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

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The fallout from the sacking of the FBI director is gathering pace.

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The FBI has been in turmoil, you know that, I know that,

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The man who worked directly under James Comey disagrees

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I can tell you that I hold director Comey

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I have the highest respect for his considerable

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The acting FBI director also says the agency

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will continue its investigation into claims of Russian collusion

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in the Trump campaign vigorously and completely.

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The party of the French president-elect has unveiled a list

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of fresh faces to stand at next month's parliamentary elections.

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More than half have never held elected office and half

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We'll be live in Alaska, where the foreign ministers

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of the eight Arctic Council nations are meeting.

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Climate change is top of the agenda.

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The business will be live in New York talking about the latest

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developments relating to the free trade agreement in North America.

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Donald Trump has given his first interview since he sacked FBI

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He is a showboat. He is a grandstand. The FBI has been in

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turmoil. You know that, everybody knows that. You take a look at the

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FBI a year ago, it was in virtual turmoil. Less than a year ago. It

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hasn't recovered from that. Monday, e-mail with Rosenstein. It was my

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decision. I was going to fire Comey. Donald Trump calling Mr Comey

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a showboat and saying This was the view of

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Mr Comey's replacement - acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe,

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who appeared before the senate We have heard in the news that

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claims that director Comey had lost the confidence of rank and file FBI

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employees. You have been there for 21 years. In your opinion, is it

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accurate that the rank and file no longer supported director Comey? No,

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sir. That is not accurate. I can tell you that I worked very closely

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with director Comey. From the moment he worked at the FBI was his

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assistant national director. I worked for him, running the

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Washington Field office. I served as his deputy for the last year. I can

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tell you I hold director Comey in the highest regard. I have the

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highest respect for his abilities and integrity. It has been the

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greatest privilege and honour in my professional life to work with him.

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There's a ringing endorsement of James Comey.

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That's doesn't match this assessment from White House spokeswoman

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She told CBS News Mr Comey had lost the confidence of the rank

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Earlier I spoke with with Aaron Blake from the Washington Post.

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Here is the update. We have certainly heard a lot about concerns

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over what Jim Coric did during the 2016 campaign. We have not had a

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recording saying there was a revolt against him in the FBI. This seems

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to be reasoning is offered by the Trump Administration for his firing,

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more so than something we have actually seen bubbling up from

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inside Europe. We can see the Washington Post website behind you.

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Your article is at the top of the most red list, looking at why Mr

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Comey was sacked. What is your understanding of the real reasons?

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From the very beginning, it looked like this was a situation where Jim

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Comey was somebody who is president Trump did not trust. It was not his

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pointy, it was somebody who had been put in there by President Obama.

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President Trump is big on loyalty. He likes to have people around him

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he feels he can depend upon. He has an FBI director investigating his

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alleged ties with Russia. That was always the underlying assumption

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that maybe that was the deep-seated reason. The White House said this

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was basically the recommendation of the Justice Department, of the

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deputy Attorney General who had come to Donald Trump saying this man

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should be fired. We found out from the clip that Trump is not

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pretending that is what happens. It seems clear that this is a situation

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that Trump did not like James Comey. It is about whether Coric was doing

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it for his own political purposes whether he thought James Comey was

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not a good FBI director. I want to play little more of what we played

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from Andrew McCabe. The work of the FBI continues. There has been no

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effort to impede our investigation today. Do you feel like you have the

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adequate resources for the existing investigations that the bureau is

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invested in right now to follow them wherever they may lead? If you are

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referring to the Russian investigation, I do. I believe we

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have the adequate resources to do it. I know we have resource that

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investigation adequately. He also said this investigation is highly

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significant. It is directly in line with what the White House has been

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saying. The president last week said it was a tax payer funded, basically

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waste of time. That has been the line from Trump for a while. Not a

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lot of Republicans acknowledge this was an issue worth looking into.

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They say it is more about Russian hacking as opposed to allege it ties

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with the Trump campaign. The White House is on an island in saying it

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was a waste of time. The FBI was pressing for investigations led by

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publicans, including one in the Senate he said he was troubled by

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the timing of Comey's firing. It is progressing forward. The real

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question is who will be in charge of the FBI investigation if and when

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President Trump chooses a replacement? What is the process

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from where we are now to having a new director of the FBI? It depends

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on when he will make the nomination. It is a big nomination for a couple

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of reasons. One is the investigation. It'll be very

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difficult at this point for the president to install somebody who is

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a political ally of his, someone like Chris Christie, I'm not sure

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even some Republicans would go along with that. The other thing is it is

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a ten-year appointment. Director Comey was fibre in the midst of a

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ten-year term. This decision will not be taken lightly by anyone in

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the Senate. I presume the White House make a very careful decision.

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The Senate will take time in deciding this is the right person

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for the job because it is such a lengthy term relatively speaking for

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any political appointee. Emmanuel Macron will become

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President of France on Sunday. All along he's promised to bring

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new blood into French politicis. His Republique en Marche party

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has announced the names exactly half are women,

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and 52% are from civil society with no prior experience

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of political office. France will vote for all the seats

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in its National Assembly next month. Richard Ferrand, Secretary General

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of the party was speaking earlier. TRANSLATION: Candidates come from

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the entire Republican political spectrum which reflects the

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political landscape that the president wants to hold for the

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country. Regarding the parity, 214 candidates are women, 214 are men.

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428 candidates are included in the list provided to you.

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I have been speaking about Mr Macron and his mission to reshape French

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politics. Most of the candidates are complete unknowns. Half of them are

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women. That is very important in a country where only one in four MPs

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are women. It is a very male dominated world. There are retired

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people, lawyers. A farmer. A famous mathematician. A broad spectrum.

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There are also some outgoing MPs. 24 of them. They are all from the

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Socialist Party. It has a strength. It is wide open. In terms of opening

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to all sides of the political spectrum, it is only to the left at

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the moment. This party has not been around for very long at all. All

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people he has found, do they have a shared vision of France? They were

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asked to share Macron's reformist agenda. He is trying to redraw the

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political landscape into a broad, reformist, progressive camp. He is

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calling on all the progressives. That is how he is trying to redraw

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the map. The other political parties, the traditional ones, are

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generally in prices, some worse than others. The Socialist Party is

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dying. The National Front did lose the election but it is going through

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its own crisis. Do you ever stop for a moment and think, I cannot believe

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this is happening. Have a 39 your president who has created a party

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from nothing which has suddenly dominated. It is historic. To

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succeed he will need a majority in parliament next month. In terms of

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changes in the political landscape, it is extraordinary. It is a dream

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of a political centre in France which never really happened. It is

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happening now and is fascinating. We will keep you right up to date with

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everything Emmanuel Macron is doing and have full coverage of his

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inauguration on Sunday. We will be live in Alaska. There is

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a meeting to discuss the future of the region.

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Waiting times for a number of key NHS services in England

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were the worst in five years, according to analysis of figures

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For the year 2016-2017, 2.5 million patients waited longer

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The figure five years ago was just over 700,000.

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The target for cancer treatment is to be seen within 62 days,

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The NHS is treating more and more people and that is what has always

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happen. Funding must keep up with that. The figure they have with put

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on it is funding has to increased by 4%. Since 2010 funding has increased

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by around 1%. The Labour Party today said the failure on the targets is

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about the funding. There is not enough of it. The Conservatives said

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today at the Labour government was in place, it is economic policy that

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the NHS would be worse off and have less Lib Dems said they were the

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anyone's with a clear strategy in terms of investment.

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This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.

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Donald Trump has been defending his decision to fire

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In an interview with a US TV network, he called James Comey

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a showboat and a grandstander and said the FBI had

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The Chinese leader has told the new president of South Korea

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to cancel the deployment of a US missile defence shield.

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The shield is designed to counter possible missiles from North Korea.

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The Iraqi army chief says his forces are only days away from completing

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the operation to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State Group.

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And among the most read on our website,

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a Russian billionaire has been ordered to pay his estranged

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wife ?453 million in a divorce settlement.

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One of the biggest awards ever made by a UK court.

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The land that makes up the Arctic Circle is owned by eight

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Today their foreign ministers are meeting in Alaska -

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and some of them are worried about Donald Trump's intentions.

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That meeting is under way in Fairbanks.

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The BBC's James Cook joins us from Fairbanks in Alaska.

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The meeting has in fact broken up in the last few minutes. I can tell you

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that the declaration has been issued, the Fairbanks Declaration.

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It is several pages long full you will be interested to learn that the

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key part, about climate change, with the United States except language

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that recognised human contribution to climate change and the need of

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action? It goes very close to doing so. Activities taking place outside

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the Arctic region, including those occurring outside of Arctic states.

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Saying they are the main contributors to climate change

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effects and contributors in the Arctic. It says the Arctic is

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warming up more than twice the rate of the global average and says it is

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having a big impact. It also accepts the pressing need for adaptation

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actions. It fudges essentially on Paris, the climate change agreement

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in Paris, which agreed to reduce emissions in 2015. With the US

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withdrawal? It is still the question. It does reiterate the need

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for global action to reduce long-lived greenhouse gases and

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short lived climate products? That is what has been agreed by these

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nations, including the US. Professor, what make of what has

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just been agreed that the United States seven other members want to

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reduce June -- greenhouse gases. There was a lot of hedging on

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whether or not we were going to accept climate change, about whether

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it was about the cost -- there was a human cost. I am hopeful hearing

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this statement. I am part of the Arctic social sciences that oration.

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We are working hard to understand what it means to respond to climate

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change. -- federation. The place which invests the largest amount of

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money in Arctic research will continue to support our efforts to

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look at this. It does not go so far as to permit all of the Nations cup

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all eight nations, Russia, Canada, the US, Scandinavian nations,

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including Iceland as well. It does not commit them explicitly to

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implementing the Paris agreement. That will be crucial in coming days

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and weeks. Will the US pull-out of that agreement? We are wondering

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ourselves as US and international research is what action the US will

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take. The comments that were made by ministers from the other Arctic

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nations clearly acknowledged that we needed to be working on climate

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issues. I don't anticipate active opposition to Paris will stop the

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other conversation we are having is a lot of actions have been taken

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which will not be reversed, regardless of the rhetoric. What we

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are most concerned about is whether there will not be investment in the

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work needed on the research side and the change in business practices. On

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that note, Rex Tillerson, who was chairing this meeting and has handed

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over to Finland, did not mention climate change. In terms of science,

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they are committing themselves to continuing the scientific endeavour.

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That is from your perspective. What is, from an Alaskan point of view,

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what is Alaska experiencing? How does it affect all walks of life? We

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are seeing a lot of impact from climate change. That is part of the

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biggest issue, that it is not predictable. Our experience has been

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winters where we have had very little snowfall, her great deal of

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ice. Absolutely horrid windstorms coming in following torrential

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downpours. In one case they have not doubt one third of the trees in our

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beautiful city. Others can definitely speak first hand to what

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is happening in rural and remote communities. Certainly, we have

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entire villages that are making very difficult decisions about relocating

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from places they have been for thousands of years. There are a lot

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of other issues that matter to the Arctic. What is the most important

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being the Arctic Council should look at, other bank climate change? We

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must look at the sustainability of communities, not just economically

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but well-being as well. Well being very broadly on our young people,

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who are experiencing ger Matic social problems, whether suicide,

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domestic violence. Also issues and causes which had to do with a loss

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of culture, a loss of self-determination. That, for me, is

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the big thing. Indigenous communities have more control over

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their own lives. If that happened we would see less of the negative

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outcomes which have to do in some parts with where your future is

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going. Interesting to speak to you. Just to reiterate what has happened

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in the past few minutes. An agreement has been reached among the

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eight nations with territory in the Arctic. They have agreed activities

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taking place in their own states contribute to climate change and

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they have agreed to take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases as

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a result. We appreciate the update and the interview. Fascinating to

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listen to James and his guest. Also the beautiful location as well.

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Donald Trump has been talking a lot about trade since he became

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He does not like the North American Free Trade Agreement. He said it was

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one of the worst deals ever done and said he was going to ditch it. Now

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he has said he will change it. This man is crucial to how he can change

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that. In the last couple of hours, he has been confirmed by the Senate

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as the new US trade Representative. Over the last few weeks, we have

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been trying to see where the president is taking theirs. With

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this appointment, do we get a better picture of the direction he may go?

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We get a better picture in terms of action. Part of the problem has

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always been, we have heard President Trump is talking a lot about Nafta

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but there has been no action. In this appointment as US trade

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Representative, he will push the US closer to being able to start

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negotiations with Canada and Mexico. The problem has always been the

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White House has to notified Congress they will be doing this. Having a

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trade representative is crucial of starting that process of alerting

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conquests. The United States has someone who will be able to take

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charge in terms of renegotiating, so it seems like we might be getting

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there soon. Sticking with Canada,

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Mexico and the USA. Those three countries

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will almost certainly get That's something we learnt from

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Fifa's Congress in Bahrain today. But big changes are on the cards

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when it comes to sponsorship of the tournament, with the cash

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increasingly coming from China Last year Fifa managed

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to make a loss of $369m. A significant reason why

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was the cost of the corruption Bear in mind the World Cup

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is the most profitable If you look where the new money is

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coming from, it is coming from China and the Middle East. In the short

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term, I think big, global, western European brands web based in Western

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Europe and the US will be fearful about their image. I think we will

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wait until the World Cup 2026 is revealed. I think they are fast

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tracking that. Once that goes out, if it goes back into the US, Canada

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and Mexico is a joint bid, I think that will have an effect. I think

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they will want to take a punt on it. It is arguably the biggest sports

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event in the world for them it is quite a small window of activity. I

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think brands will step back in. Whether they will lose out to China

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and the Middle East and the emerging markets remains to be seen. In the

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next half of the programme, we will hear an interview with one of the

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Chibok fathers who has been reunited with his daughter.

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