09/08/2017 Outside Source

Hello. I'm Philip Thomas. This is outside source. The US Defence

Secretary has sold North Korea to avoid events that could cause the

destruction of its people. Earlier, North Korea had said that it would

consider attacking qualm. More trouble for Trump as it emerged that

the home of his campaign manager was raided earlier. And a new and

surprising way to track penguins through their feathers. And we will

have our daily update from the world athletics Championships.

Welcome to Outside Source. This is Paul Munakr Ford, he was chairman of

the Donald Trump Jr campaign at one point. We have just found out that

the FBI conducted a predawn raid at his house. They said that Mr

Manafort had consistently cooperated with the FBI and law enforcement

enquiries and continue to do so. This is all about the question of

whether Donald Trump Jr and his campaign colluded with Russia on his

election campaign. What was the FBI looking for? Probably documents

relating to Manafort's work with the Trump campaign and also documents he

had about his work with foreign governments, particularly Ukrainian

and Russian interests. If you remember during the campaign he

denied any payments from Ukraine. He has since come out and said that was

not accurate at acknowledging that he received millions of dollars from

that government and had to register after the fact as foreign agent for

Ukrainian interest. That is why possibly Mulder is investigating

him. We knew that when this raid took place it was right before Paul

Manafort testified before Senate investigators in the intelligence

committee and was the same day that Donald Trump Jr sent out a Twitter

storm talking about revoking the transgender policy in the military.

Also being highly critical of the Attorney General Jeff Sessions and

saying that he should investigate Hillary Clinton. It puts new light

on Donald Trump Jr is mad behaviour that week, perhaps. This enquiry

about alleged Russian meddling seems likely to run through Donald Trump

Jr is my presidency. I think the biggest takeaway from this, we do

not know what Robert Muller was looking for. We don't know what

documents he found. Paul Manafort's people said that they were the same

documents that would have been willingly provided. This is evidence

of Mueller's muscle in this investigation. This is something

clearly that is going to be going on for quite some time. Donald Trump Jr

says this is a witchhunt. Is there a lot of sympathy for that view? Trump

supporters certainly believe that this is which front. They say that

this is an excuse for Democratic opponents to find some reason why

Hillary Clinton lost. Outside, even conservatives are taking this

investigation very seriously and are special counsel with these

wide-ranging powers taking these actions are not something you can

shrug off. This is an investigation carried out by a team of people with

a lot of experience, a lot of depth of knowledge and criminal

prosecution. We're going to take you to Venezuelan now. Another political

storm. The assembly has held a meeting in defiance of the

President's new constituent assembly. This was a really defiant

statement. This was a tweet from the deputy leader there. They said it

was a space for all Venezuelans. They said that is a struggle to the

finish. This is clearly a particular showdown between the rival

assemblies. It is also a territorial showdown. They have been meeting in

the same complex in Caracas. In this very grand building. Both assemblies

want to meet their although some opposition figures have been talking

about being barred by government forces. Meanwhile, the constituent

assembly, the new one, has passed a law creating a new truce commission.

This would have the power to investigate what it has called acts

of violence carried out with political motives or out of

intolerance. Opposition leaders fear that those who have participated in

months of anti-government protests will now be targeted. We heard more

about the power struggle between the two assemblies. They are not only

fighting about the building itself but about the big part of power in

Venezuela. The constituent assembly says it has overarching powers over

any other part of the government. Even the judiciary or the executive

has two respond to them. Of course, the opposition controlled National

Assembly, one of the last bastions of opposition says it is a step

towards authority rule. The idea that they could try to prosecute

people who have been involved in the opposition protest last months which

have left many, more than 100 dead now. The new constituent assembly

that backs President Maduro is having difficulty getting

recognition in the Americas. Yesterday there was a strong

declaration in Lima where several Latin American countries said that

they were considering Venezuelan dictator because of the situation

with the constituent assembly. Some people would be reminded of the

situation several decades ago when Cuba first installed its Communist

government and other countries on the continent tried to isolate them

to dramatically. This is symbolically very important. Back in

the time of Hugo Chavez they tried to become the original leaders,

promoting parallel institutions in which Venezuela played a strong

part. Now it is facing increasing diplomatic isolation within the

Western Hemisphere. Let's get you a less sport. Another day has gone by

in the world athletics Championships. Let's go over to the

BBC sport centre. Hello. Tellers what's been happening to the

Botswana athlete that we've all been following.

Isaac Mkwala has endured a torrid past 48 hours having been initially

withdrawn from the 200 heats on Monday, then withdrawn

due to continuing concerns he had contracted norovirus.

He wasn't allowed into the stadium by security, Botswana athletics

and the IAAF have disputed each other's stories and then

with his quarantine period having expired at 2pm British time.

It was then confirmed he would run a heat

by himself from lane seven where he was initially drawn.

He qualified with a few push-ups to prove himself and then ran

in the opening semi final from Lane One to qualify for the final.

While in the third of the semi finals 400m champion Waydne van

Niekerk also qualified for Thursday's final as a fastest

Mo Farah got his bid for double gold underway in the last hour or so.

The British runner claimed the first gold of the championships

He's won double gold at the past two World Championships

and past two Olympic Games and he's through to the final on Saturday

In the last few moments, Norway have won the men's 400 metre hurdles.

Kerron Clement was hoping to become the first 400m

hurdler in history to win three world titles.

In the coming minutes Alison Felix is looking for a tenth world title

and heads in the 400m up against Olympic champion

and Bahamian Shaunay Miller-Weebo also competing.

The women's rugby World Cup got underway in Dublin

earlier on Wednesday with all 12 teams in action.

Sarah Mulkerrins has been following the action and Sarah

there have been plenty of tries on the opening day?

Indeed there has. The sun has set and it has seen so many tries. Let's

talk you through the results. England are the defending champions

in this tournament. They won three years ago and they marked the

defence of their title with a good performance. They are the only

full-time professional team here and they have real strength in depth. 12

debutants ran out today and they were 56-5 winners against Spain.

Four of the ten tries scored by England were scored by winger K

Wilson. Captain Sarah Hunter was pretty pleased with the performance.

Really pleased to get the first game done and the first wing tip. It was

very about getting the job done. It's nice to get ten tries but we

will be looking to improve as we go on through this tournament. New

Zealand were the four-time champions before England stole the crown three

years ago. They missed out on the pool knockout stages in the last

event. They were smarting from that. They put in a very good solid

performance. Eight tries for them. Here was their coach's assessment on

their performance. We needed the game and we needed the

start. We scored eight tries and we are relatively pleased with that.

We're also three easy ones behind the badge we should have converted.

That's how it goes and we will just have to put a bit more polish on

what we're doing. Canada also in the same pool, they ran out 98-0 winners

over tournament debutants Hong Kong. France have just run out winners

against Japan. For Ireland it was closer against Australia. They had

to hang in at the end. They won 19-7. A lot closer than many

predicted. But they will be happy with a victory in that home

tournament. That's all we've got time for. The

women's 400 metres final coming up in the next few minutes. Plenty for

play for. Thanks through much. Stay with us. Still to come, scientists

have found a new and surprising way to track penguins through their

feathers. On the tenth anniversary of the

financial crisis, the BBC has been speaking with Lib Dem leader Vince

Cable who saw the crisis coming. The government of the time Gordon Brown

and Alistair Darling could have been criticised for being complex and in

the run-up but they handled the crisis very well. They had to

nationalise the banks. They had to run a very large deficit to keep the

economy going. Some of that you were advising. Indeed. They deserved

credit for rescuing us. We could have had an absolute catastrophe.

Although the crisis was dire and the biggest since the Second World War,

it wasn't as serious as the great crash in America in 29-30. Some

things to be grateful for. A lot of people are home tonight will still

be worried about their livelihoods. Still struggling. Ten years on,

we're still dealing the aftermath. Its political as well as economic. A

lot of people asked Tilse seething with anger that the people who

caused this at the top of the banking system, some seriously

reckless and greedy people have just walked away. You've been predicting

a lot about our hard Brexit and what that could mean. I'd start by saying

a lot of lessons have been learned. The banks are safe and have more

capital. In some ways, they are too conservative and it is very

difficult for business to get loans. Most of the lending is against

property. You are still predicting another crisis. I think there will

be problems if we get into the hard Brexit that the government and the

Labour opposition are pushing for. That particularly if there is a

cliff edge. Sam Wood 's, Bank of England, and nonpolitical public

servant saying that if we have that kind of crashing out there would be

serious indications for the financial sector, for example, if

the pound falls heavily, into arrest rates have to rise and a lot of

people are heavily in debt. Isn't this the scaremongering of the

referendum? I'm just describing a scenario that may not happen. If the

same people in government prevail and we keep the good things about

the European Union, the customs union, single market and things my

colleagues are fighting for, we will avoid all of that. Our lead story.

The head of the largest military in the world, the US secretary of

defence has told North Korea to avoid actions that could usher in

the destruction of its people. The latest in a war of words between the

two countries. We've have stories from around the world, we're going

to take you to the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is a

two-day strike there in the capital of Kinshasa. Is aimed at getting

this man, the president to call elections. It was a slow and intense

start of the day in the capital can shatter and other towns in the east

of the country. There was increased military presence on the streets and

the government has ordered ten that comes countries to slow down

Internet speeds so that people cannot share images on social media.

Most people took their time to gauge of the situation on the ground

before leaving their homes. This is because some of the protests like

this one had ended in violence in the past. This is all about the

fragile political situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Elections were July 's jeer but the election commission announced their

would not take place because of a lack of resources. This has allowed

the president to stay longer in office. The opposition want to force

the government to hold elections. It seems that the deadline will be

best. In the meantime, the opposition is weakening and losing

momentum. Meaning that a general strikes like this one are less

successful. There is anger brewing in Iran after President Hassan

Rouhani reduce the amount of women in high-ranking positions in his

government. Yesterday he unveiled an all-male ministerial team and just

two of his vice presidential positions will be filled by women,

one less than his last government. A third was named in an advisory role.

These are the three appointees. We have been following the story. The

most interesting thing about this story is that a lot of people

expected the president to appoint a minister, a female minister, to the

Cabinet but, instead, the president has appointed two female vice

presidents and one assistant to the president which compared to the

previous administration is different because the previous administration

had three women as vice presidents in the Cabinet. Now there are two

vice presidents and one assistant to the president. So one of the female

persons in the Cabinet has been demoted. For campaigners, for more

women in politics it feels like a backward step. Exactly. They are

really disappointed about the President's session. They wanted to

campaign for real action. He talked about equal opportunities for women

but now he has been re-elected he has forgotten about winning. Is the

thinking that's because he's changed his mind or because he's come under

pressure from elsewhere? It seems that he has come under pressure from

conservative hardliners and he wants to avoid that pressure. Still a lot

of women say that in the previous Administration 's, under President

Mahmoud Ahmedinejad he had appointed a female to the Cabinet. Now,

president Rouhani has been painted as a reformist, he has avoided the

issue. Has it been a big story on social media? A very big story. A

lot of people have expressed anger and disappointment at the president.

At the same time, there are some people supporting the president.

They say having a top role in the government is not women's priority

in Iran. What they are concerned about our jobs, employment,

insurance. Avoiding tension. The president wants to focus on what

matters most to women. Now, scientists have found a new and

surprising way of tracking Penguins through their feathers. The study

was published in biology Letters, the scientific journal. Basically,

it says that the proteins in penguin feathers pick up the geochemical

signature of their location via the food they eat. It's like getting

stamps on a chemical passport. The researchers can track their winter

migration patterns from their breeding colonies on the South

Shetland Islands, off the coast of Antarctica, over many hundreds of

kilometres. Earlier, one of the authors of the study explain to me

about how feathers can reveal quite so much information. You are growing

something like your fingernail and that records what you eat. Things

like proteins that make up the body, we don't actually make the raw

materials of that. The raw materials come in a lot of cases from food. In

the case of penguins going across the Southern Ocean, they don't make

these proteins, the building blocks of them, the essential amino acids

come from algae which their prey trill eat and they in turn eat the

krill. They are getting a chemical symbol of where they are foraging

rather than making it from scratch themselves. Why are you using a tail

feather in particular to pick up this data? Different tissues record

the environment at different rates. Things like bones are growing very

slowly so they are not very good for this kind of thing. Your blood turns

over very fast. Things like fingernails or in the case of a

penguin, a tail feather, it's grown over a year. At the right time to

record what they are doing in winter. What strikes me, it's a

simple idea, isn't it? To track this chemical fingerprint by the tail

feather because you used to have to put an electronic tag on. So it's

much better for the bird, as well. Absolutely. This technique has been

around but we've applied it in a new way. We are still relying on a bit

of tracking. The US Antarctic programme did the validation for

this. They measured a few birds and saw where they went. A scientist

from LSU led this chemical study and got collaborators from Argentina and

myself and we went around Antarctica in a single season and got lots of

different colonies. Exactly as you say, without having to put tracks on

all of them. Just a very brief final question. Are you

officially a penguinologist? Yes, the name started as a joke but it is

what I did. Thanks very much. A very distressing story. Up to 50 migrants

have been deliberately drowned by people smugglers off the coast of

Somalia. They were travelling to Yemen are trying to get to the Gulf.

As their boat approached the Yemen coast, we are told they were forced

into the sea. Around 100 survived but 29 people were killed and up to

22 people are missing. This coming in from the International

organisation for migration. They say the smugglers deliberately pushed

the migrants into the water. More on that on the BBC News website. Thanks

very much for being with us. I'm sure you know how it works. We

give you the next