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:00:10. > :00:17.Hello, I am Christian Fraser. This is Outside Source. World leaders

:00:18. > :00:24.meet in London to discuss Syria and raise over $10 billion in aid.

:00:25. > :00:28.The crucial point about today is the money raised will save lives, will

:00:29. > :00:33.give hope, will give people the chance of a future. The United

:00:34. > :00:38.Nations has ruled that Julian Assange is being detained

:00:39. > :00:42.arbitrarily. British police want to extradite him to Sweden. He has been

:00:43. > :00:46.hiding out in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for more than three years.

:00:47. > :00:52.Former Friends start Matt LeBlanc has been named as co-presenter of

:00:53. > :01:00.global TV programme, Top Gear. And we have a report from Sweden's old

:01:01. > :01:01.cold war base which has been modernised to withstand the

:01:02. > :01:18.perceived threat of Russia. Good evening. Turkey already plays

:01:19. > :01:22.host to the largest number of Syrian refugees and the situation is about

:01:23. > :01:26.to get worse, with tens of thousands more heading to its border. They are

:01:27. > :01:31.trying to escape fighting around Aleppo in the north of the country.

:01:32. > :01:37.We told you yesterday that the Syrian army was mounting a fairly

:01:38. > :01:41.big offensive in the North, bringing an end -- bringing to an end a

:01:42. > :01:47.three-year siege. That is backed by intensive Russian air raids.

:01:48. > :01:49.Thousands of miles away in the safety of London, a fund raising

:01:50. > :01:56.conferences taking place to raise money for those affected by the war.

:01:57. > :01:59.Playing host, British Prime Minister David Cameron.

:02:00. > :02:04.I would like to thank everybody who has come and been so generous with

:02:05. > :02:08.their time and resources to help this desperate situation. We have

:02:09. > :02:11.combined a renewed effort to address the shortfall in Umana Terry and

:02:12. > :02:16.funding, with a new approach to provide the education that will

:02:17. > :02:23.bolster stability in the region. All of this is vital work. Vital for

:02:24. > :02:28.those suffering inside Syria. Vital for the refugees. Vital for the

:02:29. > :02:32.countries in the region doing so much. And taken together, what we

:02:33. > :02:37.are delivering today can play a crucial role in preventing refugees

:02:38. > :02:41.from feeling they need to risk their lives on the treacherous journey to

:02:42. > :02:46.Europe. The Prime Minister speaking area.

:02:47. > :02:55.This is the figure the EU has placed. $3.3 billion. Germany has

:02:56. > :03:04.pledged $2.6 billion. The UK, $1.7 billion extra. And from the United

:03:05. > :03:12.States, $925 million. All told, with other donations, the pot has swelled

:03:13. > :03:14.to more than ten billion dollars. Ben Brown has been telling me more

:03:15. > :03:16.about how the money will be spent. Interesting that when you think

:03:17. > :03:20.that they were actually being asked for $9 billion and that seemed

:03:21. > :03:23.a pretty stunning amount of money by itself but they have come up

:03:24. > :03:26.with more than that and dug deeper About half is going to be

:03:27. > :03:36.immediately used this year. The other half is over the next few

:03:37. > :03:39.years, up to 2020. The emphasis at this conference,

:03:40. > :03:45.the fourth in a long line of these donor conferences on the Syrian

:03:46. > :03:48.emergency, the emphasis has been about long-term aid,

:03:49. > :03:51.helping those refugees, about four and a half million

:03:52. > :03:54.of them, who have fled from Syria And helping them, because this war

:03:55. > :04:01.isn't going to end any time soon, helping them get jobs,

:04:02. > :04:04.which is why a lot of them come to Europe, because they say

:04:05. > :04:07.they can't work in They're not getting jobs,

:04:08. > :04:11.they're not getting work permits. The donors here want to try and stop

:04:12. > :04:17.that buying Courage England to get jobs in the region where they are,

:04:18. > :04:20.in the Middle East, and also to offer school places

:04:21. > :04:34.for their children. -- by encouraging them. What they

:04:35. > :04:37.have come up with according to David Cameron was a million jobs for

:04:38. > :04:45.refugees and residents in these countries. And also a million school

:04:46. > :04:46.places for the children are refugees, who are currently not

:04:47. > :04:49.being educated. Real change and an awful

:04:50. > :04:51.of money promised. We have to make sure that the money

:04:52. > :04:55.that has been promised is delivered. In the last couple of years only

:04:56. > :04:58.about 50% of what has been asked I was going to ask you about that

:04:59. > :05:03.because I remember when I was in Egypt and are used to go to these

:05:04. > :05:05.conferences for Gaza, a lot of the money that is there

:05:06. > :05:08.in the headlines never materialises. Having said that, I think

:05:09. > :05:12.there is a new determination and you sense that talking

:05:13. > :05:14.to the delegates here, a new determination and it's really

:05:15. > :05:17.self-interested you like, especially on the part

:05:18. > :05:20.of the European nations like Britain for example, because of the migrant

:05:21. > :05:25.crisis over the past few months, the stunning number of people

:05:26. > :05:28.who have been risking their lives to make that perilous boat journey

:05:29. > :05:33.from Turkey across the water into Greece and up into Europe,

:05:34. > :05:36.because they want to try and stop that or reduce that as far

:05:37. > :05:39.as possible, they know that they have to put more money

:05:40. > :05:45.into countries like Jordan and Lebanon and Turkey to make life

:05:46. > :05:47.more bearable for the refugees, the four and a half million refugees

:05:48. > :05:59.who are in those countries. Ben Brown at the conference centre.

:06:00. > :06:05.Let's take a look little deeper into how badly that money is needed.

:06:06. > :06:11.There are 4.6 million Syrians that have fled the country so. Most of

:06:12. > :06:14.them, as you can see, have stayed in neighbouring countries. Turkey

:06:15. > :06:21.taking the bulk of them, but Jordan and Lebanon taking big numbers. In

:06:22. > :06:28.Lebanon the population has grown by 25% since the war began. Clive Myrie

:06:29. > :06:29.has been down here to the back our valley. It is on the border with

:06:30. > :06:33.Syria. Earlier he sent this report. They have had a rough ride

:06:34. > :06:38.in life, these children. Victims of a war they are too

:06:39. > :06:41.young to understand. In this refugee camp

:06:42. > :06:44.in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, they are being given

:06:45. > :06:46.back their childhoods, Meet Muhammad, who is 13,

:06:47. > :06:52.and his brother Mustafa, They attend school five days a week,

:06:53. > :06:59.like the 270 other youngsters But when school is out,

:07:00. > :07:05.they and some of the other kids They work in the brick factory

:07:06. > :07:12.that borders their home. Hard, but necessary

:07:13. > :07:27.work for this family. "We work to help our father,"

:07:28. > :07:36.Mustafa says, "because our little brother is sick.

:07:37. > :07:41.He has cancer." Then they recall the day

:07:42. > :07:45.they left their home "Around sunset, when it

:07:46. > :07:50.started getting dark, The next day we came

:07:51. > :07:55.here to Lebanon. As they toiled and heaved bricks,

:07:56. > :08:04.in London, delegates at the conference for Syria,

:08:05. > :08:08.raised more money to pay for the education of refugee

:08:09. > :08:11.children and create well paying job Over lunch, Mustafa and Mohammed

:08:12. > :08:29.admit life is hard. These children are mature way beyond

:08:30. > :08:36.their years. They have had to grow up fast. Then there are little

:08:37. > :08:45.brother appears. His cancer treatment and ongoing cause of

:08:46. > :08:54.anguish for everyone. Our life here is difficult, says Mustafi. In Syria

:08:55. > :08:55.we had everything. Millions of his countrymen now have nothing.

:08:56. > :09:11.Plenty more on the BBC website if you want to look at the Syria story.

:09:12. > :09:21.And also, if you have any questions and comments on what we are showing

:09:22. > :09:25.you, do get in touch. The BBC understands that a UN panel

:09:26. > :09:29.will report tomorrow that Julian Assange is being arbitrarily

:09:30. > :09:35.detained in the Ecuador Embassy in London. He has been there since 2012

:09:36. > :09:40.to avoid extradition to Sweden over a rape allegation that he denies. He

:09:41. > :09:45.submitted this document to the UN panel stating his case.

:09:46. > :09:50.Consideration of the facts, the panel now seems to have found in his

:09:51. > :09:53.favour. But it is controversial. Some think the panel has got it

:09:54. > :09:59.wrong, like the journalist, Toby Young.

:10:00. > :10:04.Well, it would be morally binding if it made sense. But Julian Assange

:10:05. > :10:09.has not been detained. He went to the Ecuadorian Embassy of his own

:10:10. > :10:14.volition to seek asylum, which he has now been granted. He is not

:10:15. > :10:19.being detained by the British authorities. If anything, he is

:10:20. > :10:24.detaining himself. If what you mean is, is he under a moral obligation

:10:25. > :10:29.to stop detaining himself, I suppose you are right.

:10:30. > :10:34.It is not clear what that means. Others do not agree. Here is one of

:10:35. > :10:38.them, Mr Assange's close adviser talking to us earlier.

:10:39. > :10:47.Britain has supported this court, it is a tribunal in fact, as has

:10:48. > :10:56.Sweden, who declared eye unfairly detained. It made submissions to the

:10:57. > :11:02.court. You had that adversarial thing. If Britain is lost after

:11:03. > :11:10.entering into the dispute, then Britain has an obligation, as does

:11:11. > :11:15.Sweden, to obey it. WikiLeaks say they are waiting on

:11:16. > :11:20.the official verdict before they comment. But WikiLeaks did put out

:11:21. > :11:28.this tweet in which Mr Assange said he would accept arrest by British

:11:29. > :11:32.police if the UN rules against him. He also said he expects the

:11:33. > :11:35.immediate return of his passport and the termination of further attempts

:11:36. > :11:44.to arrest him if it rules in his favour. Earlier I spoke to Sarah

:11:45. > :11:48.Campbell outside the embassy. There are news crews from various

:11:49. > :11:53.organisations waiting for any movements from the embassy.

:11:54. > :11:58.Certainly nothing from inside. This is where Julian Assange has been for

:11:59. > :12:02.the last almost four years, since June 2012, when he was facing

:12:03. > :12:09.accusations of sexual assault from two women in Sweden. He moved into

:12:10. > :12:13.the Ecuadorian Embassy and ever since then he has understood that

:12:14. > :12:17.because of this European arrest warrant, were he to leave the

:12:18. > :12:22.embassy, he would be immediately arrested and extradited back to

:12:23. > :12:26.Sweden. That is why he went to the UN working group back in 2014,

:12:27. > :12:30.arguing that he felt he was being arbitrarily detained. As we now

:12:31. > :12:39.know, this UN panel has agreed with him. Obviously giving his campaign

:12:40. > :12:46.moral support. But is it any more than that? Well, legally this

:12:47. > :12:50.judgment will not be enforceable. Statements from Sweden and the UK

:12:51. > :12:54.back that up. The Swedish prosecutors say this will make no

:12:55. > :13:01.formal impact on their prosecution. A statement from the foreign office,

:13:02. > :13:05.backed up by Downing Street, says that we have been consistently clear

:13:06. > :13:08.that Mr Assange has not been detained in the UK but has been

:13:09. > :13:12.voluntarily avoiding lawful detention by choosing to remain in

:13:13. > :13:15.the Ecuadorian Embassy. Pointing out that an allegation of rape is still

:13:16. > :13:20.outstanding and a European Arrest Warrant is in place. The UK has a

:13:21. > :13:23.legal obligation to extradite him to Sweden. That tweet where he said

:13:24. > :13:28.that he would expect them if this panel ruled in his favour, to give

:13:29. > :13:34.him back his passport and allow him to leave, looks extremely unlikely.

:13:35. > :13:38.Sarah Campbell. We will look at the reasoning behind this decision when

:13:39. > :13:42.the report is tomorrow. There has been a heavy police presence on the

:13:43. > :13:48.streets of Cologne as the city's annual carnival gets under way. More

:13:49. > :13:51.than 2000 police officers are on patrol in the first major event

:13:52. > :13:54.since New Year when many women were victims of sexual assault and

:13:55. > :13:55.muggings, a majority of them blamed on migrants.

:13:56. > :13:58.Anna Holligan is there. Today is known as ladies' night,

:13:59. > :14:01.traditionally one of the most But there is something in the back

:14:02. > :14:07.of everyone's minds this year, Carnival this year is being seen

:14:08. > :14:17.as a big test of the authorities. TRANSLATION: This is probably

:14:18. > :14:22.the safest Carnival there There is zero tolerance this year

:14:23. > :14:25.for anybody who wants After those attacks at New Year

:14:26. > :14:30.dozens of people of North African and Arab origin were arrested,

:14:31. > :14:33.and it has led to some tension And something that we are hearing

:14:34. > :14:43.from a lot of women is that they are slightly

:14:44. > :14:46.anxious this year, They are determined to celebrate

:14:47. > :14:53.this massive cultural event. Today it is rainy,

:14:54. > :14:58.it is not too nice. It is one big party, it doesn't

:14:59. > :15:06.matter where you are from, brown, white, yellow,

:15:07. > :15:10.red, no problem. This is a crazy time and it's not

:15:11. > :15:13.normal and we don't do So I think they know

:15:14. > :15:40.what is happening here. More in a moment on the race for the

:15:41. > :15:44.Democratic nomination in the US per day and -- presidential race.

:15:45. > :15:47.Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have been sparring over which of

:15:48. > :15:55.them is the true progressive candidate.

:15:56. > :16:02.Sad to report that a sperm whale that washed up on the beach in North

:16:03. > :16:05.Norfolk has died. Rescuers in and stand and could not return it to the

:16:06. > :16:12.sea. They tried to make it as comfortable as possible. Stephen

:16:13. > :16:18.Marsh from the rescue group said it was unlikely the Animal would

:16:19. > :16:24.survive in such conditions. Unfortunately when sperm whales do

:16:25. > :16:28.get stranded there are very unlikely to survive. We felt it would die

:16:29. > :16:34.tonight. It had not died during the day. I think that today the water

:16:35. > :16:39.came in. They did not lifted. It did not float away. In a way we are

:16:40. > :16:45.thankful that it has now been put out of its misery by an actual

:16:46. > :16:47.death. This is the 29th sperm whale that has died in recent weeks in our

:16:48. > :17:07.area of Europe. This is Outside Source. The

:17:08. > :17:12.international donor conference in London has raised over -- placed

:17:13. > :17:17.over $10 billion to help people displaced by the war in Syria. Here

:17:18. > :17:19.are some of the stories that our colleagues at BBC World Service are

:17:20. > :17:25.reporting. Police have carried out raids in Berlin and other parts of

:17:26. > :17:29.Germany because of a suspicion that Islamic State is planning to carry

:17:30. > :17:33.out an attack in the country. BBC Brasil says the president is calling

:17:34. > :17:47.on people to work together in a day of action to eliminate the mosquito

:17:48. > :17:50.responsible for the Zika virus. Thousands of you are reading about

:17:51. > :17:56.the sperm whale stranded on a beach in north-east England, on our

:17:57. > :18:02.website. We haven't told the last hours that the whale has simply

:18:03. > :18:11.died. Does anybody remember the former

:18:12. > :18:20.head of Turin pharmaceuticals? He raised the price of a life-saving

:18:21. > :18:21.AIDS drug by 5000%. Yes, 5000%. Now he is being investigated by US

:18:22. > :18:30.Congress. This is how that went today. Do you

:18:31. > :18:35.think you have done anything wrong? On the advice of counsel I invoke my

:18:36. > :18:40.fifth Amendment privilege against self discrimination and respectfully

:18:41. > :18:46.declined to answer your question. He pleaded the fifth. Then said it was

:18:47. > :18:50.hard to accept that these imbecile to represent the people in our

:18:51. > :18:53.government. I would imagine he is not very popular. Our correspondent

:18:54. > :19:00.is in New York. Izzy Public enemy number one? He has been called the

:19:01. > :19:06.most hated man in America before. Even though people plead the fifth

:19:07. > :19:12.at these kind of hearings, I think it was the way he had that smug look

:19:13. > :19:18.on his face, loving -- laughing at Congress, calling them imbecile is,

:19:19. > :19:23.twirling his pencil. It gave a sense of the colourful character and his

:19:24. > :19:29.attitude and his disregard for the institution and lawmakers. He has

:19:30. > :19:35.been very active on social media. He is a former pharmaceutical CEO who

:19:36. > :19:40.has been in the spotlight for raising drug prices. He has welcomed

:19:41. > :19:43.and in the crave the love of the media attention. That is why it is

:19:44. > :19:47.interesting to see the reaction of people on social media, either

:19:48. > :19:54.laughing along with him are sticking to that hating him line. He is

:19:55. > :20:00.totally unapologetic about doing this. He has done it with another

:20:01. > :20:04.drug, a parasitic drug? Yes, he said through his lawyer that he would

:20:05. > :20:09.have wanted to answer questions. He said the claims by lawmakers are

:20:10. > :20:13.false and that is part -- that it is part of the industry to make profit.

:20:14. > :20:20.He is completely unapologetic. When you look at the life-saving drug and

:20:21. > :20:25.the fact he rose it by 5000%, he had gone back and forth over whether the

:20:26. > :20:29.company would start offering it for free or whether he would cut back on

:20:30. > :20:38.price. Again, very unapologetic over what he says is the right of

:20:39. > :20:42.industry and businessmen. Thank you. ! Turn to Auckland in New Zealand

:20:43. > :20:47.were today they signed one of the biggest global trade deals in over

:20:48. > :20:58.20 years. The US transatlantic partnership includes the US, Japan,

:20:59. > :21:03.Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, New Zealand, Mexico and Peru. But it

:21:04. > :21:06.does not include the world's second largest economy, China. Those in

:21:07. > :21:09.favour of the deal say it would free up trade and investment between 12

:21:10. > :21:18.countries. Not everyone approves. Take a look.

:21:19. > :21:22.There have been these protests. Those worried about their jobs and

:21:23. > :21:26.the power it gives to some of the world's big corporations. But

:21:27. > :21:29.getting back to the deal itself, there is plenty to look forward to.

:21:30. > :22:37.Here is an explainer of who might benefit.

:22:38. > :22:44.There are some in favour of it. Sweden has expressed concerns over

:22:45. > :22:50.Russian military action in Ukraine. It has re-militarised and old Cold

:22:51. > :22:55.War base in the Baltic Sea to combat this perceived threat from Moscow.

:22:56. > :22:59.Paul Adams has travelled to the island of Scotland where he has been

:23:00. > :23:02.speaking to senior Swedish commanders.

:23:03. > :23:07.Sweden is spooked by Russia, jets entering its airspace, a suspected

:23:08. > :23:11.submarine close to Stockholm. Russian actions in Ukraine. The

:23:12. > :23:17.military is looking once more at a remote spot in the middle of the

:23:18. > :23:24.Baltic Sea. Welcome to Scotland. -- Gotland. It is a former Cold War

:23:25. > :23:28.stronghold. It has been a long time since the Swedish military paid any

:23:29. > :23:33.attention to this place. But last year the Government said it would be

:23:34. > :23:37.sending troops back to Gotland. An active service unit will eventually

:23:38. > :23:40.be based here on the island. It is not very many but it is a way of

:23:41. > :23:47.saying to Russia that Sweden will not leave this place undefended.

:23:48. > :23:51.Meet Sweden's top general. He spends a good deal of his time wondering

:23:52. > :24:01.what the Russians are up to. It is too much to say that we understand

:24:02. > :24:05.it. We understand or did we know before it happened, the annexation

:24:06. > :24:06.of Crimea? Did we know they were close to starting something in

:24:07. > :24:11.eastern Ukraine? When it happens, it eastern Ukraine? When it happens, it

:24:12. > :24:16.is obvious. But it is too much to say that we know what the next step

:24:17. > :24:23.will be. This is one of the greatest challenges. What are they up to? For

:24:24. > :24:27.decades this was the home of the Swedish military in Gotland. At the

:24:28. > :24:31.height of the Cold War there were as many as 15 to 20,000 military

:24:32. > :24:35.personnel on the island at any time. Now this is pretty much all

:24:36. > :24:41.government offices. But a new chapter in Gotland's history is

:24:42. > :24:46.about to begin. It is almost if you can say a dream come true. This

:24:47. > :24:53.Lieutenant Colonel is back from civilian life to take charge of the

:24:54. > :24:56.new battle group in Gotland. I was raised here as a lieutenant and

:24:57. > :25:04.Captain and Major. I trained the soldiers. I maintain the equipment.

:25:05. > :25:10.That was for about 20 years. So this is a strange time for you

:25:11. > :25:16.personally? S yes, it is a comeback for me. I have been a civilian for

:25:17. > :25:21.ten years. Now I have to go back to the Army again and I am very lucky

:25:22. > :25:25.for that. The tanks are ready but the crews have yet to arrive. Sweden

:25:26. > :25:31.says this small force could be reinforced. It is also symbolic. We

:25:32. > :25:38.need to make sure that our Armed Forces are strong enough to show

:25:39. > :25:41.that we could be the threshold to send signals saying that if you come

:25:42. > :25:47.here, it will hurt. And it will. Gotland thought its

:25:48. > :25:52.fortified days were in the past but Russia has turned back the clock.

:25:53. > :25:58.Nobody expects an invasion but the Baltic is a nervous place these

:25:59. > :26:00.days. Sweden does not want to be caught napping.

:26:01. > :26:02.Sweden not the only country taking such precautions. We will be back in

:26:03. > :26:17.a few minutes. Stay with us. Good evening. It is that time of day

:26:18. > :26:18.to look at what the weather is doing elsewhere around the world. Stormy