace treaty was never signed after the the Korean War

There's a demilitarised zone between the two but huge amounts

of troops and military hardware on either side.

Inevitably this is a tense working environment for South Korea troops,

TRANSLATION: There is a lot of tension years and we live on the

unit on the front line which makes me feel insecure at times. However,

through ballet I am able to stay calm and find balance as well as

build friendships with my fellow soldiers.

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quite tough so i was not actually sure i could help them here but now

i am glad to be and feel worthwhile whenever i see them smiling more and

enjoying ballet -- music plays TRANSLATION: Ballet requires a great

amount of physical strength and is very good for strengthening muscle,

increasing flexibility and correct posture.

I started to attend ballet lessons because a senior soldier recommended

it. I thought it was a sport for women, but now I have tried it I

also think it is good for men. Let me quickly pull up the Outside

Source Quad to show you what we will get into the second half of the

programme. This is Boris Johnson, the UK Foreign Secretary. We have a

report on that. Not just a huge story in the UK but all around the

world and we will show you how that has been reported. We can also tell

you about Pokemon Go, launched in the UK today.