25/07/2017 Outside Source

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

Donald Trump has attacked his own Attorney General, calling him weak,

as rumours swirl that he may fire him soon.

But I am disappointed in the Attorney General. You should not

have recused himself. Almost immediately after he took office.

Two rival Libyan leaders agree to a conditional ceasefire

during a meeting in Paris, but how long is it likely to last?

Europe is being hit by extreme temperatures and floods.

We'll speak to the BBC Weather team about what's causing it.

And in Outside Source Sport: We'll be talking about Adam Peaty.

He's broken two world records in the pool today.

The two main rivals in Libya have made a joint commitment to calling

a ceasefire and holding elections in spring 2018.

This is the UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj.

And this is Khalifa Haftar, the rival military commander

who controls the east of the country.

Here they are shaking hands after the meeting,

which was hosted by the French President, Emmanuel Macron.

Here's what he said at the press conference.

Today, President al-Sarraj and General Haftar can become symbols of

national unity and reconciliation and peace. I want to say with great

solemnity, the courage you have shown today by being here and

agreeing on this joint accord is historic. It is the courage of

taking a risk, despite who might have opposed you. Despite the

actions of others, which will lead to a reconciliation process and the

construction of peace in the long term.

Just to remind you of the complicated political

Mr Sarraj's government is backed by the UN and based

It's been trying to win support from other militias and politicians

in the country since it came to power in 2016.

General Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army is based

It doesn't recognise Mr Sarraj's government.

But General Haftar is leading the battle

Recently, he declared victory in Benghazi,

Earlier, I spoke to the BBC World Service's Middle East

Did today represent a breakthrough? They have met, but they have not

signed up to an agreement. So this is a declaration of intent. It is

saying, we will not fight each other any more, we will have a ceasefire

between ourselves and concentrate our military force against the

jihadists, the terrorists, and prepare for elections in 2018.

They're rock other elements to the declaration, but it was more the

sense these two people who seem to be pulling in different directions,

particularly Mr Haftar, who is the strong man of Libya. And is seen as

the man who could take over Libya entirely. So he is both a promising

thread, a promise, but the only person who can do with the jihadists

and who drove them out of Benghazi, but if he keeps going, he might be

another dictator. So we deal needs to be done. When you see the number

of militia operating in Libya, how much would an agreement mean if it

were kept to? Mr Sarraj has got a number of political parties and

factions on his side so he is building up a coalition. Haftar, to

the used, has a number of different factions. But there are so many

others pulling in different directions. And the keeping in Libya

as in any Civil War is persuade those forces they have more to gain

from a unified and stable Libya and and stable Libya where they can run

their territory as they want. Which is the French President Emmanuel

Macron taking such an active role? Two reasons. He is the new President

and this is a diplomatic coup that was already in place. He seized the

initiative and he has a great photo opportunity. Libby is a huge problem

and he looks like the man who might be able to bang heads together and

find a solution. This is a huge headache for Europe. The influx and

Exodus of refugees. More than 90,000 this year. It is a big problem for

European leaders and it has led to upheavals within countries and the

rise of jihadists and terrorists. And that is very close to Europe,

the closest they have got. The Islamic State group has to some

extent been beaten back in Libya and they have lost their main city.

Jihadists have been beaten out of Benghazi, but it is still a big

threat. Personally and standing for Europe, it is a big thing for

President Macron. A report in an American

medical journal has found that the neurodegenerative brain

disease CTE has been identified in 99% of former professional

American Football players, whose brains were donated

to scientific research. CTE is found in individuals

who have been exposed Let's get a little more on this

from AJ Perez, from USA Today. Welcome to you. What do you make of

these findings? This study was following previous studies by the

same group and it shows a strong link between football and the brain

injuries either big or small, concussive injuries. Or mild

traumatic brain injuries which covers the spectrum. And with the

repeated use of playing football, it adds up in the brains of these

players and we are seeing a lot of damage. I don't know what the NFL

have said in response to the findings in the latest reports, but

what measures have been put in place to reduce the risks of these

concussive injuries? The NFL and the leagues have put in place concussion

protocol. They have trainers trained in concussion, spotting concussion

and concussion recovery. They are in the press boxes and they can call

down and stop the Games. At every game, there is at least one nurse,

neuro expert and neurosurgeon, who is on site and who can do the same

thing and assess players as the game is going on. What is this going to

do to the enthusiasm in people getting their children involved in

football and what the sponsors of the sport are going to make of it,

and the future of the game? Yes, we have seen in the States numbers

dropping for participation. It mirrors what people know about it.

We saw the numbers going down. They have been going downwards for

several years, to the point where people who love football worry that

in the next 20, 30 years, there will not be enough talent to keep the

game going. It is great to talk to you, thank you very much. From USA

today. Adam Peaty might not

have a second gold medal at the World Swimming Championships

just yet, but he has broken his own world

record twice today? Quite some going to a swimmer Anya

Shrubsole is, the first swimmer ever to go under 22 seconds -- Adam

Peaty. He broke his record not once, but twice, as he reached the final

of the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest. He took gold on Monday,

but the other big champion got 25.95 seconds in his 50 metre breaststroke

semifinal, going quicker and setting a new world best in the heats

earlier in the day. It is something quite remarkable to see someone for

the first time ever going 26 seconds. He keeps doing it day after

day. The final matches in Group B

of the Women's European Championship have been played over the last

couple of hours. Three teams battling for two

quarter-final places? Yes, they have just gone through,

the final group B matches have been laid in the Euros. The knockout

stages take place next. Denmark and the hosts have qualified. And

penalties for Germany see them through. They beat Russia. And Italy

scored two goals. And able late goal gave Italy a first win in the

tournament. But Germany and Sweden finish in the top two places. Thank

you very much. Europe has been hit with an array

of extreme weather events. From fires in France

to droughts in Italy - we'll talk to the BBC Weather team

shortly about what's behind it. Nearly half a million troops were

killed or injured. The Battle of Passchendaele saw

the British army launch a series of failed assaults against German

forces during the First World War Today, an art installation made

to honour the victims was unveiled. Over the top and into the unknown,

this was the Battle of Passchendaele, one

of the deadliest episodes Today, nearly 100 years on,

a specially commissioned sculpture Rebecca's great-grandfather,

Harry Moorhouse, and his son, They were both in the same battalion

and when Ronald was wounded, the son, the father set out

to find a doctor. He was insistent that he would

get some help for him he was shot as he went out

to find the doctor. So it was all a hideous

waste of life. The battle raged for

over three months. 500,000 people were wounded

or lost their lives. The Battle of Passchendaele was one

of the biggest and bloodiest battles It's important because it shows how

intense and appalling 100 years ago. We should remember

that. It was one of the darkest

years in British history. Constant driving rain turned

the battlefield into a sea of mud, which drowned

many of the men fighting there. It is made from material taken from

Flanders Field. The sculpture is to remember the men

who died and their bravery. It's not the only way Passchendaele

is being remembered. To help the next generation

understand the brutality of the battle, the British Legion

has created these 360-degree videos. Like these cadets, they want

the public to download So you get a lot more respect

for how horrific it must have been. All the effects are so much more

real, like the explosions It definitely gives depth

to the knowledge you're gaining. You get to see lots of

different bits around you. Also, the way the information

is given to you, you take The mud soldier will be worn away

by rain, falling to the air. But the hope is, the memories

it invokes will not This is Outside Source,

live from the BBC Newsroom. Donald Trump has taken

the unusual step of publicly attacking his own Attorney General

on Twitter, calling him 'weak' for failing to investigate

Hillary Clinton properly, It's summer across Europe

at the moment, but there's This is the scene in Provence,

in south-eastern France, where firefighters have been

tackling the spread of forest fires across the region -

caused by unusually hot, Moving east to Romania,

and it's too much rain which has A storm surge swept down dry river

beds, carrying debris downstream. Low rainfall is the problem

in the area in and around Rome. Authorities at the Vatican have

turned off more than 100 fountains, Suffocating summer heat and two

years of lower-than-average rainfall has also decimated olive crops

and is forcing the Italian capital to consider the prospect

of water rationing. BBC Weather's Ben Rich explained

to me the reasons behind Some are is gripping hard across

some parts of Europe. We have seen extremely high temperatures. Spain

had its highest temperature recorded and a couple of days ago in Sicily,

we had a temperature close to 43 Celsius. And widely across Southern

areas, temperatures into the 40s. That heat is getting sucked up into

an area of low pressure which is currently sitting across central

areas of the continent. You mentioned the rain in Romania, also

in Germany today. Some places seem up to 100 millimetres. This is the

forecast for Wednesday, you can see the Baltic states and particularly

Germany, the rain keeps coming. A lot of water in a short space of

time, thunder, lightning could cause traffic problems and flush flooding.

Italy has not had enough rain, Rome has had two years of low average

rainfall, and the only showers... Not the persistent rain needed. And

they were clearer way. And what is the outlook for those areas? In

Italy, on the face of it, improving story. But they could do with the

rain, it is largely dry. Further showers and storms into Germany and

Central Europe. And South Eastern Europe for a time, so we could see

more localised flooding. And wildfires in Southern France and

Corsica. Strong winds for the next couple of days, they will ease, but

the outlook remains largely dry. Tens of thousands of illegal workers

face forcible deportation in Saudi Arabia from today,

following the end of an amnesty Ethiopians are among the largest

group of illegal labourers, and the deadline had been extended

after an appeal by their government. Emmanuel Igunza has

the story in Addis Ababa. This has been the day seen at the

airport in the capital Addis Ababa over the past few months. Hundreds

of Ethiopians back home from Saudi Arabia where they have been living

and working illegally. These are part of at least 400,000 Ethiopians

it is believed had been working without proper documentation as

domestic workers are in the transport and construction

industries. They have taken advantage of a Saudi government

amnesty to life without prosecution. Among them is this 20-year-old who

has been there for the last five years. But with no family back in

Ethiopia, it is a mixture of relief, regret as she plans for life here. I

was a domestic worker in Saudi Arabia but life was really tough. I

could not work all the time because they did not have the proper

documentation. I was not as comfortable, I had no comfortable

freedom to move around. One can never be in peace there. In much --

in March, Saudi announced it would rid the country of illegal workers,

targeting more than 1 million people who it says do not have the right

papers. Those who take up the amnesty offer will avoid penalties

and imprisonment and be allowed to return to Saudi Arabia if they

acquire the right permits. So far, only half the people targeted have

left Saudi Arabia and countries like Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia have been

helping citizens to leave the country in fear of what happened

three years ago when Saudi authorities clashed with illegal

workers as they tried to deport them. It is such concerns for their

citizens that have made the Cuban government promised to set up

businesses if they return home. The national airline has also waived

part of the airfare for those who cannot afford it. We are really very

much worried about the consequences that they face after this extended

hermit ends. Because we know that the Saudi government is committed to

the action that it wants to take. They will be imprisoned and we do

not want our citizens to face unnecessary imprisonment and also

suffer any physical harm or humiliation. But Ethiopia is already

facing high unemployment rates that have led to violent protests and it

remains the scene if such assurances can tempt people back to their

homeland. -- it remains to be seen. On Monday evening,

Donald Trump addressed the Boy Scouts Jamboree in West

Virginia. It's a tradition US Presidents have

followed for 80 years. Before the event, organisers put out

a warning to the scouts that chants of certain phrases like "build

the wall" and "lock her up" are considered divisive

and may cause friction. But it's the President,

not the crowd, that's angered a lot of people -

with Mr Trump giving a high politicised speech

to the 40,000-strong crowd, Donald Trump said he didn't

want to talk about politics, but then brought up the ObamaCare

vote early on. By the way, you are going to get the

vote? He had better get them! He had better get them! Otherwise, I will

say, you are fired! By the way, what do you think the chances are that

this incredible massive crowd is going to be shown on television

tonight? 1%, or zero? The fake media will say, President Trump... You

know what this is. President Trump spoke before a small crowd of Boy

Scouts today. That is some crowd! Fake media, fake news. You know, I

go to Washington and I see all these politicians and I see the swamp and

it is not a good place. In fact, today, I said, we ought to change it

from the word swamp to the word cesspool or perhaps to the word

sewer, but it is not good! Not good. By the way, just a question. Did

President Obama ever come to a Jamboree?

Barack Obama did address a Jamboree via video link seven years ago and

he is a former Boy Scout, unlike Trump. A lot of parents were fuming

because the Scouts pride themselves on being nonpartisan and they took

to social media. This is one, but there were also plenty of

supporters. In response, the Boy Scouts of

America Association issued a statement saying the... That was

last night. That was in Virginia. Tonight, President Trump is in, can

we show you? Or higher. That is for a rally, in a state he has a lot of

support. Winning it in the election, although his approval rating overall

sets at just 38.9% in Ohio. Let's go now to Ohio.

These are the types of events that Trump loves. He is able to control

his message here and he knows he will get prime-time viewing on

American television and he is able to do a health check on his

presidency. These voters were crucial to his win in the election

and it is almost a symbol for other similar Midwest states in the

country. So when he comes here, he wants to make sure he still has

support of those voters. Winning on a very populist message. So he wants

to make sure while he is getting hammered in Washington, six months

into his administration without a single legislative agenda and talk

about possible ties with his administration to Russia, that here,

the people believe and trust him to still run the country. I spoke to

voters today and they very much still stand behind the President

despite his low approval ratings. So this is something the President

loves to do, to get out of Washington, to get to these events

with people screaming and enjoying his working of the crowd, and it

reminds the people who voted for him that he still hears them and he is

still their President, following through on an agenda to make their

lives better. We spent a lot of the first part of the programme focusing

on what is going on in Washington and the Troubles of the Trump

Administration and the issues today. The Attorney General, the vote on

Russian sanctions and the problems with health care reform. Is that on

the minds of the people you speak to? To be honest, when you speak to

people, I spoke to several Trump supporters outside this rally and

they are staunch Trump supporters, and they were very dismissive. They

said this is just news from fake media. In terms of staff changes, or

his attacks on the Attorney General, they say the President has the right

to fine tune his staff if it does not work, taking the approach of him

being a CEO of the governed. With Russia, they were very passionate,

they said they voted for Donald Trump and nobody can say Russia

helped this President, the people voted for him. They took that very

seriously and said it is the fake media going with Donald Trump's

message. So they believe the President on that. It was

incredible. On health care, a lot of people said the Republicans want to

turn this country into, the Democrats, into a socialist projects

to give health care away. They did not know the details of the plan

Republicans are putting forward, they stand behind the President and

trust has plans to push health care through to benefit them, so still

very much a supportive crowd here. Thank you very much. We will be back

at the same time