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

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

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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have met at the White House -

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both have acknowledged that the two state solution may not be

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I thought for a while the two state looked like it might be the easier

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of the two, but honestly, if Israel and the Palestinians are happy, I'm

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happy with the one they like the best.

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The fall out from Michael Flynn's resignation as National Security

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The President has come to General Flynn's defence

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and launched a scathing attack on the media.

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Katty Kay will be with us to talk this through.

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In Malaysia, a woman's been arrested in connection with the killing

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We'll play a report from the scene of the murder.

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And in OS Sport - we're going to get into whether Usain Bolt has

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And we will speak to a competitor in a major downhill skateboarding event

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in Australia. Another extraordinary

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day in the short life Donald Trump started the day

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by attacking the media That's as more questions emerged

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about the circumstances around Michael Flynn's resignation

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as National Security advisor. The Democrats -

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and some Republicans - are calling for an independent

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inquiry into the Trump And Mr Trump's hosted

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a very good-natured visit by Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu -

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during which he ditched America's long-standing commitment

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to the two-state solution Lest any of us get used

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to the frantic pace. The BBC's North America editor

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has a reminder for us. Throughout the campaign and during

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the early days of Mr Trump's presidency, we've spoken a lot to

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Katty Kay. When you do get moments to pause and reflect, what are you

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making of it? When I get those moments I prefer to sleep, because

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there's not enough of that going on in Washington. It is extraordinary.

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What John was referring to is that this is an administration that seems

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to be entirely occupied with scandals and who is up and who is

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down. We have not had the new travel ban, which we were meant to get this

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week. We haven't had tax reform proposals or in infrastructure

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spending bill, all of those things that Donald Trump said he was going

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to do. The things that he promised he would do immediately when he got

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into office have been derailed by the problems of this administration.

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I spoke to a Democratic congressmen on -- today, and he said this is all

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raising questions of competence. There's a lot of issues we want to

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raise with you. First of all this story claiming that Trump campaign

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aides had frequent contacts with Russian intelligence. On Donald

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Trump 's Twitter feed, he says that the real scandal is that classified

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information is given out like candy. Is there an issue between Mr Trump

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and the intelligence agencies, and do we have to acknowledge that there

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are people out there that have it into him? One of the tweets he sent

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out this morning was directly attacking the FBI and the National

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Security Agency, which is another branch of the intelligence

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community. Donald Trump and Michael Flynn have made no bones about this.

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They have taken on the intelligence agencies before taking office and

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now, and if you take them on, it will come back to bite you. He

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doesn't have loyalty from those agencies and they are talking to

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reporters. It is a problem. If they start talking about sensitive issues

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like North Korea, it could be a national security problem. But the

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real story here is that Donald Trump's campaign team members, it is

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reported by the New York Times, had been in regular contact with Russian

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intelligence officials. Make no mistake, the story here is Russia

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and Donald Trump's relationship with Russia. Some questions from viewers.

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John says, it is hard to know what to make of all the tweets and the

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statements. Are they to appease supporters or is he out of his

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depth? Sum is to appease his supporters. People who voted for

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Donald Trump like his style, they like his tweets. They find their

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wrists and energy and an offensiveness, and they like that.

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He is taking on the establishment. They didn't send him to Washington

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to be nice. They sent him there to blow up the establishment,

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effectively, and that is what he is doing. The tweets are part of that.

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I have got used to waking up in the morning here in Washington wondering

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what he has been tweeting today. And this morning, as a succession of

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tweets attacking the media and the intelligence agencies. You can sense

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the growing frustration in the president. I would warn him to calm

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down a bit, if I were his doctor. And what has happened to the wall,

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jobs, and the immigration ban, we are being asked? And what has

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happened to the new travel restrictions. Where have we got to

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with all of that? Really good questions. The business of

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government seems to have been distracted or derailed by the

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process of managing the Michael Flynn fall out and these personnel

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issues. The White House needs to get back contract. It is a month into

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his administration. It can change, it can get better and more

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efficient, but it needs to do so soon, because it is losing a certain

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amount of credibility among Republicans who would also like to

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see the new travel ban, the infrastructure bill and the other

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things that Donald Trump has promised them. He will lose

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political capital the longer it takes him to get this administration

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functioning and normalised again. So far, that isn't happening, and

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partly because of Donald Trump's tweets and the things he says. Thank

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you, Katty Kay. And remember, Katty Kay and Christian Fraser presents

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the programme 100 Days, focusing on the early stages of Donald Trump's

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presidency and the effect on the world.

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One of Donald Trump's earliest pledges as President was to overturn

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many of the financial regulations put in place following

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The President has claimed the regulations are

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On Tuesday, President Trump signed legislation striking down a rule

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that requires oil and gas companies to disclose payments to the US

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or foreign governments for commercial development.

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Before we get into whether that is the right all wrong thing to do, can

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you explain to us what companies will be allowed to do that they

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couldn't previously, Michelle? Let's begin with the Dodd Frank act,

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introduced after the financial crisis, meant to stabilise the

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financial system is, after we saw a huge implosion here on Wall Street.

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Then there was something known as the extraction rule within that,

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something that didn't affect banks all Wall Street, but it did affect

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some of the week energy companies here in America, and essentially

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what it did was prevent them from making payments to governments in

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exchange for drilling rights, and not making it public. That is the

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key bit. The idea was transparency. Supporters of this clause claimed

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that it tried to ensure that the money was transferred, people knew

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where it was going, and it couldn't be pilfered for other uses. That is

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often known as the resource curse, in which developing countries, where

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they have oil, sometimes the benefits go to those at the top of

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society and don't benefit the people of that country. This was meant to

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address that. The oil companies have thought that all along and said it

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put them at a disadvantage. But Europe have this kind of thing in

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place. Michelle, thank you for that. One of the directives that may be

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overturned requires companies to disclose whether their products

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contain "conflict minerals" from parts of Africa

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affected by conflict. We know that competition for mineral

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resources has played a role in conflicts in places such

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as the Democratic Republic of Congo. Human Rights Watch said last week

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that: "suspending the rule would undermine

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efforts to eliminate conflict minerals

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from supply chains." Alex Duval Smith has

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more on the possible Conflict minerals are considered to

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be minerals such as tin and gold that are mined in areas where there

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is fighting going on, whether rebel groups are earning money from their

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sale, all human beings are suffering hardships and loss of life because

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of the fighting going on for the mining areas. Has the law worked?

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That is under debate. Opponents of the law say it has lead to poverty,

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to mining families taking their children out of school. They will

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say that groups have simply become more mobile. Rebels will move on oil

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more quickly and they have learned to cover their tracks. But human

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rights groups want the law to remain in place. They say it has put

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conflict minerals at the centre of course corporate America's

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attentions. Groups such as Apple and Intel see commercial advantage for

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not serving items containing conflict minerals.

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Let's take a breather from the Trump administration and talk about some

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sport for a while. There isn't much the US football

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star Carli Lloyd hasn't achieved. Fifa player of the year,

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world cup winner and a two And now she's joining

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Manchester City - and she'll play It's another challenge for me,

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I think that's the biggest thing, I'm always looking to improve my

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game, looking for the next To be able to come over

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here, train with some of the world's best players,

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be at the worlds best facility. Hopefully win an FA Cup, and,

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you know, when the spring series. There are so many goals

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I want to accomplish. all, I just want to enjoy this

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opportunity. It is unique. This is the time I'm able to do it, with no

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World Cup and no Olympics. I just want to take it all in, win

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everything and help this team. They are a fantastic team. I just want to

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come out and do everything possible. I wouldn't bet against her! She wins

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most of the things she's in! Here on Outside Source we're making

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a commitment to bring you coverage On Friday - the International

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Downhill Federation will hold its first event

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of the season in Australia. We're talking downhill

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skateboarding. As you can see, these competitors

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they're hitting high It looks pretty scary. Let's talk to

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the director and also committed to -- competitor with the downhill

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series. Give us a brief history of the sport. The sport is relatively

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new. We've been with the IDF for four years. But I started racing six

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years ago. The sport is, basically, we use gravity and we race each

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other. The bottom of the road or the hill is the winner. So you can reach

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speeds up to 100, 110 kilometres per hour, although, these days, the

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level of the sport is going higher and higher, so the roads we are

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racing are getting more challenging and it is sometimes faster. It looks

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very dangerous. It is, in a way. Many sports are bit dangerous. But

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you are not going to force yourself to go so fast unless you have the

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right equipment and the ability to slow down if you need to. The best

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way to learn through events like racing, it is a safe area where you

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know you will have protection, and you are going to have space for it.

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It is a reasonable presumption that most people watching it will not

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have done it. Let us know what it is like, at full speed, with three

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other competitors around you. When you are racing, you get a bit

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competitive. You use tactics on how you are going to win this race, so

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some tracks are very technical and you have to slide, like cars drift,

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we have to do the same thing through corners. And aiming for a fast line,

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for a fast exit. Drafting is also part of the sport. So in a race, you

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are thinking if you are going to be drafting or if you are getting

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draft. You are thinking of getting to the bottom first, without

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crashing or anything. Thank you for making time for us. Good luck on

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Friday. We will keep an eye out for that, and for downhill skateboarding

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more generally. Usain Bolt's last competition

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will be here in London at the World Athletics

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championships in August. QUAD He's always been

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and his sponsor has set up a week training with Borussia Dortmund.

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I'm going to get a chance to train at Borussia Dortmund, for a week,

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just to feel it out. I have had people suggest different teams, or

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suggest a way of getting into football, so we have been looking

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into those things. But at any level, I just want to see if I would be any

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good. I play football with my friends, and I think I am at a good

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level. If I put some work in... I am not going to say I will be the best

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footballer in the world, but I will be at, like, Wayne Rooney level! I

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have just had a look at the Champions League website. Bayern

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Munich five, Arsenal won. It looks like Arsenal will be going out at

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this stage, as they have done for several years. Remember, it is two

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legs, but Arsenal have a lot of work to do.

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In Malaysia, a woman's been arrested

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in connection with the killing of the north Korean's half brother.

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We've a report from the scene of the murder.

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They've sacrificed part of their pensions to save their jobs.

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Thousands of TATA steelworkers in the UK have agreed to move

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from a final salary pension to a less generous scheme in return

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for a one billion pound investment in the company

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Unions called it a tough decision but the "only viable way"

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From Port Talbot, here's our Wales Correspondent Sian Lloyd.

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You've got to play it safe now and again.

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Not taking any risks in this game but Nigel and Scott Boden say

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they are taking a chance on the future.

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The father and son are both steel workers at Tata's Port Talbot

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plant and voted to accept the company's proposals.

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Even though Nigel, who has put in 38 years, now thinks he will need

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to work longer before he can afford to retire.

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The ballot isn't so much about the pension itself.

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It's about the future investment, it's about the new pension fund.

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I think voting yes is saying we want a job.

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It gives us all a better chance to have a job for the future,

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It's expected that the company will now move swiftly to replace

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the old British steel pension with a proposed less generous

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scheme, and in return, provided the company continues

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to return a profit, Tata promises to invest ?1 billion

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To maintain the two blast furnaces at Port Talbot for at least five

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years, and will try to avoid compulsory redundancies

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Trade union representatives had somewhat reluctantly recommended

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that their members should accept this deal.

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I like to think this is a step in the right direction.

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I think the workforce understands that.

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It's been a painful process, a lot of scars need to heal

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and a lot of bridges need to be built going forward.

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It's been a turbulent year for workers here

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The uncertainty during that time has led to a lack of trust.

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Workers say they are making sacrifices for the future

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Their new pension arrangements will need to be approved

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Today's ballot result is not the end of the line.

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But there's now an expectation from steelworkers that Tata must

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This is Outside Source, live from the BBC newsroom.

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Israel's Prime Minister is meeting Donald Trump at the White House -

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at a joint press conference the President made it clear

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that the two-state solution may not be the only route to peace.

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North Korea has asked Malaysia to hand over the body of the half

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Kim Jong-nam died at Kuala Lumpur airport on Monday -

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Malaysian police have arrested this woman in connection with his death.

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Is this one of the female assassins who carried out a audacious or tack

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in Kuala Lumpur airport. Kim Jong-nam, the estranged brother of

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North Korea's elusive leader, Kim Jong-un earned, but he fell out of

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favour and has been living in exile ever since. How he may have died in

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Kuala Lumpur airport is an clear. The facts are murky. There are a

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number of varying accounts of what happened. Here's what we do know.

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Between the hours of 9am and 10am on Monday, a man believed to be Kim

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Jong-nam was attacked in this crowded, busy airport. Police say he

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was accosted by at least one woman who covered his face with a cloth

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filled with some sort of burning chemical. After that, he is thought

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to have walked over to that information counter to ask for help.

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He was then taken to a medical clinic. The focus of the

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investigation will move to Kuala Lumpur Hospital, where the body of

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Kim Jong-nam is believed to be. The postmortem will not be carried out

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until the body is released. Let's finish where we started.

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Donald Trump hosted Benjamin Netanyahu today at the White House.

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They gave a press conference - just before we go, here

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As far as settlements, I would like to see you hold back on settlement a

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bit. I welcome your forthright call to ensure that Israel is treated

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fairly, and that the slander and boycotts are resisted mightily by

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the power of the United States of America.

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I'm looking at two states and one state and I like the one both

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I'm very happy with the one both parties like.

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I believe that the great opportunity for peace comes from a regional

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approach, from involving our new following, our partners. As with any

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successful negotiation, both sides will have to make compromise. You

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know that, right? The two pre-requisitions of peace,

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recognition of the Jewish state and Israel's security needs west of the

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Jordan, remain pertinent. I think we are going to make a deal. It might

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be a bigger and better deal than people in this room understand.

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Let's see what we do. Doesn't sound too optimistic! A good negotiator.

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That is the art of the deal. See you tomorrow. Goodbye.

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