03/07/2017 Outside Source

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

Italy is calling for action over the migrant crisis.

It's asked European ministers to open up other ports

in Europe to rescue boats - but that request has been refused.

Emmanuel Macron has told France it needs to confront the realities

until now, too often we have taken the wrong path. Procedures are taken

precedence over results, rules or what initiative, living off the

public pass over fairness. to a list of demands from its Arab

neighbours - saying they are so extreme they seemed

deliberately designed These pictures are causing

a storm in the US. They're of New Jersey Governor Chris

Christie enjoying a day empty beach with his family -

a beach he'd closed to the public. And if you want to get

in touch at any time... Our contact details are on the

screen throat. -- throughout. I want to start with Europe's

migrant crisis. More than 80,000 have tried

to cross the Mediterranean Most begin in Libya

and try to reach Italy. But many end up being rescued

and the Italian government wants other countries

to open their ports to those. France already says no - arguing it

will encourage more to make The first clip I want to play is the

migration Commissioner. We are ready to increase our support to Italy,

encoding substantial financial support if needed. All the states

now need to deliver and show solidarity to Italy. That is the EU.

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, says, "Libya is now the top departure

country for refugees and migrants fleeing to Europe.

The UN held a press conference in Geneva.

In order to protect the search and rescue at sea regime in the

international waters, states are private operators rescue people

should not face problems. We need a mechanism in place. We need some

compromise and some international corporation on that. It is

unrealistic to think that issue lay -- Italy should do this alone. It is

not sustainable. We need other countries joining Italy in sharing

that responsibility. Sharing responsibility means finding

agreement across the European Union. That has proved consistently elicit.

-- elusive. They put out a statement from the Interior Ministers. They

were talking about things like reinforcing the southern border of

Libya to stop migrants arriving in the first place. That is the kind of

things they are looking at. The Interior Ministers of France and

Germany are not interested in opening ports for boats to leave

migrants there. Indeed, some NGOs say, how can we do that anyway?

We'll have enough fuel to get migrants to Italy. We're talking

about 1000 people on a boat at the time. We have not got enough fuel to

get into France. We have to stop at Italy in the first place. It is a

noble. Some of the actions you described could happen more

effectively if more money was behind them? It could. But the E is

complaining that the 28 member states, as we stand, are still not

contributing what they have pledged. They pledged more than 200 million

euros, about a similar amount of dollars, maybe more, and they have

only come up with 89 million so far. A considerable shortfall. Why are

the numbers spiking? It is partly because smugglers are getting more

sophisticated and spread into places in Libya. Also, some of the Italian

parties would say it is because the NGOs are acting as a taxi service.

Because the station rescue boards outside Libyan waters and bought so

immediately via to rescue migrants. So of course it is a much safer

offer for smugglers, trying to convince migrants to make the

crossing and more likely to survive. Emmanuel Macron's revolution

of French politics continues. Now he wants to get the number

of lawmakers by a third and introduce more proportional

representation into He did all this in a dramatic

setting. The president also says he intends

to lift the state of emergency. That's been in place

since late 2015. The speech was 90 minutes -

here's some of it. TRANSLATION:

Until now, too often, we have taken the wrong path and procedures have

taken precedence over results, rules over initiative, living off the

public purse over fairness. I think by their recent choices our people

are asking to follow a radically new path. I refuse to choose between

ambition and dispirited justice. I refuse to give up excellence to

create equality or give up the idea that everyone must have to play to

succeed. This kind of speech is quite rare in friend politics.

Not everyone is happy President Macron made one.

This is the front page of Liberation,

a centre left newspaper - it shows Mr Macron as Jupiter,

king of the gods, and said the session in Versailles

was the latest manifestation of the president's

It's an accusation that's been levelled against him

I have been talking about some of these issues with a friend 's Jono

Ross, who has been watching this closely. He won a landslide majority

in parliament and it is true that we are not used to seeing a French

President actually making a State of the Union address like in the US.

And first such a grand decor and he will be accused, rightly or wrongly,

to be like a monarch. And as we know, the French president is the

most powerful leader in the western world in terms of institutional

powers given to him. Having said that, tomorrow, there will be

another speech at the French parliament by the Prime Minister,

because the Prime Minister is really the person who leads the Government.

So, I think we will know more details as to what President Macron

said today in front of both Houses of Parliament. Just a couple of

other things I want to bring up. The guardians Paris bureau G says online

the president focused on the international this week.

Certainly some big challenges coming up. If you look at this foreign

policy article, it says... What it is talking about his labour law

reform. Agnes, you can help us out. What is Mr Macron trying to do with

labour law? He is going to try and do what other presidents before him,

and probably for the last 40 years, since I was born, tried to do and

failed to do from the right or left. That is to say, to create some

flexibility in labour laws in France, where you might know that

workers are very much protected. And so he is going to hit the ground

running. That is to say he has already started what is going to be

60 meetings with trade unions until mid-July. And then there will be

laws passed in Parliament, probably passed because he has a majority,

saying that he can have Executive orders to reform profoundly the

labour laws. But, of course, as with everything in France, the position

does not only lie in parliament but also in the street. So the task for

President Macron will come in the autumn, September, October,

November, when I think there will be people from trade unions and the

hard left and had right taking to the streets to fight their corner.

-- hard right. We will see how astute President Macron is then.

With regards to those unions, French unions are famous the world over for

being tough negotiators. Have a signal that they want to work with

the president? We have, but at the same time, they have already fixed a

date for the first demonstration, September 12. So, here you are. It

is strange, because as you say, French trade unions are famously

known for being very theatrical and violence. On the other hand, only 8%

of French workers belong to a union. They are extremely powerful in the

public sector. Hence, the inability to paralyse the country. Thank you,

Agnes. Qatar has given its response

to the long list of demands I am sure you have followed the

story. Saudi Arabia, Egypt,

the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Bahrain says

Qatar must stop funding for extremist groups -

something Qatar denies. Scaling back ties with Iran

and closing Al Jazeera. And if it doesn't do that,

a range of sanctions Its foreign minister

has already said... The Qataris took their

answer to Kuwait. Hanan Razek from BBC

Arabic explains why. Kuwait was playing the middle man.

The countries were asked last night to extend the ultimatum for 48

hours, which they approved. Now the other ones who received the response

from Qatar and they will handed other -- hand it over to the other

four countries. The response, which we still don't know, will be the

main focus of the meeting of the foreign ministers of the four

countries on Wednesday in Cairo. So it is quite significant. Some people

perceive it as a way of opening up for negotiations and the beginning

of a solution. Have these countries indicated that they are willing to

negotiate? The thing is that those countries insist on the 13 demands,

which Intel things like scaling down ties with Iran, cutting ties with

some groups countries considered terrorists, like the Muslim

Brotherhood, and shutting down Qatari funded media like Al Jazeera

network. They say that they are not negotiable. On the other hand, you

have the Qatari Foreign Minister saying that those demands are meant

to be rejected. We see that both sides at existing -- are insisting

on their position. This may be the start of a negotiation process. No

Qatar will submit to the whole 13 demands of some of them, that

remains to be seen. We already have diplomatic and economic sanctions in

place against Qatar. Does that have an influence right now? It does have

an influence on Qatar, of course. It is basically the suspension of all

transportation to and from Qatar. Only one area, the border, with

Saudi, was open but this is now closed as well. It does have a

definite impact. How long can Qatari go on in the same position as it is

right now? I think that is a question. This is not the first time

a stand-off like this has happened. The scale is higher than ever before

but in 2014 we saw similar concerns from some of Qatar's neighbours over

policy. It took nine months to bring the ties back to what it was before.

It seems like this time it was definitely bigger and it might take

longer. Thanks for that. In a few minutes, we will have a

report from Manipur in India, an area affected by extra judicial

killings were a number of decades. -- for a number.

An inquiry into seven decades of child abuse in Jersey has warned

some young people may still be at risk.

More than 600 witnesses gave evidence -

describing a culture of indifference in which children were abandoned

Here's Jersey's Chief Minister, Senator Ian Gorst.

I am shocked, I am saddened and I am sorry.

This report rams home some cold, hard, brutal truths.

Over decades, too many children failed by too many people.

And it highlights the so-called Jersey way.

And, yes, the report warns that some children in our care

I will not rest until we have done all that we can do to change that.

Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.

European ministers have refused a request from Italy to open up

other ports to Migrant rescue boats, after the country

warned the latest wave of migrants was unsustainable.

Let's bring you some of the main stories from BBC World Service.

China's president Xi Jinping is in Russia for talks

Trade and the economy are at the top of their agenda.

Russia is key to China's ambitious plans to revive the historic

BBC China reports that floods in southern China have

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes.

Water levels in more than 60 rivers have risen above dangerous levels.

has signed a multi-billion-dollar gas deal with Iran.

It's the first major agreement between Iran and a European company

since the lifting of sanctions two years ago.

Tesla says its much-hyped Model 3 will be ready for sale

at the end of this week - that's ahead of schedule.

The reason for the hype is that it costs $35,000 -

much cheaper than Tesla's other models.

Another big move into the mainstream for electric cars.

This is a major play from Tesla to make itself a mass-market producer?

Exactly. This is very much a height version of its Tesla electric

vehicles. -- hyped. It was just a few years ago that people could put

down a $1000 refund double deposit to get their hands on the Model

three. They were overwhelmed with interest. $35,000. If you buy it

here in the US, you get a credit because it is an allegory vehicle

and the price tag comes to $20,000. It is set in a very affordable,

especially compared to some of the other models and SUVs. The downside

is that Tesla does not have any experience in mass producing cars.

If you look at the Model X, it was 18 months behind in terms of

production. There are worries about whether or not they can make enough

of those cars to meet the demand. When it comes to where you charge

your cars, there are not all that many charging stations. And while

Tesla says it will create more, current Tesla owners are worried

that there is going to be a lot more competition for fewer charging

spaces and even more competition for trying to get your car serviced.

Interesting. Let's keep an eye on that. Thank you very much. The

pressure on charging points will be one to watch.

This is what happened when China opened up its bond market

Nearly $300 million worth were snapped up in 20 minutes.

Bonds are a type of investment typically sold by governments

That goal has certainly been achieved.

And in China, bonds have - until now - been unavailable

China's bond market is the third largest in the world

The figure is staggering and it really does give access to global

investors into China's bond market. It is not mum and pop investors like

you and me, retail investors that will be able to access the bond

market via Hong Kong. It is the likes of central banks, sovereign

wealth funds and deselect foreign financial institution. You will not

see a mass of money flowing from retail investors into the Chinese

bond market but these are slow and steady steps, all part of China's

bickering mint into liberalising its economy, reforming its financial

sector and becoming more of a free-market economy. One of the

reasons it was to enter the bond market and access foreign investment

and foreign floors is so that it can continue to see foreign money coming

into the market and ensure that growth rates keep going.

Next to the Indian state of Manipur, in the north-east of the country.

It's alleged more than 1,500 people were killed there by security

And that those deaths went unpunished

Ethnic violence has long been an issue in this part of India.

Well, relatives of the victims have been given permission

to provide an official investigation with information.

The BBC's been speaking to some of them.

If civilians can be just picked up and bumped off, we're not living in

a democracy, we are living in military rule.

When you're fired upon, the weapon you have been given is not for

decoration. In that video, along with many other

was from India, is available online if you have the BBC News app on your

smartphone or via the BBC News website. That is it for the first

half will stop I will speak to you in a few minutes with 30 more

minutes of the most important global stories. See you soon.

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