11/07/2017 Outside Source

Hello, I'm Karin Giannone, this is Outside Source.

Donald Trump's son has released emails implying he knew

about Russian efforts to influence the US elections as early

It was revealed in a series of messages he posted online

from last year showing he was eager to accept incriminating information

about Hillary Clinton promised by a Russian source.

In a White House statement Donald Trump has said his son

is a high quality person, and he applauded his transparency.

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#BBCOS is the place to go. Donald Trump Junior has released

emails confirming that he was eager to accept what he was told

was damaging information about Hillary Clinton provided

by the Russian state, This is all relating to a meeting

he had with a Russian lawyer who he thought had compromising

material about his father's opponent Here are the emails, you can find

them on his Twitter account, And to this Donald Trump Jnr

replied: Donald Trump Jnr says he released

them in the name of transparency but it might also have had something

to do with the fact that @nytimes the New York Times was just

about to publish it. And we've just had this reaction

from the White House. Trump says his son,

Donald Trump Junior, is a high quality person

and applauds his transparency. These emails were sent

between Donald Trump Jnr and a publicist, Rob Goldstone,

who set up a meeting with this Rob Goldstone referred to her

as a Russian government attorney. Here she is speaking

to NBC earlier today. Have you ever worked for the Russian

government? To have connections to the Russian government? TRANSLATION:

No. They had the impression, it appears that they were going to be

told some information that you had about the D How did they get that

impression? TRANSLATION: It's possible they were looking for such

information and wanted it so badly. We're looking at this from

Washington, and what we have here and is at the smoking gun so many

are looking for? It's hard to tell what a smoking gun is these days.

Every time we think we've got some major revelation, Donald Trump seems

to find a way of surviving at. This is very big and points to what

Donald Trump Jnr was thinking when he went to this meeting, and he

thought he was meeting with someone who was a Russian government lawyer,

that is the way it had been presented, a Natalia Veselnitskaya

denies that. He was posted get information that was damaging to

hear Clinton. There is a possibility that Rob Goldstone went into this

trying to blow some smoke and try to make this meeting seem more

important than it was, that there really wasn't an effort to reach out

to the Trump campaign. That could be beside the point because it's still

the fact that Donald Trump Jnr and high-level members of the Trump

campaign sat down in meetings where they discussed Hillary Clinton and

possibly damaging information about her in the heat of the presidential

campaign with a Russian national. Where does this fit in into all the

other investigations about possible rings to the Russian government?

It's only a matter of time before Donald Trump Jnr is called before

Congress, the house intelligence committee want to see if this really

is something that draws ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian

government itself. Then you have the independent counsel investigation,

who have been very tight-lipped so far but I think they're going to be

very interested in these e-mails, and in Donald Trump Jnr because they

were looking into possible ties between the Trump campaign and the

Russian government. I think those are the ones that will be

particularly interesting but I think it'll be a while before we hear the

results of those investigations. Anthony, thank you very much. Let's

talk to Richard Painter, a White House ethics lawyer under President

George W Bush. Welcome. What do you make of what we've seen and heard?

Well, this is very troubling. It is yet more evidence that the Trump

campaign was willing to work with the Russian agents to obtain

damaging information on Hillary Clinton, even though there are laws

that prevent and prohibit foreign nationals from contributing anything

to American political campaigns. And also laws against computer hacking,

and we know how the Russians get their information because they've

been doing it for a considerable period of time. And yet everyone in

the Trump administration denies contacts with the Russians, denies

collaboration with the Russians and one by one we are seeing these

stories start to fall apart. Donald Trump Jnr had several different

explanations for what happened, each one shot down by additional facts.

We are very concerned about this in the United States because our

elections are supposed to be for the American people without foreign

interference and someone who works with a foreign government in order

to win an election here is really viewed as having betrayed their

country. It is treason, whether it is prosecuted under a treason

statutes or another statute. Just to be clear, sorry to interrupt you,

you're saying this is treason? It is. To undermine your own government

to help accomplish the objectives of a foreign adverse rave. It is well

known the Russian government wanted this election to go against Hillary

Clinton in favour of Donald Trump. No American should be assisting a

foreign government with that type of work inside the United States. They

were conducting espionage inside the United States, they were engaging

computer hacking and other crimes and when that type of call comes in

from a foreign country, particularly an adverse research is Russia, you

call the FBI. That is what he should have done, call the FBI. Let's just

say these are people inexperienced in politics, new to it presidential

campaign, they don't know the protocols, this is Donald Trump Jr

simply doing what he thinks all campaigns do, trying to get

opposition, and he's well killing them thinking they are going to be

helpful but the campaign. What is wrong with that? Well, Donald Trump

Jnr and Jared Kuschner and Paul Manafort, the top three people are

all going to this meeting! I can't believe that nothing came out of the

meeting. That doesn't make any sense. Why would all three of them

go to this meeting? Were not talking about inexperienced people here.

Paul Manafort had plenty of experience, they had good lawyers

working for the campaign, they wanted to meet with the Russians in

order to obtain damaging information about Hillary Clinton and they were

willing to do anything to win. That includes betraying our country into

the hands of a foreign power which was trying to determine the outcome

of our elections. Once again, our elections our our business to be

determined by the American people, which has been ever since the

American Revolution and that is what our constitution sets forth, and

foreign countries are supposed to stay out and there are specific

criminal statutes what they did. Ledley should be assisting them with

their conduct in the United States. One brief question, where do you

think this leaves the investigations going on currently? We have the

criminal investigation by Robert Mueller, the special counsel and we

also have investigations in Congress which are investigations that need

to be stepped up because we need to make sure that everyone in the White

House, everyone currently serving in this administration has been loyal

to the United States and is not somehow beholden to Russia because

Russia, of course, has what of additional evidence there is of

collaboration. They may well have the heads of some people of this

government and read to find out the facts as soon as possible. We could

have a government chosen by the American people that serves the

interests of the American people and has a meaningful role in the global

community. Thank you very much for your time and we will be speaking in

a short while to support of Donald Trump, a lawyer which says this is a

storm in a teacup. This mansion is a Russian diplomatic

compound seized by President Obama last year and now Russia says it is

time to give it back. TRANSLATION: The situation is outrageous and I

find it is shameful for such a great country as the United States, an

advocate for international law, to leave this situation hanging in

midair. We are aware of the Russia phobic feelings in Congress and

understand the decision to expel our diplomat and confiscate our property

was taken by the bomb administration.

In the final weeks of the Obama administration the US took

the diplomatic property and expelled Russian diplomats as retaliation

for alleged Russian interference in the US election.

Sergei Lavrov also hinted at Russian retaliation,

but all this leaves President Trump with few easy options,

as Olga Ivshina from the BBC's Russian service explained for me.

Oh, definitely he is in a tricky position because he claimed a number

of times he wants to re-establish relations with Russia in this cold

period. But now if he gives Russians back their diplomatic premises, then

he will be criticised for his actions. Specially bearing in mind

today's news. He will be criticised for having special relations with

the Russians for depending on them, and so on. If he doesn't do it, then

it will be very hard to renew dialogue with Mr Putin in a positive

tone. When President Obama took this action at the end of his

administration, what was he basing his act on? What evidence do they

have? He said his intelligence community have provided him

sufficient evidence of alleged Russian interference into US

elections, so there was this open source report and also there was a

classified report into intelligence where they listed several grounds on

which they based their findings. And Russia to this day is said where is

the evidence that we interviewed in the US election? Obviously, Russians

keep denying it. They say it is a witchhunt and that American

politicians have their internal struggle, which they are trying to

solve by pointing attention to what they call the Russian problem.

Russian argument have changed over time. At first they said there was

noted Fearon 's. And they say of course the ambassador was meeting

politicians because it's his job and also Mr Putin noted that of course

we have no state funded hackers but some hackers have pay trotter

promoted and they may interfere and they may try to threaten someone

they perceive as enemies. Also he gave a hint talking to one of the US

journalists, he said have you seen those classified reports? I've read

them and there's nothing sufficient in them. Which is quite stunning.

Stay with us on outside source, still to come.

Nearly $400 million of extra funding to go towards family planning

programmes in some of the world's poorest countries,

as a major international conference on contraception

The government has announced there will be a UK-wide inquiry

into the contaminated blood scandal, following a long

At least 2,400 people are thought to have died after being given NHS

blood products infected with hepatitis C and HIV

The Prime Minister Theresa May has been outlining her reasons

Contaminated blood scandals of the 70s and 80s was an appalling tragedy

and should never have happened. Thousands of patients expected the

world-class care from the NHS that it is famous for but they were

failed. At least 2400 people died and thousands more were exposed to

hepatitis C and HIV. Often with life changing consequences. The victims

and their families have suffered pain and hardship and they deserve

answers. And the inquiry that I've announced today will give them those

answers so they will know why this happened, how it happened, this was

an appalling tragedy and it should never have happened.

This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.

Donald Trump's son has released emails implying he knew

about Russian efforts to influence the US elections as early as June

last year, and was offered incriminating information

on Hillary Clinton from a Russia source.

Other stories from around the BBC right now, the BBC World Service

reports that 16 people have been killed after a US military plane

crashed in Mississippi. It's thought it exploded in the air

before crashing into a field. Police say the plane

was loaded with ammunition. BBC Arabic reports that

the United States and Qatar have signed an agreement on fighting

terrorism and its financing. The deal came during a visit

to Doha by the US Secretary He said Qatar had been taking "very

reasonable" positions in its dispute Among the most read on our website

a 22-year-old Colombian man has been arrested,

on suspicion of threatening to attack an Ariana Grande

concert in Costa Rica. Security's been tightened

at Grande's concerts, since the attack at one of her shows

in Manchester in the UK. A major international conference

on contraception has been And with it, the announcement that

?300 million of extra funding will go to family planning

programmes in some of The money's being provided by the

Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Uganda is one of the most difficult

places in the world to get Suilana was 16 when

I met her in 2014. After three days in labour

on the floor of her home, TRANSLATION: I didn't even

get to hold my baby. I didn't even see

her before she died. When I see other women carrying

their babies, I feel so sad. Suilana pulled out of school,

limiting her chances even 10,000 miles away in London,

the British Government is hosting a global summit to try to help girls

like Suilana, together with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,

it has today pledged hundreds of millions of pounds to get

contraceptives to more But there is a major

stumbling block. Earlier this year, President Trump

announced he wants to stop funding all international

family planning projects. It is a significant blow,

given the US is the biggest But campaigners are trying

to remain optimistic. That is his proposal but I know

what's right for the world and when I stand on the stage

and I see the UK Government, Canadian government,

Indian government, Bangladesh, Indonesia, all increasing

their money, I know Back in northern Uganda,

the cycle of poverty continues But it is hoped the commitment made

in London today will help millions more women break the cycle

by choosing when they The theory 's efforts to fight

diseases like HIV aids will be jeopardised, which is especially

concerning for South Africa which is the highest number of people living

with HIV in the world. This popular TV show was one of the great success

stories of US funding for HIV aids but if the storyline strays into

reproductive health or abortion issue the producers have to look

from a knee elsewhere. It is about complying with tight US funding

rules. Those rules have just got tighter. Next is the policy...

President Trump has brought back old restrictions in during no US money

is traced to abortion services. Dubbed the global gag rule doctors

say funding for HIV is now included and worry all health services could

be compromised. I don't see how people can sit in Washington and

think they can influence me. And restrict you in terms of giving you

health information that you have a right to to make an informed choice.

It interferes in the doctor-patient relationship in a negative manner.

When I tested HIV positive, I don't think it is a barrier for me. This

woman, and inspiring young businesswoman, owes her survival to

US HIV funding. I collect my medication every three months. The

money to keep a healthy now comes with strings attached. It cannot be

linked to abortion in any way. The problem is modern day health care is

all integrated whether it is children's vaccinations or sexual

health. Activists warned there could be affected by this rule is simply

because they are on the same site. With a children's clinic here and

reproductive health and HIV services down the corridor, this one-stop

shop is the gold standard that international health agencies are

trying to promote but there is a fear that the global gag rule could

impose guilt by association, the services that have got nothing to do

with abortion. Go out on the streets and you reminded that despite being

illegal in South Africa more than half of all abortions are still done

it is the key because of stigma and that could get worse. Our secret

camera shows how easy it is already to buy abortion drugs illegally. And

actress poses as a client. Watch the man in the brown jacket. He is the

dealer. He tells her no medical supervision's needed. Look at the

man sitting down. He's the accomplice and slips the drugs out

from under his sleeve. Then, in minutes, the pair are gone. Doctors

now face a hard choice. Use US funds to battle diseases such as HIV but

stay silent on abortion or turned their back on the biggest donor in

the world. It is a delicate balance. The taxpayers in the United States

have a right and the health care workers in the women in South Africa

have a right also obtained their highest level of care based on the

laws their country. But many still believe the US is overstepping the

mark. Self-sufficiency is still not an option for many African states.

China's New Silk Road is President Xi Jin Ping's

He plans to spend around a trillion dollars on projects

But some countries feel his bid for strategic influence could leave

The BBC's China Editor Carrie Gracie has been

travelling the New Silk Road, and reports from Western China.

This is the face of the new Silk Road.

Behind the stage make-up, this girl is a Muslim

The Her people left behind by China's growth.

TRANSLATION: Tourists I met had heard this place was unsafe,

that they couldn't be sure to get out unharmed if they came here.

Some people did some bad things and it has affected all of us.

China is trying to rewrite the script.

At this theatre, a grand narrative of ethnic unity

The wealth gap between west China and the coast,

a challenge as immense as the terrain.

This economy is addicted to building.

But the coast now has as much road and rail as it can absorb so China

is seeking new frontiers at home and abroad.

To solve economic insecurity problems with one blow.

The Silk Road was once unimaginably remote for most

In less than a decade, China has built twice as much

high-speed rail as the rest of the world combined.

A magnet for the biggest tourist board in the world.

One the government hopes will kick-start growth

Heading west to troubled Xinjiang, do they fear becoming

TRANSLATION: I am not afraid, there are people looking

A small group of people are causing trouble but 99% are good.

At the grand theatre, they are spending $250 million

But the more China invests, the more it has to protect.

The ancient Silk Road story has moments of danger.

And China's grand new narrative is fraught with peril.

Deliver on the spin of opportunities for all, or forever scan the crowd

More on the BBC website. Stay with us, we will have plenty more, we

will be hearing from a lawyer about those e-mails released by Donald

Trump Junior, and she says it is a storm in a teacup. Stay with us.