19/04/2017 Outside Source

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

The British parliament has voted to hold a general

The ayes to the right, 522. The noes to the left, 13. The ayes have it,

the ayes have it. Already Theresa May is making this

election about Brexit. It is about strengthening our hand

in the negotiations that lie ahead, sticking to our plan for stronger

Britain. We will report from Westminster.

In France, two of the leading candidates for the Presidency

It's four days to go until the first round.

Bill O'Reilly has been dropped by Fox News.

He was the most-watched cable news anchor in the United States.

Donald Trump has ordered a review of the Iran nuclear deal.

Even though Iran is meeting all its commitments.

And the Trump administration admit that.

We'll be live in Washington with our State Department correspondent.

Plus we'll get into why the US naval strike group wasn't

going towards the Korean peninsula when Donald Trump said it was.

Theresa May spoke after the vote, firmly placing her decision

in the context of Brexit negotiations.

And that's what this election is about. It's about providing the

strong and stable leadership this country needs to take Britain

through Brexit and beyond. It's about strengthening our hand in the

negotiations that lie ahead, and it's about sticking to our plan for

stronger Britain that will enable us to secure that more stable and

secure future for this country and take the right long-term decisions

for the future. The opposition Labour Party

voted for the election. We welcome the opportunity the

general election. Because it gives the British public the chance to

vote for Labour Government that will put the interests of the majority

first. The Prime Minister says she's only recently and reluctantly

decided to go for a snap election. Just four weeks ago her spokesperson

said, I quote, there isn't going to be an early general election. How

can any voter trust what the Prime Minister says?

Labour have made it clear they will not fight this

But for the Prime Minister, it is all about it.

Many people are going to want a lot more detail on what kind

See this BBC interview from earlier as an example.

This was on the today programme. When people voted to leave the

European Union they voted to end free movement. I have been very

clear, people want control of our borders. They voted for us to have

control of law so we are not subject to the European Court of Justice. In

your there will be a guarantee that they will be clearer both of those

things as soon as Brexit happens, in 2020 you will have absolute clarity?

We will ensure we negotiate the best possible deal with the European

Union, a deal covering the various issues that people are really

concerned about in terms of ensuring control of our borders, our laws,

our money. Rob Watson is in Westminster, and

explained Theresa May's position. Absolutely she will make this

election about Brexit, she will say to the British people, who do you

trust to get Britain a good deal, me or the Leader of the Opposition

Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, who the polls suggest is disastrously

unpopular. I think it's worth pointing out that she has already

made pretty clear that she is in favour of a heart Brexit, by which I

mean she does not want Britain to somehow still be in the European

Union in any way part of that political project. She has called

the selection two reasons, I think. The first is a no-brainer, she has

called it because she think she will win and win big because Labour is

big. But also because she understands that these negotiations

with the EU will not be easy and whatever her vision there will have

to be compromises. Perhaps better to make them after you have won a

thumping majority. This is a statement released

by Tony Blair earlier. It was interesting to talk to rob

about that issue and whether some politicians might campaign for

parties other than their own. We always pay attention whenever Tony

Blair write something, he is quite a figure in British politics and on

the world scene. Here is the deal, British politics is immensely

tribal. That is not to say there are not people in the Conservative Party

who voted Remain, most of the Conservative Party's MPs voted

Remain, but the idea that there will be cross-party co-operation on

somehow opposing Brexit or softening it, I just don't think that is the

weight British politics works. In the end, people will say I'm

Conservative, I'm Labour, I'm Liberal Democrat or whatever, the

very partisan system will continue. In recent years every election

has had live TV debates Already the BBC and ITV have

indicated they want to continue that - but Theresa May made it clear

yesterday she won't be taking part. Here's a response from

Jonathan Munro, BBC's Head It is becoming an issue for the

Tories to respond to, with Theresa May saying she does not want to take

part. Here is Rob's analysis. It tells you a lot about Theresa May

that she likes very much to be in control. It also tells you that, as

the frontrunner, she is thinking to herself why on earth would I agreed

to a debate when I am miles or calamitous ahead of Jeremy Corbyn,

the only other plausible person to be Prime Minister? -- miles or

kilometres ahead. She is thinking, I do want to do this. How big stink

will it be? Television debates have become part of British political

life, but throwing this thought out there, David Cameron refuse to have

a whole of head-to-head debates in the last general election. She is

thinking, well, that will be my position. Whether it holds and

whether there is a lot of pressure from the media and social media, who

knows? With the UK election,

the Turkey referendum and the tensions with North Korea

it's easy to lose sight of what's But we all need to sit

up and take note - we now have four candidates

all within the margin That means there's a possibility

that the far right Marine le Pen and the far left Jean-Luc M lenchon

could make the second round. Both want to take

France out of the EU. It's not the most likely outcome,

but it's a possible outcome. And one that is

unthinkable for the EU. The fifth candidate here

represents the Socialists - So it's those two,

plus Francois Fillon for the Republicans,

and Emmanuel Macron, The candidates are pushing hard for

votes. Today Marine Le Pen is holding

a rally in Marseille, He was born in Amien -

and that's a crucial area. There is a strong signal coming from

the people that maybe it is time for change the French system. I don't

want to vote for Fillon but I might have to. Even in the first round?

Yes, in order for the pen not to be able to win. TRANSLATION: I tend

towards the left. I will not give the game Dann name because I have

not made a definite choice, but it will be on the left. TRANSLATION: I

will say it openly, it is a manual macron because he is young, dynamic

and has new ideas. -- it is Emmanuel Macron. It gives a pitiful image of

France between feeds, President Saddam stand the real action because

they know they have achieved nothing and former ministers trying their

luck. It is quite pathetic. Yes, I have made my choice. I will vote

Jean-Luc Melenchon. Marine Le Pen is smiling, photographers on stage lots

of flags. Hugh Schofield is there. I don't know if he can hear me.

Welcome to Outside Source. Tell us about the rally? You get the

atmosphere, she has got all the faithful up on stage. Marseille is a

front heartland of the Front National. The crowd loved it, they

were booing and stamping their feet when various bogies were mentioned.

I don't know if I am allowed to talk over this, it might be considered

disrespectful. But it has been a great reception, it has ended with

this ringing indication of France and its great past. Then calling for

the French to turn out en masse, that is the key point, she wants all

the waverers, people who might think it is in the bag, to turn out

because it is not in the bag, she leads everyone out on Sunday. Unless

we missed the point, she is arguing for a strong front is above all

else? It is all about identity. -- a strong fronts above all else?

Identity and immigration are the main things, how the other

candidates have pretended immigration is not an issue. She was

prepared to say the on Sable about expelling illegal immigrants, as

they are called, about expelling anyone under the radar of the

intelligence services. She was the one who can protect France and keep

this identity. She said she was afraid of the France which would

become a place of passage, where the only forbidden identity was the

French identity. That got everyone on their feet. Those is an quite

serious fireworks behind you?! Sorry? Are those in quite serious

fireworks behind you? What is going on? She has been joined on the stage

by... I can see the other French MP to her left, I recognise various

people. One of her relatives is just on the left of the podium, a couple

of others I recognise. These will be local politicians and local

Marseille bigwigs who have turned out. See you Sunday, she says at the

end. They have all these flyers, -- all these flares going off in

dramatic fashion. A very dramatic end to the last rally of her

campaign. There are four more days to go but this is the last big rally

and she has come to Marseille to deliver its because this is the

heartland, this is where John Marini is to come, and the crowd loved him,

they love her as well. Thank you very much indeed. We time that well.

There he was at the end of the Marine Le Pen rally in Marseille, in

full swing. Donald Trump spent last week warning

a US armada was on it was to The problem was that it was not. We

will speak to our State Department correspondent.

No trains are running in or out of Euston station after a fire at the

side of the track in north London led to a power cut. Virgin Trains,

London Midlands and London Overground services are affected.

Richard Wescott has the story. Thousands have turned up, no one

knows what is going on, very few have heard the news in advance, that

is why they are turning up, they are met by closed doors. How often do

you see one of the big U -- busiest stations in the country completely

closed? Everyone is wondering what to do next, making phone calls, may

be trying to get people to drive down to pick them up, looking for

alternative routes. Network Rail engineers are working on it, they

have to replace about 100 metres of powerful electrical cable, which is

not easy, check it to make sure it is safe. They will work through the

night and they hope to get the station open for the morning.

This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.

Britain's Parliament has overwhelmingly backed

Prime Minister Theresa May's call for an early general election.

It will happen on June the 8th. Some of the main stories from BBC World

Service... Uganda says it has stopped hunting

for the rebel leader Joseph Kony It says Kony and his

Lord's Resistance Army no Kony came to global prominence

when a video made by US-based activists calling for his capture

went viral five years ago. BBC Hindi reports that that

several senior figures in India's governing party,

the BJP, will face charges This relates to the demolition

of the Babri Mosque Around 2000 people died

in the violence that followed. And thousands of you have been

looking at these pictures Hundreds more are reported in the

Atlantic and could be passing soon. You can see the pictures in the most

red list on the BBC News website. We've just had this

into the newsroom. This is from AFP, all the agencies

had it. with Bill O'Reilly on Wednesday,

dumping the most-watched cable news anchor in the United States -

that's after claims he sexually I guess it is a measure of Bill

O'Reilly's importance that we are even talking about this. There are

not many cable hosts who would beat international news? He essentially

defined the genre, he has been the top-rated cable news and talk show

host for about 16 years. He is a giant on Fox News, the face of Fox

News, really. The fact he has been effectively forced out because of

sexual harassment allegations is an earthquake as far as cable news goes

in Washington, DC and even in conservative circles. Was a real

power player, he had a sit down interview with Donald Trump at

half-time of the Super Bowl just a few months ago. The fact he has been

remove doubt is truly remarkable. We know Donald Trump watches Fox News,

Fox News more Broglie is very important to Conservatives in the

UK. Is it a network in crisis? It is definitely adrift. Several major

faces have departed, first of all the creator of Fox News because of

his own sexual harassment scandal last July. Megan Kelly, who had her

own talk show, she left for another cable News network. There is a

changing of the guard, it seems. Tucker Carlson will be taking over

this brain HPM spot-on Fox News. They have had trouble defining

themselves in the Donald Trump era. Initially they had problems with him

and there was a little bit of back and forth when he was running for

president and many within Fox News were not big fans, but they have

tried to make peace with him but I think they have not been able to

define themselves against Barack Obama in criticising now the

Republicans are running this town. The fact that Bill O'Reilly is

leaving Fox does not mean that he or Fox accept the allegations are true?

The press release sent out was pretty short and just said they had

agreed to part ways, Bill O'Reilly has been on an implant vacation in

Europe and Italy for the past week. Advertisers have been pulling

support for his television programme, there have been protests

outside of Fox News and there are allegations that may be Fox and 21st

Century Fox had decided to do this because they are trying to buy the

Sky network in Europe and need to look like they are dealing with

sexual harassment allegations that have been swirling around their

network for months. It is a definite surprise. Thank you, we will speak

to you later in the right, -- later in the night, I'm sure.

The UN's top court has rejected Ukraine's demand for emergency

Ukraine argued this is justified for two reasons ? one,

because of Russian support for rebels in Eastern Ukraine and,

two, because of the treatment of minorities in Crimea which Russia

She explained more about the ruling.

Yes, the ruling consisted of two parts, the first relates to eastern

Ukraine. Let me remind you that Ukraine accused Russia of sponsoring

terrorists by supplying finances and arms to pro-Russian rebels in

eastern Ukraine. Ukraine claims that Russia shelled and bombed civilians

and downed the MH17 jet in 2014. But the interim decision by the court

says that Ukraine failed to provide enough... Failed to provide

sufficient evidence. The decision on that is negative. That is eastern

Ukraine, what about Crimea? This part was successful for Ukraine. The

court ruled that Russia must protect the rights of Crimean Tartars must

provide opportunities for them to be represented in different

institutions and must help them to retain their own ruling by the

police. Secondly court said Russia must provide opportunities for

Crimean is to be educated in the Ukrainian language. Is very

important for Ukraine and Ukraine's president, who said it is a very

important day in the history of the Ukraine and this interim decision is

very important for Ukraine and would make the Moscow Kremlin not that

happy. That is the Ukrainian reaction, what

about the Russian reaction? There has been no reaction from major

Russian figures. While the ring was going on, Russia underlined a couple

of times that Ukraine has not provided any evidence and denied any

sufficient involvement in conflict in eastern Ukraine and said that the

situation in Crimea is stable and the Crimean Tartars as well as other

ethnic minorities and their ethnicities in Crimea have ways of

being represented. It is very interesting that there has been no

major reaction from Russian officials. It shows how sensitive

the topic is for Moscow and how they need time to formulate their answer.

On the other hand, Russian state TV reports... It is interesting but

they have picked up their eastern Ukrainian line, saying Ukraine has

failed to provide evidence but playing down the ruling Crimea.

US vice-president Mike Pence is in Japan.

And he's been looking at ease concerns companies there have

about Donald Trump's enthusiasm for protectionism.

Ever since President Trump's election Japanese businesses have

dramatically increased their commitment to the American economy,

we are grateful. Last December, one bank announced a $50 billion

investment in the United States, creating 50,000 new American jobs.

In January, Toyota unveiled a $10 billion investment in America and

just last week dedicated more than $1.3 billion to a plant in the state

of Kentucky. Michelle Fleury is in New York. That

clip sounds rosy but you put Donald Trump 's trick next to it and it

sounds like an awkward fit? Looking back to January, in a tweet Donald

Trump is very critical of one Japan's big companies, the car-maker

Toyota, criticising it for plans to build a plant outside of the United

States to sell cars in the US. Since then the company has said it is

investing billions of dollars in the country, it has upped its input of

funds into a plant in content key and what you are seeing is the Trump

administration trying to push Japanese companies into helping him

deliver on his promise, to create jobs in America and to get countries

abroad to buy more American products. Have the rules of the game

for Japanese companies radically changed from when they operated

under the Obama operation? What you had seen at this point if you had to

pull out the difference between the two administrations is that this

president is clearly happy to use his position as a bully to pressure

companies. That will have caused alarm in the Japanese business

community, and at government level. We saw Shinzo Abe was the first

foreign leader to meet with President Trump. They had that they

miss dinner and set up during a later meeting in Washington the

seeds of this economic summit. Because Trump has withdrawn from the

trade treaty with the broader Asia region he and his administration

have focused on these bilateral trade deals, in other words and a

trade deal between Japan and the United States. You are seeing a key

change. Whether it will bear fruit, it is too early to tell, but the

commerce secretary is keen and hopeful that progress can be made.

Thank you. The US investment bank

Morgan Stanley saw its profits hump -- its profits jump. It is not the

only bank to see profits surging. Samira Hussain in New York can

explain what's happening. This is the last of the six big

banks to report earnings, by and large they have all been pretty

solid, coming in above investor expectations. All except one,

Goldman Sachs, the big rival to Morgan Stanley. Their earnings came

out yesterday and they were pretty dismal. You only saw about a 1%

increase in terms of trading, which is really surprising given how much

other trading desks at other banks have done in this last quarter.

I will be back in a