31/08/2017 Outside Source

Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.

There are warnings of a major explosion

at a chemical plant in Texas - caused by floods brought

Officials have been forced to evacuate the area

Emmanuel Macron has unveiled his plans to overhaul

It's the end of the third round of Brexit talks -

but a row over the size of the UK's so-called divorce bill has prevented

A court in Pakistan has acquitted all five men accused of conspiracy

to murder former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

I'll get the analysis of the BBC's Owen Bennett Jones.

We'll hear from the team trying to reach the North Pole by yacht -

about the record they believe they've broken.

In OS sport, a cricket match in England is abandoned

after an arrow fired from a crossbow lands on the field.

I want to look at the economic impact of Tropical Storm Harvey. It

has forced the closure of nearly a quarter of oil refining capacity in

America. This is one enormous facility involved in that. Also, a

key oil pipeline has been shut, running from Texas to New York. It

is a main provider of oil to a number of east coast cities,

including New York and Washington. We have a more detailed graphic

which shows that pipe line with its branches as well, and you can see it

working its way both ease. This graphic gives even more detail,

provided by the company that operates it. The area affected by

this pipeline is small compared with the total distance it reaches, but

it is the death area of the oil comes from, and that is causing

problems. Michelle joins us from New York. I want to understand how much

impact one oil pipeline can have on the availability and price of fuel

on the east Coast. Look, you are talking about a quarter of America's

refining capacity being off-line at the moment, so that is already

putting strain on the system. Add to that problems with this pipeline.

Just to give you an idea, it carries about 1.4 million barrels a day, so

that is why suddenly people are saying, hang on a second, even if we

manage to sort out alternative ways of getting supply to parts of the

north-east, it will take some time. And in between, you may see a bit of

a crunch, which is why there has been talk of prices spiking at the

pump. So far, if you go to fill up your car, in some cases, people are

reporting seeing an increase of about 10 cents. How long this lasts,

it's hard to tell. There has also been talk about whether the

Government should tap into its special reserves of oil. But he was

the thing, when a quarter of the refining capacity is off-line,

releasing more crude oil supplies would alleviate the problem. It is a

problem of distribution, getting things where they needed, and that

is causing anxiety. In terms of the cost of the clear up, I always

imagine there is a tension between this year -- the insurance industry,

which will pay up eventually, and the immediate need that people have

for funds right now. You saw the president saying this would be

expensive. How expensive the final bill, it's too early to calculate.

Estimates have varied, talking to people, and the figures had not been

too reliable at this stage. You have heard from the White House's

Homeland security adviser, who came out and said they thought it was

100,000 homes that were affected. That is what they have counted so

far. The White House would be asking Congress for funds soon, but what

has complicated things on the Government end is that we are at the

end of our fiscal year, coming up, and Congress was due to start

debating what the next budget would look like. Presumably, a lot of this

will now focus on how much will go to disaster relief. OK, thank you

very much indeed. We have Emmanuel Macron's plan

for shaking up French labour laws. One of the core ideas is to make it

easier for companies Here's the French prime

minister with more detail. TRANSLATION: Our goal is simple - it

aims at job creation by giving more security and visibility to

entrepreneurs in their attempts to hire, and more guarantees to

employees. He says the goal is simple, but getting labour reform

through entrance is difficult. It is like health care in the US - many

people talk about it, some try, but few make progress. The pressure is

certainly on. If you look at what has happened to his popularity, what

he achieved in the elections was quite extraordinary. In June, he had

ratings of 64%, in August, 40%, a huge jump. This is from a French

pole. At all of that August is followed by September, and that is

the time of the year when the French like to protest most years, and this

is what happened the last time a French Government tried to push

through labour reform. There were protests, violence, and the reforms

were scuppered. The unions are hugely powerful in these matters in

France. Two unions are saying they will not take part in planned

protests. Earlier, French journalist Agnes Poirier was speaking to us,

explaining the strange situation that Mr Macron is in, where he

achieved an extraordinary election result but is still under enormous

pressure. He still has control of everything with an absolute majority

in the parliament. With France, and especially with reforms of labour

laws that he wants the carrier, and which were in his manifesto, so he

didn't take any one surprise, which is a problem for the trade unions,

and he has held negotiations from the beginning. Being France, the

legitimacy of power really lies ultimately with the people, and it

is down to the people to take to the streets or not. To make

demonstrations are planned for the 12th of September. Two out of three

trade unions said they wouldn't take part today, which is big news. But

the Communist trade union, which is extremely powerful in public

services and is able to paralyse the country, said it is keeping that

demonstration. 11 days later, on the 23rd of September, we have another

demonstration organised by the extreme left, or the left of the

Socialist party, which is now almost extinct. So, we will see what is

happening. Nine out of ten French people say they want those reforms.

And they also say that they are a bit worried about it. So, you know,

we will see. In terms of the detail we have seen today, what would you

pick out as being some of the more important details. French workers

are very well protected by law. The labour code is more than 3000 pages

long. Basically, Emmanuel Macron will try to add some flexibility,

that is to say, especially for small and medium-size businesses to be

able to dismiss people more easily and hire them more reason with. That

is to say, to adjust to the economy. Donald Trump found, even when he

control both houses of Congress, it was still hard to get Republicans to

line up behind his health care ideas. Immanuel Macron has control

after the elections, but the think his new members of Parliament will

stay loyal? A lot of things can happen. It didn't take anyone by

surprise. It was in his manifesto. And he won by a landslide. He can

pass those laws by decree, executive orders as they would call it in the

US. If something is going to happen to oppose those laws, it will be in

the streets, so we will see if Emmanuel Macron is as astute a

president as he may think years. In a moment, we will have all the

details on the football transfer deadline. But a bizarre story to

stop. -- to start. A cricket match in London has been

abandoned after a metal-tipped arrow You can see it there

in the umpires hand. The game was being played

at the Oval cricket ground which is in south London,

during a county match Police believe it was fired

from outside the ground. Armed officers quickly arrived

and the ground was evacuated. No one was injured and no

arrests have been made. Here's a BBC cricket commentator

who was at the ground. As it turns out, the Arrow landed on

the field of play. Two of the players, I remember at the time,

because I was on air, two of them ran to the pavilion, which

suggested, hold on, this is quite serious. The majority walked slowly,

including the umpires who picked it up full stop -- who picked it up.

That must have been shock. We thought maybe it came from the top

of the standard. Maybe it blew off the top and onto the field of play,

but this cricket ground is very open, a large playing area, one of

the largest in the world, server run thing -- so for something to get in

there, very strange. Everyone was told to get undercover in the

ground. It was worrying for those outside. We were in the boxes. We

locked the door because it was believed at first that the

projectile came from this stand. A very strange story. If there are

development is, we will bring them. The transfer deadline for European

clubs finishes in just over an hour. It's already been a record transfer

window - more than ?1.2 billion - that's $1.6 billion -

has been splashed out. 13 Premier League clubs have

broken their own records. The BBC's Andy Swiss has been

crunching the numbers. I am guessing it is busier than

normal, with all this activity going on? Just a little! Alex

Oxlade-Chamberlain has been confirmed as moving from Arsenal to

Liverpool. PSG have signed the very impressive Mbappe from Monaco. He

scored for France in the World Cup qualifier. The fee is $250 million

should PSG assign him a permanent deal. His contract would run until

June 20 22. Alexis Sanchez appears to be staying put at Arsenal,

despite two bids from Manchester City. The French international who

scored twice in that 4-0 victory over the Netherlands, the gunners

wanted him if they were to let Sanchez go, but he is staying with

Monaco, scuppering the deal for Sanchez DeMille. Aurier has been

signed for a fee in the region of $30 million. He has a five-year

contract until 2022. -- for Sanchez to move. Plenty to look forward to.

Everything else, of course, on our website. And the tennis? Roger

Federer is on court. It is 1-1 insects in that one. He should have

won the second. Rafael Nadal is on court later. Andrey Rublev has

pulled off one of the upsets of the tournament, winning against Grigor

Dimitrov in straight sets. The Bulgarian was one of the

pretournament favourites after lifting the title in Cincinnati.

Karolina Pliskova had to battle back from losing the first set against

Nicole gives to win in three sets. Elina Svitolina powered into the

third round of the US open with a 6-4, 6-4 win. So, plenty to look

forward to. Plenty with the transfer window. The BBC website is the way

to go for a living. Thank you very much indeed.

This is the last thing you need in the middle of a big race.

This is the team bus of Irish cycling team

Aqua Blue Sport who are competing in the Vuelta a Espana.

It was destroyed in an apparent arson attack overnight.

The bus had been parked outside their team hotel.

on Twitter: "Our team bus has been completely damaged in a cowardly

The expedition team making history by sailing their way

We'll hear how they're getting on from onboard their yacht.

It was 20 years ago to the day that Diana, Princess of Wales died

Several public events have been taking place

to commemorate the anniversary, and members of the public have

been leaving tributes at Kensington Palace.

Her sons, Princes William and Harry, marked the day privately.

Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell has been recalling

the events of 20 years ago in Paris, with new insights from the then

The news had come in the early hours of the morning.

Diana, Princess of Wales had been involved in a serious

As the world waited for news, the then British ambassador

to France, Lord Michael Jay, was at the hospital

with France's Interior Minister, Jean-Pierre Chevenement.

As time moved on, it became clear it was more serious than we thought,

and then Chevenement was taken out by one of the nurses and he came

He came up to me and said, "I'm afraid she's dead."

Later in the day, the Prince of Wales arrived at the hospital

to bring Diana's body back to Britain.

It had been Charles who'd had to break the news to William

and Harry that their mother had been killed.

20 years on, Lord Jay recalls the conversations

He was clearly deeply moved by what had happened and talked

a little bit about what it had been like in Balmoral that morning.

He said how Prince William had wanted to go to

church that morning - which was not, he said,

something Prince William always wanted to do on a Sunday morning -

But throughout that day, that morning, he had wanted to do

what he thought was in the best interests of two children who had

It was a week when many people struggled, not least, says Lord Jay,

The nation wanted to share their grief, it seems to me,

with someone, and the person they wanted to share their grief

Lessons were learned at the palaces, but most importantly it's Diana's

sons, now in adulthood, who appear to embody

the style of monarchy people want for the future.

Yesterday they looked at the tributes to their mother

which had been placed outside Kensington Palace.

20 years on, Diana's impact is still very real.

There are warnings that could be a major explosion at this chemical

plant after it lost power because of floods caused by Tropical Storm

Harvey. A Pakistani court has acquitted five

men of conspiracy to murder the former Prime Minister Benazir

Bhutto. Ms Bhutto was killed

in a gun and bomb attack The judges cited lack of evidence -

but declared former President Pervez Musharraf

a fugitive from justice - Mr Musharraf lives in self imposed

exile, has not commented on the verdict and has denied having

any role in the killing. Owen Bennett Jones is the presenter

of Newshour on the BBC World Service It is an external issuing verdict.

The five young boys, -- it is an astonishing verdict. The five young

boys were picked up hours after Benazir Bhutto was killed, and they

have been languishing in prison ever since. The evidence was presented to

court, and people are surprised, if I can put it like that, that they

have been acquitted. Have we been offered a detailed explanation of

why the evidence has not added up to a guilty verdict? There is no detail

yet. I presume it will be said that the evidence was messed up by the

police, which is what normally happens in these cases. They say the

forensics weren't done right, the professionals want reliable and the

evidence was in some way faulty, but we are yet to see whether that is

what the court has said in this case. At the end of it, you have a

situation where one of the most important figures in Pakistan's

history has been murdered, clearly a conspiracy. The people who did it on

the day, who were accused of it, were ill 15 years old -- were all 15

years. The question arises, how was that organised? Ten years later,

absolutely nowhere closer to finding that out. The justice system in

Pakistan may not have drawn conclusions, but there were 12 --

there are Wellborn theories about how it happened. The fact is -- well

worn theories. ... I guess that is the end of it, because had they been

found guilty, the question would have arisen, OK, they were 15, so

who organised it? It could bear more investigation. Now they have been

acquitted, I can't see that there are any more questions to ask. Given

the political ramifications feel as powerful as I... They were... It is

a demonstration of how the Pakistan state has failed to hold to account

those who plotted to kill and murdered one of the most important

politicians in the country. But if you look back, the first Prime

Minister of Pakistan was murdered and it was never resolved. A

military ruler was murdered, never resolved. And now we have Benazir

Bhutto, murdered, and it is clear from today's verdict that it will

never be solved. A few weeks ago, we started

following Arctic Mission. This is their website where they chop their

progress. You can see them heading towards the North Pole. The journey

has taken over three weeks, and they have gone as far north as they are

going to. They are still almost 600 miles short of the North Pole, but

it is believed that they are the first vessel in history to have

sailed into the North Pole's international waters without

icebreaker support. It is quite an achievement. This is some of the

footage they have allowed us to use. You can see a poem about with cups.

That is one of the yachts -- you can see a polar bear out with its carbs.

-- it's cubs. We are at about 80 degrees north. Our mission set out

to demonstrate that almost any vessel can now access the

international waters around the North Pole, and this has

implications for the wildlife that is already under threat from its

habitat disappearing. I believe our mission has met its central

objective, which was to research the wildlife and ecosystem up here,

because only through a better understanding of the environment can

be policymakers make the decisions that are going to work to protect

the wildlife. Our mission will continue its scientific research

work over the next few days, and we hope to come back in future years

and continue to do what is necessary to do what -- to protect the

wildlife here. A number of things to tell you about relating to Tropical

Storm Harvey. The death toll is now at 33, though the authorities say it

will rise because there are still many house-to-house searches going

on. Also, there is an impact on fuel. This is using, where the storm

has caused so much damage, and there is New York. There is a major oil

pipeline that these from Texas, feeding a number of main cities on

the east coast, and it has problems, affecting a quarter of America's oil

refining capacity. Work is ongoing to fix that, but there is pressure

on America's fuel system as well. There will be more developments

coming, and as they come into the BBC newsroom, we will pass them to

you. Thanks for watching, see you next week.