10/04/2017 Outside Source

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

We will be distilling the biggest global stories for you across the

hour in the BBC newsroom, starting in Italy in a minute. But first...

There's renewed pressure on Russia over its role in Syria.

It's coming from a G7 meeting in Italy.

Stick with that guy, stick with that tyrant,

or work with us to find a better solution."

In Egypt - funerals have begun for the victims

of Sunday's attacks by IS. A three-month state

of emergency is in place. I'll talk to BBC Arabic.

I've a new report from David Shukman on extensive damage

I promise you I will be a faithful servant to this great nation. Any

questions on any of our stories, BBC OS is the hashtag.

There is a concerted push to get Russia to distance itself

There's a G7 foreign ministers meeting in Italy today.

This is one of the pictures from earlier. These are some of the other

images to come into the BBC newsroom. Responding to that

chemical attack in Syria last week which killed over 70 people.

The G7 being Canada, France, Germany, Italy,

Japan, the UK, and the US. The EU is also present.

The ministers are having a series of meetings with one goal -

This meeting is taking place in Lucca.

Earlier, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited

Sant'Anna which is a village where 500 civilians were murdered by Nazi

He had this point to make while there.

We remember the events of August 12th, 1944, that occurred here.

We rededicate ourselves to holding to account any and all who commit

crimes against the innocents, anywhere in the world.

All this is in the context of the chemical attack

in Khan Sheikhoun last week - and the US attack on a target

a Syrian airbase that followed. America says the plane that carried

out the chemical attack operated from this base.

Syria denies it uses chemical weapons.

Iran and Russia both support the Assad regime.

They've put out a joint statement: "From now on we will respond

with force to any aggressor or any breach of red lines from whoever

it is and America knows our ability to respond well."

Rex Tillerson heads to Moscow tomorrow to meet his

counterpart, Sergei Lavrov. But the UK's Foreign Minister Boris

Johnson has opted out of a planned trip to Moscow.

Russia's Foreign Ministry responded witheringly that this was more proof

the UK has no "real influence" over world events.

This was Mr Johnson's side of things.

I think it's very important for the world to provide a united front and

the ambiguity of the message and the message we are sending to the

Russians is very clear. Do they want to stick with a toxic regime? Do

they want to be eternally associated with the guy who gasses his own

people? Or do they want to work with the Americans and the rest of the G7

and indeed, like-minded countries, for a new future for Syria? That has

got to be a political deal and with the best will in the world, it is

the Americans who have changed the game by using those cruise missiles.

Boris Johnson telling the BBC the Americans have changed the game.

James Reynolds has been following the meeting from Rome.

Here's his take on what the rest of the G7 will be looking for.

They will be asking pointed questions in private at the working

dinner in Lucca no doubt of the Secretary of State. I think the

simple questions they will be asking is this, what is the US strategy in

Syria? Are the air strikes we saw last week simply a one-off? Part of

a plan? Does it have any coordination with the fight against

Assad and Isis? How would it work on the ground? How might the United

States coordinate with Russia and Iran to make sure their forces

aren't targeted by those countries? A lot of questions need to be asked

inside the G7 before the G7 may be comfortable enough to relay a

statement to allow Rex Tillerson to go to Moscow with a unified

position. We now return to the funerals of the victims of the

Islamic states attack in Egypt. We're just waiting for a report

clear for broadcast. The Beijing local government

is offering cash rewards This is a statement

from city officials. It says the public should help

"to slowly construct an iron Great Wall in combating evil

and guarding against spies". They won't be doing this for

nothing. Beijing residents could earn up

to $72,000 by submitting tip-offs. Here's John Sudworth to explain why

these campaigns keep happening. It's too early to say whether this

system of rewards will lead to crowds of would-be spy catchers

roaming the leafy, well-heeled districts of this city in search of

suspicious foreigners. The rewards on offer are certainly substantial

enough. Up to half a million UN, more than 70,000 US dollars, for

information leading to the arrest or apprehension of enemy agents. As a

major power, no one doubts China is the target of espionage but however

real that threat, there has to be a concern that there is an ulterior

motive at work. Under the President, China has become increasingly wary

of foreign ideas and influence. Foreign companies and organisations

and academics, they all face increased scrutiny and surveillance.

Raising this issue, the spectre of streets crawling with foreign spies,

helps keep that threat in the forefront of people's minds. China

has recently been boosting its national security laws, ostensibly

to guard against the actions of foreign governments, but critics

have pointed out that the increased power in the hands of the state can

be used to crush domestic dissent as well. John Sutton worth, BBC News,

Beijing. We also heard from several

correspondents in Italy but next return to Egypt.

In Egypt, 40 people died in Sunday's bombing of two Coptic churches.

The funerals of the victims have begun.

And in response, a state of emergency has been declared.

Troops are being deployed across the country -

and arrests can be made without warrants.

This report from Cairo has just come in.

All different kinds of police have been brought in, surrounding the

church Peer. We have seen evidence of that palm Sunday attack, smashed

windows on the ground and a lot of local people still completely

distraught about what happened. Nevertheless, you can see there is a

long line of worshippers queueing up to go into a service which will take

place just inside the yard. TRANSLATION: We don't fear anything,

god is with us. Terrorism is everywhere. If you are scared, you

won't leave the house. We have our kids with us, we don't fear

terrorism. And there are Muslims who have joined their Christian

neighbours and friends, like this man. What happens, then to make

fighting from Christians and Muslims and they will not and they will

never succeed. Some friends of mine killed. Sorry. For Christians, the

days before Easter are always very solemn. But here, this has turned

into a time of terrible pain and suffering.

I've been talking to her about the President's critics and whether they

accept that the introduction of a state of emergency is justified in

these circumstances? Critics say it is just for the government to calm

down public opinion but practically, it won't do anything. I would ask

about how soldiers deployed around the country helped to take a threat

such as Islamic State which is quite difficult to pinpoint? In the coming

few weeks, as you go, the army was spread yesterday to help with

security forces, the example we can drive the result from is northern

Sinai. The state of emergency there has been on for three years,

unconstitutionally by some critics, but still, the Islamic State are

still on top of their insurgencies and so were the victims, even among

the security forces and army are taken down by the Islamic State. So

we will see whether it will work or not but taking the example of

northern Sinai, it actually didn't end the insurgencies. This is one

more example of how central the military is to everything in Egypt?

Yes, it's another aspect of this, especially that even with the

approval of the Parliament, if they do approve the emergency state,

there is only one time that they can extend it for three more months, so

the constitutional time should be six months at the second time should

be approved by two thirds of the Parliament members which is probably

going to happen if things don't come to an end. But then what do we

expect security wise? Politically? There are so many fears this is

going to be a continuing circle of the crackdown on NGOs and others but

still it cannot control Isis. I want to talk about Islamic State in

Egypt, we talk about it a lot in the context of Syria and Iraq, what are

its object is in Egypt? No one really knows because there is an

emergency law being implemented on coverage in Sinai which is where

they function. So basically, nobody really knows but in the past few

months, we've seem that the Coptic Egyptians and Christians are being

targeted wide Dunne on a wide scale. The other thing, land, territories,

part of the main ideology of Isis, so what happens in Syria and Iraq, I

think they wish to achieve in Egypt as well, whether they succeeded in

northern Sinai or not, frankly, we don't know because there is no

coverage in northern Sinai apart from what the army is issuing. In a

few minutes, we turn to Hungary, which has seen some of its biggest

protests in years, over the potential closure of a university.

We will hear all about that story in a few minutes time.

The funeral of PC Keith Palmer has been held at London Southwark

cathedral. Thousands of police officers from across the country

lined the route of the procession. Our home editor mark eastern -- Mark

Easton has more. At the gates of the Palace

of Westminster, Police Constable Keith Palmer's coffin paused,

at the very spot where The place where, unarmed,

he moved towards a man brandishing two knives,

where he put himself in harm's way, where he protected Parliament

to protect our democracy. Police officers from every force

in the country lined the route. As the cortege headed

across the river, police officers paid tribute in the air,

on the water and along the route. Two of PC Palmer's colleagues spoke

of the friend they so admired. We live from the BBC newsroom and

our main comes from Italy. The G7 meeting in Lucca and the countries

hoping to put pressure on Russia over its role in Syria. A Russian

man has been arrested in Spain over attempting to influence the recent

US election. He is accused of hacking the computer service linked

to the Democratic Party. The first direct freight train from London to

China has left China. It will take 17 days to reach China. It will

travel more than 12,000 kilometres through Europe and Russia, crossing

seven countries. Presumably at some point, it picked up some speed.

And these pictures show the arrest of an Australian rapper who went

on the run after racking up a $450 bill at a seafood restaurant.

He ran into the sea to avoid paying - that plan was always

Sure enough he was caught and appeared in court on Monday.

Neil Gorsuch has been sworn in as a US Supreme Court Justice.

Here he is speaking after taking the oath of office.

By the trust placed in me today. I will never forget and to whom this

is given, much will be expected and I promise I will do all in my power

to be a faithful server of the constitution and laws of this great

nation. Thank you. Anthony Zurcher is lived in

Washington. It's easy for us to forget the judicial role Neil

Gorsuch will fulfil so what will he do? He is one of nine Supreme Court

justices and they have an influence in all manners of policy and

questions of law throughout the United States. This is a lifetime

appointment. He is only 49 years old, he could serve for three

decades. There will be legal challenges also to government laws

such as laws of abortion, civil rights, health care, environmental

law, Donald Trump's immigration ban, these things all come before the

court and their decision is final. When the Supreme Court issued a

ruling, there is no appealing and that is the law of the land.

Probably one of the most powerful people in the United States, more

powerful than presidents at times. This is a significant development,

here's a Conservative replacing a Conservative justice and ensuring a

Conservative majority on the Supreme Court. So we shouldn't just see this

as a political bonus for Donald Trump but also a very long-term

victory for Conservatives? Absolutely. There was a great deal

of concern at the beginning of last year that a Liberal majority was

going to be established on the Supreme Court if Barack Obama had

been able to appoint his chosen successor, Merrick Garland. That is

why Republicans in the Senate blocked merit Garland from being

seated and also why Donald Trump won the presidency. There were a lot of

Republicans and Conservatives who were not crazy about Donald Trump

but he promised to put someone like Neil Gorsuch on the court so if

Angelica Roos, hardline Conservatives, stuck with Trump

through the elections. Because they wanted this Supreme Court member to

be there for a long time. The White House press secretary Sean Spicer

has been talking in particular about military action in Syria.

The reason we took action last week has been widely praised,

When you see what we saw happen in Syria, you are instantly moved to

take action. Further action will definitely be taken by the United

States. We continue to urge further... The world community to

join us in both stopping the deterrence and proliferation of use

of those weapons and further creating a political environment

that will result in new leadership. Those are very important and go hand

in hand. Leaving aside the rights and wrongs of Sean Spicer's analysis

right now, it's hard not to be taken aback by how this differs from what

President Trump said three years ago but also what the Trump

administration was saying seven days ago. It is a remarkable 180 degrees

turn from what I heard on the campaign trail from Donald Trump in

the past two years which is that the United States can't be America's

policeman. Shouldn't be the world's policeman, or get involved in

international disputes. It would focus on domestic policy and not try

to solve all the problems of the world and here you have Donald Trump

and Sean Spicer saying things like, we have to enforce international

laws and try to build a global Coalition to try to stop Bashar

al-Assad from killing his own people with not only chemical weapons but

he is talking about barrel bombs as well. Traditional munitions. That is

a decided change from the type of rhetoric I think we all heard and

people came to expect from this administration. He sounded a little

uneven and unsure how to express it and so I think some of Donald

Trump's supporters will be surprised by this.

I'm Ros Atkins and it is Outside Source business mix. Toyota says it

will spend $1.3 billion on a factory in Kentucky. We have to see that as

part of a broader plan to invest $10 million in the US and we can't go

any further without reminding ourselves of the position of Donald

Trump on these issues. Mr Trump's supporters would claim

this is a victory for him. Let's bring our correspondent in live from

New York. Is Toyota responding to the new environment? I don't think

it's just that the Trump supporters that will take this as a victory but

Mr Trump will as well, seeing that this investment in a factory in

Kentucky really shows manufacturers like Toyota that the economic

climate in the United States is good for this kind of investment,

especially under his administration. But really is this a victory for the

Trump administration? This is part of something that was already

announced, $10 billion over the next five years to invest in plants. When

you look at Toyota and this particular plant, it is the largest

of their plans anywhere in the world. There, they manufacture cars,

the most made in America car. The reason Toyota was going to Mexico

presumably was to save money. Will it have to make more expensive cars

in these factories in the US? What they are suggesting is that by

investing into better technologies in these plans in the United States,

they can make these cars more efficiently and they can also keep

more up-to-date with some of the automation we are seeing in terms of

trends with regards to car-makers in the US and globally. Thank you.

Let's talk about the boss of Barclays, Jes Staley could lose his

$1.6 million bonus because UK and US regulators are opening

investigations into a whistle-blowing case and how Jes

Staley attempted to find out the identity of the whistle-blower.

Simon Jack has the story. Bark is hired an old friend of Jes Staley

and after that appointment, letters were sent to board members raising

questions about the past conduct and personal issues in the background of

this person and the nature of his relationship with Jes Staley, asking

whether it was appropriate. Jes Staley said today in a letter that

he wrote to Barclays staff, he thought this was a whistle-blowing

but an unfair personal attack and an attempt to maliciously smear this

person. The compliance due to Berkeley said, back off, this is

somewhere where the chief Executive of Barclays should be poking his

nose in. He thought he could find out who said that letter and he was

incorrect. Now the regulators are taking a dim view of it because

coming down, having powerful CEOs, hunting down potential

whistle-blowers is taken seriously because they are the eyes and ears

of the regulators. This is a serious matter. The penalties can be quite

severe and they can even disbar people from working in banking.

Whistle-blowers are much more protective and there is some

argument as to whether this was proper whistle-blowing but the

regulators will into it. This was a passenger being taken off

a united airlines flight. Perhaps not the airline's finest hour.

SHOUTING Passengers on board report saying

the airline had put too many people under the flight and when no one

volunteered, this is what happened. The airline has said it's

investigating, which is the least they could do, frankly. See you in

minute. New Zealand have been having a

torrid time of it recently, a spell of rain after spell of rain. A lot

of flooding and could be more to come. Courtesy