05/10/2016 Outside Source

14. A more detailed outlook with John Hammond in about half an hour,

who will bring you the weather for the week ahead.

Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.

Let's look through some of the main stories here in the BBC Newsroom.

The search for the next UN Secretary General is all but over.

Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is likely to get

the job after almost unanimous approval at the security council.

There's significant news at a major donor conference for Afghanistan.

Billions of dollars have been committed.

That's in Brussels - back in Afghanistan, the Taliban has

We will bring you up to date on that.

These are troubled times for World Hewavyweight champ Tyson Fury -

And the human life span might have a limit of 115.

That is according to scientists in the US.

James Gallagher will explain how we've got to that figure.

There's been a surge in fighting in Afghanistan.

It's between the Taliban and government forces.

It's taking place in Helmand in the south of the country.

The Taliban's making progress - and it's now grouped outside

Meanwhile In Kabul, there was explosion during rush hour.

And the Taliban continues to keep Kunduz

Inevitably civilians are getting caught up in the fighting.

One of them has spoken to Outside Source Radio.

TRANSLATION: I came to visit my family. Because of the intense

fighting I'm stuck here. The situation here is really bad. There

is no electricity, either. We wanted to get out and go to Kaboul, but the

roads are blocked and their Taliban checkpoints on the way, so we

decided to stay in. -- Kabul. The Taliban are only a few roads away

from us. We have been stuck in the basement of our house for three

days. We hardly go up to the house because there was firing and bullets

and we don't want to get risk -- and we don't want to risk getting shot

at. There's a conference

in Brussels designed to raise Lots of discussion over

whether donations are coming We are up to 15 years now since the

Americans went in after 911. There has been some debate about

whether any aid comes with strings attached.

That is one perspective. Here is a different one from the EU's

follow -- policy chief. There is never a link between our development

aid and whatever we do and migration. As you know, this isn't

an issue we have on the agenda today. An agreement was signed a few

days ago as a result of something separate from this one. There is no

conditionality, there is no link, and I will mention this very clearly

again with you today. I hope you help passing the message that there

is no link between the two. Lyse Doucet is covering this

conference in Brussels. I spoke to her a little earlier

when she'd just news of a deal. That is a rare, nice surprise for

Afghanistan. Ever since this conference started the expectation

was Afghanistan would get billions in aid but about $1 billion less

every year than it did four years ago. That matters a lot to a country

which almost entirely depends on foreign aid. When the figure was

announced, it was one of those say it moments, the number finally came

out, $15.2 billion over the next four years. Much more than they

expected. The president described today as a remarkable day. He said

four years ago nobody would expect Afghanistan would get this money,

maybe 5 billion. He says it is a testament both to the progress of

the Afghan government and the confidence of its donors. The

reality, I think, is that international community understands

that it needs to give support to Afghanistan if it wants to avoid

another country falling apart. Another space for acts of terror to

be incubated. And also, as you have been reporting, particularly the

European Union wants tens of thousands of failed asylum seekers

to go back to Afghanistan. They are not going to back and they would be

supported if the country continues to deteriorate. This is undoubtedly

goodness. I don't understand the connection between this money going

to Afghanistan and the Taliban stopping its ongoing insurgency. It

has been announced here by the foreign policy chief that she had a

meeting last night at dinner with some of the regional players,

Pakistan, India, China, to try and come up with an initiative because

the outside players are involved in the conflict in Afghanistan. To get

a regional initiative to try to get the Taliban to the table. The

sceptics, of whom there are many, say it has been tried before.

Pakistan is under pressure, the Taliban is based there, they need to

get the table. The Chinese were involved in a rare act which never

went anywhere. But they are going to try again. They are going to try

again. The Taliban is divided. They are making gains on the battlefield.

Although, they make gains and reverses. But they continue to

attack. Even in the heart of Kabul. That scares the Afghans. They are

totally selling up, selling their houses and cars. When I was on a

train last week, three generations of a family were leaving because

they do not see their future there. They have to reverse that. We have

to help them. They are the second grid of asylum seekers after

Syrians. Thanks very much. I will be in that building in a couple of

weeks' time because the next EU summit is coming around. It will be

a significant one. It'll be the first one Theresa May will attend as

the new UK Prime Minister and the first won since she declared that

article 51 needs to be triggered by the end of March. Watch out for

that. Sport, and we will start with Tyson Fury.

Tyson Fury is the World heavyweight boxing champion.

He's already cancelled a fight against Vladimir Klishtko -

He's given an interview to Rolling Stone magazine.

He admits mental health problems - and says:

Olly Foster, BBC Sports Centre, joins me.

It seems he gave this interview in that three hour period on Monday

this week. He launched into a Twitter tyros and social media. In

which he said that it, I've had enough of boxing. A few hours later

he retracted and said, I fooled you, don't worry, the gypsy King, his

moniker, I'm going to be back. In the midst of all of this he gave

this long interview, some very worrying revelations in there to

Rolling Stone magazine. A great interview for them to get. But

incredibly worrying because he revealed he had been taking cocaine

for six months. And all of these revelations of his mental state. He

said he was undergoing psychiatric treatment and he had been diagnosed

with bipolar disorder. There is an awful lot of people from within

boxing who are worried about his well-being at the moment. They just

want him to get better. He is only 28. He is the reigning world

heavyweight champion still after that remarkable victory against

Wladimir Klitschko ten, 11 months ago. But he hasn't fought since. He

pulled out of the first rematch in July. And most recently pulled out

of the rematch at the end of this month, the 29th of October, only in

the last week, amidst reports he had tested positive for cocaine. And his

coaching team saying he was medically unfit to compete. But now

much. One of the big questions much. One of the big questions

around Tyson Fury is whether he will be stripped of those titles in time.

We just don't know. Maria Sharapova's been talking

about having her suspension for taking banned medication reduced

by nine months. She is still suspended though -

and she did break the rules. She won't start playing again until

next year. Remember, she'd been taking the drug

in question for years. And continued to do

so after it was recently placed I was taking a substance that was

completely legal for ten years. That a doctor had recommended for me

after so many different medical tests. I was 18. I had won grand

slam. All of a sudden I'm sitting in my bedroom and I get an e-mail from

the ITF saying I had this violation. I thought how could I have not known

this? There are so many ways I could have known and I didn't. Do you

think they were trying to make an example of you? I never wanted to

believe that, but I'm starting to think about.

All this week the BBC is focusing on women in sport.

from from Maggie Alphonsi who has been looking

participating in sport, but how much participating in sport, but how much

do we know about the effects of the menstrual cycle and sporting

performance? In 2015, Heather Watson hit the headlines when she talked

about how her period had an influence on her performance during

the Australian Open. But then we see on the other side of the spectrum,

Paula Radcliffe broke the world record whilst on the first day of

her menstrual cycle. Kate Richardson Walsh says it is something they

consider as part of their training. We started by tracking and cycles

with a strength and conditioning coach so he could potentially change

our training programme in line with that if necessary. We also tested

our testosterone levels and oestrogen levels just to see how

they fluctuated. It is based on science. The coach really educated

us and how it can affect you. I think it's made a difference.

Research scientist Georgy Barneveld is studying what effect the

menstrual cycle has one athletes. Through doing this research I've

actually discovered this menstrual cycle area and I've come to

appreciate the massive lack of research that is actually being

done. -- Georgie Bruinvels. More than 30% cited that their menstrual

performance. What positive things performance. What positive things

can we get from it? Dave 14 is ovulation. That is when oestrogen

levels are very high. -- day 14. Your strength levels increase. Once

you gather which day you are and you can tailor your training to meet

that. We just have to start figuring out how we should tailor their

training. If you have a smartphone you can access all of the coverage

from my colleagues at the BBC sport centre. Picking up on what was our

lead story for a number of days... Satellite imagery released by the UN

agency UNOSAT has confirmed that last month's attack on an aid convoy

was carried out by an air strike. This was the aftermath

of the attack. At least 18 people

were killed when lorries were attacked while unloading

at an aid warehouse in a rebel-held The US blamed Russia -

Russia dismissed this. -- This is what we heard

at a UNOSAT press conference. The humanitarian convoy, we had an

image of that, we could clearly see the damage. Could you tell if it was

from the air? Yeah, with our analysis we determined it was an air

strike. And I think multiple other sources have said that, as well.

Part of today's press conference by UNOSAT was also to talk

about the damage being done to the rebel-held parts of Aleppo.

These are the satellite images they released.

This one shows a destroyed home and damage to a local school.

Another of an athletics field - a huge crater nearby.

This one shows three craters along a road

UNOSAT says its imagery shows that the bombing in Aleppo has been

significantly worse in the past year than during the rest

what the American scientists are what the American scientists are

saying about the limit of the human life span. They are saying 115 maybe

as far as we can go. James Gallagher will reveal what is behind the

research. This time last night we got news

that Diane James was resigning as leader of Ukip. Her predecessor,

Nigel Farage, has agreed in the short term, to hold the fort. Diane

James! The enthusiastic Victor just three weeks ago. Diane James knew

she had big shoes to fill as Ukip's new leader. And after a period of

bitter infighting she urged members to rally behind her. I ask you,

support me, work with me, win with me. But some suspected she was

quietly reluctant to take the helm. An 18 days and she stepped down,

suggesting some in the party were never fully behind her. Along with

family illness and some personal abuse the job proved to date, the

risks too deep. So this man who has returned after resigning twice

before is back in charge. I keep trying to escape. I keep getting

over the wall and running for the hills. Before I'm finally free they

dragged me back. Insisting it is only temporary. I think I've done my

bit. I have no intention of ever coming back to lead Ukip or any

political party. I'm done. The leadership contest will be rerun

with some new contenders, MEP Stephen Wolf is the first to

declare. Other former candidates are hedging their bets. One said, rather

than a shambles this was good PR for than a shambles this was good PR for

the party. This is positive for PR. And people enjoy the excitement. It

is almost like being a part of Dynasty. Can any new leader match

when winning the referendum they when winning the referendum they

lost their main reason for being. Some wonder what is the point of

Ukip. The party must not just overcome its internal turmoil, but

convince voters it is still relevant in post-Brexit Britain. Ukip drives

the political agenda and far more than just the European question.

Irrespective of our position in the EU, we are delighted we are going to

leave but there is no doubt Ukip will have a solid future in driving

that political agenda for common-sense policies moving

forward. The next leader, whoever that may be, must heal divisions

comments that their authority, and set out what Ukip now stands for.

The former Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Guterres, looks

set to be the new UN secretary-general.

This is what we were seeing in Johannesburg. Violent clashes...

That wasn't the one I was expecting. This is the right video. There were

clashes between students and police. They were protesting about fees. The

protesters want free tuition. They say the current costs prohibit poor

students. They say classes will be cancelled for the week. Mediation

will continue. And we understand some individuals may not be entirely

happy about this decision but it will be in the broader interests of

all stakeholders and saving the 2016 academic year. That is a reference

to a warning that the entire academic year will be cancelled if

this trouble continues. Our correspondent was there yesterday

and he's gone back to the campus today.

Today is a different scene altogether. No tear gas, no stun

grenades, no rubber bullets. There are no students this site, or the

police this site, but today we met some of the students, one of whom

whose card was torn yesterday -- placard. These are the students to

want -- who want to finish the academic year of 2016. This is what

he told us. We want our opinion as the student body to be acknowledged

during this. We are not against the fees. We want free education. We

want our opinions to be acknowledged. Both the university

management and students are locked in negotiations. They want to open

the doors of learning here. They want to get this university and its

feet again. We are hoping that through engagement with the

mediators that we can get classes started on Monday again. That's our

first priority. We have already put in place new plans for the academic

programme. We have extended our programme. We have extended our

examination dates. This means we have a contingency plan. Our

priority for the next few weeks is to get the programme back on track,

gets re-examinations and graduations. If we don't we will

suffer and there will be dire consequences for a number of people.

As the protests continue here at the campus, remember this is not

uniquely confined to this university. This discussion is

happening throughout the country in happening throughout the country in

many other universities, as well. But everyone is hoping that this

situation will normalise sooner situation will normalise sooner

rather than later. We're going to talk

about the human life span now. Life expectancy -

which is the average time we all live for -

has been increasing very quickly But US scientists say

the human life span will not I asked James Gallagher how

they came to this figure. They have looked at decades worth of

longevity data from people from around the world. Life inspect and

see his -- life expectancy is going up. The trend has improved over

around 100, you notice there hasn't around 100, you notice there

been any significant improvement in been any significant improvement in

that age group. Then they looked at another set of data, licking at the

oldest point at which people are dying. That seems to be stuck at

around about 115. -- looking. We are pushing against the ceiling of human

life. Why does that ceiling exist around 110, 115 years old? Living as

long as very recent. It is novel. It is part of our evolutionary history.

Our bodies are designed to grow and have children. There has been no

changes that have pushed us to live into old age. Ageing is a

consequence of being able to survive and thrive while you are young. It

is just an inevitable part of life. It is happening in every single cell

of your body. It is something that eventually just runs out of time. If

you want more information on that, if you go to the front page of the

BBC News website it is at the top, hit the health tab and you will be

able to pick up the coverage of James and his colleagues on the

reasons behind that life span. That is it for this edition of Outside

Source. Thank you for watching. I will be back at the same time

tomorrow. See you then. Good evening. Tyson Fury could have

his boxing licence taken away next week. The world heavyweight champion

revealed he's