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

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Let's look through some of the main stories here in the BBC Newsroom.

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Just a week until he's inaugurated and Donald Trump continues to make

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headlines that he'd no doubt prefer not to.

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The former British spy who produced a dossier about Mr Trump's alleged

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behaviour while in Russia has gone into hiding.

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

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Today at talks in Geneva, the UN Secretary General has said

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The EU is planning to draw up rules for how humans might get

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along with artificial intelligence or robots.

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And sports news - former England football manager

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Let's talk about this dossier again which continues to dominate news

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He details allegations that Russia has compromising material

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on Donald Trump that could be used to blackmail him.

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The dossier was written by a former UK intelligence agent

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Here's our security correspondent Frank Gardner, with more about him.

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He's a former intelligence officer at MI6, he is a specialist in

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Russia. His firm was hired by a Washington lobbyist, initially they

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were hired by the Republicans, who were looking to come up with some

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dirt about Donald Trump. Eventually it was the Democrats who were

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interested. What he found in tapping up his old Russian contacts in the

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Russian successor to the KGB, he eventually got the document passed

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to the FBI. That was in August last year. In October it started to leak

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out, partly from a security conference that took place in

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Canada. It is congregated. Then there are the allegations, without

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any caveat, and normally an intelligence officer would say "Not

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quite sure what the degree of reliability is about this."

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Unfortunately it's been taken rather like the dossier about weapons of

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mass destruction as being true. What do your contacts today tell you

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about this man's reputation? He is quite well-regarded. He is

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said to be quite intelligent aspect very intelligent. He left MI6 around

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ten years ago to set up this form, did a lot of work on corruption

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within football. He actually helped the FBI investigate corruption in

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Fifa. And he is well-regarded. Now, I think this report, which is about

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35 pages long, contains some unredacted sort of extracts from his

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Russian contacts, there's quite a few spelling mistakes in there. But

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I suspect that contained some elements of truth and some elements

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that are completely fictitious. There are all sorts of allegations

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of sex scandals, but also money purse -- changing hands. You can see

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why the FBI and CIA are concerned about this, because if there was any

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truth in it, that would imply that people in the Kremlin have got a

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hold of a future president, something to blackmail him with.

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That is why Donald Trump is saying it is absolutely untrue. James

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Klapper, the director of national intelligence hasn't exam is said

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that, he says we can't substantiate it, and we deny the leak comes from

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us. -- James Clapper. Talks aimed at re-unifying

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Cyprus go on in Geneva. are at the turning point. It is my

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hope that there will be a breakthrough. And I think that that

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is what the people of Cyprus deserve, and I think it is also what

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the world needs today. We are facing so many situations of disaster, we

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badly need a symbol of hope. I strongly believe that Cyprus can be

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the symbol of hope at the beginning of 2017.

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The south is Greek Cypriot, the north is Turkish Cypriot.

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In a moment we'll be live in Geneva with James Landale - first let's

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get a history lesson, with Paul Adams.

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Cyprus was once a British colony but by 1974 the Greek

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Turkey launched an invasion, after Greek Cypriots declared

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Thousands of people were killed, and as many as 2000 -- 200,000 people

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from the north on the south were displaced. People lost their homes,

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their businesses. The UN was called in to patrol the so-called green

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line, which divided the island into two parts, and it stayed that way

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ever since. Why should we care? Well, you have

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to remember Cyprus is a member of the EU. And clearly a member that is

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divided in the way that Cyprus is is always going to be a problem. We've

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been here before, there was a referendum on a peace deal back in

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2004. The Turkish Cypriots agreed to aid, the Greek Cypriots said no. --

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agreed to it. What he is talking about is the

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presence at the talks of three important people. The Greek Foreign

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Minister, the Turkish Foreign Minister, and the UK Foreign

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Minister. All the stakeholders are up the table. That means the deal

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has the best possible chance of getting done. But nonetheless,

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inevitably, there are obstacles still in the way. Here's our

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diplomatic correspondent explaining what they are.

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The obstacles are the ones that have been there for so long. Above all,

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how do you guarantee the security of both communities in Cyprus, North

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and South, if there is any kind of a settlement? If they reach a deal to

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share power and divide up the territory and deal with all the

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compensation fund changing borders and what happened all but way back

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in 1974, how then do they ensure that both sides feel safe? In other

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words, the don't feel there is going to be any sort of return to the

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violence that gripped Cyprus throughout the 1960s and 1970s. That

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ultimately boils down to this question. At the moment there are

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about 30,000 Turkish troops stationed in the north. What happens

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to them? Do they stay, do they go? Turkish Cypriots to the north, they

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want some of those trips to stay to ensure their safety. But the Greek

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Cypriots to the south side that in a modern EU member state, which is

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what Cyprus would fully become if it reunified, you cannot have foreign

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troops on your territory. So that is what they are discussing right now

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in this building. Trying to work out, is it possible to bridge the

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gap between the two. Do you have some kind of external guarantee of

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security? Which countries are involved? Do you have some new

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police force, how do you do at? That's where they need to make

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progress. What's the timetable here?

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Well, the timetable is get a deal as soon as possible, get some tech

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sorted. And anything agreed here has to go to the people in both North

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and south, so the expectation is that if there is a deal, there'll be

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some sort of referendum next year. So this will be decided on the

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ground, in Cyprus. Follow James on Twitter if you want

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updates from Geneva. Some sad news in sport.

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Former England football manager Graham Taylor has

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He spent just over three years in the job in the early '90s,

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and also had successful stints at Aston Villa and Watford.

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Tributes have been pouring in all day.

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Sir Elton John has a long connection with Watford -

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and in 1977, while he was chairman, he appointed Graham Taylor

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Here's some footage of them from the BBC Sport archive.

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We are both committed, and he's mentioned about the passion that he

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has for Watford football club, and football. Well, of course I'd like

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to feel I have the same passion. On that basis I think you will get a

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very good relationship. Do people think you've put a lot of

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money in? I think they think they've -- I've

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put in more than I have. But I am passionate about this club.

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Olly Foster is at the BBC Sport Centre.

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Graham Taylor's time as England manager can overshadow the

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achievements he had at Watford. That's very notable in all those

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tributes we've had today. Very quick to point out he was a fantastic club

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manager, we saw him and Elton John in the vicarage Road dressing room.

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That was 1977. Many people thought it was a bit of a gimmick, with

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Elton John taking over, but six years later after three promotions

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it was a fantastic double act that took Watford to second in the First

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Division. An amazing feat. He went on to Aston Villa, finished second

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in the First Division as well. And that double act was reunited in the

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1990s when Watford were in all sorts of bother, two more promotions

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between the two of them, they got them back into the Premier League as

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well. So yes, Graham Taylor was ridiculed for his three years in

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charge of England, and failing at Euro 9092, failing to get the World

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Cup in 1994, but so many people have said what a true football man he

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was, what a gentleman, and he is known to so many of us here from

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working on BBC radio five live, everybody knows of his energy,

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enthusiasm and his wisdom for the game. He was an absent a fantastic

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pundit in the commentary box. So genuine sadness, and non-of course

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more shocked and sad than his family. He passed away very suddenly

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from a suspected heart attack. -- non-of course more shocked. Thank

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you very much. Wherever you are watching in the world, if you search

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for BBC Five Live, you can see a special programme paying tribute to

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Graham Taylor. Not long to go now before

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the Africa Cup of Nations kicks off Ed Harry is covering the tournament

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for us; here he is in Libreville. This is where it all kicks off on

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Saturday am when Gabbert -- Gabon opens the tournament against

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Guinea-Bissau. TRANSLATION: It's an experienced

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team. We seem that in their training and in previous tournaments. Gabon

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definitely have a chance to win the cup. No one's allowed to see -- said

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here yet, but there's more than a quiet confidence that this could be

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a great showcase for Gabon as a country.

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TRANSLATION: In 2012 and 2017 -- between 2012 and 2017 we have

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improved Internet access. We have led many of final -- fibre-optic

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cable. We have developed new skills. Five years ago, as co-hosts, Gabon

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equalled the best ever performance here. Reaching the quarterfinals.

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The expectation this time will be towards the last four, and then who

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knows? By the voices of their fans will not be the only ones heard

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around this country when the finals are played next month. -- but the

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voices. If you are into this tournament, I recommend BBC Sport

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and BBC Africa on Twitter. Still to come: We'll get into EU

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plans to set out rules for how Snow and strong winds

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are causing travel disruption Severe flood warnings

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are also in place in coastal Powerful winds packed -- piled up

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the drifts, adding eight inches in some places. To create scenery

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beyond postcard perfect but sending temperatures way below zero.

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In Northern Ireland, the critters struggled to keep roads covered. In

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Cumbria, multiple trips were needed after the grip was blown or washed

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away. Because we are trying to get salt on the network, every time we

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are doing that, the rain is washing it off. So we have to top it up.

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That is why people will see the critters constantly going around

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trying to build up that salt level. Head south, and a mixture of sleet

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and snow has been coaching the Midlands. But in Worcestershire, not

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everybody felt lucky. When it comes to driving, we don't do it. Won it's

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so pretty. That is the first time she's seen snow. The snow came late

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in the day to Heathrow, but the authorities had already decided to

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take no chances, and cancelled over 80 flights. But this wintry surge is

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not just about snow. Alan and Elizabeth Mitchell are among

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thousands of people on Britain's east coast preparing for flooding.

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As high seas threaten to pour in. I'm upset and frightened. After the

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last flood, I had a couple of strokes. I don't want that again.

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Sorry, I'm going to cry... Hundreds of soldiers are in Lincolnshire

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tonight warning people about the possibility of flooding as well.

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They will be on alert for the next 24 hours; all part of this midwinter

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for the multiple weather experiences being supplied to the British Isles.

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This is Outside Source, live from the BBC newsroom.

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Our lead story: Donald Trump has said that the US Director

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of National Intelligence has told him that reports that Russia

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held compromising information about the president-elect were false.

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The director of intelligence had said they had not taken a position

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on the veracity of the allegations. They'll be playing

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an interview with the writer and director of La La Land -

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the film that cleaned up at this Here in the UK, the

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News at Ten is next. They'll have more on

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the latest revelations Investigators say 23 people

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and organisations could face prosecution for Britain's worst

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football disaster, Let's take on another element of the

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story surrounding Donald Trump becoming president of America.

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Here's what the head of the US office of Government ethics thinks

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about Donald Trump's plans to avoid conflicts of interest relating to

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his businesses. Next, let's see what a leading

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constitutional lawyer at Harvard has been saying.

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I could have found you plenty more legal criticisms of what Mr Trump

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announced yesterday. Of course Mr Trump's lawyers

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might see it differently. I've been discussed that point

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with Michelle Fleury. We heard from one of them yesterday

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at the press conference, Donald Trump introduced her standing next

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to a stack of Manila folders. He pointed to those and said those were

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some of the agreements he had signed trying to separate himself from his

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business interests. He said he was going to pass on his Empire to his

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sons. If you talk to ethics experts, they have been saying the only way

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for Donald Trump, who has a global Empire, to resolve these ethics

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issues is to actually sell the business completely and put the

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assets from that sale into a blind trust. Something he is not prepared

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to do, and his lawyers say he should not have two destroyer at the

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business he built up. Is this about what is seeing -- seen as the right

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thing to do, or the legal thing to do? This is where it -- you get into

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some of the debate we are seeing. If you look -- Donald Trump said

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repeatedly that presidents and vice presidents are exempt from conflicts

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of interests. That is true if you look at one specific law, but ethics

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lawyers say there are other clauses, other legal statutes that are in

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place, which the president -- which means the president is not exempt.

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One constitutional clause is something that has been talked about

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a lot here. It involves Donald Trump's extensive foreign interests.

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They say that if you basically benefit from foreign governments,

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then that would be illegal under the emollients clause. Donald Trump

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would still know what foreign interest the company has, and how

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they would benefit. If you look at his hotel in Washington, each time a

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foreign dignitaries days that he is indirectly benefiting there. That is

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the sort of concern that has been raised, but no other president has

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had before. The European Parliament

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has raised the issue of whether to give robots legal

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status as "electronic persons". Go to its website and you'll find

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a set of proposed rules on how Those rules take inspiration

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from the works of this man, Isaac Asimov -

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he's famous for writing the science The EU report also says artificial

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intelligence is "poised to unleash a new industrial revolution,

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which is likely to leave no stratum All sounds a bit scary, doesn't do?

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We to Jane Wakefield. -- we turn to. Lots of people are

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surprised by the depth they've gone too, even considering when robots

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might get intelligence is a long way off, but they are definitely

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thinking about it. How do we define artificial

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intelligence? It is something that is either a machine or a programme

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that can land for itself in some form or other. It mimics the actions

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of the human brain. -- but can learn. What is the European

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Parliament want but we don't have right now? It is trying to protect

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humanity, I suppose... Just that?! Yes, they want to say, this is

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happening, this is a real thing. How do we make sure that we interact in

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the right way with these? Take jobs, which robots already are taking.

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Lots of spheres in society, lots of different medicine, insurance,

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finance, or uses AI. -- all uses AI. The EU have posed the question, do

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we need a basic universal wage that is paid to us by the state, because

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we might not be able to get a job in future? How's the EU going to take

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this issue on to the point where we might actually get something from?

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This was a group of MPs that ratified this report, it will now go

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to the European Parliament for the rest of the MPs to consider, and

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then to individual member States to see whether they also agree with the

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basic tenets of it. Is anyone else looking at it's the UK will have to

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look at it separately if it leads Europe! And MPs have started to have

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debates around skills and whether we need more skills if we are not doing

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the same jobs in 20 or 30 years' time.

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Thanks for watching. I will see you next week. Goodbye.

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It was a mild December,

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