25/04/2017 Outside Source

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

We start with the UK election today...

Voters traditionally back the Labour Party -

but the Prime Minister is urging them to turn to the Conservatives.

A vote for any other party would be a vote for a week and failing Jeremy

Corbyn, propped up by a coalition of chaos which would risk our national

future. We talk to our correspondence in Westminster about

the political situation in Wales and the Labour Party, giving more on the

plans for Brexit. The tension around the Korean

peninsula continues to ratchet up. A US submarine has arrived

in South Korean waters. And North Korea is carrying out

a large military drill. Yemen's situation

is worsening still. The UN's says it's

on the brink of famine. We are witnessing the starving

and the crippling of And I'll be asking Rory Cellan-Jones

about a new app that promises to use artificial intelligence

to offer health care. Jimmy Wales, the founder of

Wikipedia, has been answering questions you sent me about his new

project to take on fake news. You can see his answers and

questions on other stories. You know how to get into

June 8th is election day here in the UK.

The Prime Minister Theresa May has been in South Wales.

We want to get votes and support here in Wales. Because, that will

strengthen my hand in the Brexit negotiations. CLAPPING

The opposition Labour Party has been offering more detail on how it

We do not accept that there has to be a reckless Tory Brexit. A

fundamental issue in this election. It is a fundamental issue for

everybody who will be voting. We do not believe that if you are a

citizen of the world, you are a citizen of nowhere. Of course we

recognise and accept that immigration rules are going to have

to change when we leave the EU. Let me say that again. We accept

immigration rules are going to have to change when we leave the EU. But

we don't accept that immigration should be the only overarching

priority, the only red line. The part of that speech that got the

most attention today was that Labour would guarantee the status of EU

citizens in the UK before Brexit negotiations, not waiting for the

negotiations to continue, as the Labour Party try to make a point of

difference from the government position on that issue. I spoke to

Eleanor Garnier about this. Labour trying to provide clarity on the

issue of Brexit for months. It has been criticised for not having a

clear message, seeming to say one thing one month and another thing

another month. Today we had the shadow Brexit secretary trying to

put parity and yes, as you say, distinguishing Labour from the

Conservatives. Saying Labour would guarantee the rights of EU citizens

here in the UK on day one of the Labour government getting into

power. We know the Conservatives have that as a priority. But they

will not guarantee that unilaterally. We know Labour would

give the UK parliament here a veto over any Brexit deal negotiated.

That is not something the Conservatives and Theresa May are

offering. Labour want to retain benefits of the single market

prioritising the economy. Theresa May has made clear the UK will be

leaving the single market and be leaving the customs union. What it

does show is that the issue of Brexit is an absolutely huge issue

in the general election. Theresa May once the general election to be all

about Brexit but Labour are trained to draw a line under the confusion

on where it stands on Brexit and other issues as well. The NHS and

social care, the fact that Labour says it is an anti-austerity party

and until Labour draw a line under the Brexit issue, those are the

different issues that it wants to talk about may not get much

traction... Let's talk about Wales, it was intriguing to see the Prime

Minister there, and polling and the Conservatives seem to be doing

better than they have done in previous election campaigns in

Wales. What is going on there? With that poll, it is a single one and we

must take it with a huge pinch of salt. What was significant today was

that Theresa May went to Wales so early in this general election

campaign. She clearly thinks that there are vulnerable seats there.

That were previously seen as Labour safe. Thank you. Let's go over to

the Korean peninsular... A US submarine has arrived

in South Korean waters. The Americans insist

the deployment is routine - but it s not seen that way by North

Korea. It's also carrying out a large

scale military drill. TRANSLATION: Now that the US has

pulled out a sword to kill us, we will pull out a grand sword of

justice and fight until the end. We will kill the US imperialists with

our strong and revolutionary power. Our nuclear forces are at the core.

The BBC World twitter feed tells us this...

Let's turn to our North America correspondent

An unusual movement, is it done for practical or symbolic reasons? It

isn't done for practical reasons, it was easy for the administration to

send additional is, the secretary of defence and chiefs, other senior

level military officials to Congress, where they could have

briefed all of the senators in the Senate as they have there. This is

to show the seriousness of what the Trump administration is taking on.

This idea of bringing all 100 senators to the White House tomorrow

at 3pm local time was Donald Trump's own idea. A departure from

tradition, but as far as Donald Trump goes, I think the venue was

important to him. He wanted the senators on his turf to show that he

is in charge and will put on a show there with all of the senators

getting into their cars and being driven to the White House. It is a

symbolic gesture more than any kind of practical reason. As we often

discuss at this time of day, plans by Donald Trump are divisive in

Washington but interesting, regarding that position, is most of

Washington behind how the Trump administration approach is this? I

think you are hearing general support, there is an understanding

the USA needs to take their nuclear programme seriously, they are

developing missiles that could eventually reach US territory, you

need to take that seriously. We hear from people like John McCain, saying

that Donald Trump is doing the right moves here, ramping up the pressure

on North Korea, including possible UN sanctions, moving an aircraft

carrier and the submarine you mentioned, near the North Korean

peninsular. All of those moves are necessary to address the situation.

And you are hearing a change of rhetoric from the White House.

Donald Trump himself saying that he did not think Kim Jong-un was all

that strong. That kind of sabre rattling was different to what we

heard during the Obama administration. Some critics said

outside of politicians but it was counter-productive and could provoke

a response from the North Koreans that was unwanted. Am sure that we

will talk tomorrow, thank you. The situation in Yemen

is increasingly desperate. Just as in Syria, its civil war now

features other countries. And just as in Syria,

civilians are paying a heavy price. There are 25.6 million

people in Yemen. It gives you an idea of the extent

of the conflict. Almost 19 million are in urgent

need of assistance. Two million of them are children

who are acutely malnourished. On average, a child under the age

of five dies of preventable causes And this means 50 children in Yemen

will die during today's conference, and all those deaths

could have been prevented. Many of the children

who survive will be affected by stunting and poor health

for their entire lives. We are witnessing the starving

and the crippling of That's Antonio Guterres speaking

at a donor conference The problem here is not

just about funding - it's about the war making it hard

to get aid to people. These are the two factions

fighting for control the internationally-recognised

government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and those allied

to the Houthi rebel movement.- and pockets of Al Qaada presence -

and this shows the number of displaced people -

the darker the colour the more there are -

many pushed from the urban areas because of the violence

and Saudi-led coalition bombing. Those in the West are more heavily

affected than anywhere else. Whenever we talk about the Yemen

conflict, we turn to my colleague... Mai Noman is from Yemen

and of our journalists - she explained how she sees

the situation in her home country. I have recently come back from

spending one month in Yemen, where basically the situation is at a

standstill. That is the political situation. On the other side, the

humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating. Last time I was in

Yemen was two years ago when who the rebels stormed the capital and took

over. To see the difference in the country after only two years, and

how tragic the situation has become, it is shocking. And what are the

factors making that humanitarian situation so much worse? As you

know, today we heard the donors have pledged over 1 billion dollars to

Yemen. That is only half the amount the UN has stated that Yemen needs

for the humanitarian crisis. The issue isn't just that there isn't

enough money but there is the issue of access. Most of these workers,

these aid workers, working on the ground cannot reach those people

most in need because of continued fighting. We know the most intense

front line in Yemen is a port where most of the imports and aid is

delivered. If fighting continues in areas like that, it will only make

delivering aid a lot more harder. There needs to be

a political and military situation to provide access you are

describing. Is it you when taking the lead in trying to drive that? --

is it the UN? The root of the problem is the political situation.

And the war going on. You have the Saudi led coalition on one side, and

the Yemeni government battling with the rebels. Where people at home

frustrated with how the world is responding? Do they feel we are

paying enough attention? No. They feel completely despondent, that it

has become so bad and yet they get very little attention. More

background information on the conflict in Yemen on the BBC news

website. Stay with us - in a few minutes...

Complications with two executions last night in Arkansas -

we'll bring you the latest. Our correspondence has spoken to

some of the men on death row and relatives of victims. We will hear

more in a few minutes. The parents of Madeleine McCann say

they will never give up searching for their missing child and

described the tenth anniversary of her disappearance which is next week

as a horrible marker. She vanished while on holiday in Portugal with

her parents. Mark Rowley has revealed that reddish detectives are

still working on the case. After this time, even after ten years,

there are lines of enquiry that are worth pursuing and that means it is

possible they will find an answer, it is possible they won't but as

long as we have the resources to do it, and as long as these are

sensible lines of enquiry we will keep going down those lines. If we

provide an answer to a family in such an awful situation, that is

what we must do. This is Outside Source live

from the BBC newsroom. Our lead story is? UK

Prime Minister Theresa May has taken her general election campaign

to Wales, stressing the importance of a United Kingdom

in Brexit negotiations. The main stories from BBC World

Service... A Thai man has filmed

himself killing his baby daughter on Facebook Live -

before taking his own life. Relatives of the man

saw what was happening and alerted the police -

but the authorities Francois Hollande has called

for unity in France. He made the remarks during a tribute

to a policeman who was shot Both candidates to succeed

the president have paid tribute to officer who died -

but neither are showing any signs of agreeing with each other

on security matters. And this is in the most watched

video on the BBC News app. It's the Kitty Hawk -

it's a flying car, backed It's a prototype but we're told

there are plan to deliver what's being called a "personal flying

machine" later this year. Over the last few weeks

on Outside Source we've reported on Arkansas' plans to carry out

eight executions before On Monday night two more men died -

Jack Jones and Marcel Williams. The reason for the rush to execute

is that the drug used by Arkansas in lethal injections expires in late

April. Jeff Rosenzweig was

Jack Jones' lawyer - here he is talking to the BBC

about the drugs used. The problem specifically with that

drug is that that it is not often effective to in

juice the kind of unconsciousness that is necessary to avoid pain and

suffering and torture with the second and third drugs. We do not

know if, in fact, it worked that way or not. In the case of Mr Jones. Our

correspondence has followed this story closely and spoken to some of

the men on death row, and relatives of their victims. I have been

speaking to him about some of the conversations that he has had. With

that man we were talking about, Jack Jones was executed last night and we

spoke to family members of the woman who died, the woman who was raped

and strangled to death by Jack Jones, and you were hearing from

that lawyer, saying that this drug causes suffering and it appears,

according to lawyers, that actually Jack Jones went through something of

an ordeal last night during the execution. The family of victim said

that they do not mind if he suffered a bit because our relative, my wife,

suffered when he was assaulting her. Of course it is the responsibility

of the state, if they are to put people to death, to do so humanely.

There are so many people now saying lethal injection is not a humane way

to do this. Last night, lawyers said that it took 41 minutes at least,

maybe more, to try and put an intravenous line into Jack Jones 's

neck and it was unsuccessful and that is why when the next execution

was due to happen, it was stayed at the very last minute. The next

person to be executed, Marcel Williams, was on the bed ready to be

executed when he was told there was a stay of execution, but one hour

later he was brought back and they carried on with that execution. Is

the intention for five more men to die before the end of the month?

Because of all of these legal battles, partly as you heard from

the lawyer about the fact that suffering was caused but in

individual cases. We've got to the stage where out of the eight people

due to be executed in ten days, there are just four in the end he

can be executed. Three of them have already been executed. One more is

to come on Thursday. Others have all had stays of

execution but what happens to then is then uncertain. The drug runs out

at the end of the month and no other drug companies want to sell the

state of Arkansas or any state these drugs any more because they know

what they are used for. For a drug to be -- for a drug company to be

associated with the death penalty is something that they do not want to

do. The states have big problems now when it comes to putting people to

death. Donald Trump has imposed

tariffs on some imports. For instance, timber

from Canada will be subject This is all in line

with the President's And because this is Canada,

we need to see it in the context of Mr Trump's desire to ditch

the North America That's between the US,

Canada and Mexico. Well Mexico's economy secretary has

spoken to the BBC about the prospect If you think for instance they will

impose a specific tariff on imports, at the end of the day, these are US

consumers who will pay for it. Any other idea that comes to mind, you

need to review precisely, at the end of the day, who will be carrying the

burden of that decision. That you are clear and on record as saying

that if tariffs were imposed there would be repercussions? Obviously.

It is obvious that it would basically be aggravated, you need to

analyse and respond to the consequence. We do not have to

anticipate. We are at a point where we would like to look at this

constructively. Understanding that there are deep differences in terms

of how to view these key issues. We believe that there are ways to work

constructively and think about the Nafta which will benefit the

countries. It was not just timber that Mr Trump followed up on...

Mr Trump followed up on the Canadian border tariff announcement with this

tweet @realDonaldTrump "Canada has made business for our dairy farmers

in Wisconsin and other border states very difficult.

Meanwhile, the US Treasury Secretary said "It has been a bad week

These two states at odds, are they suggesting that these new tariffs

are unhelpful? I think that we need to look at what is being said,

within the larger context of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

As we have spoken about many times, it is clear that President Trump

wants to start the process of re-negotiating the decade-old

agreement. This is the kind of rhetoric you here before we begin to

embark on those kinds of grievances. Softwood lumber has been a

long-standing grievance between Canada and the US. With regards to

dairy, there is a feeling within the US that Canadian farmers are getting

an unfair subsidy. Canadian dairy farmers feel similarly when it comes

to American dairy farmers. Looking at all of this within the wider

context of re-negotiating Nafta, these are people drawing lines in

the sand about what they want, to put on the table, when discussions

finally begin. What is the timetable on Nafta either being ditched or at

least renegotiated? A very good question! Many people expect that it

will not be until at least August before they renegotiate again.

Yesterday, the US Chamber of Commerce is rather optimistic and

believes a reformulated plan could be in place by about 2018. Similar,

thank A British firm has announced plans

to build the world's most advanced artificial intelligence

health care platform. This is a company called Babylon

based in London and they have announced today got million dollars

to build a doctor in your pocket, -- $60 million.

They will be giving advice to patients via a smartphone camera.

They take that data and data from an advice line they have got for

British patients. They feed it into a computer, through a process called

machine learning, and eventually they will have a programme which is

as good at dealing with a patient and giving a diagnosis as any

general doctor. In fact, in the long run, it is better than any doctor.

They have all of that data and more data than any single doctor could

possibly absorbed in their lifetime. So a user would say, I have a rash

on my forearm, what is this, what do I do with my phone? How would I get

advice? You could talk to your phone and initiate a conversation.

Describe the symptoms and the smartphone has sensors built into

it. You would have a relationship with it and it would know your

health history and feed you a series of questions which you would answer,

taking into account everything it knows about you. Your fitness

tracker might be linked to it, and it could give you a diagnosis to

tell you what is wrong. It sounds like a bit of a nightmare for

doctors... For professional doctors. But the company is working with

doctors and is keen to stress no, this will be a supplement, not a

replacement? You second-guess the next question I was going to ask! In

the past we know doctors have been frustrated coming into the surgery

saying they'd look things up on the Internet and they think it is

this... This is being aimed not only at patients in Britain, but places

in the developing world where maybe it is difficult to get access to a

doctor. The idea and the claim is, these are

big claims, a lot of people are working in this field and it will

extend health care to those who do not have it. Not replacing it but

there are a lot of places where there are huge shortages of doctors

and this will fill in the gap. In a few minutes we will hear from

Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, taking your questions on

his plan to take on fake news...