13/07/2017 Outside Source

Hello, Donald Trump has been holding a press conference with Emmanuel

Macron. He is making a two-day visit to

France, he has been answering questions about his son and a

meeting with the Russian lawyer. From a practical standpoint most

people would have taken that meeting.

Those comments were part of a day in the company of Emmanuel Macron. The

Paris climate change agreement came up.

If it happens, that will be wonderful. If not, that will be OK

as well. The Nobel prizewinner and Chinese

dissident has died, he spent most of the last seven years in prison.

Evidence of a cross it is committed by Iraqi soldiers in Mosul has

emerged. We will look at that in the next couple of moments.

In 2016 a record number of environment activists were murdered,

who will speak to our environmental correspondent about why the numbers

are increasing. Go back to Monday of this week, one

of the lead stories on news coverage around the world was that Iraq's

Prime Minister had headed north from Baghdad to Mosul, to proclaim

victory over the Islamic State group. Most has been held by them

since 2014. But in small part it does not seem to be completely

finished, this is a map of the city, this small area in red is in the old

city, and we understand the authorities think there might still

be is London and fighters there. Most of the city is in control of

the Iraqi troops, which is helping to understand the cost of the

victory in civilian casualties, and also what has been happening by both

sides, but positives have been committed. Videos have emerged that

seemed to show Iraqi security forces using extreme abuse against

suspected Islamic State fighters. The video that has attracted the

most attention shows men who are dressed in the Iraqi army uniform, I

huddle of them, pulling one man that they holding captive out of a

darkened room, taking him to the edge a cliff, there is a river

beneath it, it is a long drop, there is a body lying below, lifeless,

which they shoot at a couple of times. One man holds his legs, the

other holds his arms and they swing him over the cliff. You see it is

mobile phone footage, it is not like they were doing a professional way

of showing this. You see the body land with a huge thud and they start

shooting at him. Other videos that have been emerging show some really

savage beating. It is not clear if these are supposed to be actual Isis

fighters that have been caught or people suspected of sympathies, it

is not clear. They emerged on a Facebook site which has been

relatively reliable in the past. People we have spoken to, human

rights watch, their representative, they have verified the spot where

the first video happened. Many eyewitnesses, many other people have

spoken of similar abuse that has been going on. What is significant

is there has been a great concern about the militias doing this sort

of abuse in other cities, taken over from Islamic State. They are kept

over to the West. This appears to be the Iraqi army and the Federal

police involved. Some might be surprised that there

is a part of my soul that seems to be in the control of Islamic, given

what happened on Monday. It is unclear if it is a serious holdout

still. It might be suspected that there are fighters there, we do not

know from eyewitnesses if the firing that is coming from helicopters is

being answered. We are not hearing. But the Iraqi army is taking no

chances in this landscape, this ruined lunar landscape that has been

left in the old city. What we have heard in the past hour or so is an

order from the Iraqi authorities that no journalist should go

anywhere near that. Whether that is for their safety or they do not want

them to see what is going on is an open question.

Let's talk about the British baby Charlie Gard. An American doctor has

been giving evidence in court today. He is 11 months old, he has a rare

genetic condition which means the cells inside his muscle, liver and

brain do not generate energy, so he cannot move his limbs and he is on a

ventilator. A judge will rule on whether he can be given an

experimental treatment. This afternoon giving evidence via

video link from America is a doctor, who is proposing that he can treat

him using this experimental therapy. He was asked by counsel for the

parents what has happened since April when the original High Court

judgment went against his parents. He has said that there is new

evidence, this nucleoside therapy is able to reach the brain when tests

on mice have been carried out, and it has been seen to help with muscle

weakness. He asked what he felt the prospect of success might be. He

said he would estimate the chance of clinically meaningful success to be

at least 10%. That is based on evidence from nine pensions, one of

whom has come off a ventilator. They said he has a different disorder

from them, but he said the results so far show that should be

clinically meaningful. The hospital says the treatment

being offered in the US has not been given to a patient with his

condition, and would not necessarily help him. His parents, though,

oppose the withdrawal of life support. My colleague was tweeting

that the judge said, ... That is perhaps a reference to the publicity

and commentary that the case is getting, including in the US. This

report includes a child that is receiving a similar experimental

treatment to the one that is being offered to Charlie Gard.

He likes to throw things on the floor. This boy is now six. He has a

similar syndrome to Charlie Gard, that shuts down his muscles and

organs. When he was one under half his parents were told to take their

child home to die with dignity. They fought to get approval to get

experimental treatment for their son. I did not care if he was the

first human to try this medication, because they only told us he would

die. We had already called a priest to give him the last rites, cos he

had not opened his eyes in a queue days. But luckily we were able to

get the approval pretty fast, and we were able to give him the

medication. Little by little he started to get stronger. Doctors and

the courts in the UK say Charlie Gard has suffered too much

irreversible brain damage trees of five, and any further treatment

could cause insignificant harm. This child is extraordinary for so many

reasons. At the forefront of the campaign to keep him on life-support

is an anti-abortion pastor from Washington, DC. The group that

gathered hundreds of thousands of signatures is also American, and two

American congressmen are trying to pass registration to give him

American citizenship so he can get treatment in the US. I realise these

are hard issues, but we have to stick to these bright lines and make

sure that parents are the default decision-makers, because if we

don't, all of the little babies in the world are in deep trouble.

Donald Trump weighed in as well. The story has become political here,

with some on the right saying it shows why having a nationalised

health system is bad. In the first year of living was good. Those on

the other side say Donald Trump is being hypocritical, showing

compassion to a British family while his party tries to pass health

legislation that could seriously endanger American children. He is

persuading over the biggest medical cuts we have ever seen, as well as

this fundamental and radical restructuring of the programme that

kids rely on. This will shred the safety net that children have been

relying on for many years. It is probably the most important issue

for children in decades. This American father's only concern was

fighting to keep his son alive. He understands better than anyone what

Charlie Gard's parents are going through. He told he should let his

child died when their is a promise that he could be saved.

Much more information on this and on those proposed health care reforms

in the US online now. Let's turn to our sport, and

Wimbledon. This appointment for those of us in the UK, Joanna

concert is out, beaten by Venus Williams, but last night you were

calling Roger Federer a fine wine who keeps getting better, the same

description would work today? Absolutely, you mentioned a British

player disappointed, but it was either a good day or a bad day,

depending on which side of the pond you are. Venus Williams showed, as

we talked about, age is but a number. At 37 she powered her way

into her ninth Wimbledon final, she is the oldest female player into a

final berth and Martina Navratilova finished runner-up in 1994. She

played superbly to win 6-4, 6-2 and end Johanna Konta's probes of being

the first British woman in a Wimbledon singles final in 40 years.

It was a tight contest. Williams working her way to victory with

smarter serving and more effective returns of. She is into her first

final since 2009. Joining her in the final will be Garbine Muguruza, the

14th seed thrashed the unseeded Slovakian 6-1, 6-1 in 64 when it is

to advance to her second Wimbledon final. She has previous with the

Wimbledon -- with the Williams family, she was runner up to Serena

in 2015, before beating her to win the French Open in 2016. That is her

only major so far. She was in the zone on Thursday, despatching her

opponent in ruthless fashion. Just a quick reminder, we have touched upon

Roger Federer, it is the men's semifinal on Friday, he is bidding

for a record eighth Wimbledon title, against Tomas Berdych, while Sam

Querrey will take on Marin Cilic. A couple of tasty ties on Friday.

It is the men's semis on Friday, the women's final on Saturday, the men's

final on Sunday. I was looking at the BBC Sport

Twitter feed, I saw this clip of Wayne Rooney. Everton are in

Tanzania, part of their pre-season tour, Wayne Rooney has left

Manchester United, gone back to the club where he made his debut many

years ago, and this is a great moment.

When really has a look up, he scores a fantastic goal!

Wayne Rooney is back scoring again, with an Everton shirt on. You can

get that clip now online from the BBC, supplied by Everton TV. The

Tanzania and fans enjoyed that. In a minute, we will play the latest

report from the BBC's China editor, she has been going along the

historic silk Road, which China is investing around ?1 trillion into to

recreate. Google talk about the route, and she will report from

Poland this time. If you have taken a trip to the

Natural History Museum recently, you will have been greeted by Gard the

dip in focus, standing proud. But now another creature is taking

centre stage, the skeleton of a giant blue whale called Hope. But

fans of Dippy, do not worry, he is heading on a tour of the UK.

It is the biggest creature that is known to have existed. Once driven

to the point of extinction, but now saved by human collaboration. The

blue whale is a Natural History Museum iconic display, and it has

been named Abdullah two hope. It represents the ability of man to use

rational evidence and good science to make decisions that will affect

the future. We think it is a message that is important at this time.

Hence the reason to call her Hope, hope that we will make the right

decisions based on clear evidence. The whale was beached off the coast

of Wexford in south-east Ireland in 1891. It has been on display in one

of the museums Galleries for more than 100 years, and it has been a

huge challenge to move it. The 25 metre skeleton of this young female

fills the entire length of the entrance hall of the museum. The

skull alone weighs more than a tonne. Its lower jawbone is the

single longest bone of any animal on the planet. As visitors arrive, they

are greeted by it swooping down towards them, as if they are the

tiny krill that Wales feed upon. The whale replaces the much loved

dinosaur, which has thrilled visitors the decade. Let's see if we

can find out how long it is. I think it is great that we are going to

take him around on tour, but we want to engage people around the UK, we

are hoping for at least 5 million new people to become engaged when

they see him and learn more about the history of that specimen. The

staff believe that Hope takes the same place in our hearts.

The lead story, it comes from Paris, Donald Trump has been meeting at

Emmanuel Macron and has been defending his son's meeting last

year with the Russian lawyer. A new report is telling us that last

year saw a record number of environmental activists being

killed. It comes right campaign group, you can find the whole report

online. Our correspondent picked out some of the most important elements.

At least 200 murders were committed globally with activists being the

victims, and Brazil by far saw the most number of deaths for any

individual country. Columbia saw a significant increase. 60% of the

killings last year took place in Latin America and many of the

victims were from indigenous communities. We are seeing attacks

becoming more brazen, because so few of the cases result in successful

prosecutions. I have been finding out why the numbers are so high in

Latin America. It is the place where the resources

are. It is where there has been difficulties about law and who owned

land, most people are killed in relation to mining, logging and

agribusiness, in South America, more people are killed in Brazil than

anywhere else, agribusiness and logging are growing there, and

indigenous people are waking up to the fact that their resources are

being taken away and trying to do some fig about it. To the

governments in these countries acknowledge how poor their judiciary

's have been at convicting people? That is a problem, the lack of

prosecutions. Columbia is different, we have had the peace process, after

50 years of war, people have gone back to their homes and found other

people claiming rights to their homes, which has led to conflict,

there is a power vacuum, and so there is no legal authority. You are

getting a lot of killings, 37 last year, and it is due to the people

going back to the land and finding that organised crime have taken it

over. A lot of conflict in that area that is specific to Columbia. Do we

have information on the circumstances in which people are

dying? Are they being targeted, or dying in the heat of the moment?

People are being targeted, the most famous environmentalist killed in

Honshu rose, she received 33 death threats and then was shot in her

home. She was a Goldman prize winner, very well known in the

country, and yet the brazen attitude of people, now feeling they can

carry out these attacks in daylight and on prominent people, that is a

worrying trend in this report. This week by China editor has been

reporting on China's ambitious plan to recreate the famous silk Road

trading group between East and West. It is thought this ambitious project

will cost in the region of ?1 trillion. Well over $1 trillion. It

will involve a rail link from China to the UK. Some of it will lead via

India and through Nairobi, others through Central Asia and then into

Europe, and into Russia. This report on Monday came from the east of

China, and we played one yesterday from Kazakhstan. Today's comes from

Poland. Facing West. Since the end of the

Soviet in the. Eastern Europe is becoming a key piece in China's

should Egypt jigsaw. This family would never sell Polish land to

Chinese investors. He explains they are actually trying to expand,

hoping to sell dairy products to wealthy Chinese consumers who think

the grass here is greener. China could be a big Newmarket for

European milk, but it is a long and computer journey from here to the

breakfast table in Beijing. It is a journey he wants to risk, as dairy

markets shrink in Europe. TRANSLATION: China is a big and

interesting market, and we want to try it. It is like a promised land.

But China's markets are still far from open. And since the global

financial crisis, it has mopped up cheap assets across Europe. Now,

China wants to build here and control supply chains. A big idea,

driven by the state, not the market. Some economists warn that could be

risky. This is planned by the state agencies, it will be implemented by

state agencies. My worry that it will end up with a huge amount of

bad laws, with dozens of countries involved. It could be very

dangerous. China's plan is already on the assembly line. This Polish

factory once made thanks for the Soviet bloc. Now it makes big as for

the Chinese state company that rescued it from collapse. He hopes

China's new silk Road will turn it around. We don't see the mass of

orders yet. We are ready and waiting. No real difference from the

bottom -- to the bottom line yet? Customers will have the need for the

machines, but not yet. Europe's bid for China is still in neutral. While

China is moving up a gear here. Either digging Europe out of a hole

or digging that whole deeper. One of our top stories concerns

China, the dissident writer and Nobel Peace Prize winner has died

aged 61. He was being treated for liver cancer and spent most of the

last seven years in prison. He was there because the authorities had

found him guilty of subversion, but he had called for democratic

reforms. The BBC has spoken to a Chinese artist about the treatment

he had. Even this is not a new case. We have

been through these kind of cases, one after another, but it still came

as a big shock, not only because I know him, but also because he has

been such a symbol for China's human rights or democratic movement. Even

this hope had become deemed or darkened by his sudden death. That

is why everybody feels so shocked. This is an editorial in a newspaper

connected to the Chinese state, it says he was a victim led astray by

the West. Thank you for watching, we will see

you next week usual time. Quite a lot to talk about in the

weather, so you will have to stay focused. We