:00:09. > :00:16.These are some of the main story is here in the BBC newsroom. President
:00:17. > :00:21.Trump has signed an executive orders which reverse blocks on two major
:00:22. > :00:26.oil pipelines in the US. We will build our own pipeline. We will
:00:27. > :00:30.build our own eggs. That is what it has to do with. Like we used to in
:00:31. > :00:36.the old days. His choice of US ambassador to the UN has been
:00:37. > :00:39.approved. We will talk to Barbara Platt Asher about that live at the
:00:40. > :00:43.State Department in a couple of moments. The Supreme Court has ruled
:00:44. > :00:46.that the UK Parliament, not the government, should be responsible
:00:47. > :00:51.for triggering the Brexit process. We will get more on that from the
:00:52. > :00:58.BBC news up right now. We are also going to talk about the latest talks
:00:59. > :01:03.on the Syria conflict. We are in Kazakhstan. There has been a new
:01:04. > :01:06.resolution on how to maintain the current national ceasefire. In its
:01:07. > :01:11.board, we look at allegations from one of UK cycling's biggest stories
:01:12. > :01:29.that this was a sport run by men for men.
:01:30. > :01:36.We will put up some copy cat has come into the BBC newsroom and show
:01:37. > :01:41.this. It concerns the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. There
:01:42. > :01:46.is no copy to show you. What I was going to say was that the South
:01:47. > :01:51.Carolina Governor, Nicky Healy, has received approval from the relevant
:01:52. > :01:55.committee to be Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations.
:01:56. > :01:59.Confirmation in the full Senate should follow. Nicky Healy was
:02:00. > :02:03.overwhelmingly approved. It has to be said it has been a less easy ride
:02:04. > :02:08.for Rex Tillerson, nominee for Secretary of State. All the
:02:09. > :02:12.Democrats considering his nomination voted against the appointment. It
:02:13. > :02:19.still went through. Let's go live to the State Department. For those
:02:20. > :02:24.getting to know Nicky Healy for the first time, give us an introduction.
:02:25. > :02:28.Well, she is the daughter of Indian immigrants. She is one of the few
:02:29. > :02:33.people of colour and, frankly, women in Mr Trump's cabinet. She is
:02:34. > :02:38.governor of South Carolina and a rising star in the Republican party.
:02:39. > :02:43.She did not support Mr Trump in the primaries and she criticised him
:02:44. > :02:48.because of his inflammatory statements, but even so, he chose
:02:49. > :02:51.her to be ambassador to the UN. Although there were concerns, or
:02:52. > :02:56.questions, about her lack of diplomatic experience, I think many
:02:57. > :02:58.senators felt she handled herself professionally. She came
:02:59. > :03:03.well-prepared to the committee and had a sense of humour. It is a
:03:04. > :03:09.high-profile job, perhaps more so than it would have been ten or 15
:03:10. > :03:13.years ago. Well, yes, for a number of reasons. Is a question how Mr
:03:14. > :03:17.Trump will approach the United Nations, because he has been
:03:18. > :03:23.somewhat dismissive in his comments about it in the few comments he has
:03:24. > :03:25.made. He will approach it like he approaches other things, are
:03:26. > :03:31.Americans getting value for money, which has raised eyebrows at the yen
:03:32. > :03:34.because the US that's a lot of money in. The other thing is the open
:03:35. > :03:39.fight on the Security Council between Russia and China on the one
:03:40. > :03:43.hand and Western states on the other, especially on Syria. There is
:03:44. > :03:46.a question of weather Miss Healy will be able to cope with that. The
:03:47. > :03:51.Democratic senators who wondered about that were pleased with tough
:03:52. > :03:55.line on Russia. She was willing to call Russian bombing of Alaba warm
:03:56. > :03:59.war crimes which Rex Tillerson would not do. The top Democratic senator
:04:00. > :04:04.went so far as to say he felt she would be willing and able to speak
:04:05. > :04:09.truth to power, including two Mr Trump as well as to Russia and China
:04:10. > :04:12.on the Security Council. We were reporting on these new settlements
:04:13. > :04:17.that Israel is good to build. Two and half thousand new homes. I'm
:04:18. > :04:21.interested to hear what you have been hearing on that issue at the
:04:22. > :04:25.State Department. I would be interested to know what the White
:04:26. > :04:28.House is thinking because the spokesman, John Spicer, was asked
:04:29. > :04:33.about that and he didn't really answer directly. He talked about how
:04:34. > :04:36.much the US wants to be a close ally of Israel but said in terms of
:04:37. > :04:41.expansion of settlements, Mr Trump would talk with that about this with
:04:42. > :04:45.Mr Netanyahu when he comes off his visit in factory. That leaves us
:04:46. > :04:49.wondering could it be possible that the settlement policy will change?
:04:50. > :04:53.The settlement policy has been that it is illegitimate and it is an
:04:54. > :04:57.obstacle to peace. That is what Barack Obama kept hammering home.
:04:58. > :05:01.That is what we kept hearing in this building again and again when new
:05:02. > :05:07.housing settlements were announced. Today we could not get any comment
:05:08. > :05:11.from officials here. We have to see what actually transpires. Mr Trump
:05:12. > :05:15.has signalled he could be more tolerant of the settlement building,
:05:16. > :05:18.not least because his appointment for his choice for ambassador is
:05:19. > :05:22.very pro-settlement. He also signalled he wants to broker a peace
:05:23. > :05:26.deal and, presumably, he would also have to take into account the
:05:27. > :05:32.Palestinian position. We will have to wait until Mr Netanyahu visits to
:05:33. > :05:36.get an answer. I am curious to hear about your impressions about how
:05:37. > :05:39.things have changed with the Obama administration leaving and the Trump
:05:40. > :05:44.Administration coming in. Can you tell the difference in how people
:05:45. > :05:49.are working? It is hard to answer that question because things are in
:05:50. > :05:53.limbo here. We don't have the Secretary of State, we don't know
:05:54. > :05:59.who his senior staff will be, which is important to know. We don't have
:06:00. > :06:02.daily briefings, we don't know what the State Department position is on
:06:03. > :06:06.things because it is not being formulated. What we are getting is
:06:07. > :06:12.out of the White House and Mr Spicer to was saying he would pass on
:06:13. > :06:16.foreign policy questions saying we don't have our Secretary of State.
:06:17. > :06:20.He accused the Democrats of delaying full Senate vote on some of these
:06:21. > :06:26.candidates, saying they were stolen. In fact, the Democrats are delaying
:06:27. > :06:29.the vote. They say it is because they want a full floor debate on
:06:30. > :06:35.some of these controversial candidates, even though they will
:06:36. > :06:38.probably still get confirmed. Those of you watching every day on Outside
:06:39. > :06:41.Source for the foreseeable future, we will update you on all the
:06:42. > :06:50.developments concerning the Trump presidency with the help of our team
:06:51. > :06:55.in America. If you want to catch up with all the developments on the
:06:56. > :07:03.Trump presidency, Outside Source will be a good way to did. Let's
:07:04. > :07:07.from Washington to Kazakhstan. Day two of the Syria peace talks have
:07:08. > :07:10.come to an end. We appear to have a new deal on how the current
:07:11. > :07:17.ceasefire in Syria is being enforced. This is what we heard
:07:18. > :07:20.earlier. There has been a declaration by three of the most
:07:21. > :07:26.powerful players in Syria, Russia, Turkey and Iran. They have committed
:07:27. > :07:30.themselves to working together. Not just working together, but setting
:07:31. > :07:36.up a kind of a monitoring mechanism to ensure that a three-week-old
:07:37. > :07:39.ceasefire in Syria sticks this time. That is significant, because two
:07:40. > :07:42.ceasefires last year broke down because there was an engagement by
:07:43. > :07:48.the outside powers and there wasn't a way to actually observe and to
:07:49. > :07:54.supervise the ceasefire. This is a step forward. But, this is serious,
:07:55. > :07:58.so it is still tough. The opposition said the sceptical. They don't want
:07:59. > :08:01.Iran to be part of this process. They blame Iran Iranian backed
:08:02. > :08:06.militias for violating the ceasefire and are still not sure if the
:08:07. > :08:11.mechanism will work. The success of these talks will become clearer in
:08:12. > :08:19.the weeks to come. Where does President Assad fit into the
:08:20. > :08:24.equation? President Assad, the symbol of love President Assad has
:08:25. > :08:29.been the main point in the Syrian warm since it began. The scene
:08:30. > :08:33.throughout the past nearly six years, that his fate has mattered
:08:34. > :08:37.more than the fate of 22 million people. It comes up every time there
:08:38. > :08:41.are talks or a suggestion of talks. His supporters say his fate cannot
:08:42. > :08:47.be decided in a negotiating process like this, it can only be decided in
:08:48. > :08:48.elections by the Syrian people. The opposition and their backers say
:08:49. > :08:53.that unless he steps down this will that unless he steps down this will
:08:54. > :08:58.continue to be a factor fuelling the warm in Syria. What has happened
:08:59. > :09:03.here is they have focused on just one thing, on the ceasefire. You
:09:04. > :09:06.cannot do anything, you cannot move forward on humanitarian aid or
:09:07. > :09:12.political discussions, creating political space, until the guns fall
:09:13. > :09:16.silent and at least a large part of Syria is at peace. There must be
:09:17. > :09:21.cross then for them to move onto more difficult dishes. That is
:09:22. > :09:26.happening now. These talks might lead back to the UN mediated talks
:09:27. > :09:28.in Geneva next month where political representatives of the government
:09:29. > :09:32.and opposition sides will meet again. Let's see what happens. There
:09:33. > :09:41.is a little bit more open now. Still in love lies ahead. A little more
:09:42. > :09:48.hope is better than none. Few journalists follow the Syria
:09:49. > :09:52.conflict so closely. Let's begin the sport by talking about cycling. The
:09:53. > :09:55.Parliamentary enquiry into the rain in British sport has been hearing
:09:56. > :10:00.some damning evidence today. It has come from one of the biggest cycling
:10:01. > :10:04.stars, the former Olympic and world champion Nicole Cooke. She is
:10:05. > :10:10.claiming that British cycling was a sport is run by men, for men and
:10:11. > :10:15.that anti-doping efforts were not working. She also said she is
:10:16. > :10:21.sceptical of sticking -- Team Sky's drug free credentials. That is when
:10:22. > :10:26.an RFID can request to take a banned substance for medical reasons. She
:10:27. > :10:32.said, taking the easy just before a major event raises questions for me.
:10:33. > :10:37.Wiggins was granted three exemptions to take an anti-inflammatory drug
:10:38. > :10:43.between 2011 and 2013. Let's talk through this story with the help of
:10:44. > :10:47.Ollie Foster. He is life in the BBC sports editor. She didn't pull
:10:48. > :10:51.punches, did she? She certainly didn't. Very strong words from
:10:52. > :10:56.Macaulay Cup. It is a massive enquiry. The title of this enquiry
:10:57. > :11:00.from the Parliamentary select committee is combating doping in
:11:01. > :11:03.sport. Lord Coe has appeared before this committee. They want him to
:11:04. > :11:08.give more evidence, but it is cycling on which they were analysing
:11:09. > :11:14.the evidence from the conflict. It is about those exemptions, the
:11:15. > :11:18.evidence given by Sir David Brailsford who is in charge of the
:11:19. > :11:23.British cycling team just before Christmas. It was about the package
:11:24. > :11:29.delivered to the team around Bradley Wiggins, one of his races in fronts
:11:30. > :11:33.and, one of the hand grenades she threw today was saying can we really
:11:34. > :11:37.trust Team Sky after all that evidence which would she really
:11:38. > :11:42.wanted to town because she has accused the UCI, the world governing
:11:43. > :11:46.body of cycling of being sexist. She also accused British cycling of
:11:47. > :11:49.being sexist. She said UK anti-doping, she had no faith in the
:11:50. > :11:55.system, it was the wrong people with the wrong tools who were trying to
:11:56. > :11:58.eradicate doping and all the testing. There has been some
:11:59. > :12:04.response to what the cocoa had to say to that Parliament committee. UK
:12:05. > :12:09.sport saying, she had a go at them as well, they did not take it
:12:10. > :12:12.seriously at all. Only governing bodies such as British cycling to
:12:13. > :12:16.come. They said they'd take the responsibilities very seriously as
:12:17. > :12:21.an investor of public funds. UK anti-doping says it welcomes this
:12:22. > :12:24.debate and the enquiry has sparked it, highlighting the challenges it
:12:25. > :12:30.faces. British cycling has pointed to the increased participation in
:12:31. > :12:37.women's cycling and the great result they have had in women's cycling.
:12:38. > :12:41.Nicole Cooke is not a printer punches. It really has sparked this
:12:42. > :12:48.to be even more. It is a massive enquiry and this will go on and on.
:12:49. > :12:54.Thank you for that. There is more on the BBC sport website. Here is a
:12:55. > :12:57.treat from Andrew Benson saying it has been coming, but this is a truly
:12:58. > :13:03.defining moment in the history of one of the word's biggest sports.
:13:04. > :13:08.What Andrew is talking about is, Formula 1 is a new chief executive.
:13:09. > :13:12.He is called Chase Carey. We talked about the fact he would be replacing
:13:13. > :13:17.this month, Bernie Ecclestone, who ran the sport for 40 years. Today,
:13:18. > :13:21.Mr Chase announced the sport needs to be changed fundamentally. Here he
:13:22. > :13:28.is sitting down with BBC sport editor Dan Rowan. Bernie is a
:13:29. > :13:34.one-man team, it is not an organisation capable, the red
:13:35. > :13:37.organisation for a two-day's word to follow through and build
:13:38. > :13:47.relationships, both the opportunities for us. On this port
:13:48. > :13:53.side, the decision-making has not been as effective as it needs to be.
:13:54. > :14:01.I think some of the organisation that has been put up to guide the
:14:02. > :14:05.sport, if not work as planned. It is a great sport, but clearly it can be
:14:06. > :14:11.improved. I think we do plan to improve it. It needs a fresh start.
:14:12. > :14:14.I don't know whether the decision-making is not what it
:14:15. > :14:19.should be because there is too much history amongst the players. One of
:14:20. > :14:22.the benefits we bring is a fresh start. We don't have an agenda other
:14:23. > :14:28.than to make the support group for its fans. If you are into
:14:29. > :14:32.snowmobiles you will appreciate it is widely considered to be the holy
:14:33. > :14:42.grail of tricks. Have a look at this Swedish writer.
:14:43. > :14:49.That is Daniel Bowden becoming the first person to ever complete a
:14:50. > :14:55.double backflip on a snowmobile. It is as dangerous as it looks. This
:14:56. > :15:01.sport will feature in the upcoming winter X games in Aspen, Colorado.
:15:02. > :15:04.There is a good slow motion video. You can see as the Landseer, he came
:15:05. > :15:10.very close to not completing this trip. He leans over and over on his
:15:11. > :15:14.left hand side then, just at the last minute manages to get it and
:15:15. > :15:22.became a very happy man. There he is. Oh my God. Everything, my whole
:15:23. > :15:31.life was going through my mind. My whole life. I still haven't realised
:15:32. > :15:35.that I needed. I am the first in order to do a double backflip on a
:15:36. > :15:40.stone will be that weighs almost ?500. I promised my girlfriend I
:15:41. > :15:46.would never do it again, but who knows. Now, in a few minutes we will
:15:47. > :15:50.be live in Los Angeles to cast our eyes over the Oscar nominations.
:15:51. > :15:55.Though surprised to see La La Land doing very well. 14 nominations for
:15:56. > :16:05.the musical. Meryl Streep has been making Academy history. We will tell
:16:06. > :16:10.you how. Let's bring you more now on the ruling from the Supreme Court
:16:11. > :16:14.that the UK Parliament must vote before the government can sort the
:16:15. > :16:17.Brexit process. The BBC understands a bill to trigger article 50 and get
:16:18. > :16:22.negotiations underway will be introduced to MPs on Thursday with
:16:23. > :16:28.the hope it could be passed by the House of Commons in a fortnight.
:16:29. > :16:36.What do voters make of this ruling? Here is Danny Savage.
:16:37. > :16:40.When it came to the decision on whether to leave the EU or stay,
:16:41. > :16:41.Leeds voted to remain, but only just.
:16:42. > :16:44.Months later, what do the 49.7% who voted to leave
:16:45. > :16:46.think now that the issue is going back to Parliament?
:16:47. > :16:49.We voted to get out, so why can't we get out?
:16:50. > :16:53.We vote for the Prime Minister come in, the Prime Minister comes in.
:16:54. > :16:55.We vote to leave, and they stall and stall.
:16:56. > :17:01.A lot of countries want to do business with England,
:17:02. > :17:07.We don't like the guy, but that's not the point.
:17:08. > :17:15.Never mind other people, let's get this country going again.
:17:16. > :17:18.But remember, the majority in this city voted to stay and many
:17:19. > :17:26.Shamal is from Iraq and thinks Europe should stick together.
:17:27. > :17:29.I don't know what is going to happen.
:17:30. > :17:35.Would you rather they stopped Brexit now and kept in Europe?
:17:36. > :17:40.I was totally opposed to Brexit and I voted against leaving the EU.
:17:41. > :17:43.At a nearby butcher's, Jim believes things would be
:17:44. > :17:50.different if we'd known then what we know now.
:17:51. > :17:52.I know people who voted for Brexit who didn't understand
:17:53. > :17:59.the circumstances and consequences of what we were voting for.
:18:00. > :18:02.I think before the referendum, we were not totally told what it
:18:03. > :18:06.implied with Brexit and what it means to stay in the EU or to leave.
:18:07. > :18:12.Do you wish Brexit would just go away?
:18:13. > :18:15.If I could turn the clock back 12 months and start all over again,
:18:16. > :18:17.I think the lead-up to the referendum
:18:18. > :18:21.Broadly speaking, those who voted for Brexit just want the Government
:18:22. > :18:25.Those who didn't are still against it, but see it as inevitable.
:18:26. > :18:50.This is Outside Source, live in the BBC newsroom. Our lead story
:18:51. > :18:53.concerns Donald Trump. He signed executive to be lodged to
:18:54. > :18:58.controversial oil pipelines. The same projects were rejected by
:18:59. > :19:01.Barack Obama after years of campaigning by environmentalists.
:19:02. > :19:04.Let's quickly show you what is coming up after Outside Source.
:19:05. > :19:08.Outside the UK it is world News America. There is a report from
:19:09. > :19:13.China which is looking at ways in which Beijing can respond to a
:19:14. > :19:18.potential trade war with the US. Here in the UK, the news at ten is
:19:19. > :19:26.next. This week marks 60 years since the uprising in Egypt ousted whose
:19:27. > :19:35.name. We do get the money eventually replaced. I am often saying if you
:19:36. > :19:39.have any questions on this is recovered you can still. Federico is
:19:40. > :19:43.walking -- watching in the Republic of Ireland and he asked what our
:19:44. > :19:48.presidential executive orders, what powers to begin Donald Trump is a
:19:49. > :19:52.limit on the US? These are legally binding documents, instructions to
:19:53. > :19:56.government departments and how they behave in certain policy areas. A
:19:57. > :20:02.presidential executive order cannot reverse a law that has been passed
:20:03. > :20:05.by Congress, but it can be used to overturn previous executive orders
:20:06. > :20:09.passed by presidents beforehand. Donald Trump can overturn a
:20:10. > :20:17.presidential executive order by Barack Obama. If that helps. I'm
:20:18. > :20:21.questions, get in touch. Let's talk about the Oscar nominations. No
:20:22. > :20:27.surprise that La La Land is in pole position. It has 14 nominations. As
:20:28. > :20:33.a record for one film. It ties in with Titanic and all about Eve. This
:20:34. > :20:37.is a musical. Two leads, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, are both up
:20:38. > :20:45.for best actor and Best actress respectively. The director is also
:20:46. > :20:48.nominated. Here is some of the trailer for the film. It is conflict
:20:49. > :21:13.and it is very exciting. Now, do you remember there was
:21:14. > :21:18.controversy last year about the lack of adversity among Oscar winners.
:21:19. > :21:21.This year the nominees are certainly not so white. Moonlight looks at gay
:21:22. > :21:28.black culture. It has received eight nominations. Its director is Terry
:21:29. > :21:33.Jenkins. If he were to win he would be the first black director to
:21:34. > :21:40.receive the award. Let's bring in Peter Pozen. Here is some of the
:21:41. > :21:56.trailer of the film first. Remember the last time I saw you? You are my
:21:57. > :22:06.only, I am your only. Listen. So who? To you? That speak to Peter.
:22:07. > :22:09.Those controversies around a lack of diversity 12 months ago still feel
:22:10. > :22:14.pretty fresh, how far have the Oscars shifted? Well, if you look at
:22:15. > :22:21.the nominations, it appears they shifted a long way. The nominations
:22:22. > :22:26.are the most racially diverse they have been for a couple of decades.
:22:27. > :22:29.The big question is these movies, these funds were being made at this
:22:30. > :22:33.time last year. Some of them have been in production for several
:22:34. > :22:37.years. Maybe it is a bit of a stretch to say changes made at the
:22:38. > :22:42.Academy less than 12 months ago have affected significantly the nominees
:22:43. > :22:46.this year. It may have affected in terms of the thinking of the Oscar
:22:47. > :22:51.voters, looking at the array of films and actors and actresses that
:22:52. > :22:54.they could have voted for. It is difficult to say precisely how much
:22:55. > :22:58.of an effect controversy last year had. We will know if we look longer
:22:59. > :23:05.term, if there are racially diverse nominees for years to come, what we
:23:06. > :23:10.might think things are changing. I want to talk about Meryl Streep. It
:23:11. > :23:14.isn't just La La Land making history. Here is what I was good to
:23:15. > :23:19.tell you about. Donald Trump said she was overrated. She is now the
:23:20. > :23:25.first person to receive for the acting nominees. She has won three
:23:26. > :23:30.Oscars. The first was in 1979. This year she is nominated for her
:23:31. > :23:34.performance in the biopic of Florence Foster Jenkins. Tell us
:23:35. > :23:39.about the performance. I have seen it. It is a great performance. She
:23:40. > :23:45.plays an opera singer who is tone deaf, who cannot sing. It is a true
:23:46. > :23:49.story and it is very difficult to go on camera and act as if you can't
:23:50. > :23:55.sing. She pulls it off extremely well. It is a very entertaining
:23:56. > :24:00.film. Yes, as you said, she now has 20 Oscar nominations to her name is
:24:01. > :24:05.breaking the record which was set by Meryl Streep when she had banking
:24:06. > :24:11.nominations. She is way ahead of any other actor or actress. That is why
:24:12. > :24:16.she is often described, especially here in Los Angeles, as the greatest
:24:17. > :24:23.living actor. Tell us when the big ideas. The big night is toward the
:24:24. > :24:28.end of next month. There are about five weeks of campaigning to go.
:24:29. > :24:33.That is what it is all about. For the studios, for the actors as well,
:24:34. > :24:37.there is a certain amount of active campaigning, appearing in front of
:24:38. > :24:41.audiences, talking about their role, trying to cajole and perhaps
:24:42. > :24:47.influence the Oscar voters to win the ultimate prize in show business.
:24:48. > :24:52.It is extremely important of his actors and directors. Thank you very
:24:53. > :24:57.much indeed. We ain't in Los Angeles. We started in Washington,
:24:58. > :25:08.we have been to Kazakhstan. I will see you at the same time tomorrow.
:25:09. > :25:13.How has the winter been for you so far? Mind for the most part. If you
:25:14. > :25:17.could spells with fog and frost, but not much rain. That theme extends
:25:18. > :25:18.back to the autumn. This chart shows rainfall for