:00:15. > :00:19.You are watching Outside Source on BBC News. Mikhalkov skitters the BBC
:00:20. > :00:24.he is considering applying for political asylum in Britain as he is
:00:25. > :00:33.placed on an international wanted list by a Russian court.
:00:34. > :00:34.TRANSLATION: President Putin has decided my possible involvement in
:00:35. > :00:40.the 20 parliamentary elections is dangerous. Heavy fighting in Helmand
:00:41. > :00:45.province continues as reports come out that the area has fallen to the
:00:46. > :00:49.Taliban. Amnesty International releases a report claiming at least
:00:50. > :00:55.200 civilians have been killed in Russian air strikes in Syria. If you
:00:56. > :00:59.had any doubts about the potential risks of drones, have a look at
:01:00. > :01:05.this. We will hear how incidents like this one can be avoided. And
:01:06. > :01:07.the story of a man who was found alive under that huge landslide in
:01:08. > :01:28.China after almost three days. At least 200 civilians were killed
:01:29. > :01:33.in Russian air strikes on Syria from the end of September to the end of
:01:34. > :01:36.November. That is according to a report by Amnesty International. The
:01:37. > :01:40.human rights group spoke to witnesses to many of the attacks and
:01:41. > :01:46.stop Amnesty said it researched remotely more than 25 Russian
:01:47. > :01:50.attacks that took place in harms, and other places including Aleppo.
:01:51. > :01:58.It said there was evidence Russia on more fully used on guided bombs in
:01:59. > :02:02.densely populated areas and used cluster munitions. Moscow insists it
:02:03. > :02:09.is targeting only the positions of terrorist groups. TRANSLATION: We
:02:10. > :02:14.have read this report which has nothing concrete or new in it. The
:02:15. > :02:21.same cliches and lies which we have revealed once before. The report
:02:22. > :02:26.uses expression such as presumably Russian strikes or possible
:02:27. > :02:32.violations of international law. Nothing but assumptions without any
:02:33. > :02:33.proof. The BBC Russian service described whether these claims could
:02:34. > :02:52.be considered accurate. All of that weaponry is a denial of
:02:53. > :02:58.territory weaponry, so basically it closes down for the enemy,
:02:59. > :03:01.everything gets to stride. That is what suits the strategy of the
:03:02. > :03:07.Syrian army trying to push into those areas and control them, take
:03:08. > :03:12.the control from opposition forces. That is why they insist that we are
:03:13. > :03:15.doing we should do. Since Russia got involved with the strikes in
:03:16. > :03:19.September there has always been scepticism about what exactly Russia
:03:20. > :03:24.is bombing, whether these are IS targets or just any opposition to
:03:25. > :03:27.the Assad regime. It is interesting because the Russians say they don't
:03:28. > :03:31.just bomb whatever needs to be bombed, they say they get the list
:03:32. > :03:36.of targets from the Syrian government, and the Syrian
:03:37. > :03:40.government insists that every militant group which is against the
:03:41. > :03:44.Syrian government is a terrorist group and Russians take the cue from
:03:45. > :03:48.there. They say we are fighting terrorism, but who are the
:03:49. > :03:52.terrorists? That definition is up to the Syrian government. This was
:03:53. > :03:58.researched remotely, we are hearing, from Amnesty, that is what Russia
:03:59. > :04:04.takes issue with. They save you are calling 16 people on the ground we
:04:05. > :04:07.don't know, you say you researched it from social media. That from a
:04:08. > :04:11.Russian point of view is not acceptable. They want satellite
:04:12. > :04:12.pictures, sometimes they provide satellite pictures, even though
:04:13. > :04:19.sometimes get mistaken. The Premier League lost one
:04:20. > :04:21.colourful character this week But speculation has been rife that
:04:22. > :04:25.another one - Louis Van Gaal - For now - at least - he's staying -
:04:26. > :04:29.and today he stormed out of a particularly spiky
:04:30. > :04:46.press conference. Has anybody in this room not a
:04:47. > :04:54.feeling to apologise to me? Nobody has that feeling? I was already
:04:55. > :05:04.sacked, I have read, I have been sacked. My colleague was here
:05:05. > :05:15.already. Do you think that I want to talk with the media now? I am here
:05:16. > :05:22.only because of the Premier League rules, I have to talk with you. I am
:05:23. > :05:26.focused on Stoke City. I help my players, I wish you a Merry
:05:27. > :05:33.Christmas, and maybe also a happy New Year when I see you, and enjoy
:05:34. > :05:44.the wine and the mince pies. Goodbye. Not exactly sounding in the
:05:45. > :05:50.Christmas bird. Let's Koepka Hugh Woozencroft from BBC Sport Centre.
:05:51. > :05:55.Not a great starter Christmas for Louis Vanguard. No, it isn't, but
:05:56. > :05:59.there are two sides to every story. Louis van Gaal would argue he has
:06:00. > :06:02.been doing what is required for him at Manchester United. We got the
:06:03. > :06:06.club into the Champions League at the first time of asking, the
:06:07. > :06:12.minimum required, and this season he sits fifth in the English Premier
:06:13. > :06:15.Li, so why all the criticism, why is his job being called into question?
:06:16. > :06:19.Paul Scholes has labelled them boring. They had just seven shots on
:06:20. > :06:23.target in their last four Premier League matches at home. In fact they
:06:24. > :06:27.have not won any game in the last six. All of this comes in the midst
:06:28. > :06:31.of so much managerial moving is, so much going on. Pep Guardiola at the
:06:32. > :06:35.end of the season will be leaving Bayern Munich and Germany fostered
:06:36. > :06:37.Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Chelsea, and with high-quality
:06:38. > :06:41.candidates like that currently available it is not surprising the
:06:42. > :06:45.English media here have been writing headlines about Louis van Gaal. But
:06:46. > :06:46.for tomorrow's headlines on Thursday, Louis only has itself to
:06:47. > :06:55.blame. Someone in a slightly better mood
:06:56. > :06:57.is Cristiano Ronaldo. And he's shown us one
:06:58. > :06:59.reason why that might be - And as you'd expect,
:07:00. > :07:15.it's not too shabby. Hi, guys, come in, this is where I
:07:16. > :07:24.live, let's go. Come in. I love this .com you know why? Because he is
:07:25. > :07:31.always quiet. My room is one of the most important things in my life. I
:07:32. > :07:42.need to rest good, so this is where I sleep. I spent really half a day,
:07:43. > :07:47.because you know to perform good, to be in a good level, you have the
:07:48. > :07:52.rest good. So I am always rested good. This is my place. Here you can
:07:53. > :07:58.see through, no, I'm not going to show you. I will say something bad
:07:59. > :08:06.but it is not important. Come in, this is the living room, where I
:08:07. > :08:12.watch TV, football games. The second or the third most important, it is
:08:13. > :08:19.the place where I eat, where I eat my lunch I have my dinners, because
:08:20. > :08:24.most of the times I eat in home properly. By chef cooks on
:08:25. > :08:31.believable for me. This is why I look like that. This is where I
:08:32. > :08:44.relax with friends, take a drink relax. And here is where Cristiano
:08:45. > :08:49.plays football. We have the net there, it is already there, and we
:08:50. > :08:55.create here the Christmas tree, because soon it is going to be the
:08:56. > :08:59.Christmas. So I wish everyone Merry Christmas, have a good year and be
:09:00. > :09:02.happy, which for me is the most important thing. We weren't
:09:03. > :09:04.expecting a modest abode, where we? Two months ago British horse rider
:09:05. > :09:07.William Fox Pitt suffered severe head injuries after
:09:08. > :09:08.falling in a competition. He was immediately placed
:09:09. > :09:10.in an induced coma. But now he's back in the saddle
:09:11. > :09:23.and posted this message. Thank you all so much for your
:09:24. > :09:30.support in the last few weeks was I had a very exciting day today, my
:09:31. > :09:33.first ride, I got that in before Christmas, I had to set myself a
:09:34. > :09:40.target and very happily was able to do that. I am here with Chile
:09:41. > :09:46.Morning, he will start work in the New Year, he is having a holiday
:09:47. > :09:47.now, a bit like me. Looking forward to getting started and seeing you
:09:48. > :09:52.all in the New Year. In a few minutes we'll report
:09:53. > :09:55.from China where a man has been pulled alive from under
:09:56. > :09:56.that huge landslide, where he was trapped
:09:57. > :10:04.for nearly three days. A 9 year old boy from Cornwall has
:10:05. > :10:07.become one of the first in the world to have testicular tissue frozen
:10:08. > :10:10.to help him have The procedure was carried out
:10:11. > :10:14.by surgeons in Oxford before the boy underwent treatment
:10:15. > :10:17.for a brain tumour - Earlier this year -
:10:18. > :10:21.in a world first - a Belgian woman had a baby
:10:22. > :10:23.using re-implanted ovarian tissue that had been frozen
:10:24. > :10:26.when she was still a child. Our Health Correspondent
:10:27. > :10:37.Dominic Hughes has more. His family say nine-year-old
:10:38. > :10:39.Nathan Crawford loves his bike, his scooter and is
:10:40. > :10:41.mad keen on science. But he is also battling a brain
:10:42. > :10:44.tumour which can only be treated through powerful radio-
:10:45. > :10:45.and chemotherapy that So, in a short operation, surgeons
:10:46. > :10:53.at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford removed a wedge
:10:54. > :10:56.of testicular tissue and have frozen it in the hope that it can one day
:10:57. > :11:00.be reimplanted and allow Nathan Funded by a charity,
:11:01. > :11:03.this rare technique is not available This cancer survivor,
:11:04. > :11:08.diagnosed in his late teens, says it could relieve pressure
:11:09. > :11:10.on both children and parents I don't believe he will be able
:11:11. > :11:35.to understand entirely Over 80% survive the disease,
:11:36. > :11:43.but around 10% of them are left Last year a woman in Belgium became
:11:44. > :11:47.the first in the world to give birth after ovarian tissue that was frozen
:11:48. > :11:50.when she was still a Experts believe this latest
:11:51. > :11:56.development is a big step forward I think the important things are,
:11:57. > :12:03.it gives them hope - firstly, that they are going
:12:04. > :12:07.to survived their treatment, they are going to have the same
:12:08. > :12:15.options as everybody else. Nathan has now started treatment
:12:16. > :12:18.to shrink the tumour in his brain. His family say he is coping well,
:12:19. > :12:20.and like any nine-year-old, This is Outside Source, live from
:12:21. > :12:49.the BBC newsroom. Our top story, Russia has put the former oil tycoon
:12:50. > :12:51.Mikhail Khodorkovsky on an international wanted list
:12:52. > :12:55.for connection to a murder case. But in a BBC interview,
:12:56. > :13:11.Mr Khodorkovsky says the case what you see next on BBC News
:13:12. > :13:13.depends where you are watching. Around the world, world News America
:13:14. > :13:17.is looking at the swelling ranks of women at the top of US industry and
:13:18. > :13:21.government and the impact they are having on the country. In the UK,
:13:22. > :13:26.the News at ten reports on homeowners income rear cleaning up
:13:27. > :13:36.after they were flooded for the third time this month.
:13:37. > :13:40.Almost three days after a landslide in China a man has been pulled alive
:13:41. > :13:42.from the rubble in the city of Shenzhen.
:13:43. > :13:44.A huge rubbish dump collapsed and buried dozens of buildings under
:13:45. > :13:46.a pile of earth and construction waste.
:13:47. > :13:48.He survived by eating seeds and fruit that were buried
:13:49. > :13:50.alongside him - as Stephen Evans reports.
:13:51. > :13:57.Rescuers used special radar detectors to seek survivors.
:13:58. > :13:59.When they found signs of life, they dug.
:14:00. > :14:04.After 67 hours buried under a mountain of mud 19-year-old Tian
:14:05. > :14:10.Zeming is pulled out of the darkness.
:14:11. > :14:12.He survived in a pocket of air created by rafters
:14:13. > :14:21.He lived on oranges he found around him, and on hope.
:14:22. > :14:26.On Sunday, the waste swept down and covered the industrial estate.
:14:27. > :14:31.Many fled but many were trapped and are still missing.
:14:32. > :14:34.TRANSLATION: The Fire Department has found vital signs at three spots.
:14:35. > :14:42.We are now working at these points to see if others are trapped there.
:14:43. > :14:44.As work continued today, questions were being raised
:14:45. > :14:47.about why so much waste soil from construction was stored exactly
:14:48. > :14:55.Social media postings critical of the authorities
:14:56. > :15:04.At the site the search for any sign of buried life
:15:05. > :15:21.Here is Austrian slalom skier Marcel Hirscher
:15:22. > :15:26.Literally crashed just centimetres behind him.
:15:27. > :15:29.Luckily he didn't suffer any injuries - and even managed
:15:30. > :15:44.He later joked on twitter @marcel-hirscher that there was some
:15:45. > :15:46.'heavy air traffic in Italy.' But more seriously,
:15:47. > :15:47.after the race he wrote 'Quite honestly,
:15:48. > :15:50.if I look at the pictures from the drone crash
:15:51. > :15:52.on the internet, I get sweaty palms and tremble.' Well unsurprisingly
:15:53. > :15:55.the International Ski Federation has since banned drones from future
:15:56. > :16:01.Rory Cellan Jones is the man to go to when we've got
:16:02. > :16:09.These are incredibly popular at the moment. There has been a huge surge
:16:10. > :16:11.of interest in them, I think a lot of people will be getting them at
:16:12. > :16:17.Christmas, the price of them is coming down. But lots of warning is
:16:18. > :16:21.now coming out not just from the regulators, but from the makers
:16:22. > :16:25.themselves, that they are not simple toys. If you are going to fly them
:16:26. > :16:29.you have to base import rules. What is unclear about this particular
:16:30. > :16:35.incident is why the thing just fell out of the sky. I have been talking
:16:36. > :16:38.on twitter to various people from pilot ruins themselves, and I
:16:39. > :16:41.assumed first that the battery had failed, they said it is most like
:16:42. > :16:46.that, it looks more like an actual engine failure, because with these
:16:47. > :16:50.Trojans, and I have flown them as an amateur myself, when the battery is
:16:51. > :16:54.running low, first you get a warning, and then it just lands
:16:55. > :17:00.itself, it automatically lands. And that just smashed down. Exactly. At
:17:01. > :17:04.the moment, in terms of regulations, we don't really have any. There will
:17:05. > :17:08.be huge and as of these things sold over the next months and years. What
:17:09. > :17:13.are the authorities able to do? There is a sudden surge, you say we
:17:14. > :17:15.don't have any regulations, we haven't and suddenly authorities
:17:16. > :17:20.around the world are waking up to this. In America, they have just
:17:21. > :17:24.introduced some quite Draconian regulations, everyone who has got
:17:25. > :17:30.one of these has the register online or they can face huge fines and get
:17:31. > :17:33.in trouble. In the UK there is a big difference made between professional
:17:34. > :17:38.drone operators, as was that one on the ski race, and the rest of the
:17:39. > :17:43.population, professionals actually have to have almost the equivalent
:17:44. > :17:50.of a pilot 's licence. Watch trip regulation as to what you can do
:17:51. > :17:53.with them. What the people want to do with them? The great thing is the
:17:54. > :17:58.amazing photography you can get, that is what everyone is buying
:17:59. > :18:01.them. The technology has come on in leaps and bounds in the last couple
:18:02. > :18:05.of years. We are almost going to get bored with aerial shots of people's
:18:06. > :18:06.houses, maybe that is what will end the phrase. That is why they are so
:18:07. > :18:13.popular. Bagpipes aren't usually
:18:14. > :18:14.linked to Japan. But after a holiday in Scotland,
:18:15. > :18:17.Shinji Hamada decided to take up the pipes - complete
:18:18. > :18:37.with kilt and sporran. I live in Japan. I went to Scotland
:18:38. > :18:44.when I took a vacation, and that is when I was fascinated by the sound
:18:45. > :18:49.of the bagpipe. Once I get there and actually see and hear the sound of
:18:50. > :18:59.the bagpipe, that is when I just wanted to have the bagpipe itself.
:19:00. > :19:06.Wherever I go, when they first hear me playing the bagpipes, they think
:19:07. > :19:11.there is some British or Scottish people playing the bagpipe, and I
:19:12. > :19:17.say I am Japanese. They say why? They always have this reaction of
:19:18. > :19:27.amazement. Why is the Japanese guy playing the bagpipe in Australia or
:19:28. > :19:33.Scotland? Once I started playing the bagpipe, I just got more close to
:19:34. > :19:40.the Scottish as I can be, so started buying the kilt and jacket and
:19:41. > :19:44.everything. I just tried to feel as much as Scottish as I can be, feel
:19:45. > :19:48.more like the Highland bagpipe. That is who I want to be. I don't know
:19:49. > :19:55.where it comes from but I am more passionate about what I do as a
:19:56. > :20:05.bagpiper. When I put this outfit on and play the bagpipes, I really feel
:20:06. > :20:10.like a Scottish, see this history, tradition, culture of the
:20:11. > :20:12.Highlanders is alive and well in the land of the rising Sun, in Tokyo,
:20:13. > :20:29.Japan. A lot of things I have done -- I
:20:30. > :20:33.would like to do, like play in front of the Queen, or maybe meet a
:20:34. > :20:39.Scottish girl Sunday and play pipes for her. As much as I can play the
:20:40. > :20:43.bagpipes and meet a lot of people, and they give me inspiration or
:20:44. > :20:48.feedback, it makes me a more better act by player, that is all I want to
:20:49. > :20:52.do. A passionate paper there in Japan. -- Piper.
:20:53. > :20:54.We use the expertise of our language services every day
:20:55. > :20:59.Today we had a reminder of how much history some of those services have.
:21:00. > :21:01.Leonid Finkelstein worked at the BBC Russian Service for 25 years,
:21:02. > :21:04.His death was announced today, aged 91.
:21:05. > :21:07.Here he is talking about the 5 and a half years he spent
:21:08. > :21:30.Feeding was three times a day, first in the camp, some gruel, then some
:21:31. > :21:41.soup in the middle of the day, and in the evening normally a piece of
:21:42. > :21:52.some sort of fish, or gruel again. When Stalin died, a commission was
:21:53. > :22:03.formed, and that commission decided to release people who were serving
:22:04. > :22:18.time for reckless phrases, like me. I thought I lost the six best years
:22:19. > :22:24.of my life, 23 to 29. I always say don't rust, don't fear, don't beg.
:22:25. > :22:26.It became a motto, and I never forget from where I learned this
:22:27. > :22:28.motto. Leonid Finkelstein, who's
:22:29. > :22:32.died aged 91. That's it from Outside
:22:33. > :22:47.Source for this year. One last thing to show you though,
:22:48. > :22:50.some high-tech Christmas pictures, you have become used to us bringing
:22:51. > :22:52.you the sort of things but these military robots capable of carrying
:22:53. > :22:59.equipment on the battlefield, transformed into reindeer. The
:23:00. > :23:05.company develops technology for the US military, diversifying for
:23:06. > :23:06.Christmas. Merry Christmas to everyone watching, thanks for being
:23:07. > :23:11.with us.