09/11/2017 Outside Source

Welcome to Outside Source. Saudi

Arabia has told its citizens in

Lebanon to leave the country

immediately, meanwhile, many

Lebanese feel their country is being

dragged into a wider cold war

between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Round

six of "Brexit" talks happened this

week, with little progress having

been made so far, we will speak with

the BBC Europe editor about what is

the main stumbling block. Donald

Trump is in China, talking trade,

definitely changed his tone from the

campaign Trail, compare this:

we

cannot continue to allow China to

rape our country, and that is what

they are doing.

With this, from

today.

Who can blame a country for

taking advantage of another country

for the benefit of its own citizens,

I give China great credit.

Because

of the new Saudi blockade, Yemen is

seeing the worst famine the country

has seen for several decades. As

usual, if you are watching, if you

have questions, if you want to pick

up on a particular piece of news,

then the hashtag is #os.

Yesterday on Outside Source we

talked about the political crisis in

Lebanon, and the situation has

escalated

since then, we want to show you this

story written by the Saudi press

agency, a source within the Saudi

Ministry of foreign affairs has

said, due to the situations in

Lebanon, Saudi nationals visiting or

residing are asked to leave the

country as soon as possible. Exactly

what situations it is referring to

is not clear, but the political

context is clear. At the weekend,

Lebanon's Prime Minister resigned,

very few people saw that coming. On

Saturday, he had flown from Lebanon

to Saudi Arabia, summoned by the

king, now, Saudi Arabia denies

telling him to step down, not

everyone buys that. Not just the

Saudis ordering their citizens out

of Lebanon, here's the Associated

Press telling us Kuwait calls on its

citizens to leave too following

similar moves not just by Saudi

Arabia but by Bahrain as well. A

little earlier I spoke with our

Arabic affairs analyst, on why the

Saudis have this much influence over

Lebanese politics.

A lot of sway

with the president, going back to

his father who was assassinated, he

was known as Mr Lebanon, his

business empire was built there, in

Saudi Arabia. The wealth and the

political

Saudi Arabia. The wealth and the

political influence to a large

extent of the Hariris is built in

Saudi Arabia, he has not been able

to step out from under the shadow of

his father, or the sense that he is

the tool in Lebanon.

Saudi Arabia has huge investments in

Lebanon, far beyond the Hariris and

a very strong connection as the

leading nation of the Sunni part of

the Muslim faith, that has a strong

resonance in Lebanon with the Sunni

littered the leaders, up against

Hezbollah, that is where the

interest comes in. And when he made

his speech, he had the strongest

words for Hezbollah in Iran, saying

they bring chaos and devastation

wherever they can.

That is the

connection, but in terms of

practicality of what is happening,

do they have the ability to dictator

who replaces Mr Hariri?

Hezbollah,

which the Saudis are against because

of Iranian influence, is probably

the strongest force in Lebanon,

politically and militarily. The idea

of moving Hezbollah away from that

position, essentially what the

Saudis want, go back to the time of

graphic Hariri, he challenged them

at that time many could not get

anywhere, that is 12 years ago and

he ended up dead, and since then,

Hezbollah members have been accused

of involvement in his murder. --

Rafic Hariri. We are talking about

deep and dark waters and this is

what the Lebanese are most concerned

about, that the Saudis are stirring

up something that the Lebanese have

tried to keep a lid on. They have

been next to the Syrian conflict,

walking a tightrope there, Hezbollah

deeply involved, they feel grateful

they have not been drawn deeply into

that, they feel something like this

could upset the balance and overturn

them and they will lose the

tightrope and down they plunge.

Saudi Arabia in the news for a

number of reasons, Crown Prince

Mohammed is at the heart of a number

of stories. On Saturday he began an

anti-corruption purge in Saudi

Arabia, we know that 200 people are

being questioned, with the Saudi

Attorney General saying that up to

$100 billion may have been misused

in various corrupt ways. The BBC

understands those caught up in the

anti-corruption drive are being held

at the 5-star Ritz-Carlton in

Riyadh, none of them have been

named, we know that they are

princes, ministers, influential

businessmen. Here is Sebastien Usher

on that story.

This is the Crown

Prince, Mohammad Bin Salman, his

rise has been vertiginous, since his

father took control, took power, and

this move on Saturday, we had the

resident shin -- resignation of

Hariri, and then this round-up. The

princes are best known, they ran the

country for years, the businessmen

who run the TV stations, who run the

biggest businesses, they have been

humiliated, if nothing else. Today

we heard from the Saudis that more

than 200 people have been called in

for questioning, talking about at

least $100 billion that has been

involved in systematic corruption

over the decades. Most people would

think that is an underestimate, even

though it is an extraordinary amount

of money, this is the way business

was done through all these decades.

The Crown Prince is trying to

overturn that but in overturning

that, it shakes the stability, not

just of Saudi Arabia but of the

region. He has the young people,

they want this change, they believe

it is necessary, the economy has

been suffering with falling oil

prices, something needed to be done.

This may be pushing it too far.

Starting off in Lebanon and Saudi

Arabia, next, Brussels.

Round six of the "Brexit" talks are

up on us, you could make the case

that these matter more than any of

the previous five, if you have not

read it, excellent article by the

Europe editor, about the particular

pressures coming to bear in this

round of talks. The emphasis given

is on these core issues, the UK

really wants to start talks about a

future trading relationship.

The so-called divorce Bill,

frustration among "Brexit"

supporters. We wanted to know what

we made of that particular point,

here we are, in Brussels.

This comes

down to the fact the two sides are

even argue about whether to call

these negotiating rounds or not or

whether it is an exchange of a point

of view. The UK wants for these

meetings in Brussels to be more

flexible. Discussing issues such as

citizens rights, when they reach and

impress, go back to London and say,

what can the Plan B, can we make

improvement, can we change tack. The

EU says, no, that is not possible,

because for Michel Barnier, the lead

EU negotiator, it is not how one

capital city with him he has to

refer to, he has 27 plus the

European Parliament as well, that is

why the EU says it remains rigid in

its call.

The EU says, you guys said

he wanted to leave the club, so you

have to do that under our rules, and

that is where the apparent EU

rigidity comes from. At the moment,

it appears to be an impact. If the

UK can move somehow, on the money

issue, which is not, the EU says, a

"Brexit" bill, but rather the UK

honouring what has already been

made, then there can be more trust.

At the moment it is nonexistent, the

EU says it would be flexible if the

EU says, we need to honour some of

those commitments. We will say yes

to that one, no to that one, we want

wiggle room on that one, then it can

negotiate but first it once written

confirmation from the UK that it is

willing to look at those financial

commitments and that it promises to

honour them. You were alluding to

this instability within Theresa

May's government. How is all of this

turmoil being perceived in Brussels?

Watched very closely. Going to

background briefings with sources,

they quote bits to me out of UK

newspapers. Watch closely with open

mouths here in Brussels but

particularly closely because they

reckon the upheaval in Westminster

means that it will have an impact on

Brexit negotiations and in the end,

that is what they care about, the EU

want a deal, not just the UK, the

reason the EU is keen for a deal is

because they want the money, because

if the UK walks out now, without any

deal on the table, that leaves a

huge gaping hole on the EU's

multinational budget, the EU unity,

that it is so proud of, standing

together in "Brexit" negotiations,

that will fall apart, when countries

are pitted against each other, I am

not paying any more, you promised me

a bridge and restructuring

projects... So that is why it is so

important for the EU that a deal is

done. That is the dance both sides

are doing between not wanting a bad

deal but wanting a deal, when you

hear from the UK side, "no deal is

better than a bad deal", that goes

for the EU as well, they do not want

a deal so much that they will

compromise on the single market or

that they will bend the rules they

hold so dear, because in the end, it

is what keeps them together.

Some

sources quoting UK newspapers to

her, I wonder if they quoted this

article, in the Times column the EU

is preparing for the fall of Theresa

May before New Year and a change of

leadership or elections leading to a

Labour victory. Needless to say, not

everyone agrees with that particular

analysis, here is what prominent

Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith makes of

this kind of thing:

I think it is a

bit rich of them to speak about

this... The Dutch government, after

months, only just managed to find

its own feet, had not form a

government. Germany does not have an

official government. Chaos in Italy,

elections coming up, real problems

over their banks. Theresa May is the

one person who can actually still

unite the cabinet and the party and

while we are leaving the European

Union can make sure that the party

stays at ease with her domestic

agenda.

That is what Theresa May is

trying to

do, in

part, by promoting today, Penny

Mordaunt, to the newly vacant

International Development Secretary

role, member, Priti Patel resigned

yesterday. She supported "Brexit" in

the referendum, this keeps the

delicate balance in cabinet, that is

the theory. Iain Watson, has she

done well, keeping this delicate

balance?

Certainly, a very vocal

member of the vote Leave campaign,

in fact, claiming that Britain could

not veto Turkey's access into the

European Union, that is somewhere

off, and indeed, Britain could

indeed have vetoed it, she was in

the news during the course of the

referendum campaign for her views

but he was also liked by those who

campaigned strongly for Britain to

leave the European Union, she has

many years of campaign experience

working for the Conservative Party

in head office and has junior

ministerial experience as well. I am

not sure that we can entirely see

her appointment because of a

"Brexit", Theresa May would like to

keep a gender balance in the

cabinet, she has brought in another

woman with ministerial experience

and kind of knocking on the door of

the top team in the first place,

because there was speculation when

Michael Fallon was Defence

Secretary, just a week or so ago,

Penny Mordaunt, with experience, as

an services Minister, coming from

unarmed services background, reserve

for the Royal Navy, may get

promoted, that did not happen but it

seemed perhaps not entirely logical

that she would get elevated at some

point. Certainly people like Iain

Duncan Smith who campaigned strongly

for leaving the European Union will

be pleased to see somebody with her

robust views sitting around the

cabinet table.

Don't go anywhere, I

want to talk about pressure on

another cabinet minister. The

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has

not yet finished with those comments

he made last week about a British

Iranian woman who is in prison in

Iran for allegedly trying to topple

the government. These are the

comments in question:

look at what

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was doing,

she was simply teaching people

journalism, as I understand it.

The

Foreign Secretary saying that she

was teaching people journalism, she

has said she was not doing that, she

was on holiday. This is a rainy

state terror television with a

report late last night, it has been

reporting the comments of the

Foreign Secretary and saying he

unwittingly confirmed that in fact,

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was in

Iran to train journalists.

Iranians

elevation story is a pushback

against all the negative publicity

that Iran has been getting over the

incarceration of Nazanin

Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the message to

the public is basically Tom that we

told you so, that she is a spy, that

the British Foreign Secretary said

so, and said that in British

Parliament. Story raises the stakes

in terms of the importance of the

story for Iran and Britain's

relations. For the visiting the next

few weeks to Iran. An important

problem that has to be resolved. But

have this in mind, that the

publicity, the gaffe, managed to

generate, not only in the British

media but also in the international

media has helped to raise the

profile of the story of Nazanin

Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her

predicament in Iran, and that might,

in the end, actually help her.

Interesting point, some supporters

say in the long run, this could help

but there are concerns from critics

that it may cause Iran to increase

the five year prison sentence she is

already serving. As you may know, Mr

Johnson appeared in Parliament to

explain himself, and also face some

of his critics.

Kenny now give us an

undertaking that in future he will

concentrate on the very important

matters he has within his brief as

Foreign Secretary, to that end,

could he give an undertaking to

support the Prime Minister in her

efforts, as in relation to the

speech, for instance, and make sure

his own ambitions are put secondary

to the well-being of all my

constituents and indeed everybody

else in this country because that is

his job!

Comments in the House of

Commons, back to you in Westminster,

in political terms, is Boris Johnson

out of the woods?

I don't think he

is out of the woods yet, but the

reason that perhaps he has not been

put out to new pastures is quite

simply because Theresa May cannot

afford another high profile

resignation at this stage. As

already lost two cabinet ministers,

two other ministers investigated,

internal investigations, by the

civil service, over allegations. Two

members of Parliament, they have

been reported to the police. Over

the sexual harassment scandal. For a

government with such a narrow

majority, dependent on the

Democratic Unionists to prop it up,

she does not want another

high-profile departure at the

moment, there is speculation she may

have a more strategic reshuffle of

her cabinet after the important

budget towards the end of the month,

possibly at that stage, possibly

Boris Johnson will get moved, if he

does not, is planning to visit Iran,

planning to visit Nazanin

Zaghari-Ratcliffe is -- himself, and

his supporters would say, it is the

reigning regime looking for

propaganda, they are at full. Not

simply what Boris Johnson said to

that committee of MPs, whether or

not she was training journalists,

she was on holiday, but the Iranians

are looking for excuses to put her

in prison, rather than is this being

simply resolved, and the Boris

Johnson gaffe.

Thank you very much.

In a few

minutes, we will talk about Yemen,

the UN is now saying they could be

facing the worst famine the world

has seen for decades, echoes of a

fresh blockade from Saudi Arabia.

For the second time in a week,

Theresa May has been forced to

replace a cabinet minister. Penny

Mordaunt has replaced Priti Patel as

the new International Development

Secretary. Priti Patel resigned

saying she had not been transparent

enough about high-level meetings

with Israelis politicians while on

holiday. Penny Mordaunt spoke with

reporters after her appointment.

I

am delighted to have been appointed

by the Prime Minister to be the new

Secretary of State at the Department

for International Development,

looking forward to working with the

team to continue building a safer,

more secure, more prosperous world

for us all. Really giving the

British public pride in what we do.

Are you going to protect Britain?

It

is my first day here, I am delighted

to be here, I have already met some

of the staff, we are doing terrific

job, building a more safe, more

secure, more prosperous world for us

all. I want to continue doing that,

and also give the British public

confidence and pride in what we are

doing.

Let's talk about day two of

President Trump's China visit, all

getting very friendly, he called

president Xi a special man, this is

the statement, -- state newspaper in

China, talking about the cooperative

spirit, probably worth reminding us,

it is not always been so cordial

between Donald Trump and the

Chinese.

We have a lot of power with

China, when China does not want to

fix the problem in North Korea, we

say, sorry, folks, you got to fix

the problem, because we cannot

continue to allow China to rape our

country, and that is what they are

doing, it is the greatest test in

the history of the world.

That was

last year, this is today:

meeting

this morning in front of your

representatives and my

representative is, the was

excellent. -- representatives. It

was excellent. Discussing North

Korea. I believe there is a solution

to that, as you do, discussing trade

with the United States. Numbing that

the United States really has to

change its policies because they

have got so far behind on trade with

China. And frankly with many other

countries. I have great respect for

you for that because you are

representing China. But it is too

bad that past administrations

allowed it to get so far out of

kilter. But we will make it fair,

and it will be Mendis. My feeling

towards you is an incredibly warm

one, as we said. There is great

chemistry. I think we are going to

do tremendous things for both China

and for the United States and it is

a very great honour to be with you.

You can see the chemistry in the

eyes of president Ji Jin as he

listens to Donald Trump and we have

been watching that burgeoning

romance from Beijing. -- Xi

Extraordinarily effusively with from

the leader of the free world to the

leader of the world's largest

commonest party and authoritarian

state. What is behind it? On one

hand, Donald Trump comes here

seeking action on North Korea, which

I suppose, you could say, then

weakens his hand on demanding action

simultaneously on trade. Some are

suggesting that maybe this is Donald

Trump's softening China up, a sucker

punch for much more trouble to come

down the line. Suggestions of trade

action on products that China

perceived to be dumping on the world

markets. Once the US administration

has had time to do the necessary

legwork. But whatever way you look

at it, at the moment, despite all

this extraordinarily positive

language, Donald Trump has walked

away with very little, no action on

the real issues facing US

businesses, trying to operate here

in China, rampant copyright theft,

enforced technology transfer, that

kind of thing, he has come away

empty-handed. Critics will say

Donald Trump is being played here,

that this is the Chinese doing what

they do very well, using flattery to

stroke his ego. And, you know, the

results are there for everyone to

see.

Lets look at these deals in

more detail, plenty of them have

been signed, estimated they could be

worth up to $215 billion. Lots of

people, throwing in caveats, before

we look at this figure and get

carried away. Melissa

in New York, curious, in the

American media, the more positive

spin to the way these deals have

turned out?

Certainly getting a lot

of criticism, a lot of pushback, a

lot of questions, in terms of just

how much of this is in fact new

investment and how much of this is

actually etched in stone. A lot of

these deals are really, there are no

contracts involved, they are

memorandas of understanding, it

allows the Chinese to walk away.

What I think is interesting, if you

look at the comment by the Secretary

of State, Rex Tillerson, even he

admitted that these deals are indeed

small.

Nonetheless, some might say,

given the rhetoric we heard from

Donald Trump, the first work to do

is just to improve relations between

him and his counterpart, he has

definitely succeeded on that front.

A language he was using certainly

much more positive but I would maybe

argue that some of the things he is

actually saying has not changed all

that much. We did hear him talking

about China and how they were able

to take advantage of the United

States. Pointing out the feelings of

the United States and past

administrations, rather than any

full of China.

Thank you very much.

That is it for this half hour of

Outside Source, I will be back with

you in a couple of minutes time,

with more of the biggest stories

from around the world.

After what has been an exceptionally

warm start to the autumn across the

North United States and eastern

Canada, now looking at the first

significant Arctic chill in this

part of the world. You can see,

significant deep blues pushing down

into the Great Lakes and into the

north-east as we head to the end of

the week. Those blue colours

penetrating as far south as the

mid-Atlantic states, temperatures

five or 6 degrees for New York and

DC. Sub zero around the Great Lakes

and into the Chicago area and across

the south-east. Heavy rain moved

through. Looks like it'll be a cold,

frosty start into the start of the

week and across the north-east,

maybe a little less cold, cloudy as

we head into Sunday and Monday. Into

south Asia, northern India, in

particular parts of Pakistan, smog

problems persist because of light

winds, area of high pressure,

keeping the air trapped in,

stagnant, building up here, hot and

sunny as well, temperatures 30 to 34

degrees. Officials are warning, this

is a dangerous smog likely to

persist for the next few days.

People advised to stay indoors if

they can. School closures across

Delhi for the rest of the week.

Across southern India and towards

Sri Lanka, monsoon rains, very heavy

in the past week, causing flooding

in Chennai. To the Bay of Ben

Gordon, disorganised area, some

signs of circulation, turning into a

tropical storm as we head on into

next week full of we will keep you

posted. Very heavy rain continues

across the south-east of Asia,

Thailand and into Indonesia and Mel

Asia, this area is a tropical

depression, bringing extremely

torrential downpours into parts of

the central northern Philippines.

Into the weekend, pushing into the

South China Sea, very heavy rain

will impact North Vietnam until next

week. Over into Europe, another area

of low pressure developing. The

thing sirocco wind up from the

Sahara, perhaps poor air quality and

lifted dust but thunderstorms will

rake out, and a cold air will push

and we will keep you updated. Close

to home, little bit quieter, a run

of north-westerly wind, plenty of

sunshine around. Heavy rain will

push into the West. Stay tuned for

the UK weather forecast.

Hello, I'm Ros Atkins,

welcome to Outside Source.

Saudi Arabia is telling its citizens

in Lebanon on to leave the country

immediately. Many Lebanese and now

fearing they are being dragged into

a wider cold war between Saudi

Arabia and's. Yemen is facing the

worst famine that the world has seen

for decades after a new Saudi

blockade was introduced. -- Iran.

Another round of talks and there

hasn't been much progress at so the

pressure is ratcheting up. Donald

Trump has been in China and talking

trade. He has been lavishing praise

on the Chinese president, that he

has come away from the Chinese

capital empty-handed. And we will

turn to this in a moment, a

well-known British big wave server

has broken his back in Portugal and

he has been talking to the BBC. And

you can get in touch on Twitter.

Batted surfer.

We have had the starkest of warnings

from the UN today. It says a new

Saudi blockade of Yemen could create

the worst famines in decades. This

blockade was brought in because

rebels in Yemen fired a rocket

towards the main airport in Riyadh.

The Saudi say this new blockade is

to stop weapons reaching rebels in

Yemen. Iran denies sending arms to

Yemen. We can be sure that millions

of civilians are caught up in a

humanitarian disaster. Our BBC

correspondent is from Yemen and talk

to us.

We have been covering this

story for nearly three years since

the situation began and it gets

worse and worse. Already Yemen's

main port was barely able to be

functioning. Food, and aid was

trickling in. We had other reports

that in the south of the country

held by the Government was allowing

in food aid and supplies. Yemen

replies on imports from 94% of its

food, fuel and medicines and now

none of that is coming in. In a

country where 7 million people rely

solely on this aid, it is terrifying

what could happen in the next few

weeks. The UN is already saying that

the supplies in the country now will

run out in the next six weeks. So,

it is getting worse.

The blockade

has only been in place for a few

days, as it orally had an impact?

A

huge impact. Overnight, from when it

was announced, the price of fuel

went up 60%. And when the price of

fuel shoots up, the price of

everything across the country shoots

up. And in Yemen, the whole

population is already struggling to

pay for food, to pay for fuel and

clean water. It is having a

devastating effect already. Everyday

counts. Everyday extra that the

blockade is imposed on Yemen is

having catastrophic consequences on

the ground.

Quite often when we talk

to you it is about cholera.

Presumably, I was just mentioning

the difficulty with bringing in

certain treatments and that will

also be impacted by this blockade?

And using cholera as an example, and

this is not the only example. The UN

is talking about measles and polio,

but cholera especially just two

weeks ago NGOs were announcing they

can contain cholera at 900,000

cases. But today the UN announced

that chlorine tablets that

chlorinated water to stop cholera

from spreading had been blocked.

This already is having an impact.

There are villages across Yemen who

are in desperate need of these

chlorine tablets to stop cholera

spreading but they have in stock and

are running out.

Much as we

appreciate you being here, I'm sure

you would it prefer to be in Yemen

but you cannot getting?

The border

is sealed with no aeroplanes able to

get in. You cannot go by car or boat

and there is no way of me getting

in. But really it is the people

inside who have no escape from this

war.

There is much more information

on this conflict in Yemen from the

BBC news website. And on that

website most read story in the

moment is about one of Britain's's

best-known big wave surfers. He

broke his back in a huge wipe-out.

In Portugal, it is known for its

vast waves. Some reach over 100 feet

high. Unfortunately Andrew Cotton,

Kerry is lying on his hospital bed.

It did not go to plan this week.

This is the video that everyone has

been watching, let me play it for

you. When it starts you get the

scale of this wave, you cannot even

see the bottom and there is the top.

Andrew Cotton is moving across to

his left, the problem starts when

the lip of this wave starts crashing

down before he has time to get

beyond the lip of the wave and get

along the barrel. He years and years

in serious trouble he gets caught up

in stock what you need to watch out

for is Andrew Wright in the middle

of the wave picked up and turned

over, and as the video goes on you

see him land in the water and it is

that impact which broke his back.

Then he disappears from sight. If

you know him, he is a cheerful guy

even in difficult circumstances. He

has been speaking to the BBC.

This afternoon his boat was and

described what had happened.

It was

a different wave, it was a lot

heavier and I faded a bit deep and

miss timed it. It is just one of

those things, it could have been the

best wave of my life or the worst

wipe-out. Unfortunately was the

worst wipe-out. When this latest

wipe-out comes three years after

Andrew was hit by another massive

wave of the coast of Portugal. He

said he has not been put off and

wants to be back in the water as

soon as possible. But with his wife

and children back in Devon letting?

They are obviously concerned and

that children joke about it, that I

have managed to make a career by

falling off and they think it is

hilarious.

Andrew might though his

wife to a special vest he was

wearing over his wet suit to protect

him from impact. He hopes he will

never get a soaking like this again.

-- over his life.

If you want to see that video you

can find it online. This took about

Twitter, not about its new 280

character rule, but because it is

dropping those politics. The ones

that verify certain people's

identities. This has been announced

right in the middle of a controversy

about this man. He is Jason Kessler,

a white supremacist who was given a

bluetit by Twitter. You might

remember during clashes in

Charlottesville in the summer, this

was the guy that try to give a press

conference and then was chased away

by opposition protesters. Let's

bring in the technology

correspondence of the BBC. These two

stories directly connected?

I think

the main concern is that bluetit

which has been a key feature of

Twitter for quite some time to make

sure that people who say they are

who they are. But because this is

widened out its validation scheme,

anyone can get a ticket if they

confirm their identity. It has been

seen to be an endorsement from

Twitter and confirm the views of the

people. It Twitter says this is not

the case and its inter-confirms that

this people is real. It is a

acknowledge that they can see why

people might be confused. Until they

figure that out they are going to

suspend giving new ones out to

general users. It is not a huge

change but Twitter is just taking a

bit more time to be careful about

who gets that on their platform and

who doesn't.

I thought the whole

idea was that if I wanted to pretend

I was you and say lots of things

that you wouldn't want said in your

name, this would clear up whether it

was me pretending to be you actually

you?

And that is still the

intention. It is not going away as

such, but they are temporarily

halting the process of giving out

new ones until they work out a

manner in which they can show that

people are authentic but it does not

look like Twitter is saying that

they agree with what people are

saying. It is nice and blue, it sits

next to people and says yes this is

good in a way. I think people would

change the design to say this is

authentic but we don't necessarily

agree with what is being said.

If

you follow him on Twitter you will

find one by his name! If you want

more on the stories we are covering

you can get them on our website. To

a fascinating story that has come

out today about researchers who has

found that wins that are sustained

in the daytime he'll faster than

wins sustained at night. The full

study has been published online the

details how a tiny body clock in

every cell helps the healing

process. That is far as I am taking

it, I will let James to pick up the

story.

It allows... One of the

things scientists have discovered

that the ability of skin to heal

wounds fluctuates in the 24-hour

pattern and it is easier to heal

wounds ended a time rather than not.

Our skeleton gives a structure and

helped us move around. Each back

individual skills as a site smacks

skeleton. It becomes more mobile

during the day, if you have a

wounds, and you need cells to flood

into it and fill that gap. Because

they are more mobile during the day

they are more able to seal the

wounds. You do not choose when you

need a emergency Caesarean section.

Can you take advantage of this in

the middle of the night? There are

some steroids that help reset the

body clock. If you rub it into your

skin it would change the clock

inside of those cells. The idea is

that maybe you can rub in some

steroid before doing the operation.

That still needs to be tested but is

one way you can take advantage of

this.

We are finishing early because

next on the BBC news channel, the

former Prime Minister Gordon Brown

has been warning that the UK may hit

a crisis point by next summer as

Brexit edges closer. He is also

saying that he is now in favour of a

second referendum on the issue. He

is in and extended escutcheon with

the BBC political editor.

Are

writing a book about tax havens and

how in 2009 we try to bring all

these tax havens into line, to name

and shame, to say they are

noncompliant and amount immediate

action. It has been far too slow,

there are tax havens around the need

to be brought in. You need

sanctions, you say he will be

outside the international community

if you don't act. They could be

arrest warrants for people to are

the institutions and the Government

is taking action. You must clamp

down on this. We have had

revelations of the number and scale

of abuse. I think it is $7 trillion

that is now outside the scope of tax

authorities. That means that if we

could take action in Britain today,

Philip Hammond in his budget could

do two things that need to be done.

He can reverse the Universal Credit

cuts and have justice for people on

benefits. He could also refinance

the NHS which needs 20 billion by 20

22. There is enough money locked

away in tax havens to be brought

back to this country and it is time

we got the international community

working together to achieve it. We

had it in 2009, the unity then

dissipated. America has not played

ball be honest. It is time that some

countries like Britain put pressure

on other international community

members to take action now. This is

the moment of opportunity.

Many

people would say that a lot of the

scheme is now an operation, a lot of

them began in the era when you were

one of the most powerful economic

ministers in the world. You were the

Chancellor for many years during a

period when the sort of behaviour

prospered.

I did 11 budgets from

1997, and everyone we had action

against tax abuses like this and we

were trying to close loopholes. But

you have to have cooperation from

other countries. You cannot close

down a tax haven in some sort of

far-away place unless you have

cooperation from all the other

countries. Our first battle was with

Europe. Luxembourg and Austria were

tax havens and we had to bring them

into line. Once we had done that

which I was part of, we had to get

America and others on board. Now

with America demanding tax

information from other countries but

not giving it itself. That

reciprocity has to happen, otherwise

there is a dent in the armoury we

have to tackle tax. It was the

biggest issue at the G20 in 2009.

Residents were threatening to walk

out. The Chinese Government would

never allow account to be named as a

tax haven and noncompliant. We got

an agreement then and which it is

possible to do it now. I would spend

a lot of time now if people asked me

to try and bring countries together

so we could actually enforce the

agreements we have made. Instead of

signing documents and never

implementing them we actually got

action. The benefit of money for the

NHS or public services... Any

fairness. People in Britain are

paying taxes and then may find other

people who are richer than they are

not paying taxes at all and this is

a problem not of individuals, but a

problem of institutions, accountants

and governments who felt to take

action.

Are you suggesting yourself

as some international tax is our?

I'm watching this position today I

believe there will be a million

signature within hours. I believe

the Argentinian presidency should

take this up. I don't think that

once we have seen this evidence,

because right to the top in many

countries. I think one third of

leaders were named in the Panama

Papers. We did not see this evidence

when I was in Government. You can't

beat this underdressed. I come back

to the fact that it is money for the

NHS and to deal with Universal

Credit. It is money to deal with the

problems of housing in our country.

It is being denied to is because a

few people are being allowed through

institutional devices and

accountants to put their money

somewhere Russ and it is not fair.

You talk of international

cooperation and when you were

Chancellor you crack down on

Luxembourg and Belgium. You were

very vocal joined the referendum

campaign. I knew convinced that

Brexit will actually happen?

I think

what will happen is that we will

come to a crisis point next summer.

I can't tell you exactly how it will

work itself out but this is what

will happen. By next summer, the

public will have made up their mind

that the four red line is that the

Government had set in place are not

going to be achieved. We will not

have proper control the borders. We

will not have proper control of our

money. We are still paying loads of

money to the EU. We will not have

proper control of our courts and law

because we will still be governed in

many ways by the ECJ and we won't

have proper control of trade because

we won't have individual trade

agreements. All the propositions

that were made by the Leave camp,

including remember that 350 million

weeks of the NHS, they are not being

achieved. Next summer, we have to

assess the position. In my view you

cannot go back to the electorate and

say you were wrong. You can't do

that. People have made the decision

and it is right to see that respect.

In a democracy, once a decision has

been made, and it was made in

Scotland, you have to respect it in

each area it is made. But what you

can say, is that is their A-game

changer? Was there something we

didn't get right the last time that

would persuade millions of Leave

voters to think it is worth going

for Remain? And that game changer

must have the support of the rest of

Europe because we can get it through

otherwise. I would like to see a

situation at the end of negotiations

that says that is what you get when

you leave. But is there something

else that is a game changer that you

get if you are prepared to stay? You

cannot do this until next summer and

not without a great deal of work.

You would have to say selling about

migration, about the courts, about

money. But I think that is the point

that the nation should be given new

information about what is possible.

I'm not advocating a referendum at

this stage. I am not advocating a

change of position in that respect.

What I am saying is, let us look at

the facts next summer when we know

the promises that were made by the

Leave campaign will not have been

achieved.

But you are suggesting

there is another opportunity?

They

can only be done if there is new

evidence and new information that we

can bring to bear to the public. For

example, in Switzerland at the

moment they have made an agreement

with the EU, under Freedom of

movement. Jobs are registered at job

centres with local people. There is

an agreement that people who don't

get a job in Switzerland, they

cannot stay forever as EU citizens.

Belgium have been engaged in new

agreement about freedom of movement.

France is talking about as they

call, social dumping of workers.

There is a lot that is happening the

EU that... The problem is that David

Cameron came back with a really

negotiation and nobody remembers a

thing about it. Mrs Thatcher, to her

credit, went back to Brussels and

everybody knew she had won a budget

addition and she got extra money.

Even Harold Wilson in 1975 came back

and had someone to say about New

Zealand butter and everything else.

We have nothing to say in the

referendum that was of benefit to

renegotiation and nobody remembers a

word of it. There are things in

changing in Europe to look at.

To be

clear, you are suggesting that the

Labour Party should be holding out

the possibility of people revisiting

the decision if things change in the

EU.

I do think at this point you

should have another referendum.

But

that possibility should be on the

table?

What I think you should be

saying is, is then you evidence or a

game changer or something that is

different from what we have learned

about what is happening in Europe,

all what is happening in Britain

that we have to look at. And the

right time to assess that is when we

have on the table what we think will

be an inadequate achievement that

bridges the red lines and does not

give the Leave campaign the

satisfaction that it had of all

these games from leaving Europe.

Do

you think the Labour Party should

argue that now?

-- gains. Let me put

it the other way. I think you will

find the next summer that Kier

Starmer and Jeremy Corbyn are

exactly on the same page with what I

am saying. If the agreement is

unsatisfactory and if there is, this

is the challenge of people like me

and others, that digitally people in

the House of Commons. If they can

show that there is a game changing

moment where you can say to the

Leave voters this is what you were

told then, and it was actually the

politics of fear them to be honest.

This is the positive thing we could

get out of Europe now, there may be

scope for a reassessment. I would

not put it higher than that and say

it is in every double of another

referendum and tell people...

That

they were wrong and you were right.

Some sort of false consciousness.

People voted for very real reasons.

They were dissatisfied with global

institutions. I think that has to be

respected. But there are things that

are changing and changing within

Europe and could change within

Britain that could make a

reassessment possible.

But to many

Leave voters, does that not still

sound that you're sticking your

things in your ears?

I don't think

so. When I look at the evidence, I

look at people who were worried

about migration. But there were

worried about a something for

nothing culture. They felt people

came to the country, when using the

services of this country and not

giving enough in return. It was not

that they were against people

filling jobs that other people

didn't want to fill. It felt like

they were getting something for

nothing.

He said the referendum use

the politics of fear. You would a

Prime Minister to first used the

phrase British jobs of British

workers.

But I used it in the

context of the training British

workers for the challenge of

globalisation. If you look at the

context in which I spoke, I was

talking about how we had to retrain

British people for the jobs

available. When people complained

that others were taking the jobs. I

said let's retrain British people.

That is a different thing. I went to

David Cameron before the referendum

and said, set up the fund for the

impact that the challenges that

unions these are facing as a result

of high migration. And show we are

taking action to help those people

who are worried about their jobs or

worried that people are getting

something for nothing. We did not do

that. There was no initiatives such

as an immigration action fund. That

should have been done and a lot of

people argued later that that was a

big mistake. There are things that

can be done. Let's be realistic. The

people had voted. The result has to

be accepted. It is only if there is

a game changer, something new, that

I then think you could go to the

people and say look, do you want to

reassess that? I'm not even saying

at this stage it could have a

referendum.

You say that on the EU

Kier Starmer and Jeremy Corbyn will

come around to your way of thinking.

Not just as a former leader, but as

a student of Labour Party history,

you look at the Labour Party now and

think they are ready for Government?

Jeremy Corbyn is a nominal. We have

to accept that, he disagreed with me

on many issues. He probably voted

against me 500 times! I respect the

fact that he is a phenomenal. He is

expressing peoples anger about

Universal Credit about what happened

at Grenfell Tower, about affordable

housing, about inequality in our

country, about tuition fees. He is

articulating that anger. I know from

my experience, and Tony Blair will

tell you as well, you go back to

first principles in opposition and

look at whether you have your

principles right. Then you have a

plan about a programme in

Government. Then you have to go out

and win public support. Jeremy

Corbyn has got potentially, five

years into the general election. He

builds from his principles into a

plan and into a popular programme

that he then wins public support.

That is his challenge. To be honest,

I'm thinking myself more about what

happens in the long-term future. I

have no special insight into what is

happening today in Westminster. But

in the long-term it is clear to me

that the old neoliberal consensus,

which was basically inequality is

good for growth, you never have

deficit financing because that is

building up unacceptable debt, that

is all gone. It is completely

discredited. It took ten years from

the financial recession for it to be

discredited. I could not win the

argument for stimulus for the

economy in 2010. People were worried

about debt and deficits and thought

it was the equivalent of incest. I

could not win the argument with the

people and I regret that because we

then had seven years of wasted

austerities and this is a lost game.

People have now come both

internationally and in Britain to

the view that the right form of

economic policy is when you combine

social justice, economic efficiency

and environmental sustainability and

there is a new wave of support for

collective action in this country.