21/12/2016 Outside Source

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

He's the chief suspect in the Berlin truck attack, he's on the run -

and he was already being monitored by police.

There's been another delay in the evacuation of eastern Aleppo.

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This is what happened at Mexico's largest fireworks market.

I've the BBC's latest report on that.

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A manhunt across Europe is searching for this man.

Anis Amri has been named as the chief suspect in the Berlin

And now German authorities are offering up to 100,000 Euros

in return for information about him and his whereabouts.

In the last few hours we've heard he had been under German

surveillance earlier this year on suspicion of seeking to buy guns.

Here's the state's interior minister earlier.

TRANSLATION: The security agency's exchange information about this

person with the joint counterterrorism centre. The last

time they did this was in November 2000 16. The North Rhine-Westphalia

state offers for common investigations initiated

proceedings, under suspicion for a criminal offence endangering

national security was annoyed -- 2016.

We're also told that German authorities had rejected

Tunisian security sources have told BBC Arabic that

"He was known in his hometown for his "radical tendencies".

He illegally emigrated to Europe in 2011."

We know his temporary residence permit was found

And that permit was issued in the Emmerich area

of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany.

150 police officers are now involved in searches there.

That's happening now - but we're also learning

about the period leading up to the attack.

The truck, carrying 25 tonnes of steel girders had travelled from

Poland to this factory in Berlin. The driver was 37-year-old Lukasz

Urban, who was later found dead inside the cab. His cousin, who

owned the truck company, said they lost contact with him around 4pm. He

was called yesterday to identify the body. TRANSLATION: There were

stabbed wins on the photo I had been shown. I learnt about the gunshot

wounds about the police, who told me that apart from being stabbed, he

was also shot. On Monday morning, he arrived ahead of schedule at the

steel factory in Berlin, ready to unload. There was no space and he

was asked to come back later. He never returned. A dubious tracker is

reported to show that at around 3:45pm, the truck was driven

erratically, as if someone was learning to drive it. Lukasz Urban,

it seems, was kept alive possibly until the start of the attack.

Police have since checked all hospitals in Berlin, where victims

of the attacks continue to be treated after blood was found,

potentially of the suspect. Bring us up-to-date on how this is going,

trying to find the suspect. So far, police are saying they have not

arrested him, so we don't have any details on whether they have found

him or not. Also the details are few and far between, because what

officials have told us is that they don't want to jeopardise the

investigation in questioning lots of different people. They don't want to

jeopardise the investigation by giving away too much information of

what they already know. That is busy frustrating for all of us who want

to find out what is going on. It is also very worrying for German

public, because obviously this is a very nerve wracking situation for

people here, because there is a dangerous man on the loose. Police

have said he should not be approached, they say he is possibly

armed. It is creating a certain amount of concern here in Germany.

Has seen other people online commenting that this will become a

political story because of the possibility that the person behind

this attack may have come into Germany as an asylum seeker or

refugee. I have seen others pointing out that Germany's acting in a way,

perhaps markedly different to how other countries have reacted to

terrorist attacks. What is your reading of that? I think both are

true to a certain extent. On the one hand, it is a political story, there

are lots of questions around the way the investigation is being handled

and the background of this particular suspect for example the

fact that he is a rejected asylum seeker. But for legal reasons was

allowed to stay temporarily. There are a lot of people in that

situation, it's satisfactory situation for those people

themselves, but also from the security situation here in Germany.

That is a debate that is happening already. On the other hand, it does

seem different to the reaction in France, where all of a sudden it

seemed to be a state of war was being declared. Here in Germany, the

government and mainstream debate a goal -- political debate is focused

on bringing people together, saying it's important not to create

scapegoats for the situation because Germany's already very divided over

the issue of refugees. You have quite literally almost half the

country really supports Angela Merkel's stance on refugees and her

humanitarian gesture to take in legitimate refugees, but you have

the other half of the country who are not so sure. And there is quite

a large minority of people who feel quite nervous about the large influx

of Ryan's -- migrants and refugees over the last 18 months. That aside,

I think what people are focusing on right now is this particular

incident. It is still unclear who perpetrated the attack, and why.

Until we know those details, officials are really saying we have

to try not to engage in too much speculation, because we saw that

yesterday, but we were all spectating about this Pakistani man

who in the end did not turn out to be a suspect at all. We have had

previous attacks in which there have been completely false leads that

alone has gone down. What we're seeing now is official saying we

have to be careful, to wait until we know exactly who committed the

attack and why the foregoing the political parallels and political

conclusions. Very useful, thank you very much. Our correspondent live

from Berlin. This is interesting, this tweet coming in. This is from

one of our colleagues in the Brussels newsroom.

The BBC is not able to confirm this, but an Italian news agency reporting

this. If true, it raises major questions about how information is

being shared between European union members. Those same questions came

up after the Brussels attacks and after the Paris attacks. Even if

they were to be confirmed, there are still pressing questions for the

German authorities, because clearly they were aware of this chief

suspect several months ago. As I was mentioned towards the beginning of

the programme. Finding the attacker may have been

easier with greater levels of video Germans have traditionally been

reticent to allow greater levels All of these videos are from CCTV

cameras here in the UK. They've all been used

to solve crimes. And that's because the UK has one

of the highest levels of video There are signs that recent

incidents in Germany have Germany will allow more video

surveillance in public places, under a draft law passed

by the cabinet on Wednesday, reflecting growing security fears

in a country that has for decades The law would make it easier

for private organisations to put TRANSLATION: The regulation for

video surveillance will be adapted in such a way that the protection of

life, freedom and health of people must be an important interest in

surveillance by private parties take place in public places. Concerns all

kinds of large-scale public places, such as sport or event menus,

shopping centres and therefore also include Christmas markets. Will come

back to the story of the Berlin truck attack later in the addition

of Outside Source. These are some of the latest picture

we have of the evacuation of Aleppo. It's continuing after

yet another delay. Activists say 60 buses were stuck

in a rebel enclave overnight - and that 3,000 people had to wait

in freezing weather The Syrian government says the delay

was caused by MAP rebels who prevented the simultaneous

evacuation of two pro-government But I should add, as ever,

it's very hard to be completely sure about anything

that is happening in Aleppo. Here's more from James

Longman in Beirut. This looks to be the endgame for

East Aleppo. We understand that so far all of the critically ill and

seriously injured have already been evacuated, according to the Red

Cross, who are managing this evacuation. We think that the last

few buses are either just about to leave or on their way out of East

Aleppo. It has always been very difficult to know just how many

people needed to be evacuated from this part of Aleppo. In the

beginning of this process, the United Nations said something in the

region of 50,000 people needed to leave. Over the last few days,

something like 25,000 have come out. That is the official number, but we

think it is probably higher than that. This evening into tomorrow

morning, it is of all the last people leave, to go to a medical

evacuation point to the west of Aleppo where they will receive all

the things they were missing when they were living in besieged Aleppo.

The conditions that they faced their were horrific, months of siege,

bombardment. They are in a very bad way indeed. They will access this

can then be able to choose where they want to go next. Most of them

will choose to go to the last remaining stronghold of the

opposition in Syria, which is Idlib, the last province in the north-west

of cereal. As for East Aleppo, the Syrian government has said that the

army will enter that part of the city -- north-west of Syria. And

finally recapture as they put it, the whole of the city. This is a

huge victory for the resident. The war into is not over, but it looks

like the war in Aleppo at least is. Thank you very much, James.

This video has been watched thousands of times online.

This is what happened when at Mexico's biggest

The market is on the outskirts of Mexico City.

You will see the plays in question was just to the north, and at this

time of year fireworks markets are doing a brisk trade.

This report from Will Grant has all the latest.

Captured on mobile phone footage, the moment this fireworks market

Within minutes, the entire site destroyed in a blaze of smoke,

Once the smoke cleared, the scale of the damage became clear.

A fire at the main San Pablito fireworks market outside

Most celebrations in Mexico involve fireworks,

so in the run-up to Christmas it was full of shoppers.

Once nearby residents got over the initial shock of the blast,

they did what they could to assist the emergency services.

For the time being the authorities say they are still investigating

Whatever is behind it, this isn't the first

In 2005, just before Mexican Independence Day,

the market caught alight, injuring more than 120 people.

At the time the Mexican government vowed to impose stricter regulations

on the fireworks industry, but many Mexicans are angry the rules

are often never applied or never enforced, and that Mexico State's

market traders and shoppers lost their lives through

We have begun with stories from Syria, Mexico and Germany. In a few

minutes time, we will turn to China. China has been seized by the

heaviest smog in years, our correspondent is on the street to

tell us how it feels. A former Royal Marine Sergeant,

who's serving a life sentence for murdering a wounded Afghan

fighter, has been refused bail The family of Alexander Blackman,

originally only known as Marine A, had hoped he'd be

released for Christmas. His case is due to be

re-considered sometime next year. There's flash photography

in this next clip. We are obviously disappointed

by the judge's decision not to grant However we must remember

that earlier this month, the Criminal Cases Review Commission

decided to refer the case back And this is the most important step

towards getting Al's conviction We are grateful to the courts

for expediting the appeal process. We ask that the media now give the

family some space to come to terms with today's decision. Thank you.

This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.

Police in Germany are searching for a Tunisian man as the main

suspect behind the attack on a Christmas market on Monday.

Officials say he had been previously monitored by security services.

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Ikea is asking teenagers to stop creeping into its stores

About ten non-sponsored sleepovers have been logged across the world

Which does beg the question, are there sanctioned sleepovers? We need

to find out. Cities in Northern China know

all about terrible smog - but what's happening right now

is even worse than usual. Greenpeace East Asia says this

is 'worst air pollution of 2016'. And that 460 million

people are affected. It's a website called

Worldwide Air Quality. This is Beijing - a reading

of 25 is deemed safe. This is China as a whole -

the high levels of pollution are marked in red and purple,

yellow and green are lower. Not that pollution isn't

an issue in these regions - but there is far less

red and purple. Stephen McDonnell is based

in Beijing for the BBC. This is what he recorded when he

went out on the streets. Despite this oppressive

blanket of smoke, life It's especially tough on those

who work outside, breathing In years gone by, people weren't

that worried about this issue. But now there's a high level

of public awareness, And yet there are those not as

worried as everyone else. You don't have to be completely

outdoors to face major impacts There are lots of shops

like this with an open front, For those with existing respiratory

illnesses, it can make the situation much worse.

The weather reports have been promising that the wind

will come along and blow all this pollution away.

But as you can see, it hasn't arrived yet.

Let's talk about a big bail out for Italy banks.

Parliament has signed off up to 20 billion euros.

I say banks - but this is the one that's causing the most concern.

Monte day Paski is the oldest bank and the third

It may not get through the week without a helping hand.

The Italian Finance Minister says "the impact on savers will be

Perhaps - but someone will have to foot this bill.

Here the BBC's Business Editor Simon Jack on the problems faced this

This bank has got tonnes and tonnes of bad loans, money that people just

can't afford to pay back. It had a very small capital base, and they

just didn't have a buffer to be able to correct it. They didn't want a

government bailout, although that looks increasingly inevitable. They

wanted to raise 5 million euros of their own with private investors, it

sells shares to private investors, including a Qatari investment fund,

and hopes that are fading. I will be very surprised if this bank makes it

at the weekend as a private company. The Senate in Italy has approved 20

billion euros worth of money. It probably doesn't need that much, so

there is a favouring his other banks needed to stop any kind of

contagion. -- so there is some left over. In Italy, lots of the

creditors to this bank are actually small retail investors. Tens of

thousands of people have bombs in this bank. What will happen then is

they will be built in, that means they'll have to write some of that

money off. That will be very politically and very political time

in Italy. It is thought the government will try to compensate

those small bondholders, but this is the end of the road for Italy boss

Mike Alderson bank. Italian banks often get referenced when we discuss

the health of the Eurozone. Does this offer little more stability in

that regard? It is difficult to say. 40% of all the bad loans emanate

from the Italian area. Will this, you know, bring an end to the

instability of Italian banks? Not necessarily. What will help is

Italy's, and systemically important as far as the rest of the world is

concerned banks, Uni credit, last week managed to raise 13 billion

euros and people are very positive about that. The contagion outside

Italy is pretty limited. You can get updates on his work as he goes about

it. Brazil's biggest construction firm

has admitted to bribing officials It's called Odebrecht -

and one of the main examples involves it paying bribes

to officials of Brazil's state-run Which is itself at the centre

of a huge corruption scandal. This admission has

been made in the US. How did these fit into that broader

scandal concerning Petrobras? This is a Brazilian construction firm

that we are talking about. As you pointed out, it was charged with

paying bribes to government officials, not just in Brazil but

all around the world. Earlier this year, the chief executive was

actually jailed in Brazil for paying bribes to executives at Petrobras.

It's interesting that, you know, as we see more and more coming out of

the difficulties of Petrobras, that were choosing other companies

implicated as a result. Wise is happening in USA? You know, I

actually had the exact same question. It turns out that it has

to do with US foreign bribery laws. They are actually the most wide

sweeping laws of any country in the world. Basically, if any company

does any sort of business with the United States and they are foreign

company, they are subject to these laws. They are the strictest laws of

the land, which is why often you'll see that the US and the Justice

Department here is involved in anything that has today with these

kinds of foreign acts. Thank you a much explaining that, we

appreciated. That is live from New York. If you're joining us, our lead

story comes from Germany, where a large manhunt is under way. The

German authorities would like to speak to a Tunisian man with regards

to the Christmas market attack in Berlin. There are developments on

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