:00:10. > :00:20.Hello. Welcome to Outside Source. Donald Trump is planning to keep it
:00:21. > :00:25.in the family. He wants his son-in-law Jared Kushner to become a
:00:26. > :00:30.senior adviser at the White House. We are starting to get details of an
:00:31. > :00:35.operation against Islamic State in Syria. There have been protests
:00:36. > :00:43.outside the Turkish parliament over plans to give the president more
:00:44. > :00:49.power. We will explain his arguments and those against. We will also
:00:50. > :00:52.update you on the cold snap in Central and Eastern Europe.
:00:53. > :01:02.Thousands of refugees and migrants are getting caught up in this, as
:01:03. > :01:06.well. Also, Cyprus may be on the road to unification. We will tell
:01:07. > :01:18.you how it might work and whether it could happen.
:01:19. > :01:25.Donald Trump is planning to appoint his son-in-law as a senior adviser.
:01:26. > :01:34.It's expected to be announced this week. Jared Kushner is married to
:01:35. > :01:42.his daughter if anchor Trump. America does has an antimatter that
:01:43. > :01:46.is law. It was introduced in 1967. Evidently, Mr Trump doesn't believe
:01:47. > :01:55.his choice contravenes this. Is that a widely held view? While it might
:01:56. > :02:00.be unusual, it is not illegal. I wouldn't say it was widely held. A
:02:01. > :02:05.lot of ethics lawyers have said this law covers the White House in
:02:06. > :02:10.addition to the executive office outside the White House agencies and
:02:11. > :02:16.Cabinet. If you look at the language, it says agency, the White
:02:17. > :02:24.House might not be an agency. It is a grey area that the Trump team
:02:25. > :02:31.seems to be exploiting. Jared Kushner is a real estate investor
:02:32. > :02:36.and he may well have met a Chinese firm with close connections to the
:02:37. > :02:40.government and they discussed a development in Manhattan. Nothing
:02:41. > :02:44.wrong with that if you are a businessman but it gets more
:02:45. > :02:48.competitive if you are advising the president. The same concerns have
:02:49. > :02:55.been brought up against Donald Trump with his far-flung real estate
:02:56. > :03:02.empire. Jared Kushner has had a lot of investments in New York and he
:03:03. > :03:07.has to divest some of the conflict interest laws that don't apply to
:03:08. > :03:11.Donald Trump but do apply to him. The question is whether he will do
:03:12. > :03:16.enough to avoid these conflicts of interest. What about the process of
:03:17. > :03:21.approving the choices Donald Trump has made. The Democratic Senate
:03:22. > :03:29.leader is not happy with the pace of hearings. He says, ... Jamming them
:03:30. > :03:34.into a couple of days makes no sense. They need a thorough and
:03:35. > :03:39.thoughtful betting. Clearly, he is on the other side of the political
:03:40. > :03:44.divide. Is it unusual the way this has been scheduled? A number of
:03:45. > :03:50.Obama cabinet picks were confirmed on inauguration day but there is a
:03:51. > :03:54.strategy here by the Republicans. They are going harder than past
:03:55. > :04:00.administrations have, trying to jam a bunch of hearings into the same
:04:01. > :04:04.day. Two tomorrow, another four on Wednesday with hopes that opponents
:04:05. > :04:08.can't focus on one particular nominee and have them make
:04:09. > :04:11.headlines. In fact, Donald Trump is holding his press conference on when
:04:12. > :04:17.state and that will dominate the headlines rather than these
:04:18. > :04:20.hearings. One of the most political websites in the US was previewing
:04:21. > :04:27.the people Donald Trump is bringing in and it used the phrase, a motley
:04:28. > :04:36.crew of political neophytes and would-be insiders". How would you
:04:37. > :04:43.categorise this new establishment? It is a strange blend. To call it a
:04:44. > :04:47.motley crew but then include literal insiders like congressmen price and
:04:48. > :04:55.Jeff Sessions who is going to be Justice Department Attorney General,
:04:56. > :05:01.combine them with Stephen Bannon, A conservative media personality.
:05:02. > :05:07.Folks who have hitched their stars to Donald Trump's wagon early and
:05:08. > :05:10.are being rewarded. It is a restructuring of power in
:05:11. > :05:14.Washington, DC. Trump has his own people and the establishment here
:05:15. > :05:17.will have to adjust to it. The question is whether they can adjust
:05:18. > :05:24.to Washington. A lot of them don't know how things work here yet. We
:05:25. > :05:29.appreciate you taking as through it. We will be talking to Anthony again
:05:30. > :05:34.later in the sports section. In the BBC newsroom, a story is allocated
:05:35. > :05:40.to a journalist who writes it up and files copy so different outlets,
:05:41. > :05:46.radio, TV, digital can use the copy to inform the stories they tell. We
:05:47. > :05:51.spotted this not long ago from Sebastian Usher. It is about the US
:05:52. > :05:55.confirming special forces have mounted a raid against so-called
:05:56. > :06:02.Islamic State. He is telling is that the raid was on a Sunday and in the
:06:03. > :06:08.east of Syria. We can call our journalist right in the middle of
:06:09. > :06:13.work. Sebastian Kehl et al is more. We have had confirmed in the past
:06:14. > :06:17.few hours that the raid has happened. We haven't had much more
:06:18. > :06:26.detail. The raid took place on Sunday in this area that is largely,
:06:27. > :06:31.controlled by IS. The elite force was tasked with going after the
:06:32. > :06:35.leaders of IS and intelligence gathering. Activists on the ground
:06:36. > :06:41.have reported that around 25 jihadists were killed in the
:06:42. > :06:44.operation. Others have said it is a gross exaggeration. Eyewitness
:06:45. > :06:51.reports in the past day or so have said that the operation began on
:06:52. > :06:57.Sunday afternoon, at least four helicopters were involved. The
:06:58. > :07:01.special operations forces were parachuted down and they may have
:07:02. > :07:06.intercepted a car that they believed to have IS leaders in it. There is
:07:07. > :07:10.some dispute what happened after that. Whether it was a case of
:07:11. > :07:15.taking out and killing those jihadists or whether some were
:07:16. > :07:19.captured and taken away from the country. The Pentagon spokesman has
:07:20. > :07:26.denied that anyone was taken. There has also been a source that has said
:07:27. > :07:33.that there is a prison which may have been targeted and prisoners may
:07:34. > :07:39.have been held by IS that have now been released. There have been very
:07:40. > :07:48.few operations like this in the conflict. They tried one in Raqqa a
:07:49. > :07:52.Fuser go -- a few years ago but it didn't work and those involved
:07:53. > :07:58.either died or were executed. Officials in the USA have said that
:07:59. > :08:02.it is usual not to make a big fuss about it but we will wait to see
:08:03. > :08:08.what else comes out. I am surprised they have told us. I think they had
:08:09. > :08:14.to because so much has come out. Also, in terms of PR, the US has
:08:15. > :08:18.become a bystander in Syria having previously led from the front. The
:08:19. > :08:22.Russians have really come to the forefront. I think the US would like
:08:23. > :08:26.to remind Russia and the rest of the world that they are very much
:08:27. > :08:30.involved in the battle against IS and they have suggested that the
:08:31. > :08:34.Russians aren't as interested in that as they say they are. This will
:08:35. > :08:41.be useful for them to make that point. Thank you for that, Sebastian
:08:42. > :08:46.Kehl. In a few moments, we will turn to Central and Eastern Europe where
:08:47. > :08:52.cold weather has claimed a number of lives. Thousands of refugees are, in
:08:53. > :09:01.some cases, living in tents which is of course causing grave concern.
:09:02. > :09:05.Here in the UK, Theresa May has set out a new strategy to improvement of
:09:06. > :09:09.health services in England. She says it is time to bring a transformation
:09:10. > :09:17.in attitudes towards psychiatric issues. To change the way we view
:09:18. > :09:22.mental illness is so striving to improve mental well-being is seen as
:09:23. > :09:25.natural, positive and good are striving to improve physical
:09:26. > :09:32.well-being. For too long, mental nurse has been a hidden injustice in
:09:33. > :09:35.our country, shrouded in a completely unacceptable stigma and
:09:36. > :09:41.dangerously disregarded as a secondary issue to physical health.
:09:42. > :09:44.Left unaddressed, destroys lives, separates people from each other and
:09:45. > :09:50.deepens the divisions within our society. Changing this goes right to
:09:51. > :09:55.the heart of our humanity, to the heart of the kind of country we are,
:09:56. > :10:05.the attitudes we hold and the values we share.
:10:06. > :10:14.Life here in the BBC newsroom. Our lead story comes from Washington.
:10:15. > :10:18.Donald Trump is planning to appoint a son-in-law Jared Kushner as a
:10:19. > :10:24.senior adviser to the White House. Some of the major stories from the
:10:25. > :10:27.World Service. Israel has held the funerals of force or just killed in
:10:28. > :10:33.a lorry attack in Jerusalem on Sunday. Israeli officials say they
:10:34. > :10:38.believe the driver was a supporter of Islamic State. In Iran,
:10:39. > :10:43.preparations continue for the funeral of the former president.
:10:44. > :10:49.Thousands of people are expected to turn out. He died on Sunday at the
:10:50. > :10:55.age of 82. It's not been much fun trying to get around London today. A
:10:56. > :11:01.24-hour tube strike resulted in chaos for commuters. 114 of the
:11:02. > :11:14.city's Underground stations were closed. At least 20 people have lost
:11:15. > :11:18.their lives because of the cold in Central and Eastern Europe. Here are
:11:19. > :11:25.the pictures that have come into the newsroom in the last few hours. This
:11:26. > :11:29.is atrocious conditions in Serbia. Migrants are trying to get into
:11:30. > :11:36.warehouses to shelter. Temperatures have been as low as -28 degrees in
:11:37. > :11:42.Belgrade. In Istanbul, traffic has been snarled up, flights cancelled,
:11:43. > :11:47.disrupting thousands of passengers and commuters. These are pictures
:11:48. > :11:52.from the Greek island of Lesbos. They are not easy to make out under
:11:53. > :11:57.the snow but there are lots of tents in these camps and refugees are
:11:58. > :12:04.living in them. There are concerns for the people's welfare for those
:12:05. > :12:10.who are having to call them hold in these conditions. This is the Red
:12:11. > :12:15.Cross. The situation is really bad. We have double the amount of people
:12:16. > :12:22.the islands can accommodate. People are living in, not in decent
:12:23. > :12:29.conditions for this winter, nor in general. So, yes, they are suffering
:12:30. > :12:34.and the situation is quite bad. These tents that the people are
:12:35. > :12:39.living in our very much ad hoc or temporary in nature. There's not
:12:40. > :12:47.enough space to put full containerised camps in place. The
:12:48. > :12:51.heating itself creates problems. The fire risks when people start burning
:12:52. > :12:55.whatever they can find to keep them warm is also an issue. They should
:12:56. > :13:04.we moved out from the islands as soon as is in. A great deal of focus
:13:05. > :13:12.on the forecast. The good news is the worst is past. We have to look
:13:13. > :13:17.at the Jet stream. Fast wins six miles up in the atmosphere, a big
:13:18. > :13:22.undulating, meandering pattern that allows warm air to get up into the
:13:23. > :13:27.Arctic and cold air to plunge into the Mediterranean, in this case.
:13:28. > :13:32.Over the last 24 hours, we've seen that supply of cold air cut-off. We
:13:33. > :13:37.have a pool of cold air sat over Eastern Europe at the moment but
:13:38. > :13:43.they by day it is going to get a little bit less cold. Time for
:13:44. > :13:47.business, starting in Detroit where the motor show is underway.
:13:48. > :13:52.Particular interest in where companies are making cars, all
:13:53. > :13:59.because of Donald Trump's sharp criticism of countries investing in
:14:00. > :14:04.Mexico. That is precisely what BMW is doing. It doesn't seem worried by
:14:05. > :14:09.what the reaction might be. Here is one of its executives. We have
:14:10. > :14:15.strong relationships with governments around the world. The
:14:16. > :14:19.car industry is a global integrated industry in many countries and as a
:14:20. > :14:24.result we have those relationships in place and this plant in Mexico
:14:25. > :14:29.will come on stream in about 24 months from now at the start of
:14:30. > :14:37.2019. Where we supply product to from that plant remains to be seen.
:14:38. > :14:42.We are very flexible. It is part of global capacity rather than one that
:14:43. > :14:46.will ultimately only supply one or two markets. It will supply many,
:14:47. > :14:55.many markets for the three series product. BMW settled on its plans.
:14:56. > :15:05.Free at Chrysler has some other news. Very different from BMW. Fiat
:15:06. > :15:10.Chrysler has announced 2000 jobs here in the United States investing
:15:11. > :15:15.$1 billion to revamp production of some of its big cars and trucks in
:15:16. > :15:23.Ojai and Mitch Egan. That comes on the heels of the Ford announcement
:15:24. > :15:26.last week that they are not going to be in Mexico but putting money here
:15:27. > :15:33.in the United States. That really drew praise from President-elect of
:15:34. > :15:40.Trump and says it is part of the reason his America first policy that
:15:41. > :15:48.these companies are putting money in manufacturing here in the United
:15:49. > :15:58.States. I can see some tweets about a VW executive being charged. A
:15:59. > :16:04.momentous moment. VW had this massive emissions scandal last year.
:16:05. > :16:11.The US Justice Department has arrested one executive. Here in the
:16:12. > :16:16.United States. He was charged for his role in the emissions scandal.
:16:17. > :16:23.This is really significant because it was an executive that was charged
:16:24. > :16:27.but because the public had faced criticism during the financial
:16:28. > :16:32.crisis for not holding executives of banks responsible for their role in
:16:33. > :16:37.the crisis, we are seeing that the Justice Department is really going
:16:38. > :16:44.after VW executives. Thank you very much indeed. Over the last week, we
:16:45. > :16:49.have been reporting from the consumer Electronics show in Las
:16:50. > :16:56.Vegas. Chinese firms have been very visible. It's fair to say that there
:16:57. > :17:04.was a time when the reputation for Chinese firms was for copying
:17:05. > :17:11.Western companies and producing cheap knock-offs. This is changing.
:17:12. > :17:15.This show defines the trends for many years to come. Chinese
:17:16. > :17:26.companies are determined to be seen as innovators and not imitators.
:17:27. > :17:32.This began life as net flicks for China but is now diversifying into
:17:33. > :17:36.hardware. They have moved into the US market. It is putting its brand
:17:37. > :17:43.on everything from electric cars to smartphones. We went from not making
:17:44. > :17:48.televisions to being the number one supplier in the US market. We are
:17:49. > :17:57.here showcasing our North American products. Another Chinese company
:17:58. > :18:01.building momentum, now the third biggest smartphone maker in the
:18:02. > :18:10.world. Last year, the company was handed a gift when Samsung suffered
:18:11. > :18:17.a setback. The disastrous note seven phone that was catching fire in
:18:18. > :18:24.people's pockets. Was that an opportunity for you? It gave as
:18:25. > :18:31.absolutely more opportunity to be in the markets. In the past, Chinese
:18:32. > :18:33.companies had a reputation for dealing ideas and copying them. Is
:18:34. > :19:04.that true? Despite the relentless optimism
:19:05. > :19:11.there are reports that LeEco is struggling to pay its bills. And
:19:12. > :19:18.there are some signs that it is still copying Western design. I
:19:19. > :19:24.wouldn't actually say that. There is a lot of innovation in our products.
:19:25. > :19:28.Western companies have found it difficult to break into China but
:19:29. > :19:32.the reverse journey may be easier with quality design and cheaper
:19:33. > :19:43.prices and Chinese firms providing a real challenge to the West's egg
:19:44. > :19:58.players. -- egg players. -- big players. Ten years ago, Apple
:19:59. > :20:05.launched the iPhone. Here it is. The shiny new iPhone unveiled here. You
:20:06. > :20:15.can go on the Internet, use e-mail, even play film and video. Who would
:20:16. > :20:21.queue up at 7am on the streets of San Francisco? Apple fans, that's
:20:22. > :20:27.who. One wants to know the latest products as soon as they are
:20:28. > :20:32.announced. The man who revived the company wasn't about to undersell
:20:33. > :20:40.the event. We are going to make history today. Steve jobs has spent
:20:41. > :20:49.years wondering if you could combine a phone with the iPod. Now, he has.
:20:50. > :20:57.It is supposed to bring Apple design and computing skills to a whole new
:20:58. > :21:00.generation. You might think it's just another new phone but Apple
:21:01. > :21:12.fans were almost hysterical with excitement. That was our report ten
:21:13. > :21:17.years ago. Rory has a blog post today reflecting on it, he was
:21:18. > :21:24.worried he might have exaggerated its importance but time has proved
:21:25. > :21:29.him right. Cyprus has been divided since 1974 but today talks started
:21:30. > :21:34.in Geneva and they may change that. The original split was caused by
:21:35. > :21:39.Turkey invading. The Turkish edit was in response to a coup by Greek
:21:40. > :21:44.Cypriot nationalists. Whichever way you look at it, this is what we have
:21:45. > :21:51.ended up with. Northern Cyprus home to Turkish Cypriots and the southern
:21:52. > :21:56.to Greek Cypriots. There seems to be optimism this time. Here is the UN
:21:57. > :22:03.special envoy for Cyprus. We have two leaders, one in the south and
:22:04. > :22:09.one in the North who really want this to work. They have faced many
:22:10. > :22:13.obstacles and still have some to face but they have demonstrated a
:22:14. > :22:17.degree of will and leadership that we haven't seen for a long time in
:22:18. > :22:24.the Cyprus and that is the main reason. The second reason is the
:22:25. > :22:29.neighbours including Greece and Turkey appear to be willing to help
:22:30. > :22:35.even more this time. I will be frank and say that I don't think everybody
:22:36. > :22:40.will go along with them. This is dividing communities. There are
:22:41. > :22:45.strong voices on both sides actively arguing against reunification on
:22:46. > :22:50.nationalist grounds. But there is a real potential for these leaders,
:22:51. > :22:54.once they have struck a deal, if we are successful here and in the
:22:55. > :22:56.coming period, that they will be able to convince the majority it is
:22:57. > :23:02.the right thing to do because there is also tiredness and fatigue in the
:23:03. > :23:07.island over the internal division that most people have been
:23:08. > :23:15.experiencing for most of their lives. Rebecca grew up in the
:23:16. > :23:21.southern part of Cyprus. If these talks are to succeed what are the
:23:22. > :23:25.main obstacles to overcome? The first one is territory. The endgame
:23:26. > :23:30.is to hopefully have a federation with two states in the Cyprus. The
:23:31. > :23:35.car is the Greek Cypriot population is a lot bigger than the Cypriot
:23:36. > :23:39.Turkish population, there is an understanding that the Greeks would
:23:40. > :23:44.have to gain some territory so they would have two figure out the line
:23:45. > :23:49.where that would fall. The second issue is property. It is really
:23:50. > :23:53.emotional. In the south of Cyprus, everybody knows families who had to
:23:54. > :23:56.flee their land. The question of compensation for that has always
:23:57. > :24:04.been a big sticking point. The third one is also very feeble Ryall.
:24:05. > :24:08.30,000 Turkish troops in the north of Cyprus. The Turkish Cypriots want
:24:09. > :24:20.them to stay, the Greek Cypriots do not. Fourth, the Turkish Cypriots
:24:21. > :24:26.want a rotating presidency. What would happen at the end of the
:24:27. > :24:29.Geneva part of the process? Hopefully, if the Turkish Cypriot
:24:30. > :24:35.leader and the Greek Cypriot leader make headway on those issues, the
:24:36. > :24:40.UK, Turkey, and Greece would join the talks. That would then go to
:24:41. > :24:51.referendums amongst each community in Cyprus. Do people in Cyprus want
:24:52. > :24:57.this to happen? It is very divisive. Liberals on both sides have been
:24:58. > :25:02.trying to promote by communal ties. On both sides, you have those who
:25:03. > :25:08.don't want it to happen. They have been accused of fear mongering.
:25:09. > :25:13.Moderate Cypriots on both sides have real concerns. They are related to
:25:14. > :25:16.security and what would become to Cyprus in the international order
:25:17. > :25:21.after this. The main thing is, Cypriots have been here so many
:25:22. > :25:27.times before. They need to wait and see what the settlement by the
:25:28. > :25:31.before they take their decision. You can get much more background on why
:25:32. > :25:35.Cyprus became divided and why people think it could be brought back
:25:36. > :25:42.together on the BBC News app and website. A reminder of the lead
:25:43. > :25:46.story, it's understood that Donald Trump intends to appoint his
:25:47. > :25:50.son-in-law Jared Kushner as a senior adviser at the White House. Albee
:25:51. > :26:08.back with you in a couple of minutes time. -- I will be back with you.
:26:09. > :26:15.There's been a lot of weather happening right the way around the
:26:16. > :26:17.world in recent days. In the southern Thailand, severe