23/08/2017 Outside Source

Hello, this is Outside Source and in some ways it was a tale of two

speeches, on Tuesday night Donald Trump spent over an hour attacking

enemies and on Wednesday it was a different tone. We are not defined

in the colour of our skin. The figure on our pay the party of power

politics. Are defined by our shared humanity. The Islamic State group

continues to lose territory in Iraq and in Syria as Lyse Doucet has been

witnessing. TRANSLATION: I am hell-bent on victory, we are not

scared of death, I am a commander on the ground and I have been wounded

three times. The leader of 38 years in Angola has come to the end of his

time, the polls have closed in the election and be awake to hear who

will take over. And in sport, we reflect on Wayne Rooney retiring

from international football. The UK government has raised more

details of its post Brexit position on the European Court of Justice.

Here is the Prime Minister. When we leave the European Union we believe

the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice and we will be able

to make our own laws, parliament will make our laws, British judges

will interpret those laws and the British Supreme Court will be the

ultimate arbiter of those laws. If you want every detail on how the

government sees this working you can get that online on the website.

Before we get to the politics, here is a timely video from Adam Fleming

on exactly what the European Court of Justice dolls. -- does.

There are actually two courts, the Court of Justice, where national

courts can ask for a EU laws to be clarified and EU countries can get

into trouble for breaking EU rules. And the general Court, where

decisions made by the European institutions can be challenged by

countries, companies and individuals. It means all sorts of

stuff comes up, the cases today include sharing airline passengers

details with Canada, which countries should process refugees, something

about a German cosmetics company but remember, this is absolutely not the

European Court of Human Rights. That is totally different and totally

separate. All these guys have served here in the past and nowadays every

member state gets at least one judge here. Shall we see them in action?

European LANGUAGES OVERLAP. This is every judgment from the 1920s to

2010 in multiple languages and four supporters it is amazing. To

critics, these are examples of foreign judges interfering in other

countries. We have a stream of cases coming in,

around about 700 cases every year. We have neither the time nor

the inclination to sit around So where do we think

this place will feature Well, the EU wants a big

future role for the ECJ, particularly when it comes

to the rights of EU The British Government

isn't quite so sure. The UK government says if its plan

comes to pass it still wants both sides, UK and the EU, to take half

an eye on each other's rulings and to that idea the European

Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator says if the UK government wants to

keep an eye on rulings, the European Parliament thinks the ECJ must keep

both eyes open to protect the rights of citizens. A reference to the

issue of EU citizens currently in the UK and what their post Brexit

status might be. The financial Times on the UK government paper says this

confirms how much Theresa May has soft her stands since last October.

We can talk to Emma Vardy about that. Hello. Is that fair comment

from the Financial Times? What the government has put forward is ideas,

this is something it will need to get the 27 other countries to agree

to. It does show that some acceptance that while the

jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice is going to end, there is

broad acceptance here that the influence of the European Court of

Justice is going to continue and the question is, how much influence, how

much will it continue to influence us going forward? You might see some

divisions there between Brexiteers and those in the leave campus to

some people accused the Prime Minister of back sliding, climbing

down on one of her red lines on Brexit but really what is one of the

hurdles is the rights of EU citizens in the UK and that is because the

European Commission argues that it once the European Court of Justice

to be able to rule on this issue whereas the UK wants British courts

to be able to rule on the rights of EU citizens. That'll be one of the

big hurdles going forward. What about the chronology? Putting these

ideas into the open, is that I play ahead of the next round of Brexit

box? This is a future partnership paper, ideas that at once the EU to

consider and that has pointed to other models of ways of arbitrating

EU disputes in the future and it says, look at countries like Canada

and Singapore, these countries have an agreement with the evening but

for those countries, the European Court of Justice is not binding, not

overriding on the laws of those countries so it says there are other

models we can consider and we can form some sort of arbitration model

going forward. When you listen to the rhetoric from the government,

all this talk about trying to remain as closely united with the Customs

Union going forward as possible, when you look at that, it is almost

difficult to see how we can completely cut any ties with the

European Court of Justice going forward. That is how this is looking

today, the big challenge is to convince the EU to agree with us and

that is why the UK this week has put forward a number of ideas and

teacher partnership papers to try to move the EU towards a position that

works for the UK. Thank you for taking us through that. And there is

much more information on the ECJ along with information on every

element of Brexit online from BBC News. The Syrian conflict and there

are many numbers of ways I could illustrate the complexity of this

war, this map is one of them. Each colour represents territory held by

different groups or countries. And many of the different groups and

countries involved in this conflict want to defeat the Islamic State

group. But they don't agree on how and we have seen an illustration

today, these are pictures from Ankara, that is the President of

Turkey with the US Defence Secretary in Ankara. They are working together

to fight Islamic State but there is one issue they do not agree on, the

US arms, Kurdish YPG militia, Turkey considers them to be a terrorist

group but at the moment they are having to agree to disagree. As I

have been discussing many times, it is losing territory in Iraq and in

Syria. The most high profile example is Mosul. I have a report from Lyse

Doucet. She is with Syrian government troops.

This is the man leading the Syrian army against Islamic State in

The general wants to take us to the front line to see

Vowing with a soldier's swagger to take back all

Tens of thousands of men under his command.

TRANSLATION: I am hell-bent on victory, we're not

I am the commander on the ground and I have been

He is on the EU sanctions list, accused of suppressing

The general laughs this off, insisting he

This is now the army's forward firing position.

Days ago, this area was under IS control.

Now the fighters are just over the horizon.

These soldiers tell us the latest operation

destroyed the closest positions of IS just

allow the Syrian army and its Russian and Iranian allies to move

They are heading towards the next province.

All of it is in IS hands, except for a small enclave.

So that is the next big target for the

We're heading back to the desert town, passing on the way

Moscow's military might and Iran backed militias are crucial

When IS arrived here three years ago, almost everyone fled.

The soldiers take us into what they say was

A box of munitions lying next to a jumble of

The soldiers tell us that IS kept women here.

And in many houses, they say they found

Trademarks of IS's savage rule but there is no one here to confirm

Just outside, this old wreck pulls up, the spoils

We are proud to get it back, the soldier says.

Whatever IS took, we will take it back.

If you want more background information on the history of this

Syrian war, you can find that online from BBC News. Time for the sport,

we will talk about Wayne Rooney, he scored more goals for England than

anybody else but not any more, he has announced his retirement. He was

given a chance to join the squad for the World Cup Qualifiers next month

but he has opted out. He says... I will talk together. Every time I was

selected was a privilege but I believe now is the time to bow out.

I have given the as big preview! Good to see! For the first time in

30 seconds! There was a time this announcement would be surprising but

not this time? Good to see you again! It has been on the cards. The

England's top goal-scorer, 53 goals in 119 appearances for England and

he is calling it a day and he has had a very long career, part of the

English setup since 2003, making his debut against Australia and he burst

onto the stage at the Euros in 2004 and has played consistently for his

clubs and the national team so 14 years, he has been quite tired in

the last couple of seasons but Gareth Southgate was about to become

fully qualifiers next month against Malta and Slovakia that he has had a

rejuvenation at Everton. He came back to Everton in the summer and

rejoined his Boyhood club and scored twice in the last two games. A lot

of fans were excited to see what he could bring to England but he is

passing on the button to people like Harry Kane, who will try to emulate

his feat of being a record goal-scorer but he is also the

second most capped player for England, after Peter Shilton. Not

only a stellar career scoring for England but he has also been one of

the most consistent players. He has had a phenomenal career, tributes

have been pouring in from social media, players past and present. His

legacy will be as somebody who tried hard, he has gone from glory but

sadly has not had a major trophy but people will see him as a positive

force. Thank you. We will speak to Gavin soon. In a few moments we will

turn to Angola because it is election day and the pulls have

closed and the winner will mean the leader of the country for the past

38 years has relinquished power but it is not so simple. We will

explain. A road safety charity once driving on rural roads to be made

compulsory for learners. Brake says that Eddie % of young drivers killed

in crashes and 2015 died in country

roads. Watch what can happen

on a quiet rural road. Incredibly, the horses and riders

have now fully recovered. It wasn't caught on camera,

but her last horse was killed. She'd been riding with her son

and a friend in a village Despite all wearing high

visibility gear, a car slammed The early days were very

difficult for everybody. It was a lot of flashbacks,

a lot of fear, a lot of grieving. But, also, not knowing

if I would ride again. I live in the countryside and I know

that the roads will be busy Now, a charity says all drivers

should be made to learn 80% of young driver fatalities

occurred on rural roads. That's why Brake's calling

for a radical overhaul We took her out with

a specialist instructor. What's going to happen if you see

a tractor coming towards you? How much space is it

going to take up? I definitely get mainly nervous that

I'm not doing it right, because they all know the roads very

well and they shoot round them. Just reassuring me that going slower

so you don't crash is a good thing. The Department for Transport

says our roads are some But farmers feel the driving test

does need to be modernised. Agricultural machinery is getting

bigger, roads aren't getting any wider and they're not building any

more of them. So the issues that we're having

every year, you're getting more The message is that for everyone's

safety, including passengers, the challenges of rural driving need

to be understood. Claire Marshall, BBC

News, Leicestershire. Welcome back. I am Ross Atkins with

Outside Source. Donald Trump has been taking a more measured tone in

Nevada and just a little while after he blasted opponents at a campaign

rally in Arizona the previous evening... As promised, we can talk

about the elections in Angola, we might not cover them every time they

come around but this time it is different, the result will matter

but perhaps not as significant as the fact that this man, President of

Santos, is standing down. He is the second longest serving President in

Africa. You can work out who the longest serving is. The man in

charge of Equatorial Guinea. He took office one month before to Santos in

1979. He is not going anywhere. In terms of the reasons why he is

going, we can show you those wires coming in, and we have a long

article about why he is giving up and one of the reasons might be that

his children remain in prominent positions in power. You will get

more on this for Outside Source. Fulfilling his civic duty, this

might be the last vote is President of colour from Do Santos but it is

his first for someone other than himself because he will be stepping

down. Angola headed to the polls early this morning. Anticipation has

been high, voters were easy to get to this polling station in downtown

Rwanda after it opened late. The voting system is confusing, here

voters choose both candidates and their party in one vote. The winning

party and candidate are elected by proportional representation. Young

people are expected to be a huge part in this vote, they did not live

through a Civil War so they are inclined to vote for change. Three

major candidates have promised change and we hope yet to see if

they can deliver. TRANSLATION: This is my first time voting, I hope

everything goes well and my vote makes a difference and there should

be more employment for the youth, or hospitals and schools for children.

I never knew any other President or other political party in power and

if that happens it will be more than welcome because we Angolans have the

right to have all political options. In South Africa, hundreds of rhino

horns are being auctioned. This is a justification. Trade and not need

will help the rhinos and not everybody agrees. I can assure you

that the auction website tells us it will last until Friday afternoon and

people can make bids online if they register. Some of these horns belong

to a rhino owned by John Hume, he has 1500 of them on a farm north of

Johannesburg. This is a way to save the rhinos from extension, to breed

and protect them better. One of the ways to protect them better is not

to make the horn on available to everybody. Before 2009, when you

could buy horn legally in this country, there was virtually no

poaching. After 2009, it has escalated out of control. The

poaching is out of control in this country. Whoever buys these horns in

this auction, they cannot export them from South Africa, there is a

ban on international trade of ivory but nonetheless, you might not be

surprised to hear there have been critics of this auction. And here is

one of them. This auction can only be done within the borders of South

Africa and as far as we are aware, there is limited demand in South

Africa and the website is published in Chinese and Vietnamese and it has

been angled for some kind of exporting trade. One more story,

confusion over Nigeria's President and his health, he came back home

after months in the UK but that is not the end of it. There has been

speculation saw to cut through all of this, we have a man who knows

more than most about Nigeria, Peter from the BBC's focus on Africa at he

started off by telling me about what we know about the health of the

President. I am afraid we do not know. Not at all and not wanting to

sound like a government official, the answer is we have not been told

and we do not know. He has a serious illness of some type? He has been

treated here and was treated for 100 days and before that the trip lasted

47 days and each time we ask the question, what is wrong with the

President, we are told it is not your business. He is home and will

be receiving treatment? We cannot answer that question. His spokesman

says he looks better than he did when he travelled to London for

treatment and he is back to start work. That is talk about the

practicalities of working, yesterday we heard his office is rat infested

so the plan is to be based at home? We are told he has done to offices

within the Presidential Villa, he will be working in one in his

private residence because the official one is rat infested and

that is a direct quote from his spokesperson. But much information

but what we have got, we have just been told. A reminder of an earlier

story from Rotterdam, a concert cancelled due to a terror threat,

the Mayor told us... We also have this from the Mayor. The police say,

they took this information seriously enough that after discussion with

organisers it was decided to cancel the event. This is all connected to

concerns about a bus found and the Mayor told us it had Spanish license

plates and gas bottles were found near the concert hall. Lots of

information coming in, it is not quite fitting together yet but it

will do in the next few hours and you will see that on the BBC.

Goodbye. Summer warmth made a vague attempt

at a return earlier this afternoon but that was swept away dramatically

by heavy downpours over the last day. One example of some