04/08/2016 Outside Source

This is Outside Source. The top stories from our newsroom. The

International Olympic Committee says it will confirm the final number of

Russians shortly but the IOC president warned that athletes who

don't will always be discovered. The ANC party in South Africa on course

for its work election results since the apartheid era. It's lost control

of some key cities. Coming up on Outside Source sport, we'll hear

from London's Olympic Stadium where West Ham are playing their first

ever match in their new home. If you want to get in touch, tweet us using

the hashtag BBC OS. You're very welcome to the second

part of the programme. I want to bring up these pictures of US

President Barack Obama, he is expected to hold a press conference

here. It's about the ongoing fight against so-called Islamic State.

This is taking place at the Pentagon. One of the few times he's

gone to address this issue. A lot of people asking questions with the

backdrop of the US presidential race that we've spoken about many times.

Some people believe that in fact, there will be a press briefing after

he speaks at the podium. And some questions that might come out about

either Hillary Clinton Donald Trump, so we'll keep an eye on that coming

up in a few minutes time. Turning to Outside Source sport, you probably

recognise these jerseys. After 112 years at Upton Park, West Ham are

getting their first taste of the new home, the London stadium. You might

remember it... This is the way it used to look, it was called the

Olympic Stadium. But at the athletics track, let me bring this

over, it has been covered with Astroturf. It looks like this now.

The hammers are currently facing off against a club from Slovenia, their

third qualifying match for the Europa League. Quite a change. You

may have seen the move as a way of pushing West Ham into the higher

echelons of Premier League and to bring in more revenue. It has not

been without controversy. The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is

well and truly alive this evening because 54,000 people are here to

watch West Ham United's first game in their new home. The fans

streaming into the stadium, many have been your all afternoon taking

photographs and having a look around. They've waited so long to

move into this stadium. Initially a lot of the fans were reluctant to

come here and leave their Upton Park home. It seems they've come around

idea because 50,000 season tickets are sold out and there are tens of

thousands of people still on the waiting list. We've been lucky

enough to go inside and it's very impressive, a lot bigger than the

old ground. The Concourse is decorated to reflect West Ham's most

memorable seasons and greatest players. The West Ham manager has

tonight asked fans to bring the stadium alive and really make it

their own. If you're wondering, West Ham looked

like they will win the match, the new home seems to be working, they

are free- zero up with a few minutes to go. We moved to table tennis, not

exactly the most popular sport in Nigeria but it hasn't stopped the

country producing some history making players. One man has won 15

gold medals at the African games. Who

he takes part in his seventh Olympics. Our correspondent went to

meet him. This man is in seventh heaven. He is

Africa's most decorated table tennis player and he's no stranger to the

Olympic Games. Rio is his seventh attempt at getting a medal. Having

made his debut at Barcelona in 1992, when he was just 18. When I played

my first Olympics, I didn't expect it would be seventh Olympics. I feel

very happy about it, because I make a record for African, also Nigerian.

For me it's good also. Nigeria is a nation addicted to football and that

makes it difficult for the likes of Segun to gain support and

recognition. It makes me feel sad sometimes, you know, because a lot

of countries, especially in Africa, the government focuses too much on

football. The sport budget, about 90%, more than that, only on

football. It's so sad because... I just overlook it, forget about it,

because if I always think about it, it's going to affect my career. His

talents defies his 41 years. As he prepares to face opponents nearly 20

years younger. But could he take on an older than him? We have another

way, the Chinese way. Let's do it the simple way, your teaching an old

dog new tricks. This is easy! This is easy! I should have played this

sport. I suppose what makes a good table tennis

player? Hard work and good practice. And you have to start from... From

kids. I can't go back to being ten years old now. No, it's not

possible. It's not possible to be a top player at your age. 2020 Olympic

Games isn't going to happen? Even 3000 Olympic Games isn't going to

happen. LAUGHTER A nice piece there.

A little over 24 hours to the opening ceremony. For the next month

all eyes will be on the host city, Rio de Janeiro. People visiting will

get to know some of the quirks and habits of these unique Brazilians.

Our correspondent gives us the lowdown on the people from her

hometown. Rio is the birthplace of the

Cariocas. Our culture has a laid-back lifestyle and body

awareness. Women often wear small bikinis but going topless isn't

common. And the men? Most prefer wearing Speedo style swimsuits. In

the Beach district walking around in speedos and flip-flops is perfectly

acceptable. Rio can serve as a huge open-air gym. And a bit of showing

off is part of it, too. Relaxed, sloppy, but in a good sense, without

a care in the world. I like how welcoming people are, they are very

warm and friendly and always greet you with a smile. Time here is

somewhat relative. Cariocas are often late, sometimes it's awkward

not to be late, if I'm going to a party at someone's house. But we

always say, I'm almost there, even if we're still getting on the bus.

This is an American. She helped to decipher the Carioca the ways in a

book that became a bestseller. If you go to a bank in wait in line you

start a conversation with the person in front of you, the person next to

you will share the most intimate secrets while you stand in line and

you'll never see this person again. It doesn't matter. They wear their

emotions on their sleeve. Which I think is beautiful. TRANSLATION:

Above all the Carioca is very positive even with all the problems

we face, the violence, inequality. We look past that and see the bright

side of things. Nothing turns sadness into joy like

samba music. Seguns face no lack of diversity in the city. Seeing the

glass half full might be our survival strategy.

When the Rio Olympics officially begins there is one factor the

athletes will all have at the back of their mind. The weather. It can

make such a difference to a sport. What can the competitors expect in

Brazil? Darren Bett has this. It's the greatest sporting event on

earth. Rio 2016, the summer games, in Brazil. Did you know they are

taking place in Rio's winter? This is the coolest and driest time in

the city, a time of year when humidity is at its lowest. In some

time the weather will be significantly different, and

arguably much harsher. In August, daytime temperatures in Rio reach a

high of 26 Celsius. They rarely fall below 19 at night. Average monthly

rainfall is 50 nanometres, similar to London. But because of the local

mountains and proximity of the sea, weather conditions will vary across

the city's venues. The tennis tournament takes place at the

Olympic Park on the western side of Rio. With low humidity, the ball

suffers more drag, flying fractionally slower as dry areas

denser than humid air. Golf is influenced by whether in a similar

way. The code can down to the luck of the draw as we saw at the open in

Troon. We the Olympic course also close to the sea, playing conditions

could be more difficult in the afternoon if stronger sea breezes

develop. Many of the football matches will be staged in other

Brazilian cities. In Manaus and Salvador temperature and humidity

will be greater than Rio. Playing in high humidity is particularly

draining as the body has to work harder to keep cool. Heat stress is

less of a concern for Rovers. Wind speed and direction has a much

bigger impact. A crosswind in particular could favour teams

closest to the wind with choppy conditions for those further across.

For art is the biggest concern is also the wind. Strong gusts could

see archers missed the target altogether. Competitors will prepare

mentally and physically for the conditions, choosing a heavier

though if the wind is blowing hard. Sailing is hugely affected by wind

speed and direction. The sport should have made its Olympic debut

at Athens in 1896, but bad weather put paid to it. Sailors needs

detailed forecasts to plan their tactics. Sea breezes in the bay, and

wind flow disruption from nearby mountains, could make for tricky

conditions. Cycling gets underway with road races. As we seen in the

Tour de France, competitors prefer light winds and dry conditions.

Chris Froome will hope to make history and avoid hitting the

tarmac. We'll have more later from Rio,

we'll show you the huge mural in downtown Rio that has taken a year

to complete. The Labour Party has held its first

head-to-head hustings debate for the leadership campaign in Cardiff this

evening. Leader Jeremy Corbyn clashed with rival Owen Smith over

party unity. Mr Smith said it was fractured and the only people who

would benefit whether conservatives. Mr Corbyn said it was difficult for

Mr Smith to complain about disunity. Disunited parties lose elections but

we've never looked more disunited. Why did you resign? ... Than we've

looked under your leadership. A part of the reason we are so disunited is

we are losing. We lost in the local government elections, 18 seats. The

Tories at the same point in the cycle won 300 seats. Ed Miliband at

this point in the cycle was nine percentage points ahead. 14 points

behind. Ukip here in Wales won seven seats, it's a disgrace. We've got

Ukip in our National Assembly here in Wales on your watch, now watch.

We are third in Scotland, behind the Tories. This is not success, Jeremy.

On current trajectory will be down at 22% of the next election in 2020

under your leadership. You cannot want bad because you want the Labour

government. We want to put into practice our principles, you don't

just want to protest about it, I hope, you want to actually deliver

something for this country. That means winning. It doesn't mean

trading our principles, it means winning to put it into practice,

that's what we've got to do with a Labour government and not a protest

movement. I want to let Jeremy Corbyn respond to that. He once I

were at the same Shadow Cabinet table when we agreed on the strategy

we were going to do in the house. We agreed where we would take it to the

Tories aren't we had a significant number of victories. We did defeat

the Tories in the May elections, I'd wish it had been by more than we

well ahead of them at the end. The party is growing massively in

membership. It must show something. What I don't understand is how you

can complain about disunity in the party when you and others are the

ones who resigned from the Shadow Cabinet. CHEERING

APPLAUSE At the very point we could have

taken it to them. This is Outside Source live from the

BBC. Our top story. The head of the International Olympic committee has

said the organisation is determined to keep drug cheats away from the

Rio games. Russian officials say 271 of the athletes have been cleared to

compete. Where you live depends on what you get next from the BBC. If

outside of the UK, its world News America to celebrate President

Obama's 55th birthday, a report from Hawaii looking at the politics in

Paradise. In the UK, the News at Ten is next. They report on the good

luck message to British athletes competing at the Rio Olympics. That

message delivered by none other than the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

and Prince Harry. , one of Brazil's best-known

graffiti artist has created the country's largest mural in downtown

Rio de Janeiro, a project that took a year to complete, just in time for

the Olympic Games. Rita Sharma went to meet Eduardo Cobra. I can't

believe I was up there with you wearing white trousers. LAUGHTER

But they are still clean! It looks amazing. How long did it take to do?

TRANSLATION: This is my highlight, I'm about to

spring on the largest mural done by this man. Thank you. I don't want to

ruin it. Just here? We did it. High five. Thank you. I did it!

This, here, is the Pentagon, where President Obama is expected to

speak. It's about ... The fight against Islamic State and how the

country is doing at the moment. It comes with a backdrop of the United

States presidential race. And when it starts we'll go straight to it.

As you'll see, the fact they've decided the Pentagon is symbolic.

Many people talking about that. It's the second time this week, it's

called the trappings of executive power, will provide President Obama

a platform to field reporter questions. He will speak and, as you

can see, a very full room. They expect the reporters to field

questions. He may want to speak about Islamic State Buttler, to

speak about that. It's expected the presidential race may then come

centre stage after he makes the statement. Two things they'll be

looking at when he talks about the administration's battle against

Islamic State, Baghdad and also Mosul. Basically. And how the

administration is working when it comes to trying to tackle so-called

Islamic State, also known as Daesh. It is their time travelling to a

facility here, the Pentagon, for an update on ICC has been briefed at

the CIA headquarters, the State Department, and the Treasury. We can

expect them to talk about taking back Mosul from Islamic State and we

can expect them to talk about the security, how they might bolster it

when it comes to Baghdad in Iraq. As we take a look, you can see the

Pentagon flag of the United States flag. People scuttling around in the

corner. As they wait for President Obama to come out. They generally

give a couple of minutes warning. It was meant to start at 21:15pm,

already at 21:48pm. They are five hours behind. A number of people

coming out but none of them looks like US President Obama just yet.

The press corps are there. Can they get some questions in? Donald Trump

has managed to dominate the news agenda, we've spoken about it a

number of times on Outside Source through the week and hope to speak

to the BBC's Katty Kay as well. A couple of other issues to go back

to... He is President Obama, I won't interrupt him, we'll crossover. I

met in my national security council on the campaign to destroy Tim two.

I want to thank Secretary Carter and chairman Dunford who returned from

talks with our coalition partners in the Middle East, for hosting us, and

for their continued leadership of our men and women in uniform. I last

updated the American people on our campaign in June, shortly after the

horrifying attack in Orlando. In the weeks since we continued to be

relentless in our fight against Isil, and on the ground in Syria and

Iraq, Isil continues to lose territory. Tragically, however,

we've also seen Isil still has the ability to direct and inspire

attacks. We've seen terrible bombings in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon,

Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Afghanistan. Attacks on an Istanbul airport. A

restaurant in Bangladesh. Bastille Day celebrations and a church in

France, and a music festival in Germany. In fact, the decline of

Isil in Syria and Iraq appears to be causing it to shift to tactics that

we've seen before, even greater emphasis on encouraging high profile

terrorist attacks, including in the United States. As always, our

military, diplomatic intelligence, Homeland Security and law

enforcement professionals are working around the clock with other

countries and communities here at home to share information and

prevent such attacks. Over the years they have prevented many. As we've

seen it is still difficult to detect and prevent lone actors or small

cells of terrorists determined to kill the innocent, and are willing

to die. That's why, as we discussed today, we will keep going after Isil

aggressively across every front in this campaign. Our air campaign

continues to hammer Isil targets, more than 14,000 strikes so far.

More than 100,000 sorties, including those hitting the Isil corps in

Raqqa and Mosul. In stark contrast to Isil who uses forces as human

shields, US forces will do everything in our power to avoid

civilian casualties. We're conducting the most precise air

campaign in history. After all, if the innocent civilians of Syria and

Iran who are suffering the most. And, who needs to be saved from

Isil's terror. When there are allegations of civilian casualties,

be taken very seriously. We work to find the facts, to be transparent,

and to hold ourselves accountable for better in future. We continue to

take out senior Isil leaders and commanders. This includes Isil's

Deputy Minister of War. A top commander in Mosul. And in yet

another significant loss for Isil, it is Minister of War. None of

Isil's leaders are safe and we'll keep going after them. On the ground

in Iraq, local forces keep pushing Isil back. In a major success, Iraqi

forces, with coalition support, finally liberated Volusia. Now they

are clearing Isil fighters from more areas of the valley and Iraqi forces

retook the strategic air base 40 miles from Mosul. -- liberated

Falluja. Given the success, the additional 560 US support personnel

I ordered to Iraq last month will help turn this base into a

logistical hub and launch pad for Iraqi forces as they push into

Mosul. In Syria a coalition of local forces backed by our special

operations forces and air strikes continues to take the fight to Isil

as well. The coalition is fighting its way into the town which is a

gateway for Isil fighters coming in and terrorists heading out to attack

Europe, which is why Isil is fighting hard to hold it. As Isil is

beaten back, we're gaining vast amount of intelligence, documents by

thumb drives, digital files, which we will use to keep destroying

Isil's networks and stop foreign fighters. We continue to intensify

efforts against Al-Qaeda in Syria, which no matter what name it calls

itself cannot be allowed to maintain safe haven to train and plot attacks

against us. I want to step back and note the broader progress made in

this campaign so far. Two years ago Isil was racing across Iraq to the

outskirts of Baghdad itself and many observers thought Isil looked

invincible. In Iraq Isil has lost since then, at a dam, at Tikrit, at

Sinjar, Ron Mahdi and now Falluja. In Syria it has lost at Urbani, a

damp and I'll should added. Tim two has lost

nearly all major transit routes into Raqqa. In Iraq and Syria Isil hasn't

been able to reclaim any significant territory they have lost. I want to

repeat, Isil has not had a major success for offensive operation in

either Syria or Iraq in a full year. Even Isil leaders know they will

keep losing. Their message to followers, they acknowledge they may

lose Mosul and Raqqa. Isil is right, they will lose them. We'll keep it

in them, pushing them back, driving them out until they do. In other

words, Isil turns out not to be invincible. They are, in fact,

inevitably going to be defeated. But we do recognise that the same time

the situation is complex. This cannot be solved by military force

alone. It's why last month the united states and countries around

the world pledged more than $2 billion in new funds to help Iraqis

stabilise and rebuild communities. It white we're working with Iraq,

said the military campaign to liberate modal is matched with

humanitarian and political efforts to protect civilians and promote

inclusive governance and development, so Isil cannot return

by exploiting divisions or grievances. In Syria, as I've

repeatedly said, defeating Isil and Al-Qaeda requires an end to the

civil war and the Assad regime's brutality against the Syrian people

which pushes people into the arms of extremists. STUDIO: President Obama

speaking at the Pentagon. He came out with quite a wide-ranging list

of successes, as he sees them, against Islamic State. One also to

keep is for Iraq and Syria, as he continues to speak, and point out

the success for the United States. That's it for Outside Source, thanks

for spending some time with us. Goodbye will