0:00:08 > 0:00:10Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Angela Merkel's feeling the political pressure.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17She's been Chancellor for 13 years, but her two routes to
0:00:17 > 0:00:21a new coalition government are now blocked.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Now Europe's most powerful politician admits another
0:00:23 > 0:00:24election may be necessary.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Remember, the last one, in September, was a disaster for her.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Robert Mugabe is also feeling the heat.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31He's ignored a deadline to resign, and now the president
0:00:31 > 0:00:38faces impeachment.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42We expect the motion to be moved tomorrow, a committee to be set up
0:00:42 > 0:00:47tomorrow and hopefully by Wednesday, because the charges are so clear, we
0:00:47 > 0:00:59expect we should be able to put it into action.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03And we'll hear from the BBC's Lyse Doucet in Riyadh on the social
0:01:03 > 0:01:08changes under way in Saudi Arabia.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21We now have the possibility that Angela Merkel could be out
0:01:21 > 0:01:23of office by next year.
0:01:23 > 0:01:30It's not the most likely outcome, but it is possible.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32That in itself is extraordinary.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34This is why the pressure is on.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Since the election, the Chancellor's CDU party has been trying to form
0:01:38 > 0:01:41a coalition with the liberal FDP party and the Greens.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Well, the FDP has pulled out of talks.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Ms Merkel has now told German broadcaster ZDF
0:01:49 > 0:01:56she does not rule out new elections and is ready for a new candidacy,
0:01:56 > 0:02:03and that she's reluctant to form a minority government.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Broadcaster asks, what now, and they may ask.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12The election in September delivered a shock.
0:02:12 > 0:02:18We knew that the block she led at its worst result in almost 70 years.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22It still has had the biggest number of seats in the Bundestag,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26but it only had two clear routes to a majority.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29One - work with the Social Democrats, but they don't
0:02:29 > 0:02:36want to, so that's out.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Martin Schulz has been clear he doesn't want to do that.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Or two, work with the Greens and the Free Democrats.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44But, as we've now seen, Christian Lindner and the FDP
0:02:44 > 0:02:45have left the table.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48That leaves no options for a majority, and we know
0:02:48 > 0:02:57Mrs Merkel isn't keen on a minority government.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02You end up in a situation which isn't normal for German politics.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07There is the German president saying this is an unprecedented situation.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11It is his job now to talk to all other parties and encourage them to
0:03:11 > 0:03:17walk together if need be, he can dissolve parliament.
0:03:17 > 0:03:25TRANSLATION:This is the moment when all involved political parties
0:03:25 > 0:03:27should come to a standstill and reflect hard. All of the parties
0:03:27 > 0:03:31represented in the chamber of the German parliament are obliged to
0:03:31 > 0:03:36serve the country, to serve the general well-being of the country,
0:03:36 > 0:03:43and I would expect that the formation of a government would take
0:03:43 > 0:03:44place in due course.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48And just in case you're wondering about the right-wing
0:03:48 > 0:03:50nationalist AfD, it took 13.5% of the vote,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52but no party will work with it,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55so it's not relevant to the coalition building.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58All of which means we may get another election.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03The reason that's so significant is that it's not a guarantee that
0:04:03 > 0:04:12the CDU party would want Angela Merkel to lead them into it.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Extraordinary times.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20Petra Pinzler is a journalist with Die Zeit.
0:04:20 > 0:04:28I asked her how she would describe where we've got to.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30It's a political earthquake in Germany. Something happened which
0:04:30 > 0:04:39hasn't happened ever since we had democratic government in Germany.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Traditionally, the German political parties were able to form a
0:04:41 > 0:04:46government, at least the mainstream parties. This is what we've seen so
0:04:46 > 0:04:50far. Yesterday evening, something new happened. Three mainstream
0:04:50 > 0:04:54parties who, at the beginning, seem to work well together, after four
0:04:54 > 0:04:57weeks decided they are not going to form a government. This is really
0:04:57 > 0:05:06new.And why have the FDP decided to do things differently?He argues
0:05:06 > 0:05:10it's a question of principle. He didn't get anything through during
0:05:10 > 0:05:15these talks. But there is speculation out there that he is
0:05:15 > 0:05:18just gambling, that he might get even more votes after the next
0:05:18 > 0:05:23election.And what is the process, if there were to be another
0:05:23 > 0:05:30election, how quickly could it happen?Not tomorrow. It's the
0:05:30 > 0:05:32German president who asks parliament, and he has to talk to
0:05:32 > 0:05:37every party possible. He will talk to the social democrats again, but
0:05:37 > 0:05:40they actually said, we are not going to form another government with
0:05:40 > 0:05:45Angela Merkel. We lost heavily last time. He will definitely talk to the
0:05:45 > 0:05:50Greens and liberals again, but they will not restart the negotiations,
0:05:50 > 0:05:55so we might get into a minority government of Angela Merkel. It's a
0:05:55 > 0:05:59possibility. It's not there yet. The other possibility is new elections,
0:05:59 > 0:06:04but I would argue that we will not see them before early next year.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Lots of people watching in Europe but outside Germany will be
0:06:08 > 0:06:12thinking, does this mean Angela Merkel has to put more and more time
0:06:12 > 0:06:17into managing her country and her party than normally she would spend
0:06:17 > 0:06:22on European and international matters?There is a huge danger,
0:06:22 > 0:06:28yes. Angela Merkel is used to a position of huge power, and we all
0:06:28 > 0:06:35know that she was very much able to form coalitions, to form compromise
0:06:35 > 0:06:39within Europe and also Germany. Now she has shown that she wasn't able
0:06:39 > 0:06:41to form a government in Germany, which automatically reduces her
0:06:41 > 0:06:47power. In addition, we know that this might be her last term so,
0:06:47 > 0:06:51within the party and in other parties, people will try and grab
0:06:51 > 0:06:53for power, so the possibilities really warm Europe is going to
0:06:53 > 0:07:00diminish. -- to really form.In September, analysts were saying that
0:07:00 > 0:07:06this result had the fundamental potential to shake up German
0:07:06 > 0:07:09politics. It is proving that it will perhaps fulfil that potential.
0:07:09 > 0:07:16Elliptical pressure comes in lots of forms, from Germany to Zimbabwe,
0:07:16 > 0:07:20because President Mugabe is about to see impeachment process beginning.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23And it will be led by his own party Zanu-PF.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Its MPs met earlier, and then we got this statement
0:07:25 > 0:07:29on how the impeachment process will move forward.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33This should take at most two days. We are expecting the motion to be
0:07:33 > 0:07:39moved tomorrow, and a committee to be set up tomorrow, and hopefully by
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Wednesday, because the charges are so clear, we expect that we should
0:07:42 > 0:07:45be able to put it into action.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47This story is primarily playing out in Harare.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Yesterday, Zanu-PF fired Mr Mugabe as leader
0:07:49 > 0:07:54and gave him till 10am this morning to stand down as president.
0:07:54 > 0:08:01That was always unlikely, and so we move to impeachment.
0:08:01 > 0:08:10Reuters says it's seen the draft impeachment motion.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Most of this is to do with Rex Tillerson, and we will hear about
0:08:13 > 0:08:17him a moment, that writers say they have a draft impeachment motion,.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20In it, it says Robert Mugabe is a source of instability,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23that he flouts the rule of law, and that he is presiding over
0:08:23 > 0:08:28an unprecedented economic tailspin.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Suddenly the economy Zimbabwe is undoubtedly in profound trouble.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34This motion would need a two-thirds majority in both chambers
0:08:34 > 0:08:35of parliament to be passed.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38That won't be a problem if Zanu-PF MPs hold their line.
0:08:38 > 0:08:44If he goes, Emmerson Mnangagwa is favourite to take over.
0:08:44 > 0:08:50His dismissal as vice-president two weeks ago triggered this crisis.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Mr Mugabe appeared to have favoured his wife, Grace, taking over.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55She seems keen on that too.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58That's not looking likely right now.
0:08:58 > 0:09:07Let's also remember what happened at the weekend in Harare.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09These anti-Mugabe protests were all the more significant
0:09:09 > 0:09:11because they were backed by war veterans.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13They fought in the conflict that led to Zimbabwe's independence
0:09:13 > 0:09:15from Britain in 1980, and they are still influential.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Their leaders want more action, and have launched a legal challenge
0:09:18 > 0:09:23to remove the president.
0:09:23 > 0:09:32We have gone to the court today, to say that Mugabe, he was derelict of
0:09:32 > 0:09:39his executive duty, forcing the hand of the Army to intervene to arrest
0:09:39 > 0:09:43criminals, and the Army has now done its job, and the people of Zimbabwe
0:09:43 > 0:09:47on Saturday took over from where the army had left.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49While this is all going on, here's the BBC's Stanley Kwenda,
0:09:49 > 0:09:54telling us the president has called for a Cabinet meeting tomorrow.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56This happens every Tuesday.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Robert Mugabe may want to carry on as normal,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02but this is not normal.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03And his days as leader look numbered.
0:10:03 > 0:10:12The BBC's Africa Correspondent, Andrew Harding, is in Harare.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Some in Zanu-PF are talking about steam roller rink this Parliament as
0:10:15 > 0:10:21quickly as possible, by the end of Wednesday, so two days to impeach
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Robert Mugabe and kick him out of office once and for all. It's
0:10:24 > 0:10:30possible, it is uncharted territory for the parliament, for the country,
0:10:30 > 0:10:34and there are quite likely to be legal challenges or procedural
0:10:34 > 0:10:38problems, and the opposition, of course, which is fragmented at the
0:10:38 > 0:10:40moment, may see this as an opportunity for leveraged, to try
0:10:40 > 0:10:46and extract concessions from the government party on things like free
0:10:46 > 0:10:49and fair elections, but they would not want to be seen to be blocking
0:10:49 > 0:10:54the resignation of a man who it seems the entire country, the whole
0:10:54 > 0:11:00of Zimbabwe now wants out as quickly as possible. Resident Mugabe may
0:11:00 > 0:11:04still try and stick in his heels and find ways to avoid getting kicked
0:11:04 > 0:11:14out, but his options and friends are limited these days.Next, I want to
0:11:14 > 0:11:19show you this clip of the Zimbabwean latrine making a televised address
0:11:19 > 0:11:23about President Mugabe's future, and announcing talks between Mr Mugabe
0:11:23 > 0:11:33and the vice president, who he had sacked.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38Following that, we have made further consultation with the president to
0:11:38 > 0:11:47agree on a road map on the prevailing situation in the country.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51The Zimbabwe defence and security services are encouraged by new
0:11:51 > 0:11:59developments, which include contact between the president and the former
0:11:59 > 0:12:05vice president, comrades Emmerson Mnangagwa. We expect it -- who is
0:12:05 > 0:12:08expected in the country shortly.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13Stay with us on Outside Source. Still to come:
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Currently in London, the European Union picks
0:12:14 > 0:12:21Paris as the new host of its banking authority.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26Another key regulator will move to Amsterdam. We'll get full details.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32The leader of Sinn Fein, Gerry Adams, who's
0:12:32 > 0:12:35announced his intention to stand down, says he wants to be
0:12:35 > 0:12:36"part of a process of reconciliation."
0:12:36 > 0:12:41But in a BBC interview, he defended the IRA campaign,
0:12:41 > 0:12:51saying it was a legitimate response to what he described
0:12:51 > 0:12:54as the oppression of a huge amount of people in Northern Ireland.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55I have condemned the IRA at times.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58I have been hugely critical of the IRA at times.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01But, at the same time, I did accept and do accept yet,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04in response to the situation of a state that didn't want a huge
0:13:04 > 0:13:06amount of its citizens, and repressed and oppressed them,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08and then the British Government response to that was to militarise
0:13:08 > 0:13:11the situation, that the IRA was a legitimate response to that.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14And I will never, till the day I die, move away
0:13:14 > 0:13:15from that situation.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18But I've also said on the record that I recognise the bravery
0:13:18 > 0:13:26of not just IRA people, but also those within the old RUC,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29within the British Army, within the unionist paramilitaries.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Our lead story.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45German Chancellor Angela Merkel admits that she could call a snap
0:13:45 > 0:13:53election rather than lead a minority government.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Some of the main stories from BBC World Service.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58The US military has banned all troops stationed in Japan
0:13:58 > 0:14:02from drinking alcohol or leaving their base.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04On Sunday, a US soldier on Okinawa island killed a driver
0:14:04 > 0:14:07of another vehicle in a crash that's being linked to drink-driving.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09The former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna has died
0:14:09 > 0:14:11at the age of 49 after a long battle with cancer.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16She captured the hearts of fans when she burst into tears
0:14:16 > 0:14:18after losing to Steffi Graf in 1993, and was consoled by
0:14:18 > 0:14:19the Duchess of Kent.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22She also went on to lose in another final before finally
0:14:22 > 0:14:25claiming the title in 1998.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29And these pictures show a lucky escape for all involved
0:14:29 > 0:14:32when a small plane crashed on a highway in Florida.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Police dashcam footage shows the plane coming in dangerously low,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39before it crashes and swerves into trees on the side of the road.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42The pilot had suffered engine trouble, and was trying to make
0:14:42 > 0:14:43an emergency landing.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54President Trump has put North Korea back on the US list of state
0:14:54 > 0:15:00sponsors of terrorism. Here is Rex Tillerson, the Secretary of State,
0:15:00 > 0:15:07explaining the decision.It may help disrupt and dissuade some third
0:15:07 > 0:15:09parties from undertaking certain activities with North Korea, as it
0:15:09 > 0:15:14imposes prohibition on a number of other activities that might not be
0:15:14 > 0:15:17covered by existing sanctions, but I think importantly this is just
0:15:17 > 0:15:24continuing to point out North Korea's illicit, unlawful behaviours
0:15:24 > 0:15:27internationally, and we felt it necessary to reimpose the
0:15:27 > 0:15:33designation for that reason.Lets talk to the BBC state department
0:15:33 > 0:15:39responded. What evidence have we been offered that North Korea is
0:15:39 > 0:15:43sponsoring terrorism?Good question, because although North Korea is
0:15:43 > 0:15:47widely seen as oppressive, it doesn't necessarily have a
0:15:47 > 0:15:49reputation of conducting repeated acts of international terrorism,
0:15:49 > 0:15:53which is the criteria needed to put it back on the list of states who
0:15:53 > 0:15:57sponsor terrorism. What we have heard today from Mr Trump and Mr
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Tillerson is that it has sponsored assassinations on foreign soil, and
0:16:00 > 0:16:07that being the critical one, Kim Jong-un's half brother, who was
0:16:07 > 0:16:11assassinated recently, which was blamed on the regime. Mr Tillerson
0:16:11 > 0:16:13mentioned the use of chemical weapons. There has been pressure
0:16:13 > 0:16:18from Congress that this step take place, because of the recent death
0:16:18 > 0:16:23of an American college student, Otto Warmbier, who died shortly after
0:16:23 > 0:16:26returning from North Korean custody, although that might not technically
0:16:26 > 0:16:30be able to be called terrorism. Whatever the case, that
0:16:30 > 0:16:33determination has been made, and there is a lot of support for it in
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Congress and also in the State Department.Stay with us, because I
0:16:37 > 0:16:39want to ask you some broader questions about the State
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Department.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Rex Tillerson has been denying the State Department is in crisis.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46It's in charge of America's foreign policy and diplomacy.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52This weekend the New York Times editorial board published
0:16:52 > 0:16:55this - "The Trump Administration Is Making
0:16:55 > 0:17:00War on Diplomacy".
0:17:00 > 0:17:02it accuses Rex Tillerson of being determined
0:17:02 > 0:17:03to dismantle his own department.
0:17:03 > 0:17:09Today he responded - briefly.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12This department is performing extraordinarily well and I take
0:17:12 > 0:17:14exception to anybody who would characterise it otherwise.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Despite Mr Tillerson's words, there's no denying
0:17:16 > 0:17:17there are concerns.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20On Friday, the department's spokesperson admitted
0:17:20 > 0:17:24there was a morale problem and asked staff to hang on in there.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Also last week, some US senators wrote to
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Mr Tillerson expressing concern about the long term health
0:17:29 > 0:17:31of the department.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36And at the beginning of the month this letter was by the head
0:17:36 > 0:17:39of an organisation that represents US diplomats.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44It also raised concerns about staffing at the department.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49What are all of these people so concerned about?What we have seen
0:17:49 > 0:17:52in the last week and a half are two main concerns. One is about the
0:17:52 > 0:17:55staffing at the State Department. You're seeing senior diplomats
0:17:55 > 0:18:01needing the service because of a freeze in promotions, and you are
0:18:01 > 0:18:05seeing a freeze in entry-level positions, so a hiring freeze, and
0:18:05 > 0:18:10this is depleting the staff, or the qualified staff at the State
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Department, plus you have anecdotal reports of senior staff members who
0:18:14 > 0:18:17have retired early, because they feel their expertise isn't valued.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21There has been reporting of that, and Congress has responded strongly.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25The other thing is the redesign of the State Department. Secretary read
0:18:25 > 0:18:31Tillerson -- Rex Tillerson is try to do that, but he hasn't given it much
0:18:31 > 0:18:34information, and Congress people are getting more worried about what he
0:18:34 > 0:18:36has in mind, especially when you hear reports about the staffing
0:18:36 > 0:18:42changes. They are the main concerns. Whatever people think of Donald
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Trump or Rex Tillerson's politics, they certainly know how to hire
0:18:46 > 0:18:49people. They both run huge businesses. What is their
0:18:49 > 0:18:55explanation for the situation?It's a difficult question to answer, and
0:18:55 > 0:18:59you have various degrees. From the State Department put a view, and you
0:18:59 > 0:19:04heard secretary Tillerson speaking there, they have their own defence.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07They say, first of all, they are responding to an administration wide
0:19:07 > 0:19:13directive to cut staff by 8%, which is a budgetary requirement.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Secondly, they say this is not cutting the State Department, and
0:19:17 > 0:19:20their roll-out figures say that we have as bad as many foreign service
0:19:20 > 0:19:26officers today as last year. And then they also say that the
0:19:26 > 0:19:30promotion and hiring freezes are temporary,, because of the redesign,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33and eventually they will pick up. Critics are worried first of all
0:19:33 > 0:19:37that you are still getting a depletion of senior diplomats, which
0:19:37 > 0:19:43is a big deal, because it takes a long time to grow diplomats, so that
0:19:43 > 0:19:47weakens the State Department. Also, that has been acknowledged, and they
0:19:47 > 0:19:53are wanting to hear more about what the redesign is going to be like.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55The State Department has acknowledged that it could be
0:19:55 > 0:19:59putting out more information, and that there is a morale problem. Ruck
0:19:59 > 0:20:03I like the idea of growing diplomats. You make them sound like
0:20:03 > 0:20:08plants which need to be watered and fed! It takes a wild they go through
0:20:08 > 0:20:13a whole process and the promotion is an up and up system. At a certain
0:20:13 > 0:20:17point, if you don't get promoted, you are out. At that point, if you
0:20:17 > 0:20:20speak another language, you know another country, you know how to get
0:20:20 > 0:20:29people to do what you want, so you can't replace them overnight.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34US media is reporting that the department of justice is going to
0:20:34 > 0:20:39sue to try and block AT&T's takeover of Time Warner. If it happens, this
0:20:39 > 0:20:44will be worth $85 million. Why doesn't the department of justice
0:20:44 > 0:20:49want this to happen?They are going to file an anti-trust lawsuit, so
0:20:49 > 0:20:57they are saying that it violates any rules around fair play. When this
0:20:57 > 0:21:00deal was first announced, many people in the industry and lawyers
0:21:00 > 0:21:03didn't think it was really going to face any sort of regulatory
0:21:03 > 0:21:10pressure. When you look at it, there are not many instances in which the
0:21:10 > 0:21:13assets of AT&T and Time Warner actually overlap and violate any
0:21:13 > 0:21:22sort of competition. But, when this deal was announced, it was then the
0:21:22 > 0:21:25candidate for President Donald Trump who had said he was going to block
0:21:25 > 0:21:30the deal. In comes this new president, and it is still seemed
0:21:30 > 0:21:33like the deal was going to go through but, earlier this month, a
0:21:33 > 0:21:37request was made by the department of justice which led to AT&T, if you
0:21:37 > 0:21:42want this to go through without any hassle, you are going to have to
0:21:42 > 0:21:47dump some assets like CNN. AT&T absolutely refused to do so, and so,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51was that decision was made, everyone pretty much expected that the
0:21:51 > 0:21:54department of justice was going to come out against this deal. What
0:21:54 > 0:21:58about presumably, AT&T and Time Warner start to compete but how long
0:21:58 > 0:22:05is this process taking? This could take a long while because earlier,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08when we heard about that rejection of the department of justice request
0:22:08 > 0:22:13to sell off some of its assets, AT&T said, we're not going to, and it
0:22:13 > 0:22:18made hints that it was going to fight this in the courts.Don't go
0:22:18 > 0:22:24anywhere, because I want to ask you about another story. Plans for a
0:22:24 > 0:22:27huge oil pipeline linking Canadian oil with the Gulf of Mexico have
0:22:27 > 0:22:33been approved by regulators in Nebraska. This is the latest hurdle,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36the last significant hurdle ahead of the building of the keystone
0:22:36 > 0:22:40pipeline. We've talked about it a lot. You can see its proposed route
0:22:40 > 0:22:45marked. It has been opposed again and again by environmentalists, but
0:22:45 > 0:22:48it looks like they have run out of options, in terms of stopping this.
0:22:48 > 0:22:57Well...Maybe?Well, in fact, the last state that had to vote in
0:22:57 > 0:23:02favour of this deal was Nebraska, and there was certainly a lot of
0:23:02 > 0:23:06pressure on regulators to say, no, don't do it, and they only voted 3-2
0:23:06 > 0:23:10in favour, but those groups that have been against the pipeline, and
0:23:10 > 0:23:15that would be environmentalists, landowners in Nebraska and Native
0:23:15 > 0:23:19American groups, they have said in the past that if Nebraska regulators
0:23:19 > 0:23:24vote in this way, they will try and appeal that decision, so no exact
0:23:24 > 0:23:27word yet whether they have made any moves to make an appeal, but they
0:23:27 > 0:23:31certainly have said in the past that they would.And the
0:23:31 > 0:23:37environmentalists' gripe with this oil pipeline is what, specific to
0:23:37 > 0:23:43certain parts of the country it will pass through?Just continual worries
0:23:43 > 0:23:46about what happens, first of all, when you have this kind of pipeline
0:23:46 > 0:23:50bringing in this kind of oil, there are worries about leaks. Just last
0:23:50 > 0:23:55week, we saw there was another massive leak with an oil pipeline
0:23:55 > 0:24:02that was made by the same company, and we saw 210,000 gallons of oil
0:24:02 > 0:24:06being leaked. The other environmental concerns are damage to
0:24:06 > 0:24:09the water table, damage to the ground. For landowners, it is
0:24:09 > 0:24:14worries about, now that they have this tube, despite going through
0:24:14 > 0:24:17their land, it's going to depreciate the land. People are not going
0:24:17 > 0:24:30toward to buy land which has been used which has been abandoned.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33The Chinese online giant Alibaba has taken a near $3 billion
0:24:33 > 0:24:38stake in one of China's largest grocery retailers.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40The BBC's Michael Bristow says it's all about convergence between online
0:24:40 > 0:24:43and bricks and mortar stores.
0:24:43 > 0:24:52In a statement, released when they bought a stake, it says that
0:24:52 > 0:24:56essentially it wanted to link up the two, off-line and online, to use
0:24:56 > 0:24:58information you might collect by people buying in stores, collect
0:24:58 > 0:25:03that data and use it to better target them, essentially to enhance
0:25:03 > 0:25:10its profits in all areas of its business. One example of the way it
0:25:10 > 0:25:16is going, in China, for example, they have invested in convenience
0:25:16 > 0:25:21stores, unmount convenience stores, so people use a mobile phone app to
0:25:21 > 0:25:24go in and buy products. Alibaba earlier this year launched a series
0:25:24 > 0:25:31of unmount copy shops, where people go in, same process, using your
0:25:31 > 0:25:37mobile phone to buy products. -- unmount coffee shops. It is marrying
0:25:37 > 0:25:40together physical stores and products when people have to go into
0:25:40 > 0:25:45shops with new technology and future technology, so it is harmonising
0:25:45 > 0:25:54those areas.In a few minutes, we will hear about a new initiative to
0:25:54 > 0:25:56end the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, and two big EU agencies announcing
0:25:56 > 0:26:00where they will be going, from London to... We will tell you in a
0:26:00 > 0:26:02minute.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12I want to update you on a number of stories that have
0:26:12 > 0:26:17caught my eye right across the world over recent hours. First, I'm going
0:26:17 > 0:26:22to take you to the middle of last week. At that point, we were dealing
0:26:22 > 0:26:27with a particularly vicious area of low pressure just at the eastern end
0:26:27 > 0:26:29of the Mediterranean, and the thunderstorms associated with that
0:26:29 > 0:26:35system brought utter devastation by way of mudslides and flooding to
0:26:35 > 0:26:39mainland Greece and also some of the islands, to the extent that, as I
0:26:39 > 0:26:45speak, over 20 people are killed or missing and it's the worst death
0:26:45 > 0:26:47toll from a flood since 1977, and many hundreds of homes and
0:26:47 > 0:26:53businesses have been destroyed. This is the satellite sequence of that
0:26:53 > 0:26:57particular storm at that time. I bring it to your mind because we
0:26:57 > 0:27:02haven't seen the last of it yet. It has drifted in the intervening days
0:27:02 > 0:27:07ever towards the east, good news for the area about Greece, but bad news
0:27:07 > 0:27:09for eastern Turkey, the cold air flooding in on its western flank,
0:27:09 > 0:27:15producing some snowfall there, not unusual for the further south and
0:27:15 > 0:27:18east, an area badly devastated by the earthquake on the 12th of
0:27:18 > 0:27:24November. In the short term, no great problems, other than it is
0:27:24 > 0:27:28very wet. Daytime and night-time temperatures are roundabout what we
0:27:28 > 0:27:34would expect for the time of year but, bring in that cold air, and
0:27:34 > 0:27:36notice by Friday how the temperatures really plummet, and
0:27:36 > 0:27:42they will be even colder in the high ground to the east of Halabja.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Moving to South America, our concern is that the intensity of rain
0:27:46 > 0:27:49spreading from the eastern side of Brazil right up to the western side
0:27:49 > 0:27:56of Columbia. Mudslides again and localised flooding. For the USA, no
0:27:56 > 0:28:00great issues with this high pressure, except that it is quite
0:28:00 > 0:28:02cold in places. That's settled things nicely in the Midwest as we
0:28:02 > 0:28:08move towards the middle of the week. Following behind, a vigorous area of
0:28:08 > 0:28:13low pressure which, before it quits the south-west of Canada and
0:28:13 > 0:28:16north-west of the USA, it will deliver hundreds of millimetres of
0:28:16 > 0:28:22rain and significant snowfall on higher ground. The warm air
0:28:22 > 0:28:25associated will tumble further east but, when the boundary between the
0:28:25 > 0:28:28warm and cold gets over the Great Lakes, we can expect to see
0:28:28 > 0:28:34disruptive amounts of snow, just in time for the big holiday weekend. No
0:28:34 > 0:28:38real signs of snow through the middle part of the week across the
0:28:38 > 0:28:40greater part of the United Kingdom. That's thanks to the fact we are
0:28:40 > 0:28:46picking up a lot of warm, moist air from the Atlantic and funnelling it
0:28:46 > 0:28:49right across the British Isles. But it will produce an awful lot of
0:28:49 > 0:28:53rain, which could be a problem in its own right. We have already seen
0:28:53 > 0:28:56the consequences of this change to mar their heirs, and we will have
0:28:56 > 0:29:03more in a few minutes. -- this change to milder airs.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Hello, this is Outside Source.
0:30:11 > 0:30:16Angela Merkel's feeling the political pressure.
0:30:16 > 0:30:21She's been Chancellor for 13 years but her two routes
0:30:21 > 0:30:23to a new majority coalition government are now blocked.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Now Europe's most powerful politician admits another
0:30:25 > 0:30:27election may be necessary.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Remember, the one in September was a disaster for her.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Robert Mugabe is also feeling the heat.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34He's ignored a deadline to resign and now the president
0:30:34 > 0:30:36faces impeachment.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40We expect the motion to be moved to Doral. A committee to be set up
0:30:40 > 0:30:48tomorrow. -- moved tomorrow. By Wednesday, we should be able to vote
0:30:48 > 0:30:49in parliament.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52China's released a plan which could solve the Rohingya
0:30:52 > 0:30:53crisis in Myanmar.
0:30:53 > 0:30:58We will talk about that very shortly. As always, if you have
0:30:58 > 0:31:03questions on the stories we're covering, get in touch with us on
0:31:03 > 0:31:10Twitter.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14The hashtag is BBCOS.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17China says it's come up with a plan which could solve the Rohingya
0:31:17 > 0:31:19crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23Here's a Chinese foreign ministry official.
0:31:23 > 0:31:31TRANSLATION: V3 stage approach has been accepted
0:31:31 > 0:31:38by Bangladesh. -- the three stage. We hope this can not only help the
0:31:38 > 0:31:44current Rohingya crisis but resolve the problem from the records.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47China is proposing a three point plan - first, a ceasefire,
0:31:47 > 0:31:49then refugee repatriation and then what's being called
0:31:49 > 0:31:50poverty alleviation.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Evidently, it won't be as easy as one two three
0:31:52 > 0:31:57to actually do this.
0:31:57 > 0:32:04Stephen McDonell, BBC Beijing, said...
0:32:04 > 0:32:07It's not normal for Beijing to stick its neck out like this.
0:32:07 > 0:32:16The plan was presented at a meeting in Myanmar.
0:32:16 > 0:32:22A number of foreign ministers from Asia and Europe are there.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26I was going to show you this picture of everyone gathered.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28So is Aung San Suu Kyi - Myanmar's de facto leader.
0:32:29 > 0:32:30She is right in the middle.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33And despite her country hosting what the UN has called
0:32:33 > 0:32:35"textbook ethnic cleansing", she didn't address it in her speech.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Here's some of it.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42Conflicts around the world are giving rise to new threats and
0:32:42 > 0:32:50emergencies. Illegal immigration, spread of terrorism and violent
0:32:50 > 0:32:54extremism. It causes disharmony and even the threat of nuclear war.
0:32:54 > 0:33:02Conflicts take away piece from societies, leaving behind
0:33:02 > 0:33:08development and poverty. Pushing countries away from each other.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Aung San Suu Kyi decided against talking about the Rohingyas.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12We're not going to do that.
0:33:12 > 0:33:22More than 600,000 Rohingyas are now believed to have crossed the border
0:33:24 > 0:33:25from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27These are pictures that have come in today.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30These people are fleeing a military crackdown in Rakhine State that
0:33:30 > 0:33:32began in August after attacks by Rohingya militants.
0:33:32 > 0:33:33Many have undertaken perilous journeys and now live
0:33:34 > 0:33:39in camps in Bangladesh.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44Oour South Asia editor
0:33:44 > 0:33:50Anbarasan Ethirajan now.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53China hopes that levels it together and talk. People were asking
0:33:53 > 0:33:58questions. The Myanmar government said about five or six weeks ago
0:33:58 > 0:34:05that there were no more operations. An ceasefire because the Norton
0:34:05 > 0:34:07sublet the area. Myanmar and Bangladesh are already talking about
0:34:07 > 0:34:12a deal which would allow these refugees to come back. Thirdly, they
0:34:12 > 0:34:18talk about poverty alleviation. The Myanmar army clearly states that
0:34:18 > 0:34:24those will not be accepted. Only those who can prove that they have
0:34:24 > 0:34:32lived in Myanmar's gratin state -- Mark Carney.
0:34:33 > 0:34:38The army chief has been releasing separate statements on his Facebook
0:34:38 > 0:34:45page.How influential is China when it comes to what happens here? Can
0:34:45 > 0:34:57lean on adding some should she
0:35:02 > 0:35:08-- Aung San Suu Kyi. When you see what has happened in
0:35:08 > 0:35:13the last few weeks, Myanmar and is leaning more towards China and
0:35:13 > 0:35:17preventing adverse sanctions from the UN Security Council.You have
0:35:17 > 0:35:21been to Myanmar recently. Aung San Suu Kyi is getting huge criticism
0:35:21 > 0:35:25abroad over this. Is it the same over there?Completely different.
0:35:25 > 0:35:31People wholeheartedly support Aung San Suu Kyi. If you speak to
0:35:31 > 0:35:33students and even Buddhist monks, they don't want to use the term
0:35:33 > 0:35:43Rafinha. -- Rohingya. The opinion coming from these people is the
0:35:43 > 0:35:46same. That they don't belong to Myanmar. They came from Bangladesh
0:35:46 > 0:35:49and have to go back. What is coming out of the Western media they think
0:35:49 > 0:35:56is propaganda. And events in the area and in refugee camps across
0:35:56 > 0:35:59Bangladesh have been highly exaggerated.
0:35:59 > 0:36:07Two important EU agencies will be relocated to other countries.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10We knew they would be moving because of Brexit -
0:36:10 > 0:36:11today, we found out where to.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15Both the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority
0:36:15 > 0:36:16used to be based in London.
0:36:16 > 0:36:22But in future, the EMA will be based in Amsterdam and the EBA in Paris.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26The relocation of the two EU agencies is a direct consequence
0:36:26 > 0:36:31and first visible result of Brexit.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Let's talk to Professor Amelia Hadfield, director of the Centre
0:36:33 > 0:36:35for European Studies at Canterbury Christ Church
0:36:35 > 0:36:38University.
0:36:38 > 0:36:43Good to have you with us. What you make of this decision?I think the
0:36:43 > 0:36:47commission is right. It is the very first step and think that we're
0:36:47 > 0:36:53going to see about Brexit. It is a sign that things are actually
0:36:53 > 0:37:00happening. That Brussels is very much getting its ducks in a row.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04Four people in Britain who were perhaps a little bit unaware of the
0:37:04 > 0:37:08step changes, this might come as a bit of a shock if they had not been
0:37:08 > 0:37:13aware of it. The European Medicines Agency has been here since 1995 and
0:37:13 > 0:37:19employs 900 people or even more. It is based on Canary Wharf. The
0:37:19 > 0:37:22European Banking Authority was set up in the wake of the eurozone
0:37:22 > 0:37:28crisis in 2011. It employs about 150 people also in Canary Wharf. Two
0:37:28 > 0:37:37major European agencies now being plucked up and deposited in the
0:37:37 > 0:37:40winning cities, in Amsterdam for the European Medicines Agency and Paris
0:37:40 > 0:37:45for the European Banking Authority. There is fierce competition amongst
0:37:45 > 0:37:48other member states with regard to which of the cities was going to be
0:37:48 > 0:37:53able to present itself as prime real estate for these two agencies.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Amsterdam and Paris have come out on top. Don't go anywhere, Amelia. I
0:37:57 > 0:38:01won't explain how this process works. We found this Bagram that
0:38:01 > 0:38:05explains it all. -- this diagram.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09This was a complicated voting process.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Here's a representation of how the countries were chosen -
0:38:11 > 0:38:14it made it very difficult to predict in advance which way it would go.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16And this was a common comparison.
0:38:21 > 0:38:28And just to hammer home the point, one of their articles was titled...
0:38:28 > 0:38:32Fight! It's a free-for-all.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35They will be many countries who wanted on but did not get these
0:38:35 > 0:38:40agencies.I think so. There was some wish it would be more geographically
0:38:40 > 0:38:46distributed, if you like. Having said that, you do have EU agencies
0:38:46 > 0:38:52right across the length and breadth of the European Union. You have some
0:38:52 > 0:38:56in Warsaw and EU agencies in each of the Baltic states as well. They are
0:38:56 > 0:39:03not doing too badly. It is just that these were the sort of best Brexit
0:39:03 > 0:39:12prizes, so to speak. The idea not just of having 1000 members of staff
0:39:12 > 0:39:17relocating but somewhere between 30,000 - 36,000 scientists and
0:39:17 > 0:39:23regulators who fly in every year and most significantly the hospitality
0:39:23 > 0:39:28industry, if you like, of the city. That gets the ability to host it.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33Same with Paris. The European Banking Authority as well. A
0:39:33 > 0:39:39tremendous amount of European expertise there. It gets the
0:39:39 > 0:39:41opportunity to become the new financial centre. It tremendous win
0:39:41 > 0:39:47from France and Macron. There's something to be said about the
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Eurovision Song Contest in terms of the voting.Thank you very much
0:39:50 > 0:39:55indeed. Good to talk you. Come back again. They had to end these votes
0:39:55 > 0:39:58by drawing straws in both uses.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Don't forget, you can get much more detail on our top
0:40:00 > 0:40:01stories on our website.
0:40:01 > 0:40:07The address is bbc.com/news.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12We talk about Saudi Arabia most days at the moment.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16There are lots of reasons.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18One reason is that tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia has
0:40:18 > 0:40:22been causing political havoc in Lebanon.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Two weeks ago, its Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced
0:40:24 > 0:40:26he was stepping down.
0:40:26 > 0:40:33He made the announcement in Saudi Arabia.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37Many thought he had been forced by the Saudis.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41There is essentially a cold war playing it in the region between
0:40:41 > 0:40:45Saudi Arabia and Iran.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Saudi Arabia is currently blockading Yemen, and it's justified that
0:40:47 > 0:40:49as a way of stopping arms reaching rebels.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Iran denies that.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Whatever the justification, it's deepening a desperate
0:40:54 > 0:40:59humanitarian situation - the UN says thousands will die
0:40:59 > 0:41:03as a direct consequence.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05I asked our chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet
0:41:05 > 0:41:06whether political pressure on Saudi Arabia was beginning
0:41:06 > 0:41:13to have an effect.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16There is no doubt that international pressure is mounting on Saudi Arabia
0:41:16 > 0:41:22for imposing this blockade a little more than two weeks ago after the
0:41:22 > 0:41:29ballistic missile was fired into so dear... -- Saudi Arabia and
0:41:29 > 0:41:34intercepted over the airport here. Saudi Arabia said it was an act of
0:41:34 > 0:41:38one and blamed Iran and Hezbollah. They said it was part of the growing
0:41:38 > 0:41:46threat from Iran and this region. That is how they retaliated. Saudi
0:41:46 > 0:41:49agents say they will all lift the blockade once they are clear there
0:41:49 > 0:41:54is a better inspection at the ports and main airport and seaport. They
0:41:54 > 0:42:03say that it is been used for smuggling. Iran wants all the ports
0:42:03 > 0:42:06to be opened immediately and then they said will talk about
0:42:06 > 0:42:10inspections. There is a bit of a deadlock on these issues. On the
0:42:10 > 0:42:15ground, we hear from the UN that the situation for people's deadly
0:42:15 > 0:42:17deteriorates. Dire warnings about how many people will suffer and
0:42:17 > 0:42:25possibly die if this blockade is not completely lifted.Some critics in
0:42:25 > 0:42:28the UK argue this blockade is only possible because it is supported by
0:42:28 > 0:42:39the UK and US. Is it a fair analysis?Well, the Saudi Arabian --
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Saudi Arabia has powerful friends and not just the UK and US but
0:42:42 > 0:42:46across the region and Europe. They feel very strongly about this. They
0:42:46 > 0:42:49believe that now is the moment where they have to start getting tough
0:42:49 > 0:42:55with Iran. Because if they have the missiles coming right into Sodhi
0:42:55 > 0:42:591080 -- Saudi territory and as far as the capital, now is the time to
0:42:59 > 0:43:03react. They do that you only have power behind them. But it is also
0:43:03 > 0:43:06part of a much more assertive foreign policy being conducted by
0:43:06 > 0:43:14the 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman. He regards Iran
0:43:14 > 0:43:19as the prime threat in this region and believes he has the backing of
0:43:19 > 0:43:25Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. They all agree that Iran has to be
0:43:25 > 0:43:30tackled and tackled now. The question is, how do you do it? Saudi
0:43:30 > 0:43:35Arabia is finding out they do not have the levers of power to tackle
0:43:35 > 0:43:39it. The question is, what will happen next?
0:43:39 > 0:43:42At the same time as this is all happening, Crown Prince
0:43:42 > 0:43:45Mohammad Bin Salman is pushing an ambitious reform agenda.
0:43:45 > 0:43:52Socially, the most high-profile move has been allowing women to drive.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55That gives you idea of how low the bar's being set, but still,
0:43:55 > 0:43:57that will happen from next June.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59Economically, there's multiple initiatives to wean the economy
0:43:59 > 0:44:01off its oil dependence.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Plus, you may have seen the high-profile
0:44:03 > 0:44:04anti-corruption crackdown.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06More then 200 high-profile men were taken into detention.
0:44:06 > 0:44:10So what does this add up to?
0:44:10 > 0:44:12Lyse has been speaking
0:44:12 > 0:44:18with the Saudi economic minister about those still being held.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21There is a process, the public prosecutor is in charge. We will
0:44:21 > 0:44:28wait to see what will happen in this investigation.Observers have
0:44:28 > 0:44:31described this crackdown as a seismic shock. Unprecedented in
0:44:31 > 0:44:37Saudi history. You must have got nervous phone calls from investors.
0:44:37 > 0:44:44No, I made them also. They do come here. The majority of investors are
0:44:44 > 0:44:48saying, look, this is the kind of environment we like to see. Most of
0:44:48 > 0:44:54them, because they invested here, they know as well that going forward
0:44:54 > 0:44:59is what really matters. It is dealing with a well governed
0:44:59 > 0:45:05institution that matters to them. There was talk of hundreds of
0:45:05 > 0:45:08billions of dollars that could be taken in assets that are frozen in
0:45:08 > 0:45:15the cases you have got. Is that part of it, that you need this money and
0:45:15 > 0:45:19that is how you decided to get it?I think of corruption not only in
0:45:19 > 0:45:25financial terms, it is the misuse of authority and favouritism. It is
0:45:25 > 0:45:29negligence and actually way beyond the sums of amounts people are
0:45:29 > 0:45:34talking about. I cannot comment on these amends. We wait for the
0:45:34 > 0:45:38investigation to finish, and I am confident the leadership will make
0:45:38 > 0:45:43the right call on the use of these proceeds.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46The Economy Minister is involved in efforts to diversify the Saudi
0:45:46 > 0:45:53economy to reduce its reliance on oil.
0:45:53 > 0:45:57Lyse again in Riyadh.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01They announced quarterly results today which said revenues from now
0:46:01 > 0:46:07sectors increased by 80%. They are putting money into new technologies
0:46:07 > 0:46:12and trying to diversify, going into renewable energy and creating jobs,
0:46:12 > 0:46:19jobs, jobs. They have so many educated Saudis with scholarships
0:46:19 > 0:46:23from the best universities the world can offer. And they want jobs. That
0:46:23 > 0:46:28is the huge press a point. Mohammad Bin Salman, the young Crown Prince,
0:46:28 > 0:46:35knows that. He has a population were 70% of the population is under 30.
0:46:35 > 0:46:44That is his thinking was the social freedoms. It makes economic sense. A
0:46:44 > 0:46:51huge benefit economically. That is what is driving making them know as
0:46:51 > 0:46:57much as anything, to use the word. -- the kingdom now.This is a city
0:46:57 > 0:47:01and all very well. Can you feel a difference in social attitudes? --
0:47:01 > 0:47:07that you know very well.Every time I visit Saudi Arabia, even the trips
0:47:07 > 0:47:11several months apart, something has changed. The pace of change is
0:47:11 > 0:47:16staggering. Even Saudis are surprised. I went to a youth forum
0:47:16 > 0:47:21where men and women and mingling. Last year, that was segregated with
0:47:21 > 0:47:25men in one room and the woman in another. Two years ago, I came here
0:47:25 > 0:47:28and the big story was women would finally be allowed to work in shops.
0:47:28 > 0:47:33We went to see a night market where women were not just at the tills of
0:47:33 > 0:47:36the drugs, they were actually owning the food trucks. It is taking place
0:47:36 > 0:47:41at a dizzying speed. While it might seem very small by the standards of
0:47:41 > 0:47:46the Western society, by the standards of Saudi Arabia, are very
0:47:46 > 0:47:49conservative kingdom, and it still is very conservative, it is nothing
0:47:49 > 0:47:54less than revolutionary.
0:47:54 > 0:48:00Now to California. Charles Manson has died in prison. He was a
0:48:00 > 0:48:04convicted cult leader and 83.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07He had orchestrated a series of murders in the 1960s.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09In August 1969, members of his group killed seven people.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Manson believed the murders would start a race war,
0:48:11 > 0:48:12allowing him to seize power.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15James Cook reports.
0:48:15 > 0:48:16Charles Manson.
0:48:16 > 0:48:24The name itself is synonymous with evil.
0:48:24 > 0:48:28A killer who did no killing but whose crimes shocked the world.
0:48:28 > 0:48:34In August 1969, followers of his cult broke into
0:48:34 > 0:48:35Hollywood home of Sharon Tate.
0:48:35 > 0:48:41The pregnant actress, who was married to the director,
0:48:41 > 0:48:45Roman Polanski, was brutally murdered along with
0:48:45 > 0:48:46four of her friends.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48The next night, the so-called Manson Family killed again,
0:48:48 > 0:48:50tying up and murdering a wealthy couple.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54Manson was arrested at the desert camp where he and his followers were
0:48:54 > 0:48:55living.
0:48:55 > 0:48:56This was the ramshackle ranch
0:48:56 > 0:48:59in Death Valley where Manson lived in a commune with his
0:48:59 > 0:49:00young runaway fans.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02They apparently used LSD and saw the guitar playing
0:49:02 > 0:49:03ex-convict as a kind of saint.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06Or perhaps a devil.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09Charles Manson was charged not with wielding a knife or firing
0:49:09 > 0:49:16a gun but with controlling and directing the killers.
0:49:19 > 0:49:24I was in the desert, minding my business. This confusion belongs to
0:49:24 > 0:49:28you. It is your confusion. I don't have any confusion. I don't have any
0:49:28 > 0:49:33guilt. I know what I have done and no man can judge me.What have you
0:49:33 > 0:49:36done, Charlie?
0:49:36 > 0:49:37And why had he done it?
0:49:37 > 0:49:40Apparently to spark a race war that would be called helter-skelter.
0:49:40 > 0:49:45And he would use it to seize power.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47In 1971, Manson was sentenced to death on seven counts of murder.
0:49:47 > 0:49:52Later commuted to life in prison.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55He gave several rambling television interviews in captivity
0:49:55 > 0:49:57but never explained how he persuaded his followers
0:49:57 > 0:49:58to kill for him.
0:49:58 > 0:50:02Are you scared to die?
0:50:02 > 0:50:06Sometimes I feel I'm scared to live.
0:50:06 > 0:50:07Living is what scares me.
0:50:07 > 0:50:14Dying is easy.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16Over the years, Charles Manson applied for parole
0:50:16 > 0:50:17time and time again.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19But he died a prisoner, having shattered the peace
0:50:19 > 0:50:28and love of the 1960s with diabolical violence.
0:50:28 > 0:50:34We have talked about Kenyan politics and all -- a lot in the last few
0:50:34 > 0:50:37months. We could be approaching some certainty now.
0:50:37 > 0:50:38Kenya's Supreme Court has upheld last month's rerun
0:50:38 > 0:50:40presidential election.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43That means you can expect Uhuru Kenyatta to be inaugurated
0:50:43 > 0:50:47for a second term later this week.
0:50:47 > 0:50:51In the rerun, Mr Kenyatta took 98% of the vote on a turnout of 39%.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54Both figures only make sense when you put it in the context of the
0:50:54 > 0:51:00fact that the main opposition leader pulled out. He argued the
0:51:00 > 0:51:03irregularities that undermine the original election had not been dealt
0:51:03 > 0:51:08with. Support us have already said they would not recognise this
0:51:08 > 0:51:10government.
0:51:10 > 0:51:17Mercy Juma reports from Nairobi.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19They filled the streets around the Supreme Court,
0:51:19 > 0:51:22singing and chanting in celebration of President Uhuru Kenyatta's
0:51:22 > 0:51:24victory, just moments after the Chief Justice
0:51:24 > 0:51:28appealed his re-election.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32Kenya in the last two months has gone through serious
0:51:32 > 0:51:42constitutional procedures...
0:51:46 > 0:51:54I think that we embark on the swearing in of the president.
0:51:54 > 0:52:00The six judge bench has dismissed two petitions presented before it
0:52:00 > 0:52:02that were challenging the results of the October 26th
0:52:02 > 0:52:06presidential election.
0:52:06 > 0:52:16The judges dismissed the petitions on what they say is merit
0:52:17 > 0:52:19and in 21 days, even as the country
0:52:19 > 0:52:20prepares for the swearing-in of President Kenyatta,
0:52:20 > 0:52:22which will happen in Tuesday next week.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24That is the 28th of November.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26The judges found that the two separate petitions failed to show
0:52:26 > 0:52:27that the poll was flawed.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30The court has unanimously determined that the petitions are not merited.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32As a consequence, the presidential election of the 26th
0:52:32 > 0:52:35of October is hereby upheld, as is the election of
0:52:35 > 0:52:37the third respondent.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Raila Odinga, however, still maintains that Uhuru's
0:52:39 > 0:52:41re-election is illegitimate.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45The Supreme Court decision is final, according
0:52:45 > 0:52:46to the constitution of Kenya.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48What has been decided is final.
0:52:48 > 0:52:53In the next...
0:52:53 > 0:52:57On Tuesday 28th of November, Kenyatta will have to be sworn
0:52:57 > 0:53:03in as president according to the constitution of Kenya.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06So whoever is not pleased has nothing else to do but maybe wait
0:53:06 > 0:53:08for the next election that is five years from now.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10In some opposition strongholds, violent demonstrations are under
0:53:10 > 0:53:16way. Supporters of Raila Odinga took to the streets to express
0:53:16 > 0:53:18disappointment with the judgment. Perhaps the biggest task for
0:53:18 > 0:53:24President Kenyatta is reuniting a nation visibly divided by these
0:53:24 > 0:53:29elections.
0:53:29 > 0:53:33Let's quickly go back to our lead story. The problem is, difficulties
0:53:33 > 0:53:37in forming a new government in Germany. It might affect how Brexit
0:53:37 > 0:53:43top score. Angela Merkel's facing a deeply political crisis following
0:53:43 > 0:53:46the collapse of talks to form this new College in government and the
0:53:46 > 0:53:52failure of those negotiations are really a consequence of an unusual
0:53:52 > 0:53:55September election result. Here is Jenny Hill.
0:53:55 > 0:54:03She promised Germany and government for Christmas. Instead, Angela
0:54:03 > 0:54:07Merkel has delivered an unprecedented political crisis. Not
0:54:07 > 0:54:14much job lot. In the earlier laws of this morning, she admitted she could
0:54:14 > 0:54:20not form a government. -- not much to applaud.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22TRANSLATION: I will do everything I can delete
0:54:22 > 0:54:26the through these difficult weeks. Later, crisis talks with the German
0:54:26 > 0:54:32president. This country could get her to go back to the box. What is
0:54:32 > 0:54:35uncertain as whether Angela Merkel's party will want to lead them into a
0:54:35 > 0:54:42fresh election. -- want her. TRANSLATION:
0:54:42 > 0:54:45This is the moment for all involved to reflect and reconsider.All
0:54:45 > 0:54:50parties of the two serve the common good. I expect them to have a
0:54:50 > 0:54:55discussion about creating a government in the near future.
0:54:55 > 0:54:59German voters have changed. The far Right now sits in Parliament. A week
0:54:59 > 0:55:02and Mrs Merkel doesn't have many options.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05I will see you tomorrow. Goodbye.