:00:08. > :00:10.Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
:00:11. > :00:14.America is expanding its presence in Syria, offering support to local
:00:15. > :00:17.militia trying to drive the Islamic State group out of Raqqa.
:00:18. > :00:25.The new head of the US Environmental Protection Agency claims carbon
:00:26. > :00:30.dioxide emissions are not a major factor in climate change.
:00:31. > :00:34.Washington and New York states join Hawaii in trying to block Donald
:00:35. > :00:42.Theresa May speaks at her final EU summit before triggering the Brexit
:00:43. > :00:48.process and EU leaders have re-elected Donald Tusk as president
:00:49. > :00:52.of the European Council, despite strong objections from his home
:00:53. > :01:08.And we will go to South Korea as the Samsung scandal unfolds. It's de
:01:09. > :01:13.facto leader is on trial and very soon politicians in South Korea will
:01:14. > :01:30.vote on whether to uphold the impeachment of the president.
:01:31. > :01:33.These pictures have been released by the US today.
:01:34. > :01:39.Also today, America's confirmed it's made a separate deployment
:01:40. > :01:44.They're supporting a local Kurdish-led militia as it
:01:45. > :01:52.Raqqa is the Islamic State group's stronghold in Syria and as such has
:01:53. > :01:58.The US marines will be firing at IS positions
:01:59. > :02:06.While that's happening, the SDF militia will attempt to advance.
:02:07. > :02:09.In addition to the marines, those tanks I just showed
:02:10. > :02:15.you are part of a separate group of US army Rangers.
:02:16. > :02:21.They're deployed near a town called Manbij, that's north-west of Raqqa.
:02:22. > :02:23.And the reason for that deployment encapsulates
:02:24. > :02:30.Liz Sly, a Washington Post Beirut bureau chief, calls it a mess.
:02:31. > :02:34."US troops flying US flags in empty Syrian villages to try to stop
:02:35. > :02:40.What Liz Sly is talking about is that the Americans
:02:41. > :02:43.are trying to stop the Kurdish backed militia being
:02:44. > :02:46.attacked by fighters who are backed by Turkey.
:02:47. > :02:51.Bear in mind everyone I've mentioned so far wants to defeat IS.
:02:52. > :02:56.One more consequence of this situation.
:02:57. > :03:00.A US military magazine says US and Russia have found themselves
:03:01. > :03:04.teaming up for the first time in the war in Syria against Turkey.
:03:05. > :03:07.You might ask why all sides cannot unite to defeat IS.
:03:08. > :03:17.Here's Edgard Jallad from BBC Arabic.
:03:18. > :03:25.It looks like in general terms, but if you look at where each party is
:03:26. > :03:32.coming from, it reflects the complexity of the war. As you
:03:33. > :03:34.mentioned, this town is the theatre of operations reflecting this
:03:35. > :03:42.complexity. There is an interest from the Turkish to take this town.
:03:43. > :03:47.You have also the Kurdish forces, known as the Euphrates shield, they
:03:48. > :03:50.are trying to get this town. The United States is trying to buffer
:03:51. > :03:57.between them and refocus the operation towards Raqqa were the
:03:58. > :04:01.main so-called enemy is. This is why they are trying to send this strong
:04:02. > :04:07.message now by deploying additional fog is in recalibrating the targets.
:04:08. > :04:15.How do we understand the situation in Iraq at the moment? The situation
:04:16. > :04:19.in Raqqa, it is believed so many fighters are still there. They are
:04:20. > :04:25.very well prepared for this battle. But we do not know exactly if the
:04:26. > :04:29.so-called Islamic State will fight the final battle in Raqqa or in any
:04:30. > :04:58.other place. There are saying today, it could be sending
:04:59. > :05:01.several messages that we missing a strong role for the
:05:02. > :05:06.American so far in the past weeks. I put all these questions to the
:05:07. > :05:11.spokesman of the US led coalition and this interview is running as we
:05:12. > :05:15.speak now on the Arabic channel and he says there is no change in the
:05:16. > :05:22.guidance. The number of units fighting or on the ground would not
:05:23. > :05:27.exceed 500. But these 500 are Rangers and why the United States
:05:28. > :05:32.decided to release these pictures when they hid them in previous
:05:33. > :05:37.weeks, they are flying their flag and there is the message. A couple
:05:38. > :05:42.of days ago there was a meeting in Turkey between the chiefs of staff
:05:43. > :05:45.'s from the United States, Turkey and Russia. This is a normal
:05:46. > :05:50.procedure before a battle like this one to revisit the rules of
:05:51. > :05:54.engagement. There is a lot to come but this is significant today what
:05:55. > :06:05.This is from the US election campaign.
:06:06. > :06:13.Which begs the question, is this latest deployment a Trump plan?
:06:14. > :06:15.Our colleagues on the 100 days programme asked
:06:16. > :06:18.Andrew Exum, who used to be one of President Obama's top advisors
:06:19. > :06:29.Yes and no. On the one hand this does not diverged significantly from
:06:30. > :06:35.the plan that was already in place. However, this address is perhaps one
:06:36. > :06:39.the United States and its coalition the United States and its coalition
:06:40. > :06:44.partners have in Syria versus Iraq. In Iraq you have got the Iraqi army
:06:45. > :06:49.with heavy equipment. In Syria you have got the Kurds and they do not
:06:50. > :06:53.have that heavy equipment. You can give them that equipment and train
:06:54. > :06:58.them on that to breach those defences around Raqqa. That will
:06:59. > :07:05.anger the Turks. Or you can deploy US forces to help reach those outer
:07:06. > :07:09.defences. That is what they are beginning to do. Before Donald Trump
:07:10. > :07:12.took office the Central command were looking at options of ways to
:07:13. > :07:14.helping the Kurds and I think that is what this is.
:07:15. > :07:19.There's also this from Phil Stewart, Reuters Military Intelligence
:07:20. > :07:21.Correspondent: US weighs deploying up to 1,000 soldiers to Kuwait
:07:22. > :07:24.to serve as a reserve force in the fight against Islamic State,
:07:25. > :07:35.Let's bring in the BBC State Department correspondent Barbara
:07:36. > :07:40.pleb Usher. I want to ask you about these pictures that have been
:07:41. > :07:44.released by the Americans showing their vehicles on the ground in
:07:45. > :07:49.Syria. They do not normally do that. They like to keep a low profile, but
:07:50. > :07:53.this is a different situation and has been a deliberate decision. You
:07:54. > :08:02.have this town that was liberated from the IS in August. But now there
:08:03. > :08:07.is Arab forces backed by Turkey forces backed by the Syrian Kurds
:08:08. > :08:11.and it is a headache for the Americans. They want to focus on
:08:12. > :08:15.fighting Islamic State and they do not want another conflict area
:08:16. > :08:18.flaring up and they want to get across the message that everyone
:08:19. > :08:24.should focus on the battle against Raqqa and they made a decision to
:08:25. > :08:28.visibly insert themselves into this, standing between rival factions.
:08:29. > :08:32.This is the first time they have done this, put themselves between
:08:33. > :08:37.rival factions on the ground in Syria. They have this laser focus on
:08:38. > :08:42.Islamic State right now, but you cannot sweep under the carpet these
:08:43. > :08:47.broader conflict which require a political solution. Thank you, that
:08:48. > :08:49.is very useful. We will speak to you again I am sure.
:08:50. > :08:51.The latest EU summit is under way in Brussels.
:08:52. > :08:53.It is interesting for several reasons.
:08:54. > :08:56.The first day has been dominated by a row over this man -
:08:57. > :09:02.the European Council President, Donald Tusk.
:09:03. > :09:07.But it's also the last summit before British Prime Minister Theresa May
:09:08. > :09:17.She spoke about an hour ago, and says she's optimistic.
:09:18. > :09:25.It is not just about what is in the UK's interest, it is also about what
:09:26. > :09:28.is in the interests of the European Union. What we see in the
:09:29. > :09:34.discussions and comments I hear, that increasingly, obviously we have
:09:35. > :09:38.not started the negotiations and will start them when we trigger
:09:39. > :09:43.Article 50 by the end of this month, but when we come to look at those
:09:44. > :09:47.negotiations, I think what people will see is that the relationship
:09:48. > :09:52.between the UK and the EU of the future matters not just to the UK,
:09:53. > :09:57.this is not just what is good for the UK, it is about what is good for
:09:58. > :10:00.the European Union as well, and I believe that good, free trade
:10:01. > :10:03.arrangement is in the interest of both sides in that negotiation.
:10:04. > :10:11.But the biggest news out of the EU summit so far is summed up in this
:10:12. > :10:23.Donald Tusk remains one of the most powerful people in Europe.
:10:24. > :10:26.He's has just been re-elected President of the European Council.
:10:27. > :10:31.The Council represents the leaders of the EU and there's a twist here.
:10:32. > :10:38.Only one country opposed his re-election - his own, Poland.
:10:39. > :10:42.An angry reaction from the leader of Poland's ruling party,
:10:43. > :10:45.who smelled conspiracy: The EU is an organisation
:10:46. > :10:51.We cannot hide this, this country is Germany.
:10:52. > :10:54.If the EU does not abandon this road, it will be
:10:55. > :11:04.The thing you need to know about this man is that he holds
:11:05. > :11:07.Mr Tusk politically responsible for the death of the Polish
:11:08. > :11:12.President in this plane crash in 2010, the Polish President
:11:13. > :11:17.who also happened to be his twin brother.
:11:18. > :11:24.Here's Damian Grammaticas at the summit.
:11:25. > :11:31.It is interesting because Donald Tusk has chaired the council with
:11:32. > :11:36.its meetings which brings together all of the EU leaders for their
:11:37. > :11:41.summits here. He has been the chair for the last two and a bit years. He
:11:42. > :11:48.has been reconfirmed for another two and a half, but as you say the vote
:11:49. > :11:53.against him was from Poland, the country he is from, the Polish
:11:54. > :11:58.government, implacable political opponents of Donald Tusk, a domestic
:11:59. > :12:02.political dispute, they do not like him, it is now spilling over into
:12:03. > :12:07.the European arena. But what Poland found today when the vote was called
:12:08. > :12:13.to reconfirm him, Poland objectives and they found themselves totally
:12:14. > :12:17.isolated. No one else sided with them. 27 other countries said they
:12:18. > :12:22.were happy with Donald Tusk and with the job he was doing and he was
:12:23. > :12:27.confirmed. That vote has gone through. He should be in place for
:12:28. > :12:31.the next two and a half years, but the polls are still very unhappy
:12:32. > :12:36.about this. They found themselves out on a political limb and it is a
:12:37. > :12:39.bit of a humiliation for them to be voting against their own countryman
:12:40. > :12:47.and not have support from other countries. We can access all of the
:12:48. > :12:52.information coming through the BBC newsroom, including copy filed by
:12:53. > :12:56.our correspondence. This is from our Warsaw correspondent who says the
:12:57. > :13:01.Polish Prime Minister has said, I will not accept the conclusion of
:13:02. > :13:06.this summit. It is clearly written that summit and with conclusions. If
:13:07. > :13:10.a country does not accept the conclusion, it means the summit is
:13:11. > :13:18.not valid. We will have to wait until tomorrow to see how this story
:13:19. > :13:22.develops further. We always like to finish these summits with some clear
:13:23. > :13:26.statements of intent from the European Union, so this will roll
:13:27. > :13:31.over into tomorrow I am sure. Let's talk about the Dutch elections, we
:13:32. > :13:33.will be covering them from The Hague next week.
:13:34. > :13:37.This man - Jesse Klaver - has been called the "Dutch Trudeau".
:13:38. > :13:39.He's from the Green Left alliance and has been enjoying a rise
:13:40. > :13:42.in support in the polls ahead of next week's election
:13:43. > :13:47.He's just held a huge rally in Amsterdam.
:13:48. > :13:58.5500 people have packed this music hall and they are here to see one
:13:59. > :14:03.man. Jesse Klaver! His supporters say he is young, fresh and
:14:04. > :14:09.optimistic and he is receiving a rock star reception in Amsterdam
:14:10. > :14:17.tonight. I think the interesting thing is that while the foreign
:14:18. > :14:21.media has been focusing on the wave of populism across Europe, lots of
:14:22. > :14:25.people in the Netherlands are watching this man because he is on
:14:26. > :14:33.course to quadruple the number of seeds the Green left have in
:14:34. > :14:36.Parliament. Donald Trump is not very popular here in the Netherlands
:14:37. > :14:41.because he represents instability for many Dutch people. Donald Tusk
:14:42. > :14:50.has borrowed a lot of Barack Obama's campaign slogans. Many people refer
:14:51. > :15:03.to him as the Dutch Justin Trudeau. We should put this in context.
:15:04. > :15:11.Geert Wilders is leading in the polls. The Progressive party is
:15:12. > :15:14.doing well as well. There are so many undecided voters and that is
:15:15. > :15:18.why so many people are predicting that next week could decide who is
:15:19. > :15:24.We will be live on Tuesday, and Wednesday, which is election
:15:25. > :15:36.A man in Australia who posed online as
:15:37. > :15:38.Justin Bieber has been charged with more than 900
:15:39. > :15:59.The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told NHS hospitals in England that
:16:00. > :16:03.they must get back to meeting the targets swiftly in A now that
:16:04. > :16:08.extra money has been put into social care is announced in the budget. He
:16:09. > :16:16.said it is essential for patient safety that A waiting times are
:16:17. > :16:22.reduced. A departments and their performance is a fundamental matter
:16:23. > :16:27.of patient safety. If we are leaving people to log in A departments, if
:16:28. > :16:31.we are not getting the flow right through hospitals, it is bad for
:16:32. > :16:36.patient safety and that is why it is absolutely essential that we get
:16:37. > :16:41.back to the 95% target. I am personally not a great fan of
:16:42. > :16:55.targets and I am not a fan of having too many targets, but this one is
:16:56. > :17:00.This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
:17:01. > :17:03.Our lead story is the US is expanding its presence in Syria.
:17:04. > :17:06.400 extra marines will offer support to local militia trying to drive
:17:07. > :17:13.the Islamic State group out of Raqqa.
:17:14. > :17:20.And we can pick up from the stories from BBC World Service.
:17:21. > :17:32.Guatemala has declared three days of national mourning after a fire
:17:33. > :17:34.killed at least 20 teenage girls at a children's care home.
:17:35. > :17:37.Other children are not accounted for and we know hundreds
:17:38. > :17:42.Hospitals in Kenya have begun sacking doctors who have been
:17:43. > :17:49.The government says they will be replaced by Cuban
:17:50. > :17:57.An Egyptian woman who is believed to be the world's heaviest woman has
:17:58. > :18:01.undergone weight reduction surgery in Mumbai.
:18:02. > :18:04.In Australia, a law professor who posed online as Justin Bieber
:18:05. > :18:08.online has been charged with more than 900 child sex-related offences.
:18:09. > :18:12.He's based in Brisbane, but his alleged offences
:18:13. > :18:18.Authorities say 50 come from the United States.
:18:19. > :18:40.An idol to millions, Justin Bieber, the pop star with an adoring young
:18:41. > :18:43.fan base across the globe. But now a 42-year-old law professor in
:18:44. > :18:49.Brisbane is accused of sexually abusing children by pretending to be
:18:50. > :18:52.the Canadian star. Gordon Douglas charmers allegedly used social media
:18:53. > :18:59.to win the trust of fans, including up to 20 in the UK, and got them to
:19:00. > :19:03.send him explicit images. He was already facing charges of grooming
:19:04. > :19:08.children and after police went through his computer, more than 900
:19:09. > :19:12.new charges have been added. They include three of rape, five of
:19:13. > :19:18.indecent treatment of children and hundreds of making child
:19:19. > :19:23.exploitation material. Justin Bieber is touring Australia and some of his
:19:24. > :19:29.teenage fans say they can understand why young people may be tempted to
:19:30. > :19:33.speak to their fake celebrity online. Sometimes maybe the
:19:34. > :19:40.excitement might get them like, oh, wow, this is so amazing. I am going
:19:41. > :19:44.to go with him. Queensland police say the arrest was made after two
:19:45. > :19:46.pups from the US and German authorities and they are warning
:19:47. > :19:52.parents to protect their children online. It is my rules, it is my
:19:53. > :20:01.house, and there is a lot out there and I want to be on top of it.
:20:02. > :20:02.Charmers is due in court next month. Let's go to South Korea.
:20:03. > :20:07.Lee Jae-Yong is the de facto boss of the entire Samsung Group
:20:08. > :20:09.and he's on trial in South Korea charged with bribery
:20:10. > :20:19.At the centre of the story is this woman.
:20:20. > :20:22.The allegation is that Samsung donated $36 million to foundations
:20:23. > :20:27.It also donated a horse, not this one, to help her
:20:28. > :20:31.The prosecution will also be detailing how
:20:32. > :20:34.she is very good friends with South Korea's
:20:35. > :20:42.Next we need to note that Samsung's Lee Jae-Yong met the President.
:20:43. > :20:46.The allegation is that they discussed donations being made
:20:47. > :20:52.in exchange for government support for a restructuring of Samsung.
:20:53. > :20:58.Both deny anything improper occurred.
:20:59. > :21:00.But remember the President has already been impeached
:21:01. > :21:04.It's at this point, I'm going to enlist the help
:21:05. > :21:15.His lawyers were be and in denial of the accusations. We had legal
:21:16. > :21:19.hearings today, a bit of a wrangle between the two sides about whether
:21:20. > :21:24.they could use PowerPoint and that kind of thing. This trial will go on
:21:25. > :21:30.until May. Vanstone argued that firstly it was not corruption. We
:21:31. > :21:35.give money to good causes all the time. There was no deal done. They
:21:36. > :21:39.are not disputing there was a meeting, but what they are saying is
:21:40. > :21:44.that was no quid pro quo for the money. That would be crucial. Very
:21:45. > :21:49.difficult to prove corruption when there is no evidence in terms of
:21:50. > :21:54.documents or anything like that, and only two people involved. It is a
:21:55. > :21:58.complex case, but there is a bigger trial if you like, and that is the
:21:59. > :22:04.trial of the way in which the biggest companies in this country
:22:05. > :22:08.and government relate to each other. A lot of people literally on the
:22:09. > :22:13.streets say it is far too cosy, far too close, and it needs to change.
:22:14. > :22:18.You have looked at this from a political angle and a legal angle.
:22:19. > :22:25.Let's look at this from a business angle? Is this having an impact on
:22:26. > :22:31.Samsung's business? From a business perspective. If you recall the
:22:32. > :22:36.Galaxy known seven, the smartphones with reports of them catching on
:22:37. > :22:44.fire, that caused more damage to them financially than this case has
:22:45. > :22:47.so far. I am basing this on Samsung's day-to-day operations.
:22:48. > :22:53.They are still showing of new gadgets, tablets, virtual reality. I
:22:54. > :23:00.have received an invite to an event here in New York for the unveiling
:23:01. > :23:04.of a new smartphone, perhaps a chance for them to put the fire
:23:05. > :23:10.prone smartphones behind it. But the question longer term is something to
:23:11. > :23:14.go back to what Steve was talking about, how South Korean companies,
:23:15. > :23:19.these family run enterprises, how they do business. Is that under
:23:20. > :23:23.threat? That potentially could be the worry for Samsung investors. We
:23:24. > :23:31.will talk to you next week I am sure. I want to talk about Lego. It
:23:32. > :23:38.has just reported the highest full-year sales in its history, all
:23:39. > :23:45.85 years of it. In 2016 Lego sold more than 26 billion parts. It also
:23:46. > :23:48.launched over 300 new sets. Strong sales were partly thanks to
:23:49. > :23:52.deals with businesses like Star Wars.
:23:53. > :23:54.In case you're wondering, the Millennium Falcon
:23:55. > :23:57.But, and there is a but, overall growth has slowed
:23:58. > :24:02.Bali Padda is the first non-Dane and non-family
:24:03. > :24:11.Here's his analysis of how the company's doing.
:24:12. > :24:19.If you look at the growth in the last five or ten years, it has been
:24:20. > :24:24.what we call supernatural and it has sometimes surprised us. When we look
:24:25. > :24:29.at the future, we are seeing sustainable levels in 2016 and we
:24:30. > :24:35.expect to grow in the low to mid single digits in the future. But for
:24:36. > :24:42.us at the heart of Lego is how do we ensure that we continue to innovate
:24:43. > :24:46.around these and augment it with digital? If you look at new products
:24:47. > :24:50.coming out in August and September, the heart of it is the building
:24:51. > :24:54.system, so you build with the Lego bricks and you can also code with it
:24:55. > :24:59.and this is for children seven upwards. The core building
:25:00. > :25:04.experience is what we continue to focus on and we were augmented with
:25:05. > :25:07.digital. We will watch out for that. We will be live from the Netherlands
:25:08. > :25:12.next week covering the Dutch elections. They are always
:25:13. > :25:25.interesting, but they are relevant because of the way Geert Wilders has
:25:26. > :25:29.been performing. Some of the polls are putting him ahead of everyone
:25:30. > :25:36.else. That does not mean he will form the next government because
:25:37. > :25:43.they have coalitions. We will be there to describe the election and
:25:44. > :25:46.analyse it for you. Coming up, what the head of the US Environmental
:25:47. > :25:50.Protection Agency has said. He says he does not feel that man produced
:25:51. > :25:56.carbon dioxide is responsible for climate change. We will go into what
:25:57. > :26:04.he has said and how people have been responding.