:00:08. > :00:10.Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
:00:11. > :00:13.Let's look through some of the main stories here in the BBC Newsroom.
:00:14. > :00:16.There's renewed pressure on Russia over its role in Syria.
:00:17. > :00:18.It's coming from a G7 meeting in Italy.
:00:19. > :00:26.This is your choice. Stick with that guy, stick with that tyrant or work
:00:27. > :00:29.with us to find a better solution. We've got a new report from
:00:30. > :00:32.David Shukman on the Great Barrier. Rising water temperatures
:00:33. > :00:33.have damaged two thirds of the corals there -
:00:34. > :00:36.experts say there is little LSD and magic mushrooms
:00:37. > :00:41.are illegal Class A drugs - but some people in the UK take small
:00:42. > :00:44.amounts as part of We have a special report on what's
:00:45. > :00:58.known as microdosing. When you're doing something that
:00:59. > :00:59.isn't causing any harm to anybody else, there's nothing really that
:01:00. > :01:01.needs to be justified. It's been expected for a while,
:01:02. > :01:09.but now the US, Canada and Mexico will make a joint bid to host
:01:10. > :01:11.the 2026 World Cup - we'll have the latest
:01:12. > :01:23.on that in OS sport. Scientists in Australia say
:01:24. > :01:27.two-thirds of the coral on the Great Barrier Reef have been
:01:28. > :01:32.damaged in the past two years. The damage is called Bleaching -
:01:33. > :01:35.it happens when corals under stress drive out the algae that
:01:36. > :01:38.give them colour. And bleaching is caused
:01:39. > :01:45.by rising ocean temperatures which in turn are linked
:01:46. > :01:47.to global warming. The reef is off the Queensland
:01:48. > :01:50.coast in Australia's north east. There's been two consecutive
:01:51. > :01:51.years of bleaching - This is one of the
:01:52. > :02:14.study's researchers. That means that even when mass
:02:15. > :02:16.bleaching events happen 12 months apart there's no prospect
:02:17. > :02:18.of recovery for reefs The BBC's Science Editor David
:02:19. > :02:21.Shukman's latest report looks A world of brilliant
:02:22. > :02:24.colour, teeming with life. This is the Great Barrier Reef
:02:25. > :02:28.at its best - the largest single biological structure on earth,
:02:29. > :02:29.but vulnerable to This is how part of reefs
:02:30. > :02:33.look, a ghostly white. The corals more like a graveyard
:02:34. > :02:35.than a thriving habitat. A new survey has found long
:02:36. > :02:40.stretches of the reef have turned pale for the second year running,
:02:41. > :02:44.giving the corals no chance to recover, and the scientist
:02:45. > :02:49.in charge says he's worried. It seems likely that between this
:02:50. > :02:55.event and last event roughly 50% of the coral on the Great Barrier
:02:56. > :02:58.Reef will have died, That binding measure
:02:59. > :03:07.is a huge blow to the reef. What is happening to
:03:08. > :03:10.the Great Barrier Reef is deeply shocking to the scientists
:03:11. > :03:12.who are studying the This gives you an idea
:03:13. > :03:17.of what is at stake. On the left, this is healthy coral,
:03:18. > :03:20.rich in colour; on the right, that's coral that's turned white,
:03:21. > :03:23.and is at risk of dying. Healthy coral has algae growing
:03:24. > :03:27.inside it, providing energy, but if the water's too warm,
:03:28. > :03:29.the algae are expelled, which leaves the coral
:03:30. > :03:31.bleached and starving. Last year, scientists found
:03:32. > :03:35.that the northern third of the Great Barrier Reef
:03:36. > :03:38.was most badly hit. That is where the waters
:03:39. > :03:40.are usually warmest. This time, the central
:03:41. > :03:43.section has suffered worst, and that's surprising
:03:44. > :03:45.because usually the waters Being bleached two years running,
:03:46. > :03:50.makes it all the harder Some corals are weaker
:03:51. > :03:58.than others and are less likely to survive in warmer waters,
:03:59. > :04:01.so scientists are trying to find out Coral can bleach but it does
:04:02. > :04:10.not necessarily die. If a coral bleaches year after year,
:04:11. > :04:14.then that is going to reduce The reef faces all kinds
:04:15. > :04:24.of threats, from pollution But on top of them,
:04:25. > :04:28.there is climate change, bringing higher temperatures,
:04:29. > :04:44.that makes bleaching more likely. More on that story online from the
:04:45. > :04:48.BBC News website and the BBC News app.
:04:49. > :04:50.Next on Outside Source, we turn to South Sudan
:04:51. > :04:53.and a report from the BBC's Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead.
:04:54. > :04:56.This country is one one of the toughest places in the world
:04:57. > :05:07.There are many shocking statistics, one is that a 15
:05:08. > :05:09.year old girl is more likely to die in childbirth
:05:10. > :05:12.Alistair's been talking to three women about
:05:13. > :05:18.In a town run by soldiers from where most people have fled,
:05:19. > :05:23.Janifa Poni earns a little money making alcohol out of grain.
:05:24. > :05:36.It's a bit like percolating coffee, using a few adapted pots and pans.
:05:37. > :05:39.Janifa left school at 12, had her first for children at 13
:05:40. > :05:41.and is now trapped by war, making enough money
:05:42. > :05:43.to survive but not enough to get her family out.
:05:44. > :05:57.TRANSLATION: There are so many things that happen here.
:05:58. > :06:00.I saw a pregnant woman who'd been killed, they cut the baby out
:06:01. > :06:05.When you go to dig vegetables you might live, you might die.
:06:06. > :06:16.Three million people have been forced from their homes
:06:17. > :06:19.in South Sudan, 230,000 have ended up in sprawling UN-protected camps.
:06:20. > :06:21.Rita Nyedeng came here when the fighting came
:06:22. > :06:23.because she thought she was going to be killed because
:06:24. > :06:30.TRANSLATION: Life in the camp isn't good, there isn't
:06:31. > :06:37.But I cannot go back to my house because it was dismantled.
:06:38. > :06:44.Now she and her team help keep the camp community
:06:45. > :07:00.Sometimes the women, if they go outside to buy greens,
:07:01. > :07:05.or collect wood, they can be taken by the government.
:07:06. > :07:09.Nearly half the women in South Sudan are married before the age of 18.
:07:10. > :07:13.And it's one of the worst places in the world to be a mother.
:07:14. > :07:16.A 15-year-old girl in South Sudan is more likely to die in childbirth
:07:17. > :07:20.Very few make it to secondary school.
:07:21. > :07:22.In South Sudan here, they don't take much
:07:23. > :07:28.Achol Majur is 19, she is head girl and this is a mentoring session.
:07:29. > :07:37.She has made it her mission to stop girls from dropping out.
:07:38. > :07:40.Since I know the benefit of education, I want my
:07:41. > :07:42.girls to know about it and I talk to them every time
:07:43. > :07:45.because I don't want to be the one benefiting alone -
:07:46. > :07:49.She persuades parents to keep the girls in school.
:07:50. > :07:51.If you get an education, if you educate boys and abandon
:07:52. > :07:54.girls, that doesn't make sense - both boys and girls
:07:55. > :08:12.Now, some of the bigger sports stories in the world. Starting off
:08:13. > :08:16.with an announcement we were expecting but it is still
:08:17. > :08:17.significant. The US, Canada and Mexico will announce
:08:18. > :08:20.a joint bid to host the 2026 World Cup.
:08:21. > :08:22.It'll be the first expanded version of the tournement -
:08:23. > :08:26.The announcement was made at the top of One World
:08:27. > :08:36.We have the full support of the United States government in this
:08:37. > :08:39.project. The president of the United States is fully supportive and
:08:40. > :08:45.encourages us to have this joint bid. He is expressly pleased Mexico
:08:46. > :08:48.is part of this bid, and in the last few days we have had further
:08:49. > :08:53.encouragement on that. We're not concerned about some of the issues
:08:54. > :08:57.other people may raise. We looked bidding low and decided we wanted to
:08:58. > :09:00.bid with our partners in North America and have a strong
:09:01. > :09:10.encouragement from President Rampaul to that very end. Very interesting.
:09:11. > :09:14.Bearing in mind what Mr Trott said about Mexico, wanting to build the
:09:15. > :09:18.wall and not happy with the free trade agreement, it's interesting he
:09:19. > :09:21.has got right behind this idea. -- president Donald Trump. Sport is a
:09:22. > :09:25.great leveller and brings people together. I think it will help out
:09:26. > :09:29.with this World Cup bid. The bidding process gets under way later in the
:09:30. > :09:37.year. If you remember the last time the North American held it in 1994,
:09:38. > :09:40.at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, with Brazil winning 3-2 on penalties
:09:41. > :09:46.after it finished goalless after extra time. Roberto Baggio with that
:09:47. > :09:50.famous missed penalty for the Italians. They ended up losing and
:09:51. > :09:55.Brazil taking the title. It was a very hot day and a hot place to be
:09:56. > :10:00.playing football in North America, but I certainly think it will be a
:10:01. > :10:04.fantastic tournament for going back there. Looking at a situation here
:10:05. > :10:09.where we have 60 games that are going to be played in the US. Ten
:10:10. > :10:14.which will be played in Canada and ten in Mexico. Canada posted the
:10:15. > :10:17.2015 women's World Cup. In the US they have grand stadiums and can use
:10:18. > :10:21.the NFL arenas which are state-of-the-art. Mexico have three
:10:22. > :10:28.or four stadiums they can use. This is going to be a tournament that
:10:29. > :10:31.would be with US Leeming, the 250th year of the independence agreement,
:10:32. > :10:36.so be something to look forward to. You would expect around the 4th of
:10:37. > :10:41.July the Fai would be in the USA. Thank you, we will keep an eye on
:10:42. > :10:46.that. If you are a regular viewer you know we will bring new coverage
:10:47. > :10:49.of sports that are underreported. The International Federation
:10:50. > :10:52.of Sport Climbing held its first world cup event of the year
:10:53. > :10:54.at the weekend. This particular discipline
:10:55. > :11:00.of climbing is called bouldering. The climbers attempt
:11:01. > :11:05.different walls or boulders of varying difficulties -
:11:06. > :11:07.although, all variations No harness, though
:11:08. > :11:13.they won't fall far. Their ranking depends on how many
:11:14. > :11:18.boulders they successfully complete. Britain's Shaun Coxsey
:11:19. > :11:20.won the women's event, We're going to be following climbing
:11:21. > :11:28.closely - including speed climbing which is going to feature
:11:29. > :11:41.at the Olympics. I just wanted to mention this.
:11:42. > :11:45.Particularly those watching on the BBC News Channel in the UK.
:11:46. > :11:47.The BBC will be showing the Women's Super League One
:11:48. > :11:49.across TV, radio online when the Spring Series
:11:50. > :11:52.The Women's Football Show on BBC Two will show highlights,
:11:53. > :11:58.while games will be shown live on the BBC Sport website.
:11:59. > :12:08.Really exciting development for BBC sport here in the UK. We will show
:12:09. > :12:09.the best women's football in the UK. In a few minutes we will be turning
:12:10. > :12:12.to Hungary. It has seen some of its biggest
:12:13. > :12:14.protests in years. Its over the potential closure
:12:15. > :12:16.of a respected university. A photo of a woman smiling
:12:17. > :12:25.at an English Defence League protester in Birmingham,
:12:26. > :12:29.snapped after she stepped in to defend another
:12:30. > :12:31.woman has gone viral. The image of Saffiyah Khan has been
:12:32. > :12:48.shared thousands of times An image that's travelled around the
:12:49. > :12:54.world. Today, at home in Aycock screen, Saffiyah Khan was reflecting
:12:55. > :12:58.on her moment of defiance Saturday's EDL demonstration in Birmingham. She
:12:59. > :13:02.says she stepped in to help a Muslim woman who was being threatened.
:13:03. > :13:06.She seemed scared, but regardless of whether or not she felt scared, the
:13:07. > :13:12.fact of the matter is there was a group of EDL surrounding her, and I
:13:13. > :13:17.don't think anyone should be in that position. The photograph shows
:13:18. > :13:21.Saffiyah Khan appearing to smile at the EDL leader Ian Crossland. She
:13:22. > :13:24.says he was poking his finger in her face but she was determined to
:13:25. > :13:28.become. I was just looking at the guy, and
:13:29. > :13:33.sometimes it's the best response, just to smile. Work you scared when
:13:34. > :13:38.you interbreed? Am I afraid of the EDL? I wasn't then, I'm not now and
:13:39. > :13:42.I don't intend to be. Ian Crosland hasn't yet commented today but he
:13:43. > :13:47.did speak on Saturday, before the photograph was taken. It's not a
:13:48. > :13:52.demonstration against Muslims but against radical Islam. Around 100
:13:53. > :13:58.people took part in the rally. The EDL said it moved the protest from
:13:59. > :14:02.Derby to Birmingham because Khalid Masood, the Westminster attacker,
:14:03. > :14:08.lived in the city. On a site claiming to be the EDL's official
:14:09. > :14:12.Facebook page, it said Saffiyah had been disrespectful, shouting during
:14:13. > :14:15.a minute's silence for victims of terror attacks and then being
:14:16. > :14:22.treated like a hero. Saffiyah Khan says there was no one-minute
:14:23. > :14:26.silence. Saffiyah Khan also denies claims she is a member of an
:14:27. > :14:31.antifascist group. People we spoke to were happy to photograph has been
:14:32. > :14:34.circulated around social media. I think it's a brave act, especially
:14:35. > :14:37.because there are a lot more aggressive and physically taller and
:14:38. > :14:42.more threatening than she is. I think because she was so calm it
:14:43. > :14:47.brought more awareness to it, rather than causing an argument. Saffiyah
:14:48. > :14:49.Khan says she finds it strange she has attracted such notoriety but
:14:50. > :15:02.hopes it will motivate people to fight racism.
:15:03. > :15:04.This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
:15:05. > :15:13.The G7 meeting of foreign ministers has been taking place in Italy.
:15:14. > :15:16.Countries involved are seeking to renew pressure on Russia
:15:17. > :15:21.If you're outside of the UK, it's World News America next.
:15:22. > :15:23.They have more on the rumours of a battle for influence
:15:24. > :15:25.between President Trump's chief strategist and his son-in-law.
:15:26. > :15:30.It's being called a power-struggle of Shakespearean proportions.
:15:31. > :15:34.Here in the UK, the News at Ten is next.
:15:35. > :15:37.They're covering the funeral of PC Keith Palmer, the policeman killed
:15:38. > :15:41.Thousands of police officers from all over the country lined
:15:42. > :15:50.Let me show you these pictures that came in to the newsroom
:15:51. > :15:58.At least 50,000 people took to the streets Budapest over
:15:59. > :16:00.new laws that could lead to the closure of one
:16:01. > :16:06.of the countries most prestigious universities.
:16:07. > :16:15.There has been a further update in the last few hours. This from a news
:16:16. > :16:18.agency in Hungary saying the president has approved the law that
:16:19. > :16:25.regulate foreign universities and could force the college out of
:16:26. > :16:26.Hungary. That is a reference to this. The central European
:16:27. > :16:31.University. It will be unable to award diplomas
:16:32. > :16:35.because it is registered in the US. That will be a problem under the new
:16:36. > :16:37.law. The university was founded
:16:38. > :16:39.by philanthropist George Soros. The suggestion is he is trying to
:16:40. > :16:54.interfere in Hungarian politics. Oleg Boldyrev explained
:16:55. > :17:06.the disagreement between The government essentially holds
:17:07. > :17:12.George Soros accountable for at least defending the rights of those
:17:13. > :17:17.migrants who were coming here, as part of the wave of refugees. How it
:17:18. > :17:20.came to conflict with the Central European University is a long story.
:17:21. > :17:24.On Sunday tens of thousands of people marched on this bridge,
:17:25. > :17:27.urging the government to reconsider, urging Parliament to reconsider,
:17:28. > :17:36.urging the president not to sign the law, which means that CEU will not
:17:37. > :17:40.operate. The president when the other way. There is talk in the town
:17:41. > :17:44.that there will be protests, if not an eye on Wednesday. The dynamic of
:17:45. > :17:49.that protest has been quite impressive. Two weeks ago it was
:17:50. > :17:56.10,000 people, on Sunday there were 80,000 people. I spoke to a
:17:57. > :17:59.government representative today, he said basically the government is not
:18:00. > :18:06.changing its position. They say it is about morality. They say the CEU
:18:07. > :18:11.only needs to be in the US to operate. Those who defend the
:18:12. > :18:14.Central European University say this is an attack on academic freedom,
:18:15. > :18:22.this is part of something much larger, which is the Hungarian
:18:23. > :18:27.government's drive to have a controlled democracy. There are tens
:18:28. > :18:35.of thousands of those who want that university to operate, or demand
:18:36. > :18:39.academic freedom here in Hungary. The government accuses George Soros
:18:40. > :18:45.of trying to influence Hungarian politics via this university and
:18:46. > :18:49.other NGOs, is that fair? That is basically the entire
:18:50. > :19:01.argument which the two sides are having. Our NGOs only helping those
:19:02. > :19:06.in need or do they contravene government position and government
:19:07. > :19:10.line, undermining it? Certainly the two sides are not agreeing about
:19:11. > :19:15.that. But certainly there are dozens and dozens of those who support the
:19:16. > :19:21.academic freedom. There are many letters sent from political leaders
:19:22. > :19:26.around the world, by noble lawyers, saying that the university should
:19:27. > :19:33.not be called an instrument of influence. That basically this is an
:19:34. > :19:38.institution that is fair to make science, not to influence political
:19:39. > :19:42.decision and nobody is doing that. The government is holding a
:19:43. > :19:49.radically different view. We have heard from Hungary Switzerland, the
:19:50. > :19:53.US and the UK and Sudan. Next we turn to Sweden. A minute's silence
:19:54. > :19:56.has been helped remember those killed and injured in the truck
:19:57. > :19:59.attack in Stockholm. These are the pictures we had a little earlier.
:20:00. > :20:04.The Swedish Prime Minister, the Royal family and other senior
:20:05. > :20:07.officials took part in the ceremony outside Stockholm City Hall.
:20:08. > :20:12.Meanwhile Swedish prosecutors confirmed the man suspected of
:20:13. > :20:15.carrying out the attack is a 39-year-old from Uzbekistan. Swedish
:20:16. > :20:21.authorities have been trying to deport him after his asylum
:20:22. > :20:27.application was refused. Earlier we had this statement from the police.
:20:28. > :20:33.TRANSLATION: When it comes to the investigation I am confident we have
:20:34. > :20:36.the right perpetrator who drove the truck. It is up to the prosecutor to
:20:37. > :20:41.prove this in court and the court has to make its assertions. From the
:20:42. > :20:44.police perspective, we feel great confidence. With that story and
:20:45. > :20:49.almost all the stories we cover here on Outside Source, if you need more
:20:50. > :20:53.information, whenever you want that information you can get it through
:20:54. > :20:55.the BBC News app or the BBC News website. I'm pretty sure you will
:20:56. > :20:58.know where to find that. Next we've got a report
:20:59. > :21:00.from Catrin Nye on microdosing - that's the taking of tiny amounts
:21:01. > :21:03.of psychedelic drugs The people here in the UK who do it
:21:04. > :21:10.say it boosts creativity and can have medicinal benefits -
:21:11. > :21:12.there's no scientific Psychedelic drugs,
:21:13. > :21:20.LSD, magic mushrooms, are usually associated
:21:21. > :21:26.with long, mind-bending trips. Some people, though, are now taking
:21:27. > :21:29.the Class A drugs in tiny doses. They argue it improves their day
:21:30. > :21:32.but also, in some cases, helps deal Anna, whose name I've
:21:33. > :21:42.changed, is a mum of two. She's tried micro-dosing with LSD
:21:43. > :21:47.and magic mushrooms in the past. I had learned that a really useful,
:21:48. > :21:53.nice thing to do with it would be to have it on a day off and have
:21:54. > :21:58.quite a normal day. But the quality of that day,
:21:59. > :22:00.on all sorts of fronts, So, I would go for a walk
:22:01. > :22:05.and I would be struck All those bits of sense data,
:22:06. > :22:09.that I think we often just lose, to getting stuff done
:22:10. > :22:11.and being outcome-focused, would be There's something relaxing
:22:12. > :22:19.and grounding about it. Simpa micro-doses regularly
:22:20. > :22:22.with LSD and says it helps Can you tell me what you're dealing
:22:23. > :22:27.with, and how it helps? Depression and anxiety as a result
:22:28. > :22:33.of this childhood trauma that led to borderline personality disorder
:22:34. > :22:38.and post-traumatic stress disorder. So, all of these things together,
:22:39. > :22:44.are currently dealt with by GPs with a large amount of different
:22:45. > :22:48.pills, each of which causes more side effects, I find
:22:49. > :22:50.in my personal experience, than the benefits
:22:51. > :22:54.these drugs provide. These substances, I've found,
:22:55. > :22:56.give me the benefits There has recently been a cautious
:22:57. > :23:01.revival in scientific trials James Rucker was recently
:23:02. > :23:07.involved in a pilot trial, at Imperial College London,
:23:08. > :23:09.looking at the use of magic It did not, however,
:23:10. > :23:15.look at micro-dosing? Micro-dosing, we know,
:23:16. > :23:17.at a medical level, There have been no trials looking
:23:18. > :23:22.at micro-dosing at all, so we do not know whether there
:23:23. > :23:27.are any benefits associated with it, or indeed if there are any
:23:28. > :23:30.harms associated with it. The only way that we can sort out
:23:31. > :23:33.whether or not it works or it doesn't is by doing a blinded
:23:34. > :23:37.placebo controlled randomised trial. The definition of a micro-dose
:23:38. > :23:40.is you don't notice the subjective effect, but that doesn't mean
:23:41. > :23:45.it is not having any effect on you. As well as this, the drugs
:23:46. > :23:48.being used are Class A. Possession can result in up
:23:49. > :23:50.to seven years in prison. How do you justify this fact
:23:51. > :23:58.that it is completely illegal? When you're doing something
:23:59. > :24:01.that is not causing any harm to anybody else there's nothing
:24:02. > :24:13.really that needs to That report is available online if
:24:14. > :24:17.you would like to show it to other people. One last word to put up at
:24:18. > :24:21.the end of the programme. It is where we started, the G7 foreign
:24:22. > :24:26.ministers meeting earlier on in Italy. You will notice there are
:24:27. > :24:30.eight people in this photo. That is because this is the foreign policy
:24:31. > :24:34.representative of the European Union, who joined the seven other
:24:35. > :24:39.foreign ministers. A couple of other people to pick out, Boris Johnson,
:24:40. > :24:43.the UK's Foreign Secretary. He chose not to go to Moscow, instead to
:24:44. > :24:48.concentrate on building a coalition to build pressure on Russia. This is
:24:49. > :24:52.Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, he is going to Moscow. He
:24:53. > :24:57.will be there on Tuesday, meeting Sergey Lavrov, his counterpart. It
:24:58. > :24:58.will be very interesting to see how that conversation goes. See you
:24:59. > :25:13.tomorrow to talk all about it. Hello. If it is your first holiday
:25:14. > :25:14.of the year, I suppose the weather is very important.