19/04/2017 Outside Source

This is Outside Source. These are some of the main stories. First of

all, the British Parliament has voted to hold a general election on

June the 8th. The ayes have it, the ayes have it. Theresa May is making

the election about Dexit. Jeremy Corbyn is asking if she can be

trusted on anything. Donald Trump has ordered a review

of the Iran nuclear deal. Even though Iran is meeting

all its commitments. We'll be live in Washington

with our State Department. Plus, a week ago Donald Trump

boasted of sending an armada We've now found out it

never made it that far. And we will hear why demonstrators

in Venezuela are putting more pressure on President Nicolas

Majuro, with a march they are calling the mother of all protests.

And you can get in touch, the information is on the screen

throughout the programme. Let's pick up on a story I just

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

We already know what hit thinks of it. In one to eat he called it

terrible and he has described it as that and many other terms multiple

times. The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has just been speaking in

the last few minutes, we have had wire copy coming in from Reuters,

telling us he has said this. America opposes all threats posed by Iran,

and it is clear there are many. Barbara, you were listening to Rex

Tillerson. What did you make of it? It was interesting, he's speaking

off the back of a statement he put out yesterday in which he certified

that' Iran is keeping its commitment to the nuclear deal. He said yes, in

that case the Iran deal is working. What we heard was a litany of

complaints about Iran, that it posed a threat in the region, that it was

backing militias there and that it has continued testing missile

technology, violated UN Security Council resolutions, that it was a

state sponsor of terrorism, and so on and so forth. Then he said there

would be a review of the nuclear deal, which he said only delayed

Iran becoming a nuclear power, did not end the possibility of it. And

he said you could not look at the issue of the nuclear deal without

looking at all of the other things as well, which is something the

Obama administration did, focusing narrowly on this one issue, which is

how they were able to get the agreement. Rex Tillerson saying this

will not be the approach of the Trump administration. They will look

at all these other things they find troublesome through this review and

come up with a response based on that. But he didn't suggest in which

direction the Trump administration would go, on specifics. Let's pick

up on that a bit. I'm listening to all of this and thinking, what is

the plan here? The Trump administration will know this deal

is a multi natural deal, it is going to be in credibly hard to unpick,

some say impossible. The Americans could pull out of the deal but that

would destroy it because there are five other world powers who signed

on to it. What they could do instead is just implement it very strictly

to the letter, not giving the Iranians any leeway at all, and some

of the approach is being discussed are perhaps looking at the

interpretations of the deal that would allow them to put as much

pressure as possible on the Revolutionary guards in particular,

then alongside that, suggestions in Congress for legislation that would

impose new sanctions on Iran, not because of its nuclear programme,

separate from that, but because of all these other things that Rex

Tillerson just spoke about, support for terrorism, missile tests and so

on, which would also increase pressure on Iran and perhaps

ultimately have the same result in the end of scuppering the deal,

especially if Iran decides that the Americans are not in compliance with

the deal. Please stay with us, there is another story I want to talk to

you about. This was Donald Trump a week ago. We are sending an armada,

very powerful. We have submarines, very powerful. Far more powerful

than the aircraft carrier, that I can tell you.

The "armada" he mentions is a reference to a US strike group

led by the US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson.

Here's a press release from the US Navy three days earlier.

It announces that the strike group has been ordered to MAP sail

It announces that the strike group has been ordered to sail

north from Singapore towards the Korean peninsula.

After that release, but before the President spoke,

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis was asked about that order

He replied, "She's just on her way up there because that's

where we thought it was most prudent to have her at this time."

When Secretary Mattis says "at this time" it was widely taken

as reference to increasing tension with North Korea.

But that strike group didn't sail north.

A week after the order was made, the warships

In fact, they were sailing through the Sunda Straight.

We know this the US Navy released this

photo of the Carl Vinson in the Sunda Straight on Saturday.

It says the warships did training exercises

But Barbara, bringing you back in here, that isn't what the president

said. No it isn't, and there has been great confusion. When it was

announced the strike carrier had been ordered to move north, they

didn't announce that it would in gauge in these exercises with the

Australians, but the president jumped onto the conclusion that this

was going to happen imminently and that it was in response to tensions

in the Korean peninsular that were mounting ahead of the weekend, it

was thought that the North Koreans might have a possible nuclear test.

By the end of the week, that was the White House line, that the strike

group was being deployed as a show of force and signal of deterrence

and so on and so forth, and then it became clear that it wasn't even

within thousands of miles of the Korean waters and would only have

been able to get there next week anyway. There has been a remarkable

disconnect. It's unclear why the Pentagon and the Navy did not step

in to clarify earlier what the actual course and timing of the

strike trajectory was. Let's just pull up a couple of tweets on this

story. The global Times is a Chinese

newspaper, state run, saying it deals a blow to Trump's presidency.

"If it is a lie, we will not trust Trump". Barbara, what is your

assessment of the consequences of this issue? Officially in Japan and

South Korea, and even from the Foreign Ministry in China, there has

not been a response. You've got the quotes you mentioned there and there

have been jokes about it on social media in China, there has also been

some muscle flexing in North Korea, saying this is a rustbucket facing

our revolutionary power etc. So it doesn't make Americans look good. It

could undermine their tougher approach, especially if that tougher

approach and rhetoric is supposed to be backed up by a credible threat of

military force. I think also alongside that it has been

unsettling for US allies because they would want to know why is the

president weighing one thing and his military forces doing and saying

another? So that is also a big question mark as well, I think.

Thank you very much, Barbara, speak to you soon on outside source. While

that story was escalating, American Vice President Mike Pence has been

touring a different aircraft carrier that has docked at a Japanese naval

base. The sight of the US vice president

on board a nuclear-powered aircraft even more so when it's

sitting in Japan. Was this an elaborate piece

of theatre, or a sign America is really preparing for action

against North Korea? We will defeat any attack and meet

any use of conventional or nuclear weapons with an overwhelming

and effective American response. The United States of America

will always seek peace, but under President Trump,

the shield stands guard If President Trump is planning

some sort of military action against North Korea,

there is no sign of it here. This is the USS Ronald Reagan,

the flagship of the Seventh Fleet, but it won't be ready to leave this

port in Japan for at Figuring out what the jump

administration is planning for North Korea is not easy, perhaps

deliberately so. -- the Trump administration.

Rupert Wingfield Hayes, BBC News, at the Yokosuka naval base in Japan.

Let's bring you some of the main sports stories of the day. We begin

in America. The Former NFL player

Aaron Hernandez has He was 27 and was serving a life

sentence for murder. Marc Edwards is at

the BBC Sport Centre. What more can you tell us about this

man's death and also the crime he had been convicted for? Sad news

from Massachusetts where he was found just after 3am local time.

Prison guards tried to revive him but he was pronounced dead about an

hour later in hospital. The 27-year-old former New England

Patriots tight ends. He entered the NFL in 2010 and in his second

appearance became the youngest player in five decades to surpass

100 receiving yards in a game. He subsequently signed a five-year, $40

million contract with the Patriots in 2012. In 2015 he was convicted of

killing a man who was dating his fiancee's sister. In 38 career games

he had a total of 1956 yards, a total that would have been much

higher if not for a series of injuries. As we said, he was serving

a life sentence in jail in Massachusetts but just days ago he

was found not filthy of a separate double murder.

-- not guilty of a separate double murder. In terms of what happens to

his conviction now, I heard some reports that that might be revisited

now he has lost his life? I just misheard that. That's absolutely

fine, I was just going to argue about where we go with the legal

proceedings, he was not convicted of other crimes, but presumably the

investigation now sees that he has lost his life. That is perhaps... He

was in jail for a separate crime as well. As we said, his fiancee's

sister, a person who was dating his fiancee's sister, who of course in

that time, he was also a former friend of his, who had committed the

crime. I assume we will hear more in the coming time. Thank you very much

indeed for your update on that story.

Aaron Hernandez played for the New England Patriots.

And today his former team has been visiting the White House.

Here they are at an official function, attended by Donald Trump

of course. Six Patriot players weren't there, they are boycotting

the occasion, saying they don't feel welcome while Donald Trump is

president. They include the tight end Martellus Bennett and also the

defensive back Devin McCourty. He said this.

Those who did go a long look like they were having a good time. John

Spicer was doing his daily press briefing and one of the players

showed up. What pans out in the negotiation. Can I just? I think I

got this, but thank you! Need some help? Thanks, man, see you in a

minute! Thanks, man, see you in a minute! All man, see you in a

minute! Thanks, man, see you in a minute! Thanks, man, see you in a

minute! All right, that was cool! The squad for the British

and Irish Lions has been announced. They have the hardest

of rugby assignments. First - they must fashion

a team very quickly out of players who normally play

for their respective countries. And second - they must try and beat

the All Blacks in New Zealand. Here is what their coach Warren

Gatland said earlier. I don't think we should get on the plane unless we

think we have a chance of beating the all Blacks. One of the

challenges is that you try to play against the All Blacks and they are

human and capable of making mistakes, they have frailties and

you but them under pressure. The pleasing thing is that a lot of

those players can believe it now because they saw some of those

frailties when Ireland beat the All Blacks in Chicago. On the BBC Sport

website you can get the full squad and plenty of analysis from my

colleagues too. One last bit of sports news -

Serena Williams appeared to announce She posted this picture

of herself on Snapchat, posing in a mirror with the message: "20

weeks", before deleting the post. There's been no official

confirmation from her team but if true, it means she won her

record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open

in January when she was pregnant. But we will have to wait to hear

from her to find out if that is definitely the case.

We've been following the Jakarta local elections for some

The elections have played into local and racial tensions. We will get a

report on that from our correspondent.

Prince Harry opened the London Marathon Expo today,

his first public appearance since he spoke out about coming

to terms with his mother's death, earlier this week.

Harry and his little helper Melissa, getting the London Marathon

It's a race which, this year, has a special focus

on a princely passion - mental health.

Prince Harry has attracted widespread praise this week

for his honesty when he spoke of the anguish and the anxiety

he suffered for years after his mother's death.

It was only right to share my experiences and to help,

to hope to encourage others to come forward, and sort of reduce

To make it easier for them to talk about their own experiences.

No, I mean, look - when you've heard so many stories

from so many other people, and if you can relate to that,

then it's only right that you talk about your own experiences.

But all the experts you've met will have told you one

of the key issues is funding, and that there isn't enough

That's not for, as you probably know, that's not our mission.

Our mission is to remove the stigma of mental health

a platform for people to be able to discuss it.

But the risk is you could be encouraging people to seek

No, and that's something that we've been completely aware

of over the last year, but the fact and the reality

is that, as I said, the appetite is there.

Once the appetite is there, things will change.

It's not my position and it's not our position

So we will do everything that we can to encourage the conversation,

remove the stigma, so that everything else then can take place.

Opening up about the past is a brotherly trait.

In a BBC documentary, Prince William has provided

an insight into the trauma of his bereavement.

The shock is the biggest thing, and I still feel, you know,

20 years later, about my mother, I still have shock within me.

People go, "shock can't last that long", but it does.

It's such an unbelievably big moment in your life.

An upbeat Harry believes their campaign is at a tipping point.

The UK, he hopes, will lead the way in the world,

by removing the taboo surrounding mental health.

Our lead story is that Britain's parliament has

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

Every day on outside source we bring together the main global stories of

the day and we turn text in -- turn next to Venezuela.

There have been massive anti-government demonstrations today

People are angry over the state of the economy

and hugely critical about the nature of President Maduro's leadership.

On Monday, 11 Latin American countries called on him to prevent

any violence against protesters - and to set a date for new elections.

The opposition are calling these marches

We also spotted this from the Reuters Venezuela feed, that the

opposition is beginning marches, but also that one protester has died

after a gunshot to the head, that is after security sources, and we don't

know who shot that person. We should mention there is a rival

demonstration as well, in support of the president, but it was nowhere

near as big as the protest is against him.

Vanessa Herrero is a journalist in Caracas.

We talked to her earlier. This is actually a big protest. It was

different from last week's, which saw the movement of a lot of people,

but nothing like this. It's the first time this year that both the

opposition and forces of the government meet each other on the

streets. But can these protesters do anything to force the president to

stand down or at least to holding your election? Before, we've seen

really big protest in Venezuela. Everyone thought that the government

was going to be more passive in measures against the opposition. But

unfortunately, that didn't happen. It is actually getting worse. This

year a lot of journalists have been arrested and there were at least 500

protests this week. If the protesters are struggling to

pressure President Maduro, we have now got this group of Latin American

leaders calling on him to call an election. Do you think they can

pressure him in a way that the protesters can't? That is a

different issue, yes, that may be more effective. We have seen that

with the government of the United States. Even though the government

released a statement saying rejecting what the 11 said, I think

they will keep protesting. The government every day is trying to

show that they are strong. Let's turn now to Indonesia, because

elections have just been held to choose Jakarta's new governor.

Exit polls suggest this man - Anies Baswedan - has won.

Whatever the result, it's been a campaign that's raised

significant religious and racial tensions.

Rebecca Henschke has more in this report.

In conceding defeat, the governor widely known... Called for unity.

TRANSLATION: We are all the same. We want to Jakarta to be good, we want

it to move forward, because this is where we all live. Celebrations have

already begun here at the supporters's home of Anies Baswedan.

Anies Baswedan, a former education minister, has been criticised for

running a very divisive and dirty campaign, capitalising on the

blasphemy accusation against the governor and highlighting religious

differences, the fact that the governor is a Christian and not a

Muslim. But it has been a very successful campaign and these people

say that he is a leader that they want, to bring Jakarta back together

after this divisive election. TRANSLATION: He is a smart leader

with a low profile, and he is close to the people. Anies Baswedan's

campaign heavily capitalised on the blasphemy case against the governor,

to harness the Muslim vote. Today, right after the election, the

governor is back in court. He faces jail time if convicted of blasphemy.

Very unlikely he is to be acquitted, very likely he is to be found

guilty. It means it can be easily politicised dissent your enemies,

anyone you don't like, to prison. The Jakarta election was widely seen

as a proxy for the next presidential poll in two years' time, with

supporters of Anies Baswedan crying out that their party win back the

presidency from Joko Widodo. I should quickly mention

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