29/08/2016 Outside Source

Welcome to Outside Source. Dilma Rousseff is fighting for her life.

She's set to be impeached, and stripped of presidency. You are

making the extremely nervous. Sad news in the last hour, the death of

the actor Gene Wilder, at the age of 83. Starred in several films by Mel

Brooks. Roaming calls in France too old for the country's border

agreement with the UK. That could see changes in the camp known as the

jungle. Kurdish targets attacked in Syria. Kurdish forces are backed by

the US, this is making things diplomatically complicated. Analysis

from Washington. This is part of a report made after the BBC was given

exclusive access to a wind tunnel in California, helping scientists

understand how birds fly. I will play you that. In business, we will

talk about why Massachusetts may want to change its time zone!

Let's start with dramatic scenes playing out in Brazil.

The suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has publicly

defended her record in office at her impeachment trial.

She maintained that she's been unjustly accused of breaking rules

Senators are due to vote later this week on whether to

remove her from power - a move she says would represent

She denies allegations, that she says are politically motivated. She

says the future of Brazil's democracy is at stake. The New York

Times reporting with one quote dart. You will all know I am very proud of

my acts. I have never been reached myself using public funds. I have

not committed budget manipulation in order to benefit. For my own family,

or my own benefit. In all terms of office, I have for field, and acted

honestly. I will now be tried for crimes I have not committed.

Senators will vote, the choice is clear, remove her as president, or

reinstate. Not long ago, she had approval ratings of 79%, incredibly

high for any president. Fast forward a couple of years, 2015, big

national protests against alleged government corruption. By March

2016, approval rating down to 7%. The lower house and the upper house

of parliament, they voted to start impeachment proceedings. Let's talk

to the Latin American editor for the BBC. Seems difficult to separate the

politics from the Justice? It is difficult, she reminded the Senate

she fought against the military dictatorship, arrested, tortured.

Now she is an elected president with 450 million votes. Nobody expects

her to win the vote in the Senate. After it was elected, many problems,

in the government, any state oil company. That all came together at

the same time with the World Cup, expecting what will be done in this

event. People are making comments on

Facebook, they do not see any way of turning back the clock. The vice

president became a complete arrival and opponent to her. He has taken

over, people see it is inevitable. She is making a speech for the

future of the left-wing party, her party, and the Heritage of President

Lula. He is the hope from the party of the left won him to come back to

power. He is also facing investigations. Run us through what

will happen this week, in terms of procedures. We now have Dilma

Rousseff speaking to the senators, cross examination, that will go

until the end of the day. Tuesday, there will be witnesses, from both

sides, there will be a vote, either tomorrow, late, or Wednesday.

Probably tomorrow. If she loses that, she will be removed from

office. Not selected for the next eight years. The vice president,

interim president, he will serve another term. She will be

reinstated, she knows the crisis, she will call a referendum. If you

speak Portuguese, coverage of this story three BBC Brasil. Right at the

beginning of the hour, we have just heard the American actor, Gene

Wilder, has died at the age of 83. Best known for taking the lead role

in Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory. And a lot of Mel Brooks

films. Most memorably The Produces. His family say he died from

publications of Alzheimer's. We look back at his life. No one could do

hysteria quite like Gene Wilder. Way over the top, but still very funny.

He perfected his comic personality in the films of Mel Brooks. I cannot

flourish under these conditions. You are making me extremely nervous.

What is that handkerchief? Nothing. Why can't I see? Give me my blue

blanket. The pair went on to make a series of films together. In Blazing

Saddles, he was the burnt out Waco Kid. Once the fastest gun in the

West. Look at that. Steady as a rock. That I shoot with this hand.

Acting success led to a career as a writer and director as well. He was

not, in private life, a funny man. When I do make jokes, they are not

that funny, kind of corny. If I go in public somewhere, the first thing

people say... Go on, let's have one. After Mel Brooks, he formed a second

partnership with Richard Pryor, as a wrongly convicted pair of prisoners.

I hereby sentence you to serve 125 years in the custody of the

Commissioner of the Department of corrections. Wow! No, no, we did not

do it. It is a misunderstanding. Our lawyer told us to come up. He's

joking. We did not do it. Have you got the right case? When his third

wife died of cancer, he became a high-profile campaign, along with

Princess Diana. Swapping film rails for television, starring in his own

series. He will be remembered chiefly for those bulging eyes, wild

hair, rampaging hysterics. I am hysterical. I'm in pain. Mel Brooks,

he made so many films with Gene Wilder, has already issued his

tribute... I'm sure in the coming hours we will

see many more tributes paid to Gene Wilder. I want to play you a report

from Calais. When the UK voted out the European Union, it was

inevitable Calais, a port on the north coast of France would be

discussed. It is used by thousands and thousands of vehicles, coming in

and out of the UK. Also thousands of people who would like to get to the

UK, currently living in Calais. In a camp known as the jungle. The

current system means UK border staff check passports in France. Makes it

far harder to reach the UK and claim asylum. There are growing calls for

this agreement to change. Here is Matthew Price.

Where fences and barbed wire stretch along the roads and the railways

that lead to the ferries, the trains, and on to Britain.

Every day, more are put up to stop people living here illegally

But there's only so much a fence can do.

Calais' shantytown camp that's known as The Jungle is growing.

Many here believe that part of the problem is the bilateral

that sees British border guards stationed in France.

The president of this region says Le Touquet

It's not possible to keep the border here without a new co-operation

If the British Government don't want to open this discussion,

we will tell you, the Le Touquet agreement is over.

Migrants hoping to claim asylum in the UK should be able to do

Partly because that's not how the asylum system works.

You're supposed to apply in the country that

Secondly, I just think it would be a huge magnet to draw thousands more

migrants to Calais who would come to chance their arm that they might

Mr Bertrand's intervention highlights how important

the issues of security, of borders, of migration,

He doesn't have the power to change the Le Touquet accord,

but the next French President will have that power.

Elections are due to be held next year and already,

two of the leading contenders for the post have said

One of them, the former president Nicolas Sarkozy,

He said border controls should be shifted to Britain.

The current French President, who recently met the Prime Minister,

He says the accord is in the interests of both their countries.

But it doesn't feel like it on the roads leading to Calais.

Where smugglers block the route so migrants can stow

Tomorrow the Home Secretary Amber Rudd will be in Paris

to meet her opposite number, and Calais will be on the agenda.

One issue during the European Union something to think about. Next we

will hear about the plan free trade agreement between the US and the EU.

The German economy Minister says negotiations have failed. We will

get into the details of that. The safety of patients is being put

at risk because GPs are being forced to carry out complicated

consultations in ten minutes or less, according

to the British Medical Association. In a report published today,

the BMA warns that patient care is being undermined when GPs

are forced to see as many Our Health Correspondent Robert

Pigott reports. Fundamentally the more GPs we have,

the more we can spend with our patients and communities, the better

the service, that is fundamental. Thank you for joining me in the BBC

newsroom, this is Outside Source. The suspended Brazilian president,

Dilma Rousseff, has spoken at her own impeachment trial. She is as if

she is impeached, it will mount to a clue. Let's look at some of the top

stories from the BBC World Service. Use Pakistan's president has

suffered a stroke, his state of health is unclear. His time in power

dates back to before independence in 1991. Fair to say he is known for

his lack of enthusiasm for democracy, human rights and freedom

of speech. Officials in Belgium are saying a fire at a Brussels crime

laboratory may have been started to destroy forensic evidence. A car

rammed through fences then into the building, nine people were arrested

nearby, since arrested without charge. New drone footage has

revealed the extent of the destruction to one church in Italy,

hit by the earthquake last week. You can see the video by the BBC News

app. I want to spend a few minutes looking at the Turkish military

action in Syria. Now affecting targets held by Kurdish forces.

Those forces are supported by America. Turkey is ready driving out

the Islamic State group. The operation had US support, the latest

move says much more diplomatically complicated. Turkey and the US are

in Nato, they are allies. The defence Department has been quoted,

saying we want to make clear we find these clashes in areas where Islamic

State is not located, unacceptable. A source of deep concerns. That is

the Americans. This is the Turkish minister, saying no one has the

right to tell Turkey which terrorist organisation they can fight. That is

a reference to have Turkey views the Kurdish militia and some of the

areas it concerns. This is a response from the US to the Turkish

action. The United States is very supportive to their general counter

Islamic State activities, everything they did to secure the border,

westwards, but not self of it. Nor to engage the Syrian defence forces.

As far as the YPG portion of the Syrian defence forces, maintaining

their understanding they have of us, and continuing to implement that

understanding, to withdraw their forces, east of the Euphrates. The

Americans clearly not happy with what Turkey has done. What options

do they have in terms of a response? I have talking to Gary O'Donoghue,

in Washington. They have been training the Kurds,

giving them weapons. Turkey is incredibly suspicious of the Kurds,

sees them as terrorists. Suspicious as to what they're trying to do,

during a Kurdish areas along the Turkish border. There is an enclave

in the West, they control the bits east of the Euphrates River, up to

the border with Iraq. The Turks think they want to expand westwards,

controlled the whole border. They will not let that happen. A huge

problem for the US. If it wants to try and hold this coalition

together, involve Turkey, the Kurds, they will have to do an awful lot of

arm twisting in the coming days. Looks like it is escalating at the

moment. The Americans will have known that by supporting the Kurdish

militia, it is likely to put itself on a different side to the Turks in

this instance. I have they made the calculation that was worth it for

the broader benefits. That is right. This is no surprise, that this has

flared up. People have warned of this could happen for a very long

time. The difficulty was the Americans were finding it very

difficult to find anyone capable of partnering with in the northern part

of Syria. If you remember, they tried and gave up, to train their

own form of Syrian resistance, Freedom Army. They spent a lot of

money, hundreds of millions of dollars, completely failing. They

had to turn to the Kurds. After the battle for

Kabani, they realise they were trained, they could partner with

them. That is why the Americans became involved with the Kurdish

groups. Not just the Kurds they are backing, there are Arab groups

involved in this Syrian democratic force, put together. The Kurds are

the driving force. That is the source of the tension. Turkey has

its own Kurdish separatist issue in the south-east of the country. It

regards the Kurds as all the same. Let's talk about the European Union

and America, the two of them trying to create the world's biggest

free-trade deal. The German economy Minister says talks have failed.

He's talking about the transatlantic trade and investment partnership.

Supporters argue the whole global economy will benefit to the genes of

hundreds of billions of dollars. A bigger free market will create

economic growth, and deliver lower prices for consumers. Critics say

the compromises that had to happen for the deal to work will drive down

standards in everything from food safety, to environmental

legislation. If you are online, you can find this on the BBC News

website. Analysis by the BBC's economics correspondent, Andrew

Walker. I am talking to him about whether the deal is in as much

trouble at the German economy Minister suggests. It is a matter

for all the European Union states,. It is done at European level. If

Germany does not want to be involved in the agreement, Chancellor Merkel

would be involved. He is an important voice. The fact he's

expressing this kind of judgment is a very telling testimony to how

serious the political differences are. What is the source of the

difficulties? At one level, something we saw a bit off in the

British referendum on Union referendum membership. Some people

feeling they have been left behind by the whole process of

globalisation. Increasing integration. There are also those

specific issues, that you mention. The fears about regulation,

environmental standards, consumer protection. Also concerns that some

campaigners are having about sovereignty. They feel that the

Court of the tribunal that they be set up would give foreign investors

excessive powers to seek compensation from governments

changing their policies. What about the Americans, new president,

election in November, will that undermined the pace of the

negotiations? It certainly could do. Particularly from Donald Trump, the

Republican candidate, expressions of very great concern about some of the

trade agreements the United States has made. Hillary Clinton, the

Democrat candidate, much more enthusiastic in the past. Her tone

has changed significantly. She has expressed reservations about another

big trade deal, being done with the Pacific nations, not yet ratified.

Ideally, both sets of negotiators would like to have the whole thing

put to bed under President Obama, a challenging timetable indeed. I

would be surprised if they managed it. You can get Andrew's analysis

online. I want to talk about Massachusetts, considering changing

their time zone. At the heart of the issue, the biggest city, Boston

further north and east than any other big city on the US east coast.

Some people think daytime darkness is creating problems. The governor

of Massachusetts has approved a study looking at the pros and cons

of shifting the state one hour forward. Let's bring in Michelle in

New York, covering the story. I don't quite get it. Your city also

gets dark in the winter. New York are not asking to change the time.

What is going on? That is part of what this study looks at. The

governor has approved essentially, for lawmakers to start looking as to

whether there are economic benefits for not switching clocks back one

hour, when it comes to winter. The idea mornings with state like

longer, you would have more time at the end of your day. No more walking

at home in darkness. If you are in Boston, it gets dark at 4pm in the

winter time. That is what is being discussed. Confusion, if you do

this, alone, what happens to the rest of the eastern seaboard? Rhode

Island, New York. Would there be an hour time difference? Depending

where you travel up and down the coast? Some of the issues that have

come up again. Remains to be seen whether there is an economic

argument. There would be a period of time where Boston with the four

hours behind Europe, rather than five? That is correct. All sort of

talk, would this help the state retain more of its college

graduates? Apparently there was a study done several years ago that

showed, compared to other states, graduates tend to leave the state,

go elsewhere. Part of the argument made in one editorial in a local

paper, perhaps if the clock change did not happen, maybe students would

stick around. There is no proof that the reason they are leaving hands to

do with the daylight. We will wait and see. At the summer is drawing to

an end, in the forefront of many people's mine. Thanks for that. I

will be back with you in the BBC newsroom in a couple of hours.

For most of us, back to work tomorrow after the bank holiday

weekend. This is what we have to look forward to. Dry and warm

weather, in the north, more clout and breeze. Some rain