19/06/2017 Outside Source

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

We start at the Finsbury Park Mosque in North London where a man drove

The van hit a crowd who had gathered to help an elderly man who had

It's not clear if his death was the result of the attack.

A man has been arrested for terror offences.

The BBC understands he is 47-year-old Darren Osborne.

In Nigeria: Half of all the aid for people fleeing the country's

Islamist insurgency has not reached those who need it.

The number of people believed to have died in a tower block fire

in London last week has now risen to 79.

And in OS Sport - we'll be talking about Brooks Koepka.

He's not just won the US open, he's equalled the best ever score

Extraordinary statement from the Nigerian government today.

Half of the food aid meant for people who've been forced

to leave home because of Islamists in the north east has

Here's a statement from the acting President "diversion of relief

materials has dogged food delivery", he then references the "reported

diversion of over 50 trucks in every 100 trucks sent".

He also announced that hundreds of soldiers and police will guard

the convoys in an effort to keep them safe.

you want a measure of how pressing the situation is for some Nigerians,

the UN is estimating eight and a half million people are in need of

life saving aid. Close to 6 million require emergency health care and

with reference to that Islamist insurgency being driven by Boko

Haram in the north-east of Nigeria, that has left over 2.5 million

people away from their homes. We saw that statement from the acting

president in Nigeria, we got in touch with our correspondent there,

Martin Patience and he recorded this for us.

The suffering in north-east Nigeria is enormous.

More than 2 million people have been displaced by the fighting,

And most of them are living in sprawling camps,

and they are entirely dependent upon aid hand-outs.

Tens of thousands of children are currently at risk

That's how serious a crisis this is in that part of the country.

And this acknowledgement from the Nigerian government that

aid is effectively being stolen, whilst shocking,

I have spoken to a humanitarian organisation up there

as well as local officials, and they say this has

What the government says is that previously up to half the trucks

delivering assistance or aid, those trucks would be diverted.

Effectively, the aid would be stolen.

In order to fix this problem, the government now says that those

aid convoys will be accompanied by soldiers and police,

to make sure that aid goes from the warehouses to those that

Now, even if all that aid does reach the camps,

the most vulnerable - some of the most vulnerable

anywhere in the world - that might not be enough.

That's because the UN says that it needs more than $1 billion worth

of assistance in order to help those suffering in north-east Nigeria.

As things stand, at the moment, they say they have only received

a quarter of the money that they actually need.

Now we must turn to Paris because a car has crashed into a police van in

the Champs-Elysees, right in the centre of town, the car then burst

into flames and the driver died. Here are some pictures we have had

in common you can make out the damaged car that was involved. We

know when police got into the vehicle there were weapons inside.

There were no other injuries other than to the man who was driving the

car, who was unconscious when taken out of it. He died later. This is

the update we would given by the police.

TRANSLATION: There were several weapons inside the car.

Including explosives which were powerful

The investigation has been passed to the

anti-terrorism section in the Paris prosecutor's office.

Once again, this shows that the threat level in

Portugal has announced three days of mourning as firefighters continue

to battle a forest fire which killed more than 60 people

Many of those who died were trapped in their cars

Our correspondent James Reynolds reports.

These are the flames of Portugal's worst disaster for more

For a third day here in the centre of the country, forests burn.

On Saturday, flames quickly engulfed this road.

The fire caught families who'd been trying to drive to safety.

It's hard to conceive of their last minutes.

Portugal has more forest fires than any other

It's had years to make proper preparations,

and yet on this road dozens lost their lives in the fire.

The village of Nodeirinho watched the fires approach.

A dozen residents jumped into this water tank to escape.

84-year-old Marta da Conceicao was helped in by her daughter.

"Oh god, oh god, it was awful", she tells me.

The rescue effort continues during a three-day period

The country now asks why its most isolated residents

James Reynolds, BBC News, central Portugal.

There is further reporting from Portugal available through the BBC

News at which you can download on your smartphone. Let's turn to the

sport... You may not have heard of him

but he's just the US Open - You may not have heard of him

but he's just won the US Open - He didn't just win - he equalled

the competition's best ever score. Let's speak to Tolson live from our

sports Centre. Introduce us to him then. Brooks Koepka, 27-year-old

from Florida, took up golf is a sport when he was a child because he

was involved in a car accident. He could not play contact sports who

went headfirst into golf. In this final round, it was a remarkable

round, 14, 15 and 16 holes with three consecutive birdies pretty

much did it for him. He did equal Rory McIlroy's record from 2011

which were 16 under par, that was congressional on a 71 under par, or

71 part course. This was an incredible effort from Koepka. He

came from absolutely nowhere to witness. Brian Harman who looked as

though he weighs in with a shout, went backwards on the back nine.

Someone else also an hour, Hideki Matsuyama, the number four in the

world from Japan, he could be a chance of winning a major in the

future. But let's hear from Brooks Koepka, who won his maiden title. I

just stayed in the moment. I thought if I thought ahead, if I strayed

from the game plan at all, I thought that was where things would go

wayward. Sideways, so you start thinking ahead. You start thinking

about having the trophy, about other things. You are here to play golf.

We've got 18 holes, just got it out for that long. Then you can

celebrate. So many bad stories in the news lately but that one from

Brooks Koepka is certainly a feel-good story.

Now from golf to something a little bit dirtier...

I was hoping I could show you some pictures but I will show you those

in a minute because they are not playing.

500 competitors took part with the task of getting

from the bottom of this quarry to the top.

You can look it up online if you haven't see CNET, sorry about that.

The death toll in the London tower block fire has reached 79 -

police say that's the number of people who either died

The fluid nature of any building of this size means there remain

questions over who was in the block at the time of the fire.

Today a minute's silence was held across the UK

These are firefighters in London.

Frankie McCamley has this report from

This is where people have come to bring flowers, leave messages and

show their support. People have been arriving throughout the day and

flowers have been growing. Just around 500 metres from here we

observed a minute 's silence only on. Firefighters came back to the

scene for the first time, they were visibly upset. As a minutes silence

took place. Some broke down in tears. One firefighter said to me,

there were so many children. This just shows how many people have been

affected here. But you do see this huge sense of community spirit. Lots

of people coming, this church behind me has seen three tonnes of food

that has been dispatched to people who really need it. There was had

lots of clothes, new clothes, that they have 70 families who have been

affected by this. But here on the ground, you really do get this real

sense of anger, people here say they feel forgotten, forgotten by the

government, and they want answers. They want answers as to why this

happened, and how so many people could die. And who if anyone is to

blame for this awful fire. The UK Government has begun making

emergency fund payments to those Our Special Correspondent Lucy

Manning reports on the impact of the relief effort

and the continuing She is just 12 years old,

but those who know her say Firdaws starred in a Comic Relief

debate just two months ago. Unrealistic to think that it

will disappear like this, as Bill Gates said we have

to raise the bar. Now Firdaws, her six-year brother,

13-year-old brother and parents are feared to have been killed

in the fire. There is no doubt that she

and the other children Sean and Hidil were taken

on activity trips and They were intelligent,

always asked sensible questions, and she was inquisitive,

she had a thirst for knowledge, she was always learning and teaching

the younger children. The oldest child

absolutely loved football. Always making jokes,

had a brilliant sense of humour, The younger child was

a bundle of energy. So many children lost

in this community. A community still struggling to get

all the help that it needs. Miguel Alvez lived on the 13th floor

of Grenfell and now his home is a room on the 14th floor

of a hotel with his They promised me they will do

something in the next You think you will be in the hotel

for between three and four weeks? So you had to ask the council

with help with housing? Has anybody contacted

you from the council about help? Miguel's family received ?500

from them yesterday but Miguel is struggling to get new documents

and needs his family's Ryan and Tina write a message

for six-year-old Yacob Their mum tells me many of

the children here will need support. Just while I was playing that report

we have had some breaking news here. It concerns the American who had

been detained in North Korea, we covered his story last week.

Unfortunately his family has released a statement in which they

have said he has died, you may remember this story from last week

because the north Koreans had detained Otto Warmbier since March

last year. He was found guilty of trying to steal a propaganda sign

and was given a sentence of 15 years in prison. Last week he was flown

home via Japan via the US. We learned quickly he had a serious

condition, he was in a coma, and the North Koreans were saying he had

suffered from botulism but the doctors treating him said it was not

clear. His family have put up this statement saying it is our sad duty

to report our sun has completed his journey home. They talk about a

warm, engaging, brilliant young man. They pay tribute to him over some

paragraphs. You can find that statement online very easily. It's

being shared on BBC accounts and other accounts as well.

Stay with us on Outside Source - still to come...

The United Nations has called on Thailand to amend its harsh law

The former children's TV presenter Brian Cant has

He found fame as the host of many BBC programmes including

Play School and Play Away, and was honoured by BAFTA in 2010.

His agent said he had been living with Parkinson's Disease.

David Sillitto looks back at his life.

For millions his voice immediately evokes childhood.

In the early 60s, an audition in which he was asked to sit

in a cardboard box led to a job on a new programme.

I had been called to go and do an audition for

She kicked the box out from under her desk and said get in that box.

Born in Ipswich, he trained as a printer before

His warm, friendly voice was also perfect for another

Trumpton, and the slightly more industrial Chigley.

It gives me great pleasure to unveil the biscuit Fountain.

If it sounds as though it was recorded in the cupboard,

Along with Play Away, Bric-a-brac, he was part of children's TV

He also wrote and appeared on stage, but more than anything

he was for many a much loved part of childhood.

This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.

Following an attack on a mosque in north London last night -

the BBC understands that this man, Darren Osborne is responsible.

He was arrested at the scene for terror offences.

The United Nations has called on Thailand to amend the harsh law

The UN's High Commissioner for human rights said that since the military

coup in 2014 the number of people investigated for violating the lese

majeste law has risen to more than double the number investigated

Trials are routinely held in closed session,

often in military courts where defendants'

Earlier this month a man was given a 35-year sentence for Facebook

posts judged to have defamed the monarchy, the harshest

Our South East Asia Correspondent, Jonathan Head, looks at the case

of a woman who was given a similarly harsh sentence two years ago,

Once a week, Sasiwimon takes a day off work and it is the granddaughter

is ready to meet their grandmother. Her daughter is in prison, her

crime: posts on Facebook that insulted tide and's monarchy.

TRANSLATION: It is difficult. I have to take care of them alone. They are

girls, I have two ensure that they are safe. Even if they are home. And

I am out working. The women's prison is a short drive away. Two years

ago, Sasiwimon was given a sentence of 28 years. Few of the other

families waiting to meet inmates are dealing with sentences like that.

TRANSLATION: I never thought this would happen. I thought it would be

a one-year prison term. May be suspended. We did not sell drugs, we

did not kill anyone. Or steal anything. So when she was summoned

by the police, I thought it was just for questioning. I did not think it

would turn out like this. Sasiwimon has told me it all started because

of her anger over her husband, who had gone off with another woman. She

says a friend suggested a way of getting back at her, by setting up a

Facebook account in her name and posting controversial comments. But

she did it using Sasiwimon's computer. Which was later traced by

the police. Even by the harsh standards

of Thailand's majesty law, the sentence passed on this woman

was exceptionally severe. Especially when you consider

she has no history of political involvement,

says she is loyal to the monarchy, and that she was coerced

into confessing and She would not even be

in prison if she had not been informed on by ordinary Thai

citizens who believe it's their duty This man is a passionate royalist.

Memories of the late King who died last year still affect him deeply.

He runs a group of volunteers in Shanghai, who monitor Facebook for

anti-monarchy content. It was he who informed the police about

Sasiwimon's posts, but he did not realise at the time who was behind

them. TRANSLATION: I don't regret it. No one does. There is an issue

affecting the highest and most respected institution in the

country. I don't understand, we are the only country in the world which

still has these feelings. And treats kings like gods. Like demigods. Our

late King was more than a God. He was a living God. That's how Thai

feel about him. At Sasiwimon's home, they still keep the tattered

calendar on the wall, fixed on the month when she was convicted.

TRANSLATION: The kids were distressed at first. They found it

hard to accept. The older ones seem to understand. She knew that her

mamma had been given a 28 year imprisonment sentence. But she could

not imagine how many days or months, 28 years were going to be. The

little one when she heard 28 years, thought her mum was going to come

home on the 28th of the month. A long sentence has now been reduced

in a royal pardon to 12 years. But that still means that her daughters

will have grown up by the time she comes out.

Tomorrow the US state of Georgia will hold a special election to fill

That's usually not the stuff of international headlines but this

The BBC's Rajini Vaidyathan has been breaking down the numbers for us.

I've been involved in the sixth district...

The race to represent Georgia's six representative congressional

district has become the most expensive ever.

For decades, the seat has been Republican.

Many Democrats see this as a referendum on President Trump.

Their candidate Jon Ossoff has raised the most cash so far.

Nearly six times more than his Republican rival, Karen Handel.

Mr Ossoff relied on smaller donations to fund his campaign.

Liberal extremists will stop at nothing to push

Now they are turning their attention to Georgia.

Republican ads like this that hit out at him argue that most

of his cash is not coming from voters within the district.

The lion's share of his fundraising has come from outside

Karen Handel's office budget increased 42%.

Democrats point out that Karen Handel has also benefited

Millions of dollars from the Republican party and some

of its fundraising committees have been spent on ads

There's been a record turnout in early voting,

a close race that will send a message to Washington

Another hot day in the city and for some of us a little too hot.