:00:12. > :00:12.Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
:00:13. > :00:29.Huston continues to face flooding, and the storm has made landfall in
:00:30. > :00:38.Louisiana. Never is more rain to come. North Korea says the firing of
:00:39. > :00:42.this missile over Japan was only the first step.
:00:43. > :00:44.In Venezuela, the new constituent assembly has unanimously voted
:00:45. > :00:46.to put opposition leaders on trial for treason.
:00:47. > :00:50.High Commissioner for Human Rights had to say about democratic
:00:51. > :00:54.I think it must be barely alive, if still alive, is the way I would look
:00:55. > :00:55.at it. It's less than a month to go
:00:56. > :00:58.until the German election - will Angela Merkel win
:00:59. > :01:03.a fourth term? In OS sport, we'll have a report
:01:04. > :01:06.on a new pitch-side test to diagnose The new constituent assembly
:01:07. > :01:40.in Venezuela has voted This is the assembly that
:01:41. > :01:44.elected in a vote that Among the accused are
:01:45. > :01:47.the Louisa Ortega - she was chief prosecutor
:01:48. > :01:51.before being sacked. One of the members of this assembly
:01:52. > :01:58.has called her 'scum'. Also, head of the
:01:59. > :01:59.opposition-controlled Here is his reaction to these
:02:00. > :02:09.accusations: The only one responsible is Maduro and it's time
:02:10. > :02:31.he takes a look in the mirror With respect to Maduro, the
:02:32. > :02:39.president was elected by the people. But since then, there has been an
:02:40. > :02:48.erosion of democratic life. Very clearly, as was pointed out, he and
:02:49. > :02:54.his colleagues have noted the wave of repression. It must be barely
:02:55. > :02:55.alive, if still alive, is the way I would look at it.
:02:56. > :03:05.For more on this I spoke with our Americas Editor, Candace Piette.
:03:06. > :03:11.The constituent assembly is playing a role that is quite unusual and
:03:12. > :03:21.fluid. It's not clear how legal it is. It was about 500 members that
:03:22. > :03:26.were elected about a month ago, and really, they seem to be winging it,
:03:27. > :03:32.working out what they are doing and how to run Venezuelan as they go
:03:33. > :03:37.along. How does this assembly fit in alongside a parliament that already
:03:38. > :03:41.exists and a judiciary which is supposed to be independent of the
:03:42. > :03:46.politicians? When they started operating, they moved into the room
:03:47. > :03:53.that is normally occupied by the National Assembly, who were just
:03:54. > :03:58.chucked out. They announced a series of measures and decrees. All
:03:59. > :04:07.Government supporters, they tend to decide what ever Maduro and the
:04:08. > :04:11.goverment approved for them. It is not about truth commission to
:04:12. > :04:17.investigate so-called violence during the protests that we have
:04:18. > :04:23.seen in Venezuelan, and also the ousting of the Attorney General. And
:04:24. > :04:28.more recently, they have announced that they will start working on the
:04:29. > :04:34.economic and financial position. They will legislate on that. So they
:04:35. > :04:40.are operating like a kind of parallel Government, almost. When
:04:41. > :04:43.Hugo Chavez began this movement, and Maduro took over when he died, it
:04:44. > :04:48.had huge support from around the world from people with left-wing
:04:49. > :04:53.sympathies. Are there still people who still believe this is
:04:54. > :05:00.democratic, a just way of governing a country? President Maduro still
:05:01. > :05:09.has a lot of support amongst die-hard Chavez supporters. And
:05:10. > :05:14.there is a group of left-wing countries in Latin America that also
:05:15. > :05:21.support Venezuela - Olivia, Ecuador partially, Nicaragua, and of course
:05:22. > :05:32.Cuba, who have advisers in Venezuelan at the moment. --
:05:33. > :05:32.Bolivia. It has echoes of the single party assembly, the National
:05:33. > :05:38.Congress in Cuba. Next on the programme, we will turn
:05:39. > :05:46.to Myanmar. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims
:05:47. > :05:48.have fled Myanmar. According to one estimate,
:05:49. > :05:50.18,000 have headed to Bangladesh The latest spike in this crisis
:05:51. > :05:53.began on Friday when Rohingya insurgents attacked up
:05:54. > :05:57.to 30 police stations. The group behind the attacks
:05:58. > :06:00.said its primary aim is to protect the Rohingya Muslim minority
:06:01. > :06:03.from state repression in Myanmar. The government denies that
:06:04. > :06:18.and responded with military action. What followed was an exodus. These
:06:19. > :06:22.are pictures obtained by the BBC of hundreds of people crossing a river
:06:23. > :06:24.that forms the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh.
:06:25. > :06:26.A spokesperson from the International Organisation
:06:27. > :06:28.for Migration says thousands more are waiting at the border.
:06:29. > :06:30.The BBC's Mir Sabbir is on the Bangladesh
:06:31. > :06:38.The flow of Rohingyas started here in Cox's Bazar since last Friday,
:06:39. > :06:41.but despite the high alert of the border guards in Bangladesh,
:06:42. > :06:43.thousands of Rohingyas are coming in every day from Myanmar.
:06:44. > :06:46.I have seen in the refugee camps in many
:06:47. > :06:47.parts of Cox's Bazar, many Rohingyas are
:06:48. > :06:49.sitting just in front of the
:06:50. > :06:51.camps waiting for their relatives, holding their small sacks with all
:06:52. > :06:57.their belongings, holding their small children.
:06:58. > :07:01.The vast majority of them women and children.
:07:02. > :07:03.And I've heard some dreadful stories from
:07:04. > :07:10.Security forces came to their villages, shooting at people,
:07:11. > :07:15.searching for young men and burning their homes.
:07:16. > :07:18.So, they just grabbed anything they could and rushed to
:07:19. > :07:23.And many of them have relatives in Cox's Bazar who came
:07:24. > :07:43.Straight to another story about Bangladesh and Bangladeshis.
:07:44. > :07:45.Bangladeshis are now one of the largest groups
:07:46. > :07:47.Many are travelling from Bangladesh to
:07:48. > :07:54.From there, crossing the Mediterranean to Europe.
:07:55. > :07:58.And they pay great amounts of money to try and make that journey, too.
:07:59. > :08:02.Half a million people leave Bangladesh every year,
:08:03. > :08:05.hoping to make their fortunes overseas.
:08:06. > :08:09.Increasingly, many are making the extremely dangerous crossing
:08:10. > :08:12.over the Mediterranean to try and get to Europe.
:08:13. > :08:25.Many of these people are headed to the Gulf or the Middle East,
:08:26. > :08:27.which is the preferred route for those trying to get to Sudan,
:08:28. > :08:31.And when you speak to them, you get a sense that
:08:32. > :08:36.they're being driven by an air of desperation.
:08:37. > :08:41.Even though so many of these journeys can end in tragedy.
:08:42. > :08:45.Last year Abu Sayed left his home for Libya.
:08:46. > :08:50.Like many others, he was lured with the promise of a good job.
:08:51. > :08:52.He cashed in all his savings to pay his way.
:08:53. > :08:56.But in Libya, he was sold to traffickers.
:08:57. > :09:02.They held him captive, demanding a ransom of $5,000.
:09:03. > :09:04.TRANSLATION: They used to torture me.
:09:05. > :09:15.They said, pay up, and then you can rest.
:09:16. > :09:18.His wife was forced to borrow money to secure his release.
:09:19. > :09:29.For many Bangladeshis migrating abroad is a ticket out of poverty.
:09:30. > :09:31.Making them prime targets for those who look to
:09:32. > :09:38.It takes us time, but we finally track down a trafficker
:09:39. > :09:47.He is part of an elaborate criminal network, organising fake documents
:09:48. > :09:52.and then escorting the migrants all the way to Libya.
:09:53. > :09:58.At no point are they stopped or challenged.
:09:59. > :10:00.TRANSLATION: My bosses are in touch with officials.
:10:01. > :10:07.The passports do not have valid visas, some are blank.
:10:08. > :10:10.At the airport they just check the names against a list.
:10:11. > :10:19.And the rush to leave Bangladesh continues.
:10:20. > :10:22.There are simply not enough opportunities at home.
:10:23. > :10:26.Even though the journey ahead is fraught with risk.
:10:27. > :10:43.And there is much more information on the many forms the migrant crisis
:10:44. > :10:52.in the Mediterranean takes on the BBC online. As we do every day,
:10:53. > :10:58.let's catch up on some of the main sports stories. We'll start with the
:10:59. > :11:03.tennis. I haven't had a moment to look at it today, so take us from
:11:04. > :11:11.the top. There are 87 matches in total to be completed from Tuesday
:11:12. > :11:15.because of the rain. Torrential rain here in New York on Tuesday. You
:11:16. > :11:21.could hear it on the roof of the stadium during the opening session
:11:22. > :11:38.24 hours ago. Maria Sharapova who beat Simona Halep on the opening
:11:39. > :11:50.day, she is taking on Timea Babos. Babos is two up. Elina Svitolina is
:11:51. > :12:01.through. She survived a third set to go through. In the men's draw,
:12:02. > :12:05.Dominic Thiem resumed 1-0 up against his Australian opponent, and he took
:12:06. > :12:09.less than half an hour to complete his win. The 22-year-old has never
:12:10. > :12:17.made it past the fourth round at Flushing Meadows. The 2009 men's
:12:18. > :12:22.champion, Juan Martin del Potro, is through in straight sets. We have
:12:23. > :12:26.been hearing a lot about Petra Kvitova, who are after being
:12:27. > :12:28.attacked in her home and suffering tendon and nerve damage in her hand
:12:29. > :12:33.looked like she would not play again. She is up against alleys
:12:34. > :12:50.Corneille. Rugby players here in the UK
:12:51. > :12:58.will take part this season in the development of a new test
:12:59. > :13:01.to diagnose concussion It could lead to a handheld device
:13:02. > :13:23.to assess if a player This year, players will have their
:13:24. > :13:28.saliva taken here at Twickenham if they have a head injury, as part of
:13:29. > :13:34.a big new study into concussion. Professor Tony barely is here to
:13:35. > :13:40.tell us about it. Tell us what happens if a player comes in with a
:13:41. > :13:45.head injury. The player will be removed for assessment, as they are
:13:46. > :13:51.now. They have two minutes for that assessment, so as part of the
:13:52. > :13:54.process, for this season, during any premiership championship match, they
:13:55. > :13:58.will also be doing an additional test, which is very straightforward.
:13:59. > :14:05.They would be asked to collect about two millilitres of saliva into a
:14:06. > :14:12.special bottle, that looks standard but is in fact that sophisticated
:14:13. > :14:15.piece of equipment. That is then analysed in a lab at the University
:14:16. > :14:20.of Birmingham. The endgame is to have a hand-held device that would
:14:21. > :14:26.tell us instantly whether a player or not has been concussed - is that
:14:27. > :14:39.right? That's right. The ultimate aim is to have a portable pitch-
:14:40. > :14:45.side device. Ultimately, what we want is to have a portable test that
:14:46. > :14:51.can be used by doctors in a professional game, or potentially a
:14:52. > :14:59.parent, if it works as well as we hope. This is a prototype of a
:15:00. > :15:02.device that we hope is going to be able to diagnose concussion so that
:15:03. > :15:09.the player will be providing if you want just a drop of saliva, the
:15:10. > :15:12.strip will be inserted into a reader, and within a couple of
:15:13. > :15:18.minutes, it should be able to give you the diagnosis, either confirm
:15:19. > :15:22.that the concussion has occurred, and a player will be removed, or
:15:23. > :15:27.disprove it, so the player can return to the game. This trial will
:15:28. > :15:34.take place through all premiership and championship games this season.
:15:35. > :15:41.The results could be game changing. In a moment, we will turn to the
:15:42. > :15:45.German election. We have a report from our correspondent, Jenny Hill,
:15:46. > :15:49.who has been to the North Coast of Germany to see how Martin Schultz
:15:50. > :16:05.and Angela Merkel are faring. Prince William and Prince Harry have
:16:06. > :16:10.visited a memorial garden at Kensington Palace. They met
:16:11. > :16:13.representatives of charities supported by Princess Diana and
:16:14. > :16:16.looked at the tributes and flowers left by members of the public
:16:17. > :16:20.outside the palace. The Duchess of Cambridge join the Princes on the
:16:21. > :16:47.tour, as Nicholas Witchell reports. The flowers and the tributes
:16:48. > :16:50.are back at the gates A very small echo of how it was 20
:16:51. > :16:55.years ago but a reminder of feelings And this afternoon William and Harry
:16:56. > :16:59.came to view the tributes. They took their time,
:17:00. > :17:01.they looked, and they read. And they laughed at some
:17:02. > :17:04.of the photographs showing them as It was impossible not
:17:05. > :17:07.to be reminded of how it was 20 years ago when,
:17:08. > :17:10.aged 15 and 12, on their return to London, they'd come out still numb
:17:11. > :17:13.and bewildered to meet the people who'd gathered there and to see
:17:14. > :17:16.for themselves the many thousands of Diana's boys are both
:17:17. > :17:19.in their 30s now. William's settled and about to begin
:17:20. > :17:21.full-time royal duty. He was accompanied by Catherine this
:17:22. > :17:24.afternoon to view a memorial garden And Harry, not quite
:17:25. > :17:28.so settled yet, but not far And both at this anniversary,
:17:29. > :17:31.one must assume, reassured by the enduring regard
:17:32. > :17:33.people feel for their mother. She meant same much
:17:34. > :17:41.to so many people. That shows by how many
:17:42. > :17:45.people are here today. William and Harry took
:17:46. > :17:47.some of the flowers people had brought and placed them
:17:48. > :17:49.at the Palace gates, replaying some of the moments from two decades ago
:17:50. > :17:52.and acknowledging the desire that many still have to hold
:17:53. > :17:54.onto Diana's memory. Today, briefly, they put
:17:55. > :17:57.on their public, princely faces, to Tomorrow, though,
:17:58. > :18:03.William and Harry will remain in private, remembering
:18:04. > :18:05.the mother they lost in such tragic Nicolas Witchell, BBC News,
:18:06. > :18:42.at Kensington Palace. Pictures of dramatic rescues in
:18:43. > :18:45.Texas continue to come in. Louisiana is now facing Tropical Storm Harvey,
:18:46. > :18:46.which has come ashore for a second time.
:18:47. > :18:49.We've already mentioned Theresa May being in Japan
:18:50. > :18:57.But the main aim of her trip is to pave the way for a trade deal
:18:58. > :18:59.with Japan after Britain leaves the EU.
:19:00. > :19:01.Here's our Asia business editor, Karishma Vaswani on how
:19:02. > :19:16.I think that Theresa May, as she makes her way through over the next
:19:17. > :19:21.couple of days while she is in Toko, meeting with the Japanese Prime
:19:22. > :19:29.Minister, Shinzo Abe, and other delegates from both sides, she will
:19:30. > :19:33.be trying to bang on about British business, but I think she will find
:19:34. > :19:36.it very difficult to get the sort of agreements that she would like to
:19:37. > :19:42.see. That is not to say that the Japanese don't want a deal with the
:19:43. > :19:46.UK - they do - but the kinds of assurances they are looking for from
:19:47. > :19:51.London and Theresa May, she is just not able to get them as yet. And
:19:52. > :19:57.what they want to know is, what exactly will be the UK position in a
:19:58. > :20:02.post-Brexit world with regard to the EU? Remember, Japan has invested
:20:03. > :20:07.some ?40 billion into the British economy. There are more than 1000
:20:08. > :20:10.Japanese companies there, and the majority of them have been using the
:20:11. > :20:12.UK as a base to get into the EU. They want to make sure that that
:20:13. > :20:14.bases secure. The German election
:20:15. > :20:17.is on 24 September. And as Deutschewelle puts it:
:20:18. > :20:19.@dw-politics "Campaign poster on the German highway: You know it's
:20:20. > :20:22.already in the bag when you only have to mention the election
:20:23. > :20:25.date #GermanyDecides". And this
:20:26. > :20:33.is the picture they're referring to. Next, this is a poll
:20:34. > :20:35.of polls from the FT. Angela Merkel's party
:20:36. > :20:39.has a commanding lead. Martin Schulz is seen
:20:40. > :20:53.as her main rival - It was close at one point in the
:20:54. > :20:55.year, though it doesn't look close now. These other parties vying for
:20:56. > :20:58.third place. As this Politico article
:20:59. > :21:03.from today remarks, Those parties include
:21:04. > :21:06.to the left Die Linke, the Greens and the right-wing
:21:07. > :21:07.Alternative for Germany. If these polls are correct,
:21:08. > :21:22.Mrs Merkel will serve Outside Source will be in Germany
:21:23. > :21:29.next week, and of course, we will certainly be speaking to Jenny Hill,
:21:30. > :21:30.Al corresponded in Germany. Here is her latest report. -- our
:21:31. > :21:32.corresponded in Germany. Don't be fooled by
:21:33. > :21:34.the political calm. Germany has survived
:21:35. > :21:35.a turbulent year. It's heading in a
:21:36. > :21:39.predictable direction. The likely winner of next month's
:21:40. > :21:42.election is not as secure TRANSLATION: I think
:21:43. > :21:50.she abandoned us fishermen, She only cares about the big
:21:51. > :21:56.industry and what's She should look
:21:57. > :22:05.after her own country. This international stateswoman must
:22:06. > :22:11.please the home crowd now. TRANSLATION: She is
:22:12. > :22:23.the perfect Chancellor. In truth Mrs Merkel knows she barely
:22:24. > :22:26.survived the refugee crisis, perhaps only because there was no
:22:27. > :22:30.one to replace her. No real challenge from
:22:31. > :22:41.Social Democrat Martin Schultz, nor from the anti-immigrant party,
:22:42. > :22:46.AfD. Even so, they're fielding
:22:47. > :22:52.a candidate in her own constituency. TRANSLATION: We want
:22:53. > :22:54.to send Mrs Merkel back It's a challenge, we admit that,
:22:55. > :23:04.but things are turning our way. He hopes to reel in voters
:23:05. > :23:12.like Enis and Silka. They will not be voting
:23:13. > :23:17.for Angela Merkel. TRANSLATION: The refugee
:23:18. > :23:22.policy hasn't changed. She doesn't really address
:23:23. > :23:24.all these terror attacks. She should speak up
:23:25. > :23:29.for the German people. TRANSLATION: This party, that party,
:23:30. > :23:31.they're all the same. Angela Merkel has been
:23:32. > :23:39.in the job for 12 years. She has survived crisis
:23:40. > :23:41.after crisis, and that's due Take, for example, Brexit,
:23:42. > :23:48.and Donald Trump's election. For many German voters,
:23:49. > :23:51.Mrs Merkel now represents security, stability, in a shifting
:23:52. > :23:57.and uncertain world. She will need to find
:23:58. > :23:59.coalition partners. But in reality, one hand
:24:00. > :24:19.alone is likely to steer As I was saying before Jenny's
:24:20. > :24:24.report, I will be in Germany next week on the campaign trail. I will
:24:25. > :24:29.be back there on the 24th of September for election date. We will
:24:30. > :24:33.have full coverage throughout September of the election. A
:24:34. > :24:41.reminder of our lead story: Tropical Storm Harvey really went out into
:24:42. > :24:44.the Gulf of Mexico but has come back to land in Louisiana, heading in a
:24:45. > :24:49.north-easterly direction. You can see from this map the route it is
:24:50. > :24:55.predicted to take. It is, though, still a potent storm. Overnight, to
:24:56. > :24:59.make cities recorded 20 inches of rain, so the problems continue.
:25:00. > :25:07.We'll bring you more tomorrow, of course. See you then.
:25:08. > :25:14.Hello again. Over the next ten days, I doubt we will find out whether
:25:15. > :25:19.lurching from one extreme to another quite as we have done over the last
:25:20. > :25:21.day or two. This was London on Wednesday. Remember, the day before
:25:22. > :25:22.in