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Welcome to Reporters, I'm Philippa Thomas. | :00:18. | :00:18. | |
From here in the BBC News room, we send out correspondents to give | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
you the best stories from across the globe. | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
In this week's programme: Is America's mission | :00:27. | :00:28. | |
Justin Rowlatt asks what the Trump administration should do | :00:29. | :00:38. | |
According to the American government's own estimates, | :00:39. | :00:45. | |
the Taliban still controls a third of the country, opium | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
production is at record highs, and corruption is still rife here. | :00:49. | :00:52. | |
Who are the happiest children in the world? | :00:53. | :00:54. | |
Anna Holligan meets mums who have gone Dutch to try to find out. | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
And the future of Formula 1, as its legendary leader, | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
Dan Roan examines his legacy, and meets the man | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
It's been running as a one-man dictator for a long, long time. | :01:10. | :01:17. | |
I think the sport needs a fresh perspective. | :01:18. | :01:19. | |
As Donald Trump settles into his new home in the White House, | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
one of his most pressing issues in is in-tray is Afghanistan. | :01:23. | :01:27. | |
In the past he's described America's involvement as a disaster but he's | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
also told the Afghan leader, the US will not waiver | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
The international combat mission there ended in 2014 but 13,000 Nato | :01:34. | :01:41. | |
troops remain and most of them are American. | :01:42. | :01:43. | |
With the Taliban and other militant groups gaining ground, | :01:44. | :01:45. | |
Justin Rowlatt has been trying to find out if the US | :01:46. | :01:47. | |
will cut its losses and bring America's longest war to an end. | :01:48. | :02:01. | |
Another team of Afghan soldiers is flying in to Helmand province. | :02:02. | :02:09. | |
The BBC got rare permission to join them. | :02:10. | :02:12. | |
It has been hard going for the Afghan army since the US | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
and its Nato allies pulled out most of their troops at the end of 2014. | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
These days, the soldiers don't have far to travel | :02:20. | :02:21. | |
It is right on the outskirts of the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
The Taliban now control more than 80% of the province and, | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
TRANSLATION: For a month we have been saying we are running out | :02:31. | :02:38. | |
of ammunition but we don't get any new supplies. | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
Our enemy is firing at us but we don't have enough | :02:42. | :02:43. | |
His commander urges President Trump to continue to support | :02:44. | :02:56. | |
TRANSLATION: As a soldier of Afghanistan, I ask his | :02:57. | :03:05. | |
excellency, Donald Trump, to continue the fight here. | :03:06. | :03:07. | |
If he can give us more support we can wipe the terrorists out. | :03:08. | :03:15. | |
The West still has 13,000 troops in Afghanistan, | :03:16. | :03:16. | |
This is their headquarters in Kabul but the truth is 15 years of war... | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
The West has spent more in real terms on reconstruction | :03:22. | :03:31. | |
here in Afghanistan than America spent on the reconstruction of | :03:32. | :03:33. | |
Now despite that, according to the American government's | :03:34. | :03:41. | |
own estimates, the Taliban still controls a third | :03:42. | :03:43. | |
of the country, opium production is at a record high and corruption | :03:44. | :03:46. | |
Nato commanders say America does have clear strategic | :03:47. | :04:00. | |
interests in Afghanistan - Training and assisting | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
the Afghan army and targeting terrorist organisations. | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
So, specifically, Al-Qaeda, as well as the Islamic State, | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
that is what really keeps direct pressure on the organisations | :04:20. | :04:21. | |
that threaten the West and threaten our homeland. | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
And other powers are flexing their muscles in Afghanistan. | :04:25. | :04:26. | |
Last month Russia hosted a meeting in Moscow about the country's future | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
with senior officials from China and Pakistan and it makes no secret | :04:30. | :04:32. | |
of the fact it has been talking to the Taliban. | :04:33. | :04:35. | |
But there is an even more pressing reason to remain, | :04:36. | :04:37. | |
this is the aftermath of a Taliban bomb-blast in the heart | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
At the Military Hospital, policeman Mr Rashidi is recovering | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
Donald Trump and his advisors are unlikely to want to be | :04:44. | :05:00. | |
responsible for America's longest war ending in what many people | :05:01. | :05:02. | |
Are Dutch children the happiest in the world? | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
Youngsters in the Netherlands consistently rank at the top | :05:08. | :05:09. | |
Well, apparently parents go out of their way to please them | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
Than some of their European counterparts. | :05:15. | :05:24. | |
Anna Holligan has been to meet two British mums who have gone Dutch | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
to see what happens when you place children at the centre of society. | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
This doesn't take much, according to the Dutch, | :05:32. | :05:32. | |
they've got the most contented babies, the happiest | :05:33. | :05:34. | |
kids and as adults, the best work-life balance. | :05:35. | :05:36. | |
They place a high value on family life and on communication | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
So part of eating together is about talking together. | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
And the Dutch scored the highest on children who ate breakfast before | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
they went to school and that sets them up for the day so at the end | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
of the day it doesn't matter that it is chocolate. | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
Chocolate sprinkles clearly contradicts the healthy eating | :05:54. | :05:55. | |
advice, and yet Dutch kids have some of the lowest obesity rates, | :05:56. | :05:57. | |
which may be linked to the fact that so many cycle to school but, | :05:58. | :06:01. | |
as you can see bikes and cars have separate lanes so parents don't | :06:02. | :06:04. | |
have the same worries about sending kids out on two wheels. | :06:05. | :06:07. | |
And when they get to school, Dutch pupils don't face academic pressure. | :06:08. | :06:10. | |
Things like tests and homework until later. | :06:11. | :06:22. | |
When there is not so much pressure, children start school by a positive | :06:23. | :06:25. | |
way, by enjoying it, by feeling this is something nice | :06:26. | :06:27. | |
to do, and I think that lasts your whole life. | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
That's backed up by Unicef statistics which suggests these | :06:31. | :06:32. | |
children are more likely to go on to further education | :06:33. | :06:34. | |
You'll see lots of fathers at the school gates. | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
The Dutch government legislates for unpaid "daddy days", | :06:40. | :06:41. | |
which encourage families to share the childcare. | :06:42. | :06:43. | |
And plus we always read in all of these book, right, | :06:44. | :06:51. | |
So I'm really happy that it is part of a culture where they are just | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
And the by-product of giving kids greater independence? | :06:57. | :07:03. | |
At least when they're a little older. | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
Head due west from here and you'll reach Essex. | :07:07. | :07:08. | |
The UK may be geographically close but there are of course fundamental | :07:09. | :07:11. | |
differences between our societies and not all the lessons | :07:12. | :07:13. | |
from here can be exported to over there, but they | :07:14. | :07:15. | |
Anna Holligan, BBC News in the Hague. | :07:16. | :07:24. | |
Now, anxious times at Formula 1 after the man who transformed | :07:25. | :07:27. | |
the sport into a billion dollar global business stood | :07:28. | :07:29. | |
Bernie Ecclestone ruled F1 for nearly 40 years with an iron | :07:30. | :07:43. | |
grip and an astuteness that's been arguable unmatched across business | :07:44. | :07:45. | |
But he's been accused by his successor, Chase Cary, | :07:46. | :07:54. | |
of running the sport like a one-man dictator. | :07:55. | :07:56. | |
The new man at the top of Formula One has been talking | :07:57. | :07:58. | |
to Dan Roan about the future of the sport. | :07:59. | :08:01. | |
There's Bernie Ecclestone, the Tsar of Formula One. | :08:02. | :08:03. | |
He's been a driving force like no other. | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
Having ruled Formula 1 with an iron grip for decades, | :08:09. | :08:11. | |
Bernie Ecclestone transformed it into a global commercial phenomenom. | :08:12. | :08:13. | |
At times it seemed he would go on forever, but with a multi-billion | :08:14. | :08:22. | |
pound American takeover came a sudden change in direction. | :08:23. | :08:24. | |
F1's new boss told me why it was the end of the road | :08:25. | :08:27. | |
I would expect this is difficult for Bernie. | :08:28. | :08:30. | |
I mean he's run the sport as a one-man, he calls | :08:31. | :08:37. | |
himself a dictator - he's run it as a one-man | :08:38. | :08:39. | |
I think the sport needs a fresh perspective. | :08:40. | :08:48. | |
From second hand car salesman, to team owner and then | :08:49. | :08:51. | |
commercial rights holder, Ecclestone's rise was remarkable. | :08:52. | :08:52. | |
The 86-year-old's deal-making skills brought him famous friends, | :08:53. | :08:54. | |
powerful contact and billions in the bank. | :08:55. | :08:56. | |
Some comments caused offence and he was forced to settle | :08:57. | :09:07. | |
a bribery case in 2014 but this diminutive figure will be remembered | :09:08. | :09:10. | |
You can't have a Bernie - it will never exist, | :09:11. | :09:18. | |
The circumstances will never exist and he'll go down in history | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
But recently F1 has struggled to match the thrills of the past, | :09:23. | :09:29. | |
and amidst a dramatically declining TV audiences, | :09:30. | :09:31. | |
one team boss told me the sport now needs a revamp. | :09:32. | :09:34. | |
I think the most important thing is getting back | :09:35. | :09:36. | |
to the basics of outright racing, engaging with the fans, | :09:37. | :09:47. | |
engaging with the public, and perhaps de-complicating | :09:48. | :09:50. | |
the cars a little and going back to man and machine | :09:51. | :09:53. | |
For a long type now, Formula One has been able to depend | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
on its unique mix of speed, glamour and technology | :09:58. | :09:59. | |
But there's a sense from within the sport that | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
from an ultra competitive and shifting sports market that now | :10:06. | :10:07. | |
We need to use all the platforms, the traditional platforms available, | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
and the marketing available to tell the stories of the | :10:12. | :10:13. | |
We've got to make our events larger than ever. | :10:14. | :10:16. | |
Week-long events, cities at the tracks. | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
With music and entertainment, with sport at the centre of it. | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
But I've talked to about 21 Super Bowls and that's | :10:24. | :10:25. | |
This is a seismic moment for F1 - Ecclestone's been offered | :10:26. | :10:32. | |
an advisory role but a man so used to being the puppet master is no | :10:33. | :10:36. | |
The world of sport will surely never see his like again. | :10:37. | :10:40. | |
And that's all from Reporters this week. | :10:41. | :10:42. | |
From me, Philippa Thomas, goodbye for now. | :10:43. | :10:54. | |
And on and on. It will eventually get milder everywhere across the UK, | :10:55. | :11:02. | |
but not just yet. -- well, the weather is turning. Overall tomorrow | :11:03. | :11:06. | |
the weather is looking split, we have rain | :11:07. | :11:07. |