0:00:08 > 0:00:12Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Another senior British minister resigns -
0:00:14 > 0:00:15Priti Patel is accused
0:00:15 > 0:00:17of not telling the Prime Minister about highly sensitive meetings
0:00:17 > 0:00:20with top Israeli politicians.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22On the first anniversary of President Trump's election,
0:00:22 > 0:00:30Democrats sweep the polls in the US.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32We will hear from Katty Kay.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34President Trump's spent the day in China -
0:00:34 > 0:00:36we scour the country's social media to find out what they're
0:00:36 > 0:00:37saying about him.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Hollywood star Kevin Spacey faces a new allegation
0:00:39 > 0:00:43of sexual misconduct - we hear from an alleged victim.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Welcome to Outside Source.
0:00:57 > 0:01:03Quite a day for UK politics.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I will do my best to take you right through it.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07This is Priti Patel.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08She was International Development Secretary.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10But this is her leaving Ten Downing Street after resigning,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13under intense pressure.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16This was not so long ago.
0:01:16 > 0:01:26This isn't just about one minister - it's about the stability
0:01:26 > 0:01:29of the Government, and about Brexit.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34Priti Patel is a big supporter of Brexit.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36This began with Priti Patel holding meetings with senior Israeli
0:01:36 > 0:01:39officials during what was supposed to be a summer holiday -
0:01:39 > 0:01:42and we were told by Downing Street that she hadn't told the Prime
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Minister.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44That breaks the ministerial code.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Then we had an apology from Priti Patel.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49It seems Theresa May accepted.
0:01:49 > 0:01:59Then last night we found out there were more meetings.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04That was from a report in the Sun newspaper. And it said that the PM
0:02:04 > 0:02:06had not been told.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Now while this is playing out, Ms Patel is in East Africa.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11She was supposed to be heading to Uganda -
0:02:11 > 0:02:14but instead was told to get on a plane back home from Nairobi.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15That wasn't a good sign.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17That plane took off earlier.
0:02:17 > 0:02:27People quickly started following it on the website flight radar.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31At one point more than 22,000 users are currently tracking flight
0:02:31 > 0:02:36#KQ100 en route to London.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Are you ready for the next twist?
0:02:38 > 0:02:43While the minister is in the air, The Jewish Chronicle runs a story
0:02:43 > 0:02:48claiming Number Ten had known about some of these meetings
0:02:48 > 0:02:55and told Priti Patel not to declare them.
0:02:55 > 0:03:07That is an explosive Carla Lane -- explosive claim, but number ten
0:03:07 > 0:03:11denied that. If it was true, it would place Theresa May more solidly
0:03:11 > 0:03:15in the controversy. We were all waiting for the plane to land and
0:03:15 > 0:03:20media outlets including BBC News filmed the plane as it landed,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23filmed the ministerial cars collecting Priti Patel and taking
0:03:23 > 0:03:30her into the centre of London. This resignation has not done anything to
0:03:30 > 0:03:39calm down some people, who are looking not just for her resignation
0:03:39 > 0:03:42but also that of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who has been under
0:03:42 > 0:03:47pressure about comments he made about a British woman in prison in a
0:03:47 > 0:03:48run. Priti Patel claimed Shitole Boris
0:03:48 > 0:03:53Johnson about these meetings that that was sufficient. Here is the
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Foreign Secretary giving his reaction.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58I want to say that Priti Patel has been a very good colleague and
0:03:58 > 0:04:04friend for a long time, and a first-class Secretary of State for
0:04:04 > 0:04:07International Development. It has been a real pleasure working with
0:04:07 > 0:04:10her, and I am sure she has a great future ahead of her. Thank you very
0:04:10 > 0:04:15much. Deep breath. Let's bring in our
0:04:15 > 0:04:20political correspondent Alex Forsyth. It is complicated, farcical
0:04:20 > 0:04:26but also pretty serious?It is. The chronology you outlined showed that
0:04:26 > 0:04:30in the UK resignation of Priti Patel was pretty widely expected today, it
0:04:30 > 0:04:34did not come as a big surprise when we finally got official confirmation
0:04:34 > 0:04:38that she had resigned from the Government. That is in part because
0:04:38 > 0:04:42all Cabinet ministers are supposed to abide by what is called
0:04:42 > 0:04:46collective responsibility, they effectively speak with one voice. So
0:04:46 > 0:04:57Priti Patel going off on her own, meeting with Israeli officials
0:04:57 > 0:04:59without discussing that or disclosing it to the Prime Minister
0:04:59 > 0:05:02is a clear breach of her role as a Cabinet member. When further details
0:05:02 > 0:05:04emerged it was pretty inevitable she had to go. The Prime Minister
0:05:04 > 0:05:07accepted the resignation but gave a pretty firm rebuke to Priti Patel,
0:05:07 > 0:05:12saying although the UK works closely with Israel it has to be through
0:05:12 > 0:05:17official channels. This place into a much bigger problem for the Prime
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Minister, already her authority was in question in the UK, then last
0:05:20 > 0:05:24week we had the resignation of the former Defence Secretary Michael
0:05:24 > 0:05:29Fallon over claims about his past conduct. Now we have the resignation
0:05:29 > 0:05:32of the International Development Secretary Priti Patel, and it all
0:05:32 > 0:05:37fuels what is the appearance of a pretty shaky cabinet at the moment.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Obviously the two of those things are out of Theresa May's controllers
0:05:41 > 0:05:53Prime Minister but it adds to the image that she
0:05:53 > 0:05:55is not properly in control of her Government, which is difficult for
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Theresa May. This all matters not just in the
0:05:57 > 0:06:00context of UK politics generally but in the context of the Brexit
0:06:00 > 0:06:02negotiations, we have a major EU summit towards the end of December
0:06:02 > 0:06:05and the expectation is that perhaps the EU and UK will move on to
0:06:05 > 0:06:08discussing their trade relationship post Brexit. The EU will only do
0:06:08 > 0:06:14that if three major issues are resolved. Here is the EU Chievo
0:06:14 > 0:06:18negotiator on Brexit popping up on Twitter to reminders this will not
0:06:18 > 0:06:27happen unless more progress is achieved on three key topics.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Those are the Ireland border, citizens rights and,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31most difficult of all, the so-called divorce bill.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33This would be a tough for Theresa May to navigate
0:06:33 > 0:06:35with a decent parliamentary majority and unified Cabinet.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40She has neither.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44The problem for Theresa May is twofold, the first is the images
0:06:44 > 0:06:48creates, not only within the UK but to those negotiators in Brussels,
0:06:48 > 0:06:53about Theresa May's own authority. The second problem is the
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Conservative Party is deeply split over its approach to Brexit, and for
0:06:56 > 0:07:01that reason Theresa May had very carefully balanced the figures about
0:07:01 > 0:07:05the Cabinet table between those who supported Brexit during the
0:07:05 > 0:07:10referendum on those that supported Remain, hoping she could retain the
0:07:10 > 0:07:13ballots in the wider party. Now we're having the departure of key
0:07:13 > 0:07:17figures, Priti Patel was a prominent Brexiteer, Theresa May has a real
0:07:17 > 0:07:22headache and how to replace and how to try to maintain the balance the
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Cabinet which is just about keeping her party onside, all of that
0:07:26 > 0:07:30happening while she is trying to take difficult decisions about
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Brexit and negotiate with 27 other countries, so the problems are
0:07:34 > 0:07:38stacking up. Presumably it is not necessarily the
0:07:38 > 0:07:42end of things, Boris Johnson is still in hot water about his
0:07:42 > 0:07:49comments about the British woman in Iran, and the de facto deputy to the
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Prime Minister, Damian Green, is fighting off allegations of
0:07:52 > 0:07:56pornography on his computer.He is subject to Cabinet investigation,
0:07:56 > 0:08:00but we should make it clear he has repeatedly and strenuously denied
0:08:00 > 0:08:04allegations of wrongdoing, but there is a question over several key
0:08:04 > 0:08:08members of the Cabinet, and for that reason Theresa May will think very
0:08:08 > 0:08:12carefully before carrying out any big reshuffle and will have to think
0:08:12 > 0:08:16carefully about to shoot -- who she appoints so she can at least
0:08:16 > 0:08:19maintain stability going forward. A lot of what has happened to
0:08:19 > 0:08:24Theresa May has been to some extent events, she has had to deal with
0:08:24 > 0:08:28some major incidents during her time as Prime Minister, but when things
0:08:28 > 0:08:32like this keep happening people will look to the Prime Minister to show
0:08:32 > 0:08:35her authority and show she can sort it out and maintain a stable
0:08:35 > 0:08:40Government. With everything going on, from Brexit to internal domestic
0:08:40 > 0:08:45politics, it is not easy for Theresa May. It remains a very difficult
0:08:45 > 0:08:48time for a Prime Minister who has already had quite a tough run.
0:08:48 > 0:08:57Thank you for taking us through that, Alex.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Now from UK politics to US politics.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00For the first time since Donald Trump's victory,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02the Democrats have won an election.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Two, in fact.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Not a national elections.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06They've taken out state wide elections
0:09:06 > 0:09:09in Virginia and New Jersey.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11The win was particularly significant in Virginia,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13where the Democratic candidate Ralph Northam won the governorship
0:09:13 > 0:09:16with roughly 54% of the vote to his Republican opponent's 45%.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18It's a bigger margin than the 5% Hillary Clinton
0:09:18 > 0:09:26defeated Donald Trump by during the Presidential election.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29What can we learn from this?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Donald Trump has been quick to distance himself from the defeats.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35He tweeted, "Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me
0:09:35 > 0:09:36or what I stand for."
0:09:36 > 0:09:41That was one of the Republicans who lost.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Here is political analyst Larry Sabato.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49He says that is not true.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53It is absolutely untrue that Ed Gillespie did not tie himself to
0:09:53 > 0:10:00Trump's issues. He was out trumping Trump, he was stressing Confederate
0:10:00 > 0:10:03monuments and football players taking a knee during the national
0:10:03 > 0:10:09anthem, and immigration and Latino gangs, even more than Trump has
0:10:09 > 0:10:14done, with some vicious television adverts on which he spent millions.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19There was saturated coverage of these advertisements. And it
0:10:19 > 0:10:22backfired, it produced more democratic votes than additional
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Republican votes, by a factor of about ten.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31You could be forgiven for thinking the Democrats normally do well in
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Virginia and New Jersey, what is the fuss about?
0:10:33 > 0:10:38For more on this I spoke with the BBC's Katty Kay in Washington.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41It is their first big win since the election a year ago, which gives
0:10:41 > 0:10:46them a certain amount of momentum. I spoke to one Democratic senator this
0:10:46 > 0:10:50morning who was positively beaming but also raise the point that we won
0:10:50 > 0:10:54in states that were basically fairly democratic already. This is a
0:10:54 > 0:10:58senator who comes from a very Republican state in the middle of
0:10:58 > 0:11:01the country, she is up for election next year and she says the factory
0:11:01 > 0:11:16won in New Jersey Alberginia does not mean we will do so well in
0:11:23 > 0:11:25the more conservative states, and that is a problem for Democrats.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27They have not taken control of politics and power in America, they
0:11:27 > 0:11:30have just won two states.During the presidential election you help me
0:11:30 > 0:11:32understand that Donald Trump simply solidified his place to a degree
0:11:32 > 0:11:34that got him over the line, rather than trying to broaden his appeal.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37What is happening with that base?I was down in Virginia yesterday and
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Cavubati election more closely, and the race of Ed Gillespie, who ran
0:11:39 > 0:11:42all these adverts playing on fears about immigration, they were seen as
0:11:42 > 0:11:47culturally divisive, fairly hard right positions. If he had won last
0:11:47 > 0:11:50night the governorship in Virginia, other Republicans around the country
0:11:50 > 0:11:55would have looked at the junior and said that is what we do now, we take
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Trump's issues, we do not mention the president if he happens to be
0:11:59 > 0:12:04unpopular in our state, but his issues are popular and resonate so
0:12:04 > 0:12:08we will run hard on those fairly conservative, culturally divisive
0:12:08 > 0:12:15issues. Ed Gillespie did not win, which raises an issue for
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Republicans going forward. How do they run in the age of Trump? If
0:12:18 > 0:12:21they are in states where Trump is not popular, and there are many,
0:12:21 > 0:12:27what does that mean for Republican candidates?32-year-old journalist
0:12:27 > 0:12:34has become the first transgender candidate to win a state legislative
0:12:34 > 0:12:38position anywhere in the US, that is wanting to mention, and may remember
0:12:38 > 0:12:45this couple. Kris Hirst was a news anchor, his girlfriend, reporter
0:12:45 > 0:12:50Alison Parker, was fatally shot on air in 2015. Mr Hirst has been
0:12:50 > 0:12:55elected as a Democrat, defeating a three-time incumbent backed by the
0:12:55 > 0:12:59National Rifle Association. I mention those because for all the
0:12:59 > 0:13:02positivity around the Democrats, I have seen criticism that they do not
0:13:02 > 0:13:06have a new strategy to win across the country. Are these smaller
0:13:06 > 0:13:11stories offering clues as to how they could shape that?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I think those two stories you brought up are interesting. What the
0:13:14 > 0:13:20Democrats are saying about the junior is we are embracing the idea
0:13:20 > 0:13:24of inclusivity, the fact we have the first openly transgender
0:13:24 > 0:13:36congresswoman elected, there was a Sikh mayor elected, two
0:13:36 > 0:13:40African-American Attorney General 's also elected. Inclusivity works. I
0:13:40 > 0:13:45am sure that is the message that drew Virginians in such big numbers
0:13:45 > 0:13:49for a governor's race to the polls, it was freezing and raining
0:13:49 > 0:13:53yesterday, the weather was yucky. According to the exit polls, they
0:13:53 > 0:13:57went out in big numbers because they do like -- do not like Donald Trump
0:13:57 > 0:14:02and what he is doing to the country, that seems to have drove the
0:14:02 > 0:14:07Democratic victory as much as anything.You can see Katty and
0:14:07 > 0:14:18Christian Fraser on Beyond 100 Days, Monday to Friday on the BBC News
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Channel and BBC World News. We will report from Catalonia soon,
0:14:20 > 0:14:22pro-independence protesters have blocked traffic and the trains. We
0:14:22 > 0:14:25will hear why they are doing it and how the region is gearing up for
0:14:25 > 0:14:32elections next month.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Here in the UK the head of NHS England has given his starkest
0:14:36 > 0:14:40warning yet about the impact its financial woes are having on patient
0:14:40 > 0:14:45care. Simon Stevens, the chief executive of NHS England, has
0:14:45 > 0:14:48challenged the Government to find an extra £330 million every week, as
0:14:48 > 0:14:53promised by pro-Brexit campaigners. The NHS wasn't on the ballot paper,
0:14:53 > 0:15:01but it was on the ballot bus. Folk Leave for a better funded health
0:15:01 > 0:15:09service, £350 million a week. -- vote Leave. This is what the
0:15:09 > 0:15:13campaign director of Vote Leave said in January. Pundits and MPs kept
0:15:13 > 0:15:16saying why isn't Vote Leave arguing about the economy and living
0:15:16 > 0:15:21standards? They did not realise that for millions of people £350 million
0:15:21 > 0:15:24for the NHS was about the economy and living standards, that is why it
0:15:24 > 0:15:29was so effective. It was clearly the most effective argument, not only
0:15:29 > 0:15:32with the crucial swing fifth but with almost every demographic.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42Our lead story is...
0:15:42 > 0:15:45The UK's International Development Secretary Priti Patel has resigned
0:15:45 > 0:15:50over a row to do with undisclosed meetings with senior Israeli
0:15:50 > 0:15:55politicians. She is the second member of the British Cabinet to
0:15:55 > 0:15:58leave within a week.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59This was the scene in Catalonia today.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Pro-independence protestors causing havoc in rush hour.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Hundreds of them descended onto main highways and blocked the tracks
0:16:06 > 0:16:10of Barcelona's main train station.
0:16:10 > 0:16:20This is the Catalan traffic monitor.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22It shared this graphic earlier.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26This picture showing the roads affected by demonstrations.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28The protestors were calling for former ministers currently
0:16:28 > 0:16:32in custody to be released.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34The former leader, Carles Puigdemont,
0:16:34 > 0:16:42is not among them - - he's still in Brussels.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45As we have discussed a few times on the programme.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48He gave an interview to a Belgian TV station today, saying,
0:16:48 > 0:16:50"We will win the next elections in Catalonia."
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Those elections are in Catalonia in December.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59The Spanish government is preparing for them.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Here's the Foreign Minister with the BBC's Gavin Lee,
0:17:01 > 0:17:09discussing a possible nationwide referendum on independence.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14We have created a committee in Parliament to explore the
0:17:14 > 0:17:17possibility of amending the constitution is, to be able to
0:17:17 > 0:17:24accommodate a better the aspirations of some of the Catalan people. I
0:17:24 > 0:17:30think we are ready. We acknowledge that the political situation
0:17:30 > 0:17:35deserves to be looked at, but in any case it is clear that a decision
0:17:35 > 0:17:42will have to be taken by all of Spain.Let's get more analysis from
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Govan. This proposal appears to offer an
0:17:45 > 0:17:48olive branch to separatist supporters, but a means 47 million
0:17:48 > 0:17:52people across Spain will decide whether to make it legally possible
0:17:52 > 0:17:55or not to have the right to self-determination, it's so it will
0:17:55 > 0:17:59be down to the entire Spanish population to decide if they want to
0:17:59 > 0:18:05see independence. I think Catalonia has to decide the
0:18:05 > 0:18:09referendum, not Spain. Spain don't have anything to say.
0:18:09 > 0:18:18It may be a good thing for Catalonia. Maybe, who knows?
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Inside the Catalan ghost Parliament, cleaning is the only official
0:18:21 > 0:18:26business going on. Daily politics controlled by Madrid until elections
0:18:26 > 0:18:29in December. Tomorrow, was separatist officials will face
0:18:29 > 0:18:34charges of sedition and rebellion. -- more separatist this --
0:18:34 > 0:18:39officials. Only days ago, they declared independence. Now they are
0:18:39 > 0:18:42considered enemies of the state.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44There are allegations of sexual misconduct about the Hollywood actor
0:18:44 > 0:18:46and theatre director Kevin Spacey.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49The US journalist Heather Unruh has told reporters that her son
0:18:49 > 0:18:52was sexually assaulted by Mr Spacey last year.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Mr Spacey has not responded to any of the allegations.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Here's our special correspondent Lucy Manning.
0:19:00 > 0:19:10In July 2016, actor Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted my son.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13The tears of a mother in Boston today, revealing what she claimed
0:19:13 > 0:19:17happened to her son.
0:19:17 > 0:19:23The victim, my son, was a starstruck straight 18-year-old young man,
0:19:23 > 0:19:27who had no idea that the famous actor was an alleged sexual predator
0:19:27 > 0:19:35or that he was about to become his next victim.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Journalist Heather Unruh's tweet about Kevin Spacey
0:19:37 > 0:19:42last month triggered all the allegations against him.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46Today, she went public and the police are now investigating.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48To Kevin Spacey, I want to say this -
0:19:48 > 0:19:53shame on you for what you did to my son.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56The BBC has interviewed more alleged victims.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Chris Nixon didn't have to speak out but wanted to make clear
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Kevin Spacey's behaviour was part of a pattern.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07It's not just sleazy, it's predatorial, it's...
0:20:07 > 0:20:10He did what he did because he knew he'd get away with it.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13The one-time barman met Kevin Spacey in London in 2007, when he alleges
0:20:13 > 0:20:16the actor groped him.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Kevin Spacey sat down on the sofa next to me,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22asked if that was my girlfriend, then reached over, grabbed...
0:20:22 > 0:20:27He then describes a sexually explicit action and words.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30A couple of weeks after the party at his place,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33he was in the bar, reached forward, grabbed my waistband and said
0:20:33 > 0:20:36something to the effect of, "If I can make it up to you," or,
0:20:36 > 0:20:38"Let me make it up to you."
0:20:38 > 0:20:41So I went back upstairs, I was standing behind the bar thinking,
0:20:41 > 0:20:42"What the hell just happened?"
0:20:42 > 0:20:45I was in work so I couldn't make a scene about it.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48And told him in no uncertain terms where he could go.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53The BBC also spoke to an American film-maker who didn't
0:20:53 > 0:20:54want to be fully identified.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57In the 1990s, he was a junior crew member on a film
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Kevin Spacey directed.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00He claims the actor sexually harassed him, something he mentioned
0:21:00 > 0:21:04to another man working on the film.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08He said, "You too, huh?"
0:21:08 > 0:21:10And I was like, "What do you mean, 'You too'?
0:21:10 > 0:21:11What do you mean?"
0:21:11 > 0:21:14And he goes, "He was touching you and flirting with you?"
0:21:14 > 0:21:15I said, "Yeah, it was awful!"
0:21:15 > 0:21:18And he said, "Yeah, he did that to me."
0:21:18 > 0:21:21In the first week we were all out of the bar, and he grabbed my butt,
0:21:21 > 0:21:25and I turned round, and I said to him, "Kevin, if you ever do that
0:21:25 > 0:21:28again, I will kick your ass, so leave me alone."
0:21:28 > 0:21:30In the UK, the actors' union says sexual harassment
0:21:30 > 0:21:34in the industry is endemic.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Can those at the Old Vic Theatre, where Kevin Spacey worked for 11
0:21:37 > 0:21:39years, really have been in the dark?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41The theatre initially said it had no complaints against him,
0:21:41 > 0:21:48but it has now appointed external advisers to investigate.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Kevin Spacey has not responded to any of the latest allegations.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Previously, he said he needed to examine his own behaviour.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Lucy Manning, BBC News.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Let's turn to a number of global business stories, beginning with
0:22:08 > 0:22:11some big companies which handle data.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13US data companies could face more regulation after cyber
0:22:13 > 0:22:15attacks rocked the likes of Yahoo and Equifax.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17The former bosses of those companies were on Capitol Hill Wednesday,
0:22:17 > 0:22:24in front of the Senate Commerce Committee.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27They were questioned over data breaches that saw billions
0:22:27 > 0:22:28of their users' data stolen.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32Here's one senator threatening more government oversight.
0:22:32 > 0:22:40There is no such thing as data security. When you think of a
0:22:40 > 0:22:49sophisticated state actor such as China or Russia, your companies
0:22:49 > 0:22:58can't stand up against them. There will have to be a cooperation
0:22:58 > 0:23:07between the most sophisticated player in the United States and
0:23:07 > 0:23:09otherwise we Americans will not have any more privacy.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Samira Hussain is in New York.
0:23:13 > 0:23:23I wonder if these companies want to work with the NSA?They are facing a
0:23:23 > 0:23:26gruelling, for some of them this is not the first time they have faced a
0:23:26 > 0:23:29grilling for their performance after the hack was made public. There is
0:23:29 > 0:23:36not much they could say, that's right you have heard a lot of
0:23:36 > 0:23:40apologies from both Yahoo and Echo facts, both companies say we worked
0:23:40 > 0:23:46with law enforcement officials when we first learned of these hacks and
0:23:46 > 0:23:51we will continue to do so. In fact the former head of Equifax, Mr
0:23:51 > 0:23:56Smith, had said I think there needs to be some more cooperation between
0:23:56 > 0:24:02public and private in terms of trying to secure people's data.
0:24:02 > 0:24:08In terms of how that would proceed, do these people on Capitol Hill have
0:24:08 > 0:24:18a power to force the big companies to do it, or do they just ask?It
0:24:18 > 0:24:26depends on how they make it happen. These words used by the Senator Bill
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Nelson are more threatening, and from a company perspective you do
0:24:29 > 0:24:34not want to have more Government intervention, so far it is clear,
0:24:34 > 0:24:39just from looking at the size of the hacks from Yahoo and Echo fax,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42something really needs to be done in order to protect the data of
0:24:42 > 0:24:43consumers.
0:24:43 > 0:24:56Theas you have heard, president Trent is in China at the moment.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59One of the main objectives for President Trump is to get
0:24:59 > 0:25:00concessions from Xi Jinping.
0:25:00 > 0:25:0219 commercial deals worth about $9 billion have been signed.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05They include Chinese firms buying food and helicopters from the US.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07But more than that is needed to narrow the current US
0:25:07 > 0:25:11trade deficit with China, which stands at around $300 billion.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13But what US firms really want is greater access
0:25:13 > 0:25:16to Chinese consumers.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18David Dollar used to be the US Treasury's economic
0:25:18 > 0:25:24and financial emissary to China.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29Here is his assessment on what the trip might have achieved.I think it
0:25:29 > 0:25:33mostly comes down to policy, China has a lot of close markets, lots of
0:25:33 > 0:25:39issues, lots of sectors imported to the United States are closed in
0:25:39 > 0:25:43China, most financial services, telecom, media, entertainment, it is
0:25:43 > 0:25:48a long list. From an economist's point of view, if you are too done
0:25:48 > 0:25:52this imbalance, China needs to open up for sectors. Does not seem to be
0:25:52 > 0:25:57much discussion of on this trip.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02If you want to know more about President Trump in China, stay
0:26:02 > 0:26:07tuned, we will talk about it in a red ten minutes. -- in around ten
0:26:07 > 0:26:09minutes.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12red ten minutes. -- in around ten minutes.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15If you were watching yesterday you will have heard me talk about the
0:26:15 > 0:26:20very cold plume of Arctic air across Canada and Northern states of the
0:26:20 > 0:26:24US. It is shifting eastwards in the next couple of days, you can see the
0:26:24 > 0:26:28deep blues and purples pushing towards the great Lakes and the
0:26:28 > 0:26:31north-east United States. Meanwhile, across the West, a plume
0:26:31 > 0:26:36of slightly milder air bringing temperatures up a little across
0:26:36 > 0:26:40parts of Washington state, but wet and windy weather with it.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Across the great Lakes and towards the north-east, we could see snow
0:26:43 > 0:26:49for the next couple of days, lots of ice and frost, we could be looking
0:26:49 > 0:26:52at travel problems. Certainly the first significant cold
0:26:52 > 0:26:56blast after what has been a near record-breaking summer and autumn
0:26:56 > 0:27:01for many places. South Asia, heavy rain has been affecting parts of
0:27:01 > 0:27:06Tamil Nadu and Carol and towards Sri Lanka, the monsoon rain easing down
0:27:06 > 0:27:11a little into Thursday and Friday, but further north it is about the
0:27:11 > 0:27:18light winds, the dry air and the sunshine, it is also still problems
0:27:18 > 0:27:30continually in larger cities in the north. -- smog problems.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33The sunny downpours are intense across the south-east of Asia, the
0:27:33 > 0:27:37Andaman Sea, Malaysia, the Gulf of Thailand in towards the South China
0:27:37 > 0:27:42Sea. We are watching this bright echo moving into the central
0:27:42 > 0:27:46northern Philippines, this could bring a bout of exceptionally heavy
0:27:46 > 0:27:51rain through Thursday and Friday. It exits into the warm waters of the
0:27:51 > 0:27:55South China Sea and there is a small chance it could develop into a
0:27:55 > 0:27:59tropical as it heads towards North Vietnam, something to keep a careful
0:27:59 > 0:28:04eye on. We have had one area of low pressure early in the week which
0:28:04 > 0:28:08brought torrential rain and flooding for the central Mediterranean,
0:28:08 > 0:28:12another area of low pressure moved from the West. Across the east of
0:28:12 > 0:28:15the Mediterranean on Thursday and looks fine, lovely weather and one.
0:28:15 > 0:28:21The same for Southern Italy and Sicily, these thunderstorms will
0:28:21 > 0:28:24expand as they push eastwards through Thursday and Friday. We
0:28:24 > 0:28:28could see violent storms than the risk of large Highland waterspouts.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Cold air digging down into northern Spain, snow over the Pyrenees, but
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Southern Spain and Portugal doing pretty well with sunshine, of course
0:28:36 > 0:28:42the Canary Islands are very warm, 2627. Back home in overnight weather
0:28:42 > 0:28:45front will eventually clear away southwards during Thursday
0:28:45 > 0:28:50afternoon, then we are in a run of West north-westerly winds, quite
0:28:50 > 0:28:54blustery but fine, bright with sunshine, showers across the North
0:28:54 > 0:28:58and the West. Stay tuned for a full UK weather forecast in about half an
0:28:58 > 0:29:00hour.
0:30:07 > 0:30:14Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Another senior British minister has resigned, this time it is Priti
0:30:17 > 0:30:26Patel, who is accused of not telling the Prime Minister the forced --.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31Read about private meeting with Israeli politicians. Democrats have
0:30:31 > 0:30:34had good days in the polls in Virginia and New Jersey. Donald
0:30:34 > 0:30:38Trump is doing his Asian tour, he has spent the day in China. We will
0:30:38 > 0:30:44hear how that has been covered on Chinese social media. And as I was
0:30:44 > 0:30:48discussing earlier, the Hollywood star Kevin Spacey is facing a new
0:30:48 > 0:30:59allegation of sexual misconduct. An alleged victim has been speaking.
0:31:08 > 0:31:13We have Donald Trump and his wife getting a two of the forbidden city
0:31:13 > 0:31:18with Xi Jingping and his wife. This is the first time that the official
0:31:18 > 0:31:24leader has had an official dinner there. Before you get carried away,
0:31:24 > 0:31:30we spotted this from a former Mexican ambassador. He said this.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38If we put that cynicism to one side at the moment, there is once going
0:31:38 > 0:31:42both ways. This is President Xi Jingping looking at President
0:31:42 > 0:31:48Trump's phone, a video of his granddaughter reciting a Chinese
0:31:48 > 0:31:52pound. Apparently the Chinese president gave her an A+. All of
0:31:52 > 0:31:56this, pleasant as though it is, is a warm up to tough talking on North
0:31:56 > 0:32:02Korea and trade. This is the BBC China editor talking about these
0:32:02 > 0:32:08issues with a former US ambassador to China.The talk of the Chinese is
0:32:08 > 0:32:12the sense that they will listen that they will not cut off ties with
0:32:12 > 0:32:16North Korea because they do not want to destabilise the peninsula.But
0:32:16 > 0:32:20your view is that it is right to raise the pressure on China as well
0:32:20 > 0:32:23as North Korea.I think it is right to put pressure on China. But
0:32:23 > 0:32:28frankly I think there is no solution to the Kim Jong-un problem without
0:32:28 > 0:32:33going through China. China has to be part of the solution. That means not
0:32:33 > 0:32:38just pushing China but finding some agreement with China. There has to
0:32:38 > 0:32:43be carrots as well the sticks.There are some analysts and critics of US
0:32:43 > 0:32:47policy in China who say that US presidents have allowed themselves
0:32:47 > 0:32:51to be flattered for 40 years. Sitting of the Peking duck, they
0:32:51 > 0:32:57have allowed themselves to be lulled into a Chinese game. The thing that
0:32:57 > 0:33:01is a fair assessment and you think there is a danger that this
0:33:01 > 0:33:04President, perhaps more than any other, at a point when China strong,
0:33:04 > 0:33:11might fall into that trap?The Chinese have thousands of years of
0:33:11 > 0:33:15experience in flattering foreigners. They are very good at it. We do not
0:33:15 > 0:33:17have that experience, it is not really our approach very much
0:33:17 > 0:33:25anyway. This is a state visit plus, Trump blue skies, they will just
0:33:25 > 0:33:29roll out the carpet and flatter Trump as much as possible. I think
0:33:29 > 0:33:33it is imperative that the United States take a much more strategic
0:33:33 > 0:33:37view down the road.How confident are you that that strategic vision
0:33:37 > 0:33:41is there from your president?I hope that Trump realises through this
0:33:41 > 0:33:48visit that he listens to his people that advocate that, it is very
0:33:48 > 0:33:53important.A diplomatic answer to say the least. Trump being in China
0:33:53 > 0:33:58will be a big talking point, but there are restrictions about what
0:33:58 > 0:34:08Chinese people can say online. This was taken down from Weibo earlier,
0:34:08 > 0:34:14called a Trump blue sky. China suffers from very bad smog, this was
0:34:14 > 0:34:18heavily blue and the suggestion making the suggestion that the
0:34:18 > 0:34:24Government made this happen. I was going to show you this as well, this
0:34:24 > 0:34:27is a website called free Weibo, it shows comments that have been
0:34:27 > 0:34:34censored. This case with the word Trump take out, censored, censored,
0:34:34 > 0:34:37censored. A lot of people have had what they are saying restricted by
0:34:37 > 0:34:43the authorities. A Chinese media expert for BBC monitoring is looking
0:34:43 > 0:34:50across reaction in China. Today, anything to do with Xi
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Jingping and Donald Trump, normally gets a lot of attention in Chinese
0:34:53 > 0:35:00media. Looking today on Weibo, which is what people use in China because
0:35:00 > 0:35:03of Facebook and Twitter being blocked. Many of the top hashtags
0:35:03 > 0:35:08are related to the visit, things like Trump is here, Trump and Xi
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Jingping meet. These hashtags have been in the top ten consistently all
0:35:11 > 0:35:18day. Normally what happens though, any state media post that they put
0:35:18 > 0:35:21on Weibo, these are recounts with about 50 million followers, they
0:35:21 > 0:35:26have massive followings. They normally, within a few minutes, get
0:35:26 > 0:35:33at least 1000 posts. But all day, most of the posts have been coming
0:35:33 > 0:35:37in from CCTV or states related to the video, had only received several
0:35:37 > 0:35:42hundred which normally indicates there is censorship with Government
0:35:42 > 0:35:48censors removing posts from Weibo. What we can see is what the
0:35:48 > 0:35:53Government allows us to seek is not what is the official view on this
0:35:53 > 0:36:01trip that the official sources like as to have? In China there is this
0:36:01 > 0:36:06idea of meeting people face-to-face. For a visit like this, which is a
0:36:06 > 0:36:09very, very important visitor China as well as the US, yes, the red
0:36:09 > 0:36:14carpet is being rolled out. A lot of people have been posting comments,
0:36:14 > 0:36:21not all of them have been censored, but people talking about how blew
0:36:21 > 0:36:27the sky is today, and alluding to this idea that the factories around
0:36:27 > 0:36:30the capital must've been closed. But a lot of comments have been censored
0:36:30 > 0:36:37that mention how can Donald Trump possibly not be tweeting? Even
0:36:37 > 0:36:41though Twitter is blocked in mainland China, people can access it
0:36:41 > 0:36:46from a VPN in a closed environment, not in a public space. A lot of
0:36:46 > 0:36:515-star hotels give access to people and they can use VPNs. People were
0:36:51 > 0:36:56expecting today that Donald Trump would eventually tweet. But there
0:36:56 > 0:36:59were some people asking if he will be tweeting while he is with Xi
0:36:59 > 0:37:04Jingping, which would be very awkward!We were looking at that
0:37:04 > 0:37:09picture of blue skies in the Chinese capital, no blue skies in Delhi at
0:37:09 > 0:37:12the moment, because the air pollution situation there is getting
0:37:12 > 0:37:15very, very situation. That is Delhi on the map, this is what you would
0:37:15 > 0:37:24see if you try to work this morning in Delhi. It was filmed by my
0:37:24 > 0:37:27colleague, persistent fog, it is smog. Pollution is always bad in
0:37:27 > 0:37:32Delhi but the past two days have been extreme. In some areas it has
0:37:32 > 0:37:35reached 30 times the recommended limit according to the W helped
0:37:35 > 0:37:39show. The American medical Association has declared a state of
0:37:39 > 0:37:44emergency. All schools have been closed for the week. Pollution
0:37:44 > 0:37:49levels generally wise in the winter in Delhi. That is because in
0:37:49 > 0:37:57neighbouring states -- rise, thousands of farmers are burning
0:37:57 > 0:38:01stubble in their fields, that creates Mike, add to that dust and
0:38:01 > 0:38:07rubbish from construction starts and you get to where we are. One of our
0:38:07 > 0:38:11correspondence is based in Delhi and he stepped outside.This is what
0:38:11 > 0:38:16Delhi looks like at the moment. The entire city is covered in this thick
0:38:16 > 0:38:21blanket of grey smoke. In the distance is the famous, iconic India
0:38:21 > 0:38:24gate War Memorial, which you can only just see because the visibility
0:38:24 > 0:38:28is so poor. At this time you would often see a lot more people out
0:38:28 > 0:38:31mysteries, but there are not many people about. It is not hard to
0:38:31 > 0:38:38understand why. I have been out for only ten minutes, my eyes are
0:38:38 > 0:38:42beginning to smart, my throat is burning, because when you breathe in
0:38:42 > 0:38:47you breathe in this deadly cocktail of diesel fumes, construction dust,
0:38:47 > 0:38:50such from coal-fired power plants, even smoke from burning crop stubble
0:38:50 > 0:38:55on the farmland outside Delhi and beyond. That is the reason why it is
0:38:55 > 0:39:00literally becoming dangerous for people in the city to venture out.
0:39:00 > 0:39:05These items are the one people in Delhi are queueing up to buy.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09Pollution masks, cut your fires, air purifiers for your home, even an air
0:39:09 > 0:39:12quality monitor to assess how dangerous it is to be outside. If
0:39:12 > 0:39:15you look inside the shop, people have been cheering for several hours
0:39:15 > 0:39:21hoping to get their hands on these products.It is very expensive, that
0:39:21 > 0:39:24is why I'm looking, it should be reasonable so everyone can purchase
0:39:24 > 0:39:32it.But it is important?Yet it is important.A big demand? Would you
0:39:32 > 0:39:41run out?Hopefully we will get fresh supplies in one hour.People are
0:39:41 > 0:39:46going to great lengths as you can see, and it is not difficult to
0:39:46 > 0:39:50imagine why. Four people it is a question of their health and in some
0:39:50 > 0:39:54instances their lives.There is more information on the pollution in
0:39:54 > 0:39:58Delhi and the vast majority of the stories we cover on Outside Source
0:39:58 > 0:40:13via the BBC website. This go back to the main story here in the UK, and
0:40:13 > 0:40:19in fact our lead story on Outside Source. Priti Patel, the former
0:40:19 > 0:40:22International Development Secretary, has resigned in the last few hours.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26These are pictures of her leaving Downing Street in this car after she
0:40:26 > 0:40:30has broken to Theresa May and had offered her resignation. That was
0:40:30 > 0:40:34pretty much inevitable. She had been under pressure for days. The story
0:40:34 > 0:40:42isn't about one minister, it is about how stable to Theresa May's
0:40:42 > 0:40:44government is. It has not been particularly stable since the
0:40:44 > 0:40:49election earlier in the year. This story has many components. It starts
0:40:49 > 0:40:54with Priti Patel having a series of meetings with Israeli officials and
0:40:54 > 0:40:57the Israeli Prime Minister jeering a summer holiday in Israel. We were
0:40:57 > 0:41:00then told that Downing Street did not know the these meetings had
0:41:00 > 0:41:05happened. That would be a break of the ministerial code. Priti Patel
0:41:05 > 0:41:09then released an apology. She acknowledge that what had happened
0:41:09 > 0:41:13was not ideal, Theresa May excepted that. Then the story escalated. Last
0:41:13 > 0:41:17night we had multiple reports, this one from the sun, that there were
0:41:17 > 0:41:22other seriously high level meetings involving Priti Patel, which the
0:41:22 > 0:41:27Government and in particular Theresa May did not know about. That meant,
0:41:27 > 0:41:32bearing in mind that Priti Patel was not in England, she was in east
0:41:32 > 0:41:38Africa, she was told not to carry on with her trip that come back to
0:41:38 > 0:41:41London for some conversations. While she was in the air, lots of people
0:41:41 > 0:41:48were following her flight on the flight radar website, and they told
0:41:48 > 0:41:51us that 22,000 people were monitoring it. Step-by-step and
0:41:51 > 0:41:54waiting for her to land to see what would play out. While she was in the
0:41:54 > 0:42:02air we had a situation of the Jewish Chronicle running another huge
0:42:02 > 0:42:06story. If it is true, that in fact number ten you about some of these
0:42:06 > 0:42:11meetings and encouraged Priti Patel not to go public with them. Let's be
0:42:11 > 0:42:16clear, our political editor says that number ten flatly denies this.
0:42:16 > 0:42:22We cannot say for certain that this is the case. But the man behind the
0:42:22 > 0:42:28story has spoken to the BBC.I have been told first by my original to
0:42:28 > 0:42:33sources, that since I have gone public, a third source has contacted
0:42:33 > 0:42:37me. A very senior, respectable and reliable source has confirmed to me
0:42:37 > 0:42:44that it is true. But Priti Patel did know and tell number ten on Monday
0:42:44 > 0:42:49about that extra meeting. And number ten asked her, told her, not to put
0:42:49 > 0:42:54that extra meeting in her statement, for whatever reason they may have.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58Well, if that is, as Stephen Pollard says, the story isn't just about the
0:42:58 > 0:43:03resignation of a Government minister, it is about the behaviour
0:43:03 > 0:43:09of Theresa May, watching you and what she didn't know. And what that
0:43:09 > 0:43:17leaves conservatives and their power. Earlier on I asked whether
0:43:17 > 0:43:23story leaves Theresa May right now? This is the second Cabinet Minister
0:43:23 > 0:43:30Theresa May has lost in a week. Well I don't think anyone is blaming
0:43:30 > 0:43:33Theresa May for their resignations, they are very different, one about
0:43:33 > 0:43:39sexual harassment allegations, and in the case of Priti Patel, the idea
0:43:39 > 0:43:43that she was making foreign policy up as she went along and wasn't
0:43:43 > 0:43:45following the normal channels. The problem is that it adds to that
0:43:45 > 0:43:50whiff of chaos and crisis surrounding her Government. The
0:43:50 > 0:43:54sense that it is a Government that has been buffeted by events rather
0:43:54 > 0:43:58than being in control of them. This all of course is while the
0:43:58 > 0:44:02Government is facing so massive, so huge, you know what I'm going to
0:44:02 > 0:44:09Brexit.And Michel Barnier has helpfully taken to Twitter to remind
0:44:09 > 0:44:13the UK that there are still three outstanding issues, the Irish
0:44:13 > 0:44:16border, citizens of rights and the so-called divorce Bill, to be
0:44:16 > 0:44:21resolved if they are going to be any conversations about face two, the UK
0:44:21 > 0:44:25trade relationship with the EU.And of course the clock is ticking
0:44:25 > 0:44:30because it is important to remember that Britain has triggered Article
0:44:30 > 0:44:3550, whether or not there is a deal, Britain will be out of the EU in
0:44:35 > 0:44:40March 2000 and 19. Of course, these things are all linked. In part
0:44:40 > 0:44:45because of these negotiations beginning, the Government will be
0:44:45 > 0:44:49thinking how weak they look to the EU, to our negotiating partners with
0:44:49 > 0:44:54all of the problems we are having in London. But the other big issue
0:44:54 > 0:44:59which is connected to Brexit, you have to remember that Priti Patel
0:44:59 > 0:45:03was a prominent Brexiteer. For Theresa May, when she has to hire a
0:45:03 > 0:45:06new development minister, she will have to be very mindful of that
0:45:06 > 0:45:11difficult balance and her Government between those who campaigned for
0:45:11 > 0:45:15Leaves, and those who campaigned to remain. In a way that is the dynamic
0:45:15 > 0:45:20at the heart of all of this. In many ways, Government ministers resigning
0:45:20 > 0:45:27is a terrible thing. Sorting out Brexit and where these talks should
0:45:27 > 0:45:33be going is super tricky.If you find UK politics intriguing, look at
0:45:33 > 0:45:43this next story. It is about Lebanon on's disappearing leader. He did not
0:45:43 > 0:45:52announce it in leather nun, he announced it in study your Arabia.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55We can be certain that his recognition was not expected, his
0:45:55 > 0:46:01foreign affairs magazine said that the resignation left his own
0:46:01 > 0:46:05supporters scratching their heads. Or another well-known analyst
0:46:05 > 0:46:18said... We must also point out that Hariri has not been backed 11 on and
0:46:18 > 0:46:23not said when he will return. This is interesting with this picture,
0:46:23 > 0:46:26the word crosses backs meaning hostage, implying that the Saudis
0:46:26 > 0:46:31forced him to resign and controlling the situation. Certainly we can say
0:46:31 > 0:46:39that Saudi Arabia backed his party and that when he resigned he blames
0:46:39 > 0:46:45Iran for meddling. That is important because this is a grand regional
0:46:45 > 0:46:50battle between Saudi Arabia and Iran Ford dominance. This is playing out
0:46:50 > 0:46:56elsewhere in the Middle East. This is what our Middle East
0:46:56 > 0:47:00correspondence said...
0:47:08 > 0:47:11This is the BBC correspondent in Beirut getting to grips with all of
0:47:11 > 0:47:16this.We know he is in Riyadh, but we don't know under which status,
0:47:16 > 0:47:23which prompts lots of questions on high official levels that Mr Hariri
0:47:23 > 0:47:29might be under pressure in Saudi Arabia. So far, the camp of Mr
0:47:29 > 0:47:33Hariri, the pro-future movement officials and supporters claimed
0:47:33 > 0:47:42that Mr Hariri is not under any sort of pressure, not under house arrest
0:47:42 > 0:47:47and has complete freedom to return to the country. But the president
0:47:47 > 0:47:54himself is casting a lot of doubt on this saying that he refuses to deal
0:47:54 > 0:47:59with the resignation of Mr Hariri until the prime ministers back to
0:47:59 > 0:48:08leather nun. He said he would -- Lebanon. He would deal with the
0:48:08 > 0:48:13surprise of this announcement and would not deal with the resignation.
0:48:13 > 0:48:23This is turning into a surreal story in Lebanon. The sequence of events
0:48:23 > 0:48:28is extraordinary, and everyone here is catching their breath about what
0:48:28 > 0:48:31is next for the country.Who knows what is coming next? While we wait
0:48:31 > 0:48:37for news from Lebanon. Let's talk about the latest round of the US led
0:48:37 > 0:48:44climate talks. Almost 200 countries are working on how to implement the
0:48:44 > 0:48:48Paris agreement. But there is concern that any progress made on
0:48:48 > 0:48:53carbon levels could be wiped out by an unusual threat. I certainly had
0:48:53 > 0:48:59not heard about this before today. In the Democratic Republic of Congo
0:48:59 > 0:49:05and the peatlands of Central Africa, there is an issue. Our reporter
0:49:05 > 0:49:11explains what it is. This relate area of forest in
0:49:11 > 0:49:19Central Congo holds gigatons of carbon. It is the result of decay
0:49:19 > 0:49:22from millions of years ago and it has been locked safely in the soil
0:49:22 > 0:49:26for thousands of years.We estimate we have a map of the Central Congo
0:49:26 > 0:49:32peatlands for the first time this year, the shows it covers around
0:49:32 > 0:49:35145,000 square kilometres. That is an area a bit bigger than the size
0:49:35 > 0:49:43of England. We think its stores about 30 thousand tonnes of carbon,
0:49:43 > 0:49:49more carbon than the emissions from fossil fuels and humanity globally
0:49:49 > 0:49:53for three years.But with more intensive farming and destruction of
0:49:53 > 0:49:57the forest, there is concern. Sig Green peas and sciences are
0:49:57 > 0:50:03monitoring the levels.The rainforest is the second-largest in
0:50:03 > 0:50:07the world and we know that it is critical for biodiversity. With this
0:50:07 > 0:50:13discovery we also learned that it is critical for the climate.So far,
0:50:13 > 0:50:17the vegetation remains largely undisturbed campaign groups say
0:50:17 > 0:50:21there is absolutely no question of expelling forest people. In fact,
0:50:21 > 0:50:25those who live and depend on the forest, are likely to be keener to
0:50:25 > 0:50:30conserve it. But they are also trapped in extreme poverty and this
0:50:30 > 0:50:37puts pressure on the forest. TRANSLATION:Our fathers bought back
0:50:37 > 0:50:41fish and animals from the forest, but there is nothing left to bring
0:50:41 > 0:50:45back because many people are exploiting it and we ourselves are
0:50:45 > 0:50:49dying from hunger.Researchers estimate that by planting more
0:50:49 > 0:50:53trees, farming more sustainable and conserving weapons, carbon dioxide
0:50:53 > 0:50:58emissions could be slashed by more than one third. Money though is key.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02And Congolese officials say they need more funds. TRANSLATION:The
0:51:02 > 0:51:10efforts of the Democratic Republic of Congo to protect the forests are
0:51:10 > 0:51:13not sufficiently rewarded with international solidarity.But the
0:51:13 > 0:51:17DRC will have to wait and see if their appeal is successful. And
0:51:17 > 0:51:27what, if anything, they come up with. A child suffering from a rare
0:51:27 > 0:51:31genetic condition which leaves skin as fragile as butterfly wings has
0:51:31 > 0:51:37been given new genetically modified skin. This was done in a series of
0:51:37 > 0:51:40life-saving operations in Germany.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49When Hassan was just a week old, his skin began to tear and blister.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51He has junctional epidermolysis bullosa.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54The separate layers of his skin should be held together like Velcro,
0:51:54 > 0:51:56but Hassan's DNA is missing vital instructions that leave his skin
0:51:56 > 0:51:58as fragile as a butterfly's wing.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00There's no cure, and around four in ten patients
0:52:00 > 0:52:01do not reach adolescence.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05Hassan's dad said it was an upsetting time for the family.
0:52:05 > 0:52:10He was in severe pain.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12He was asking me a lot of questions.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15I couldn't answer them.
0:52:15 > 0:52:17For example, "Why do I have this disease?"
0:52:17 > 0:52:21"Why do I have this life?"
0:52:21 > 0:52:24In June 2015, Hassan was critically ill at the children's
0:52:24 > 0:52:26hospital in Bochum, Germany, and doctors did not
0:52:26 > 0:52:30think he would survive.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33More than half his body looked like a red-raw open wound.
0:52:33 > 0:52:35In an experimental therapy, a patch of Hassan's skin
0:52:35 > 0:52:40was taken to a lab in Italy.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42There, it was infected with the virus.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45Viruses are good at getting inside cells, and this one was used
0:52:45 > 0:52:52like a postman to deliver the missing instructions for binding
0:52:52 > 0:52:53layers of skin together.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55Large sheets of the skin were then grown and grafted
0:52:55 > 0:52:58back onto Hassan's body.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00This breakthrough is exciting doctors.
0:53:00 > 0:53:05I got goose bumps when I heard this, it was just incredible, really,
0:53:05 > 0:53:07very, very exciting.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09Is this going to make a difference for patients today?
0:53:09 > 0:53:13This treatment is not available, and it is not going to be available
0:53:13 > 0:53:15in the next few months, but this is a massive
0:53:15 > 0:53:18advance in research.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22Four-year-old Tia is just one of half a million people living with
0:53:22 > 0:53:25epidermolysis bullosa worldwide.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27It's gave us a lot of hope.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30If it's going to make her better and make her have a normal life,
0:53:31 > 0:53:32we would definitely go for it.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35Every birthday that she has, I dread it sometimes,
0:53:35 > 0:53:42because I always sit and think, "Is she going to die this year?"
0:53:42 > 0:53:44"Is she going to live?"
0:53:44 > 0:53:46And I don't want to think that any more.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48But this is not a proven therapy - it's experimental.
0:53:48 > 0:53:51Clinical trials are under way to see if it can be used more widely.
0:53:51 > 0:54:00James Gallagher, BBC News.
0:54:00 > 0:54:04Just before I say goodbye. I want to tell you about an important ruling
0:54:04 > 0:54:08from Germany's highest court. It says that a third sexual category
0:54:08 > 0:54:13must be legally recognised at birth. By the end of the year there has to
0:54:13 > 0:54:17be legislation to create an intersex category. Germany will be the first
0:54:17 > 0:54:21country in Europe to do that. It is also worth pointing out that in 2013
0:54:21 > 0:54:26it was also the first country to allow babies with both
0:54:26 > 0:54:31characteristics of both sexes to be categorised as neither male nor
0:54:31 > 0:54:37female. Between 0.05 and 1:7%...
0:54:43 > 0:54:47A really significant ruling there in Germany. That is the end of today's
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Outside Source. Thank you for watching. Join me tomorrow at the
0:54:50 > 0:54:53same time for another hour of the bigger stories around the world. I
0:54:53 > 0:54:57will see you then.