:00:09. > :00:10.Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
:00:11. > :00:12.The British parliament has voted to hold a general
:00:13. > :00:27.The ayes to the right, 522. The noes to the left, 13. The ayes have it,
:00:28. > :00:29.the ayes have it. Already Theresa May is making this
:00:30. > :00:37.election about Brexit. It is about strengthening our hand
:00:38. > :00:41.in the negotiations that lie ahead, sticking to our plan for stronger
:00:42. > :00:43.Britain. We will report from Westminster.
:00:44. > :00:45.In France, two of the leading candidates for the Presidency
:00:46. > :00:48.It's four days to go until the first round.
:00:49. > :00:50.Bill O'Reilly has been dropped by Fox News.
:00:51. > :00:53.He was the most-watched cable news anchor in the United States.
:00:54. > :00:56.Donald Trump has ordered a review of the Iran nuclear deal.
:00:57. > :01:03.Even though Iran is meeting all its commitments.
:01:04. > :01:05.And the Trump administration admit that.
:01:06. > :01:07.We'll be live in Washington with our State Department correspondent.
:01:08. > :01:10.Plus we'll get into why the US naval strike group wasn't
:01:11. > :01:28.going towards the Korean peninsula when Donald Trump said it was.
:01:29. > :01:35.Theresa May spoke after the vote, firmly placing her decision
:01:36. > :01:46.in the context of Brexit negotiations.
:01:47. > :01:54.And that's what this election is about. It's about providing the
:01:55. > :01:59.strong and stable leadership this country needs to take Britain
:02:00. > :02:03.through Brexit and beyond. It's about strengthening our hand in the
:02:04. > :02:08.negotiations that lie ahead, and it's about sticking to our plan for
:02:09. > :02:13.stronger Britain that will enable us to secure that more stable and
:02:14. > :02:14.secure future for this country and take the right long-term decisions
:02:15. > :02:15.for the future. The opposition Labour Party
:02:16. > :02:29.voted for the election. We welcome the opportunity the
:02:30. > :02:34.general election. Because it gives the British public the chance to
:02:35. > :02:37.vote for Labour Government that will put the interests of the majority
:02:38. > :02:43.first. The Prime Minister says she's only recently and reluctantly
:02:44. > :02:50.decided to go for a snap election. Just four weeks ago her spokesperson
:02:51. > :02:54.said, I quote, there isn't going to be an early general election. How
:02:55. > :02:55.can any voter trust what the Prime Minister says?
:02:56. > :02:57.Labour have made it clear they will not fight this
:02:58. > :03:07.But for the Prime Minister, it is all about it.
:03:08. > :03:10.Many people are going to want a lot more detail on what kind
:03:11. > :03:16.See this BBC interview from earlier as an example.
:03:17. > :03:23.This was on the today programme. When people voted to leave the
:03:24. > :03:27.European Union they voted to end free movement. I have been very
:03:28. > :03:31.clear, people want control of our borders. They voted for us to have
:03:32. > :03:37.control of law so we are not subject to the European Court of Justice. In
:03:38. > :03:42.your there will be a guarantee that they will be clearer both of those
:03:43. > :03:47.things as soon as Brexit happens, in 2020 you will have absolute clarity?
:03:48. > :03:50.We will ensure we negotiate the best possible deal with the European
:03:51. > :03:54.Union, a deal covering the various issues that people are really
:03:55. > :03:56.concerned about in terms of ensuring control of our borders, our laws,
:03:57. > :03:57.our money. Rob Watson is in Westminster, and
:03:58. > :04:06.explained Theresa May's position. Absolutely she will make this
:04:07. > :04:12.election about Brexit, she will say to the British people, who do you
:04:13. > :04:16.trust to get Britain a good deal, me or the Leader of the Opposition
:04:17. > :04:23.Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, who the polls suggest is disastrously
:04:24. > :04:26.unpopular. I think it's worth pointing out that she has already
:04:27. > :04:30.made pretty clear that she is in favour of a heart Brexit, by which I
:04:31. > :04:35.mean she does not want Britain to somehow still be in the European
:04:36. > :04:40.Union in any way part of that political project. She has called
:04:41. > :04:44.the selection two reasons, I think. The first is a no-brainer, she has
:04:45. > :04:48.called it because she think she will win and win big because Labour is
:04:49. > :04:52.big. But also because she understands that these negotiations
:04:53. > :04:56.with the EU will not be easy and whatever her vision there will have
:04:57. > :04:58.to be compromises. Perhaps better to make them after you have won a
:04:59. > :05:00.thumping majority. This is a statement released
:05:01. > :05:24.by Tony Blair earlier. It was interesting to talk to rob
:05:25. > :05:29.about that issue and whether some politicians might campaign for
:05:30. > :05:32.parties other than their own. We always pay attention whenever Tony
:05:33. > :05:38.Blair write something, he is quite a figure in British politics and on
:05:39. > :05:41.the world scene. Here is the deal, British politics is immensely
:05:42. > :05:47.tribal. That is not to say there are not people in the Conservative Party
:05:48. > :05:50.who voted Remain, most of the Conservative Party's MPs voted
:05:51. > :05:56.Remain, but the idea that there will be cross-party co-operation on
:05:57. > :06:01.somehow opposing Brexit or softening it, I just don't think that is the
:06:02. > :06:05.weight British politics works. In the end, people will say I'm
:06:06. > :06:08.Conservative, I'm Labour, I'm Liberal Democrat or whatever, the
:06:09. > :06:10.very partisan system will continue. In recent years every election
:06:11. > :06:12.has had live TV debates Already the BBC and ITV have
:06:13. > :06:16.indicated they want to continue that - but Theresa May made it clear
:06:17. > :06:21.yesterday she won't be taking part. Here's a response from
:06:22. > :06:52.Jonathan Munro, BBC's Head It is becoming an issue for the
:06:53. > :06:57.Tories to respond to, with Theresa May saying she does not want to take
:06:58. > :07:01.part. Here is Rob's analysis. It tells you a lot about Theresa May
:07:02. > :07:06.that she likes very much to be in control. It also tells you that, as
:07:07. > :07:11.the frontrunner, she is thinking to herself why on earth would I agreed
:07:12. > :07:14.to a debate when I am miles or calamitous ahead of Jeremy Corbyn,
:07:15. > :07:19.the only other plausible person to be Prime Minister? -- miles or
:07:20. > :07:25.kilometres ahead. She is thinking, I do want to do this. How big stink
:07:26. > :07:30.will it be? Television debates have become part of British political
:07:31. > :07:36.life, but throwing this thought out there, David Cameron refuse to have
:07:37. > :07:39.a whole of head-to-head debates in the last general election. She is
:07:40. > :07:43.thinking, well, that will be my position. Whether it holds and
:07:44. > :07:47.whether there is a lot of pressure from the media and social media, who
:07:48. > :07:49.knows? With the UK election,
:07:50. > :07:50.the Turkey referendum and the tensions with North Korea
:07:51. > :07:53.it's easy to lose sight of what's But we all need to sit
:07:54. > :07:57.up and take note - we now have four candidates
:07:58. > :07:59.all within the margin That means there's a possibility
:08:00. > :08:03.that the far right Marine le Pen and the far left Jean-Luc M lenchon
:08:04. > :08:07.could make the second round. Both want to take
:08:08. > :08:11.France out of the EU. It's not the most likely outcome,
:08:12. > :08:17.but it's a possible outcome. And one that is
:08:18. > :08:20.unthinkable for the EU. The fifth candidate here
:08:21. > :08:22.represents the Socialists - So it's those two,
:08:23. > :08:27.plus Francois Fillon for the Republicans,
:08:28. > :08:31.and Emmanuel Macron, The candidates are pushing hard for
:08:32. > :08:40.votes. Today Marine Le Pen is holding
:08:41. > :08:43.a rally in Marseille, He was born in Amien -
:08:44. > :09:01.and that's a crucial area. There is a strong signal coming from
:09:02. > :09:11.the people that maybe it is time for change the French system. I don't
:09:12. > :09:16.want to vote for Fillon but I might have to. Even in the first round?
:09:17. > :09:21.Yes, in order for the pen not to be able to win. TRANSLATION: I tend
:09:22. > :09:25.towards the left. I will not give the game Dann name because I have
:09:26. > :09:32.not made a definite choice, but it will be on the left. TRANSLATION: I
:09:33. > :09:39.will say it openly, it is a manual macron because he is young, dynamic
:09:40. > :09:44.and has new ideas. -- it is Emmanuel Macron. It gives a pitiful image of
:09:45. > :09:47.France between feeds, President Saddam stand the real action because
:09:48. > :09:52.they know they have achieved nothing and former ministers trying their
:09:53. > :10:03.luck. It is quite pathetic. Yes, I have made my choice. I will vote
:10:04. > :10:10.Jean-Luc Melenchon. Marine Le Pen is smiling, photographers on stage lots
:10:11. > :10:16.of flags. Hugh Schofield is there. I don't know if he can hear me.
:10:17. > :10:24.Welcome to Outside Source. Tell us about the rally? You get the
:10:25. > :10:34.atmosphere, she has got all the faithful up on stage. Marseille is a
:10:35. > :10:40.front heartland of the Front National. The crowd loved it, they
:10:41. > :10:44.were booing and stamping their feet when various bogies were mentioned.
:10:45. > :10:49.I don't know if I am allowed to talk over this, it might be considered
:10:50. > :10:53.disrespectful. But it has been a great reception, it has ended with
:10:54. > :11:01.this ringing indication of France and its great past. Then calling for
:11:02. > :11:06.the French to turn out en masse, that is the key point, she wants all
:11:07. > :11:11.the waverers, people who might think it is in the bag, to turn out
:11:12. > :11:17.because it is not in the bag, she leads everyone out on Sunday. Unless
:11:18. > :11:26.we missed the point, she is arguing for a strong front is above all
:11:27. > :11:31.else? It is all about identity. -- a strong fronts above all else?
:11:32. > :11:34.Identity and immigration are the main things, how the other
:11:35. > :11:39.candidates have pretended immigration is not an issue. She was
:11:40. > :11:44.prepared to say the on Sable about expelling illegal immigrants, as
:11:45. > :11:51.they are called, about expelling anyone under the radar of the
:11:52. > :11:56.intelligence services. She was the one who can protect France and keep
:11:57. > :12:00.this identity. She said she was afraid of the France which would
:12:01. > :12:05.become a place of passage, where the only forbidden identity was the
:12:06. > :12:11.French identity. That got everyone on their feet. Those is an quite
:12:12. > :12:17.serious fireworks behind you?! Sorry? Are those in quite serious
:12:18. > :12:25.fireworks behind you? What is going on? She has been joined on the stage
:12:26. > :12:32.by... I can see the other French MP to her left, I recognise various
:12:33. > :12:39.people. One of her relatives is just on the left of the podium, a couple
:12:40. > :12:41.of others I recognise. These will be local politicians and local
:12:42. > :12:52.Marseille bigwigs who have turned out. See you Sunday, she says at the
:12:53. > :12:57.end. They have all these flyers, -- all these flares going off in
:12:58. > :13:02.dramatic fashion. A very dramatic end to the last rally of her
:13:03. > :13:07.campaign. There are four more days to go but this is the last big rally
:13:08. > :13:13.and she has come to Marseille to deliver its because this is the
:13:14. > :13:19.heartland, this is where John Marini is to come, and the crowd loved him,
:13:20. > :13:25.they love her as well. Thank you very much indeed. We time that well.
:13:26. > :13:26.There he was at the end of the Marine Le Pen rally in Marseille, in
:13:27. > :13:28.full swing. Donald Trump spent last week warning
:13:29. > :13:41.a US armada was on it was to The problem was that it was not. We
:13:42. > :13:49.will speak to our State Department correspondent.
:13:50. > :13:55.No trains are running in or out of Euston station after a fire at the
:13:56. > :13:59.side of the track in north London led to a power cut. Virgin Trains,
:14:00. > :14:04.London Midlands and London Overground services are affected.
:14:05. > :14:06.Richard Wescott has the story. Thousands have turned up, no one
:14:07. > :14:12.knows what is going on, very few have heard the news in advance, that
:14:13. > :14:24.is why they are turning up, they are met by closed doors. How often do
:14:25. > :14:25.you see one of the big U -- busiest stations in the country completely
:14:26. > :14:28.closed? Everyone is wondering what to do next, making phone calls, may
:14:29. > :14:30.be trying to get people to drive down to pick them up, looking for
:14:31. > :14:35.alternative routes. Network Rail engineers are working on it, they
:14:36. > :14:40.have to replace about 100 metres of powerful electrical cable, which is
:14:41. > :14:43.not easy, check it to make sure it is safe. They will work through the
:14:44. > :14:52.night and they hope to get the station open for the morning.
:14:53. > :14:54.This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
:14:55. > :14:57.Britain's Parliament has overwhelmingly backed
:14:58. > :15:05.Prime Minister Theresa May's call for an early general election.
:15:06. > :15:09.It will happen on June the 8th. Some of the main stories from BBC World
:15:10. > :15:10.Service... Uganda says it has stopped hunting
:15:11. > :15:13.for the rebel leader Joseph Kony It says Kony and his
:15:14. > :15:17.Lord's Resistance Army no Kony came to global prominence
:15:18. > :15:20.when a video made by US-based activists calling for his capture
:15:21. > :15:26.went viral five years ago. BBC Hindi reports that that
:15:27. > :15:28.several senior figures in India's governing party,
:15:29. > :15:30.the BJP, will face charges This relates to the demolition
:15:31. > :15:35.of the Babri Mosque Around 2000 people died
:15:36. > :15:42.in the violence that followed. And thousands of you have been
:15:43. > :15:44.looking at these pictures Hundreds more are reported in the
:15:45. > :15:53.Atlantic and could be passing soon. You can see the pictures in the most
:15:54. > :16:01.red list on the BBC News website. We've just had this
:16:02. > :16:07.into the newsroom. This is from AFP, all the agencies
:16:08. > :16:10.had it. with Bill O'Reilly on Wednesday,
:16:11. > :16:14.dumping the most-watched cable news anchor in the United States -
:16:15. > :16:30.that's after claims he sexually I guess it is a measure of Bill
:16:31. > :16:35.O'Reilly's importance that we are even talking about this. There are
:16:36. > :16:39.not many cable hosts who would beat international news? He essentially
:16:40. > :16:44.defined the genre, he has been the top-rated cable news and talk show
:16:45. > :16:49.host for about 16 years. He is a giant on Fox News, the face of Fox
:16:50. > :16:53.News, really. The fact he has been effectively forced out because of
:16:54. > :16:58.sexual harassment allegations is an earthquake as far as cable news goes
:16:59. > :17:06.in Washington, DC and even in conservative circles. Was a real
:17:07. > :17:08.power player, he had a sit down interview with Donald Trump at
:17:09. > :17:12.half-time of the Super Bowl just a few months ago. The fact he has been
:17:13. > :17:17.remove doubt is truly remarkable. We know Donald Trump watches Fox News,
:17:18. > :17:23.Fox News more Broglie is very important to Conservatives in the
:17:24. > :17:28.UK. Is it a network in crisis? It is definitely adrift. Several major
:17:29. > :17:36.faces have departed, first of all the creator of Fox News because of
:17:37. > :17:42.his own sexual harassment scandal last July. Megan Kelly, who had her
:17:43. > :17:47.own talk show, she left for another cable News network. There is a
:17:48. > :17:56.changing of the guard, it seems. Tucker Carlson will be taking over
:17:57. > :17:59.this brain HPM spot-on Fox News. They have had trouble defining
:18:00. > :18:02.themselves in the Donald Trump era. Initially they had problems with him
:18:03. > :18:06.and there was a little bit of back and forth when he was running for
:18:07. > :18:12.president and many within Fox News were not big fans, but they have
:18:13. > :18:17.tried to make peace with him but I think they have not been able to
:18:18. > :18:21.define themselves against Barack Obama in criticising now the
:18:22. > :18:26.Republicans are running this town. The fact that Bill O'Reilly is
:18:27. > :18:32.leaving Fox does not mean that he or Fox accept the allegations are true?
:18:33. > :18:36.The press release sent out was pretty short and just said they had
:18:37. > :18:41.agreed to part ways, Bill O'Reilly has been on an implant vacation in
:18:42. > :18:45.Europe and Italy for the past week. Advertisers have been pulling
:18:46. > :18:48.support for his television programme, there have been protests
:18:49. > :18:54.outside of Fox News and there are allegations that may be Fox and 21st
:18:55. > :19:00.Century Fox had decided to do this because they are trying to buy the
:19:01. > :19:02.Sky network in Europe and need to look like they are dealing with
:19:03. > :19:11.sexual harassment allegations that have been swirling around their
:19:12. > :19:16.network for months. It is a definite surprise. Thank you, we will speak
:19:17. > :19:19.to you later in the right, -- later in the night, I'm sure.
:19:20. > :19:21.The UN's top court has rejected Ukraine's demand for emergency
:19:22. > :19:25.Ukraine argued this is justified for two reasons ? one,
:19:26. > :19:27.because of Russian support for rebels in Eastern Ukraine and,
:19:28. > :19:30.two, because of the treatment of minorities in Crimea which Russia
:19:31. > :19:48.She explained more about the ruling.
:19:49. > :19:54.Yes, the ruling consisted of two parts, the first relates to eastern
:19:55. > :20:00.Ukraine. Let me remind you that Ukraine accused Russia of sponsoring
:20:01. > :20:05.terrorists by supplying finances and arms to pro-Russian rebels in
:20:06. > :20:13.eastern Ukraine. Ukraine claims that Russia shelled and bombed civilians
:20:14. > :20:19.and downed the MH17 jet in 2014. But the interim decision by the court
:20:20. > :20:24.says that Ukraine failed to provide enough... Failed to provide
:20:25. > :20:32.sufficient evidence. The decision on that is negative. That is eastern
:20:33. > :20:34.Ukraine, what about Crimea? This part was successful for Ukraine. The
:20:35. > :20:42.court ruled that Russia must protect the rights of Crimean Tartars must
:20:43. > :20:47.provide opportunities for them to be represented in different
:20:48. > :20:53.institutions and must help them to retain their own ruling by the
:20:54. > :20:58.police. Secondly court said Russia must provide opportunities for
:20:59. > :21:03.Crimean is to be educated in the Ukrainian language. Is very
:21:04. > :21:07.important for Ukraine and Ukraine's president, who said it is a very
:21:08. > :21:14.important day in the history of the Ukraine and this interim decision is
:21:15. > :21:18.very important for Ukraine and would make the Moscow Kremlin not that
:21:19. > :21:23.happy. That is the Ukrainian reaction, what
:21:24. > :21:28.about the Russian reaction? There has been no reaction from major
:21:29. > :21:33.Russian figures. While the ring was going on, Russia underlined a couple
:21:34. > :21:36.of times that Ukraine has not provided any evidence and denied any
:21:37. > :21:43.sufficient involvement in conflict in eastern Ukraine and said that the
:21:44. > :21:48.situation in Crimea is stable and the Crimean Tartars as well as other
:21:49. > :21:55.ethnic minorities and their ethnicities in Crimea have ways of
:21:56. > :21:59.being represented. It is very interesting that there has been no
:22:00. > :22:06.major reaction from Russian officials. It shows how sensitive
:22:07. > :22:11.the topic is for Moscow and how they need time to formulate their answer.
:22:12. > :22:15.On the other hand, Russian state TV reports... It is interesting but
:22:16. > :22:18.they have picked up their eastern Ukrainian line, saying Ukraine has
:22:19. > :22:21.failed to provide evidence but playing down the ruling Crimea.
:22:22. > :22:22.US vice-president Mike Pence is in Japan.
:22:23. > :22:25.And he's been looking at ease concerns companies there have
:22:26. > :22:28.about Donald Trump's enthusiasm for protectionism.
:22:29. > :22:41.Ever since President Trump's election Japanese businesses have
:22:42. > :22:47.dramatically increased their commitment to the American economy,
:22:48. > :22:51.we are grateful. Last December, one bank announced a $50 billion
:22:52. > :22:57.investment in the United States, creating 50,000 new American jobs.
:22:58. > :23:01.In January, Toyota unveiled a $10 billion investment in America and
:23:02. > :23:02.just last week dedicated more than $1.3 billion to a plant in the state
:23:03. > :23:10.of Kentucky. Michelle Fleury is in New York. That
:23:11. > :23:15.clip sounds rosy but you put Donald Trump 's trick next to it and it
:23:16. > :23:22.sounds like an awkward fit? Looking back to January, in a tweet Donald
:23:23. > :23:26.Trump is very critical of one Japan's big companies, the car-maker
:23:27. > :23:31.Toyota, criticising it for plans to build a plant outside of the United
:23:32. > :23:38.States to sell cars in the US. Since then the company has said it is
:23:39. > :23:42.investing billions of dollars in the country, it has upped its input of
:23:43. > :23:46.funds into a plant in content key and what you are seeing is the Trump
:23:47. > :23:54.administration trying to push Japanese companies into helping him
:23:55. > :23:59.deliver on his promise, to create jobs in America and to get countries
:24:00. > :24:03.abroad to buy more American products. Have the rules of the game
:24:04. > :24:10.for Japanese companies radically changed from when they operated
:24:11. > :24:13.under the Obama operation? What you had seen at this point if you had to
:24:14. > :24:17.pull out the difference between the two administrations is that this
:24:18. > :24:25.president is clearly happy to use his position as a bully to pressure
:24:26. > :24:29.companies. That will have caused alarm in the Japanese business
:24:30. > :24:32.community, and at government level. We saw Shinzo Abe was the first
:24:33. > :24:40.foreign leader to meet with President Trump. They had that they
:24:41. > :24:43.miss dinner and set up during a later meeting in Washington the
:24:44. > :24:50.seeds of this economic summit. Because Trump has withdrawn from the
:24:51. > :24:54.trade treaty with the broader Asia region he and his administration
:24:55. > :24:57.have focused on these bilateral trade deals, in other words and a
:24:58. > :25:04.trade deal between Japan and the United States. You are seeing a key
:25:05. > :25:08.change. Whether it will bear fruit, it is too early to tell, but the
:25:09. > :25:10.commerce secretary is keen and hopeful that progress can be made.
:25:11. > :25:15.Thank you. The US investment bank
:25:16. > :25:18.Morgan Stanley saw its profits hump -- its profits jump. It is not the
:25:19. > :25:29.only bank to see profits surging. Samira Hussain in New York can
:25:30. > :25:36.explain what's happening. This is the last of the six big
:25:37. > :25:39.banks to report earnings, by and large they have all been pretty
:25:40. > :25:46.solid, coming in above investor expectations. All except one,
:25:47. > :25:50.Goldman Sachs, the big rival to Morgan Stanley. Their earnings came
:25:51. > :25:55.out yesterday and they were pretty dismal. You only saw about a 1%
:25:56. > :26:01.increase in terms of trading, which is really surprising given how much
:26:02. > :26:06.other trading desks at other banks have done in this last quarter.
:26:07. > :26:07.I will be back in a