17/08/2016 Outside Source

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Hello and welcome to Outside Source. By now of international news from

the BBC newsroom. We start in Brazil because a top political official has

been arrested accused of illegally passing on tickets. We will bring

you up to date on all the action including the fastest ever Olympic

goal in the football scored by this man. Brazil's men's team are through

to the final. We were appalled from Istanbul as Turkey leases thousands

of prisoners to make room for all those arrested since the attempted

coup. We have reporting from the BBC's James Cook was covering the

fires in California which has forced people to leave their homes and we

will be live in Washington as Donald Trump makes some significant changes

to his campaign team. Let's start in Rio. A senior member

of the International Olympic Committee has been arrested by

police as part of an investigation into the illegal Sale of Tickets

Bill for the games. The man in question is Patrick Hickey. He is a

member of the IOC executive Ward and also head of Ireland's Olympic

Council. He is now temporarily stepped down from his various roles.

Ireland's sports Minister is Shane Ross and he offered his reaction

saying shell shock year in real. The IOC has also made a statement. Here

it is. He was taken to hospital this morning. I believe that police have

had a press conference this morning and confirmed there was a search

warrant and an arrest warrant. Needless to say we will be corporate

with police any investigation should there be one. We don't know what the

charges or the evidences yet. This involves 1000 tickets of the 6

million tickets. We wait to see what comes from the enquiry but first and

foremost let's wait to see what the allegations involving him are. So

some detail there. Here is more. With a Davies explained to me what

Patrick Hickey is alleged to have been involved in. He is alleged to

have been a part of a conspiracy to sell and picked up -- tickets for

events like the athletics finals and the opening and closing ceremonies

at inflated prices. That is illegal in Brazil. The allegation is that

somehow he may have facilitated along with individuals from a

company called T H G the resale of the tickets. They arrested the

71-year-old and he is one of the most senior figures in the European

Olympic element and is the latest in a series of arrests by police

investigating this alleged fraud. They say it could have netted the

gang as much as ?2 million. The company has denied doing anything

illegal and say any tickets that have been sold were sold illegally

for -- legally. We have seen before in Brazil exactly the same things

happen back in the World Cup in 2014. There will be some viewers

thinking there is an irony here because we have been watching action

from that stadium behind you with lots of empty seats so is there any

connection between the poor attendance and the suspicions of the

police? Good question. There are many reasons for the poor

attendances. The athletics stadium is a long way from the centre of the

city. It's difficult to get to. Michael Johnson said he thought it

was a mistake on the stadium should have been closer to the city centre

or part of the Olympic Park. Ticket prices anyway are pretty highly.

Some of the prices were more than the average monthly wage in Brazil.

And there is the lack of engagement in some sports by Dursley and fans.

Football, volleyball, gymnastics have all been sold out but other

events like athletics and hockey and rugby have not sold very well. There

are a number of reasons for the low numbers of bums on seats but the

fact some people are trying to sell tickets at inflated rises could be

partly to blame. Let's go live now to real. We can debate live there

are empty seats but is their concern about how this is looking around the

world? There is the point that the organising committee has said that

more than 80% of the ticket touts unsold. The fact is that many of the

ticket holders are not showing up and that might have to do with

transport or the location of some of the venues. There is also the fact

that Brazil is going through a huge economic crisis and the camp --

country is in deep recession. People are saying they can't afford to buy

tickets. Officials say that more than 100,000 tickets are being sold

on a daily basis. I was done at the beach a few days ago and a common

line was I had thought about buying tickets because I am watching it and

people are talking about it and I feel like being part of it. Let me

ask you about the atmosphere in the city. I was in Paris for the

European Championship sand when you walked around the city you would not

all that tournament was happening. Would I definitely know the Olympics

were in town? Behind me you have the Olympic Park, the main hub of

competitions. You do have the feeling that one of the biggest

sporting events is happening here. Thousands of people are coming here

and having a fantastic time but if you go into the suburbs and other

parts of the city you don't have this feeling. Restaurants and bars

are showing the events. In the lead up to the games there was a lot of

criticisms on concerns about security and a lot of negative

coverage. Any Brazilians say we are now happy that the games are

happening without many major incidents. Let's go to the BBC

sports centre and bring you up-to-date with all the action we

have seen today. Let's start by talking about the women's 800

metres. The winner look in incredible form. Yes, the woman who

found herself at the centre of a gender row following her victory in

the 2009 World Championships had to go gender tests before being cleared

for competition and she is the red-hot favourite for gold. She

cruised through the semifinals. The 25 adult has been cleared to run as

a woman but the controversy surrounding her eligibility remains.

Lots of talk on Twitter about that. She ran the fastest time in the

world since 2008 earlier this year so she is the big favourite. There

are many favourites that the canyons are locked on for the steeplechase.

Yes, the others might not bother turning up. A Kenyan runner has been

on top of the pile at every Olympics since 1984. On Wednesday that streak

was extended as he overtook Evan J go at the start of the last lap and

set an Olympic record despite slowing down and waving to the

crowd. Great riches of him celebrating down the final straight.

American runners have not medals in the event for 32 years. They have

not won the event since 1952 but perhaps in four years the American

camp at the stop to that Kenyan statistics. Run us through what we

have got coming up later today. Plenty more in the athletics

tonight. If it's not sold out tonight it will never be sold out.

The women's long jump final, the women's 200 beta final. Then there

is the small matter of Usain Bolt in the men's 200 metres semifinals. The

world record-holder over the distance says he wants to become the

first man to go and 19 seconds. That would be something special. This is

the semifinal so perhaps that would be the day it happens but he is

certainly trying and he is also looking to win this event for the

third consecutive Olympics. What about this fastest goal in Olympic

history? The Brazilian men's football team have turned it around.

After drawing against Iraq and Denmark they can to stop scoring.

They beat Honduras 6-0 in the semifinals including the fastest

goal in Olympic history. 15 seconds. The Brazilian women were beaten in

the 70s by Sweden yesterday but the men on course to become the first

Olympic gold medallists from Brazil. Thank you very much. Let me show you

the medals table and this will shift once we see the action in the

athletics stadium but at the moment we still have the US on top.

Turkey next because the fallout from the attempted coup continues. They

have been thousands of arrests and that to be -- is applying pressure

on the prison system so today we got the news that 38,000 prisoners are

going to be released. Even before the cool we know the system was

struggling. Around 4000 inmates overcapacity. At the moment in

Turkey since the attempted coup the government has released some

official figures and is saying over 40,000 people have been detained and

over 20,000 have been arrested on top of that. Over 79,000 people have

been removed from public duty. Extraordinary numbers which are

putting huge pressure on the system. Our reporter told me earlier about

the link being made between all these arrests since the cool and

these prisoners being released. The government has not made an official

link because it is reluctant to admit the prison service is

overcrowded but the reports are widespread of overcapacity. There

are reports of some prisoners having the sleeping shifts, that some

sports halls are being used for sleeping areas. The prison service

was already under strain and suddenly there was this post coup

purge with more than 23,000 people now detained or arrested and it

seems clear that the decision taken today to release these 38,000

prisoners early on parole was done to try and create space for the new

wave of prisoners to come in. The government says all of those who are

detained and suspended or have a link with the plotters. But there

are still concerns from left-wing groups and right wing groups who say

this is a witchhunt now and the government is rounding up its

alleged enemies. The government denies that. Is the expectation that

these 23,000 people will mostly faced trial? Most of them will

because under the system in Turkey you are detained and if you are

found to have cause for a trial you are arrested. The equivalent in

Britain would be you are arrested and then charged. Here in Turkey you

are detained and arrested. Most of those who are arrested would face

trial but you have to look at the numbers. How can the state function

with 23,000 people being tried all of a sudden? They have been 3000

police and judges who have been removed so that will make the trials

difficult to process. The shake-up in Turkey in the past month is

staggering with the numbers. When you say that the government they say

it is the gravest attack the Turkish state has ever faced so Turkey must

respond in the toughest possible terms but it is bring home the

magnitude of what has happened in the last month and the biggest purge

in Turkey's modern history. If you are watching in New Zealand or in

the UK let me mention the reference back to the Olympics and the women's

hockey semifinal has just begun. New Zealand against Great Britain. It is

a 0-0 and that is alive page on the BBC sport website. In a few minutes

were going to be turning to California. I don't know if you've

seen these pictures of the wildfires in California. A state of emergency

has been declared. Here in the UK to women have been

jailed for murdering a business woman at her home in Lancashire.

Sadie Harty who was 60 was paralysed with a stunned and and repeatedly

stabbed by Sarah Williams who had wanted to resume a relationship with

her victim's long-term partner Ian Johnson. Williams who is 35 was

convicted at Preston Crown Court along with her accomplice Katrina

Walsh. Detective Superintendent Paul Withers welcomed the conviction.

Sadie Hartley was an honest lady who was innocent of any wrongdoing. The

murder in her own home can only be described as a premeditated brutal

and senseless act committed against a defenceless lady. Albeit Williams

may have been the one who wielded the knife there can be no doubt that

Katrina Walsh was also heavily involved in this dreadful crime.

We are live in the BBC newsroom and our lead story comes from Brazil as

a senior lidded official has been arrested by police investigating

illegal ticket sales. He is suspected of passing tickets to

touts to be sold illegally. Let's have a look at some of the men

stories from the World Service. The son of the Mexican drug lord was

among six people abducted by rival gangs which happened in the Mexican

seaside resort on Sunday. BBC Russia report the Special Forces in Saint

Petersburg have killed four men in a shoot out with suspected militants

from North Caucus region. Officials say they opened fire at an apartment

block when the males -- the men failed to surrender. Lots of you

have been enjoying these pictures of Madonna celebrating their 50th

birthday. You can see these on the BBC News Channel. Let's turn these

wildfires in California. More than 80,000 people have now been forced

to leave their homes in a state of emergency has been declared in the

affected areas. Most of which are close to San Bernardino to the east

of Los Angeles. The evacuation area has spread to

the West this morning. When those officers ask you to leave we would

ask that you do leave and not shelter in place. We would hate for

the fire for -- the fire to overrun you. The fire was unstoppable. Many

residents who fear the worst for their homes. They flew 30 feet in

the air and across the yard and they almost knocked me out. The firemen

are doing a wonderful job. Among the structures, the summit in, the deck

is a favourite spot for drivers between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

This is the main route across the desert claims between Southern

California and Nevada. The lifeline has been cut off. This blaze which

is still raging is extreme but far from unique. At this moment have a

dozen big blazes are on fire across California and more than 20 are

ablaze in the Western United States. As the fire continues to rage a

state of emergency has been declared. Here in the high desert

after five years of drought nothing it seems is safe from fire. Let's

bring you some of the main global business stories. Banks and

accountancy firms that help their clients to avoid tax may find

themselves facing huge fines. It comes under new proposals today that

would give courts the power to impose fines of 100% of the total

out of tax avoided. Let's give more details from the BBC's business

editor. Up until now you may not have any sympathy for those

celebrities who have been caught out but when HM RC the tax office finds

out they go to them and say now you're going to have to pay tax

because this scheme doesn't work and you will have to pay interest on the

tax he didn't they. That is in addition to the fees you paid to the

people promoting the scheme. Whereas those figures who melt into the

background, the advisers and professionals, they don't have to

pay anything. That is what the government is now saying, if you

have put together one of the schemes which you knew probably would be

against the rules then you're going to have to pay a fine. The find is

going to be quite substantial because the percent is a very large

sum of money. Something like ?2.7 billion is lost every year through

tax avoidance schemes so you can imagine hundreds of millions being

lost and advisers being told you're going to have to pay a fine that

matches that. A huge cheque for them, Cisco, and there are reports

that it be about to lay off 14,000 employees. It has 20% of its global

workforce. We urge you to get its quarterly results today. Those two

things may be related. Start off with what Cisco is because this is a

company which is evolving pretty fast. The challenge with Cisco is

that it's a company that was mainly rooted in hardware that as people

are moving away from hardware and looking for software updates that is

where Cisco has had to move. That is where the growth is. So the

challenge for Cisco has been moving away from hardware and moving

towards software so that is one challenge. So you are seeing they

have tried to mix investment in that direction and they are also

investing in cloud computing. But what a lot of people are talking

about is that we are going to hear the quarterly results but there is a

lot of talk about these lay-offs. These are still rumours and there is

no confirmation as yet but it would make sense as you consider just how

this company is trying to evolve into a new, Morne Morkel software

company. You can get more information through the BBC business

section of the app. Let's talk about Silicon Valley's millionaires. They

are often making big investments but perhaps this is an unusual one. It

comes in the form of an investment in a tiny village in North Devon.

Michael Birch spent summers there as a child and was struck by its state

of repair so we decided to do something about it. Wolves area is

getting at her back. There is still work to do but thanks to an

investment in bricks and mortar by a man who made his fortune on

high-tech. Michael Birch founded people and he is now putting some of

that money into this North Devon village. But why? You lives in

California. But this place holds many fond childhood memories. My

ancestors have been living in the village since 1700. Many generations

of the church at my left. I love living in America and I love coming

here. It is a great escape and for me it's very studied. It is where I

spend all of my summers as a child. I like ringing my children here.

Over the past two years he has bought other businesses and feels a

need to transform the village. That extends to the boarded-up manor

house which will be turned into a hotel. People have looked at the

place and say we don't want to live here because the pub looks awful and

everything but with Michael coming in and basically doing the centre of

the village justice by renovating both buildings it has had a

feel-good factor to the village. It's as good as winning the lottery

because there is no way the parish council and local residents could

come together with enough money to make a go of the pub. The original

village shop was built by Michael Birch's rate great-grandfather. Now

he is a welcome visitor. He really nice guy, down-to-earth. Mr Birch

says he has a huge emotional connection to the village and his

investment will be toasted in the restored pub when it opens next

year. The world's largest aircraft has made its maiden flight. It is

fast. This is a British designed aircraft. It is a hybrid between a

conventional build aircraft and an airship. It is 92 metres long, 15

metres longer than the biggest passenger jets. It was first

developed for the US government as a surveillance aircraft. The British

firm behind it also campaign to get it back in the sky. Its makers are

trying to persuade people appear to invest in it because they say it can

travel very long distances with little fuel consumption.