27/07/2017 Outside Source

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

Is Donald Trump in danger of pushing the Republican Party too far?

A top Republican Senator issued this warning to the President

over his recent criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

If Jeff Sessions 's father, there will be wholly help pay. Any effort

to go after mullah could be the beginning of the end of the Trump

presidency. A third person has been killed

during a 48-hour general The BBC has been on the streets

of Caracas with the protestors. This is what normally ends up

happening almost every day. For more than three months, protests end up

in violent clashes. And if you want to get in touch -

the hashtag is bbcos. A third person has been killed

during a 48-hour general The man died in Merida state

during clashes between security the root cause of the unrest

the plans by president Nicolas Maduro to rewrite

the constitution, with a vote Mr Maduro is refusing to back down,

despite new US sanctions that were imposed against 13

of his close allies. The BBC's Vladimir Hernandez has

been out on the streets of Caracas Prayers before the storm. This group

carries out this ritual before every anti-government protest in Caracas.

After almost 100 deaths and thousands of arrests, no wonder they

feel the need to pray. Numerous Venezuelans have taken to the

streets to ask President Maduro to call for fresh elections, due to

severe food and medicine shortages, but also against his plans to

rewrite the constitution. On the front line of every protest, there

is a group of young men and women who call themselves the resistance.

forces, the heavy-handed response. forces, the heavy-handed response.

Often, it's a one-sided battle. This is what normally ends up happening

almost every day. For more than three months, protests end up in

violent clashes where young men, young students, boys and girls could

end up injured and some even killed. Many of the students in the

resistance shy away from the media to avoid exposure. But a group of

them has agreed to meet me at this university. I was a student here

myself. In my day, we were protesting against rising bus fares.

Today, it's a rather more desperate story. We have concealed their

identities and changed their voices to protect them. The way I see it,

the resistance is everybody who is against the regime. Many see it as a

dictatorship and if you look at what they are doing, that is what it is.

At the moment, there are even try to change our constitution, which is

what all our ancestors fought for. I think the resistance is those people

who come out to protest and are willing to take the lead to confront

the police or the National Guard. Many of the students I met told me

they come from working class areas which have been especially hit hard

by the economic collapse. But the Venezuelan government accuses them

of staging a coup to topple President Maduro. Some have labelled

us as terrorists, but I think that all of us youth who make up the

resistance are brave fighters. We are defending our people from the

government's brutal repression. Venezuela's State attorney has said

that the government's actions can be called state terrorism. Thousands

have been put in jail, some taken to military court, and others have

still been held even after a judge ordered their release. I posed these

issues to a Venezuelan high-ranking minister who gave a rare interview

to the BBC. He passed the responsibility back to the Attorney

General. TRANSLATION: There have been more than 100 people killed in

street protests, but out of these, almost 20 our national guardsmen or

policeman, killed with home-made rocket launchers. Why is the

Attorney General not making any comment about this? I would not

hesitate to say that she is responsible Matthew dereliction of

duty, for the deaths that have occurred on the streets of Caracas.

As the death toll rises, the protests in Caracas are now

increasingly followed by vigils like this one to remember the dead. For

everyone in this city, the focus is now on Sunday. That is the date for

a vote to elect a new assembly tasked with rewriting Venezuelan's

constitution. As we were coming to add, the

Venezuelan government issued a ban on all protests, starting from

Friday. Maria Corina Machado is a member

of the Venezuelan opposition. She says Venezuela has reached

"breaking point" and the next few days, she said, will be crucial

to the future of her country. I certainly believe the Nicolas

Maduro regime is at a critical moment, because everything they do,

if they decide to suspend or stop the assembly, that would prove the

weakness of the regime is profound. That would mean that our struggle

has brought results, and we will move ahead in demanding regime

change. If he decides to maintain and imposed by force this process on

Sunday, the world has already advised of the consequences this

would have, because it would mean that the last element of the

Republic has been torn down. So either decision he makes will mean

that Venezuela will face the most complex days in our recent history

next week. Plenty more on the BBC website on

that story. Right, let's talk about Brexit.

Free movement of people between the EU and UK

will end in March 2019, UK government ministers have said.

From that date, EU workers moving to the UK will have to register,

at least until a permanent post-Brexit immigration

We are very clear about this, as is the Home Secretary in her notes that

she has outlined. Free movement ends when we leave the European Union. We

have also been clear about having a smooth process that ensures that our

economy continues to prosper and we see jobs grow. We want to see that

continue, and the commission's work will help inform what industry needs

within the new structure of immigration as we go forward.

Chris Mason is at Westminster. Chris, the government firstly has to

understand who is coming here and what purpose they serve within the

British economy. Yeah. What the British government has to wrestle

with is the obvious but profound consequence of leaving the European

Union and Brexit - areas of political policy-making which until

now for a generation have been outsourced to Brussels as a result

of the UK's membership of the EU will suddenly become policy that is

discussed and decided upon here at Westminster. So the government is

having to draw up an immigration policy the day after UK leads the

European Union in March 2019, and so examine what the consequences would

be of cutting the number of migrants coming from the European Union. What

would be the consequence for particular industries and regions?

Lots of people in the UK were motivated to vote to leave the

European Union by an expectation that that would mean a cut in

immigration. The government is committed to reducing net migration

to the tens of thousands. It currently stands at around a quarter

of a million. But the government has to weigh that up alongside the

potential economic consequences of being seen to cut migration to

quickly. We have to remind people that if you break one of the four

freedoms that form part of the single market, which is the free

movement of people, you can't be in the single market. This poses the

opposition Labour Party a problem, because they are saying they want to

try and find a way to retain everything they had in the single

market. Yeah, so many questions around the flavour of Brexit that

the UK might eventually sign up to come back to this fundamental

quandary about the EU's insistence that if you are in the single market

and you accept the free movement of goods and services and capital, you

also have to accept the free movement of people. In other words,

handing over immigration policy to Brussels. That is something that

most in the UK accept is not politically possible after Brexit,

and yet there are lots of voices that would like to see as much

freedom as possible as regards those other areas, particularly around

trade. That is the tussle, and it is going on in the opposition Labour

Party, which is divided enough to contradict itself at the most senior

levels, and scratch the surface of the governing Conservative Party and

you see those predictions again. Tomorrow morning's Financial Times

is reporting that the British finance minister Philip Hammond is

arguing for a period after Brexit where you can effectively says

within the single market and nothing changes in the short term. Others

say that is politically impossible and who knows whether Brussels would

allow it anyway. The inevitability at the moment is a huge amount of

uncertainty, because no one can know where these negotiations between the

UK and the EU will get to. Chris Mason, thank you.

More medals have been won in the pool at the World Swimming

Championships in Budapest and the quarter-final

line-up at the women's European Football Championship

Tulsen Tollett is at the BBC Sport Centre.

Yes, it has been a quarterfinal line-up at the women's European

Championship. England qualified top of group D and are moving into a

quarterfinal against France. In the last couple of minutes, a second

half goal handed England a win. Spain are also through.

The most successful ever female swimmer in the world Aquatics

Championships, Katie Ledecky, led the USA to the women's freestyle

title to win her fourth gold medal of the Championships a few hours

ago. Her team trailed until she took the anchor leg and pounced with 24

hours after she was beaten into silver in the women's freestyle, her

first defeat in 13 finals at the World Championships. The 20-year-old

star has one race left on Saturday night. That is when she defends her

800 metres freestyle crown as the reigning world and Olympic champion.

Very much looking forward to that. There is plenty to look forward to

over the weekend. I will not be here, as I have the Regan Gough, so

I will speak to you later. Still to come, it is the 50th

anniversary today of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality

in the UK. We will have a report from Sophie Long.

There are growing calls for the chief constable

of Police Scotland to step aside while an investigation

into allegations of gross misconduct against him is under way.

Reevel Alderson's report contains some flash photography.

Taking the oath as Chief Constable, Phil Gormley took charge of police

Scotland just over 18 months ago. He is now halfway through a three-year

contract and under investigation following allegations of gross

misconduct. Mr Gormley heads the UK's second largest police force,

with more than 17,000 officers under his command. BBC Scotland

understands that the allegations of bullying behaviour come from a

senior officer who was working at police headquarters. So should the

Chief Constable be allowed to remain at work there? This retired senior

officer says it is a difficult decision for the police authority

which ordered the investigation. They have to be fair to Phil Gormley

and make sure they don't prejudge the outcome of the investigation.

Secondly, I understand this may relate to some sort of behaviour

within the headquarters office. So there will be witnesses, and the

question is whether they will be intimidated out of coming forward if

the person being complained about is still there. There is now political

pressure on the Chief Constable to stand down temporarily while the

investigation is conducted. He needs to step to one side. And it would be

wise if he took that decision himself. This is a very serious

allegation about gross misconduct, so it would not be appropriate for

the Chief Constable to remain in position while that investigation is

being conducted. This is the latest crisis to hit the national police

force since it was formed four years ago. The first Chief Constable

announced in August 2015 resigned early over a number of controversial

incidents. Last month, Andrew Flanagan, the chair of the Scottish

police authority which oversees the force, and announced he was

resigning amid allegations of bullying. Now the Chief Constable is

under investigation by the independent police investigation and

review Commissioner. Mr Gormley lives at Tully Alan Castle the

police HQ. So any suggestion that he should take gardening leave while

under investigation could pose further difficulties.

This is Outside Source, live from the BBC newsroom. Our lead story.

A senior Republican has warned Donald Trump that firing special

prosecutor Robert Mueller could be the beginning of the end

BBC Arabic is reporting that France plans to set up "hotspots" in Libya

to process asylum seekers, in a bid to stem the flow

President Macron said the move would stop people not eligible

for asylum from "taking crazy risks".

BBC Russian say Vladimir Putin blames the internal politics

in Washington for the deteriorating relations between Russia

His comments followed the vote on Tuesday in the US House

of Representatives in favour of new sanctions on Moscow.

Mr Putin said he'd decide how to retaliate once he had seen

This is one of our most watched videos online -

truckloads of snow have arrived at a zoo in Lapland so that resident

polar bears have some snow to play in in the warm weather.

A very different story in France. A wildfire is continuing to burn in

the south of the country for a fourth day. At least 6000

firefighters and troops are working to contain the blaze. Let me show

you where about cities. Thousands have been forced to leave their

homes, with many spending the night on beaches or in sports halls and

other public buildings. It's been another 24 hours of fires, and

firefighting. This was Bormes-les-Mimosas, west of St

Tropez, and the flames have been spreading again across the windswept

ridges. That meant another night on the beach for dozens of

holiday-makers forced out of their campsites. They included a Lydia

Hall from Sevenoaks, who was about to spend her third night in a

sleeping bag, along with her parents and grandparents. What do you think

of sleeping on a beach like this? Well, I am 18 and its OK. But for

all people like my grandparents, it's not the easiest. If they have a

wheelchair, it is difficult. Today, we went out with this team of

firefighters. This is the kind of terrain they have to haul up their

hosepipes, all in 30 degrees temperatures. They are dancing down

dozens of small pockets of fire -- they are dousing damn pockets of

fire. And it is not just the firefighting effort from the ground.

There goes another load from one of these aircraft, one of dozens we are

witnessing this morning as little patches of fire break out. There are

the most dangerous ones, which can lead to widespread bushfires which

then become out of control. And in wave after wave, the planes kept

coming, trying to control fires caused by combustible undergrowth

and powerful wins. Translation when the fires combined with the winds,

it creates the worst of monsters. It is like a herd of bison storming

down a hill, eating up all the vegetation, animals and

unfortunately people. When the fires had passed through, this is what

they leave. Greene turned to black, life turned to dust. It is part of

the natural cycle here, but the effects can be devastating.

The last time you were given a course of antibiotics,

were you told it was important to take every pill you were given?

Here's the British Medical Journal, "Has

Analysis says the "complete the course" message lacks evidence".

They've published an article about it.

"With little evidence that failing to complete a prescribed antibiotic

course contributes to antibiotic resistance",

"it's time for policy makers, educators, and doctors to drop this

You can read a lot more from that article on their website.

It turns out the "complete the course" advice is quite old.

It was first mentioned 70 years ago by Alexander Fleming, the person who

discovered penicillin and got the Nobel Prize. In his prize speech, he

mentioned that you must finish the course. That was 70 years ago, and I

don't think much research has been done since. We have all believe

Alexander Fleming. But there's also been growing

concern over the years about "Antibiotic resistance

is one of the biggest threats to global health,

food security, and We worry that many patients are

already colonised with resistant bacteria, and they might not be part

of the infection. If we use antibiotics for longer than

required, we are enhancing the chances that those resistant

bacteria will take over and colonise us more. And when we have more

colonising bacteria that are resistant, they are a reservoir for

future infections. But this is just one study and even

the report authors said more studies are needed. So for now, the official

advice is not changing. People will hear the headlines today without

seeing the truth of the story and would decide to take antibiotics for

a shorter amount of time than prescribed, which is potentially

unsafe. Just because you are starting to feel better, it doesn't

mean the infection is gone. We know that with significant conditions

like TV or HIV, it is life-threatening to not take the

antibiotics such as prescribed. Whatever your infection, please take

what you have been prescribed, because your doctor will have

thought about your circumstances when they prescribed them. I don't

know if that has cleared it up for you. Thursday marked the 50th

anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality

in the UK. The introduction of the Sexual

Offences Act of 1967 meant it was no longer a crime for gay men aged 21

and over to be in a Westminster, lit up to mark 50 years

since it enacted the law that partially decriminalised

homosexuality. It may have been the beginning of legalisation, but it

didn't stop the arrests. After 1967, Pride celebrations became annual

events promoting equality and challenging prejudice. But over the

decades, thousands of gay or bisexual men were convicted for

behaviour that would not have been a crime if their partner had been a

woman. Terence Stewart says he was wrongly found guilty of soliciting

in 1981. 40 years after the act came into effect. The offence remains on

his record today, and has affected every aspect of his life. I was

stopped from choosing particular careers. It also meant that if I

applied for a mortgage, I couldn't get one because that would come into

play on an application form. So it affected where you lived as well as

how you lived. It had a huge effect on my health and well-being. I am

happy to announce that you are now legally husband and husband. There

was not until three years ago that people in Britain were able to marry

the person they love, regardless of their sex. David and Peter were one

of the first gay couples to tie the knot. David told me that today marks

an important anniversary, and an opportunity to look back at a long,

hard fight that people can be proud of. 50 years ago marked the

beginning of a long journey that a lot of people devoted their lives

to, put themselves at personal risk and all the rest. Now, when you look

back over the 50 years, you can see the small but important steps that

people and the government and society have made leading up to

today. It's a momentous time to look back and see the progress we have

made. But campaigners say there is still more to do to ensure that

young people can grow up confident that they can be whoever they want

to be. Just before I leave you, we have an

update on the votes that are going on in the Senate at the moment. The

Senate is to vote on Russian sanctions later. On Tuesday, the

house of Republicans voted in favour of sanctions. If the Senate also

votes in favour, that is when the bill will end up on Donald Trump's

desk, and that is when Donald Trump will find himself in a tricky

position. Does he veto it or not? Plenty more to come on that story on

BBC world. Stay tuned for that, but that is it from me. Ros will be back

on Monday. Thanks for being with us this evening. Bye-bye.

There is something wrong with the weather at the moment. Today was a

mixed ropes sunshine and heavy April showers and we have more showers