18/07/2017 Outside Source

Hello, I'm Christian Fraser, this is Outside Source.

They control both houses of Congress and the White House,

yet still Republicans can't find agreement on how

I am very disappointed, because again, even

as a civilian, the seven years, I've been hearing about health care.

And I've been hearing about repeal and replace.

Six decades of violence and sexual abuse at a choir school in Germany.

The choir master accused of looking the other way,

was the elder brother of Pope Benedict.

The critically endangered Madagascan lemur is under threat,

This is the biggest rush in Madagascar for more than 20 years,

tens of thousands of people have moved here to clear the land and dig

for gems. We'll play you that full report

from Angus Crawford. And in OS Sport, we'll get

the latest on Spanish football This time it goes right to the top

of their association. The latest attempt by Republicans

in the US Congress to fulfil a long-standing promise to scrap

the healthcare system set up by Barack Obama

is on course to collapse. What happens next isn't clear

because the Republicans can't agree on how to replace Obamacare,

and they've only got a small majority in the Senate.

It's a complicated story. For seven years, Republicans have

been going to repeal Obamacare, a central pledge of Donald Trump's

election campaign was But getting rid of that landmark

reform and coming up with a replacement

is proving politically impossible. Two Republican senators announced

they weren't prepared to vote, even for the bill to be debated,

they didn't think it went far enough But other moderate Republicans

have been opposed because millions of Americans could lose

their health coverage. Even though Republicans

have a majority in the Senate. The second time since

he became president, the Republican-controlled Congress

has failed to deliver on his slogan, He's tweeted that Republicans

should simply repeal Obamacare. And then begin work

on a new health care plan. But that could strip 18 million

Americans of their health coverage. A potentially politically

disastrous path. This woman here is a

north Korean defector. She escaped North Korea three years

ago, and then became a TV But recently she disappeared,

and it is feared she may have been On Sunday, a woman looking

very much like her, appeared in this In the video, she says

she was lured away and forced Sitting here next to another

defector that returned to North Korea.

Here's Karen Allen with more from Seoul.

Former art student come TV personality was better

known by her alias here in South Korea as Lim Chi Hun.

She defected in 2014, and became something

of a personality here, engaging in panel discussions,

but also a reality show, which pitted men and women

from North and South Korea together in a light-hearted way,

Nevertheless, she's now appeared in what looks

In it, she seemed to be interviewed, in which she says she was leered

by the fantasy of being able to make money in South Korea,

and that she was forced when she was here to slander her leader.

It's been taken seriously by the intelligence services

here in South Korea, because of concerns that she may

Just to give you some perspective, since 1998, some 30,000

North Koreans have defected here to South Korea.

But over the past five years, just 25 returned.

Major fires are burning out of control across several

Dry conditions and hot weather are making it difficult

A state of emergency has been declared in several

regions of Portugal, while Montenegro has appealed

for international help. Simon Cullen reports.

Thousands of firefighters battling dozens of major fires

With hot, dry weather across large parts of Europe,

it didn't take much for the flames to take hold.

In Croatia, authorities believe they've now got the upper hand

on a blaze which had been threatening the coastal

We defended these houses as much as we could.

If it wasn't for firefighting planes and fireman, it would've been

As the fire drew nearer, many residents and tourists

The ominous glow a warning of the impending danger.

Authorities believe the fire started in a pine forest.

It has now burnt out four and a half thousand

hectares of land, leaving a trail of destruction.

In neighbouring Montenegro, the government has appealed

for international help to bring several fires under control.

Evacuations began on Monday as water bombers tried to protect homes

and businesses in the usually busy tourist villages.

A state of emergency has been declared in several

regions of Portugal, as battle weary firefighters

struggle against forest fires burning in the country's North.

These latest fires come just a month after the country was ravaged

by a major blaze that left 64 people dead.

In France, hundreds of firefighters were deployed to control a fire that

TRANSLATION: We had three firefighters slightly injured.

So at one point, we had a very difficult moment.

It was a very difficult fire because there were many residents.

The fire tore through about 100 hectares of land, threatening homes.

While in Italy, a forest fire south of Rome sent large plumes

of smoke into the air, forcing several roads to be closed.

The blaze was believed to be deliberately lit.

It was just one of a thousand wildfires that authorities

were called to respond to. Simon Cullen, BBC News.

Fires all across Europe. Now for the sport.

This man here is one of the most senior figures in Spanish football.

But he has just been arrested on charges

Angel Maria Villar has served on the council of football's

world governing body Fifa for the past 29 years.

While overseeing, in Spain, one of the most successful periods

in the national side's history; a World Cup, and two

Mr Villar's son Gorka, who was formerly a director general

of the South American confederation was also arrested.

One more thing to mention, when Fifa was conducting its own

investigation into the bidding process for the 2018

and 2022 World Cups, the person investigating wanted

He said Mr Villar told him, "Well, you really have balls" and then

to drop the investigation "for your own good".

Let's get thoughts on that from Mark Edwards. We will get there

eventually! Mr Villar, tried to stop the investigation before, what are

Fifa saying? Perhaps no surprises, Christian, Fifa during the day said

they take a note of media reports that the matter seemed to be linked

to internal affairs at the Spanish football Association. For the time

being, they want us to refer to them. About an hour and a half ago,

a statement was issued on the half of the investigatory chamber of the

independent ethics committee, so can be attributed to Fifa saying:

In many respects, it is worth saying that Spanish media has been

reporting that the force of vocation of documents and skimming profits

from international football matches, but let's refresh ourselves on how

powerful a figure he is. He is a former Spain international

footballer, has been president of the Spanish FA since 1988, and was

re-elected unopposed in May. He has been on the Fifa Council for almost

three decades, he is the vice president of Fifa, acting president

of Uefa, Europe's governing body. He lost out on the presidency in an

election last year. In many respects, showing the higher

echelons of Spanish football and world football. Richard Conway

tweeted earlier, I have pulled this out:

that is really the point. Very incisive in some respects. Public

perception is nothing really changes. In some respects, almost

desensitisation. This year volume of scandals and corruption,

embezzlement, and perhaps VO Paik wavy World Cup bids have gone. It is

a sad indictment of world football and its image. I am guessing people

will still continue to watch football in any case. It registered

on our news agenda. Thank you for the moment.

Johanna Konta has told BBC Sport that she can significantly

improve her game despite reaching the Wimbledon semi-final and fourth

She made headlines after she became the first British woman in 39 years

Here she is explaining how these two weeks felt like.

I think, interestingly, these Tamplin ships and this time around,

where I managed to get far in a Grand Slam, like I did at Wimbledon,

I felt I did a reasonable job with my team and also myself on almost

die jesting it as it went along with each match. I really appreciated

each day, and each experience I got. I was fortunate to get such great

matches, and the few battles during this year's Wimbledon. I think I've

almost, once it finished, I had almost digester did.

Stay with us on BBC World News, we'll have more later.

We have the wrong pictures, we will tell you about lemurs anyway. A

mining Russian Madagascar is threatening them. -- rush in

Madagascar multiple fire crews are in Coverack, water has swept

through. The main river burst its banks. We are not able to touch base

with the centre of the village because the main road into Coverack

has been blocked, just by one of the largest rivers bursting its banks,

coming straight across the road and washing the sides of the road away,

and carrying with it large boulder is the size of a man's head. So very

dangerous, and a couple of feet of water are going straight across the

road. The amount of water that has come from the land, carrying huge

amounts of soil with it, is making the sea waters for the first half a

mile out where I am looking Brown. Further than that, it is a wonderful

bright blue that we expect here in Cornwall. This all follows very

heavy rainfall during the afternoon, is that right? Enormously heavy

rainfall. It was a tropical type downpour. Having worked in the

tropics, I know what it is like there. With huge hailstones in it

about an inch across. We were worried about the glass in the

house. One of the panes of glass in my greenhouse has been broken just

by the size of the hailstones. Give us an idea of the size of the

village, how many people would be affected by this? There are about

250 houses in total in the village. I can't say exactly who is affected

by it, cause the village has been effectively cut in half. You cannot

cross the river is, either where they normally go underneath the

road, they are now flowing across the top of the road. The rivers

further inland, of course, are flooded as well. They have broken

their banks right throughout. This is Outside Source live

from the BBC newsroom. Donald Trump promised to repeal

and replace Obamacare - but despite the Republicans

controlling both houses of Congress, they haven't got the numbers

to pass their healthcare bill. Let's give you what is being

reported, BBC Arabic says a sniper captured by Iraqi troops in Mosul

could be a 16-year-old German girl that went missing last year. Reports

in Germany say the girl was radicalised online and travelled to

Syria to find turkey using her mother's tidy.

ABC Peugeot report the United States is to impose further sanctions

against Iran over its ballistic missile programme.

One of the most viewed stories online is the firing of the man who

was four-year the voice of Kermit the frog. Muppet studio said Stephen

Whitmore was released for poor business conduct.

Judges in Turkey have remanded in custody six

human rights activists, including the local director

of Amnesty International, who is charged with "assisting

Amnesty, in response, released this poster, drawing attention to the

fact that in 1988, activists campaigned for the release of the

now President Erdogan, who was in prison at the time.

Here's the view of one researcher at Amnesty International Turkey.

It is decriminalising all the work we have done. It is a threat against

all of us as a human rights movement in Turkey. It is a very, very dark

day. A dark day for the Turkish justice system. It has again proved

that the law is not being followed. This is a political case. It doesn't

have any standing in law. And I think it is a warning to all of us

that we have no safety, no security. This is the background to the case.

Ten human rights defenders have been detained in Turkey on fifth July

during a raid in Istanbul. They say they were making a routine meeting,

whereas Turkey's president said they were a coup. Last summer, in Turkey,

there was a coup attempt, which is a serious allegation. Yesterday, six

of them would be remanded in custody, and four of them were

released under judicial control. The prosecutors have 12 days to look

into the case, what did they produce in terms of evidence? We don't know

much because it is a closed file, but what we can understand from what

lawyers say, there is not much evidence, and Amnesty International

says there is no evidence, actually. The accusations are based on an

anonymous testimony, and also based on human rights defenders

Communications, excess. People they have been in touch with before. As a

human rights activist, you would imagine they were in contact with

groups and people that have been through the courts. Exactly. One of

the lawyers earlier told me that, for example, one of the human rights

to fenders had received an e-mail and she was accused of being in

touch with these people because she received an e-mail or a phone call,

for example. Lots of concerns at the moment in Europe about the way

Turkey, in the eyes of Europeans, is going backwards with regard to

freedom of speech and abuse of human rights, and this will play to that

sort of idea. Yeah, and Turkey has been, actually, harshly criticised

with regards to its human rights records, after the coup attempt last

summer. 50 people have been arrested. Long before that,

especially after anti-government protests in 2013, Turkish government

has been criticised by human defenders regarding freedom of

assembly, freedom of speech, woman writes and minority rights. And last

year, for example, Amnesty International published a report

saying that Turkish government, during its operation against Kurdish

armed group had used excessive force, and punished collectively

civilians, and into the four hour curfews, and forced half a million

people to migrate inside the country.

Since late last year, more than 40,000 miners have invaded

a remote area of rainforest in east of the country.

But the illegal mining is destroying the home

of the Madagascan lemur, which is already

In the forests of Madagascar there's a new sound,

the sound of men working, poor men who want to get rich.

This is the biggest rush in Madagascar for more than 20 years.

Tens of thousands of people have moved here to clear

Once virgin rainforest, felled and burned now, look,

mine shafts and spoil heaps stretch across the valley.

Meet Bruno and his sapphires, he's travelled 1,000 miles,

Each morning, the work takes him down into the dark.

The job is cramped, back breaking and dangerous.

In this, one of the poorest countries on earth, that's the dream

that keeps them coming, men desperate to

See the damage it causes, threatening the habitat of one

of the world's rarest animals, the Indri lemur.

They're on that side of the valley and they're singing

across to the Indri this side. They're known as babakoto here.

They're critically endangered and they only live in a very

They can't survive in captivity, so when they're gone from here,

They spend their lives in the trees eating leaves and fruit and breeding

There may be as few as 2,000 left in the wild.

Jonah Ratsimbazafy is a world authority on the Indri,

he's horrified by the effects of the mining.

When people buy sapphires, they kill Indri.

So today I'm telling you, stop buying precious stones

But how can buyers know, the gems go from mine to capital city,

are cut and polished in back street workshops before being

Illegal legal mined sapphires are then anonymous

Great riches lie beneath this soil, unique wildlife in the trees above,

but how does Madagascar extract one without destroying the other.

Angus Crawford, BBC News, Madagascar.

Just before we go, I want to show you some pictures, these are coming

from Poland, thousands of protest is taking to the streets over the last

few days over controversial court reforms. These pictures came in

early from the capital, Warsaw. The protesters are outside the Supreme

Court, which is just opposite where Donald Trump spoke a few weeks ago.

A bill was passed last week that gives the parliament more power in

the pointing judges. The public and opposition say it violates the

constitutional separation of powers. The protests there in Poland. Thank

you for being us this evening on Outside Source. Back same time

tomorrow, join us for that. Goodbye.