:00:09. > :00:10.Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
:00:11. > :00:13.Let's look through some of the main stories here in the BBC Newsroom.
:00:14. > :00:15.Just a week until he's inaugurated and Donald Trump continues to make
:00:16. > :00:18.headlines that he'd no doubt prefer not to.
:00:19. > :00:21.The former British spy who produced a dossier about Mr Trump's alleged
:00:22. > :00:23.behaviour while in Russia has gone into hiding.
:00:24. > :00:26.We've been following the Cyprus reunification talks all week.
:00:27. > :00:29.Today at talks in Geneva, the UN Secretary General has said
:00:30. > :00:42.The EU is planning to draw up rules for how humans might get
:00:43. > :00:45.along with artificial intelligence or robots.
:00:46. > :00:47.And sports news - former England football manager
:00:48. > :01:14.Let's talk about this dossier again which continues to dominate news
:01:15. > :01:20.He details allegations that Russia has compromising material
:01:21. > :01:30.on Donald Trump that could be used to blackmail him.
:01:31. > :01:33.The dossier was written by a former UK intelligence agent
:01:34. > :01:51.Here's our security correspondent Frank Gardner, with more about him.
:01:52. > :01:59.He's a former intelligence officer at MI6, he is a specialist in
:02:00. > :02:07.Russia. His firm was hired by a Washington lobbyist, initially they
:02:08. > :02:11.were hired by the Republicans, who were looking to come up with some
:02:12. > :02:15.dirt about Donald Trump. Eventually it was the Democrats who were
:02:16. > :02:24.interested. What he found in tapping up his old Russian contacts in the
:02:25. > :02:30.Russian successor to the KGB, he eventually got the document passed
:02:31. > :02:34.to the FBI. That was in August last year. In October it started to leak
:02:35. > :02:38.out, partly from a security conference that took place in
:02:39. > :02:44.Canada. It is congregated. Then there are the allegations, without
:02:45. > :02:51.any caveat, and normally an intelligence officer would say "Not
:02:52. > :02:55.quite sure what the degree of reliability is about this."
:02:56. > :02:59.Unfortunately it's been taken rather like the dossier about weapons of
:03:00. > :03:05.mass destruction as being true. What do your contacts today tell you
:03:06. > :03:11.about this man's reputation? He is quite well-regarded. He is
:03:12. > :03:16.said to be quite intelligent aspect very intelligent. He left MI6 around
:03:17. > :03:22.ten years ago to set up this form, did a lot of work on corruption
:03:23. > :03:29.within football. He actually helped the FBI investigate corruption in
:03:30. > :03:38.Fifa. And he is well-regarded. Now, I think this report, which is about
:03:39. > :03:42.35 pages long, contains some unredacted sort of extracts from his
:03:43. > :03:46.Russian contacts, there's quite a few spelling mistakes in there. But
:03:47. > :03:49.I suspect that contained some elements of truth and some elements
:03:50. > :03:55.that are completely fictitious. There are all sorts of allegations
:03:56. > :03:59.of sex scandals, but also money purse -- changing hands. You can see
:04:00. > :04:03.why the FBI and CIA are concerned about this, because if there was any
:04:04. > :04:07.truth in it, that would imply that people in the Kremlin have got a
:04:08. > :04:10.hold of a future president, something to blackmail him with.
:04:11. > :04:18.That is why Donald Trump is saying it is absolutely untrue. James
:04:19. > :04:21.Klapper, the director of national intelligence hasn't exam is said
:04:22. > :04:25.that, he says we can't substantiate it, and we deny the leak comes from
:04:26. > :04:29.us. -- James Clapper. Talks aimed at re-unifying
:04:30. > :04:51.Cyprus go on in Geneva. are at the turning point. It is my
:04:52. > :04:58.hope that there will be a breakthrough. And I think that that
:04:59. > :05:04.is what the people of Cyprus deserve, and I think it is also what
:05:05. > :05:10.the world needs today. We are facing so many situations of disaster, we
:05:11. > :05:15.badly need a symbol of hope. I strongly believe that Cyprus can be
:05:16. > :05:32.the symbol of hope at the beginning of 2017.
:05:33. > :05:35.The south is Greek Cypriot, the north is Turkish Cypriot.
:05:36. > :05:38.In a moment we'll be live in Geneva with James Landale - first let's
:05:39. > :05:40.get a history lesson, with Paul Adams.
:05:41. > :05:43.Cyprus was once a British colony but by 1974 the Greek
:05:44. > :05:46.Turkey launched an invasion, after Greek Cypriots declared
:05:47. > :06:07.Thousands of people were killed, and as many as 2000 -- 200,000 people
:06:08. > :06:12.from the north on the south were displaced. People lost their homes,
:06:13. > :06:16.their businesses. The UN was called in to patrol the so-called green
:06:17. > :06:25.line, which divided the island into two parts, and it stayed that way
:06:26. > :06:29.ever since. Why should we care? Well, you have
:06:30. > :06:34.to remember Cyprus is a member of the EU. And clearly a member that is
:06:35. > :06:38.divided in the way that Cyprus is is always going to be a problem. We've
:06:39. > :06:44.been here before, there was a referendum on a peace deal back in
:06:45. > :06:48.2004. The Turkish Cypriots agreed to aid, the Greek Cypriots said no. --
:06:49. > :07:10.agreed to it. What he is talking about is the
:07:11. > :07:14.presence at the talks of three important people. The Greek Foreign
:07:15. > :07:19.Minister, the Turkish Foreign Minister, and the UK Foreign
:07:20. > :07:23.Minister. All the stakeholders are up the table. That means the deal
:07:24. > :07:26.has the best possible chance of getting done. But nonetheless,
:07:27. > :07:30.inevitably, there are obstacles still in the way. Here's our
:07:31. > :07:36.diplomatic correspondent explaining what they are.
:07:37. > :07:42.The obstacles are the ones that have been there for so long. Above all,
:07:43. > :07:46.how do you guarantee the security of both communities in Cyprus, North
:07:47. > :07:50.and South, if there is any kind of a settlement? If they reach a deal to
:07:51. > :07:53.share power and divide up the territory and deal with all the
:07:54. > :07:59.compensation fund changing borders and what happened all but way back
:08:00. > :08:03.in 1974, how then do they ensure that both sides feel safe? In other
:08:04. > :08:09.words, the don't feel there is going to be any sort of return to the
:08:10. > :08:13.violence that gripped Cyprus throughout the 1960s and 1970s. That
:08:14. > :08:18.ultimately boils down to this question. At the moment there are
:08:19. > :08:25.about 30,000 Turkish troops stationed in the north. What happens
:08:26. > :08:29.to them? Do they stay, do they go? Turkish Cypriots to the north, they
:08:30. > :08:33.want some of those trips to stay to ensure their safety. But the Greek
:08:34. > :08:38.Cypriots to the south side that in a modern EU member state, which is
:08:39. > :08:44.what Cyprus would fully become if it reunified, you cannot have foreign
:08:45. > :08:48.troops on your territory. So that is what they are discussing right now
:08:49. > :08:54.in this building. Trying to work out, is it possible to bridge the
:08:55. > :08:59.gap between the two. Do you have some kind of external guarantee of
:09:00. > :09:03.security? Which countries are involved? Do you have some new
:09:04. > :09:06.police force, how do you do at? That's where they need to make
:09:07. > :09:15.progress. What's the timetable here?
:09:16. > :09:21.Well, the timetable is get a deal as soon as possible, get some tech
:09:22. > :09:26.sorted. And anything agreed here has to go to the people in both North
:09:27. > :09:30.and south, so the expectation is that if there is a deal, there'll be
:09:31. > :09:34.some sort of referendum next year. So this will be decided on the
:09:35. > :09:42.ground, in Cyprus. Follow James on Twitter if you want
:09:43. > :09:44.updates from Geneva. Some sad news in sport.
:09:45. > :09:45.Former England football manager Graham Taylor has
:09:46. > :09:50.He spent just over three years in the job in the early '90s,
:09:51. > :09:52.and also had successful stints at Aston Villa and Watford.
:09:53. > :09:57.Tributes have been pouring in all day.
:09:58. > :09:59.Sir Elton John has a long connection with Watford -
:10:00. > :10:02.and in 1977, while he was chairman, he appointed Graham Taylor
:10:03. > :10:23.Here's some footage of them from the BBC Sport archive.
:10:24. > :10:33.We are both committed, and he's mentioned about the passion that he
:10:34. > :10:37.has for Watford football club, and football. Well, of course I'd like
:10:38. > :10:43.to feel I have the same passion. On that basis I think you will get a
:10:44. > :10:45.very good relationship. Do people think you've put a lot of
:10:46. > :10:51.money in? I think they think they've -- I've
:10:52. > :10:53.put in more than I have. But I am passionate about this club.
:10:54. > :10:57.Olly Foster is at the BBC Sport Centre.
:10:58. > :11:05.Graham Taylor's time as England manager can overshadow the
:11:06. > :11:09.achievements he had at Watford. That's very notable in all those
:11:10. > :11:16.tributes we've had today. Very quick to point out he was a fantastic club
:11:17. > :11:20.manager, we saw him and Elton John in the vicarage Road dressing room.
:11:21. > :11:26.That was 1977. Many people thought it was a bit of a gimmick, with
:11:27. > :11:31.Elton John taking over, but six years later after three promotions
:11:32. > :11:37.it was a fantastic double act that took Watford to second in the First
:11:38. > :11:41.Division. An amazing feat. He went on to Aston Villa, finished second
:11:42. > :11:46.in the First Division as well. And that double act was reunited in the
:11:47. > :11:50.1990s when Watford were in all sorts of bother, two more promotions
:11:51. > :11:56.between the two of them, they got them back into the Premier League as
:11:57. > :12:02.well. So yes, Graham Taylor was ridiculed for his three years in
:12:03. > :12:07.charge of England, and failing at Euro 9092, failing to get the World
:12:08. > :12:12.Cup in 1994, but so many people have said what a true football man he
:12:13. > :12:18.was, what a gentleman, and he is known to so many of us here from
:12:19. > :12:22.working on BBC radio five live, everybody knows of his energy,
:12:23. > :12:26.enthusiasm and his wisdom for the game. He was an absent a fantastic
:12:27. > :12:32.pundit in the commentary box. So genuine sadness, and non-of course
:12:33. > :12:39.more shocked and sad than his family. He passed away very suddenly
:12:40. > :12:47.from a suspected heart attack. -- non-of course more shocked. Thank
:12:48. > :13:00.you very much. Wherever you are watching in the world, if you search
:13:01. > :13:01.for BBC Five Live, you can see a special programme paying tribute to
:13:02. > :13:04.Graham Taylor. Not long to go now before
:13:05. > :13:07.the Africa Cup of Nations kicks off Ed Harry is covering the tournament
:13:08. > :13:29.for us; here he is in Libreville. This is where it all kicks off on
:13:30. > :13:37.Saturday am when Gabbert -- Gabon opens the tournament against
:13:38. > :13:44.Guinea-Bissau. TRANSLATION: It's an experienced
:13:45. > :13:47.team. We seem that in their training and in previous tournaments. Gabon
:13:48. > :13:55.definitely have a chance to win the cup. No one's allowed to see -- said
:13:56. > :14:00.here yet, but there's more than a quiet confidence that this could be
:14:01. > :14:09.a great showcase for Gabon as a country.
:14:10. > :14:16.TRANSLATION: In 2012 and 2017 -- between 2012 and 2017 we have
:14:17. > :14:30.improved Internet access. We have led many of final -- fibre-optic
:14:31. > :14:34.cable. We have developed new skills. Five years ago, as co-hosts, Gabon
:14:35. > :14:40.equalled the best ever performance here. Reaching the quarterfinals.
:14:41. > :14:43.The expectation this time will be towards the last four, and then who
:14:44. > :14:48.knows? By the voices of their fans will not be the only ones heard
:14:49. > :14:59.around this country when the finals are played next month. -- but the
:15:00. > :15:01.voices. If you are into this tournament, I recommend BBC Sport
:15:02. > :15:03.and BBC Africa on Twitter. Still to come: We'll get into EU
:15:04. > :15:07.plans to set out rules for how Snow and strong winds
:15:08. > :15:25.are causing travel disruption Severe flood warnings
:15:26. > :15:49.are also in place in coastal Powerful winds packed -- piled up
:15:50. > :15:53.the drifts, adding eight inches in some places. To create scenery
:15:54. > :16:16.beyond postcard perfect but sending temperatures way below zero.
:16:17. > :16:22.In Northern Ireland, the critters struggled to keep roads covered. In
:16:23. > :16:28.Cumbria, multiple trips were needed after the grip was blown or washed
:16:29. > :16:31.away. Because we are trying to get salt on the network, every time we
:16:32. > :16:38.are doing that, the rain is washing it off. So we have to top it up.
:16:39. > :16:42.That is why people will see the critters constantly going around
:16:43. > :16:46.trying to build up that salt level. Head south, and a mixture of sleet
:16:47. > :16:52.and snow has been coaching the Midlands. But in Worcestershire, not
:16:53. > :16:59.everybody felt lucky. When it comes to driving, we don't do it. Won it's
:17:00. > :17:06.so pretty. That is the first time she's seen snow. The snow came late
:17:07. > :17:10.in the day to Heathrow, but the authorities had already decided to
:17:11. > :17:17.take no chances, and cancelled over 80 flights. But this wintry surge is
:17:18. > :17:20.not just about snow. Alan and Elizabeth Mitchell are among
:17:21. > :17:24.thousands of people on Britain's east coast preparing for flooding.
:17:25. > :17:30.As high seas threaten to pour in. I'm upset and frightened. After the
:17:31. > :17:37.last flood, I had a couple of strokes. I don't want that again.
:17:38. > :17:42.Sorry, I'm going to cry... Hundreds of soldiers are in Lincolnshire
:17:43. > :17:47.tonight warning people about the possibility of flooding as well.
:17:48. > :17:53.They will be on alert for the next 24 hours; all part of this midwinter
:17:54. > :17:56.for the multiple weather experiences being supplied to the British Isles.
:17:57. > :18:01.This is Outside Source, live from the BBC newsroom.
:18:02. > :18:04.Our lead story: Donald Trump has said that the US Director
:18:05. > :18:06.of National Intelligence has told him that reports that Russia
:18:07. > :18:25.held compromising information about the president-elect were false.
:18:26. > :18:28.The director of intelligence had said they had not taken a position
:18:29. > :18:31.on the veracity of the allegations. They'll be playing
:18:32. > :18:35.an interview with the writer and director of La La Land -
:18:36. > :18:39.the film that cleaned up at this Here in the UK, the
:18:40. > :18:43.News at Ten is next. They'll have more on
:18:44. > :18:45.the latest revelations Investigators say 23 people
:18:46. > :18:48.and organisations could face prosecution for Britain's worst
:18:49. > :19:10.football disaster, Let's take on another element of the
:19:11. > :19:15.story surrounding Donald Trump becoming president of America.
:19:16. > :19:21.Here's what the head of the US office of Government ethics thinks
:19:22. > :19:22.about Donald Trump's plans to avoid conflicts of interest relating to
:19:23. > :19:35.his businesses. Next, let's see what a leading
:19:36. > :19:54.constitutional lawyer at Harvard has been saying.
:19:55. > :19:58.I could have found you plenty more legal criticisms of what Mr Trump
:19:59. > :20:01.announced yesterday. Of course Mr Trump's lawyers
:20:02. > :20:04.might see it differently. I've been discussed that point
:20:05. > :20:12.with Michelle Fleury. We heard from one of them yesterday
:20:13. > :20:16.at the press conference, Donald Trump introduced her standing next
:20:17. > :20:20.to a stack of Manila folders. He pointed to those and said those were
:20:21. > :20:24.some of the agreements he had signed trying to separate himself from his
:20:25. > :20:28.business interests. He said he was going to pass on his Empire to his
:20:29. > :20:35.sons. If you talk to ethics experts, they have been saying the only way
:20:36. > :20:38.for Donald Trump, who has a global Empire, to resolve these ethics
:20:39. > :20:43.issues is to actually sell the business completely and put the
:20:44. > :20:47.assets from that sale into a blind trust. Something he is not prepared
:20:48. > :20:50.to do, and his lawyers say he should not have two destroyer at the
:20:51. > :20:57.business he built up. Is this about what is seeing -- seen as the right
:20:58. > :21:04.thing to do, or the legal thing to do? This is where it -- you get into
:21:05. > :21:09.some of the debate we are seeing. If you look -- Donald Trump said
:21:10. > :21:13.repeatedly that presidents and vice presidents are exempt from conflicts
:21:14. > :21:18.of interests. That is true if you look at one specific law, but ethics
:21:19. > :21:25.lawyers say there are other clauses, other legal statutes that are in
:21:26. > :21:31.place, which the president -- which means the president is not exempt.
:21:32. > :21:36.One constitutional clause is something that has been talked about
:21:37. > :21:40.a lot here. It involves Donald Trump's extensive foreign interests.
:21:41. > :21:47.They say that if you basically benefit from foreign governments,
:21:48. > :21:53.then that would be illegal under the emollients clause. Donald Trump
:21:54. > :21:57.would still know what foreign interest the company has, and how
:21:58. > :22:06.they would benefit. If you look at his hotel in Washington, each time a
:22:07. > :22:10.foreign dignitaries days that he is indirectly benefiting there. That is
:22:11. > :22:11.the sort of concern that has been raised, but no other president has
:22:12. > :22:15.had before. The European Parliament
:22:16. > :22:17.has raised the issue of whether to give robots legal
:22:18. > :22:19.status as "electronic persons". Go to its website and you'll find
:22:20. > :22:23.a set of proposed rules on how Those rules take inspiration
:22:24. > :22:33.from the works of this man, Isaac Asimov -
:22:34. > :22:36.he's famous for writing the science The EU report also says artificial
:22:37. > :22:43.intelligence is "poised to unleash a new industrial revolution,
:22:44. > :23:05.which is likely to leave no stratum All sounds a bit scary, doesn't do?
:23:06. > :23:10.We to Jane Wakefield. -- we turn to. Lots of people are
:23:11. > :23:14.surprised by the depth they've gone too, even considering when robots
:23:15. > :23:18.might get intelligence is a long way off, but they are definitely
:23:19. > :23:22.thinking about it. How do we define artificial
:23:23. > :23:26.intelligence? It is something that is either a machine or a programme
:23:27. > :23:31.that can land for itself in some form or other. It mimics the actions
:23:32. > :23:36.of the human brain. -- but can learn. What is the European
:23:37. > :23:45.Parliament want but we don't have right now? It is trying to protect
:23:46. > :23:49.humanity, I suppose... Just that?! Yes, they want to say, this is
:23:50. > :23:54.happening, this is a real thing. How do we make sure that we interact in
:23:55. > :23:59.the right way with these? Take jobs, which robots already are taking.
:24:00. > :24:08.Lots of spheres in society, lots of different medicine, insurance,
:24:09. > :24:12.finance, or uses AI. -- all uses AI. The EU have posed the question, do
:24:13. > :24:17.we need a basic universal wage that is paid to us by the state, because
:24:18. > :24:21.we might not be able to get a job in future? How's the EU going to take
:24:22. > :24:26.this issue on to the point where we might actually get something from?
:24:27. > :24:29.This was a group of MPs that ratified this report, it will now go
:24:30. > :24:33.to the European Parliament for the rest of the MPs to consider, and
:24:34. > :24:37.then to individual member States to see whether they also agree with the
:24:38. > :24:44.basic tenets of it. Is anyone else looking at it's the UK will have to
:24:45. > :24:52.look at it separately if it leads Europe! And MPs have started to have
:24:53. > :24:56.debates around skills and whether we need more skills if we are not doing
:24:57. > :25:02.the same jobs in 20 or 30 years' time.
:25:03. > :25:08.Thanks for watching. I will see you next week. Goodbye.
:25:09. > :25:09.It was a mild December,