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

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The US National Intelligence chief called him to denounce

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That's not quite how Director Clapper described it.

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Meanwhile the confirmation hearings for the Trump

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Today's featured the man nominated to be the new head of the CIA.

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It is pretty clear, about what took place here, about Russian

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involvement in efforts to hack information and to have an impact on

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American democracy. Moscow has described the deployment

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of thousands of troops in Poland as a threat to its national security.

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We've been following the Cyprus reunification talks all week -

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And EU wants new rules on how humans interact with robots.

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Many will be on line there is the hashtag, our e-mail and social media

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contacts are on the screen throughout the programme.

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The fall-out from leaked dossier - with allegations that Russia has

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compromising personal material about Donald Trump -

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Mr Trump says he's spoken to the US National Intelligence chief.

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First, the dossier was produced by a private company

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Second, if that's how the call went, that's not how

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He earlier released a statement saying US Intelligence "has not made

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any judgment that the information in this document is reliable".

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He also rebuffed the idea US intelligence leaked the dossier.

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We're also learning more details about the man

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He runs a private intelligence firm called Orbis.

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He's also a former UK intelligence agent who worked in Moscow.

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The BBC understands he's now in hiding.

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The murky world of intelligence-gathering in Moscow.

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A secret dossier of allegations about Trump and Russia.

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All written by a former member of MI6.

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This is Christopher Steele, now at the centre of controversy.

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He's supposed to have told neighbours to look after his cats

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and he is said to be lying low, fearing for his safety.

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So what do we know about Christopher Steele?

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In the 1990s he worked undercover for MI6 in Moscow.

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After leaving, he founded a private intelligence company called Orbis.

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Last year he was commissioned by Trump's opponents

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to look into the tycoon's Russian connections.

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He ended up with 35 pages of allegations about his

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But so far there has been no confirmation that the extraordinary

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allegations he dug up there are definitely true.

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Thanks to his past as a spy, Steele is unlikely to have been able

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to travel to Moscow himself so instead will have relied

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Moscow's a difficult place to work in.

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The Russians have a habit of secrecy and deception.

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The other complicating factor is money.

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If you're going to give someone money to tell you something,

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there is a strong possibility that they will tell

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Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian agent who fled to London,

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investigated powerful figures in Moscow and was killed

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by radioactive poison, it's alleged on the orders

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I believe it is dangerous, particularly

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after the death of my husband, because when you just approach

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specific information, particularly when this information

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very close to powerful people, you might be in this line

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The Russian dossier was not written for public consumption.

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But American spies have briefed its outlines

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Its author never expected to be in the spotlight.

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But in the atmosphere of American politics today,

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secrets are no longer as safe as they were.

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Senate confirmation hearings have continued in Washington.

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Those answering the questions have been nominated by Donald Trump

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Mike Pompeo is a Republican congressman nominated

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Retired General James Mattis is nominated for Secretary of Defence.

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Rex Tillerson is nominated for Secretary of State -

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Here he is on allegations of Russian hacking.

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It is pretty clear about what took place here, about Russian

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involvement in efforts to hack information and to have an impact on

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American democracy, I am very clear about what that intelligence report

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says, and I have every expectation as we develop the facts I will relay

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those to the President, to the team round him and to you all, so we can

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have a robust discussion about how to take on an enormous threat from

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cyber, you have lived it. This is very real, it is growing, it is not

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new in that sense, but this was an aggressive action taken by the

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senior leadership inside Russia and America has part of that obligation

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to protect that information. P Anthony Zurcher is with us. How well

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will Mr Trump know Mr Pom owe. He doesn't know him really, he is a

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long time member of Congress and Donald Trump didn't move in those

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circles. Pom owe is more establishment. He wasn't an early

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supporter so when you see something like that you have to wonder, after

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hearing Donald Trump talk about how an asset to have a close

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relationship with Vladimir Putin, to see who the man who could be the

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next director of the CIA come out and single Russia out and endorse

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the intelligence community's findings that Russia was behind

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hackings, they were aggressive in trying to meddle in US election, it

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makes you think could will have be disagreement and conflict between

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Donald Trump and his senior national security advisers and how would that

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resolve itself. Let us talk about the relationship between Donald

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Trump and the intelligence agencies. Can some of the damage done by the

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comments be swept away when his choices of leaders come in? Well,

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you saw a bit this morning with Clapper, the current director of

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intelligence coming out with the statements saying that they weren't

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responsible for the leak, you could interpret that as an attempt to mend

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fences between Donald Trump and the intelligence community. Donald Trump

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tweeted out a thank you and that he felt vindicated, that earlier today,

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so, that might be a first step, but bringing in new leaders won't change

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the way the rank and file view Donald Trump. There are people

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within the one whoty who feel aggrieved and upset that Donald

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Trump has questioned their effectiveness, their motivation,

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questioned whether they were responsible for undermining his

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Presidential authority, they are not going to go anywhere in all

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likelihood, barring some major reform of the agencies, so they will

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have to make peace with fact Donald Trump is President or we could see

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more examples of this back-and-forth that will make it difficult for

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Donald Trump at times, to present first of all to rely on intelligence

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briefings from these people and also to site the intelligence agencies as

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evidence for whatever foreign policy he wants to pursue in a moment of

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crisis he will have to point to his intelligence agency, this is why I

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am agenting, that is a big question. Don't go anywhere. This was the

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hearing attended by retired general James Mattis.

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Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Defence.

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Here he is talking about Russia and Nato.

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The most important thing is we recognise the reality of what we

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dealt with, with Mr Putin, and we recognise he is trying to break the

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north Atlantic alliance, in that we take the steps, the integrated

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steps, diplomatic, economic, military and the alliance steps, the

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working with our allies to defend ourselves, where we must. Let us go

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back to Anthony Zurcher. Talk us through the practicalities, there

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was some discussion about whether the gap between the genre tiring

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from the military, and now taking up this post might be an issue, but

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doesn't seem like it is going to be. It requires special permission gran

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granted by Congress in order for a retired general who has been out of

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the active service for less than seven years, to head the Defense

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Department, the Senate had a vote on that and they overwhelmingly granted

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that permission, the House also has to have a vote, as far as I know

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they have not had that vote but it seems pretty clear he is going to

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get that box checked and be able to be formally considered. Thank you

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very much. We appreciate it. We will talk next week on Outside Source.

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This is the biggest US military operation in eastern Europe

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These are American troops, more than 80 US tanks and hundreds

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of armoured vehicles arriving in Poland.

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From there they'll move out to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,

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Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary on a rotational basis.

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This is part of a Nato deployment - it's designed to deter

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the BBC "We see

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It's an action that threatens our interests and our security.

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Especially as it's a third country that is building up its military

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Here's the US brigade commander in Poland.

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Within the next few days, our soldiers will be showcasing their

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lethal abilitys as they begin to train on nearby gun range, to arrive

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at this point so swiftly, its proof when we work as a team, not only

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within the ranks of our tireless US Army but as at lied nation, a team

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of teams, no challenges is too large to overcome, no distance is too far

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to cross, when the need arises. US Russia relations are dominating

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the programme, it is not only the only stories we will cover. We will

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turn to South Korea. The head of Samsung has been questioned over

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allegations of corruption, in relation to this scandal that has

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engulfed the South Korean President. Investigators have announced 23

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people and organisations could face prosecution over

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the Hillsborough disaster. 96 fans were found to have been

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unlawfully killed at the FA More that 400 investigators have

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been running two separate criminal squireries into Hillsborough.

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Operation Resolve, that is the investigation which has looked at

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the planning and preparation for that day in 1989. The investigators

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running that inquiry have said today they have identified 15 people who

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can they consider to be criminal suspects. There is a second

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investigation, that has been run from the same building here in

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Warrington by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. They have

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been looking at the aftermath and specifically, the alleged cover up

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which is said to have followed the disaster and the IPCC has said it

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has identified eight suspects. This is Outside Source live

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from the BBC newsroom. Donald Trump has said that the US

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Director of National Intelligence has told him that reports that

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Russia held compromising information about the president-elect

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were false. Israel's military says it has

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uncovered a scam by Hamas militants to spy on its soldiers

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by hacking their mobile phones. Members of the Palestinian group

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found the soldiers online, then tried to strike up a friendship

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using the fake identities. Dozens of soldiers were persuaded

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to install an application that controlled their phone

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cameras and microphones. US investigators say special forces

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were hunting for Taliban leaders, when they came under fire

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and called in air strikes. Samsung's vice-chairman has been

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questioned by prosecutors as a suspect in South Korea's

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political corruption scandal. The scandal has resulted

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in the impeachment of the country's Lee Jae-yong apologised - sort of -

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when he arrived this morning. Here's our Seoul

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correspondent Stephen Evans. The central allegation is that lots

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of businesses including Samsung gave millions of dollars to two funds

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controlled by the best friend of the President. They did that for

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favours. And in the case of Samsung, the allegation is Samsung gave $17

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million to the funds, in return the country's pension fund voted through

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a change which the ruling family in Samsung wanted. So you don't get any

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closer to the elites of politics, the President, and the elites of

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business, the acting head of Samsung. There is new evidence, we

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are told, and that is a tablet computerdowned by the friend of the

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President. -- owned. On that tablet computer the prosecutor believe

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there's is evidence that the President of this country, and the

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head of Samsung had a meeting, only the two of them together, and they

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agreed on this deal. You give the money, and I'll get the votes for

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the change. Now, it should be said very loudly that everybody involved.

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Involved. Those three people vociferously deny any wrongdoing,

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and certainly any criminality. They have all apologised but it is not

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for breaking the laws, it is for, in the case of the President, for

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example, for trusting people too much. In the case of the head of

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Samsung, he said basically, he has it should be said very loudly that

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everybody involved. Those three people vociferously deny any

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wrongdoing, and certainly any criminality. They have all

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apologised but it is not for breaking the laws, it is for, in the

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case of the President, for example, for trusting people too much. In the

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case of the head of Samsung, he said basically, he has given a bad

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impression, "I am very sorry about that." So apologies but not guilty

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pleas. We will talk to Steve about that again.

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This is how Fiat Chrysler's stock closed on the Milan

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stock exchange today - that's down 16%.

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That's because the company has been accused of not telling authorities

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about software regulating emissions in thousands of its vehicles.

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But before anyone jumps to conclusions - here's

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@NathanBomey quoting the company's CEO:

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What spot is Fiat Chrysler in? What is going on? So, I mean it is very

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challenging for Fiat Chrysler because of the optics of all of it.

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With regards to what they are being accused of, the environmental

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protection agency says that guy yacht Chrysler used software that

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may have allowed excess diesel emissions in more than 100,000

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trucks and sports utility vehicles sold since 2014. So briefly, it

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seems like they could have been engaged in similar activities as VW,

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but what the head of Fiat Chrysler said, this is just a case of

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misunderstanding, really, and that guy yacht Chrysler had been in touch

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with the EPA for a long time, and had gone through many discussions

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with regards to how their emissions tests work. And how their cars are

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regulated, so Fiat Chrysler was very quick to defend themselves against

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these accusations by the EPAN further, to say any sort of

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comparison between them, and VW was just outrageous. But just so I

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understand this, this is an American story only at the moment? For the

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moment, right now, this is happening, they are in violation of

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environmental protection rules here in the United States, we have

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already heard that the New York Attorney General is going to be

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looking into this. You know, the big thing about this, you know, is the

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optics of it all. Coming on the heels of this massive fine we saw VW

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succumbing to. It is a tough time for Fiat Chrysler.

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Thank you for that. These pictures show Iran receiving

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its first Western-built passenger It's happened because of the lifting

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of Western sanctions last year that The IranAir fleet is among

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the oldest in the world - its planes have been kept

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going by parts being Iran's making up for lost time -

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it's buying 100 planes from Airbus Let us finish by going to Hong Kong,

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the Hong Kong toy fair to be precise.

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Welcome to Asia's largest toy show. It's a gaggle of sights, sounds, and

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of course, toys. Some not yet available to the general public.

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Thousands of buyers, most wholesalers are here on the hunt for

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the next blockbuster. Globally the industry was worth

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almost $190 billion last year and likely expand by 7%. All eyes are on

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smart toy, still a niche market with $4 billion of sales in 2016, but

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expected to nearly triple in four years.

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So this is a great example of what a small toy is. It looks like a

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traditional play mat for kids, but it has got just a little bit of

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something extra. Yes, exactly. So with the device,

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you can scan any animals on the mat, and you can teach children how to

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spell. And it also has the animal sound on it so the children knows

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how the animal sounds. We have been making regular play

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mats for 13 years but it is tougher to make money so now we take

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technology, we find that we can offer a hiring end product where

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children can learn from. So smart toys are normally embedded with a

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technology that responds to a device. And increasing Iingly not

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just traditional toy mange errs entering the market. We started out

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making electronic parts, mainly for overseas manufacturers but this

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business is not growing. Six years ago we found the educational toy

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industry has good prospects. So that is why we decided to make innovative

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toys. It is still a relatively small

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market, but high tech toys are growing in popularity. And soon it

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may be commonplace to sync your phone or tablet with a digital toy.

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Lots of people were mentioning Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Barack

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Obama has aWay warded Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The

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highest civilian award in the US. It took him by surprise it seems.

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Here is the moment. As one of his long-term colleagues in the Senate.

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If you can't admire Joe Biden as a person you have a problem. Problem.

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He is as good a man as God created. So, Joe, for your faith in your

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fellow Americans, for your love of country, and for your lifetime of

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service that will endure through the generations, I would like to ask the

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military aide to join us on stage. For the final time as President, I

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am pleased to award our nation's highest civilian honour, the

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Presidential Medal of Freedom. It did seem to take him by surprise,

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he has gathered himself, and he is talking now. I knew how honourable

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you were, I knew how descent you were from the couple of years you

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worked in the Senate, I knew what you were capable of. But I never

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fully expected that you occupy the heart, from all of us. We will

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continue to watch that speech from Joe Biden maybe play you another

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clip later on. I will be back in a few minutes time on Outside Source.

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We will look at interesting weather events round the worldment first off

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to eastern Asia where we have areas of heavy rain

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