18/02/2016 Outside Source

Hello. This is Outside Source. David Cameron's big day has arrived, I EU

summit has started where the British prime minister will try to persuade

all 28 countries to back his reforms. It is a more important to

get this right than do anything in a rush but with goodwill and hard work

we can get a better deal for Britain. Pope Francis has questioned

Donald Trump's Christian values, making comments to journalists as he

left Mexico following his visit there. A blast in Turkey has killed

six people a day after a bomb attack in Ankara. The Prime Minister has

blamed Kurdish separate system. And the British snowboarder who survived

and, avalanche. Plus we will hear from William Shatner who has written

a new book with co-star Leonard de Mori. -- Leonard Nimoy.

Welcome back to the programme. Let's get more on our top story, British

Prime Minister David Cameron in Brussels trying to agree on a set of

reforms he can demand as part of a renegotiation of Britain's EU

membership. When and if he gets that agreement the UK will vote in a

referendum over whether or not to leave the EU. Let's see one of the

latest week coming in from our political editor. Downing Street

sources talking of an impasse tonight, tomorrow's talks pushed

back to 11am to allow time for individual talks. Let's get some

more voices, correspondence across Europe have been looking at what is

at stake in this Brussels summit. Here in Paris, the real concern

isn't benefits for migrants but rather protecting the Euro. David

Cameron wants safeguards to ensure the Eurozone countries cannot gang

up on the UK, but the French President Francois Hollande is

concerned this will mean giving the City of London and unfair advantage.

France is still struggling with high unemployment and president land will

seek re-election next year. He doesn't want to come home looking

like a loser. He must be seen to be sticking up for French interests.

Germany's position hasn't changed, it wants Britain and the EU and

right now Angela Merkel is David Cameron's greatest ally, voicing

support for some of his ideas, take benefits and welfare systems. She

said before the summit that national parliaments not Brussels should be

responsible for protecting those systems against abuses. She also

spoke of ever closer union, saying whilst nothing should stand on its

way, individual member states should not be obliged to follow that level

of integration every step of the way.

Here in Hungary, the other central European countries as well, the main

concern is to make sure fellow citizens have equal rights in

Britain and elsewhere in the union. What that seems to mean in practice

is that they might be willing to accept curbs on benefits for

Hungarians, polls, Czechs and Slovaks in Britain, provided these

are only applied to new arrivals, not the hundreds of thousands

already there. And that the curbs are phased out gradually. Central

European leaders are enjoying their sudden importance in EU affairs. At

last everyone have to take them seriously.

Thanks to Nick, Jenny and Anna. Let's cross to Brussels and find out

what has been happening since we spoke last, Alex is with us. I was

reading tweets of an impasse. How would you describe the mood over the

past few hours? The first working session has finished so we have had

the first substantial discussion of the proposed reforms and the leaders

that around the table and attempted to thrash out some detail. After

that we were hearing briefings from people in the room, sources close to

those who work, saying no real progress has been made, there are

still five key areas with significant differences between the

EU leaders, such as the proposed welfare changes for EU migrants in

the UK, the rules governing the relationship between between those

inside and outside the Eurozone, even the fundamental treaties of the

European Union. So far we have been told caps on those have not

narrowed. You would expect some element of this drama to be played

out because everyone on the table wants to be seen to have fought hard

to get the best deal for their own country. This is not unexpected but

the sense we are getting now is that these discussions are far from

conclusion. David Cameron will sit with the president of the European

Council Donald task later tonight, when they will work out how to

proceed. Talks will inevitably trickle until tomorrow morning and

we don't know if there will be a deal. I know there are various

points you mention, the four or five sticking points, do we even know, do

they attacked them the same time go through them methodically, for

example the first couple of hours we will talk about benefits in the EU?

We are told David Cameron opened this first working session by

setting out what was at stake for him, saying he had to get a

creditable deal he could fell to the British public and this was the

moment to settle the UK question on the EU. Then they started thrashing

through the detail. We are told every one of the sticking points we

have spoken about recently was raised by someone around that table.

No surprises as to which countries waste points on which issues, for

example Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are concerned

about the welfare payments to migrant workers, concerned there

were changes to economic governance, and as expected, we think they are

the issues those countries raised, but one EU source told us they were

more critical than they were expected to be, so the mood is now

that there is still much discussion before any deal is likely to be

reached. Thank you very much, Alex, keeping across that story in

Brussels. As she mentioned, it will go well into tomorrow, so stay with

us for updates. Let's turn over to our sports news. Manchester United

are playing Michelin in the Europa League and a few more games are on

as well. Let's get the latest from the BBC Sport Centre and Catherine

Downes, standing by. Give us an update on that match and what else

is happening. For Man United fans I'm afraid the bad week continues,

the beaten by Sunderland at the weekend. Tonight they have beaten by

Michelin from Denmark -- Mitjylland from Denmark. David de Gea was

injured in the warm up so big names missing, so United beaten by a team

that have only existed for 17 years. For Louis Van Gaal, you sense a lot

hinges on the second leg of this type, and the FA Cup tie against

Shrewsbury town of League 2 in England. If that goes badly things

might go badly for Louis Van Gaal. We were talking a lot about calls

for Gary Neville to resign as Valencia manager after dismal league

form but tonight it is different story, Valencia lead Rapid Vienna

5-0. 15 minutes left so there could be good news there for Gary Neville.

Holders Seville are on for a record-breaking third consecutive

Europa League title. Fernando Llorente scored twice in the first

half. Seville only in this competition because they finished

third in their Champions League group, so they dropped down in the

Europa League, but it could turn out well for them in terms of making

history. Another former winner, Liverpool, currently finding German

side at Augsburg tough to crack, goalless at the moment in Jurgen

Klopp's first game in Germany since moving to Liverpool from Bruce eah

Dortmund. Thank you for bringing us up-to-date. A couple more sports

stories, away from football. This is a survival story, British

snowboarder Sasha Hamm has been talking to the BBC about the moment

he was caught in an avalanche, and he explains how he survived the

experience. I hiked it with my friend, he got too tired, turned

around, and stubborn Sasha decided to keep going.

I ended up about five feet under the snow, and stuck in there, and I

thought that was it. But luckily, I had a very big airport it on the

right side of my body and my phone was literally in the right pocket --

a very big air pocket. I called my friend and navigated him

to where I was and said, if you can hear the chopper getting louder,

talus, and that is how they ended up in pointing me. I have never heard

of anybody surviving past an hour, let alone two hours. Usually you

diversification, but I got really lucky, I learn my lesson, don't go

riding on your own and the most important one is, don't go riding

when you are very tired. Frightening but with a happy ending,

we are glad to say. I now want to bring you to Formula 1, a Tweet,

2016 F1 line-up is complete. The 23-year-old will become

here is his manager. They chose him on merit, on the results of last

year. They feel it is a good team-mate. Obviously it is sad for

Will Stevens because he is out of Formula 1 now. That is sometimes the

sad nature of the sport, only 22 drivers year able to compete.

Stay with us on Outside Source, we will be live in Cuba talking about

President Obama's announcement that he will visit the country next

month. Rail passengers in the south-east of

England remain the least satisfied in the country according to a report

by the consumer group Which?. They had an overall satisfaction score of

46%. The survey of nearly 7000 rail travellers across England and Wales

shows many passengers have to cope with overcrowded trains and dirty

conditions. Emma North reports. What is it like to travel on some of

the worst trains in England? Myself and a few others were fined by

ticket inspectors on our train. We ended up with two or three trains

with the people on one train, so we were standing in first class, and we

were fined for standing in the compartment. People don't like

South-eastern Trains because they are unreliable. I could get in ten,

20, 30 minutes late, which ruins my plans. Which? Asked 7000 companies

to raise -- passengers to rate the worst companies. It is challenging

for the operators but that cannot be tracked from the fact that people

expect the basics, they expect clean trains, working toilets, all of

these things should be achievable for operators in the 21st century.

There is a lot they can do to make commutes more tolerable. The

passenger numbers are up, but so are the profits. The parent company of

South-eastern and Thames Link say they share customers frustrations,

but they also said today they were pleased to report pre-tax profits up

by 17%, up to ?52.1 million. The industry is working together to

improve the experience of passengers. We are investing

billions of pounds every year in new trains, better stations and more

services. We know Winnie to do better, we are trying to improve, we

know we need to run more trains more often on time. A separate survey by

Transport cap more focused show people are generally happy but with

a third reporting their last journey as delayed there is little comfort

for those in the London Crush hour. This is Outside Source live from the

BBC newsroom. Our lead story: The British Prime Minister David Cameron

has swept that with hard work and goodwill he can achieve a deal at

the European Union summit to try to stop his country leaving the

European Union. What you see next depends on where you live in the

world. If you are watching outside the UK you will see World News

America with more in Venezuela on the increase in petrol prices. Here

in the UK the News at ten has an interview with former England rugby

star Matt Dawson, speaking out about his family's experience with

meningitis, after another family whose two-year-old daughter died

from the disease earlier this week started a petition to get more

children vaccinated against it. Let's move on to Cuba, I want to

show your teat, the president of the United States posted this not on

ago, he says next month he will travel to Cuba to advance their

progress and efforts to improve the lives of the Cuban people. That is

US President Barack Obama tweeting. It is not far between the US and

Cuba, in fact the two nearest points are about 170 kilometres, 100 miles

apart, but despite it being nearby, it has been a very long

time since things looked like this, 1928, and President Calvin Coolidge

was president of the United States. Fidel Castro would have been about

three years old at the time. Let's hear more about how it has been

received. We can speak to will grant in Havana. We were reading it on

Twitter, what has the reaction been in Cuba to this visit on March 21?

By and large very positive, as you can imagine, Cubans have been

waiting for this announcement pretty much since the fall was announced

since Washington -- between Washington and Havana at the end of

2014. People had been expecting it might happen but not wanting to

imagine it would. There have been many false dawns between these two

old enemies for so long. But it will happen, March 21, it has been

announced both by the White House and President Obama on Twitter, and

also now by the Cuban government informing its people on state

television. The sense of excitement has already begun and the next few

weeks will see a real build-up before he gets here. What are the

Cuban people hoping to achieve with the visit of President Obama? One

man I spoke to on the street around the BBC office here said to me that

what he was most concerned with was that President Obama helps the Cuban

people. I think what he meant was that this doesn't turn into an

institutional visit, President speaks to president and those at the

bottom of society are forgotten. The White House I think will be

sensitive to that, there will be a lot of gladhanding and pressing the

flesh in the streets, President Obama has that rock star status when

he travels the world, and he may find it reaches new levels when he

comes to Cuba. But I also think the White House will be careful to find

-- make sure there are meetings between Obama and dissident groups

to make sure the humans rights question has not been forgotten by

Washington and is one of the areas Obama wants to speak to Castro

about. Thank you very much, will grant from her van. The picture will

be different from when Calvin Coolidge visited! More politics,

this time in Uganda, people have been voting for the next president.

The incumbent has been in power for 30 years but faces a challenge from

seven other candidates. It hasn't all gone smoothly today, voting

extended in some parts of the country after long delays. Two

polling stations and the process abandoned after police clashed with

voters angry about the weight. Let's hear more from Catherine.

These men were furious. After waiting hours to vote at a polling

station in Kampala, it never happened. The police then fired tear

gas to contain the situation. This is one example of an area where the

police about constant clashes with voters. It took seven hours for the

polling materials to arrive. When they did they were incomplete so

only parliamentary votes and not presidential ballots, so the people

tore them up, through the papers on the fall, eventually the electoral

commission officials add to rule out, so there will be no voting here

today. TRANSLATION: We need change. Several hundred kilometres away, the

main opposition candidate voted earlier in the day. He has

maintained that the electoral process is not free and fair. The

president and his wife rated as well, but it was not a long wait for

them. He was adamant that earlier clashes in Kampala will not

continue. In the baking hot sun, people queued up for hours to be

able to cast their ballot. The electoral commission apologised and

extended voting by three hours up till 7pm local time, but there is

uncertainty as to whether this is enough to ensure everyone takes

part. At this monitoring station calls have been coming in from

across the country. Most people had issues because of delayed voting. It

was a lifeline for many, especially with some social media sites being

blocked by the authorities. Incidents like this dissuade you

from participating in democratic processes, Pat Dileep mac --

perpetrate apathy because people think, what is the point if it will

take the whole day? Some vote counting is going ahead this

evening. But the question is how the disruptions on polling day will

affect the final result. In another update on that story, the

President's main rival was briefly detained by police with a move

condemned by the US State Department. It follows his elect

allegations of vote rigging. The Ugandan authorities denied the

allegation in a statement and added that he had assaulted a police

officer. Now to some film stars, the Intel

careers were linked for decades but for William Shatner and Leonard

Outside Source it was only the beginning. They became lifelong

friends even though there were bumps along the way. Mr Shatner now

recounts the off-camera details of their relationship and the BBC went

to meet him. In exploring this book, I learned

more about Leonard, perhaps not more, but a great deal about

Leonard, that I hadn't known before. His fast and historical interest in

photography, the things he wrote, some of the movies he was in, the

plays that he did, and the musicals he was in. A musical, I didn't know

he was on that! I didn't know he sang!

We both had gotten criticism, we were both made fun of in a way, by

having our voices on some records of actors who thought they could sing.

So we both laughed about that. But he was doing it professionally and

doing it well, wow, I didn't know that! The rivalry, I guess, could be

a term to use, it is dramatic, but it was the push and shove of actors

finding their way in a new venture. Had we known each other earlier, I

don't think that would have happened, but on that occasion, as a

young actor, everybody hungry, there was just sling, but it wasn't any

more than that. I would like all those fans to take away the

knowledge of how wonderful I had with Leonard Nimoy and how dear he

was to me. Friendship is very difficult to get, because what

happens between actors on a movie or a television series or a play, the

passions of the venture bond you. When the venture is over, you say

goodbye. There are instances where you say, man, I'll call you

tomorrow, we had lunch, and it never happens, and it is all gone. In the

business we are in where you are roaming a lot, solid connections are

difficult to make, and I cherish the one I had with Leonard.

What a relationship, a long one. We will be back on Monday on Outside

Source. From me and the team, goodbye, thanks for spending some of

your day with us. You can find us on Twitter. The hashtag is #BBCOS.

Thanks for tuning in. Time to look at the weather for the next few

days, a lot of changeable weather, actually, as we