:00:13. > :00:24.Hello, I am Muller McGovern, this is Outside Source. Plans to reform
:00:25. > :00:30.French labour laws... Strikes progressed. Under warning of more
:00:31. > :00:34.her attacks. The battle to reclaim the city of Falluja from Islamic
:00:35. > :00:39.State continues. Concern is mounting for thousands of people inside the
:00:40. > :00:44.city. And last week and Islamic Council in Pakistan advised that a
:00:45. > :00:49.husband can likely beat his wife. Has been growing condemnation across
:00:50. > :00:54.the country, we bring you a report. It sounds unlikely but could baking
:00:55. > :00:56.soda hold the key to solving climate change? We speak to our environment
:00:57. > :01:16.correspondent. Welcome to the programme. Strikes
:01:17. > :01:22.are under way across France. Let's look at some of the pictures from
:01:23. > :01:26.earlier. Protest are subject into fresh labour laws, there was a
:01:27. > :01:32.blockade at the transit area near the city of Marseille. Protesters
:01:33. > :01:37.clashed with police last week, you may remember, it has led the Paris
:01:38. > :01:41.tourist board to warn that the unrest spreading of visitors, it
:01:42. > :01:49.says the scenes of action in the middle of Paris beamed around the
:01:50. > :01:53.world reinforces the feeling... But what is it all about? Something that
:01:54. > :02:00.touches every section of society... From these students to all workers.
:02:01. > :02:05.The 35 hour working week. The new bill would allow companies to employ
:02:06. > :02:11.workers for up to 60 hours a week in some exceptional cases and another
:02:12. > :02:15.aspect is this union, the CGT is campaigning against, it would make
:02:16. > :02:19.it easier for employers to make workers redundant. For its part the
:02:20. > :02:26.government hopes changes will encourage companies to take risks on
:02:27. > :02:29.hiring new staff, there is at least 40% of trains expected to be
:02:30. > :02:37.affected across the country on the high-speed TGV line. This country is
:02:38. > :02:40.also getting ready to host the Euro 2016 football tournament in ten
:02:41. > :02:47.days' time. Next door to France, Belgium... Also seeing travel
:02:48. > :02:52.disruption with thousands of public sector workers taking part in a
:02:53. > :02:58.national strike. Are Europe reporter sends us this from Brussels.
:02:59. > :03:02.Belgians on the street again angry with the direction the government is
:03:03. > :03:07.taking. Public sector workers in Brussels and across the country are
:03:08. > :03:14.being encouraged to take part in this 24-hour protest. I am not
:03:15. > :03:16.agreeing with what they want, for me, that I work longer. They say
:03:17. > :03:23.there is no money, we know there is money, we need money for the public
:03:24. > :03:27.services. I am disappointed in the government. I am also a bit angry
:03:28. > :03:33.but were disappointed. Unions are unhappy about spending cuts,
:03:34. > :03:38.problems plans to raise pension ages and increase the working week. There
:03:39. > :03:43.have been different strikes involving traffic controllers,
:03:44. > :03:48.prison guards, today teachers and even police officers are being urged
:03:49. > :03:50.to join in. The government says public sector reforms are badly
:03:51. > :03:59.needed and is determined to push on needed and is determined to push on
:04:00. > :04:06.with its plans. Staying in Europe... We have had this warning for fans
:04:07. > :04:09.heading to France for the Euros... It says the US State Department
:04:10. > :04:16.warns citizens of terrorism attack risk across Europe this summer...
:04:17. > :04:22.You can read more about this on the BBC News website. Let's turn again
:04:23. > :04:27.to France... This time, it's another aspect that the country has to cope
:04:28. > :04:33.with, the growing number of migrants and refugees. Officials are
:04:34. > :04:38.assessing today various new sites to house people in the north of the
:04:39. > :04:41.capital. This decision seems to have been prompted by the number of
:04:42. > :04:46.migrants camping under railway bridges or in buildings around the
:04:47. > :04:53.city. Hugh Schofield is in Paris and tells us more about the proposal.
:04:54. > :04:58.This is several months in the making. Throughout the last year and
:04:59. > :05:01.had been various occupations, wildcat actions on the part of
:05:02. > :05:08.migrants, often helped by groups who help them to find places to stay and
:05:09. > :05:12.so on... They have encamped out under railway bridges, under the
:05:13. > :05:17.Metro and on a couple of occasions have gone on to parks or schools,
:05:18. > :05:21.schools that are being refurbished, that kind of thing. No actual
:05:22. > :05:25.schooling going on, they have occupied the premises and
:05:26. > :05:30.authorities under the mayor have on each occasion been constrained and
:05:31. > :05:34.felt compelled to act, call in police and explain to the migrants
:05:35. > :05:39.and people with them, they cannot do this, you must move on. They have
:05:40. > :05:45.done this but the other part of the discourses we will do something for
:05:46. > :05:51.you. I think there is an acute sense, run by the left, that
:05:52. > :05:55.constantly moving people on is not good, it's not right, not part of
:05:56. > :05:59.their mission as a left-wing administration. So they've been
:06:00. > :06:03.looking for premises and apparently found some although they haven't
:06:04. > :06:06.said what it is and they will install in the city is something
:06:07. > :06:13.that is more permanent, which is in their eyes, a proper fitting
:06:14. > :06:16.facility to look after and house refugees who may or may not want to
:06:17. > :06:22.stay here, may or may not want to move on. The background as there has
:06:23. > :06:26.been a lot of movement of people through Paris up towards the Channel
:06:27. > :06:31.ports. But that has kind of tailed off recently with the emphasis much
:06:32. > :06:35.more now on Germany and the migrants arriving from The East
:06:36. > :06:40.Mediterranean. Very few of those migrants arriving in France. Thank
:06:41. > :06:43.you for that. Let's turn to the battle to force so called Islamic
:06:44. > :06:49.State out of Falluja. It looks like it could be a long one, the
:06:50. > :06:52.militants launching a counterattack against the Iraqi government forces
:06:53. > :06:59.and also the Shia militia trying to force them out of the city. Concern
:07:00. > :07:05.is growing for some 50,000 civilians who remained trapped. Earlier this
:07:06. > :07:09.month you might remember our Baghdad correspondent for BBC Arabic managed
:07:10. > :07:34.to get into the city to hear some of the stories.
:07:35. > :07:43.But some of his report and he joined us on the set to describe for that
:07:44. > :07:45.the conditions now in Falluja. Between 50000 and 70,000 people
:07:46. > :07:51.still being trapped in the city centre. Because basically, the
:07:52. > :07:56.government forces and the Army have been imposing a siege on the city
:07:57. > :08:02.for the past six months and that is why people started talking about
:08:03. > :08:07.starvation, eating rotten dates, bread... Drinking filthy water...
:08:08. > :08:13.Because of the army siege. The army on the other side, they are cutting
:08:14. > :08:18.all lines that they are using starvation as a weapon of war but
:08:19. > :08:22.the situation there, the humanitarian situation is terrible.
:08:23. > :08:25.Do you know... There was a request for a humanitarian corridor is when
:08:26. > :08:32.you are doing the report about two weeks ago... Did people leave,
:08:33. > :08:39.offered did they go? According to the United Nations 3000 Falluja
:08:40. > :08:46.residence managed to flee the outskirts of the city, basically the
:08:47. > :08:53.southern outskirts and the northern outskirts... Through the three open
:08:54. > :08:58.corridors, safe corridors, opened by the army and the government and the
:08:59. > :09:02.pro-government forces. There are still tens of thousands of people
:09:03. > :09:08.trapped inside the city and of course, with the army shelling, and
:09:09. > :09:16.the US led air strikes... Civilians, and the civilian casualties, they do
:09:17. > :09:20.happen. Let's turn our attention to Pakistan. Bob Wanner's protection
:09:21. > :09:26.Bill has come under fire suggesting a husband can likely beat his wife
:09:27. > :09:33.to keep her in line. And this tweet has come in...
:09:34. > :09:42.It has grown quite a lot over the past few hours. The photographer has
:09:43. > :09:47.a portrait series of Pakistani women reacting, let's take a look. One of
:09:48. > :09:51.them here... Essentially responding with a day for a man to try and
:09:52. > :10:02.suppressor. But the. Rick, let's hear more. This woman has been
:10:03. > :10:05.coming to this court for two years, she wishes to remain anonymous,
:10:06. > :10:11.fearing social persecution for speaking out against domestic
:10:12. > :10:15.balance. After her first daughter was born... My husband with the me
:10:16. > :10:20.every second day four hours, pulling out my hair and slapping me. He
:10:21. > :10:25.kicked me out of the house, he was upset that I hadn't given birth to a
:10:26. > :10:32.boy. Human rights watch estimates that between 70-90% of Pakistani
:10:33. > :10:36.women face domestic violence. In a Conservative Pakistani society it is
:10:37. > :10:40.the established notion that the family's honour will be maligned if
:10:41. > :10:44.a woman cannot sustain her marriage, thus forcing her to stay in an
:10:45. > :10:49.abusive relationship at all costs. Earlier this year in a landmark
:10:50. > :10:54.move, Pakistan's Parliament enacted the protection of women against
:10:55. > :10:57.violence Bill. This legislation set out penalties for crimes including
:10:58. > :11:03.domestic violence, psychological and economic abuse against women. But
:11:04. > :11:09.hopes were quickly bashed as the Council of Islamic ideology reject
:11:10. > :11:13.the law, declaring it on Islamic. The Council is a constitutional body
:11:14. > :11:16.advising Parliament on issues of religion and offering
:11:17. > :11:20.recommendations on how laws can conform with the Conservative form
:11:21. > :11:25.of Islam, sharia law. Its rulings are not binding, after it rejected
:11:26. > :11:31.the bill, the council drafted its own version. It recommends a husband
:11:32. > :11:36.can likely beat a wife, female nurses should not care for male
:11:37. > :11:39.patients, abortion after 120 days of pregnancy will be classed as murder.
:11:40. > :11:44.The council says it does not have final draft but it hasn't denied
:11:45. > :11:53.media reports that man can likely beat his wife if she defies him.
:11:54. > :11:57.TRANSLATION: Whether it is the father or husband, he cannot hit a
:11:58. > :12:00.woman, she suffers a bone fracture or starts to bleed.
:12:01. > :12:05.The proposals have generated anger across Pakistan, many taking to
:12:06. > :12:09.social media to protest. The human rights commission says the council
:12:10. > :12:16.should be scrapped. No woman and all sane men in Pakistan do not accept
:12:17. > :12:19.Islamic ideology has overstepped its Islamic ideology has overstepped its
:12:20. > :12:28.constitutional mandate. And it's to restriction. I demand a
:12:29. > :12:31.constitutional amendment to disband this body. The government can ignore
:12:32. > :12:36.the council's recommendations and has done so in the past, a small but
:12:37. > :12:45.three for Pakistan's many domestic violence but was. -- victims. Still
:12:46. > :12:48.to come... India builds on its status as the world's fastest
:12:49. > :12:51.expanding major economy, just releasing its GDP figures, we will
:12:52. > :12:59.find out what they mean. A mother, along with her civil
:13:00. > :13:02.partner, has been found guilty of murdering her two-year-old son
:13:03. > :13:04.and of cruelty to two Rachel Fee and her partner Nyomi
:13:05. > :13:08.from Fife in Scotland subjected Liam Fee, an affectionate
:13:09. > :13:19.two-year-old, witnesses said, who became increasingly withdrawn
:13:20. > :13:22.as he suffered unyielding, His attackers, the two women
:13:23. > :13:27.who should have been His mother, Rachel Fee,
:13:28. > :13:43.here on the left, and her At their house, police discovered
:13:44. > :13:48.evidence pointing to prolonged abuse, much of it too graphic to
:13:49. > :13:51.report, inflicted on two other children. If Liam had lived, he
:13:52. > :13:56.would have been turning five and starting primary school but instead
:13:57. > :13:57.he will be remembered for these rare smiles which had the suffering he
:13:58. > :14:12.endured. This is Outside Source live
:14:13. > :14:16.from the BBC newsroom. Our lead story? A fresh
:14:17. > :14:18.round of strikes is threatening Officials are concerned
:14:19. > :14:30.the industrial action Let's look at some of the stories
:14:31. > :14:32.are BBC language services are covering.
:14:33. > :14:34.BBC Russian reports on the Ukrainian military pilot making her first
:14:35. > :14:36.appearance in parliament since being released
:14:37. > :14:40.Nadiya Savchenko was elected an MP while incarcerated and pledged
:14:41. > :14:42.to fight for the release of other Ukrainians held in Russia.
:14:43. > :14:44.BBC Chinese is looking at reports North Korea has once again
:14:45. > :14:47.tried and failed to test- launch one of its medium
:14:48. > :14:51.The South Korean Defence Ministry said the test had taken place
:14:52. > :14:56.And among the most read online - Poland's Justice Ministry
:14:57. > :14:58.will appeal against a decision not to extradite Roman Polanski
:14:59. > :15:04.to the United States over a child sex conviction in 1977.
:15:05. > :15:06.The US had requested that the Oscar-winning film-maker be
:15:07. > :15:19.There's growing concern among India's African community
:15:20. > :15:21.of growing racial hatred after a string of attacks.
:15:22. > :15:23.The Indian government, which has been embarrassed
:15:24. > :15:26.by the attacks at a time when it is seeking closer
:15:27. > :15:28.economic ties with Africa, is trying to reassure the African
:15:29. > :15:30.community that they will be protected and have nothing to fear.
:15:31. > :15:40.From Delhi, Sanjoy Majumder has more.
:15:41. > :15:47.There are thousands of Africans living in India, many come to study
:15:48. > :15:52.in India but recently, they've started complaining about being the
:15:53. > :15:56.victims of racism following attacks. The one attack that sent shock waves
:15:57. > :16:01.to place earlier this month when a Congolese national was beaten to
:16:02. > :16:04.death following an altercation over hiring a rickshaw. Last week in
:16:05. > :16:08.Delhi neighbourhood six African nationals were assaulted, the
:16:09. > :16:12.authorities have been quick to act, the police several arrests,
:16:13. > :16:15.government ministers have met African students, inch assuring them
:16:16. > :16:20.they have nothing to fear but not everyone is convinced. A group of
:16:21. > :16:23.African ambassadors have even threatened asking African students
:16:24. > :16:26.to stay away from India on less things improve.
:16:27. > :16:29.When it comes to growth - India is leading the pack amongst
:16:30. > :16:32.The latest quarterly figures show that it's firing on all cylinders.
:16:33. > :17:22.Let's have a look at some of the numbers.
:17:23. > :17:33.I often speak to the pool but you are onset to with us today. These
:17:34. > :17:37.numbers... They are great, aren't they, we are in a country I am sure
:17:38. > :17:40.David Cameron would like to be the Prime Minister of the
:17:41. > :17:45.fastest-growing world economy. And the Prime Minister came to power
:17:46. > :17:48.three years ago, development, development... He can sit in Delhi
:17:49. > :17:53.and say he is delivering, we are growing faster than everyone else
:17:54. > :17:58.but there is another story. In spite of the growth rate many Indians feel
:17:59. > :18:02.the economy is not moving as fast as they want. A school report with the
:18:03. > :18:06.good but like mine always used to be... Could do better. So many
:18:07. > :18:12.people moving to the cities, you have megacities, what is life like
:18:13. > :18:18.for the regular person as this boom happens to the country? It depends
:18:19. > :18:22.who you are, if you are part of the emerging Indian middle class, life
:18:23. > :18:27.is good, a huge property boom, flats coming up, part of that growing
:18:28. > :18:32.economy, your salary is growing. But for those on the bottom of society,
:18:33. > :18:37.they see the growth among them but are not Wada bid. We are talking
:18:38. > :18:41.about the world's fastest growing economy but hundreds of millions of
:18:42. > :18:46.people still don't have electricity. -- but you are not part of that. If
:18:47. > :18:51.you are rich, it is great, if you are pure, life remains as much a
:18:52. > :18:56.struggle as it did ten or years ago. The leader of India... What about
:18:57. > :19:01.these figures? He will be happy, he has been under pressure, speak to
:19:02. > :19:05.business people in India, they say things happened moved as quickly as
:19:06. > :19:10.they thought, the big economic reforms that were promised, sales
:19:11. > :19:15.tax, land reform, they haven't come in. He has been under pressure and
:19:16. > :19:19.criticism, with these figures, he can say to the business community,
:19:20. > :19:25.look what I am delivering, the last party did not. Thank you. We are
:19:26. > :19:34.going to move to another part of the world. Flats and apartments.
:19:35. > :19:37.Now let's look at some of the most expensive properties in the world.
:19:38. > :19:38.You'll recognise this - New York City.
:19:39. > :19:41.We've just learned of a new residential development that
:19:42. > :19:43.will eclipse all other penthouse sales you have heard
:19:44. > :19:52.In 2012 a sky high property at 15 Central Park West gained new Russian
:19:53. > :19:56.owners for the hefty price tag of 88 million dollars.
:19:57. > :20:02.The most expensive New York condo - in the 157 high-rise -
:20:03. > :20:14.Now we hear there are plans for a 250 million apartment.
:20:15. > :20:16.Floor plans show 16 bedrooms, 17 bathrooms, five balconies
:20:17. > :20:31.Michelle Fleury is in our penthouse office in New York.
:20:32. > :20:38.Good to have you with us! These prices... 100 million for an
:20:39. > :20:43.apartment, looking like a bargain. Who would have thought a couple of
:20:44. > :20:47.was buzzing about the sales price, was buzzing about the sales price,
:20:48. > :20:54.the fact you had hip that figure, broken above 100 million now, $250
:20:55. > :21:00.million apartment, the taxes are not, the maintenance fees are also
:21:01. > :21:03.equally as I watering. Many people speculating as to who might be
:21:04. > :21:09.interested such an apartment, the assumption being it would be someone
:21:10. > :21:14.from overseas, foreign buyer that we have seen in recent years. You
:21:15. > :21:17.mentioned a Russian buyer, increasingly we are seeing people
:21:18. > :21:24.from abroad looking to try and park some money in fog they see as a
:21:25. > :21:27.relatively stable property market and a safe place to invest their
:21:28. > :21:31.money. We know some of the neighborhoods in New York and I was
:21:32. > :21:37.reading about this, but little part of Central Park South, could be
:21:38. > :21:42.called billionaires Row. That's right, causing a huge uproar, top to
:21:43. > :21:43.New Yorkers about it, lots of debate about that southern end of Central
:21:44. > :21:45.Park being transformed, the Park being transformed, the
:21:46. > :21:48.neighbourhood has seen several neighbourhood has seen several
:21:49. > :21:54.luxury high-rise buildings starting to go up, that has led to a raft of
:21:55. > :21:59.complaint about the shadows of the cast over the park and the damage
:22:00. > :22:05.that will do. As well as the sky-high prices. The key thing to
:22:06. > :22:07.remember in all of this, for the average American, the sky-high
:22:08. > :22:13.buildings with sky-high prices, relatively speaking, New York is
:22:14. > :22:17.pretty cheap when you compare are two other luxury housing market in
:22:18. > :22:21.other parts of the world. That is why you seeing this interest and why
:22:22. > :22:24.eyebrows are raised when you hear about an apartment this expense of,
:22:25. > :22:30.those other developers in the wondering perhaps, whether this will
:22:31. > :22:35.fly and whether they will try and follow suit. We will have to see who
:22:36. > :22:38.buys that place. Michelle, thank you.
:22:39. > :22:41.Over the last few weeks here on Outside Source we've been
:22:42. > :22:45.bringing you the news of political and economic crisis in Venezuela.
:22:46. > :22:47.A country struck by food shortages, power cuts, spiralling violence
:22:48. > :22:52.and the world's highest rate of inflation.
:22:53. > :22:55.Now a Venezuelan worker has told us how he and his colleagues
:22:56. > :23:02.are literally guarding their factory against nationalisation.
:23:03. > :23:10.All we want to do is do the best thing we know how to do, make the
:23:11. > :23:34.best beer in Venezuela, that's all we want to do, keep on working.
:23:35. > :23:41.In this country the only way you have to get a sick materials to
:23:42. > :23:46.produce is through the government institutions, the government don't
:23:47. > :23:51.let us get materials, basic materials, so we have imposed for 21
:23:52. > :24:06.years. The government is of the time threatening the companies.
:24:07. > :24:12.If I could speak directly to the President I would tell him we cannot
:24:13. > :24:17.have a good country importing everything, what we want to do is
:24:18. > :24:25.reduce inside the country. -- is produce. We come every day, we are
:24:26. > :24:27.here to protect this company and we will stay here as much time as is
:24:28. > :24:43.needed. Now, after six decades in football,
:24:44. > :24:46.the only player to have won three World Cup winning medals,
:24:47. > :24:47.the Brazilian legend Pele has decided to auction off
:24:48. > :26:02.the memorabilia he has accumulated Cheap comparative previous price of
:26:03. > :26:03.that apartment in New York. That is it