03/10/2016 Outside Source

Hello, I'm Christian Fraser, this is Outside Source.

As the violence in Syria continues, the US says it will suspend

talks with Russia aimed at ending the conflict.

The last week hasn't been great for Donald Trump.

Could the revelations about his tax details be a bombshell moment

A show of strength from the Afghan Taliban.

On the eve of a major donor's conference there are reports Taleban

fighters have entered the centre of the city of Kunduz.

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The US has announced it is suspending talks

with Russia on trying to end the violence in Syria.

It follows weeks of tension over the Russian involvement

in the conflict, in support of the Syrian government.

"Russia and the Syrian regime have chosen

intensified attacks against civilian areas, targeting of critical

infrastructure such as hospitals, and preventing humanitarian aid

There has been a reaction from the foreign ministry in Russia.

The TASS news agency quote officials saying they regret

It goes on to say "The US is trying to blame Russia as it

couldn't fulfill agreements on Syria"

Let's go to Washington and speak to our correspondent.

I suppose it is inevitable given the disagreement at the UN recently and

events in Aleppo. Yeah, the Americans have been

thinking about this since last Wednesday and we understand they

were talking to the Russians through the weekend and what the state

Department described as robust and a decision taken to take a break of

those talks and you saw last week is aspiration from John Kerry, accusing

the Russians of ignoring the terms of the ceasefire and perpetuating

the sustaining Syrian regime and its attack in Aleppo in particular.

Russia for its part accused the Americans of not delivering on its

part of the deal to disentangle some of the jihadists elements

intermingled with what they term the more moderate Serbian forces with

Moscow saying the Americans had not done that and tried to deliberately

sub Stephen -- sustain groups like a loser. What will happen is the

Americans will -- groups like Al Nursa. Those groups are coming home

but what will not happen is that they will not stop talking and

cooperating over what they call the complexion. This includes where are

your planes and where our planes because they do not want to start

shooting at each other -- de-escalation.

We are also covering the deterioration in US and Russian

relations which is spilling over into other areas of collaboration.

Today more school suspended an agreement on the disposal of weapons

grade plutonium. The deal which was update six years

ago was supposed to get rid of 34 tonnes of plutonium

by burning it in reactors. At the time The US State Department

said it's enough material for approximately 17,000

nuclear weapons. In a decree, President

Vladimir Putin accused the US of creating "a threat

to strategic stability, List was the quote from President

Putin. This deal that was signed at six

years ago was really the cornerstone of the post-cold war relationship

between the two countries, the fact it has been shelved shows just how

far the relationship has deteriorated. That is right. There

were other elements to the anti-proliferation rocks and other

discussions ongoing, warheads but this was one of the cornerstones of

that cooperation and it was 34 times on each side, an awful lot of

plutonium they were meant to get rid of. The Russians have previously

said the Americans have been rather tardy in rebuilding the facility to

do that and the process was not really putting us plutonium beyond

military use but it really is part of a bigger jigsaw, the bigger

breakdown and disintegration of the relationship between Moscow and

Washington, that perhaps dates from the difficulties in the invasion of

Crimea, the sanctions imposed after that and now tensions in Syria and

not least, we are in the throes, if anyone could doubt it, of an

election here in the USA and these moments are always extremely

delicate in terms of international affairs and national security. I

think some Americans would believe what more school is doing is trying

to take advantage of this transitional period. To put pressure

on the US. -- what's Moscow is doing. Thank you, Gary.

Donald Trump's Republican allies say he's a genius.

Whatever you think of him, this article

from the New York Times is raising a lot of questions.

It suggests that by declaring huge business losses in the 1990s,

He says it makes him good for the job.

than anyone who has ever run for president and am the only

Hillary Clinton has a rather different

Millions of American families, including mine and yours, were

working hard and pay off their share it seems he was contributing nothing

to our nation. Imagine that. Not fair, nothing for grants to help

kids go to college, nothing for veterans, nothing for our military.

And, you know, he has been putting down America in this whole campaign.

Hillary Clinton with some strong words. Let's speak to our

correspondent in Washington. No prizes for guessing what is going

to be top of the agenda in the debate tomorrow. That is the vice

presidential debate and I'm sure these tax returns will be brought

up. It has been an extraordinary three days, I have not seen anything

like it in this campaign which is flabbergasted as since the

beginning. Donald Trump still getting hit on his tax returns and

whether he called a former Miss universe Miss Piggy. Now Hillary

Clinton trying to come back on him seeing Donald Trump puts himself

first and everybody else last. It has been a bad day for the Donald

Trump campaign and that is reflected in a number of polls out, the first

proper polls since the debate last week and they all saw the trend is

moving in Hillary Clinton's direction. I was going to ask you if

it made a big difference to the support each of them has because the

two camps are deeply entrenched now. We are looking swing voters in the

middle and that is essential that we could be won and lost we're looking

around somewhere about 8% of the electorate yet to make their minds.

You and I might find that extraordinary given how well they

know when and how long the campaign goes on for but I think that

reflects and an ease with both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

The negative ratings are still high and those people who have not made

up their minds are wondering if I hold my nose and go one way or the

other and I am not happy with either. I do not know what these tax

returns will have a big impact, the US is not Sweden, it is not one of

those northern European countries where people feel the moral

responsibility to pay their taxes. There are plenty of Americans who

would like to see the revenue service abolished and agree with

Donald Trump and say well done for Manning Jean -- managing to avoid

paying any taxes. They might not like the fact he lost nearly $1

billion that could almost have more impact than not paying taxes. I just

want to show people best which in earlier.

That sounds technical but one of the question is where the money from

that foundation is going. There was a lot of reporting on

Donald Trump's foundation. It is not uncommon for wealthy people in the

USA to have charitable foundations and it has been extensive reporting

in the Washington Post suggesting Donald Trump has used his foundation

to prop up his own business interests and questioning where the

money has come from and where it is going to. Now you have the New York

Attorney General saying cease and desist, that the plump foundation is

not allowed to carry on raising money in the new York area -- the

Donald Trump addition. Donald Trump has not given very much money to the

foundation in recent years but it does not look great for the

campaign, all of this questioning whether or not if he is as

charitable as he suggests he is and whether he is somehow dodging his

responsibilities to society by doing something dodgy with his foundation.

It adds to this portrait and the questions about Donald Trump's

business dealings. People who support from, I do not think this

will make any difference to them whatsoever -- people who support

Donald Trump. It is without discs with the people in the middle one

way or the other. Thank you. I want to show you a newswire

we received from our Kabul This is from an MP in Kunduz, a city

in the north. He says the city has fallen to the Taliban. On that one

source but certainly cause for concern. Let me show you on the map

where Kunduz is. Up their way north of Kabul but in quite a strategic

area. Militants launched it attack in the middle of the night without

-- from outwith and within the city. The Taliban briefly captured it last

September but it was quickly retaken by Government forces supported by

Natal. The latest strike comes on the eve of a meeting between

Afghanistan's president and world power was in Brussels. He wants more

aid for his country. Here is our cannibal editor.

To Taliban may have planned it to send two messages, militarily they

are strong and are significant player and also politically to show

they can challenge the Afghan Government. What impact it will have

for the Afghan Government in the Brussels conference, I could see

this depends on how the Afghan Government uses this, both positive

and negative. Positive could be dug us more money and support -- give us

more money and support. Because the Taliban is a threat to the democracy

and to the Government. Then of international assistance, be that

financial militarily, they are all conditional. To good governance and

wheat seek a year after Kunduz felt once to the Taliban it falls again.

Or is at the brink of collapse or control to the Taliban.

Plenty more still to come. We will talk about the woman in Poland who

took to the streets to protest proposed new laws which would

completely outlaw abortion. The operator of troubled

Southern Railway has said conductors will be sacked unless the RMT union

accepts changes to their Fourteen more days of strikes

are planned in what has been a long running dispute testing

commuters' patience. Our Transport Correspondent

Richard Westcott has more. There are plenty of angry customers

are just want this resolved. It has got nastier today and has been

dragging on since the spring but today the company give the RMT union

and ultimatum, they want to change what the guard does on the train and

the unions are unhappy and the company has said by Thursday at

midday you either accept the deal and postpone the strikes or put it

to your members are we stuck doing it anyway and people could then

start losing their jobs. We will see what happens when the deadline

passes on Thursday. This is Outside Source live

from the BBC newsroom. Our lead story: The United States

has announced the suspension The Russian foreign ministry says it

regrets the decision. Ethiopia's prime minister has blamed

rioters for a stampede in the Oromiya region

in which he said at least He denied reports that the security

forces opened fire at a religious festival attended by hundreds

of thousands of people. And among the most read online -

New Zealand has announced an ambitious plan to boost

the population of Once numbering in the millions -

predators have decimated their numbers and there are now only

an estimated 68,000 kiwis remaining Women in Poland are holding strikes

to protest against a planned law that would impose a complete

ban on abortion. In cities across the

country,thousands marched through the streets,

dressed in black, as a sign Poland already has one of the most

restrictive abortion The country's foreign minister

is among those who support We do not expect happenings,

dressing in costumes and creating here is what some of those

protesters on the street had to say about it. Why am I here? These are

matters concerning my future, my children. It concerns by nieces, my

friends, all people, not only women. It concerns everyone.

I think tightening the lot by our Government is wrong. Every woman

should have choice deciding for women is inhumane.

I do not agree it a raped woman must give birth to the children of her

torturer and they are forced to do that.

I am sure you might have strong feelings on that yourself. Do get in

touch. Britain's finance minister,

Philip Hammond, has scrapped plans to balance the books by 2020 -

it was a key election pledge The UK's national debt is eye

watering well over $2 trillion, but Mr Hammond says

he needs all options open, such is the challenge that

will be posed by Brexit. The fiscal policies of George

Osborne would the right ones for that time. But when times change we

must change with them. We will not longer target a surplus at the end

of this Parliament. Make no mistake, the task of fiscal consolidation

must continue. Our political correspondent is at the Conservative

Party conference. Divorce is always expensive, it tends to be, so the

chance of not wanting to keep its options open. -- the Chancellor

wanting to keep his options open. This Government was going to be all

about austerity and balancing the books and getting a surplus by 2020

until the referendum happened and Britain voted to leave the EU. That

changed everything in British politics and means Philip Hammond

came to the conference yesterday and said theGovernment 's existing

fiscal targets will be scrapped, adjusted to take account of what he

called the turbulence likely to hit the British economy. As Britain

begins to extricate itself from the EU will stop I think he struck a

different tone to many of the other speeches promising yet ministers who

are very optimistic and confident but had a glorious free trading

future outside the EU. Philip Hammond whilst signed up to the plan

of Brexit sounded a bit more cautious and is telling the party

and the country there must be more flexibility in terms of the

financial rules going forward so but might need to borrow more money if

there is some sort of contraction in the economy. People said precisely

what that will be in a month or two's time. Some interesting things

going on today with the FT-SE 100 and also the condensate with the

pound dropping to a three-year low. -- but the currency.

That casts a shadow over what is a very buoyant party conference. It is

there to say most of the Conservative Party members here

wanted Britain to leave the EU, it has been this divisive issue in the

party for so long as it is now settled, Theresa May told us

yesterday formal talks will begin by the end of next March and that's

starts a two-year negotiating process with the EU. Most people are

quite upbeat about the future that awaits but what we want from this

conference is detail and clarity on the negotiating position Britain

will take into those negotiations and the balance between controlling

migration and access to the European Union's single market. Currently,

the lines of the negotiation of faintly drawn. The Prime Minister

make a speech on Wednesday which may give us more clarity but I would not

bet on it. Thank you. The US and Europe have entered

the latest round of talks aimed at pushing through

the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP -

It's hoped that it will boost growth However, many Europeans are opposed

to both TTIP and another trade deal signed between Canada

and the EU called CETA. The BBC's Jenny Hill

reports from Berlin. You look's Street, barrier free

trade beans in wall of resistance. -- meets a wall. The voice of

protest is perhaps loudest in Germany. It is claimed is TITP will

generate opportunity, wealth for Europe. Here they say it is at the

expense of democracy. That is a price which for this trade is simply

too high. My concern and it is the same for all businesses here is

standards will be lowered. The quality which we and our customers

value will suffer and we will not know what is in our food and what

effect it will have on our health. How Europe chooses to hammer out the

deals will be keenly observed. The EU is reshaping its future after

Britain's position to leave and they are aware of the benefits of a good

trade agreement. It means no bureaucracy, I can buy and sell what

the problem is, no tariffs and whatever you do the one currency. It

is much easier. Many wonder whether the agreement,

especially TITP, will never be signed. German voters are especially

uneasy about a deal with America. The spying scandal and the shadow of

the Iraq war still linger here. Even the German economy Minister

described TITP as dead in the water. Voices high up in the French

Government said similar. That is because this is now about so much

more than trade. In France, Germany, it is heavily politicised issue

because both countries face in general next year.

Even its supporters acknowledge TITP is not a word vendor. -- vote

winner. I was in Brussels and we said we put it in the deep freeze

and get it out after the US and French and German elections. By the

end of next year we will see the progress so it is more or less put

on hold but again it is the right thing to do, to not stopping

negotiations. Officially the German Government

wants both trade deals and believe the benefits outweigh the risks but

the electorate asks, at what cost? The Nobel prize in medicine has been

awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi, a Japanese biologist who has

discovered how our cells regenerate, by recycling "or canabilising"

their own components. It is known as autophagy,

and it's a process scientists believe could be harnessed to fight

cancer and dementia. Here is Dr Ohsumi, on learning

that he had won this I spoke to our health correspondent

to find out more. Right now you're cannibalising yourself, deep inside

your body. Waste and effective products are not thought out, they

are broken down and used all over again. The body uses this all the

time and imperious of starvation it is even more important. But also

when things start to go wrong it leads to all kinds of diseases so

loads of cancerous cells appear in your body and are killed by this

process but when they do not get caught they become tumours. This is

responsible for a whole load of diseases.

So why does he deserve the Nobel Prize? What applications doesn't

have? His work is like the foundations. It is up to the next

generation to build this skyscraper, as it were. The idea is this process

is responsible or key and sold many diseases that maybe you can start to

tweak it and treat them. Things were dementia, cancer, type two diabetes,

we know that process is implicated in all of those. One former Nobel

Prize winner described this black octopus, its tentacles everywhere.

If you can dial it up or dry about indirect presses or speed it up

maybe you can be to new disease treatments.