0:00:00 > 0:00:01as we get to the point whether UK departs the EU at the end of March
0:00:01 > 0:00:072019.Are gay, Vicki, as always, thank you very much. You join us a
0:00:07 > 0:00:12little bit late, because as we were discussing, Theresa May giving a
0:00:12 > 0:00:16speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet, the annual event. We are now going
0:00:16 > 0:00:22to move to the border area between Iran and Iraq. Of course, that
0:00:22 > 0:00:28earthquake took place, and this is where search teams are working
0:00:28 > 0:00:31through the night, desperately trying to find survivors at that
0:00:31 > 0:00:35powerful earthquake that has killed more than 400 people and injured
0:00:35 > 0:00:397000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42This shows the epicentre of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47It struck near the town of Darbandikhan.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49And this is the town of Sarpol-e Zahab,
0:00:49 > 0:00:51which was one of the worst affected.
0:00:51 > 0:00:59These pictures are from Sarpol-e Zahab.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Let's have a look at that. Absolute devastation.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05It's understood two thirds of the casualties alone
0:01:05 > 0:01:07came from this town and surrounding areas.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12As you can see, there has been widespread damage.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Helicopters have been relied on heavily to deliver aid
0:01:14 > 0:01:17and transport victims.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21That is because the landscape is very difficult to reach, there are a
0:01:21 > 0:01:27lot of areas that are really difficult terrain, there have been
0:01:27 > 0:01:31landslides, blocked roads, damaged roads, so helicopters, some of the
0:01:31 > 0:01:36ways, the only way is that some of these people can be reached. Now, if
0:01:36 > 0:01:40we show you some CCTV footage that I hope to bring up for you, because
0:01:40 > 0:01:48this is actually phenomenal. This was of a dam, this is not water, but
0:01:48 > 0:01:53a dam where boulders were moving down and making, crashing some of
0:01:53 > 0:01:57the cars in the car park at the bottom of the dam. Moments before,
0:01:57 > 0:02:02you could see people running away, absolute devastation, 400 people
0:02:02 > 0:02:08killed. My Kolodziejczak goal has been telling me about some of the
0:02:08 > 0:02:17rescue efforts. -- my colleague GR the latest figures of 430 people
0:02:17 > 0:02:25killed, but it seems this is the number that has been recorded by the
0:02:25 > 0:02:28officials in major cities, but 1900 villages in that region have been
0:02:28 > 0:02:36affected, and the rescue teams have not been able to get too many of
0:02:36 > 0:02:41those villages. I receive videos from locals, they say, in our
0:02:41 > 0:02:53village, we lost 20 people, no-one came to our help. That is why the
0:02:53 > 0:02:57number will possibly rise tomorrow, because so far the entire effort has
0:02:57 > 0:03:03been put on the major cities inside Iran.We saw the area around the
0:03:03 > 0:03:09border, this is pretty remote, it will be hard for rescue efforts, I
0:03:09 > 0:03:11know the Iranian revolutionary Guard is trying to help, but it is going
0:03:11 > 0:03:17to be hard to get there.It is the most impoverished region between
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Iran and Iraq, and it suffered heavily during the bloody war
0:03:21 > 0:03:29between Iran and Iraq, most of the infrastructure were destroyed, so
0:03:29 > 0:03:35they rebuilt it, and the only city in the town, where most of the
0:03:35 > 0:03:39casualties are coming from, that has been completely destroyed. I saw a
0:03:39 > 0:03:45video with numbers of dead bodies laid in front of the hospital but no
0:03:45 > 0:03:48emergency room to take care of those who are being affected. So this
0:03:48 > 0:03:55region, the situation is such that the infrastructure cannot cope, so
0:03:55 > 0:03:59the has to pull together resources, military, Revolutionary Guard and
0:03:59 > 0:04:07other agencies from neighbouring provinces, to go there, three or
0:04:07 > 0:04:12four five hours away, that is a matter of life for so many. I see
0:04:12 > 0:04:16old men with flashlights searching for his loved ones beneath the
0:04:16 > 0:04:25crushed buildings, that was the situation. So I think most those
0:04:25 > 0:04:29people, the weather is cold, they need food, hopefully the government
0:04:29 > 0:04:35can get them help, and for some of those villages, the only way to get
0:04:35 > 0:04:40there is by air.7.3, very strong, some of your family members actually
0:04:40 > 0:04:47felt the earthquake.Absolutely, part of the family is almost an hour
0:04:47 > 0:04:51from there, but there is a lot of outcry in that region, they complain
0:04:51 > 0:04:55about the government, and some of the buildings which collapsed were
0:04:55 > 0:05:07just built under President Ahmadinejad, part of subsidised
0:05:07 > 0:05:10building for poorer people, and not of those buildings have met the
0:05:10 > 0:05:13standards to resist earthquake, which is why so many people are
0:05:13 > 0:05:17angry, they say this kind of building, they are new, they should
0:05:17 > 0:05:22have resisted the earthquake, but if you just go across to Iraqi
0:05:22 > 0:05:27Kurdistan, we had six or seven casualties, not the numbers that we
0:05:27 > 0:05:33had in Iran. The reason is that the building code in Iraqi Kurdistan is
0:05:33 > 0:05:38much better, the regulation is much better than Iran.Jiyar Gol from BBC
0:05:38 > 0:05:44Persian. Rami Ruhayem has arrived in one of the worst affected towns and
0:05:44 > 0:05:48filed this report. This is one of the hardest hit areas
0:05:48 > 0:05:53in Iraq by the earthquake, we are told seven people were inside his
0:05:53 > 0:05:57home when it collapsed, two of them were killed, and others were
0:05:57 > 0:06:00injured. Several other buildings suffered a similar damage to this
0:06:00 > 0:06:04one, but fortunately they seem to be the exception, rather than the rule,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07and most of the other homes in the region managed to withstand the
0:06:07 > 0:06:14impact of the quake. Rami Ruhayem in Iraq. Lots more
0:06:14 > 0:06:17coming up here on Outside Source.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25It is the time of day when we look at interesting weather events around
0:06:25 > 0:06:28the world, stormy weather both sides of the Atlantic with a deep area of
0:06:28 > 0:06:33low pressure moving into British Columbia, Washington and Oregon,
0:06:33 > 0:06:37bringing further heavy rainfall, hills know, as well as strong,
0:06:37 > 0:06:43disruptive winds too. Meanwhile, across Central America, ongoing
0:06:43 > 0:06:47heavy rainfall, causing flash flooding in Costa Rica, Panama,
0:06:47 > 0:06:53Nicaragua, Belize, and also through the Caribbean, Jamaica, Cuba and the
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Bahamas too. Now the other side of the Atlantic, where we also have
0:06:57 > 0:07:00heavy rain and hill snow pushing southwards, a lot of cloud
0:07:00 > 0:07:04associated with a really slow moving area of low pressure, here it is,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08lasting through Tuesday into Wednesday, bringing further heavy
0:07:08 > 0:07:12rain across parts of Italy and particularly in across the Balkans
0:07:12 > 0:07:17too with snow for the Alps, the Dolomites, and strong winds also a
0:07:17 > 0:07:21hazard too. The north-east coast of Spain and southern France, strong
0:07:21 > 0:07:28northerly mistral winds gusting around 100 km/h, or even a bit more.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Heavy downpours of rain and thunderstorms through Sardinia,
0:07:31 > 0:07:36Sicily, across Italy, and to the Balkans too. So the weather
0:07:36 > 0:07:39associated with this storm system across central and south-east
0:07:39 > 0:07:44Europe, very strong gusts of wind, heavy rain leading to flash flooding
0:07:44 > 0:07:47across some areas, but also an increased risk of avalanches too.
0:07:47 > 0:07:53Meanwhile, across India, some very poor air quality in the North,
0:07:53 > 0:07:57slowly starting to improve over the next few days, also this club of
0:07:57 > 0:08:01cloud sitting in the bay of Bengal, that is an area of low pressure, a
0:08:01 > 0:08:04tropical depression which are slowly moving northwards in the bay of
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Bengal. It may well bring strong winds and heavy rain to coastal
0:08:08 > 0:08:12parts of Andhra Pradesh and up towards West Bengal too. Meanwhile,
0:08:12 > 0:08:17the outlook across the UK, then, fairly quiet, things telling milder,
0:08:17 > 0:08:23mostly cloudy over the next few days. For Tuesday, a fairly weak
0:08:23 > 0:08:28weather front draped across central parts of the country, brighter skies
0:08:28 > 0:08:31towards the north, improves day across Scotland and northern parts
0:08:31 > 0:08:36of Northern Ireland with a return to sunnier skies. Across England and
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Wales, rather cloudy, a bit of drizzle here and there, but some
0:08:39 > 0:08:42brightness to the east of high ground, and temperatures back in
0:08:42 > 0:08:47double figures, so a little bit milder than recent days. Tuesday
0:08:47 > 0:08:51into Wednesday, quite a murky night with low cloud, somebody patch is
0:08:51 > 0:08:55too, but I think most of us staying for three, although we could see a
0:08:55 > 0:09:00bit of frost developing under clear skies for the North of Scotland.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Cloudy on Wednesday, clearing towards the north, then sunny
0:09:04 > 0:09:07spells, temperatures up to 13 degrees, more details on the weather
0:09:07 > 0:09:10for the week ahead in half an hour.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Hello, this is Outside Source. Search teams in Iran are working
0:10:30 > 0:10:33overnight to find survivors of the powerful earthquake killing at least
0:10:33 > 0:10:41400 people. Bad news for the climate as new data suggests new carbon
0:10:41 > 0:10:45dioxide emissions have risen for the first time in four years, dashing
0:10:45 > 0:10:50hopes that they had reached a peak. President trumpeting it off with the
0:10:50 > 0:10:52controversial leader of the Philippines and says that their
0:10:52 > 0:11:01relationship is great.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22We are going to talk about new data on global carbon dioxide emissions,
0:11:22 > 0:11:27coming out today. They suggest that for the first time in 2017, they
0:11:27 > 0:11:32have risen for the first time in four years which is a cause for
0:11:32 > 0:11:41concern. The greater use of coal in China is believed to be one reason.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Looking at the stats, this is what emissions have looked like over the
0:11:45 > 0:11:49last four years, quite level, stalling over the last three years.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54Scientists had hoped they had reached their peak but that isn't
0:11:54 > 0:11:58going to happen this year. This is the lead author of the study behind
0:11:58 > 0:12:02the findings.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06It is so urgent that the emissions decrease very rapidly, it's
0:12:06 > 0:12:11absolutely urgent. People don't realise that the emissions must
0:12:11 > 0:12:15disappear, essentially, for the warming to stop. There's only one
0:12:15 > 0:12:22way to do that and to develop the policies and actions and technology
0:12:22 > 0:12:28and use them so that our emissions decrease everywhere.That report was
0:12:28 > 0:12:33launched at a big UN climate conference in Berlin. It took place
0:12:33 > 0:12:38in the city of Bonn, where 20,000 delegates and negotiators gathered.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42They are discussing how to implement the Paris climate agreement.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47Scientists say that the trend of rising emissions, if it continues,
0:12:47 > 0:12:52then the goals of the accord could slip out of reach. Our correspondent
0:12:52 > 0:12:58is in Bonn for us.This year 's figures, provisional, indicating a
0:12:58 > 0:13:04rise of 2%. That's why it's does not sound like much but in the context
0:13:04 > 0:13:07of the world that is quite a bit and scientists are uncertain whether
0:13:07 > 0:13:14this represents major new step in growth or it is a one-off. I think
0:13:14 > 0:13:18they need a couple more years data to get anything definitive.Do we
0:13:18 > 0:13:23know why this is happening? A lot blaming China and its growing
0:13:23 > 0:13:29economy.Absolutely, the Chinese economy has expanded, they've been
0:13:29 > 0:13:34using more energy and they've had a big shortage of rainfall, meaning
0:13:34 > 0:13:37river levels have gone down and the hydroelectric power wasn't as
0:13:37 > 0:13:44effective as in previous years. But other countries are involved, the EU
0:13:44 > 0:13:50and the US both saw emissions going down but not by as much as expected,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53due to the continued use of natural gas in some places, the use of coal
0:13:53 > 0:14:00in other places. Those two factors, Oil and Gas UK the same time, seem
0:14:00 > 0:14:05pretty consistent over the last number of years. Scientists worry
0:14:05 > 0:14:10that as well as coal, oil and gas are being used and that isn't going
0:14:10 > 0:14:13to help the world gets to where it needs to go in terms of its
0:14:13 > 0:14:18emissions.There is concern that the Trump administration was going to
0:14:18 > 0:14:24show April coal demonstration. Anything like that? -- a pro-coal
0:14:24 > 0:14:31demonstration.There is a meeting of people who see fossil fuels as a
0:14:31 > 0:14:36solution to these problems, a couple of advisers to President Trump were
0:14:36 > 0:14:39there as well as members of the US coal and nuclear industries. They
0:14:39 > 0:14:44had a meeting well attended by people who work here is to see what
0:14:44 > 0:14:50they would do. Halfway through they were interrupted by a couple of
0:14:50 > 0:14:54dozen, maybe 40 or 50 demonstrators who sang and sang and turned their
0:14:54 > 0:15:01backs on the cold promoters and eventually walked out -- coal
0:15:01 > 0:15:05promoters. It was pretty good natures and well steward it, there
0:15:05 > 0:15:17was no trouble. I think they made their point clearly.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25In Venezuela, the country is in debt to the tune of billions of dollars.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30There were crisis talks between the government and lenders to discuss
0:15:30 > 0:15:37restructuring the debt. The Socialist government held a brief
0:15:37 > 0:15:43meeting with foreign debt holders on Monday.
0:15:47 > 0:15:53What does this mean for the country? What does it mean for the people?
0:15:53 > 0:16:03Venezuela could default on $150 billion that it owes. $45 billion is
0:16:03 > 0:16:10owed to the oil companies. One war figure, 63 billion, that is owed to
0:16:10 > 0:16:16private investors like Goldman Sachs. And 28 billion is owed to
0:16:16 > 0:16:22China. Very mind that Venezuela is subject to massive UN sanctions and
0:16:22 > 0:16:26today the European Union approved economic sanctions as well. Here is
0:16:26 > 0:16:34the foreign chief speaking earlier. The work we are trying to do is to
0:16:34 > 0:16:40support the Venezuelan economy. No measure, I would like to stress
0:16:40 > 0:16:46this, will harm the Venezuelan population. Our measure is only to
0:16:46 > 0:16:52support the population of Venezuela. The step has been decided today. It
0:16:52 > 0:17:03is a first step. It can be reversed if political conditions allow us to
0:17:03 > 0:17:13have credible and meaningful negotiations.
0:17:14 > 0:17:20My colleague Katie Watson joins us from Sao Paulo. Just put that into
0:17:20 > 0:17:23contact, for people from Venezuela, that is a huge impact, physical as
0:17:23 > 0:17:32well. Some have lost weight as a result of the crisis?That's right,
0:17:32 > 0:17:38Venezuelan's economy is in a diet is date. There are people who are
0:17:38 > 0:17:45missing meals, inflation, the IMF said next year may reach 2300%. The
0:17:45 > 0:17:49oil economy of Venezuela, it relies on oil for 95% of its foreign
0:17:49 > 0:17:54earnings and that has plummeted, not just because of the oil price but
0:17:54 > 0:17:59its production ability has fallen dramatically. The one source of
0:17:59 > 0:18:04revenue it has relied on, it can no longer generate the income it used
0:18:04 > 0:18:10to. That's obviously a big impact for Venezuela and of course the
0:18:10 > 0:18:17sanctions, that's what the Maduro Prejean blames but analysts say you
0:18:17 > 0:18:22can't blame the sanctions, it is economic mismanagement that has
0:18:22 > 0:18:27caused problems -- the Maduro regime blames.How do you start to
0:18:27 > 0:18:36restructuring a debt of $150 billion?That 150 billion is an
0:18:36 > 0:18:41estimate of how much total external debt it owes, including credit line
0:18:41 > 0:18:46from the likes of Russia and China but the talks today were for the
0:18:46 > 0:18:51bondholders, especially to come over and investors to talk about how they
0:18:51 > 0:18:55will go forward with repaying future debt. Venezuela until now has paid
0:18:55 > 0:19:01the debt. The fear of default is a big one because Venezuelan relies
0:19:01 > 0:19:08heavily on the outside world. If it defaulted on its bonds from its oil
0:19:08 > 0:19:11company, that means it would be shut out of the market and wouldn't
0:19:11 > 0:19:14receive its dollars and would mean it couldn't import things like food
0:19:14 > 0:19:20and medicine. That has been a problem but there has been so little
0:19:20 > 0:19:23information about what the bondholders are expecting. The
0:19:23 > 0:19:27people who are leading the talks, the vice president has sanctioned on
0:19:27 > 0:19:32him because of alleged drug trafficking. US bondholders have
0:19:32 > 0:19:34been concerned about coming to Venezuela because they are concerned
0:19:34 > 0:19:38that if they negotiate with him it will contravene sanctions and they
0:19:38 > 0:19:43could be in trouble. That has been a big stumbling block and many people
0:19:43 > 0:19:46stayed away, sending representatives and even those people haven't all
0:19:46 > 0:19:50been able to come, even though the government say that 400 investors
0:19:50 > 0:19:58were turning up. Others say that is not the true figure. Very cloudy,
0:19:58 > 0:20:02certainly the information from Venezuelan.Thank you for joining
0:20:02 > 0:20:11us. You can get much more detail on that story and what's happening on
0:20:11 > 0:20:14our website.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29Let's return to Brexit now,
0:20:29 > 0:20:32and the Government has confirmed that it will allow MPs
0:20:32 > 0:20:34to vote on any final deal negotiated with Brussels.
0:20:34 > 0:20:41Here's the Brexit Secretary, David Davis.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46I can now confirm that when we have reached agreement we will bring
0:20:46 > 0:20:50forward a specific piece of primary legislation to implement it. This
0:20:50 > 0:20:56confirms that the major policy set out in the withdrawal agreement will
0:20:56 > 0:21:00be directly in fermented by primary legislation, not secondary
0:21:00 > 0:21:05legislation in a withdrawal bill. It also means parliament will have time
0:21:05 > 0:21:09to debate, scrutinised and vote on the final agreement with respect to
0:21:09 > 0:21:15the European Union. The agreement will only hold if Parliament
0:21:15 > 0:21:19approves. We expected to cover the contents of the withdrawal
0:21:19 > 0:21:24agreement, including issues on citizens' rights, any financial
0:21:24 > 0:21:25settlement and a detailed intimidation period between both
0:21:25 > 0:21:26sides.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28This is being seen as a big concession.
0:21:28 > 0:21:36Here's the BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53But as the political editor of the New Statesman points out:
0:22:02 > 0:22:04So no matter which way the vote goes,
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Britain will still be leaving the European Union.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Let's get some analysis now from our chief political
0:22:09 > 0:22:11correspondent, Vicki Young, who's in central London.
0:22:11 > 0:22:17Is this a big deal, or isn't it? What's interesting is that the
0:22:17 > 0:22:23Labour Party immediately got up and said this was a huge concession from
0:22:23 > 0:22:27David Davies, that it was a massive climb-down because he was
0:22:27 > 0:22:32potentially facing Commons defeat in the next few weeks over the EU
0:22:32 > 0:22:37withdrawal bill. Some Conservatives on the remain side of the argument
0:22:37 > 0:22:43want a slow and gradual Brexit, some hobby don't want it at all. --
0:22:43 > 0:22:47probably don't want it. They don't think it is a concession for that
0:22:47 > 0:22:51reason. They will have the chance to vote on whatever deal the government
0:22:51 > 0:22:56brings back from Brussels. If they vote against it, then they get no
0:22:56 > 0:23:00deal and Britain still leaves at the end of March, 2019. Opinion you can
0:23:00 > 0:23:05safely say is split on this. The BBC understands there were some
0:23:05 > 0:23:10difficult meetings today between the senior party managers, the whips of
0:23:10 > 0:23:17the Conservative Party, speaking to those Tory members who are looking
0:23:17 > 0:23:21for a gradual, softer kind of Brexit. They are pretty unhappy
0:23:21 > 0:23:25about all of this. I suppose the point about David Davies saying
0:23:25 > 0:23:31we're going to have a new bill and new legislation which you can all
0:23:31 > 0:23:38debate and scrutinise, pick over and vote on, what we don't know is what
0:23:38 > 0:23:42kind of environment we will be in in one year's time or even longer.
0:23:42 > 0:23:48Things may have changed. By having this bill of legislation it in
0:23:48 > 0:23:53labels those people who are trying to fight a very clean, hard Brexit,
0:23:53 > 0:23:58it may give them a vehicle to try and often it. That's why some people
0:23:58 > 0:24:06are seeing it as a concession -- soften soften it. It is something
0:24:06 > 0:24:09more predictable.Politicians can scrutinise the bill but time is
0:24:09 > 0:24:15running out. When is this going to happen?Yes, given that we aren't
0:24:15 > 0:24:20even into the second stage of the EU talks, the British government hoping
0:24:20 > 0:24:24that in December the EU are going to say they are ready to move on, there
0:24:24 > 0:24:29has been sufficient progress and we can start talking about the future
0:24:29 > 0:24:35relationship. As you say, if the final date of leaving, which they
0:24:35 > 0:24:41want to put into law in the legislation, controversially, the
0:24:41 > 0:24:44end of March, 2019, which is Article 50 and then, when we will leave, two
0:24:44 > 0:24:50years beyond that. It means that already time is running out. Some
0:24:50 > 0:24:53saying you must get it through the British Parliament, through the
0:24:53 > 0:25:00European Parliament. There are all sorts of snags. Some have looked at
0:25:00 > 0:25:03negotiations in the EU over many decades and they say that only
0:25:03 > 0:25:08towards the end of the process, when minds are more focused, given that
0:25:08 > 0:25:11both sides say they are searching for a deal, some say that we need to
0:25:11 > 0:25:17be optimistic and that's what Theresa May was saying in her speech
0:25:17 > 0:25:21at the Guildhall, in the financial centre of London, saying that we
0:25:21 > 0:25:24must be optimistic, striving for the best deal, we want to be confident
0:25:24 > 0:25:29about the future. We have a place in the world, we will be outward
0:25:29 > 0:25:32looking. She says that Britain should concentrate on the positive
0:25:32 > 0:25:37things rather than the negative. Thank you for joining us.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38Last week, we covered the shock resignation
0:25:38 > 0:25:41of Lebanon's Prime Minister and his departure to Saudi Arabia.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Now the EU has weighed in, urging Saad Hariri to return to Lebanon,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46and warned Saudi Arabia against meddling in
0:25:46 > 0:25:52the country's affairs.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54The bloc's top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, said, "We expect
0:25:54 > 0:25:58no external interference in this national agenda."
0:25:58 > 0:26:00"We believe it is essential to avoid importing into Lebanon
0:26:00 > 0:26:05regional conflicts."
0:26:05 > 0:26:07And we've heard from Mr Hariri.
0:26:07 > 0:26:15In a live TV event, he vowed to return home in the coming days.
0:26:16 > 0:26:22TRANSLATION:There's a security threat on my life, that's just part
0:26:22 > 0:26:28of it. There's the protection of Lebanon, I want to protect Lebanon.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32I will go back to Lebanon and I will be back really soon. I will follow
0:26:32 > 0:26:38because the custard usual process of resignation. -- constitutional
0:26:38 > 0:26:40process.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Mr Hariri also denied he's being held captive
0:26:42 > 0:26:44in Saudi Arabia, an accusation made by Iran and Hezbollah.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47His unexpected resignation has meant we've been hearing a lot
0:26:47 > 0:26:51about the regional rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53But why are the two countries at loggerheads,
0:26:53 > 0:26:55and what is the potential for real conflict between them?
0:26:56 > 0:27:01Paul Adams explains.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Let's say straight off, if Iran and Saudi Arabia were to go to war, that
0:27:09 > 0:27:13would be catastrophic Iran no one really thinks that's going to happen
0:27:13 > 0:27:19but they are definitely at loggerheads. Facing off and even
0:27:19 > 0:27:26fighting by proxy all over the region. It's about a struggle for
0:27:26 > 0:27:30power that's been going on for nearly 40 years. Saudi Arabia, home
0:27:30 > 0:27:37to Islam's two coleus sites, felt it was the undisputed leader of the
0:27:37 > 0:27:43Muslim world -- holiest sites. In 1979 along came the Ayatollah and
0:27:43 > 0:27:47the Iranian revolution.He was welcomed by the biggest crowd in
0:27:47 > 0:27:56human history.Suddenly, Saudi Arabia had a rival. Today, Teheran's
0:27:56 > 0:28:00influence extends across a broad area of the Middle East, from Iran
0:28:00 > 0:28:04in the east to Lebanon in the West. Saudi Arabia feels threatened in its
0:28:04 > 0:28:14own backyard. And then of course there is religion, the countries
0:28:14 > 0:28:22representing the rival camps in Islam. Saudi Arabia is Sunni and
0:28:22 > 0:28:29Iran is Shia. Inevitably there are religious overtones. In Yemen there
0:28:29 > 0:28:32is a civil war, Saudi Arabia is helping one side and Iran, the
0:28:32 > 0:28:37other. In Syria, Iran supports President Assad and has sent troops
0:28:37 > 0:28:42to fight for him. The Saudis have funded and armed rebel groups. In
0:28:42 > 0:28:48Iraq, since the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iran has become very
0:28:48 > 0:28:51influential and Saudi Arabia has been trying to extend its influence
0:28:51 > 0:28:55there. And Lebanon, a complicated country with a delicate power
0:28:55 > 0:29:05balance. For decades, Tim Faye has supported the Shia militia. It is
0:29:05 > 0:29:10fighting in Syria and has a presence in Yemen and Iraq. For Saudi Arabia
0:29:10 > 0:29:18this is too much. Saudi Arabia's Crown prince, who pretty much runs
0:29:18 > 0:29:22the country, has been sounding increasingly tough on Iran, accusing
0:29:22 > 0:29:26it of trying to dominate the Muslim world. Most people think that the
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Crown Prince ordered the recent resignation of the Prime Minister of
0:29:29 > 0:29:33Lebanon. By Minister Harry Reid made his shock announcement in Saudi
0:29:33 > 0:29:43Arabia. -- Hariri. TRANSLATION:I want to say to Iran that they are
0:29:43 > 0:29:48losing in their attempt to influence the Arab world.The fear is that
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Saudi Arabia is trying to force a confrontation with Hezbollah, to
0:29:51 > 0:29:57weaken its authority and the influence of Iran. If so this is
0:29:57 > 0:30:01dangerous and could open up a new front in the cold war between Saudi
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Arabia and Iran. In a country, Lebanon, that has already seen far
0:30:05 > 0:30:11too much conflict.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Day one of the Asean summit has wrapped up in Manila.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16The focus has been on the relationship
0:30:16 > 0:30:19between these two, Donald Trump and the Philippines President,
0:30:19 > 0:30:23Rodrigo Duterte.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25The pair met on the sidelines of the summit.
0:30:25 > 0:30:32And it was all praise from the US President.
0:30:32 > 0:30:39We've had a great relationship, this has been very successful. We've had
0:30:39 > 0:30:45leaders with many -- meetings with many other leaders. This has been
0:30:45 > 0:30:47handled beautifully by the President of the Philippines. I've enjoyed
0:30:47 > 0:30:50being here.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53There appears to be a lack of clarity over whether the issue
0:30:53 > 0:30:55of human rights were discussed by the two leaders.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57The White House says they were, albeit briefly.
0:30:57 > 0:31:02But the Philippines say Mr Trump never raised the issue.
0:31:02 > 0:31:07Human-rights groups had wanted President Trump to take a tough
0:31:07 > 0:31:11stance on President Duterte's war on drugs.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Police say almost 4,000 people have been killed since this
0:31:14 > 0:31:19controversial tactic was launched in June last year.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Ties have been strained between the two countries
0:31:21 > 0:31:23after the former US President Barack Obama
0:31:23 > 0:31:25criticised Mr Duterte for his brutal anti-drug campaign.
0:31:25 > 0:31:35The BBC's Howard Johnson reports from Manila.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41When they finished the meeting there was a brief exchange with the press
0:31:41 > 0:31:46but not much was discussed. The details were released slowly
0:31:46 > 0:31:49afterwards by the White House press office who were the first to say
0:31:49 > 0:31:53that human rights were briefly discussed. Later the president of
0:31:53 > 0:31:59the Philippines' spokesman said that President did hurt had been speaking
0:31:59 > 0:32:11about the war on drugs -- president did hurt -- Duterte. Briefly touched
0:32:11 > 0:32:16on, the issue of the war on drugs and human rights in the meeting.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Here've also been violent demonstrations on the streets
0:32:17 > 0:32:22of Manila against Mr Trump's visit.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25A group of protesters charged at riot police,
0:32:25 > 0:32:28who responded by using water cannon and sonic alarms to try
0:32:28 > 0:32:31and repel the crowd.
0:32:31 > 0:32:38And awkward moments are almost custom at these types of gatherings,
0:32:38 > 0:32:41and this one has been no different - take a look at this group handshake
0:32:41 > 0:32:44that took the US President a little while to master.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47And here's something you probably didn't expect,
0:32:47 > 0:32:52President Duterte serenading a gala dinner at the order of Mr Trump.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03SINGING.
0:33:07 > 0:33:20I sung, uninvited, they duet, on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of
0:33:20 > 0:33:24the United States.Yes, ordered to sing by President Trump.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27A soldier has been shot and wounded as he escaped North Korea.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32The soldier managed to get across this, the demilitarised zone.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37This is one of the most heavily protected areas in the world.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38So this is really surprising.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40It's fortified with thousands of mines and barbed wire,
0:33:40 > 0:33:45rows of surveillance cameras and electric fencing.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54The DMZ is a strip of land 250km long and 4km wide that separates
0:33:54 > 0:34:01the two sides of the Korean Peninsula.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04The defector crossed here, at the village of Panmunjom,
0:34:04 > 0:34:13actually where the truce to end the Korean War was signed in 1953.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16If you want to find out more about what it takes to cross
0:34:16 > 0:34:19the demilitarised zone, then go to this article on our website.
0:34:19 > 0:34:20Here's Mark Lowen.
0:34:20 > 0:34:26We know that a North Korean soldier who was stationed at a guard post in
0:34:26 > 0:34:29the joint Security area and the so-called demilitarised zone,
0:34:29 > 0:34:36approached the South earlier today and was shot by a North Korean --
0:34:36 > 0:34:39North Korean soldiers in the shoulder and elbow. He was taken to
0:34:39 > 0:34:44hospital and he has now regained consciousness. This is extremely
0:34:44 > 0:34:49rare for people to deflect across-the-board and indeed in the
0:34:49 > 0:34:52joint Security area. That is the collection of buildings where North
0:34:52 > 0:34:57and South Korean soldiers eyeball each other and in effect it is the
0:34:57 > 0:34:59most tightly guarded part of the world's most heavily fortified
0:34:59 > 0:35:06border. Very rare for soldiers to defect in that way. South Korean
0:35:06 > 0:35:12media say that only three have defected across the joint Security
0:35:12 > 0:35:20area since the end of the Cold War, in 1998, 2007, and today. Most of
0:35:20 > 0:35:26the 2000 defectors tend to go into China and try and seek asylum at the
0:35:26 > 0:35:32South Korean Embassy in Beijing. It is rare for them to go across the
0:35:32 > 0:35:40DMZ at all, let alone the joint Security area. When the soldier
0:35:40 > 0:35:45recovers in hospital, he will be a prized possession for South Korea, a
0:35:45 > 0:35:50rare insight into the heart of the North Korean military, coming, as he
0:35:50 > 0:35:56is, from that extremely tightly guarded area where soldiers are
0:35:56 > 0:36:02chosen because of their immense loyalty to the North Korean regime.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05A very rare desertion, especially because it is such a militarised
0:36:05 > 0:36:13zone. A lots more on the website but from us, thanks for watching.