:00:08. > :00:12.Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
:00:13. > :00:22.city has intensified - the BBC is on the front lines.
:00:23. > :00:25.just two miles, three kilometres or so... You can hear the helicopters
:00:26. > :00:26.firing again. Donald Trump's Defence Secretary has
:00:27. > :00:28.been in Baghdad meeting troops, and promised the US was not in Iraq
:00:29. > :00:33.to seize the country's oil. Speaking to the BBC,
:00:34. > :00:35.Iran's Foreign Minister has defended the nuclear deal his country made
:00:36. > :00:41.with the Obama administration - and had a warning for
:00:42. > :00:45.the current one. Our people have shown that hostility
:00:46. > :01:01.doesn't receive a positive response Here in the UK the House of Lords is
:01:02. > :01:04.debating the bill that will eventually lead to Brexit that has
:01:05. > :01:05.already been passed by the House of Commons.
:01:06. > :01:07.A famine is declared in parts of South Sudan.
:01:08. > :01:09.More than a hundred-thousand people are facing starvation
:01:10. > :01:35.And if you want to get in touch at any time # BBCOS.
:01:36. > :01:37.Iraqi forces have resumed their push to retake
:01:38. > :01:44.IS has controlled Mosul for over two years.
:01:45. > :01:52.The effort to take it back began in October.
:01:53. > :02:00.A live if we look at a more detailed graphic of the city, you can see
:02:01. > :02:05.large chunks of the city are controlled by Iraqi troops
:02:06. > :02:19.particularly in the east, but it is the West that is now the focus. We
:02:20. > :02:20.have recently heard that the airport is close to being seized.
:02:21. > :02:22.The BBC's Quentin Sommerville is embedded with Iraqi forces.
:02:23. > :02:27.He tweeted this yesterday morning: "the battle
:02:28. > :02:45.He is also posting pictures online. This is a picture of a strike on the
:02:46. > :02:47.weapons factory and this is an Iraqi vehicle that was hit by an ISO
:02:48. > :02:56.rocket propelled grenade. In record time Iraq's Federal police
:02:57. > :03:00.have made it to within sight of most will city, that is the south-east of
:03:01. > :03:05.the city you can see there and the river just in the foreground. It
:03:06. > :03:12.really was a very fast assault to get here. And now behind me, perhaps
:03:13. > :03:16.if we just move the camera over there, you might be able to pick out
:03:17. > :03:24.the helicopter, the gunship, which is launching an attack against the
:03:25. > :03:29.town. It's a very important town because all that lies between the
:03:30. > :03:32.federal police and most all is that town, and ISO stronghold. All
:03:33. > :03:38.morning we have watched as the helicopters attacked the time and
:03:39. > :03:41.the Iraqi police have fired their own home-made rockets deep inside
:03:42. > :03:48.that town, and it is very important for them because just two miles,
:03:49. > :03:55.three kilometres or so, you can hear the helicopters firing again. Just
:03:56. > :04:05.beyond that town, two miles or so, is Iraq's, most will's I should say,
:04:06. > :04:11.airport, and that Apple is mostly of symbolic value because taking that
:04:12. > :04:12.would be very important because it would be a symbolic victory and
:04:13. > :04:15.after that there would be in postal. US Defence Secretary James Mattis
:04:16. > :04:27.is in Baghdad to assess Bear in mind the President Trump has
:04:28. > :04:35.said in the past that America should have seized the oil.
:04:36. > :04:38.General Mattis said "All of us in America have generally paid
:04:39. > :04:40.for gas and oil all along, and I am sure
:04:41. > :04:43.that we will continue to do so in the future...We are not
:04:44. > :04:47.Earlier I spoke to BBC Arabic's Edgard Jallad who began
:04:48. > :04:54.by explaining how the American's were supporting Iraqi forces.
:04:55. > :05:03.The technology and providing them with satellite maps and important
:05:04. > :05:08.monitoring technology that will help them limit the casualties and be
:05:09. > :05:14.more surgical in their attacks. What information do we have about their
:05:15. > :05:18.foe, the Islamic State group? Anthony fighters to we think I now
:05:19. > :05:23.involved in most all? We don't know exactly but there is an estimation
:05:24. > :05:28.in the Iraqi media that there are in the region of 3000 fighters inside
:05:29. > :05:33.but the problem is they are melting in a big pot of civilians which
:05:34. > :05:40.could reach 700 and 50,000 people. Many of them are children and that
:05:41. > :05:44.is making the battle complicated and different and difficult and
:05:45. > :05:46.different from others. The Iraqi Government has made some bold
:05:47. > :05:50.expectations public about what is going to happen in most will. Is it
:05:51. > :05:55.putting a time frame on when it thinks it can get the city back?
:05:56. > :05:58.This time they are quite aware and making everybody aware that this is
:05:59. > :06:04.a very difficult battle because the streets are narrow and now the all
:06:05. > :06:09.the information coming is saying that so-called Islamic State
:06:10. > :06:12.fighters are trying to dig tunnels to plants devices and booby-traps
:06:13. > :06:16.around. And with the civilians around them it is going to be very
:06:17. > :06:22.difficult and challenging for the forces. So if the first part of the
:06:23. > :06:25.most will battle took three months nobody is expecting this battle to
:06:26. > :06:34.be less unless there is a big surprise or a big collapse in the
:06:35. > :06:39.Islamic State forces defences. In Westminster, the upper house of
:06:40. > :06:42.parliament has begun debating the bill which have passed would allow
:06:43. > :06:46.the Government to formally begin the process of leaving the EU. Bearing
:06:47. > :06:49.mount the highs of Cummins has audio voted this through with no
:06:50. > :06:53.amendments. Its member 's are elected and the Government has a
:06:54. > :06:56.majority there. The House of Lords is not elected and the Government
:06:57. > :07:03.does not have a majority. Here is some of what we heard. Yes, they did
:07:04. > :07:10.want to leave the European Union, but they did not want to turn
:07:11. > :07:16.Britain into a poorer, politically isolated, offshore tax haven,
:07:17. > :07:20.without reach or influence in the world. Brexit is the most important
:07:21. > :07:26.single issue which has faced the country the decades. For many of us
:07:27. > :07:31.the approach being adopted by the Government is little short of
:07:32. > :07:37.disastrous. I voted to remain in the European Union. But I support this
:07:38. > :07:44.bill because I believe the referendum was decisive. Lets talk
:07:45. > :07:48.to Chris Mason. It's always interesting to hear these issues
:07:49. > :07:51.thrashed out but where do they fit into the process, the
:07:52. > :07:55.decision-making that goes into Brexit? That is the key question
:07:56. > :07:58.because what we have had today and will continue to have for another
:07:59. > :08:04.three hours until midnight in the UK, then the same again tomorrow, is
:08:05. > :08:08.a battalion of blasts from the past in the upper chamber, the House of
:08:09. > :08:16.Lords, people who have served in the upper reaches of Government or high
:08:17. > :08:17.up in industry or science or academia or broadcasting, are all
:08:18. > :08:23.offering their perspectives on Brexit. But crucially as you say the
:08:24. > :08:29.upper chamber is not elected, it is appointed. So effectively its hands
:08:30. > :08:34.are tied. Earlier today the British Prime Minister went in to go and
:08:35. > :08:39.watch the proceedings of a Lords. We were told by her officials that this
:08:40. > :08:45.was not in an attempt to intimidate, but clearly it was a to say, you
:08:46. > :08:48.know what the people said and you know what the House of Commons said
:08:49. > :08:53.so don't hold this up because I want to get on with triggering Article 50
:08:54. > :08:57.of the European Union treaty to start the process of leaving by the
:08:58. > :09:01.end of next month. That has been the Prime Minister's mantra for some
:09:02. > :09:04.time. She did not have to say that to articulate that sort by perching
:09:05. > :09:10.herself in the House of Lords earlier. Can you help those viewers
:09:11. > :09:14.who while we are talking, especially those outside the UK, who look at
:09:15. > :09:17.the parliament, look at the upper house not being elected and wonder
:09:18. > :09:22.why this isn't a big political issue at the moment? It's a perfectly fair
:09:23. > :09:26.question. There are plenty who make the argument that it is an oddity
:09:27. > :09:30.that the British Parliament, which so often talks itself up as the
:09:31. > :09:34.mother of all parliaments and something that is copied in many
:09:35. > :09:39.other countries around the world, has as its revising chamber
:09:40. > :09:44.something that is full of people who have been appointed, often political
:09:45. > :09:47.appointees signed off by the Prime Minister or recommended by the
:09:48. > :09:52.Leader of the Opposition. Why does it continue to be the case? I guess,
:09:53. > :09:55.simply, because no Government has ever regarded it as a sufficient
:09:56. > :10:00.priority to do something about it and replace it with something else,
:10:01. > :10:04.not least because plenty of MPs sitting in the elected House of
:10:05. > :10:09.Commons are very conscious that if you had a House of Lords that
:10:10. > :10:12.required some element of election or was totally elected, that would
:10:13. > :10:18.certainly challenge the House of Commons. At the moment it is seen
:10:19. > :10:21.somewhere that can tweak legislation, that can ask the
:10:22. > :10:24.Government to think again, without overreaching itself because it is
:10:25. > :10:27.not elected. I suppose even the biggest Democrat in the House of
:10:28. > :10:30.Commons who would like to see change in the House of Lords might think
:10:31. > :10:37.twice when you think, that could place could have nearly as much
:10:38. > :10:41.power as asked if people were elected to it. That said, the debate
:10:42. > :10:46.rumbles on. It is possible they could amend it, try to tweak the
:10:47. > :10:50.legislation, but because they are not elected, in all likelihood the
:10:51. > :10:53.Government will push ahead anyway, the timetable won't slip and the
:10:54. > :11:00.process of Brexit will start within the next month or so. Thank you.
:11:01. > :11:05.Those of you watching, if you want background on the process behind
:11:06. > :11:13.Brexit, you can access it online whenever you want it from BBC News.
:11:14. > :11:21.Now, an important announcement, Donald Trump has named General HR
:11:22. > :11:27.McMaster as his new national security adviser. He was Donald
:11:28. > :11:31.Trump making the announcement. He is a man of tremendous talent and
:11:32. > :11:36.traders experience. I watched and read a lot over the last two days.
:11:37. > :11:41.He is highly respected by everybody in the military. And we are very
:11:42. > :11:48.honoured to have him. He also is known for a long time General Keith
:11:49. > :11:52.Kellogg, who I also have gotten to know and he is a terrific man. They
:11:53. > :11:57.are going to be working together. And Keith is going to be chief of
:11:58. > :12:05.staff, and I think that combination is something very, very special. Mr
:12:06. > :12:08.McMaster is going to replace the former national security adviser,
:12:09. > :12:12.Mike Flynn, who revived resigned last week. He'd only been on the job
:12:13. > :12:17.three weeks and three days and was asked to resign by the President
:12:18. > :12:23.because of misleading the Mike pence over conversations he'd had with
:12:24. > :12:28.Russia's ambassador to the US. For those watching, encountering Mr
:12:29. > :12:39.McMaster for the first time, tell us about him. He does have tremendous
:12:40. > :12:43.experience, as Mr Trump said. He served in Afghanistan. He is serving
:12:44. > :12:48.general. He is known as a strategist, a thinker, when it comes
:12:49. > :12:54.to the military as well. Given what happened to Mike Flynn, the question
:12:55. > :12:59.a lot of people have is, does this man, and I suppose it is a question
:13:00. > :13:03.for anyone appointed by Donald Trump now, does this man have linked with
:13:04. > :13:08.Russia? On the face of it P2P is not, but he was looking into why the
:13:09. > :13:13.Russian literary had made such advances, as he felt it, over the
:13:14. > :13:18.last decade or so and how the American military could catch up.
:13:19. > :13:22.But from everything I have read and heard from people who have served
:13:23. > :13:27.with him, it seems he commands a great deal of respect in the
:13:28. > :13:33.military. Very different of course to Barack Obama's last adviser. She
:13:34. > :13:40.came from a diplomatic background. This is a military man. There is a
:13:41. > :13:46.question, with this new NSA using colleagues will see changes in
:13:47. > :13:51.policy given his background? Is it possible to describe an attitude he
:13:52. > :13:55.has towards foreign policy? We're not sure but in terms of moving the
:13:56. > :14:00.military forward that has been his goal. He has been very much involved
:14:01. > :14:05.in training on the ground, very recently. But also in devising a
:14:06. > :14:10.strategy for moving forward the American military. I think that is
:14:11. > :14:16.what he is known for. In terms of how he will be able to get involved
:14:17. > :14:18.in diplomacy that he will have to be involved in with foreign
:14:19. > :14:23.governments, that is the unknown. That is the thing he hasn't
:14:24. > :14:27.necessarily been involved in as much, although he was involved as
:14:28. > :14:32.you say in anti-corruption drives in the local areas that he was based on
:14:33. > :14:36.in Afghanistan and Iraq. But if you are talking about a change to what
:14:37. > :14:45.we have seen in terms of approach from the Obama administration, Susan
:14:46. > :14:49.Rice came from a very different background, a diplomatic background,
:14:50. > :14:53.and very much someone who was experienced in negotiations with
:14:54. > :14:57.foreign governments. So this man is one who will certainly be learning
:14:58. > :15:01.on the job, but clearly Donald Trump has a great deal of faith in him.
:15:02. > :15:04.But it was important I think four double Donald Trump that this
:15:05. > :15:07.appointment happened quickly because when general Flynn was asked to
:15:08. > :15:14.resign there was this sense, and there is still a sense among many
:15:15. > :15:18.Americans, as if there is chaos in the White House ranks. Certainly
:15:19. > :15:25.Donald Trump will want to put an end to that address to move forward.
:15:26. > :15:27.Thank you. We will be flipping to the other side of the states to talk
:15:28. > :15:52.about Lubo. Police are searching the former home
:15:53. > :15:55.of Christopher Halliwell. Our correspondent is at the scene in
:15:56. > :16:01.Swindon. This is the latest information. Behind me security
:16:02. > :16:09.guards are guarding the alleyway between this row of terraced houses.
:16:10. > :16:14.It has been completely sealed off here. Broad Street near the centre
:16:15. > :16:20.of Swindon. Behind the tarpaulin there it is a police scenes of crime
:16:21. > :16:24.quite tent along with some other vehicles down the alleyway.
:16:25. > :16:28.Wiltshire Police have given us a statement tonight. They say
:16:29. > :16:31.specialist officers are currently carrying out excavation work within
:16:32. > :16:37.the gardens of two properties on broad Street as part of an ongoing
:16:38. > :16:50.investigation being carried out by the major investigations crime team.
:16:51. > :16:52.This is Outside Source, live from the BBC newsroom.
:16:53. > :16:55.Iraqi Government forces are continuing their advance
:16:56. > :16:57.on western Mosul, on the second day of their latest offensive
:16:58. > :17:32.Time for Outside Source Business. Uber is investigating sexual
:17:33. > :17:39.harassment allegations. Someone has published a blog post detailing a
:17:40. > :17:43.list of sexism and harassment including inappropriate messages she
:17:44. > :17:52.was sent by one of her managers who told her he was in an open
:17:53. > :17:55.relationship. She claims other women had similar experience. The chief
:17:56. > :18:02.executive of Uber has said what is described here is abhorrent and
:18:03. > :18:07.against everything we believe in. Anyone who behaves this way or
:18:08. > :18:13.thinks this is OK will be fired. If the allegations are true, those
:18:14. > :18:18.involved weren't fired. Here is our tech correspondence on what more
:18:19. > :18:22.details on this blog post. Set out very clearly and without a lot of
:18:23. > :18:26.emotion a year in an atmosphere which can only be described as
:18:27. > :18:32.toxic. As well as talking about the sexual harassment allegations and
:18:33. > :18:37.the fact that the man who she accused of this was not fired, not
:18:38. > :18:42.disciplined in any way, because, he was seen as a high performer, a top
:18:43. > :18:46.performer, she talks about the general infighting going on she
:18:47. > :18:49.talks about a game of thrones political war raging within the
:18:50. > :18:53.ranks of upper management. Management is trying to get each
:18:54. > :18:59.other's jobs and people suffering in the process. And the ratio of men
:19:00. > :19:06.women engineers in her division going down in her time from 25% to
:19:07. > :19:10.6%. She said it had a clear effect on women, they did not want to work
:19:11. > :19:18.for the company. Many of us who read this were perhaps not surprised that
:19:19. > :19:22.this woman experienced this. I was surprised and American corporate
:19:23. > :19:27.culture had failed to respond to it. What are they saying about it? Uber
:19:28. > :19:32.are saying they are going to investigate it. Critics of it say
:19:33. > :19:36.this is consistent with what they are seen before. It's very
:19:37. > :19:40.aggressive company, we know how it battles with regulators around the
:19:41. > :19:47.world, how it is not very keen on responding to local laws, and the
:19:48. > :19:52.critics say that is very consistent with the hard-charging culture
:19:53. > :19:56.within the firm and a certain kind of culture within silicon valley,
:19:57. > :20:00.kind of boyish in a way, where young men are put in charge of companies
:20:01. > :20:09.at a very young age and don't really know how to behave. He was a treat.
:20:10. > :20:18.We have ketchup news for you. Here's our Science
:20:19. > :20:21.Correspondent Pallab Ghosh. It's always an effort, and everyone
:20:22. > :20:25.has their own technique. Well, you put it on its side,
:20:26. > :20:28.and you just karate chop it. You have to really shake it
:20:29. > :20:30.up a ton beforehand. I try to give it a good shake, kind
:20:31. > :20:36.of like just go like that a lot. It's something we've
:20:37. > :20:38.all struggled with - how to get that last drop
:20:39. > :20:41.of ketchup out of the bottle. Well, scientists have come
:20:42. > :20:44.up with an invention It can work for toothpaste, make-up,
:20:45. > :21:04.hand cream, even glue. Here at MIT, they've developed this
:21:05. > :21:08.clever new technology. What I have here is our patented of
:21:09. > :21:12.super-slippery coating technology. You'll see that the toothpaste
:21:13. > :21:16.glides very easily. And you can do that with food
:21:17. > :21:18.as well, can't you? So here I have mayonnaise
:21:19. > :21:25.in a regular bottle. You will see that mayonnaise
:21:26. > :21:28.is stuck, sticky. Here is our liquid glide-coated
:21:29. > :21:33.bottle, and you will see that the mayonnaise slides
:21:34. > :21:35.very easily as well. The container has been specially
:21:36. > :21:38.engineered to enable the ketchup, or any other sticky liquid,
:21:39. > :21:41.to slip out easily. Scientists coat the inside
:21:42. > :21:44.with a rough surface. They then put a thin layer over it,
:21:45. > :21:48.and they cover that with a liquid which fills in the troughs and forms
:21:49. > :21:52.a very slippery surface, The ketchup hovers on top,
:21:53. > :21:59.and just glides out of the bottle. This coating process
:22:00. > :22:03.could cut huge amounts of waste. We dispose of
:22:04. > :22:06.40 billion containers that The technology is already
:22:07. > :22:12.being used for paint. Look how the untreated tin compares
:22:13. > :22:16.with the coated one on the right. 200 million gallons of material
:22:17. > :22:19.is thrown away by industry each year when the super-slippery bottle
:22:20. > :22:29.is available in a few years' time, mealtimes will be
:22:30. > :22:44.a little less tricky. And you can find that report online
:22:45. > :22:56.if you would like to show it to someone else. News came through a
:22:57. > :23:07.few hours ago that the ambassador has died unexpectedly. He was one of
:23:08. > :23:12.Russia's most... He had many clashes with the US ambassador to the UN.
:23:13. > :23:17.Here they are discussing Aleppo. This will be their model for
:23:18. > :23:22.tempting to retake cities and towns across Syria. It will not end with
:23:23. > :23:29.Aleppo. And it will not focus on terrorists.
:23:30. > :23:35.TRANSLATION: Please remember your own country's track record and then
:23:36. > :23:42.you can start pining from the position of Monza Gramercy who is to
:23:43. > :23:47.blame. Let's bring in Nick Bryant from New York. Is it overstating it
:23:48. > :23:54.to say this man was one of the main linchpins between America and the
:23:55. > :23:57.rest of the world? They call you when ambassador 's permanent
:23:58. > :24:03.representatives and none seemed more permanent than him. He was a giant
:24:04. > :24:06.here at the UN. It is hard to imagine that horseshoe table at the
:24:07. > :24:13.Security Council without him. He had been here more than a decade, seen
:24:14. > :24:17.many US and British and French ambassadors come and go, but he was
:24:18. > :24:23.there, seemingly an immutable presence. There has been shock and
:24:24. > :24:28.disbelief that he is no long with us. It is a measure of the respect
:24:29. > :24:34.within the UN for his diplomatic skills. People like Samantha Power
:24:35. > :24:39.have come out and paid tribute to him in a very full some way. She
:24:40. > :24:45.called him a diplomatic maestro, a very caring man, someone who helped
:24:46. > :24:49.bridge the divisions between Russia and the US. Britain's ambassador
:24:50. > :24:54.called him a great diplomat and a wonderful character. I suppose some
:24:55. > :25:01.critics would say he was using those diplomatic skills to defend in some
:25:02. > :25:07.cases the indefensible. He was a master of UN rules and often he used
:25:08. > :25:11.those UN real roles to thwart the Western countries on the Security
:25:12. > :25:16.Council. Russia is a veto wielding power and he used that repeatedly to
:25:17. > :25:20.block resolutions particularly in recent years on the Syria conflict,
:25:21. > :25:26.things like granting Trinitarian access. It was offered his hand in
:25:27. > :25:33.the air to block those resolutions by invoking Russia's veto. Two men
:25:34. > :25:38.only people he was the face of Russian obstructionism. One of the
:25:39. > :25:42.people who made the Security Council unworkable on things like Syria, but
:25:43. > :25:45.there was still respect for him as a professional diplomat and he was a
:25:46. > :25:54.much respected figure here and he will be much missed. Thank you. Here
:25:55. > :25:58.is the UK's representative at the UN saying he was a pillar of the
:25:59. > :26:17.security council for over a decade. Hello. The UK had its warmest day of
:26:18. > :26:20.winter today. We'll look at the main weather stories around the world
:26:21. > :26:21.from warmth to wet. More wet in