:00:10. > :00:11.Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
:00:12. > :00:14.Let's look through some of the main stories here in the BBC Newsroom.
:00:15. > :00:17.Jeff Sessions, the man who wants to become
:00:18. > :00:20.Donald Trump's Attorney General - has been grilled by Republicans
:00:21. > :00:28.He's rejected allegations of racial and accepted that same-sex
:00:29. > :00:32.marriage and the right to abortion were the law of the land.
:00:33. > :00:37.President Obama has taken off from Washington. He has headed to
:00:38. > :00:41.Chicago, where he will make his farewell address McCormick
:00:42. > :00:43.Convention Centre. We will look at this in a moment.
:00:44. > :00:59.And our technology reporter is going to look at how the US military is
:01:00. > :01:06.using many drones. An incredible story in about 15 minutes. -- is
:01:07. > :01:16.using mini-drones. President Obama is preparing
:01:17. > :01:18.to give his farewell address in his hometown Chicago in a huge
:01:19. > :01:25.convention centre These are the last few days of his
:01:26. > :01:29.time in the White House. It is in a huge convention centre.
:01:30. > :01:32.He returns tonight to the city where he gave his acceptance speech
:01:33. > :01:45.You will all remember those pictures. Where Laura Chevenement
:01:46. > :01:49.was in Chicago was so wildly, we had to abandon those plans. This is what
:01:50. > :01:56.Gary O'Donoghue told us earlier. In a sense, it will
:01:57. > :02:02.mark President Obama's last chance to sum up, really, what he thinks
:02:03. > :02:06.he's achieved. Two big end his presidency, to try and not just to
:02:07. > :02:11.list his achievements as he sees it, but try and weave together those
:02:12. > :02:17.achievements into some sort of idea of how America has improved over the
:02:18. > :02:21.last 80 years, in his view, under his stewardship. There will be a lot
:02:22. > :02:27.about the economy, the jobs. There will be a lot about criminal justice
:02:28. > :02:35.reform. I am sure of course there will be talk about his signature
:02:36. > :02:39.policy on health care reform. There may be an admission about what he
:02:40. > :02:45.would have liked to get done but he didn't, such as comprehensive
:02:46. > :02:48.immigration reform and gun controls. I told you it was windy and I think
:02:49. > :02:49.it got worse, which is why Laura had to take cover.
:02:50. > :02:52.To mark President Obama's imminent departure from the White House,
:02:53. > :02:55.our North America editor Jon Sopel has one made two special reports.
:02:56. > :02:57.The first looked at what the President did
:02:58. > :03:08.There was always something upside down about Barack Obama receiving
:03:09. > :03:15.the Nobel Peace Prize before he had really done anything as president.
:03:16. > :03:20.When he came to office, one the greatest strategic threats
:03:21. > :03:22.was Iran, a resurgent power in the region.
:03:23. > :03:26.But more important than that was securing a multinational deal
:03:27. > :03:29.to curb the nuclear ambitions of Tehran, an agreement was struck
:03:30. > :03:40.despite fierce opposition from the Israeli Prime Minister.
:03:41. > :03:43.When the Israeli Prime Minister came to address Congress two years ago,
:03:44. > :03:47.there was fury in the White House, they were angry that an invitation
:03:48. > :03:48.had been extended by Republican leaders and accepted
:03:49. > :03:52.But very soon, someone much more to the Israeli Prime Minister's
:03:53. > :03:55.liking will be occupying the White House and the quest
:03:56. > :03:57.in the world is asking, will the Iran nuclear deal survives
:03:58. > :04:07.For over a year, we have been told that no deal
:04:08. > :04:19.His relationship with Netanyahu was one of the lows, relating
:04:20. > :04:22.in the US refusing to veto a UN resolution critical of the Israeli
:04:23. > :04:29.The chemistry with the Russian leader Putin
:04:30. > :04:31.was no better, Crimea, cyber espionage and Syria left
:04:32. > :04:36.The pledge at the start of his presidency was all about disengaging
:04:37. > :04:40.from costly conflict and bringing the troops back home.
:04:41. > :04:44.We can say to those families who have lost loved ones
:04:45. > :04:46.to Al-Qaeda's terror, justice has been done.
:04:47. > :04:54.But the optimism brought by the successful raid to kill Osama
:04:55. > :04:57.bin Ladin in 2011 and the spread of the Arab Spring...
:04:58. > :05:01.would eventually be replaced by a middle east in flames.
:05:02. > :05:04.And the rise of so-called Islamic State, the fight against
:05:05. > :05:08.Arguably, the low point for President Obama
:05:09. > :05:11.in the Middle East has been Syria, which has been a humanitarian
:05:12. > :05:19.catastrophe, sparking the worst refugee crisis since World War II.
:05:20. > :05:23.And the president's failure to act against President Assad
:05:24. > :05:25.despite much huffing and puffing, has come
:05:26. > :05:32.A red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons
:05:33. > :05:47.I think it was a mistake not to enforce the red line.
:05:48. > :05:49.When the US is clearly saying there could be
:05:50. > :05:51.consequences for a certain action, it is important
:05:52. > :05:57.I also would not confuse that with crossing the chemical weapons
:05:58. > :06:00.red line with the notion that there was interventionist
:06:01. > :06:10.The policy toward Syria is much like the embassy here in Washington,
:06:11. > :06:13.an empty shell, newspapers piling up on the doorstep, the windows barred.
:06:14. > :06:15.And in the talks to bring peace to the country,
:06:16. > :06:19.Barack Obama has flip-flopped over whether to take military action,
:06:20. > :06:22.too slow to react to the dangers of so-called Islamic State.
:06:23. > :06:24.It's been a period in which American influence
:06:25. > :06:32.has waned and Russian influence has increased.
:06:33. > :06:34.From one empty embassy to another, that has had
:06:35. > :06:36.new life breathed into it, this is the Cuban Embassy
:06:37. > :06:45.For over 50 years, it had lain derelict, a last
:06:46. > :06:53.In the warmth of the Caribbean island, Barack Obama consigned
:06:54. > :06:56.the last piece of icy Cold War legacy to history.
:06:57. > :06:59.Cuba had brought the world to the edge of nuclear war.
:07:00. > :07:01.Now diplomatic relations are restored, an extraordinary
:07:02. > :07:04.He leaves office largely admired and popular around the world.
:07:05. > :07:08.Not least for his role in the global climate change deal.
:07:09. > :07:11.He tried to carve out a foreign policy that he saw
:07:12. > :07:18.But as the commander-in-chief was given the traditional
:07:19. > :07:20.send-off, in his own way, was he as destructive
:07:21. > :07:24.to US power and influence as his predecessor, George W Bush?
:07:25. > :07:38.And what would the Nobel committee make of him, eight years on?
:07:39. > :07:43.If you were watching Outside Source yesterday we were looking ahead to a
:07:44. > :07:44.Fifa decision on whether the World Cup would get bigger and it is going
:07:45. > :07:46.to. From 2026 it'll feature 48
:07:47. > :07:49.countries, up from 32. There will be 16 groups
:07:50. > :07:53.of three nations. The top two teams from each group
:07:54. > :08:00.will progress to a 32 16 more games, but no more
:08:01. > :08:05.games for the winner. The BBC's Richard Conway sat down
:08:06. > :08:23.with the Fifa president. Fifa has finally cleared a path to a
:08:24. > :08:28.World Cup of 48 teams from 2026, 16 more countries will join football's
:08:29. > :08:32.flagship tournament. Speaking to me today, the world governing body's
:08:33. > :08:36.president insisted in the face of much criticism, it's time for the
:08:37. > :08:42.sport to look beyond its traditional borders. Football has now become a
:08:43. > :08:46.truly global game. Many more countries, many more teams will have
:08:47. > :08:49.the chance to qualify so they will invest in developing football, they
:08:50. > :08:55.will invest in developing elite football as well as grassroots
:08:56. > :08:59.football. They will invest in their technical elements and this will
:09:00. > :09:04.raise the quality. The growth of the World Cup will bring enormous extra
:09:05. > :09:09.revenue and Fifa stands to make an additional ?500 million profit in
:09:10. > :09:13.2026 according to its own research. But the man elected as Fifa
:09:14. > :09:18.President partly on a pledge to deliver a bigger competition, insist
:09:19. > :09:22.it's not about cash politics. It's not only a money power grab. It's
:09:23. > :09:28.the opposite. It's a football decision. The way we presented it
:09:29. > :09:33.was, OK, we presented four formats, everyone in the four formats has
:09:34. > :09:37.advantages in terms of the financial situation. Which means we are in a
:09:38. > :09:44.comfortable situation to be able to take a decision, simply based on the
:09:45. > :09:50.sporting merit. Asia, where interested football is booming and
:09:51. > :09:52.Africa stand to benefit the most web they are divided up. There will be
:09:53. > :10:01.more slots for fuller nations. They believe it will give them a
:10:02. > :10:04.better chance of qualifying. After a number of years, when Fifa was a
:10:05. > :10:10.byword for corruption its new leadership is determined to assert
:10:11. > :10:12.itself. Gianni Infantino's task is to convince his critics ever formed
:10:13. > :10:22.World Cup is a force for good. As you heard, Asia and Africa could
:10:23. > :10:27.stand to benefit the most from this expanded World Cup.
:10:28. > :10:34.A lot of support for it on the continent, they have been talking to
:10:35. > :10:38.people from Lagos, Nairobi, Cape Town. A lot of support for this move
:10:39. > :10:41.because it means some of the smaller African countries will be able to
:10:42. > :10:44.get the opportunity to get to the World Cup. But some people are
:10:45. > :10:48.saying this world I lived there World Cup, the quality of the
:10:49. > :10:53.football, at the World Cup. -- saying this will download the World
:10:54. > :10:55.Cup. If we have some smaller countries not footballing nations
:10:56. > :10:59.manage and develop for the World Cup, what happens when they meet
:11:00. > :11:03.Germany on the big stage? -- managed to qualify. It reduces the chances
:11:04. > :11:08.of a shock exit in the first round, two or three will go through. If you
:11:09. > :11:12.look at the Euros, which just got expired last summer, some of the
:11:13. > :11:17.football was dire. There was the shock value, we saw the likes of
:11:18. > :11:22.Ireland, Wales, really performing on the big stage. That could happen.
:11:23. > :11:24.With 48 teams at the World Cup, you've got to admit, those shocks
:11:25. > :11:32.will be far and few between. Sir Dave Brailsford has given
:11:33. > :11:34.an exclusive interview to the BBC about the ongoing questions
:11:35. > :11:36.surrounding the Team Sky Many of those questions relate
:11:37. > :11:40.to Sir Bradley Wiggins' authorised use of a banned substance in 2011
:11:41. > :11:43.and to a medical package Here they are talking about the head
:11:44. > :11:49.of UK Anti-Doping being critical of evidence that Dave Brailsford
:11:50. > :12:02.gave to parliament. Most fair-minded people in Britain
:12:03. > :12:05.would accept that if any issue from the start of process and there is an
:12:06. > :12:08.authority, which is the right place, really, do get the bottom of
:12:09. > :12:12.something, and it's a diligent process and we all trust and respect
:12:13. > :12:16.that and we're in the middle of that, and there's an opening
:12:17. > :12:22.investigation, which is still ongoing, the chair of that
:12:23. > :12:24.organisation, to discuss the actual contents of that investigation,
:12:25. > :12:30.whilst it's live and open, that's extraordinary. Do not except accept
:12:31. > :12:35.that some people have lost trust in Team Sky because it has been handled
:12:36. > :12:38.badly? -- do you not accept that. There is a differs between handling
:12:39. > :12:44.and wrongdoing, let's be clear. There might be a PR issue. -- there
:12:45. > :12:48.is a difference. And the facts of wrongdoing. They are separate
:12:49. > :12:51.things. When Chris Froome was asked whether he still supported you on
:12:52. > :12:54.Friday didn't give you his explicit backing, did that disappoint you?
:12:55. > :12:59.Does that undermine new leadership? He was put in a difficult situation
:13:00. > :13:03.but the questions he was asked. We're not talking about performance.
:13:04. > :13:06.He does not need to be put in that situation because it is not for him
:13:07. > :13:09.to answer, those questions are not for him to answer, they offered me
:13:10. > :13:12.to answer. How much does this add a new, updated with Sir Bradley
:13:13. > :13:16.Wiggins retiring over the festive period, the fact that this has cast
:13:17. > :13:20.a cloud over his achievements. -- how much does this sad anew. His
:13:21. > :13:22.achievements and Team Sky. Does that Saddam knew?
:13:23. > :13:29.It is regrettable. But equally, the test of time is the key thing. Over
:13:30. > :13:32.time, we will continue to perform at the highest level and continue to do
:13:33. > :13:38.it at the right level and give people the reasons to feel proud of
:13:39. > :13:43.our achievements. Give them a team they can believe in and support. You
:13:44. > :13:50.can find that on the BBC sport at now. -- sport app.
:13:51. > :13:52.Here's a sport that's just been officially registered
:13:53. > :13:56.Some people also call it free running.
:13:57. > :13:59.The UK is the first country to recognise it as a sport.
:14:00. > :14:02.It originated in France about 30 years ago and has steadily grown.
:14:03. > :14:05.It's recognition as a sport means parkour groups will be able to apply
:14:06. > :14:14.Before we finish, a quick update on the English League Cup semifinal
:14:15. > :14:28.1-0 to Manchester United at the moment. Commentary from the BBC
:14:29. > :14:38.sport website right now. We will look at amazing stories soon. We
:14:39. > :14:40.will explain how drones operate as a swarm and are being used by the US
:14:41. > :14:45.military. There was more travel misery
:14:46. > :14:48.for Southern Rail passengers today, as the network's drivers
:14:49. > :14:52.started a 48-hour strike. Our Transport Correspondent Richard
:14:53. > :14:54.Westcott reports that disputes over plans for driver-only operated
:14:55. > :14:57.trains could spread to other More than 2,200 Southern services
:14:58. > :15:13.weren't running today. Platform 2 for the delayed
:15:14. > :15:15.07:47 Thameslink service. Their passengers were forced
:15:16. > :15:17.to find other routes in. The whole situation seems
:15:18. > :15:19.like a complete joke. I'd like to know that
:15:20. > :15:22.when I get on the train, that I'm going to end up
:15:23. > :15:25.at my destination at a certain time. Well, this is the queue just to get
:15:26. > :15:28.into East Croydon station, all of these people are trying
:15:29. > :15:30.to get to London, it's It snakes around a lot,
:15:31. > :15:37.then actually goes down the side of the station,
:15:38. > :15:39.probably about 100 meters For nearly a year, they've been
:15:40. > :15:43.rowing about changes to the role Southern wants drivers to take over
:15:44. > :15:51.closing the train doors. The unions say that
:15:52. > :15:52.threatens safety and jobs. Southern says no-one's
:15:53. > :15:55.losing their post and the safety This is The Body Shop's
:15:56. > :16:08.new ?1 million lab in Croydon. They moved hundreds of staff
:16:09. > :16:12.here last year because of the great train service, but Southern's
:16:13. > :16:14.drivers aren't working overtime at the moment,
:16:15. > :16:16.causing delays and cancellations It's having a devastating effect
:16:17. > :16:26.on The Body Shop's staff. They're missing childrens'
:16:27. > :16:28.birthdays, they can't arrange meetings,
:16:29. > :16:29.they're having arguments at home. They're feeling stressed,
:16:30. > :16:34.tired and irritable and there's a number of people saying every day,
:16:35. > :16:37.from about 4:00pm, they're sitting getting more and more stressed
:16:38. > :16:40.about whether they're going to get home, at all, or on time
:16:41. > :16:42.for the commitment Back on board, several
:16:43. > :16:46.commuters said this: I mean, the Government need
:16:47. > :16:48.to do something about it. So the BBC put the question
:16:49. > :16:52.to the Minister. REPORTER: What are you,
:16:53. > :16:53.as Transport Secretary, Don't you have a duty
:16:54. > :16:59.to step in on behalf..? The Government's engaged day in,
:17:00. > :17:05.day out in trying to find a way to get this issued resolved,
:17:06. > :17:08.and will carry on doing that. In Merseyside, unions are fighting
:17:09. > :17:10.similar plans to bring It's Southern today,
:17:11. > :17:33.but this issue threatens We are live in the BBC newsroom.
:17:34. > :17:35.Senator Jeff Sessions is the man that Donald Trump would like to be
:17:36. > :17:42.the US Attorney General. He's had a six and a half hour
:17:43. > :17:46.Senate confirmation hearing and he has commented on a whole range of
:17:47. > :17:50.issues from racism, from those allegations that Donald Trump groped
:17:51. > :17:58.women, two other issues. You can get a full update on BBC news. Some of
:17:59. > :18:00.the main stories, including what is coming outside of the UK.
:18:01. > :18:02.If you're outside of the UK, it's World News America next
:18:03. > :18:05.and they will be looking at the final days of
:18:06. > :18:07.Barack Obama's presidency, Katty Kay will be talking
:18:08. > :18:08.to Former Defense Secretary William Cohen.
:18:09. > :18:11.Here in the UK, the News at Ten is next, they'll be looking
:18:12. > :18:13.at the significant rise in the number of people
:18:14. > :18:16.with mental health problems sking to be seen at Accident
:18:17. > :18:27.These are quite something, these pictures.
:18:28. > :18:29.I want to show these pictures of the US military
:18:30. > :18:35.using miniature swarming drones during a test in California.
:18:36. > :18:38.They are dropped out of these planes.
:18:39. > :18:40.These are called Super Hornets and they release the mini-drones
:18:41. > :18:57.It does pixelate but you will get an idea. Little black dots coming out
:18:58. > :18:58.of the bottom of the planes. There are 103 drones -
:18:59. > :19:01.they operate autonomously but share Not a phrase I felt confident
:19:02. > :19:12.explaining to you. I'll let Chris Baraniuk
:19:13. > :19:15.explain what that means. The key thing with these
:19:16. > :19:17.drones is they communicate We don't know the full details
:19:18. > :19:23.of how they work, but the point is, there is no one central computer
:19:24. > :19:25.within the swarm, deciding what all the other drones
:19:26. > :19:29.do and where they fly. They have a set of targets they move
:19:30. > :19:33.towards and around and no matter where one or two of them go,
:19:34. > :19:36.the swarm as a whole eventually Again, development of defence
:19:37. > :19:43.isn't very forthcoming on too many details,
:19:44. > :19:45.but the assumption is that this would be very good for
:19:46. > :19:51.surveillance purposes. I've heard military analysts say
:19:52. > :19:54.things like this kind of military system could allow for watching
:19:55. > :19:56.traffic on a road. These drones could hover nearby,
:19:57. > :19:59.out of sight, out of mind. Or maybe even in slightly more
:20:00. > :20:03.built-up environments. With the number of important
:20:04. > :20:05.technological developments, you get the development and then
:20:06. > :20:07.everything gets smaller. Is the same now
:20:08. > :20:08.happening with drones? This is really interesting
:20:09. > :20:13.with the military applications here. There are a couple of very small
:20:14. > :20:16.drones being developed. There is one called the Black Hornet
:20:17. > :20:21.which costs about $40,000 but these drones are much,
:20:22. > :20:24.much cheaper than that, we think. They could be produced
:20:25. > :20:27.for the cost of maybe a few In terms of the computing
:20:28. > :20:32.power within them, how do they compare with a mobile phone
:20:33. > :20:36.or other small devices? We understand the circuitry
:20:37. > :20:42.is pretty simple, really. It's all to do with the fact
:20:43. > :20:45.that the software, the artificial intelligence software,
:20:46. > :20:47.inside them is simply making And not relying on too much
:20:48. > :20:58.hard number crunching. The mind boggles, thank you very
:20:59. > :21:08.much for that explanation. We've had stories from Gambia, Ivory
:21:09. > :21:10.Coast, Japan, Afghanistan and the US and UK and we will continue with a
:21:11. > :21:18.story that involves Switzerland. The European Court of Human Rights
:21:19. > :21:21.has ruled that Swiss schools can insist that Muslim girls take
:21:22. > :21:23.part in mixed-sex school A Muslim couple had
:21:24. > :21:45.brought the case. I turned to Athar Ahmed,
:21:46. > :21:49.BBC Asian Network. The parents were two Swiss nationals
:21:50. > :22:01.of Turkish origin living in Basel. They were fined 1300 euros for not
:22:02. > :22:04.allowing their 22 teenage daughters to take part in mixed swimming
:22:05. > :22:07.lessons because of their religious beliefs as Muslims. -- allowing
:22:08. > :22:14.their two teenage daughters. They said it was a breach of Article
:22:15. > :22:17.nine, freedom, conscious thought and religion. The European Court of
:22:18. > :22:22.Human Rights said that although the religious freedom was interfered
:22:23. > :22:25.with, there was no direct violation. Is this specific to Switzerland, is
:22:26. > :22:28.this brooding having impacts across Europe? At the moment, last year in
:22:29. > :22:33.Switzerland, there was another case similar to this one when a Bosnian
:22:34. > :22:37.man, a Swiss National, was fined for not allowing his daughter to swim in
:22:38. > :22:42.school. There is a trend emerging it seems. In terms of Switzerland's
:22:43. > :22:47.approach to these issues, is it different to how the UK Government
:22:48. > :22:50.might approach it? Or the French comment? The European Court of Human
:22:51. > :22:54.Rights today have said that the Swiss authorities have the right to
:22:55. > :23:00.dictate their academic setup. Whether that dictates their
:23:01. > :23:02.educational setup, the lessons, is based on the values and that is
:23:03. > :23:09.doubly something which is different to the British setup. Is this ruling
:23:10. > :23:13.relevant to faith schools? In the UK, faith schools take a certain
:23:14. > :23:17.approach that some state schools, other state schools don't. Are there
:23:18. > :23:20.comparisons elsewhere in Europe? Potentially. This is why state
:23:21. > :23:25.rulings are interesting because it is dictating for the first time the
:23:26. > :23:28.significance of things like mixed faith interaction. Today Bosman
:23:29. > :23:32.ruling was interesting because it is not just about these two girls
:23:33. > :23:37.learning how to swim, the European court said it is about interaction.
:23:38. > :23:38.And how these girls, who are essentially foreigners can interact
:23:39. > :23:48.with Swiss society. Breaking news from the US in the
:23:49. > :23:52.last few seconds from Reuters, a jury has condemned Dylann Roof to
:23:53. > :23:56.death for the 2015 South Carolina church massacre. This was the attack
:23:57. > :24:01.from June 2000 and 15. Nine people lost their lives in.
:24:02. > :24:07.said he still felt he had to do it and was sentenced to death for
:24:08. > :24:15.killing those people. Just before we finish, farewell and
:24:16. > :24:20.we will pay tribute to one of the world's first female war
:24:21. > :24:28.correspondence. Claire Hollingworth has died aged 105. She reported
:24:29. > :24:33.German tanks were gathering on the Polish border in 1939 and she broke
:24:34. > :24:39.the news of the Nazi invasion and that was the trigger for the Second
:24:40. > :24:41.World War. She reported on many other conflicts around the world but
:24:42. > :24:44.inevitably she will be remembered for what became known as the scoop
:24:45. > :24:50.of the century. Thank you for watching, I will see
:24:51. > :25:11.you tomorrow at the same time. The weather is turning pretty lively
:25:12. > :25:15.over the next few days. A week whether fans drifting south and
:25:16. > :25:16.east. Not much rain but as