:00:00. > :00:11.Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
:00:12. > :00:13.British MP's have voted for the government to begin
:00:14. > :00:18.The bill was never in any doubt, but a key amendment,
:00:19. > :00:20.guaranteeing the rights of EU nationals already in
:00:21. > :00:32.One of the Democrats' top senator has been silenced by the leader
:00:33. > :00:36.of the Senate for breaking the rules.
:00:37. > :00:45.Senator Warren said Senator Sessions has used the awesome power of his
:00:46. > :00:47.office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens.
:00:48. > :00:49.We'll be live in Washington in a moment.
:00:50. > :00:51.We're also going to talk about Donald Trump.
:00:52. > :01:02.It would be so great for our justice system if they would be able to read
:01:03. > :01:06.The most high-profile opposition figure in Russia has been been found
:01:07. > :01:11.Alexei Navalny can no longer run for president next year.
:01:12. > :01:34.If you want to get in touch at any time, you can at #BBC OS.
:01:35. > :01:38.British MPs have voted to allow the Government to formally begin
:01:39. > :01:44.the process of leaving the European Union.
:01:45. > :01:47.the process of leaving the European Union.
:01:48. > :02:07.Didn't have one to the right 494, the noes to the left, 122. -- the
:02:08. > :02:12.ayes to the right, 494. The ayes to the right 494, the noes to the left,
:02:13. > :02:16.122. The ayes habit, the ayes habit! The bill will now move
:02:17. > :02:20.onto the Upper House - If the Lords make any
:02:21. > :02:23.changes to the bill, it will be considered again
:02:24. > :02:25.by the Commons. We can join Rob Watson
:02:26. > :02:36.at Westminster now. We knew this Bill was going to go
:02:37. > :02:44.through but what have we learned from the results? It is a moment of
:02:45. > :02:48.history. This will go down as a key moment in European history and
:02:49. > :02:54.Britain's departure from the European Union. What have we
:02:55. > :02:59.learned? That although most MPs personally voted to Remain, this was
:03:00. > :03:04.the power of the referendum, with most of the MPs despite what they
:03:05. > :03:09.think of the possible consequences of Brexit, falling in behind this
:03:10. > :03:12.love that Theresa May once past so she can fired the starting gun.
:03:13. > :03:14.Before they voted for the bill overall, MPs spent hours voting
:03:15. > :03:20.on amendments to the bill, none of them passed.
:03:21. > :03:23.The one that was getting the most attention was probably from Harriet
:03:24. > :03:41.Harman who said. Not enough of them date. Was that
:03:42. > :03:44.expected? Yes, it was. The interesting thing here is what that
:03:45. > :03:49.tells you about the process that lies ahead and the various
:03:50. > :03:56.complexities and big issues. We still don't know exactly how that
:03:57. > :04:05.will be resolved, what will happen to do the many EU nationals living
:04:06. > :04:11.here. I is trade going to work, how will banking work? Hi Will movement
:04:12. > :04:15.and immigration of people? Rather than getting bogged down with the
:04:16. > :04:21.Parliamentary process here in the UK, what was instructive about that
:04:22. > :04:23.is just how complex this process of Britain leaving the eerie -- leaving
:04:24. > :04:26.the European Union is likely to be. He's referring to this headline
:04:27. > :04:31.in The Herald newspaper - "Support for independence surges
:04:32. > :04:49.on hard Brexit vow". That is related to Theresa May
:04:50. > :04:52.saying that Britain will leave the single market. It doesn't
:04:53. > :04:58.necessarily mean we will get a second referendum, does it? It does,
:04:59. > :05:03.but those who wanted Britain to remain in the European Union feared
:05:04. > :05:07.his threat to the United Kingdom itself. The Scottish National Party
:05:08. > :05:11.sense an opportunity. The opinion polls may be moving in that
:05:12. > :05:16.direction. It is not a done deal that there is no doubt that the
:05:17. > :05:23.union of the United Kingdom is shakier now than it was some weeks
:05:24. > :05:28.and months ago. One final thoughts, what happens next is that Theresa
:05:29. > :05:33.May will be hoping to have this law and trigger the process of Britain
:05:34. > :05:39.leaving the European Union at an EU summit on the 9th of March. That is
:05:40. > :05:45.where a real challenge begins, getting a good deal with the other
:05:46. > :05:49.EU 27. The staff in the Parliament was a relative piece of cake. A lot
:05:50. > :05:56.of these MPs are deeply worried about Brexit and will be watching
:05:57. > :06:02.these negotiations closely indeed. Thank you very much. If you want
:06:03. > :06:07.lots of background information on the Brexit processed you can find it
:06:08. > :06:09.online at any time you wanted at our website that BBC News.
:06:10. > :06:11.Things are getting spikey in the US Senate.
:06:12. > :06:13.The confirmation hearing for Attorney General nominee
:06:14. > :06:24.But Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren has been banned from speaking
:06:25. > :06:27.She'd read out a 30-year-old letter written by the widow
:06:28. > :06:35.The letter contains the accusation that Mr Sessions had "used
:06:36. > :06:38.the awesome powers of his office in a shabby attempt to intimidate
:06:39. > :07:01.The senator has impugned the motives and conduct of our member for
:07:02. > :07:05.Alabama. Senator Warren said Senator session has used the awesome power
:07:06. > :07:10.of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black
:07:11. > :07:20.citizens. I called the senator to order under the provision of rule
:07:21. > :07:28.19. Mr President... Mr President, I am surprised that the words of Mrs
:07:29. > :07:31.King are not suitable for debate in the United States Senate. I as leave
:07:32. > :07:33.of the Senate to continue my remarks.
:07:34. > :07:47.Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader, judged that to have
:07:48. > :07:53.Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader, judged that to have
:07:54. > :07:59.We can go to Washington now and join Anthony Zurcher.
:08:00. > :08:09.In trying to get quietened in this debate, they have Nato into a
:08:10. > :08:13.liberal marker. This is putting Elizabeth Warren in touch with the
:08:14. > :08:21.Democratic base and pushing her to the forefront of the 2020 race for
:08:22. > :08:26.the Democratic presidential nomination. They might have thought
:08:27. > :08:29.they were taking someone who was in punching the qualities of a
:08:30. > :08:34.colleague, but what they have done is turn this into a multi-day
:08:35. > :08:38.controversy. The data is captured looking ahead to the next
:08:39. > :08:39.presidential election! I can't help myself!
:08:40. > :08:41.Donald Trump addressed police chiefs earlier.
:08:42. > :08:49.Inevitably he turned to his travel ban which is currently suspended.
:08:50. > :08:58.I don't ever want to call a court biased, so I won't call it biased
:08:59. > :09:04.and we haven't had a decision yet. But courts seem to be so political
:09:05. > :09:12.and it would be so great for our justice system if they would be able
:09:13. > :09:15.to read a statement and do what is right, and that has to do with the
:09:16. > :09:18.security of our country, which is so important. Right now we are at risk
:09:19. > :09:27.because of what happened. A US Appeals court has
:09:28. > :09:31.said it will not deliver a ruling on Donald Trump's
:09:32. > :09:47.immigration ban today. How Washington -based journalist has
:09:48. > :10:04.said this. Would you agree with that analysis,
:10:05. > :10:08.or is that too strong? Donald Trump has profited over the course of his
:10:09. > :10:13.political rise in questioning established norms and political
:10:14. > :10:18.power structures. That is part of why his base like sin. It is unusual
:10:19. > :10:22.to see a president so directly question the judgment of the
:10:23. > :10:31.judicial system. He almost acknowledges that he is going to use
:10:32. > :10:36.-- lose this case. He is commenting on a court while they are
:10:37. > :10:40.extraordinary. I think he is trying extraordinary. I think he is trying
:10:41. > :10:46.to rally the base and laid the blame to rally the base and laid the blame
:10:47. > :10:47.of any future terrorist attacks of the judiciary because he
:10:48. > :10:56.think he will win in the court room. think he will win in the court room.
:10:57. > :10:59.Anthony, thank you very much. In a few minutes we will talk to a court
:11:00. > :11:01.case in Russia. Alexei Navalny is a leading Russian
:11:02. > :11:03.opposition figure and he's just been The former entertainer Rolf Harris
:11:04. > :11:15.has been found not guilty of three counts of indecent
:11:16. > :11:18.and sexual assault. A jury at Southwark Crown court
:11:19. > :11:20.was unable to reach verdicts on four The allegations in this trial
:11:21. > :11:23.spanned a 40-year period Our correspondent Sangita Myska has
:11:24. > :11:37.been at Southwark Crown Court. The prosecution has already asked to
:11:38. > :11:42.go our way to consider as to whether it can have a retrial on those kinds
:11:43. > :11:46.were the jury could not reach a verdict. In the meantime, Rolf
:11:47. > :11:51.Harris issued a statement in which he thanked the jury for the care and
:11:52. > :11:56.consideration and for clearing him of three counts of indecent assault
:11:57. > :12:00.today. Rolf Harris has protested his innocence throughout this trial but
:12:01. > :12:04.he did not walk out of court today a free man. Instead, he is heading
:12:05. > :12:09.back to Stanford prison because it is there that he is already serving
:12:10. > :12:11.a sentence for indecently assaulting four other women and girls. That
:12:12. > :12:19.trial was back in 2014. This is Outside Source live
:12:20. > :12:21.from the BBC newsroom. British MP's have voted
:12:22. > :12:26.for the Government to begin proceedings to leave the EU
:12:27. > :12:35.by a huge majority. South Africa's President,
:12:36. > :12:40.Jacob Zuma, has ordered the deployment of about 440 troops
:12:41. > :12:43.to maintain law and order in Parliament for his State
:12:44. > :12:48.of the Nation address on Thursday. Opposition parties have
:12:49. > :12:49.called the decision It's Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo -
:12:50. > :12:58.he was selected by MPs. The vote has been
:12:59. > :13:01.postponed for four years. But it finally happened
:13:02. > :13:03.at Mogadishu Airport, which one of the few places
:13:04. > :13:06.where security can be guaranteed. Somalia has not had a one-person
:13:07. > :13:08.one-vote democratic The Yemeni Government has told
:13:09. > :13:33.America it must coordinate with it on any future military missions
:13:34. > :13:35.on the ground. Last month a US commando
:13:36. > :13:37.raid didn't go plan. It happened on January 29th
:13:38. > :13:40.and targeted an al-Qaeda stronghold near a town called Al-Bayda
:13:41. > :13:42.in southern Yemen. More than a dozen civilians
:13:43. > :13:44.were killed, including children. Here's Mohamed Yehia
:13:45. > :14:07.from BBC Arabic. This story started this morning with
:14:08. > :14:13.withdrawal of permission from the Yemeni government to the American
:14:14. > :14:16.government to carry out ground operations. We have been trying all
:14:17. > :14:20.day to get through to the Yemeni government to ask this question but
:14:21. > :14:25.they have not applied. They said they did not withdraw permission for
:14:26. > :14:31.the Americans to conduct operations against Al-Qaeda and other terrorist
:14:32. > :14:37.groups, but they have reservations about the operations that happened
:14:38. > :14:44.on the 29th of January and they want to coordinate future operations with
:14:45. > :14:47.the Americans. The target was an Al-Qaeda base, heavily guarded
:14:48. > :14:55.cluster of buildings over there. Among the people killed the was an
:14:56. > :15:04.Al-Qaeda local commander, but he is also linked to tribal forces who are
:15:05. > :15:08.fighting people who are fighting alongside Saudi Arabia. This is
:15:09. > :15:10.where it gets murky and detentions get high amongst the Yemeni
:15:11. > :15:19.officials. So, in some ways they can be helpful
:15:20. > :15:25.in fighting the rebels? It is a web of intermingled tribals. But
:15:26. > :15:29.indirectly? The sky is thought to be an Al-Qaeda leader but he is also
:15:30. > :15:42.allied to tribal porters who are fighting against the who sees. We
:15:43. > :15:45.tried to bring you the best of information from around the world.
:15:46. > :15:47.Let's go to Russia. Russia's most prominent opposition
:15:48. > :15:50.leader is Alexei Navalny and he's has been given a five-year suspended
:15:51. > :15:52.sentence for embezzlement. This was a retrial and he got
:15:53. > :15:55.the the sentence is the same Navalny tweeted from the courtroom
:15:56. > :16:00."Even the witness statements are Although this time they were of
:16:01. > :16:04.course in a different order. Navalny claims both trials
:16:05. > :16:07.were politically motivated. He was intending to run
:16:08. > :16:12.for president in 2018. This is his official
:16:13. > :16:14.campaign website. Today's verdict means
:16:15. > :16:36.he's barred from running TRANSLATION: what we have seen
:16:37. > :16:41.neither is a sort of telegrams sent from the Kremlin saying that they
:16:42. > :16:44.believe that I, my team and the people whose views I voice too
:16:45. > :16:50.dangerous to take part in the election campaign. Nevertheless, we
:16:51. > :16:54.don't recognise this ruling. It will be overturned. I have every right to
:16:55. > :16:55.take part in the election according to the Constitution and I will do
:16:56. > :16:57.so. I wanted to know if there is any
:16:58. > :17:00.evidence that this trial suffered OS regular Olga Ivshina from BBC
:17:01. > :17:13.Russian helped me out. The European Court of Human Rights
:17:14. > :17:17.has ruled that the case was politically motivated and that is
:17:18. > :17:22.the reason why the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation had to send
:17:23. > :17:27.this case for a retrial. If you carefully look at the materials of
:17:28. > :17:32.the case it is quite weird. Many guys who are giving testimony back
:17:33. > :17:36.in 2013 and this time the could not answer the questions, they could
:17:37. > :17:41.barely remember what was going on. There were more questions than
:17:42. > :17:46.answers in this case. The ruling of the European Court of Human Rights
:17:47. > :17:50.tells us a lot. How does a suspended sentence work in Russia? The thing
:17:51. > :17:54.that is important in this case is that according to the Russian
:17:55. > :18:00.Constitution, people found guilty of serious crimes, they are not allowed
:18:01. > :18:04.to run for presidential campaigns. They can't participate in any
:18:05. > :18:10.elections as a candidate. On the other hand, today's ruling put it
:18:11. > :18:15.all back to stage one. It is a huge saga now because temp can appeal,
:18:16. > :18:20.prosecutors can appeal and that will go back and forth. They can go up to
:18:21. > :18:23.the Supreme Court again and again he can go to the European Court of
:18:24. > :18:27.Human Rights. What is playing against Alexei Navalny this time
:18:28. > :18:31.because he wants to run for the presidential campaign and the last
:18:32. > :18:37.if you can register is December 2,000 17. This week President Putin
:18:38. > :18:42.signed into law and you measure that decriminalise some forms domestic
:18:43. > :18:45.violence, a first offence that results in minor harm to a woman
:18:46. > :18:52.such as lacerations or bruising is will not be considered criminal.
:18:53. > :18:58.This has caused huge controversy around the world. Is it causing
:18:59. > :19:02.controversy in Russia? Not that much, to be honest. There is an old
:19:03. > :19:10.Russian saying that if a husband beats you it mean to loves you. Not
:19:11. > :19:15.supported by many people. Domestic violence is spreading in Russia and
:19:16. > :19:19.according to activists of the 87% of the cases do not get reported, so
:19:20. > :19:26.nobody goes to the police and reports. He basically took corporate
:19:27. > :19:30.bad thing, saying that the law on domestic violence is not working,
:19:31. > :19:34.but the way they changed it has raised a lot of discussions because
:19:35. > :19:39.people are not reading laws that deeply. They heard on TV is that it
:19:40. > :19:44.this could spark a lot of violence. this could spark a lot of violence.
:19:45. > :19:49.Was it supported by a lot of women MPs? By a huge majority in the
:19:50. > :19:53.Russian State Parliament, but we need to remember that in that
:19:54. > :19:58.parliament party discipline very important, so if the chief of the
:19:59. > :19:59.party told them to vote they would because it is part of the
:20:00. > :20:11.discipline. US media giant Time Warner
:20:12. > :20:14.is in a pretty good It's released better than expected
:20:15. > :20:18.results for the fourth quarter - revenue is up 11.5% -
:20:19. > :20:20.and the company's CEO Jeff Bewkes said today
:20:21. > :20:25.the $85 billion merger with AT - CEO Randall Stephenson,
:20:26. > :20:27.is still on track. There's one problem though -
:20:28. > :20:30.this man is opposed to the deal. On the campaign trail he said "It's
:20:31. > :20:49.too much concentration of power Let's go to New York. Samir Ek, the
:20:50. > :20:54.president was not keen when he said the Pope would he have any influence
:20:55. > :20:59.over whether this happens? He has echoed those few since becoming
:21:00. > :21:06.president, saying that he does not believe that this merger should
:21:07. > :21:12.happen. If you look on the part of these two companies, Time Warner, it
:21:13. > :21:19.owns CNN. CNN has received quite a lot of press, so to speak, from
:21:20. > :21:23.Donald Trump. He does not like them as a media organisation. If you look
:21:24. > :21:27.at AT they are trying really hard to make sure this gets pushed
:21:28. > :21:31.through by regulators. It has been reported that they are on a big
:21:32. > :21:36.trump offensive in Washington and have more than a dozen lobbyists
:21:37. > :21:40.working behind the scenes to make sure that this gets pushed through.
:21:41. > :21:45.The one thing that is happening here that is interesting is that it is
:21:46. > :21:52.not just president Trump he is against it, but there are
:21:53. > :21:55.republicans and Democrats who have spoken out against this merger. It
:21:56. > :21:57.comes at a time in which we are seeing a lot of this kind of
:21:58. > :21:59.consolidation and that is bringing about some concern amongst people.
:22:00. > :22:10.Thank you very much. I got discrete from David dashed
:22:11. > :22:14.tweet from David in the UK saying interestingly, no coverage on the
:22:15. > :22:19.BBC of the Intel investment pledge yet. The problem was I had not been
:22:20. > :22:26.on air after I had heard of that story. Here is Donald Trump saying
:22:27. > :22:31.thanks to the CEO of Intel, a great investment of $7 billion in what he
:22:32. > :22:40.calls in American innovation and jobs. He has been at the White House
:22:41. > :22:47.talking with the president. This is Brian, you should say a few words.
:22:48. > :22:54.It is an honour to be here today representing Intel. To be able to
:22:55. > :22:59.announce our 7 billion dollar investment in the most advanced
:23:00. > :23:04.factory in Chandler, Arizona. We will be completing that factory to
:23:05. > :23:10.make the most advanced semiconductor chips on the planet.
:23:11. > :23:18.Let's look at the mania. A snowstorm, a mild earthquake, power
:23:19. > :23:23.blackouts have all been going on the people are still demonstrating and
:23:24. > :23:29.the temperature is minus three Celsius. It is day nine of these
:23:30. > :23:31.protests. Most of them have been happening in the capital, Bucharest.
:23:32. > :23:37.Here are some of the latest pictures. This all began after a
:23:38. > :23:42.decree that weakened anti-corruption laws. The decree was overturned at
:23:43. > :23:50.the weekend, but the protests go on. They want the government gone. Here
:23:51. > :23:53.are some protesters explaining why. We are keeping our petition strong
:23:54. > :23:59.and we want our government to resign because we can't trust them. They
:24:00. > :24:03.come in in the middle of the night to pass corrupt laws for corrupt
:24:04. > :24:12.politicians. We will keep coming every night until they resign. We
:24:13. > :24:16.want to make the point that you cannot accuse the people like this
:24:17. > :24:21.and sustain power. It will not happen any more. Today the
:24:22. > :24:29.government survived a no-confidence vote. The president has also been
:24:30. > :24:32.dying talking to the protesters. The president has a largely ceremonial
:24:33. > :24:34.role, but the protesters were shouting for him to resign of the
:24:35. > :24:44.same. Today the focus shifted to
:24:45. > :24:48.Parliament and a no-confidence vote in the social Democrat Liberal
:24:49. > :24:52.coalition government. On paper there are still strong, only being in
:24:53. > :24:58.power a month, but in practice they have been badly wounded by the size
:24:59. > :25:02.of the protest against them. This is a country were demonstrations are
:25:03. > :25:07.often successful, only two years ago a previous social Democratic
:25:08. > :25:10.government was brought down, also after a corruption scandal.
:25:11. > :25:16.Protesters are well organised with excellent communications. The
:25:17. > :25:21.protesters have an important ally in the president. When he accused the
:25:22. > :25:26.governing social Democrats of defending their own corrupt
:25:27. > :25:32.interests, the MPs left the chamber. All eyes in Romania are not on what
:25:33. > :25:38.the government will do next. Just had a message from somebody watching
:25:39. > :25:40.in Mumbai in India saying there is more online on the story about the
:25:41. > :25:45.main opposition figure in Russia being given a five-year suspended
:25:46. > :25:49.sentence. If you go to the front page of the BBC News website, click
:25:50. > :25:53.on the Europe tag and you will find extensive coverage of that. I will
:25:54. > :25:55.be back with you in a couple of minutes for the second half of
:25:56. > :26:11.outside source. Memories of the drought that has
:26:12. > :26:15.been gripping California over recent years quickly fading away. Another
:26:16. > :26:19.weather system is moving in from the Pacific to bring heavy rain, not
:26:20. > :26:24.that we need any more that just at the moment because we have seen some
:26:25. > :26:28.pretty nasty flooding in parts of California over recent days. Roads
:26:29. > :26:32.have been turned to rivers. There is more rain on the way. Across the
:26:33. > :26:36.north-east of the United States it is a different problem. The pressure
:26:37. > :26:53.will bring a spell of snow as we head through the
:26:54. > :26:57.night into Thursday. Anyone planning to catch a transatlantic flight bear
:26:58. > :27:00.this in mind as it could get as much as 25 centimetres of snow. There
:27:01. > :27:02.will be disruption to the roads and airports and it could be flight
:27:03. > :27:05.cancellations. This was the scene in Vancouver, and mass snowball fight
:27:06. > :27:07.as we have seen lots of heavy still here over recent days. There will be
:27:08. > :27:10.more of that before the snow turns back to rain on Thursday. We have a
:27:11. > :27:12.relatively mild there are pushing into the midwest, bitterly cold and
:27:13. > :27:17.central Canada. Temperatures as a maximum of -15 in Winnipeg. In
:27:18. > :27:21.Europe, a big area of high pressure in Scandinavia, cold easterly winds
:27:22. > :27:26.feeding in across much of Eastern Europe brings cloudy skies and snow
:27:27. > :27:30.flurries. By the skies in the Mediterranean, bringing rough seas
:27:31. > :27:34.and gale force gusts of wind and outbreaks of rain that will be back
:27:35. > :27:41.in Corsica, Sardinia and mainland Italy and Sicily. Some of those
:27:42. > :27:48.heavy showers will move into the North of Tunisia and north-east
:27:49. > :27:53.Algeria as we go through Thursday. In our weather, the clues to what is
:27:54. > :27:57.happening lie in the jet stream. War on terror is being pushed up into
:27:58. > :28:01.the Arctic, building this big area of high pressure in Scandinavia that
:28:02. > :28:10.is going nowhere fast in the next few days. On the southern flanker
:28:11. > :28:13.that high, we get these winds moving across the continent into the UK.
:28:14. > :28:17.Temperatures will be below par for the next few days and the rest of
:28:18. > :28:21.the week will be cloudy. It will turn colder and the cloud will be
:28:22. > :28:25.thick enough for some snow showers at times. Here is the picture to
:28:26. > :28:29.take us through the night. A lot of cloud around, but under the clear
:28:30. > :28:33.skies it will be cold. The temperature potentially getting down
:28:34. > :28:39.to -3 in western parts of England, Scotland and Wales. Temperatures
:28:40. > :28:44.hovering close to freezing on the East Coast because we have that
:28:45. > :28:49.cloud here back could turn to snow overnight into Thursday. There could
:28:50. > :28:53.be some slight accumulation in some places, but otherwise I cloudy and
:28:54. > :30:16.cold day with a bitter wind. That is your latest weather. Bye for now.
:30:17. > :30:18.Hello, I'm Ros Atkins - this is Outside Source.
:30:19. > :30:23.Brexit gets a step closer to happening.
:30:24. > :30:33.The bill was never in any doubt, but a key amendment guaranteeing
:30:34. > :30:36.the rights of EU nationals already in the UK was not passed.
:30:37. > :30:38.Donald Trump is unhappy with how long it's taking
:30:39. > :30:42.Mark Urban's been investigating how easy it'll be to get things done
:30:43. > :30:54.There is no obedience with this Congress and there never has been
:30:55. > :30:55.but I do not think with this president, there will be.
:30:56. > :30:58.The Dakota Access oil pipeline was the focus of mass protests
:30:59. > :31:02.Its construction had been suspended, but now it's got the go-ahead
:31:03. > :31:07.And Qatar is spending $500 million a week on World Cup preparations.
:31:08. > :31:38.We'll look at what it's getting for its money.
:31:39. > :31:40.As Donald Trump keeps reminding us the confirmation hearings
:31:41. > :31:44.Today, the Senate will vote Jeff Sessions, who is Donald Trump's
:31:45. > :31:48.And the President isn't happy about the pace of this.
:31:49. > :31:50."It is a disgrace that my full Cabinet
:31:51. > :31:52.is still not in place, the longest such delay
:31:53. > :32:02.That's not true, by the way - it's not the longest such delay.
:32:03. > :32:05.Anyhow, it is very likely Mr Trump will get the cabinet he wants.
:32:06. > :32:07.But he will still face significant challenges
:32:08. > :32:09.if he wants his main policies through.
:32:10. > :32:12.And this next report, by the Mark Urban from the BBC's
:32:13. > :32:15.Newsnight programme, looks at just that.
:32:16. > :32:17.You can come here, promising to drain the swamp or dethrone
:32:18. > :32:20.the establishment, but this city has a way of protecting its interests,
:32:21. > :32:22.slowing down those who challenge its ways.
:32:23. > :32:24.So the Trump administration's process of nominating a Cabinet
:32:25. > :32:29.This level of obstruction at the beginning of an administration
:32:30. > :32:31.is really record-setting in a very unfortunate way.
:32:32. > :32:34.While the Senate have blamed the Democrats for the go slow,
:32:35. > :32:40.they don't have the numbers to wreck Trump's agenda.
:32:41. > :32:42.Rather, it's doubts among Republicans that could pose the most
:32:43. > :32:46.Keen to impress the people who voted for him, President Trump has signed
:32:47. > :32:48.some highly significant and emotive executive orders.
:32:49. > :32:51.But you can't run the country by those alone, particularly when it
:32:52. > :33:03.comes to spending money or changing existing laws.
:33:04. > :33:06.For that, you need to go up to the Hill and get people
:33:07. > :33:14.Thousands of people work on the Hill in offices so widely spread,
:33:15. > :33:25.Things here travel at the speed legislators can work with.
:33:26. > :33:36.As many presidents elected on a reform ticket have discovered.
:33:37. > :33:39.John has been a Hill insider for the best part of 20 years.
:33:40. > :33:41.With a Republican majority of just two in the Senate,
:33:42. > :33:45.he sees particular risks there for the White House.
:33:46. > :33:47.The members of the Senate especially, because they have
:33:48. > :33:49.these six-year terms, they have tremendous power, they can
:33:50. > :33:52.gum up the works any time they want, and you'll see that,
:33:53. > :33:54.especially for some Republicans who don't really like Donald Trump
:33:55. > :34:05.or trust him, they will step up and say what they feel.
:34:06. > :34:09.So there is no obedience with this Congress, there never has been but,
:34:10. > :34:12.but especially with this President, I don't think there ever will be.
:34:13. > :34:14.The combination, seen with the nomination Betsy DeVos,
:34:15. > :34:16.of Democrats keen to thwart Trump voting with a small number
:34:17. > :34:19.of dissident Republicans could pose all manner of problems
:34:20. > :34:22.To avoid them, he must stick to policies where
:34:23. > :34:24.he and Congressional Republicans are on the same page.
:34:25. > :34:27.I believe in the need for bilateral agreements with the UK or Japan,
:34:28. > :34:42.We all agree that our tax code is overly complex,
:34:43. > :34:54.there are over 70,000 pages in our tax code, it's too complex.
:34:55. > :34:57.People want it simpler, fairer and in many respects flatter.
:34:58. > :34:59.So that's something we should be focused on and I think
:35:00. > :35:01.we'll find common ground with the administration.
:35:02. > :35:03.Among those on powerful Senate committees, there are already key
:35:04. > :35:06.figures who now challenge Trump on issues such as the handling
:35:07. > :35:08.of his immigrant ban or his professed admiration
:35:09. > :35:13.Are you worried by what the President's been saying?
:35:14. > :35:16.There have been a lot of things said that I wouldn't
:35:17. > :35:18.say but I think that, as time moves on, there'll
:35:19. > :35:21.be a much more coming together on those issues.
:35:22. > :35:24.I think that the administration is just getting going and my sense
:35:25. > :35:26.is that, in the very near future, things will be in the
:35:27. > :35:46.On nominations, health care or Russian sanctions,
:35:47. > :35:48.Trump campaign trail pledges are already being modified
:35:49. > :36:10.As the President starts to spend money, that will intensify.
:36:11. > :36:19.It might know it is time for Outside Source Sport. -- now it is time for.
:36:20. > :36:22.For the first time, a women's bout will headline a night of boxing
:36:23. > :36:25.Star of the show is Claressa Shields.
:36:26. > :36:27.She's the most successful amateur boxer in US history,
:36:28. > :36:28.and a two-time Olympic gold medallist.
:36:29. > :36:30.Now to Hugh Woozencroft, at the BBC Sport Centre.
:36:31. > :36:34.I guess despite her success this is still a sizeable leap up? Yes,
:36:35. > :36:38.hello. It is a sizeable leap. Well, it's interesting, isn't it,
:36:39. > :36:40.the rise of mixed martial arts in recent years has
:36:41. > :36:42.included women's fights? And that popularity,
:36:43. > :36:45.led by the likes of Ronda Rousey, Following that extra
:36:46. > :36:47.attention in women's bouts come more sponsorship
:36:48. > :36:49.and more money and quality. Now the quality in women's boxing
:36:50. > :36:52.has been there for a long long time, so could the rise in professional
:36:53. > :36:55.female boxers spur American Claressa Shields
:36:56. > :37:11.headlines when she takes on Hungary's Szilvia Szabados
:37:12. > :37:13.for North American Boxing Federation title in Detroit
:37:14. > :37:15.on the 10th of March. Shields is just 21, but took Olympic
:37:16. > :37:18.middleweight gold in 2008 and 2012 and with the likes of Olympic
:37:19. > :37:21.champion Katie Taylor of Ireland and Great Britain's Nicola Adams
:37:22. > :37:23.also leaving amateur boxing in favour of the professional ranks,
:37:24. > :37:45.I think we can expect to see much A good start. And just ask you about
:37:46. > :37:51.the FA Cup game? Yes, the replay in the FA Cup between Derby County and
:37:52. > :37:55.Leicester City has just finished. We will see extra time to see which of
:37:56. > :38:08.these two says will get through to the last 16. As it has finished 1-1
:38:09. > :38:13.at full-time. Thank you, and you can keep up-to-date with that on the BBC
:38:14. > :38:16.sport web page. Take a look at this guy and remember
:38:17. > :38:19.the name - Mohit Ahlawat. He could be cricket's
:38:20. > :38:21.next big thing. He's 21, and has hit 300 in a local
:38:22. > :38:24.Twenty20 match in Delhi. He scored at four runs a ball -
:38:25. > :38:27.which, if you're not into cricket, This was taking place
:38:28. > :38:32.in a game in Delhi. He was playing against a team
:38:33. > :38:34.called Friends 11 - how unfriendly Mohit
:38:35. > :38:36.was to their bowlers! 39, and let me just repeat that -
:38:37. > :38:39.39, sixes he hit, and he also added 14 fours,
:38:40. > :38:42.when he couldn't be bothered He needed 50, basically,
:38:43. > :38:45.off the last two overs. He finished hitting
:38:46. > :38:46.five consecutive sixes. When asked afterwards,
:38:47. > :38:49.he said he felt that he was Continuing our commitment
:38:50. > :39:07.to covering sports that's don't get much coverage,
:39:08. > :39:17.let me show the final moments It doesn't matter how many of these
:39:18. > :39:19.you have potted before, and he has done millions of them, it is the
:39:20. > :39:20.World Championships, the big one. There were entrants from the UK,
:39:21. > :39:22.France, Norway, Ireland, He is perfect, absolutely plum. He
:39:23. > :39:42.from Shooters Sports Bar He is perfect, absolutely plum. He
:39:43. > :39:46.could pot- both... Pot-shot, there will be each cheer after this. And
:39:47. > :39:49.that is the one that clinched it. Congratulations to Craig.
:39:50. > :39:51.We've also been in touch with international bodies
:39:52. > :39:52.for downhill skateboarding, kite surfing, table tennis
:39:53. > :39:55.More under-reported sports next week on Outside Source.
:39:56. > :40:10.Have you seen how much Qatar is spending on hosting the World Cup?
:40:11. > :40:13.New figures put it at $500 million - a week.
:40:14. > :40:16.By the time it comes round in 2022, it's predicted the bill will be more
:40:17. > :40:20.Brazil spent $11 billion in 2014.
:40:21. > :40:23.Russia is expected to spend $10.7 billion on the 2018 event.
:40:24. > :40:39.This is what the country's finance minister said:
:40:40. > :40:42.With that kind of spending, you wouldn't think there would be
:40:43. > :40:51.What the finance minister was saying, I think,
:40:52. > :40:53.was two things and one was reassurance, because Qatar,
:40:54. > :40:56.like other Gulf countries, has faced quite a fall
:40:57. > :40:58.in its revenue in the last couple of years.
:40:59. > :41:01.There have been a number of cutbacks in a number of its businesses.
:41:02. > :41:03.What he is making clear is that will not affect
:41:04. > :41:08.What he is also making clear, in a sense, is that $200 million,
:41:09. > :41:10.if that is all being spent specifically on the stadiums
:41:11. > :41:12.and the footballing aspect of the World Cup, then that
:41:13. > :41:29.absolutely dwarfs any spending has ever been before in a World Cup.
:41:30. > :41:32.What he was saying is this is the infrastructure
:41:33. > :41:33.being built around it - roads, transport, hotels,
:41:34. > :41:38.So in a sense Qatar is using this a reason to continue with...
:41:39. > :41:40.Obviously there has been huge building for years in Qatar,
:41:41. > :41:42.but to make it infrastructure even bigger and stronger,
:41:43. > :41:45.with the World Cup being the target it is aiming for.
:41:46. > :41:47.And I guess with this huge increase in construction,
:41:48. > :41:49.more questions about how the construction is working,
:41:50. > :41:51.the conditions in which people are working under?
:41:52. > :41:54.Yes, I mean the problem Qatar has with its migrant workers is one
:41:55. > :41:57.again faced across the whole of the Gulf, where they don't have
:41:58. > :42:00.rights - although there are laws which are supposed to protect them,
:42:01. > :42:02.they are not always enforced, and Qatar has faced
:42:03. > :42:13.There have been reports that workers have died on the site.
:42:14. > :42:17.It has turned out I think that most of the deaths that have been
:42:18. > :42:18.reported have not actually be directly connected with
:42:19. > :42:21.the World Cup, but there have been many calls internationally
:42:22. > :42:23.from governments to rights organisations that they need
:42:24. > :42:27.They promised a couple of months ago that there would be
:42:28. > :42:40.Every time a country hosts the World Cup,
:42:41. > :42:44.whether it's South Africa or Brazil, or any others, there is an internal
:42:45. > :42:46.discussion about whether this is money well spent.
:42:47. > :42:50.I don't think that kind of discussion quite happens in Qatar.
:42:51. > :42:53.It has not reached a stage where money is so short
:42:54. > :42:55.that they have to be concerned, but Qatar, like other
:42:56. > :42:57.Gulf countries, again, is going to be undergoing certain
:42:58. > :42:59.changes in the way that it provides for its people
:43:00. > :43:10.VAT, for instance, is going to be introduced across the Gulf.
:43:11. > :43:13.It could be the first element of tax actually being brought in,
:43:14. > :43:15.and obviously when you start having tax people become more
:43:16. > :43:18.concerned about the way their money is being spent.
:43:19. > :43:20.So that process may begin to start happening by the time
:43:21. > :43:31.of the World Cup, but for now I don't think we have to worry.
:43:32. > :43:34.They have a tiny population - 90% of the population
:43:35. > :43:37.Massively bolstered by the numbers, the hundreds of thousands,
:43:38. > :43:46.who comes specifically for the World Cup.
:43:47. > :43:54.You will remember we were covering protests over a proposed oil
:43:55. > :43:57.pipeline in Dakota. President Obama suspended that and President Trump
:43:58. > :43:58.has now intervened and it looks like it will now go ahead. We will bring
:43:59. > :44:06.you details on that. A woman has won an appeal
:44:07. > :44:08.to the Supreme Court after being denied payments
:44:09. > :44:10.from her late partner's Chris Buckler reports
:44:11. > :44:19.on the significance of the case. Denise Brewster had lived
:44:20. > :44:21.with her fiance, Lenny, for ten years and they were making
:44:22. > :44:24.plans for their future. When I look at this picture,
:44:25. > :44:28.I think that's just how we were. He was a fun loving guy,
:44:29. > :44:31.he had lots of friends. But in 2009, just days after
:44:32. > :44:39.they got engaged, he died suddenly. It was such a difficult time and it
:44:40. > :44:42.will always remain difficult for me. But I feel Lenny has
:44:43. > :44:44.given me strength at For 15 years, Lenny worked
:44:45. > :44:56.for Translink, which provides public transport in Northern Ireland and,
:44:57. > :44:58.during that time, like many workers, he paid into a local
:44:59. > :45:00.government pension scheme, which he thought would provide
:45:01. > :45:03.some security for him But when he died, Denise
:45:04. > :45:11.was informed she wouldn't benefit. Because Denise wasn't married,
:45:12. > :45:13.she was told that she wasn't Her partner would have had to have
:45:14. > :45:21.filled out this, a nomination form. She argued that that was a lawful
:45:22. > :45:24.discrimination and today the Supreme Court ruled
:45:25. > :45:25.in her favour. We say that she is entitled
:45:26. > :45:28.to receive a pension and that the nomination requirement
:45:29. > :45:30.should no longer be applied. It's a ruling that could benefit
:45:31. > :45:33.the partners of some other public sector workers like nurses,
:45:34. > :45:35.teachers and civil servants although that could depend
:45:36. > :45:37.on the rules of each There are over 6 million
:45:38. > :45:47.people across the country Many of them are in company
:45:48. > :45:50.pension schemes, public sector pension schemes,
:45:51. > :45:52.and they should be treated equally So I hope all pension schemes
:45:53. > :45:56.will review their rules And the woman who fought this case
:45:57. > :46:00.hopes it will provide greater At least I just had to defend
:46:01. > :46:06.for myself and I had to take my hardships but,
:46:07. > :46:09.when you have other families that have a young daughter or son
:46:10. > :46:12.who are losing their daddy or their mummy, and then
:46:13. > :46:14.they have the financial burden on top of that,
:46:15. > :46:16.the inequality and the injustice And this is a judgment which perhaps
:46:17. > :46:21.reflects changes to what the word This is Outside Source,
:46:22. > :46:48.live from the BBC newsroom. British MPs have voted
:46:49. > :46:52.for the Government to begin proceedings to leave the EU
:46:53. > :46:54.by a huge majority. If you're outside of the UK,
:46:55. > :47:02.it's World News America next. With no decision expected
:47:03. > :47:04.on the travel ban today, they'll be looking at the mood
:47:05. > :47:07.in the US administration with the help of the Time magazines
:47:08. > :47:12.White House correspondent. Here in the UK, the
:47:13. > :47:19.News at Ten is next. Our Europe editor Katya Adler has
:47:20. > :47:23.been looking at the rise of populist Earlier the International Committee
:47:24. > :47:46.of the Red Cross in Afghanistan Confirming that six of its staff had
:47:47. > :47:52.been killed in Afghanistan. We know this happened in the north of the
:47:53. > :47:58.country and an convoy were missing -- an aid convoy was missing.
:47:59. > :48:14.Drivers and five field officers were on their way to deliver some
:48:15. > :48:17.livestock to the needy people of a village in this northern
:48:18. > :48:19.province of Afghanistan, that they were stopped on the way,
:48:20. > :48:24.Six of them were killed, two of them were kidnapped, and we do not know
:48:25. > :48:28.Now, the local officials tell the BBC that they have sent
:48:29. > :48:31.a delegation of elders to that area controlled mainly by Uzbek
:48:32. > :48:34.and militants related to either Isis or Daesh to try to reach a deal
:48:35. > :48:38.to try to release the two staff members.
:48:39. > :48:41.to try to release the two staff members of ICRC.
:48:42. > :48:43.The Taliban, the Afghan government, the ICRC have all have
:48:44. > :48:45.all condemned the attack, and no one has yet taken
:48:46. > :48:47.responsibility for this killing and kidnapping,
:48:48. > :48:50.but the police chief of the province tells us that this area
:48:51. > :49:10.is where most militants loyal to Isis or Daesh operate.
:49:11. > :49:12.Lets move from Afghanistan to North Dakota...
:49:13. > :49:15.The final stage of a controversial oil pipeline in North Dakota has
:49:16. > :49:26.These are pictures from today and also from protests in the past.
:49:27. > :49:28.Opponents of the pipeline have called for worldwide
:49:29. > :49:34.These pictures are from today but the rest
:49:35. > :49:38.The protestors are mainly made up of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
:49:39. > :49:43.This is the background to this story.
:49:44. > :49:45.The pipeline is supposed to cross four states,
:49:46. > :49:52.to transport crude oil to a terminal in Illinois.
:49:53. > :50:02.Most of it is already built, except for this bit -
:50:03. > :50:04.the section closest to the Standing Rock
:50:05. > :50:06.Members of the tribe say the construction
:50:07. > :50:08.will damage their water supplies and ancestral cultural sites.
:50:09. > :50:11.These protests helped lead to the suspension of construction.
:50:12. > :50:19.That decision has been reversed by Donald Trump.
:50:20. > :50:22.The BBC's Peter Bowes is covering the story from Los Angeles.
:50:23. > :50:25.I asked him if there's anything the protesters can do at this stage.
:50:26. > :50:34.They can go to court and file an injunction hoping to stop the
:50:35. > :50:38.issuing of the permit, as it is known, the easement, that helps the
:50:39. > :50:42.company behind this pipeline. It would potentially stop them from
:50:43. > :50:46.starting the drilling necessary to install this final one mile section
:50:47. > :50:53.of this pipeline. Time is not on the side of the Sioux tribe, the
:50:54. > :50:57.Standing Rock Tribe, and this needs to happen very quickly, because that
:50:58. > :51:01.permit is likely to be issued later on today, which means the drilling
:51:02. > :51:05.could start as early as tomorrow. Presumably those who support the
:51:06. > :51:10.drilling or do they do respect this tribe and they do respect the
:51:11. > :51:15.importance of their water supply? Yes, they do, and they also say
:51:16. > :51:21.there is no mac danger. The company says the pipeline is entirely safe
:51:22. > :51:26.in its view, however local people disagree with that and they say, and
:51:27. > :51:32.they were gratified by the actions of the Obama administration in the
:51:33. > :51:36.middle of December, just a few weeks ago, really, which halted this
:51:37. > :51:40.project pending a further longer term environmental review of the
:51:41. > :51:44.situation. That review would have been followed by consultation with
:51:45. > :51:49.local people. What Donald Trump has done since taking office is
:51:50. > :51:53.expediting the process, essentially telling the army he wanted a quick
:51:54. > :51:57.decision, and that is what has come in the last 24 hours, which means
:51:58. > :52:02.this is very likely to go ahead. Presumably it is a tough time to
:52:03. > :52:07.protest against this one, firstly because of the weather, and secondly
:52:08. > :52:11.because Donald Trump is president, so protests are likely to be focused
:52:12. > :52:16.in Washington rather than North Dakota? Yes, it is a very remote
:52:17. > :52:20.area. As you mentioned, protests around this project have been
:52:21. > :52:24.global. It has really garnered a lot of support set around this country
:52:25. > :52:27.but globally as well. But in terms of physical protest, getting to this
:52:28. > :52:31.area and getting their very quickly is actually quite difficult. That
:52:32. > :52:35.may pose a problem but certainly from the statements issued by the
:52:36. > :52:39.Standing Rock Tribe tripe and others, they are determined to keep
:52:40. > :52:41.this fighting and ticket to the courts if it comes to -- the Sioux
:52:42. > :52:51.tribe. The top story today, MPs in
:52:52. > :52:56.Westminster have supported a bill in the House of Commons to allow the UK
:52:57. > :53:00.to start formal negotiations with the European Union to trigger its
:53:01. > :53:08.exit, triggering Article 50. Nigel Farage, former leader of the UK
:53:09. > :53:12.Independence party, has said... Of course until we get to the end of
:53:13. > :53:17.those negotiations we cannot know the form Brexit will take. What we
:53:18. > :53:20.do know now is that Prime Minister Theresa May is in a position to go
:53:21. > :53:25.to the European Union with the backing of the House of Commons, to
:53:26. > :53:28.trigger article 50 and begin those two years of negotiations, and of
:53:29. > :53:31.course we will be covering that every step of the way here on
:53:32. > :53:37.Outside Source. Just quickly, if you are a football fan, let me bring up
:53:38. > :53:49.some news coming through the BBC newsroom, to update you on that FA
:53:50. > :53:51.Cup game we were speaking about earlier. The game between the
:53:52. > :53:54.Premier League champions Leicester, and Derby. Leicester are in front.
:53:55. > :53:57.That is not a full-time results and keep an eye on the BBC sport app to
:53:58. > :54:01.find out which we that one goes. That is Outside Source for tonight.
:54:02. > :54:02.Thank you for