16/01/2017 Outside Source

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

By the end of the week Donald Trump will be president.

And in an interview he's given with British and German media,

He says Angela Merkel made a mistake letting in so many Syrian refugees.

He's also attacked the EU as a vehicle for Germany.

The President-elect met Martin Luther King's son

Wheat will be live to discuss the fallout.

BBC Kyrgyz will give us the latest on a Boeing 747 cargo plane crashing

Chinese football clubs are offering riches to the world's best players -

but there's a new rule to consider - that limits the number

Plus in OS Business we'll hear Oxfam explain how it's worked out that

eight people have as much wealth as the poorest half

Donald Trump hit some big subjects hard in this interview

Let's get into the areas which have prompted the biggest reactions.

First here's Mr Trump on Angela Merkel.

I have great respect for her. I felt she was a great leader. She made one

catastrophic mistake,. Some people in Germany would argue they have a

reasonable idea of where most people who came into the country in the

last two or three years came from. There has also been a sharp

reaction. We have also heard from Angela Merkel herself. TRANSLATION:

As Europeans we have our feats in our own hands, I will continue to

work for cooperation between the 27 member States. The President elect

made his points a game, when he is in office, which is not at the

moment, we will of course work with the American Government, then we

will see what cooperation we can achieve. And the president of France

has said this. And perhaps he is speaking with the

freedom of a man who is not standing for the election, he will not be

president for more than a few months longer. Whatever you think of Donald

Trump, you would not call him diplomatic in the way he talks of

other countries and other leaders. Here is our diplomatic

correspondent. There is a stream of consciousness about three Donald

Trump talks. He goes from subject to subject. His language and the

language chosen by Angela Merkel, very different. The President elect

talks about, all those illegals, he does not make any distinctions

between genuine refugees, economic migrants, and those who may be

seeking a better life, maybe radicals, criminals, the German

Chancellor was clear to make that differentiation. She said it is

important to recognise that many of the refugees who have come from

Syria were fleeing persecution, particularly persecution by

President Assad and many jihadist. She is in a sense saying you have to

be more nuanced and what you are saying. It is striking that she said

the future of Europe is in our hands, perhaps not with America by

our side in the way it has been since 1945. She was trying to echo

the call from France as well for European unity in the face of what

they see as particularly dangerous times. After all Donald Trump was

predicting the collapse of the entire European Union. Obviously be

a more fractious, difficult relationship with Washington than

they have been used to, but she was trying to avoid picking a fight with

them, at least before he takes office. I want to talk to you know

about Nato. This is what Donald Trump said. It was designed many

years ago. Some US media, that phrase obsolete as the thing they

have picked out of this interview. That is right, because although he

said war -- although he said was obsolete, he also said is obsolete,

present tense, he seems to have moderated his position towards Nato

in recent weeks, no back to a fairly hard line that out of date, not

sticking on terrorism the way it should. Interesting that the

Chancellor, we do not know whether she approved that, but German

Foreign Minister countered by saying that the President-elect was

contradicting what his own nominee for Defence Secretary had said in

his confirmation hearings at the end of last week. The Germans are

pointing out that even the incoming administration does not seem to be

able to agree internally on what is position on Nato is. The diplomacy

is built on structures that have been developed over often decades.

How quickly can all structures be undermined if a leader decides to

take a quite different tack? Of course they can be threatened, if

not necessarily undermine, if somebody comes and who does not play

by the conventional rules. But I think diplomats, seasoned ministers,

would argue, but actually they may be able to draw Donald Trump into

their way of working. The head of the Spanish diplomatic service said

today that it will give the new American president time to learn

about the European Union and Nato from the inside, slightly

patronising. Not many people have managed to exert much influence, he

is very much his own man. His nomination -- his inauguration is on

Friday. He was positive about Brexit. He was positive about cheap

deals. We will get to that in detail in 20 minutes. -- positive about

trade deals. A Turkish Boeing 747

cargo plane has crashed 33 people on the ground were killed

- as were all four crew members. The plane was en route

from Hong Kong to Istanbul and was due to make a refuelling

stop just north of the The problems came as it

tried to land in fog. And the plane crashed at around 7:30

in the morning local time. Here's BBC Kyrgyz' Gulnara

Kasmambetov with more details. If you imagine that from a small

village of 350 households, 20 houses were hit, and that many people died

in one morning, it is a heartbreaking story. A small

schoolboy just leaving his house, just to look back and see how his

entire house was destroyed. That is quite devastating for a nation with

a 6 million population. This airport would normally receive

747s all the time? Normally. It was a frosty morning,

nevertheless those aircraft landed, however this aircraft attempted to

land once, could not land, and attempted to rise up, but it hit one

of the buildings of the airport and then crashed down.

Now a new development in an astonishing story you may have seen

over the weekend. A teenager who was snatched

from a hospital in Florida hours after she'd been born,

has been reunited with She's 18 now and was tracked

down after a tip-off. The woman she thought

was her real mother has been For the last 18 years Kamiyah Mobley

had no reason to think that Gloria wasn't her real mother and no reason

to think that her own name wasn't really Alexis,

but now she is trying to deal with the news that the person

she thought was her mother for all that time is under arrest

charged with kidnapping her, just after she was born,

and giving her a false identity. 51-year-old Gloria Williams

is being held in South Carolina after DNA tests proved that Alexis

was baby Kamiyah, snatched Police say she posed as a nurse

and snuck the newborn out of the hospital,

starting a frantic search. At the time her real

mother was distraught I just want to know

where my baby is. But now, 18 years later,

she was delighted to be reunited with her the daughter she never

thought she would see again. And Kamiyah's biological father

was overwhelmed after meeting It's hard to put it

in words right now. It's hard to deal with this right

now, you know what I'm saying? We're just, like we say,

we are trying to process it. But the man who thought

he was her father all this time That's the name I have

for years, Alexis Kelly. She said, since this was going on,

Friday, "Dad, I love you." That is not going to change,

that she is the love of my life. Now it is Kamiyah who has to come

to terms with what has happened, with her new identity,

her new family. We are going to be building up to

the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of America throughout the

week. Our correspondent has been talking

to voters on both sides of the divide about their expectations of

the new president. The Northern Ireland Secretary has

announced that elections will be held in the province following the

collapse of its power-sharing executive. He said it will take

place on March the 2nd. No one should underestimate the challenge

faced to the political institutions here in Northern Ireland, and what

is at stake. While it is inevitable that debate during an election

period will be intense, I would strongly encourage the political

parties to conduct this election with a view to the future of

Northern Ireland, and re-establishing a partnership

Government at the earliest opportunity after that election.

This is essential to the operation of devolved Government. And this

means that all must remain open to dialogue.

This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.

German and French leaders have criticised Donald Trump who has

praised button's decision to leave the European Union.

In Bangladesh, 26 people have been sentenced to death

Many of the convicted are members of an elite police unit.

The killings were part of a regional power struggle.

The BBC has been told that thousands of people are leaving Gambia every

The opposition won a recent election -

But President Yahya Jammeh, who lost, is refusing to stand down.

The billboard lights at Picadilly Circus in London have

Aside from the occasional power cut or special event,

this is the first time they've gone off since World War Two.

The first brand to advertise in lights at Picadilly Circus

Americans are today celebrating Martin Luther King Jr Day -

remembering his role as a civil rights leader.

But the President-elect has come under fire for attacking another

of America's revered civil rights campaigners -

This exchange of views began like this.

More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress say

they will boycott Mr Trump's inauguration because of it.

Things get said on both sides in the heat of emotion. At some point we

have got to move forward. People are literally probably dying. How do we

feed people, who do because people, who do we create the best education

system? Our correspondent is live. That was

a strong comment from the congressmen.

Yes, the congressman John Lewis was talking about not feeling this is a

legitimate incoming president because of Russian interference in

the election, so that is right congressman John Lewis said what he

said on Friday, Donald Trump of course went on his favourite medium

Twitter, because he is so sensitive a few days ahead of this

inauguration about this idea that he is somehow not a legitimate

president because of what the Russians did. And remember he has

only reluctantly accepted that the Russians might have intervened. But

Donald Trump because he is thin-skinned he responded to

congressmen Lewis Comer that Democrats and African Americans see

this as a Twitter war that is happening on the weekend that the

first black president is about to leave office, they see it as

sensitive, Donald Trump's supporters say he is fighting back against

somebody who attacked him so what is legitimate.

So this boycott is because this happened on a certain weekend

because it was directed at this man and because it is not fair? I am

trying to understand the pressure point.

It is a broader picture that many Democrats, many people of colour

feel that Donald Trump is not respectful of struggle, that

Republicans rolled back the voting rights act, and this is something

that Martin Luther King's Son discredited the Donald Trump, that

the rights of minorities and the deans of the civil rights leader

could be under threat from a Donald Trump administration. This is

something that many Democrats and African Americans worry about. This

is a flash point for the wider issues and fears, and after a

bruising and divisive campaign in which Donald Trump said essentially

that inner-city blacks are badly off and final thought for him because

what the Democrats ever do for them, many said that was patronising and

not accurate. And this team up in the exchange with John Lewis -- this

came up in the exchange. It is a misunderstanding that goes back a

long way and has poignancy because this is the weekend that Martin

Luther King, the civil rights icon, that America celebrates his

birthday. Oxfam's making a startling claim

today - that the world's eight richest people have as much wealth

as the poorest half Oxfam based this claim on data

from Forbes and Credit Suisse. This is a very powerful illustration

of an economy that is working incredibly well for the privileged

few but incredibly badly for pretty much everyone else. Look at the

wealth of the bottom half of the planet. There is barely anything

but. It is a quarter of 1% of global wealth between 3.6 billion people.

About well they do not have assets to create a likelihood, you do not

have the ability to respond to a medical bill or a pure harvest. This

puts you in a vulnerable situation, compared to having a lot of wealth,

power and influence, that those at the top do. There has been

criticisms about how Oxfam has done its calculations. The Institute of

economic affairs has said. And that there is not the only

attack on the methodology. The Spectator magazine's editor Fraser

Nelson has said. That is because the Wii Oxfam looked at this, a large

amount of debt is taken away from assets and cash that you may have

and as such some people who may be very wealthy with large debt, can

appear to be cooler than perhaps they are. -- can appear to be less

well off than perhaps they are. From next year, Air India

is reserving six economy class seats A company spokesman says,

"We feel it is our responsibility to enhance comfort level

to female passengers." because in India other modes such as

trains, the Metro, local trains, as well as buses, there has always been

reservations, some seats always reserved for women. But that is

something about an aircraft, perhaps because it is more upmarket, that

something like this is very unusual, and perhaps does not exist.

The domestic airline industry in India, it is booming like never

before, so as it gets bigger, some of the problems seen on other modes

of transport are starting to crossover?

It is true that Indian domestic airline sector has been booming. We

have some cheap and affordable airlines. The traffic is much higher

than it used to be some musical. Having said that, in India in

domestic airlines you cannot serve alcohol. Conversations with air

hostesses in the past, sometimes men can misbehave when they are drunk,

it is interesting that this airline's decision to introduce

plastic handcuffs and reserved seats, is to do with domestic

flights that are shorter, so all the reasoning that was being given in

the past, none of those excuses are valid, and that is why some of the

reaction has been of annoyance. No this report is looking ahead to

Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday.

Milwaukee, known for its harsh winters, for making cheese and beer,

and though for its roll and America's fragile new politics. This

is no place for fragile. Junior ice hockey. This is the Green Bay junior

gamblers. Jonathan is coaching the underlyings. He likes Donald Trump

because he is different, a nonpolitician, an outsider. It goes

back to an alternative that is outside of the box. A different

viewpoint. He is a billionaire, he is not every man. He certainly is

not but I think there is something to be said for him being able to

relate to a plumber, a welder, a teacher. The state of Wisconsin

switched sides in this election. The large white working-class electorate

normally votes Democrat, but this time they chose Donald Trump. They

like giving new things a try here, even if it is risky. Some of

America's top ice athletes practice on this rink. I understood than, but

you are not doing this. Nancy was an Olympian batters know a coach. It is

time to be a little risky. She said Donald Trump can bring a winner 's

mindset to the White House. He makes a decision, he gets it done. Do you

have reservations about what he said about women for example? Everybody

who is the island and has some reservations because they do not but

the truth about that they are hoping that at this point in his life he

has put this behind him. Wisconsin have voted Donald Trump but only by

1%. Some here are still struggling with the result. This is one of the

most important jobs in the world and I am not certain that he is prepared

for it. But this person is willing to give him a chance even though as

a Muslim she is worried by some of his policies. I look on the bright

side. We have two we conceive what happens. You sound like you I may be

a little nervous. Yes, I might be. We heard that a lot here. A desire

to Unite, but an acceptance that that may not be easy.

I will be back in a couple of minutes time.

Parts of the central US have been crippled by an ice storm over the

weekend and into Monday as well. The battle between cold and warm