24/08/2017 Outside Source

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

As usual, we'll bring you a round-up of all the biggest stories

In India, the Supreme Court has made a ruling on privacy that

could affect the way people access benefits,

In the United States, Donald Trump is on the attack on twitter -

taking aim at senior figures in his own party.

Prosecutors in Denmark will bring murder charges against the inventor

suspected of killing a Swedish journalist on board his submarine.

Net migration to the UK. The lowest level for three years. We will be

live in Westminster. And if you want to get in touch -

the hashtag is BBC OS. We're looking at quite

a few stories today. We'll get more on the Indian

Supreme Court's ruling on privacy and the implications

of that with our correspondent Yet again, Donald Trump's

tweets have been causing a stir on Capitol

Hill in Washington. And we'll also have an update

on the Kim Wall case. Earlier this week on OS

we talked about ruling by the Indian Supreme Court to ban

a form of Muslim divorce. Well, here's another landmark

decision from the court. It's overturned two previous rulings

and said that citizens do You can read what the judges had to

say in full on the Supreme Court's "The right to privacy is protected

as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under

Article 21". India's Law and Justice,

Information Technology Minister Minister sounded happy -

"We welcome the verdict of the Supreme Court

on #RightToPrivacy". But the ruling is widely seen

as a setback for the government. The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder

is in Delhi to explain why. For the past eight years, the

government has collected biometric data and each citizen has provided a

mandate to re-biometric number. It has been mandatory for taxes and

accessing a host of other services. Many Indians believe it has given

the government too much access and control over their personal

information. Nobody should tell me that this

is how you should live. The way I want to live,

I should be accepted that way Privacy means live and let live

and it is important for everybody because if somebody is always

looking into your life it becomes stressful and you feel

you are being judged. And there are some who believe

the extensive judgment has For example, the surveillance

architecture of the state here in India is growing

exponentially and fast and it has been growing without trammels

and so the fact that the right to privacy has been

explicitly and by such a large bench laid

down, and it includes The Aadhaar identity system

was meant to cut red tape and curb corruption while delivering basic

services and welfare But it has left many concerned

that the data could be After today's court decision,

the entire future of this ambitious The White House has just

held a press conference. In it, Press Secretary Sarah

Huckabee-Sanders responded to reports that relationships

between the president and Republican I think the relationships are fine.

There will be some policy differences. There are also a lot of

shared goals. That is what we focus on. We are disappointed that they

failed to get Obamacare repealed. But he has worked to reach out to

other members and work on those shared goals and we will continue to

do that when the Senate comes back from recess.

The questions come after the president once again used

Specifically, Paul Ryan, speaker of the house

of representatives - and Mitch McConnell -

I requested that Mitch M and Paul R tie the Debt Ceiling legislation

into the popular VA Bill (which just for easy approval.

They didn't do it so now we have a big deal

with Dems holding them up (as on Debt Ceiling approval.

I turned to Barbara Plett Usher to explain.

The government is going to reach the limit of the amount of money it can

borrow by the end of September so Congress has two votes to increase

that limit so that the government does not default on its debt but it

is always controversial. President Trump said that he suggested to Paul

Ryan that the legislation was linked to something more popular like

medical care for veterans. They could have done it, but they did

not, therefore, he says it will be a big mess. Paul Ryan says he looked

into that option but did not go to it and it would have added a layer

of political complexity to the whole issue. But the wider point is that

this is the latest salvo in an extraordinary and escalating feud

between the president and the party leaders. This is just before quite

an important season of legislation comes up in Congress. As you

mention, if Donald Trump keeps going for senior Republicans in this way,

how much trickier is passing legislation going to be? Very

tricky. It will not help. They need each other to pass legislation, they

have to work together. You saw some attempts to work together and smooth

over this. The White House and Mitch McConnell's offers issued statements

trying to downplay the idea that there is a feud between Mitch

McConnell and Donald Trump. They said they were working together on

shared goals but it is clear that no one is happy with the way things are

going. Never mind the debt ceiling, you could have a brawl over the

budget. Congress has to pass a budget before the government runs

out of money. That will have to happen in the next month also and

Donald Trump wants to make sure that spending on his war with Mexico is

included. This week he called for a government shutdown if that money

was not included in the budget, and that also made Republican leaders

very angry. Stay with us, I want to talk about this other tweet we have

received. Talking about charities, an ageing charity has cancelled its

immense at Donald Trump's club. He also posted pictures, showing the

galas at Donald Trump's plays books before Charlottesville and then also

this shows the insulations that there have been. Since his comment

about what happened in Charlottesville. Barbara, it seems

the fallout from what he said about Charlottesville goes on and on? Yes,

in terms of charities, that seems to be the case. Every group from the

American Cancer Society to the local zoo, it seems is pulling out. Over

20 have cancelled. Many of them after the Charlottesville incident

when Donald Trump defended protesters who marched with

neo-Nazis. They say it is about protecting diversity, others say

they don't want all these is used to distract from their calls. But it is

clear that his resort is not as cool a place as it used to be. It may

affect is income but it will also affect his image, which is what

concerns him. Thank you. An update to bring you

on the Kim Wall case. Prosecutors in Denmark say

they will bring murder charges against the man suspected of killing

the Swedish journalist. He is the inventor of the submarine

she was last seen alive on. Here's Elisabeth Thiis from Danish

broadcaster TV2 with the latest. Late this afternoon, Swedish police

found what seems to be a body part of the Swedish person. Just --

office readers coast, where it is too early to say whether the body

part is related to the Kim Wall case but the Danish police are keeping it

in mind at the moment. Prosecutors say that they plan to bring murder

charges against Peter Medsen. They are already charging him with

murder. The new charges are for a felony, abuse of corpse. The new

charges will be asked for at the latest at the beginning of

September. He is facing charges of murder and the abuse of a corpse.

The murder charge we know that he is not guilty. Tell us a little about

the story, the background. What had Kim Wall been doing Richie agreed to

take this trip on a submarine? As we know it, Kim Wall was planning on

writing a story about the submarine. Not many people have private

submarines in the world. Peter Madsen had invented this -- and it

was one of the largest submarines in the world. That's all we know.

Everything else is speculation. Stay with us on Outside Source -

still to come... Net migration to the UK has

falled to the lowest level for three years -

and lots of people think The number of teenagers gaining

the highest GCSE passes has gone down slightly,

after exam boards moved For the first time, students

in England have been graded from nine to one in English

language, literature and maths. The Schools Minister for England,

Nick Gibb, insists the government has taken steps to ensure

the new grading system accurately I have been impressed by the way

schools have responded. The system has been designed so that the

students taking it for the first time will not be disadvantaged. That

is what comparative outcomes is about. You will see the same

proportions achieving the top grades as if they had taken them in the

previous year. So no student will be disadvantaged because we have

introduced the new GCSEs. This is Outside Source live

from the BBC newsroom. India's Supreme Court

has ruled that citizens It's being seen as a landmark

judgment - and will have serious implications for the Indian

government's identity card system. Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov

is encouraging divorced He's working alongside Muslim

clerics who preach Sharia Some ex-wives have complained

about the pressure to reunite - with one calling the initiative

"violent". The government of Sierra Leone says

more than 500 people are now known to have died in last week's mudslide

and flash floods in And one of the most read

stories at BBC.com - a split among scientists over

whether these animals - The BBC has found that while some

big cat exerts say the population has stabilised and is even

increasing in some places, others argue there isn't

enough solid evidence. Net migration has fallen

to the lowest level for three It fell by 81,000 -

and the interesting thing is a large part of that is migration from other

EU member states - And of course a lot of people

are making the link the deputy political editor

of the Mirror newspaper does in this tweet -

"Latest #migration stats "affected Let's talk to Emma Vardy. How much

of this is being attributed to Brexit? The office of National the

cystic say that some of this maybe a result of new referendum result --

the Office of National Statistics. But they say it is too soon to say

whether it is the start of a longer term trends. Other factors, the

value of the pound has dropped so Britain may seem like a less

attractive place to, for EU citizens for people who want to come here and

save up, the money they earn in Britain will pay for less back home.

That could also be another factor. Some other countries in the EU,

there economies are growing faster, for example Poland where the

government is lobbying workers to keep their skills there rather than

take them abroad. As to whether it is down to the referendum result,

whether people are fleeing, it is more anecdotal evidence and we will

have to see whether this trend of net migration reducing from you

countries reduces. And how does this figure tally with what the

government has stated it wanted to do in terms of numbers of people

coming to the UK? The target of getting net

migration down to the tens of thousands still

looks a long way off. So why keep the target? Immigration

is a political big subject and it might be difficult for the

Conservatives to abandon their target even though it is being

missed. The government has reiterated it is committed to

bringing immigration down to the tens of thousands but it is

providing reassurance at the same time to EU citizens, we welcome you,

we welcome people with the right skills. It is difficult to make

those two things tally but if the government was to abandon its

target, it leaves its offer open to attack from people who might say

they are backsliding on their promises and not delivering what

people voted for in the referendum. Because immigration was such a big

debating point during that campaign. Emma Vardy, thank you very much.

Last night on Outside Source we broke the news that a rock

concert in the Netherlands had been cancelled because

The concert was supposed to happen in Rotterdam.

Police say they got a tip-off from the Spanish authorities.

The American band Allah-Las was due to play at this venue.

Initially the focus was on a van and its Spanish driver.

and the driver was behaving suspiciously.

But police now say he was drunk and not a terror suspect.

But today a 22-year old man was arrested in

The focus of the investigation has moved to Brandt. Police have

arrested a 22-year-old man and questioned on links. There was a

tip-off from the Spanish police that a gig performed by the American rock

group Allah-Las might be the focus of an attack. The police in

Rotterdam say they cleared the venue immediately as a precaution. We

asked of the public was in any danger and they say it is too soon

to say. Allah-Las are an American rock group and have talked about

receiving messages of concern from Muslims who don't like the use of

Allah, the Arabic word for God, indie band's title. As far as the

Spanish van driver who was detained close to this music venue last

night, he is being questioned on suspicion of drunk driving, he is

not suspected of having any links to the possible terror attack at the

music venue. Here in Rotterdam. The police have told us that the fact

they acted so swiftly is that they were not prepared to take any

chances. Swiss police a eight people are

missing following a landslide. Eight people are missing and Jo Digest are

warning that more landslides are possible in this remote village.

On Wednesday morning, 4 million cubic metres of mud

and rock poured down the mountain, destroying farmhouses in its path

and ending up right on the edge of the tiny village.

Residents were evacuated immediately, and helicopters plucked

At first, rescue workers thought everybody was safe.

TRANSLATION: Overnight, we have received reports of missing people.

We have have intensified rescue efforts, but until now

Police have confirmed that eight people known to be in the region

at the time of the landslide are officially missing.

Over 120 rescue workers are now searching, on foot

and with specialised helicopters which can detect

These remote, steep sided valleys are popular

But they are also known for the risk of avalanche and rock slides.

Some communities here have already invested millions

Geologists are warning that in the coming days further

We start in the US mountain resort of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Population 9000 - and normally known for its trout fishing.

But today it hosts an annual meeting of central bankers

Top billing goes to the host - US Fed Chief Janet Yellen -

so what will investors be listening out for?

Top of the list will be the feds policy on US interest rates,

there have been three rises since December and markets will be

watching to see if Mrs Yellen offers any indication on her plans

It's also thought that she might lay out plans to shed some

of the $4.5 trillion in bonds - that's debts to you and me -

that the bank acquired as part of its aggressive money printing

programme after the financial crisis.

Let's talk to our correspondent in New York. Hello, why should anyone

care about a bunch of central bankers having a meeting? Ever since

the financial crisis, we have seen the role central bankers have played

in our lives in terms of the extraordinary monetary policies they

enacted to stimulate the economy after the credit crunch. Whether

that was low interest rates or quantitative easing, pushing out

money to still relate growth. Interestingly, there was an article

in the Wall Street Journal yesterday saying that around the world, all of

the economies are growing in a way we have not seen for a long time.

For many of the central bankers, they return here not so much saying

job done, but how do they start to remove the stimulus? This is what

investors will be looking for from the speeches. To see what clues they

can lick learner. Yes, you mentioned a lot of focus on Janet Yellen and

also the head of the European Central Bank. What might he have to

say? In a way, his speech is more

important. Janet Yellen's tenure may be over soon. So people are focusing

on the head of the European Central Bank. He gave a talk at another

conference in Portugal recently and got the market overexcited and was

forced to row back on his comments so people do not know whether he

will try to play it safe this Friday and not say too much or whether he

will reveal the thinking of the European Central Bank when it comes

to stepping back from these extraordinary measures. What is the

time frame? How will they do this? That is the sort of thing Wall

Street wants to hear. Michelle, thank you very much.

We are also continuing our week-long series on the business of death -

looking at the financial issues raised by aging

Today we are in Singapore - where like many advanced Asian

economies the number of older people is on the rise -

and so is the demand for end-of-life care for the terminally ill.

Catching up on his daily News. This 83-year-old man likes to know what's

going on. In spite of having just weeks to live. He is spending the

last days of his life at this hospice, one of the few dedicated

palliative care centres in Singapore which is for terminally ill patients

like him. It costs $10 million annually to run the centre, with

funds from charitable donations, the government and patients. He says he

is grateful to be here. This doctor is the chairman of this hospice. He

also sings to help lift spirits there. He says this charitable

aspect of the Centre is crucial. As our population ages and we get more

end of life issues, it is getting difficult for families to manage

patients on their own and it takes a lot of resources. We have 400

volunteers and they participate in the lives of our patients and their

families. But volunteers alone can't address the demands of a rising

elderly population. These patients get round-the-clock care to manage

their pain and their symptoms. But there is a shortage of such

facilities and a waiting list for this one. A sure sign that demand

for hospices is bound to grow. But it's not for everyone. Some

preferred to stick within their own home. This is where the private

sector is hoping to fill the gap. I do see an opportunity for the

private sector to engage in palliative care. I can imagine an

Uber type model where consumers and suppliers are allowed to interact

with each other. But nobody was to pay for end of life care so to make

these models sustainable, you will need government funding. Death is an

inevitable human experience but because of the cost of such care,

centres like the Dover Park Ospreys count on their volunteers. Because

at the end of life, putting aside the worry over costs and the

constant pain, it is the little things that can make one's final

days as comfortable as possible. More in a few moments time. Stay

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