03/04/2017 Outside Source

Hello, I'm Nuala McGovern, this is Outside Source.

Where ten people have been killed and 47 injured in an explosion

The Russian President was in the city at the time.

Law enforcement and special services are working and will do all they can

to try and find the cause of what's happened.

The Prime Minister has called it terrorist act.

We'll also be live in Washington where President Sisi

After a difficult few years, President Trump says he'll

We are very much behind President el-Sisi.

He's done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation.

Theresa May laughs off talk of war, but the UK remains at loggerheads

with Spain over the status of Gibraltar after Brexit.

And don't forget you can get in touch using the #BBCOS.

Ten people have been killed in an explosion on the underground

The explosion happened between two stations

Sennaya Plos-chad and Tekhnologichesky

In the immediate aftermath, passengers tend to the dead

and injured, who have been laid out on the station platform.

While others mill around the scene, smoke from the blast,

It is reported the explosion happened as the train was travelling

And this is the damage it caused at 2:40pm local time this afternoon.

A carriage, mangled by the force of the explosion.

Those who had been inside and survived,

TRANSLATION: There was a deafening explosion.

I was standing by handrail and I think that saved me.

Everyone fell, the carriage crumbled.

TRANSLATION: There was a deafening explosion.

I was standing by handrail and I think that saved me.

Everyone fell, the carriage crumbled.

It was very good that the train didn't stop.

It flew along and I was thinking, dear Lord,

This is the first incident of its kind on the Metro system

of Russia's second city, St Petersburg.

It happened as President Vladimir Putin was in the city,

TRANSLATION: There was a deafening explosion.

TRANSLATION: I want to express my sincere condolences to those close

The law enforcement agencies and special services are working

and doing everything to find out the causes of what has happened

and completely evaluate what happened and the city

authorities and the federal authorities are taking necessary

measures to support the families of those of our citizens

The emergency services ferried dozens of injured

people to local hospitals, some in a serious condition.

The entire Metro system was closed down with investigators then

finding an explosive device at another station.

What happened here in this city today has already been

described by the government as an act of terrorism.

And one theory is, it could be linked to Moscow's recent

Which it is said was targeting terrorists who have been working

alongside the so-called Islamic state and Al-Qaeda. But as people

mourn those killed today, it is still unclear who is behind the

attack. We wanted to find out

about what the security services in St Petersburg would be

looking to now. Frank Gardner is at the BBC. In

2010, there was an horrific attack in Moscow that was blamed on

jihadists in the North Caucasus. Even though the Russian authorities

have been cautious about where they apportion blame, suspicion will fall

on the North caucuses because there is a track record there. Is this

domestic terrorism, the beef being from Chechen border Pakistani

nationalist militants against Russia, or is this something

inspired or possibly directed by so-called Islamic state in response

to Russian air strikes in Syria? I was surprised how quickly they came

out -- the Prime Minister came out calling it a terrorist attack. How

difficult will it be for them to try and pinpoint what group may be

behind it? It won't be too difficult because they have one device intact.

Their word two devices. Even from the first romper went off, the

explosive Ordinance people will be able to scrape the residue of

explosive residue that didn't completely burned. They can do that

from the carriage, from the book old remains of the carriage. Then they

have the device that didn't go off and their forensic departments will

be taking it apart to see what kind of explosives are in it, what are

the digital fingerprints on this. They will be questioning a lot of

suspects in the underworld as well, who have connections. So it

shouldn't take them too long. Such a scary thing, but there was a debate

about whether security was tough enough within St Petersburg and the

Metro station? It was probably tougher in Moscow than St

Petersburg. If a terrorist attack hasn't happened, you tend to think

it will happen to somebody else. It is difficult to combine the free

flow of passengers, commuters and ordinary people with tight security.

If you want 100% security, you will have people coming through at a

trickle and that is unworkable and terrorists know that. People say

that metal detectors are there, and people walk through and they bleep

and people just walk through. Egypt's President, Abdul Fattah

al-Sisi, is at the White House Let me show you some

of the pictures. This isn't the first

time the two have met. Mr Sisi met Donald Trump

during the election in September. They spoke briefly to the press

just a few hours ago. We agreed on so many things, I just

want to let anybody know in case there was any doubt, we are very

much behind President Sisi, he has done a fantastic job in a difficult

situation. Barbara Plett-Usher

is in Washington for us. Such warm words flowing between

President Sisi and Donald Trump. But did they get down to any of the

difficult issues? I think they will have spent a lot of time on the

issue on which they agree, which is a hard line in the fight against

Islamist violence. This is something President Trump has talked about. He

has said President Sisi is doing a fantastic job in fighting Islamist

terrorism and President Sisi has spoken about Satanic ideology that

motivates these militants. I think they are on the same page about

that. We do know Mr Trump said there were things they didn't agree about,

he didn't speak further about them. Officials were asked before the

visit whether he would raise human rights issues, which were a big

factor because President Sisi's regime has imprisoned thousands of

lives are good prisoners, according to human rights groups. And Barack

Obama Tim at arms length because of various human rights concerns. But

it is clear Mr Trump will not do that. It will not be a factor in how

the relationship is determined. I suppose the other big part is

military aid. Mr Obama had frozen military aid for a certain length of

time. Will we know exactly how this White House will aid Egypt in the

future? We won't right away, because of budget cuts, it is a question.

Israel gets to keep its part but everything else is open to

negotiation. The White House has indicated Egypt will probably be

able to keep its level of foreign aid, the second highest of military

aid. I think President Sisi would like to get more aid than that and I

don't think he will get it. Another issue that will come probably on

which they might disagree is the Muslim Brotherhood. President Sisi

has outlawed the group and wants the United States to designate them as a

terrorist organisation. The Trump administration did seem willing to

consider it, unlike the Obama administration. But the momentum has

slowed Amat because the State Department has said there is no

legal basis to declare the brotherhood as a terrorist

organisations and they worried it might alienate moderate Muslims and

push them towards extremism. Again, Donald Trump has come up against the

complexities of his own positions and the positions his allies are

asking him to take. That might come up, but we don't expect to see a

shift combat during this visit. Thank you very much. We will not

leave Washington just yet. We want to talk about this man...

He's the President's son in law and as you probably know,

he's been given a number of jobs by the President.

They include working to find peace in the Middle East,

leading an effort to modernize the US Government and

sitting on a commission to battle Opioid addiction.

Today it's been revealed he travelled to Iraq to meet with US

Anthony, following what I have heard you call him, a one-man department

of state, how is he expected to achieve any of these lofty goals?

Good question. All he needs to do is cure cancer and solve a clean fuel

and nuclear energy programme. It is going to be hard. He has a lot on

his plate, a lot more than anyone in US politics has taken on in a White

House administration type role. You have got to remember, he has no

political experience, he was a real estate developer and publisher of

New York lifestyle magazine, prior to this. His single greatest

qualifying characteristic is that he is married to Ivanka Trump and has

earned the trust of the president. This reveals Donald Trump's

governing philosophy that the problems facing the nation are easy

to solve. They just haven't been solved because politicians are too

corrupt or too incompetent to sort them out. But it's smart people

outside of government like Jared Kushner come in and they can handle

it, a whole lot more than anyone in similar positions have in the past.

We'll keep an eye on Jared Kushner and how he gets on with that

portfolio. I want to talk about

Neil Gorsuch as well. He's passed the latest hurdle

on his path to becoming a US The Republican controlled

Senate Judiciary Committee have approved him, which means the US

Senate is set for a full vote on whether to appoint

him later in the week. That's where there

might be problems. Let's return back to Anthony can

explain a little bit what some of those problems might be. It is a

question of mathematics for the Republicans. They require 60 votes

in order to secure the Supreme Court justice. They need a Democrats to

come over and confirm him. There are eight Democrats who say they will do

that, so what Republicans are doing is talk about a nuclear option which

is to change the rules. This decades long ruled that requires a majority

to secure the Supreme Court, G. They are filibustering, attempting to

block this nomination because this seat has been open for more than a

year and Barack Obama nominated someone, a respected judge, to take

the position and lasted the Republicans wouldn't even hold

hearings to consider him, hoping that Donald Trump would be elected

president in November and pick his own. Donald Trump pick his own and

now Democrats are trying to have some revenge. So many debates and

discussions coming out of Washington.

Stay with us - coming up in Outside Source Business we'll be

talking about the latest successes of Elon Musk's Tesla.

Seven people have been charged in connection with an attack

on a teenage asylum-seeker in south London.

Reker Ahmed, who's Kurdish-Iranian, was approached at a bus stop

in Croydon, and then chased and attacked by as many

as 30 people, according to the Met Police.

I think this is powered by numbers. There has been an incident outside

the pub and they have picked on three young men. There was no reason

for this attack. I believe, because of the numbers involved, people have

jumped on the back of it and it turned into a violent brawl where

somebody has been viciously beaten and is very lucky not to have lost

his life. There are innocent members of the public who felt powerless as

to what to do. Because when you are faced with the group of 30 violent

individuals it is hard to intervene. What they did was call the police.

But if you have any footage of the incident, contact the local CID

office. This is Outside Source live

from the BBC newsroom. An explosion on a metro train

in St Petersburg has killed ten The Russian Prime Minister has

called it a terrorist act. The Serbian Prime Minister,

Aleksandar Vu-cich, The Serbian Prime Minister,

Aleksandar Vucich, has won a clear victory

in the country's Mr Vucich said Serbs had voted

to continue to work towards greater ties with the European Union

while maintaining close relations BBC Somali reports that pirates have

hijacked an Indian cargo ship off There were 11 people

on board the vessel. Last month, Somali pirates

hijacked an oil tanker, the first commandeering

of a vessel since 2012, Here it is right on the southern tip

of Spain near north coast of Africa. It's long been a source of

contention between the UK and Spain. Now the UK leaving the EU has

brought the issue up again, because the EU's draft Brexit

strategy said no agreement on the UK's future relationship

with the EU would apply to Gibraltar, without

the consent of Spain. Yesterday a former British

Conservative Party leader said this. Another woman Prime Minister sent a

task force halfway across the world to protect another small group of

British people against another Spanish speaking country. And I am

absolutely clear that our current woman Prime Minister would show the

same resolve in relation to Gibraltar as her predecessor did.

He's referring to the Falkland Islands,

in the 1980s Margaret Thatcher sent a taskforce to reclaim them

Hundreds of soldiers on both sides were killed.

Today the Spanish Foreign Minister responded to

TRANSLATION: The Spanish government is surprised by the tone that has

emerged in the United Kingdom. A country normally characterised by

its composure. It is obvious in this case, the normal British composure

has been notable for its absence. The current British

government has ruled out We are focusing on talking with the

rest of the EU, starting with the formal negotiations and making sure

we see a result that will be in the interests of the UK and in the

interests of Gibraltar, but actually I thing will be in the interests of

the 27 member states of the European Union as well.

Eleanor, it should be get used diplomatic spats like this? Many

have warned the talks will be tough over the next couple of years and

the wrangling Theresa May has had with some in her own political party

but also with the Brexit issue making it all the way to the Supreme

Court, many have said those issues might feel like small fry compared

with trying to get agreement with politicians from the other 27 EU

countries. The clock is ticking. There is just two years to unpick

this more than 40 year relationship the UK has with the EU. All the

regulation needs to be undone. It covers a vast area. A couple of

issues that will be on the negotiating table early include the

rights of UK citizens living across the rest of the EU and of course, EU

citizens living here in the UK. And also, the so-called Brexit bill, how

much will it cost the UK to leave the European Union? There will be

plenty more chances for noises and some awkward subplots along the way.

I had the Spanish papers didn't have much mention of this row with the

UK, but it was different on this island? There has been plenty of

reaction in Westminster and the Labour Party, the Shadow Foreign

Secretary, Emily Thornbury complained the Prime Minister had

not condemned what she called the absurd and dangerous comment made by

Lord Howard. And also a former Foreign Secretary and another Labour

politician called Jack Straw dismissed military action as absurd.

He said it reeks of 90th century jingoism. And Tim Farron, he said it

was a relief Theresa May seemed to be ruling out sending a gunboat to

Gibraltar. But the Brexit secretary himself, David Davis is in Spain

having meetings with the government there and he said Lord Howard was

expressing the resolve of the UK in supporting the sovereignty of

Gibraltar. He said he made it clear any talk of a Falklands style task

force was not going to happen. Eleanor, thank you very much, I am

sure we will speak again soon. Let's turn to some bad news for

imagination technologies, a British company behind graphics chips in

iPhones and iPods. The company says apple-macro will terminate its

contract and that has sent shares crashing by 70%. Apple says it is

developing its own technology and imagination once this will be very

hard without infringing on its intellectual property rights. Let me

bring in a technological industry analyst, Chris Green. Why is apple

doing this? Trying to bring it back into the company, has been building

up its skills and abilities to design its own chips for a while. It

is not a surprise this news is coming out. It is just a shame it is

hitting imagination, which is one of the most innovative companies and

their success story coming out of Cambridge. The companies like

imagination must be feeling nervous? Yes, it could have an impact on the

number of companies, British companies who work in this space. I

would necessarily panic at this stage because it is a specialist

skill and not every company has the ability to design their own

microchips even though they are making high-tech electronics. What

would be your advice to companies coming up against an issue for

example, their chip not be needed? Make sure you are not so heavily

invested in one customer. It is important to have a diverse range of

customers, so if one, in this case Apple, was to walk away, it wouldn't

have such a huge dent on the business. It is surprising that

Imagination is so exposed to Apple as a customer. Getting back to the

70% of the drop-off in shares, will it rectify in any way or are the

employees looking at a grim future? Certainly the market is concerned

that such a huge amount of revenue could disappear very quickly from

the company. There is no immediate indication where the revenue will be

replaced from. With this technology, often Apple grabs the headlines and

what they do sometimes other people follow. Has there been other

incidences like this web they have decided to create something in-house

and it succeeded or not exceed it?, yes smartphone makers bring some of

their chip designed in-house, or take them from one manufacturer to

another. It all comes down to them trying to cook costs rather than

paying license fees for every chip they make. If they are making huge

volumes, they want to cut those costs they are spending. Chris

Green, thanks very much. We know more about graphics chips. Let's

stay with business. We want to turn the Taz love. Record quarter for

them for. It was a 70% rise on the same period of last year. It is a

rebound for the US company after production problems that we have

talked about last year. Let me bring up my colleague in New York. How did

they turn it around? Well, this is a company that has been in the

spotlight for a while. Everyone is waiting to see if it can execute,

the company has promised to deliver high-end electric vehicles, but also

a mass market, more affordable car. Although it still has a hefty price

tag. It is the emphasis on the execution of that on how efficient

it has been at delivering vehicles. That is what is helping turn things

around. The next question is whether it can do this for the mass-market

vehicles due out later this year. But this has had a huge impact on

the company's share price. It has shot up and it tells us investor is

now value Tesla more than it does traditional American car companies

like Ford, which up until now, had been seen by investors as the number

two car maker in the United States. Could this be the turning point for

them, the moment they have been waiting for to become accepted into

the fold? I hate to go back and harp on about this, but it is about

execution. They have built a factory on the West Coast, producing battery

packs. It will be on whether or not they can deliver the cars when they

have promised them for consumers. Michelle, thank you for speaking to

us. You are watching Outside Source from the BBC.

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