:00:08. > :00:12.Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
:00:13. > :00:14.British MP's have voted for the government to begin
:00:15. > :00:20.The bill was never in any doubt, but a key amendment,
:00:21. > :00:22.guaranteeing the rights of EU nationals already in
:00:23. > :00:34.One of the Democrats' top senator has been silenced by the leader
:00:35. > :00:38.of the Senate for breaking the rules.
:00:39. > :00:47.Senator Warren said Senator Sessions has used the awesome power of his
:00:48. > :00:49.office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens.
:00:50. > :00:51.We'll be live in Washington in a moment.
:00:52. > :00:53.We're also going to talk about Donald Trump.
:00:54. > :01:04.It would be so great for our justice system if they would be able to read
:01:05. > :01:08.The most high-profile opposition figure in Russia has been been found
:01:09. > :01:13.Alexei Navalny can no longer run for president next year.
:01:14. > :01:36.If you want to get in touch at any time, you can at #BBC OS.
:01:37. > :01:40.British MPs have voted to allow the Government to formally begin
:01:41. > :01:45.the process of leaving the European Union.
:01:46. > :01:49.the process of leaving the European Union.
:01:50. > :02:08.Didn't have one to the right 494, the noes to the left, 122. -- the
:02:09. > :02:14.ayes to the right, 494. The ayes to the right 494, the noes to the left,
:02:15. > :02:18.122. The ayes habit, the ayes habit! The bill will now move
:02:19. > :02:22.onto the Upper House - If the Lords make any
:02:23. > :02:25.changes to the bill, it will be considered again
:02:26. > :02:27.by the Commons. We can join Rob Watson
:02:28. > :02:38.at Westminster now. We knew this Bill was going to go
:02:39. > :02:46.through but what have we learned from the results? It is a moment of
:02:47. > :02:50.history. This will go down as a key moment in European history and
:02:51. > :02:56.Britain's departure from the European Union. What have we
:02:57. > :03:01.learned? That although most MPs personally voted to Remain, this was
:03:02. > :03:06.the power of the referendum, with most of the MPs despite what they
:03:07. > :03:11.think of the possible consequences of Brexit, falling in behind this
:03:12. > :03:14.love that Theresa May once past so she can fired the starting gun.
:03:15. > :03:16.Before they voted for the bill overall, MPs spent hours voting
:03:17. > :03:22.on amendments to the bill, none of them passed.
:03:23. > :03:25.The one that was getting the most attention was probably from Harriet
:03:26. > :03:43.Harman who said. Not enough of them date. Was that
:03:44. > :03:46.expected? Yes, it was. The interesting thing here is what that
:03:47. > :03:51.tells you about the process that lies ahead and the various
:03:52. > :03:58.complexities and big issues. We still don't know exactly how that
:03:59. > :04:07.will be resolved, what will happen to do the many EU nationals living
:04:08. > :04:13.here. I is trade going to work, how will banking work? Hi Will movement
:04:14. > :04:17.and immigration of people? Rather than getting bogged down with the
:04:18. > :04:23.Parliamentary process here in the UK, what was instructive about that
:04:24. > :04:25.is just how complex this process of Britain leaving the eerie -- leaving
:04:26. > :04:28.the European Union is likely to be. He's referring to this headline
:04:29. > :04:32.in The Herald newspaper - "Support for independence surges
:04:33. > :04:51.on hard Brexit vow". That is related to Theresa May
:04:52. > :04:54.saying that Britain will leave the single market. It doesn't
:04:55. > :05:00.necessarily mean we will get a second referendum, does it? It does,
:05:01. > :05:05.but those who wanted Britain to remain in the European Union feared
:05:06. > :05:09.his threat to the United Kingdom itself. The Scottish National Party
:05:10. > :05:13.sense an opportunity. The opinion polls may be moving in that
:05:14. > :05:17.direction. It is not a done deal that there is no doubt that the
:05:18. > :05:25.union of the United Kingdom is shakier now than it was some weeks
:05:26. > :05:30.and months ago. One final thoughts, what happens next is that Theresa
:05:31. > :05:34.May will be hoping to have this law and trigger the process of Britain
:05:35. > :05:40.leaving the European Union at an EU summit on the 9th of March. That is
:05:41. > :05:47.where a real challenge begins, getting a good deal with the other
:05:48. > :05:51.EU 27. The staff in the Parliament was a relative piece of cake. A lot
:05:52. > :05:57.of these MPs are deeply worried about Brexit and will be watching
:05:58. > :06:04.these negotiations closely indeed. Thank you very much. If you want
:06:05. > :06:09.lots of background information on the Brexit processed you can find it
:06:10. > :06:11.online at any time you wanted at our website that BBC News.
:06:12. > :06:13.Things are getting spikey in the US Senate.
:06:14. > :06:15.The confirmation hearing for Attorney General nominee
:06:16. > :06:26.But Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren has been banned from speaking
:06:27. > :06:29.She'd read out a 30-year-old letter written by the widow
:06:30. > :06:37.The letter contains the accusation that Mr Sessions had "used
:06:38. > :06:40.the awesome powers of his office in a shabby attempt to intimidate
:06:41. > :07:03.The senator has impugned the motives and conduct of our member for
:07:04. > :07:07.Alabama. Senator Warren said Senator session has used the awesome power
:07:08. > :07:12.of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black
:07:13. > :07:22.citizens. I called the senator to order under the provision of rule
:07:23. > :07:29.19. Mr President... Mr President, I am surprised that the words of Mrs
:07:30. > :07:33.King are not suitable for debate in the United States Senate. I as leave
:07:34. > :07:34.of the Senate to continue my remarks.
:07:35. > :07:49.Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader, judged that to have
:07:50. > :07:54.Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader, judged that to have
:07:55. > :08:01.We can go to Washington now and join Anthony Zurcher.
:08:02. > :08:11.In trying to get quietened in this debate, they have Nato into a
:08:12. > :08:15.liberal marker. This is putting Elizabeth Warren in touch with the
:08:16. > :08:23.Democratic base and pushing her to the forefront of the 2020 race for
:08:24. > :08:28.the Democratic presidential nomination. They might have thought
:08:29. > :08:31.they were taking someone who was in punching the qualities of a
:08:32. > :08:36.colleague, but what they have done is turn this into a multi-day
:08:37. > :08:40.controversy. The data is captured looking ahead to the next
:08:41. > :08:41.presidential election! I can't help myself!
:08:42. > :08:43.Donald Trump addressed police chiefs earlier.
:08:44. > :08:51.Inevitably he turned to his travel ban which is currently suspended.
:08:52. > :08:59.I don't ever want to call a court biased, so I won't call it biased
:09:00. > :09:06.and we haven't had a decision yet. But courts seem to be so political
:09:07. > :09:14.and it would be so great for our justice system if they would be able
:09:15. > :09:17.to read a statement and do what is right, and that has to do with the
:09:18. > :09:20.security of our country, which is so important. Right now we are at risk
:09:21. > :09:29.because of what happened. A US Appeals court has
:09:30. > :09:33.said it will not deliver a ruling on Donald Trump's
:09:34. > :09:49.immigration ban today. How Washington -based journalist has
:09:50. > :10:05.said this. Would you agree with that analysis,
:10:06. > :10:10.or is that too strong? Donald Trump has profited over the course of his
:10:11. > :10:15.political rise in questioning established norms and political
:10:16. > :10:20.power structures. That is part of why his base like sin. It is unusual
:10:21. > :10:24.to see a president so directly question the judgment of the
:10:25. > :10:33.judicial system. He almost acknowledges that he is going to use
:10:34. > :10:38.-- lose this case. He is commenting on a court while they are
:10:39. > :10:43.considering his case, that is extraordinary. I think he is trying
:10:44. > :10:49.to rally the base and laid the blame of any future terrorist attacks of
:10:50. > :10:57.the judiciary because he doesn't think he will win in the court room.
:10:58. > :11:01.Anthony, thank you very much. In a few minutes we will talk to a court
:11:02. > :11:03.case in Russia. Alexei Navalny is a leading Russian
:11:04. > :11:05.opposition figure and he's just been The former entertainer Rolf Harris
:11:06. > :11:17.has been found not guilty of three counts of indecent
:11:18. > :11:20.and sexual assault. A jury at Southwark Crown court
:11:21. > :11:22.was unable to reach verdicts on four The allegations in this trial
:11:23. > :11:25.spanned a 40-year period Our correspondent Sangita Myska has
:11:26. > :11:39.been at Southwark Crown Court. The prosecution has already asked to
:11:40. > :11:43.go our way to consider as to whether it can have a retrial on those kinds
:11:44. > :11:48.were the jury could not reach a verdict. In the meantime, Rolf
:11:49. > :11:53.Harris issued a statement in which he thanked the jury for the care and
:11:54. > :11:58.consideration and for clearing him of three counts of indecent assault
:11:59. > :12:02.today. Rolf Harris has protested his innocence throughout this trial but
:12:03. > :12:06.he did not walk out of court today a free man. Instead, he is heading
:12:07. > :12:11.back to Stanford prison because it is there that he is already serving
:12:12. > :12:13.a sentence for indecently assaulting four other women and girls. That
:12:14. > :12:21.trial was back in 2014. This is Outside Source live
:12:22. > :12:23.from the BBC newsroom. British MP's have voted
:12:24. > :12:27.for the Government to begin proceedings to leave the EU
:12:28. > :12:37.by a huge majority. South Africa's President,
:12:38. > :12:42.Jacob Zuma, has ordered the deployment of about 440 troops
:12:43. > :12:45.to maintain law and order in Parliament for his State
:12:46. > :12:50.of the Nation address on Thursday. Opposition parties have
:12:51. > :12:51.called the decision It's Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo -
:12:52. > :13:00.he was selected by MPs. The vote has been
:13:01. > :13:03.postponed for four years. But it finally happened
:13:04. > :13:05.at Mogadishu Airport, which one of the few places
:13:06. > :13:08.where security can be guaranteed. Somalia has not had a one-person
:13:09. > :13:10.one-vote democratic The Yemeni Government has told
:13:11. > :13:35.America it must coordinate with it on any future military missions
:13:36. > :13:37.on the ground. Last month a US commando
:13:38. > :13:39.raid didn't go plan. It happened on January 29th
:13:40. > :13:41.and targeted an al-Qaeda stronghold near a town called Al-Bayda
:13:42. > :13:43.in southern Yemen. More than a dozen civilians
:13:44. > :13:46.were killed, including children. Here's Mohamed Yehia
:13:47. > :14:09.from BBC Arabic. This story started this morning with
:14:10. > :14:14.withdrawal of permission from the Yemeni government to the American
:14:15. > :14:18.government to carry out ground operations. We have been trying all
:14:19. > :14:22.day to get through to the Yemeni government to ask this question but
:14:23. > :14:27.they have not applied. They said they did not withdraw permission for
:14:28. > :14:33.the Americans to conduct operations against Al-Qaeda and other terrorist
:14:34. > :14:39.groups, but they have reservations about the operations that happened
:14:40. > :14:45.on the 29th of January and they want to coordinate future operations with
:14:46. > :14:49.the Americans. The target was an Al-Qaeda base, heavily guarded
:14:50. > :14:57.cluster of buildings over there. Among the people killed the was an
:14:58. > :15:06.Al-Qaeda local commander, but he is also linked to tribal forces who are
:15:07. > :15:09.fighting people who are fighting alongside Saudi Arabia. This is
:15:10. > :15:12.where it gets murky and detentions get high amongst the Yemeni
:15:13. > :15:21.officials. So, in some ways they can be helpful
:15:22. > :15:27.in fighting the rebels? It is a web of intermingled tribals. But
:15:28. > :15:31.indirectly? The sky is thought to be an Al-Qaeda leader but he is also
:15:32. > :15:44.allied to tribal porters who are fighting against the who sees. We
:15:45. > :15:46.tried to bring you the best of information from around the world.
:15:47. > :15:49.Let's go to Russia. Russia's most prominent opposition
:15:50. > :15:51.leader is Alexei Navalny and he's has been given a five-year suspended
:15:52. > :15:54.sentence for embezzlement. This was a retrial and he got
:15:55. > :15:57.the the sentence is the same Navalny tweeted from the courtroom
:15:58. > :16:02."Even the witness statements are Although this time they were of
:16:03. > :16:06.course in a different order. Navalny claims both trials
:16:07. > :16:09.were politically motivated. He was intending to run
:16:10. > :16:14.for president in 2018. This is his official
:16:15. > :16:16.campaign website. Today's verdict means
:16:17. > :16:38.he's barred from running TRANSLATION: what we have seen
:16:39. > :16:42.neither is a sort of telegrams sent from the Kremlin saying that they
:16:43. > :16:46.believe that I, my team and the people whose views I voice too
:16:47. > :16:52.dangerous to take part in the election campaign. Nevertheless, we
:16:53. > :16:56.don't recognise this ruling. It will be overturned. I have every right to
:16:57. > :16:57.take part in the election according to the Constitution and I will do
:16:58. > :16:59.so. I wanted to know if there is any
:17:00. > :17:02.evidence that this trial suffered OS regular Olga Ivshina from BBC
:17:03. > :17:15.Russian helped me out. The European Court of Human Rights
:17:16. > :17:19.has ruled that the case was politically motivated and that is
:17:20. > :17:24.the reason why the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation had to send
:17:25. > :17:28.this case for a retrial. If you carefully look at the materials of
:17:29. > :17:34.the case it is quite weird. Many guys who are giving testimony back
:17:35. > :17:38.in 2013 and this time the could not answer the questions, they could
:17:39. > :17:43.barely remember what was going on. There were more questions than
:17:44. > :17:48.answers in this case. The ruling of the European Court of Human Rights
:17:49. > :17:52.tells us a lot. How does a suspended sentence work in Russia? The thing
:17:53. > :17:56.that is important in this case is that according to the Russian
:17:57. > :18:01.Constitution, people found guilty of serious crimes, they are not allowed
:18:02. > :18:06.to run for presidential campaigns. They can't participate in any
:18:07. > :18:12.elections as a candidate. On the other hand, today's ruling put it
:18:13. > :18:17.all back to stage one. It is a huge saga now because temp can appeal,
:18:18. > :18:22.prosecutors can appeal and that will go back and forth. They can go up to
:18:23. > :18:25.the Supreme Court again and again he can go to the European Court of
:18:26. > :18:29.Human Rights. What is playing against Alexei Navalny this time
:18:30. > :18:32.because he wants to run for the presidential campaign and the last
:18:33. > :18:39.if you can register is December 2,000 17. This week President Putin
:18:40. > :18:43.signed into law and you measure that decriminalise some forms domestic
:18:44. > :18:47.violence, a first offence that results in minor harm to a woman
:18:48. > :18:54.such as lacerations or bruising is will not be considered criminal.
:18:55. > :19:00.This has caused huge controversy around the world. Is it causing
:19:01. > :19:03.controversy in Russia? Not that much, to be honest. There is an old
:19:04. > :19:12.Russian saying that if a husband beats you it mean to loves you. Not
:19:13. > :19:17.supported by many people. Domestic violence is spreading in Russia and
:19:18. > :19:20.according to activists of the 87% of the cases do not get reported, so
:19:21. > :19:28.nobody goes to the police and reports. He basically took corporate
:19:29. > :19:32.bad thing, saying that the law on domestic violence is not working,
:19:33. > :19:36.but the way they changed it has raised a lot of discussions because
:19:37. > :19:41.people are not reading laws that deeply. They heard on TV is that it
:19:42. > :19:46.this could spark a lot of violence. this could spark a lot of violence.
:19:47. > :19:51.Was it supported by a lot of women MPs? By a huge majority in the
:19:52. > :19:55.Russian State Parliament, but we need to remember that in that
:19:56. > :19:59.parliament party discipline very important, so if the chief of the
:20:00. > :20:01.party told them to vote they would because it is part of the
:20:02. > :20:13.discipline. US media giant Time Warner
:20:14. > :20:16.is in a pretty good It's released better than expected
:20:17. > :20:20.results for the fourth quarter - revenue is up 11.5% -
:20:21. > :20:22.and the company's CEO Jeff Bewkes said today
:20:23. > :20:27.the $85 billion merger with AT - CEO Randall Stephenson,
:20:28. > :20:29.is still on track. There's one problem though -
:20:30. > :20:32.this man is opposed to the deal. On the campaign trail he said "It's
:20:33. > :20:51.too much concentration of power Let's go to New York. Samir Ek, the
:20:52. > :20:56.president was not keen when he said the Pope would he have any influence
:20:57. > :21:01.over whether this happens? He has echoed those few since becoming
:21:02. > :21:07.president, saying that he does not believe that this merger should
:21:08. > :21:14.happen. If you look on the part of these two companies, Time Warner, it
:21:15. > :21:21.owns CNN. CNN has received quite a lot of press, so to speak, from
:21:22. > :21:25.Donald Trump. He does not like them as a media organisation. If you look
:21:26. > :21:29.at AT they are trying really hard to make sure this gets pushed
:21:30. > :21:33.through by regulators. It has been reported that they are on a big
:21:34. > :21:38.trump offensive in Washington and have more than a dozen lobbyists
:21:39. > :21:42.working behind the scenes to make sure that this gets pushed through.
:21:43. > :21:46.The one thing that is happening here that is interesting is that it is
:21:47. > :21:54.not just president Trump he is against it, but there are
:21:55. > :21:56.republicans and Democrats who have spoken out against this merger. It
:21:57. > :21:59.comes at a time in which we are seeing a lot of this kind of
:22:00. > :22:00.consolidation and that is bringing about some concern amongst people.
:22:01. > :22:12.Thank you very much. I got discrete from David dashed
:22:13. > :22:16.tweet from David in the UK saying interestingly, no coverage on the
:22:17. > :22:21.BBC of the Intel investment pledge yet. The problem was I had not been
:22:22. > :22:28.on air after I had heard of that story. Here is Donald Trump saying
:22:29. > :22:32.thanks to the CEO of Intel, a great investment of $7 billion in what he
:22:33. > :22:42.calls in American innovation and jobs. He has been at the White House
:22:43. > :22:48.talking with the president. This is Brian, you should say a few words.
:22:49. > :22:56.It is an honour to be here today representing Intel. To be able to
:22:57. > :23:01.announce our 7 billion dollar investment in the most advanced
:23:02. > :23:06.factory in Chandler, Arizona. We will be completing that factory to
:23:07. > :23:12.make the most advanced semiconductor chips on the planet.
:23:13. > :23:20.Let's look at the mania. A snowstorm, a mild earthquake, power
:23:21. > :23:25.blackouts have all been going on the people are still demonstrating and
:23:26. > :23:30.the temperature is minus three Celsius. It is day nine of these
:23:31. > :23:33.protests. Most of them have been happening in the capital, Bucharest.
:23:34. > :23:39.Here are some of the latest pictures. This all began after a
:23:40. > :23:44.decree that weakened anti-corruption laws. The decree was overturned at
:23:45. > :23:52.the weekend, but the protests go on. They want the government gone. Here
:23:53. > :23:55.are some protesters explaining why. We are keeping our petition strong
:23:56. > :24:01.and we want our government to resign because we can't trust them. They
:24:02. > :24:05.come in in the middle of the night to pass corrupt laws for corrupt
:24:06. > :24:13.politicians. We will keep coming every night until they resign. We
:24:14. > :24:18.want to make the point that you cannot accuse the people like this
:24:19. > :24:23.and sustain power. It will not happen any more. Today the
:24:24. > :24:30.government survived a no-confidence vote. The president has also been
:24:31. > :24:34.dying talking to the protesters. The president has a largely ceremonial
:24:35. > :24:35.role, but the protesters were shouting for him to resign of the
:24:36. > :24:46.same. Today the focus shifted to
:24:47. > :24:50.Parliament and a no-confidence vote in the social Democrat Liberal
:24:51. > :24:54.coalition government. On paper there are still strong, only being in
:24:55. > :24:59.power a month, but in practice they have been badly wounded by the size
:25:00. > :25:04.of the protest against them. This is a country were demonstrations are
:25:05. > :25:09.often successful, only two years ago a previous social Democratic
:25:10. > :25:12.government was brought down, also after a corruption scandal.
:25:13. > :25:18.Protesters are well organised with excellent communications. The
:25:19. > :25:23.protesters have an important ally in the president. When he accused the
:25:24. > :25:27.governing social Democrats of defending their own corrupt
:25:28. > :25:33.interests, the MPs left the chamber. All eyes in Romania are not on what
:25:34. > :25:40.the government will do next. Just had a message from somebody watching
:25:41. > :25:42.in Mumbai in India saying there is more online on the story about the
:25:43. > :25:46.main opposition figure in Russia being given a five-year suspended
:25:47. > :25:51.sentence. If you go to the front page of the BBC News website, click
:25:52. > :25:55.on the Europe tag and you will find extensive coverage of that. I will
:25:56. > :25:57.be back with you in a couple of minutes for the second half of
:25:58. > :26:13.outside source. Memories of the drought that has
:26:14. > :26:17.been gripping California over recent years quickly fading away. Another
:26:18. > :26:21.weather system is moving in from the Pacific to bring heavy rain, not
:26:22. > :26:25.that we need any more that just at the moment because we have seen some
:26:26. > :26:30.pretty nasty flooding in parts of California over recent days. Roads
:26:31. > :26:34.have been turned to rivers. There is more rain on the way. Across the
:26:35. > :26:38.north-east of the United States it is a different problem. The pressure
:26:39. > :26:55.will bring a spell of snow as we head through the
:26:56. > :26:59.night into Thursday. Anyone planning to catch a transatlantic flight bear
:27:00. > :27:01.this in mind as it could get as much as 25 centimetres of snow. There
:27:02. > :27:04.will be disruption to the roads and airports and it could be flight
:27:05. > :27:07.cancellations. This was the scene in Vancouver, and mass snowball fight
:27:08. > :27:09.as we have seen lots of heavy still here over recent days. There will be
:27:10. > :27:12.more of that before the snow turns back to rain on Thursday. We have a
:27:13. > :27:14.relatively mild there are pushing into the midwest, bitterly cold and
:27:15. > :27:19.central Canada. Temperatures as a maximum of -15 in Winnipeg. In
:27:20. > :27:23.Europe, a big area of high pressure in Scandinavia, cold easterly winds
:27:24. > :27:28.feeding in across much of Eastern Europe brings cloudy skies and snow
:27:29. > :27:31.flurries. By the skies in the Mediterranean, bringing rough seas
:27:32. > :27:36.and gale force gusts of wind and outbreaks of rain that will be back
:27:37. > :27:43.in Corsica, Sardinia and mainland Italy and Sicily. Some of those
:27:44. > :27:50.heavy showers will move into the North of Tunisia and north-east
:27:51. > :27:55.Algeria as we go through Thursday. In our weather, the clues to what is
:27:56. > :27:59.happening lie in the jet stream. War on terror is being pushed up into
:28:00. > :28:03.the Arctic, building this big area of high pressure in Scandinavia that
:28:04. > :28:12.is going nowhere fast in the next few days. On the southern flanker
:28:13. > :28:15.that high, we get these winds moving across the continent into the UK.
:28:16. > :28:19.Temperatures will be below par for the next few days and the rest of
:28:20. > :28:23.the week will be cloudy. It will turn colder and the cloud will be
:28:24. > :28:26.thick enough for some snow showers at times. Here is the picture to
:28:27. > :28:31.take us through the night. A lot of cloud around, but under the clear
:28:32. > :28:35.skies it will be cold. The temperature potentially getting down
:28:36. > :28:41.to -3 in western parts of England, Scotland and Wales. Temperatures
:28:42. > :28:46.hovering close to freezing on the East Coast because we have that
:28:47. > :28:51.cloud here back could turn to snow overnight into Thursday. There could
:28:52. > :28:55.places, but otherwise I cloudy and places, but otherwise I cloudy and
:28:56. > :30:18.cold day with a bitter wind. That is your latest weather. Bye for now.
:30:19. > :30:20.Hello, I'm Ros Atkins - this is Outside Source.
:30:21. > :30:25.Brexit gets a step closer to happening.
:30:26. > :30:35.The bill was never in any doubt, but a key amendment guaranteeing
:30:36. > :30:38.the rights of EU nationals already in the UK was not passed.
:30:39. > :30:40.Donald Trump is unhappy with how long it's taking
:30:41. > :30:44.Mark Urban's been investigating how easy it'll be to get things done
:30:45. > :30:55.There is no obedience with this Congress and there never has been
:30:56. > :30:57.but I do not think with this president, there will be.
:30:58. > :31:00.The Dakota Access oil pipeline was the focus of mass protests
:31:01. > :31:04.Its construction had been suspended, but now it's got the go-ahead
:31:05. > :31:09.And Qatar is spending $500 million a week on World Cup preparations.
:31:10. > :31:40.We'll look at what it's getting for its money.
:31:41. > :31:42.As Donald Trump keeps reminding us the confirmation hearings
:31:43. > :31:46.Today, the Senate will vote Jeff Sessions, who is Donald Trump's
:31:47. > :31:50.And the President isn't happy about the pace of this.
:31:51. > :31:51."It is a disgrace that my full Cabinet
:31:52. > :31:54.is still not in place, the longest such delay
:31:55. > :32:04.That's not true, by the way - it's not the longest such delay.
:32:05. > :32:07.Anyhow, it is very likely Mr Trump will get the cabinet he wants.
:32:08. > :32:09.But he will still face significant challenges
:32:10. > :32:11.if he wants his main policies through.
:32:12. > :32:13.And this next report, by the Mark Urban from the BBC's
:32:14. > :32:17.Newsnight programme, looks at just that.
:32:18. > :32:19.You can come here, promising to drain the swamp or dethrone
:32:20. > :32:22.the establishment, but this city has a way of protecting its interests,
:32:23. > :32:24.slowing down those who challenge its ways.
:32:25. > :32:26.So the Trump administration's process of nominating a Cabinet
:32:27. > :32:31.This level of obstruction at the beginning of an administration
:32:32. > :32:33.is really record-setting in a very unfortunate way.
:32:34. > :32:36.While the Senate have blamed the Democrats for the go slow,
:32:37. > :32:41.they don't have the numbers to wreck Trump's agenda.
:32:42. > :32:44.Rather, it's doubts among Republicans that could pose the most
:32:45. > :32:48.Keen to impress the people who voted for him, President Trump has signed
:32:49. > :32:50.some highly significant and emotive executive orders.
:32:51. > :32:52.But you can't run the country by those alone, particularly when it
:32:53. > :33:05.comes to spending money or changing existing laws.
:33:06. > :33:08.For that, you need to go up to the Hill and get people
:33:09. > :33:16.Thousands of people work on the Hill in offices so widely spread,
:33:17. > :33:27.Things here travel at the speed legislators can work with.
:33:28. > :33:37.As many presidents elected on a reform ticket have discovered.
:33:38. > :33:41.John has been a Hill insider for the best part of 20 years.
:33:42. > :33:43.With a Republican majority of just two in the Senate,
:33:44. > :33:47.he sees particular risks there for the White House.
:33:48. > :33:49.The members of the Senate especially, because they have
:33:50. > :33:51.these six-year terms, they have tremendous power, they can
:33:52. > :33:54.gum up the works any time they want, and you'll see that,
:33:55. > :33:56.especially for some Republicans who don't really like Donald Trump
:33:57. > :34:07.or trust him, they will step up and say what they feel.
:34:08. > :34:11.So there is no obedience with this Congress, there never has been but,
:34:12. > :34:14.but especially with this President, I don't think there ever will be.
:34:15. > :34:15.The combination, seen with the nomination Betsy DeVos,
:34:16. > :34:18.of Democrats keen to thwart Trump voting with a small number
:34:19. > :34:20.of dissident Republicans could pose all manner of problems
:34:21. > :34:23.To avoid them, he must stick to policies where
:34:24. > :34:26.he and Congressional Republicans are on the same page.
:34:27. > :34:29.I believe in the need for bilateral agreements with the UK or Japan,
:34:30. > :34:44.We all agree that our tax code is overly complex,
:34:45. > :34:56.there are over 70,000 pages in our tax code, it's too complex.
:34:57. > :34:59.People want it simpler, fairer and in many respects flatter.
:35:00. > :35:01.So that's something we should be focused on and I think
:35:02. > :35:03.we'll find common ground with the administration.
:35:04. > :35:05.Among those on powerful Senate committees, there are already key
:35:06. > :35:08.figures who now challenge Trump on issues such as the handling
:35:09. > :35:10.of his immigrant ban or his professed admiration
:35:11. > :35:15.Are you worried by what the President's been saying?
:35:16. > :35:18.There have been a lot of things said that I wouldn't
:35:19. > :35:20.say but I think that, as time moves on, there'll
:35:21. > :35:22.be a much more coming together on those issues.
:35:23. > :35:25.I think that the administration is just getting going and my sense
:35:26. > :35:28.is that, in the very near future, things will be in the
:35:29. > :35:48.On nominations, health care or Russian sanctions,
:35:49. > :35:50.Trump campaign trail pledges are already being modified
:35:51. > :36:12.As the President starts to spend money, that will intensify.
:36:13. > :36:20.It might know it is time for Outside Source Sport. -- now it is time for.
:36:21. > :36:24.For the first time, a women's bout will headline a night of boxing
:36:25. > :36:26.Star of the show is Claressa Shields.
:36:27. > :36:29.She's the most successful amateur boxer in US history,
:36:30. > :36:30.and a two-time Olympic gold medallist.
:36:31. > :36:32.Now to Hugh Woozencroft, at the BBC Sport Centre.
:36:33. > :36:36.I guess despite her success this is still a sizeable leap up? Yes,
:36:37. > :36:40.hello. It is a sizeable leap. Well, it's interesting, isn't it,
:36:41. > :36:42.the rise of mixed martial arts in recent years has
:36:43. > :36:44.included women's fights? And that popularity,
:36:45. > :36:46.led by the likes of Ronda Rousey, Following that extra
:36:47. > :36:49.attention in women's bouts come more sponsorship
:36:50. > :36:51.and more money and quality. Now the quality in women's boxing
:36:52. > :36:54.has been there for a long long time, so could the rise in professional
:36:55. > :36:56.female boxers spur American Claressa Shields
:36:57. > :37:13.headlines when she takes on Hungary's Szilvia Szabados
:37:14. > :37:15.for North American Boxing Federation title in Detroit
:37:16. > :37:17.on the 10th of March. Shields is just 21, but took Olympic
:37:18. > :37:20.middleweight gold in 2008 and 2012 and with the likes of Olympic
:37:21. > :37:23.champion Katie Taylor of Ireland and Great Britain's Nicola Adams
:37:24. > :37:25.also leaving amateur boxing in favour of the professional ranks,
:37:26. > :37:47.I think we can expect to see much A good start. And just ask you about
:37:48. > :37:53.the FA Cup game? Yes, the replay in the FA Cup between Derby County and
:37:54. > :37:57.Leicester City has just finished. We will see extra time to see which of
:37:58. > :38:10.these two says will get through to the last 16. As it has finished 1-1
:38:11. > :38:15.at full-time. Thank you, and you can keep up-to-date with that on the BBC
:38:16. > :38:18.sport web page. Take a look at this guy and remember
:38:19. > :38:21.the name - Mohit Ahlawat. He could be cricket's
:38:22. > :38:23.next big thing. He's 21, and has hit 300 in a local
:38:24. > :38:26.Twenty20 match in Delhi. He scored at four runs a ball -
:38:27. > :38:29.which, if you're not into cricket, This was taking place
:38:30. > :38:34.in a game in Delhi. He was playing against a team
:38:35. > :38:36.called Friends 11 - how unfriendly Mohit
:38:37. > :38:38.was to their bowlers! 39, and let me just repeat that -
:38:39. > :38:41.39, sixes he hit, and he also added 14 fours,
:38:42. > :38:43.when he couldn't be bothered He needed 50, basically,
:38:44. > :38:47.off the last two overs. He finished hitting
:38:48. > :38:48.five consecutive sixes. When asked afterwards,
:38:49. > :38:51.he said he felt that he was Continuing our commitment
:38:52. > :39:09.to covering sports that's don't get much coverage,
:39:10. > :39:19.let me show the final moments It doesn't matter how many of these
:39:20. > :39:21.you have potted before, and he has done millions of them, it is the
:39:22. > :39:22.World Championships, the big one. There were entrants from the UK,
:39:23. > :39:24.France, Norway, Ireland, He is perfect, absolutely plum. He
:39:25. > :39:44.from Shooters Sports Bar He is perfect, absolutely plum. He
:39:45. > :39:48.could pot- both... Pot-shot, there will be each cheer after this. And
:39:49. > :39:51.that is the one that clinched it. Congratulations to Craig.
:39:52. > :39:52.We've also been in touch with international bodies
:39:53. > :39:54.for downhill skateboarding, kite surfing, table tennis
:39:55. > :39:57.More under-reported sports next week on Outside Source.
:39:58. > :40:12.Have you seen how much Qatar is spending on hosting the World Cup?
:40:13. > :40:14.New figures put it at $500 million - a week.
:40:15. > :40:18.By the time it comes round in 2022, it's predicted the bill will be more
:40:19. > :40:22.Brazil spent $11 billion in 2014.
:40:23. > :40:24.Russia is expected to spend $10.7 billion on the 2018 event.
:40:25. > :40:41.This is what the country's finance minister said:
:40:42. > :40:44.With that kind of spending, you wouldn't think there would be
:40:45. > :40:53.What the finance minister was saying, I think,
:40:54. > :40:55.was two things and one was reassurance, because Qatar,
:40:56. > :40:58.like other Gulf countries, has faced quite a fall
:40:59. > :41:00.in its revenue in the last couple of years.
:41:01. > :41:03.There have been a number of cutbacks in a number of its businesses.
:41:04. > :41:05.What he is making clear is that will not affect
:41:06. > :41:09.What he is also making clear, in a sense, is that $200 million,
:41:10. > :41:12.if that is all being spent specifically on the stadiums
:41:13. > :41:14.and the footballing aspect of the World Cup, then that
:41:15. > :41:31.absolutely dwarfs any spending has ever been before in a World Cup.
:41:32. > :41:33.What he was saying is this is the infrastructure
:41:34. > :41:35.being built around it - roads, transport, hotels,
:41:36. > :41:39.So in a sense Qatar is using this a reason to continue with...
:41:40. > :41:42.Obviously there has been huge building for years in Qatar,
:41:43. > :41:44.but to make it infrastructure even bigger and stronger,
:41:45. > :41:47.with the World Cup being the target it is aiming for.
:41:48. > :41:49.And I guess with this huge increase in construction,
:41:50. > :41:51.more questions about how the construction is working,
:41:52. > :41:53.the conditions in which people are working under?
:41:54. > :41:56.Yes, I mean the problem Qatar has with its migrant workers is one
:41:57. > :41:59.again faced across the whole of the Gulf, where they don't have
:42:00. > :42:02.rights - although there are laws which are supposed to protect them,
:42:03. > :42:04.they are not always enforced, and Qatar has faced
:42:05. > :42:15.There have been reports that workers have died on the site.
:42:16. > :42:18.It has turned out I think that most of the deaths that have been
:42:19. > :42:20.reported have not actually be directly connected with
:42:21. > :42:23.the World Cup, but there have been many calls internationally
:42:24. > :42:25.from governments to rights organisations that they need
:42:26. > :42:28.They promised a couple of months ago that there would be
:42:29. > :42:42.Every time a country hosts the World Cup,
:42:43. > :42:45.whether it's South Africa or Brazil, or any others, there is an internal
:42:46. > :42:47.discussion about whether this is money well spent.
:42:48. > :42:52.I don't think that kind of discussion quite happens in Qatar.
:42:53. > :42:54.It has not reached a stage where money is so short
:42:55. > :42:57.that they have to be concerned, but Qatar, like other
:42:58. > :42:59.Gulf countries, again, is going to be undergoing certain
:43:00. > :43:01.changes in the way that it provides for its people
:43:02. > :43:12.VAT, for instance, is going to be introduced across the Gulf.
:43:13. > :43:15.It could be the first element of tax actually being brought in,
:43:16. > :43:17.and obviously when you start having tax people become more
:43:18. > :43:19.concerned about the way their money is being spent.
:43:20. > :43:22.So that process may begin to start happening by the time
:43:23. > :43:33.of the World Cup, but for now I don't think we have to worry.
:43:34. > :43:35.They have a tiny population - 90% of the population
:43:36. > :43:39.Massively bolstered by the numbers, the hundreds of thousands,
:43:40. > :43:48.who comes specifically for the World Cup.
:43:49. > :43:56.You will remember we were covering protests over a proposed oil
:43:57. > :43:59.pipeline in Dakota. President Obama suspended that and President Trump
:44:00. > :44:00.has now intervened and it looks like it will now go ahead. We will bring
:44:01. > :44:08.you details on that. A woman has won an appeal
:44:09. > :44:10.to the Supreme Court after being denied payments
:44:11. > :44:12.from her late partner's Chris Buckler reports
:44:13. > :44:21.on the significance of the case. Denise Brewster had lived
:44:22. > :44:23.with her fiance, Lenny, for ten years and they were making
:44:24. > :44:25.plans for their future. When I look at this picture,
:44:26. > :44:30.I think that's just how we were. He was a fun loving guy,
:44:31. > :44:33.he had lots of friends. But in 2009, just days after
:44:34. > :44:41.they got engaged, he died suddenly. It was such a difficult time and it
:44:42. > :44:44.will always remain difficult for me. But I feel Lenny has
:44:45. > :44:46.given me strength at For 15 years, Lenny worked
:44:47. > :44:58.for Translink, which provides public transport in Northern Ireland and,
:44:59. > :45:00.during that time, like many workers, he paid into a local
:45:01. > :45:02.government pension scheme, which he thought would provide
:45:03. > :45:04.some security for him But when he died, Denise
:45:05. > :45:12.was informed she wouldn't benefit. Because Denise wasn't married,
:45:13. > :45:15.she was told that she wasn't Her partner would have had to have
:45:16. > :45:23.filled out this, a nomination form. She argued that that was a lawful
:45:24. > :45:25.discrimination and today the Supreme Court ruled
:45:26. > :45:27.in her favour. We say that she is entitled
:45:28. > :45:30.to receive a pension and that the nomination requirement
:45:31. > :45:32.should no longer be applied. It's a ruling that could benefit
:45:33. > :45:35.the partners of some other public sector workers like nurses,
:45:36. > :45:37.teachers and civil servants although that could depend
:45:38. > :45:39.on the rules of each There are over 6 million
:45:40. > :45:49.people across the country Many of them are in company
:45:50. > :45:52.pension schemes, public sector pension schemes,
:45:53. > :45:54.and they should be treated equally So I hope all pension schemes
:45:55. > :45:58.will review their rules And the woman who fought this case
:45:59. > :46:02.hopes it will provide greater At least I just had to defend
:46:03. > :46:08.for myself and I had to take my hardships but,
:46:09. > :46:11.when you have other families that have a young daughter or son
:46:12. > :46:13.who are losing their daddy or their mummy, and then
:46:14. > :46:15.they have the financial burden on top of that,
:46:16. > :46:18.the inequality and the injustice And this is a judgment which perhaps
:46:19. > :46:23.reflects changes to what the word This is Outside Source,
:46:24. > :46:49.live from the BBC newsroom. British MPs have voted
:46:50. > :46:54.for the Government to begin proceedings to leave the EU
:46:55. > :46:56.by a huge majority. If you're outside of the UK,
:46:57. > :47:04.it's World News America next. With no decision expected
:47:05. > :47:06.on the travel ban today, they'll be looking at the mood
:47:07. > :47:09.in the US administration with the help of the Time magazines
:47:10. > :47:14.White House correspondent. Here in the UK, the
:47:15. > :47:21.News at Ten is next. Our Europe editor Katya Adler has
:47:22. > :47:24.been looking at the rise of populist Earlier the International Committee
:47:25. > :47:47.of the Red Cross in Afghanistan Confirming that six of its staff had
:47:48. > :47:54.been killed in Afghanistan. We know this happened in the north of the
:47:55. > :48:00.country and an convoy were missing -- an aid convoy was missing.
:48:01. > :48:16.Drivers and five field officers were on their way to deliver some
:48:17. > :48:19.livestock to the needy people of a village in this northern
:48:20. > :48:21.province of Afghanistan, that they were stopped on the way,
:48:22. > :48:26.Six of them were killed, two of them were kidnapped, and we do not know
:48:27. > :48:30.Now, the local officials tell the BBC that they have sent
:48:31. > :48:32.a delegation of elders to that area controlled mainly by Uzbek
:48:33. > :48:36.and militants related to either Isis or Daesh to try to reach a deal
:48:37. > :48:40.to try to release the two staff members.
:48:41. > :48:42.to try to release the two staff members of ICRC.
:48:43. > :48:45.The Taliban, the Afghan government, the ICRC have all have
:48:46. > :48:47.all condemned the attack, and no one has yet taken
:48:48. > :48:49.responsibility for this killing and kidnapping,
:48:50. > :48:52.but the police chief of the province tells us that this area
:48:53. > :49:11.is where most militants loyal to Isis or Daesh operate.
:49:12. > :49:14.Lets move from Afghanistan to North Dakota...
:49:15. > :49:17.The final stage of a controversial oil pipeline in North Dakota has
:49:18. > :49:28.These are pictures from today and also from protests in the past.
:49:29. > :49:30.Opponents of the pipeline have called for worldwide
:49:31. > :49:36.These pictures are from today but the rest
:49:37. > :49:40.The protestors are mainly made up of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
:49:41. > :49:45.This is the background to this story.
:49:46. > :49:47.The pipeline is supposed to cross four states,
:49:48. > :49:54.to transport crude oil to a terminal in Illinois.
:49:55. > :50:04.Most of it is already built, except for this bit -
:50:05. > :50:05.the section closest to the Standing Rock
:50:06. > :50:08.Members of the tribe say the construction
:50:09. > :50:10.will damage their water supplies and ancestral cultural sites.
:50:11. > :50:12.These protests helped lead to the suspension of construction.
:50:13. > :50:21.That decision has been reversed by Donald Trump.
:50:22. > :50:24.The BBC's Peter Bowes is covering the story from Los Angeles.
:50:25. > :50:27.I asked him if there's anything the protesters can do at this stage.
:50:28. > :50:36.They can go to court and file an injunction hoping to stop the
:50:37. > :50:40.issuing of the permit, as it is known, the easement, that helps the
:50:41. > :50:43.company behind this pipeline. It would potentially stop them from
:50:44. > :50:48.starting the drilling necessary to install this final one mile section
:50:49. > :50:55.of this pipeline. Time is not on the side of the Sioux tribe, the
:50:56. > :50:58.Standing Rock Tribe, and this needs to happen very quickly, because that
:50:59. > :51:03.permit is likely to be issued later on today, which means the drilling
:51:04. > :51:06.could start as early as tomorrow. Presumably those who support the
:51:07. > :51:12.drilling or do they do respect this tribe and they do respect the
:51:13. > :51:17.importance of their water supply? Yes, they do, and they also say
:51:18. > :51:23.there is no mac danger. The company says the pipeline is entirely safe
:51:24. > :51:28.in its view, however local people disagree with that and they say, and
:51:29. > :51:34.they were gratified by the actions of the Obama administration in the
:51:35. > :51:38.middle of December, just a few weeks ago, really, which halted this
:51:39. > :51:42.project pending a further longer term environmental review of the
:51:43. > :51:46.situation. That review would have been followed by consultation with
:51:47. > :51:50.local people. What Donald Trump has done since taking office is
:51:51. > :51:55.expediting the process, essentially telling the army he wanted a quick
:51:56. > :51:59.decision, and that is what has come in the last 24 hours, which means
:52:00. > :52:04.this is very likely to go ahead. Presumably it is a tough time to
:52:05. > :52:09.protest against this one, firstly because of the weather, and secondly
:52:10. > :52:13.because Donald Trump is president, so protests are likely to be focused
:52:14. > :52:18.in Washington rather than North Dakota? Yes, it is a very remote
:52:19. > :52:22.area. As you mentioned, protests around this project have been
:52:23. > :52:26.global. It has really garnered a lot of support set around this country
:52:27. > :52:29.but globally as well. But in terms of physical protest, getting to this
:52:30. > :52:33.area and getting their very quickly is actually quite difficult. That
:52:34. > :52:37.may pose a problem but certainly from the statements issued by the
:52:38. > :52:41.Standing Rock Tribe tripe and others, they are determined to keep
:52:42. > :52:43.this fighting and ticket to the courts if it comes to -- the Sioux
:52:44. > :52:53.tribe. The top story today, MPs in
:52:54. > :52:58.Westminster have supported a bill in the House of Commons to allow the UK
:52:59. > :53:02.to start formal negotiations with the European Union to trigger its
:53:03. > :53:10.exit, triggering Article 50. Nigel Farage, former leader of the UK
:53:11. > :53:13.Independence party, has said... Of course until we get to the end of
:53:14. > :53:19.those negotiations we cannot know the form Brexit will take. What we
:53:20. > :53:22.do know now is that Prime Minister Theresa May is in a position to go
:53:23. > :53:27.to the European Union with the backing of the House of Commons, to
:53:28. > :53:30.trigger article 50 and begin those two years of negotiations, and of
:53:31. > :53:33.course we will be covering that every step of the way here on
:53:34. > :53:39.Outside Source. Just quickly, if you are a football fan, let me bring up
:53:40. > :53:51.some news coming through the BBC newsroom, to update you on that FA
:53:52. > :53:53.Cup game we were speaking about earlier. The game between the
:53:54. > :53:56.Premier League champions Leicester, and Derby. Leicester are in front.
:53:57. > :53:59.That is not a full-time results and keep an eye on the BBC sport app to
:54:00. > :54:03.find out which we that one goes. That is Outside Source for tonight.
:54:04. > :54:08.Thank you for watching.