22/11/2017 Outside Source

Hello, I'm Ros Atkins,

this is Outside Source.

Ratko Mladic has been

brought to justice.

He's been found guilty

of genocide and war crimes

during the Bosnian War in the 1990s.

We'll report from the Hague.

Robert Mugabe's successor has

arrived back in Zimbabwe.

Earlier Emmerson Mnangagwa

addressed a cheering crowd.

We'll see the dramatic moments

when a North Korean defector

Singh

today we are witnessing the

beginning of a new unfolding

democracy.

We'll see the dramatic moments

when a North Korean defector

ran across the border.

He survived despite

being shot five times.

We will bring you up to date on the

Budget in the UK.

And we'll be live in Buenos Aires.

The desperate search for Argentina's

missing sub goes on.

It's been a week and oxygen

supplies will be very low.

Former Bosnian Serb

commander Radko Mladic has

been jailed for life.

He was found guilty of genocide

and crimes against humanity

during the Bosnian War of the 1990s.

This was Mr Mladic during the war,

when he was nicknamed

the Butcher of Bosnia.

In the town of Srebrenica -

in the east of Bosnia

and Herzogovina - he oversaw

the massacre of more than 7,000

Bosniak men and boys.

It was the worst atrocity in Europe

since the Second World War.

He was also found guilty

of deliberate attacks

on civilians in the country's

capital of Sarajevo.

This decision was handed down

in the Dutch city of The Hague,

where the UN had set up a criminal

tribunal to investigate crimes

committed during the Bosnian War.

This was Radko Mladic's reaction

as the judge read out the verdict.

TRANSLATION:

Mr Mladic, if you

continue like this...

We have seen there's quite a few

times during the trial.

It's been common for him

to interrupt judges in the UN

Criminal Tribunal for the Former

Yugoslavia.

Today he was eventually removed -

and the judge carried on.

TRANSLATION:

The accused's acts were

so instrumental to the commission of

the crimes that without them, the

crimes would not have been committed

as they were. In light of this, the

chamber found that through his

actions, the accused significantly

contributed to achieving the common

objective of permanently removing

Muslims and Croats from Serb claims

territory in Bosnia-Herzegovina by

committing to crimes of persecution,

extermination, murder, deportation

and the inhumane act of forcible

transfer.

Understandably this verdict

was watched closely

by the families of victims.

This was the scene in Sreberenica,

where families gathered

to hear the verdict.

They had waited almost

25 years for justice.

This was the reaction of one woman

whose husband and sons were killed.

TRANSLATION:

I didn't understand

everything what the judge said. But

he deserves much severe... Much more

severe punishment. It's not just my

two microsomes, whole families were

destroyed. -- it is not just might

two sons. Brothers and sisters. I

found my sons and my husband, but

many people didn't find theirs. It

was just terrible.

One of those who covered

the Bosnian War for the BBC

was our special correspondent Alan

Little.

I spoke to him earlier

from The Hague.

I asked him how it was possible

Ratko Mladic still believed he'd

done nothing wrong.

Given everything we have heard and

given the verdict.

I think it reveals the two ways in

which the events of 1992 to 1995 are

interpreted within the one state

Bosnia-Herzegovina, there are two

parallel realities in the country,

and to some extent that is General

Mladic's achievement. He fought to

divide Serbs and non-Serbs, his

legacy in Bosnia today is that very

reality, that Serbs live separately

from non-Serbs within the one state

and they have a completely different

account of what happened in the war

in the early 1990s. They believe

that general Mladic, many, at any

rate, believed he was necessary,

that what he did was defend the

Serbian people against a repeat of

the genocide of the Second World

War, and they suffered genocide

perpetrated by Nazi collaborators

from Croatia and Bosnia.

But when you look at the victims who

sat in the public gallery of the

courtroom today, people who have

lost loved ones to that project of

ethnic cleansing by general Mladic

enforced so ruthlessly and you

consider that they have waited 22

years since the end of the war, you

see how important justice at last

has been to them and the fight for

justice or the last 22 years, you

see very starkly these parallel

truths that never converge.

If the tribunal was aimed at

promoting reconciliation between

these two ways of seeing the war, it

has not succeeded yet.

Can I ask you about the process of

international justice? It is often

criticised and comes in many forms,

is today evidence that it can

withstand ordinary pressures? --

extraordinary pressures?

Most people

here who have been at the heart of

it would say it is the start of a

long, long process. It was the first

international court established

since Nuremberg after the Second

World War. There have been others

since then, a special court for

Rwanda, a special court for Cambodia

and so on, that this was the first.

It is about to wind up, it will

close its doors at the end of

December. This was the last of more

than 160 trials. Now it is coming to

the end of its mandate there will be

much soul-searching about what

succeeded and what did not. One of

the questions to answer is why it

took 22 years to bring one of the

most notorious figures of the war to

justice, why did people had to wait

so long and many have to not live

long enough to see justice served. I

think most people here who believe

in the project and have devoted the

last 20 or 25 years of their career

to it would say it is just beginning

and we need to build international

support for it. It has its critics,

the Serbs in particular believe that

was loaded against them from the

very beginning, that the court chose

to prosecute many, many more Serbs

than Croats or Muslims. It has lots

of charges to answer.

We distil all the most important

information from outside and inside

the BBC on the biggest global

stories are per day. We heard from

Allan Little in The Hague, this...

Nexit will turn to Zimbabwe.

Yesterday Robert Mugabe resigned.

Today the former vice president

he sacked, Emmerson Mnangagwa,

is back in the country -

and he's due to be

sworn in as President.

Here are the latest

pictures from Harare.

Plenty of people turned out,

many waited at the military airstrip

to welcome him back from South

Africa.

And Mr Mnangagwa addressed them.

Today we are witnessing the

beginning of a new unfolding

democracy.

CHEERING

Thank you.

I wish also to thank the manner in

which our defence forces and the

leadership of the general...

CHEERING

Have been able to manage this

process very peacefully.

The BBC's Shingai Nyoka

was at the rally.

This is what she recorded.

Zimbabwe's incoming president

Emmerson Mnangagwa has

made his first public appearance

since he fled the country last week.

Now he left as a villain,

he has come back as a hero to take

over leadership of Zimbabwe.

There is an expectation

he will be sworn in on Friday

as the interim president.

Thousands of people have gathered

here to welcome him,

most of them party supporters.

There is a huge expectation

on his shoulders right now.

The economy is challenged

and they expect he will

be able to fix that.

Most families survive on street

vending, students who have graduated

from university have not been able

to find jobs.

There is a huge expectation

that he might be the change

that Zimbabwe needs.

While many are greeting

President in waiting,

some have been paying

tribute to Robert Mugabe.

An editorial in the state-owned

Herald read, "Fare thee well,

Comrade President."

It called the former leader a hero.

The former President

of Ghana said, "A sad ending

for a liberation hero,

a patriot and a great

pan-Africanist.

I pray the dramatic

events of November serve

as a reboot for democracy

and prosperity in #Zim.

History will remember

Comrade Mugabe kindly".

We will have to see about that.

This is from one South

African news website.

It says "Free at last"

in the shadow of military boots.

The point being that this whole

matter has escalated because of the

intervention of the army. Let's also

remember that the man taking over as

president works for many years with

the man who has just stopped being

president.

Expectations are running

high, as you'd expect.

Here are some people in Harare

on what they want to happen next.

TRANSLATION: We want

elections so we can choose

the president that we want.

Because right now things have

been really bad here.

If we vote then we can

choose a leader that we

have been waiting for.

TRANSLATION: So far we are really

happy with what the army has done,

but as we enter the next stage

we want elections so we can

choose a leader that we

want as Zimbabweans.

I spoke to Nancy Kacungira

from BBC Africa.

She has been guiding me through the

story.

She told me that Zimbabweans do not

want more of the same

from Emmerson Mnangagwa.

It looks like there is one clear

message from Zimbabwe and is, even

as Emmerson Mnangagwa returns. --

one clear message from Zimbabweans.

He received a rapturous welcome from

his canopy of supporters, but lots

of the nation is sending him a very

strong message. The Herald newspaper

which you mentioned earlier wrote a

very strong warning to him that this

is not the same Zimbabwe, we don't

just want another version at the

same event. It has to be a new

chapter. They were very strong and

sending that. One of the activists

we spoke to who was very involved in

the flag movement said he was

surprised that Mnangagwa was not

soft in his speech. He said it is

not about Zanu-PF politics, we are

tired of the internal bickering, we

want this to be about all

Zimbabweans. That was echoed by the

newspaper which said that the symbol

being used by the people in the

street was the Zimbabwe flag, not

posters of people, not things that

represent tribes factions, this is

about the whole of Zimbabwe, that is

what people want coming forward.

When did he become president?

Friday

is Inauguration Day.

Big event

although key?

We don't know, so

maybe a sign they are keeping it low

key. I think it'll be a celebration

of so many other things that it has

no choice but to be a pretty big

event.

I want to ask about the bizarre

claim from Mr Mnangagwa that he was

poisoned hurriedly simply tried to

poison him a couple of months back?

That was back in August and he had

been at a rally with President

Mugabe and claimed he was poisoned

with ice cream from Grace Mugabe's

dairy farm. This is heavily refuted

by the second vice presidents, who

is now out of the country, he said

that doctors had said to him it was

food poisoning. Mr Mnangagwa

maintained he had tried to be

poisoned.

I guess we can't say one

way or the other, but it confirms

yet again that while this has

escalated in the last couple of

weeks there has been a huge

political battle for months?

There

is still a lot of suspicion, he gave

that is one of the reasons he had to

leave the country. He said after he

was sacked he had heard there would

be attempts on his life, which is

why he left. We must remember there

are still deep factions within

Zanu-PF. We are not sure how that

will resolve itself, we still have a

group that they call the G 40, the

wing that was supporting Grace

Mugabe. We are not sure what is

happening with them. Many people

were sacked or dismissed. It will

Zanu-PF going forward as the ruling

party, it is a Government of one

party, winner takes all. Will they

bring in more opposition, embrace a

unitary government? Lots of

international observers are looking

for that. It will be crucial because

going forward with the economy

especially many people are more

likely to look kindly at a

Government that has some kind of

coalition that is more inclusive,

and a departure from the past.

Especially with Zimbabwe looking at

a debt of $9 billion for the last 20

years.

Thanks to Nancy, as always. In a few

minutes we will speak to a colleague

in Buenos Aires, because the search

for an Argentinian and submarine is

going on. It has been missing in the

South Atlantic for a week.

Predictions for growth in the

British economy have been lowered

for the next ideas. In his Budget

the Chancellor dropped the forecast

for growth this year from 2% to

1.5%. Philip Hammond unveiled a

series of measures which he says

that the UK on a secure footing.

In this Budget I have set out a

vision for Britain's future and a

plan for delivering it. By getting

our debt down, by supporting British

families and businesses, by

investing in the technologies and

skills at the future, by creating

the homes and infrastructure our

country needs, we are at a turning

point in our history, and we

resolved to look forwards, not

backwards.

To build on the strengths of the

British economy. To embrace change,

not hide from it. To seize the

opportunities ahead. And together to

build a Britain fit for the future.

I commend this statement to the

house.

Thanks for being with me.

This is Outside Source live

from the BBC newsroom.

Our lead story is...

Ratko Mladic has been

brought to justice.

He's been found guilty

of genocide and war crimes

during the Bosnian War in the 1990s.

Some of the main stories from BBC

World Service...

A US Navy plane carrying 11 crew

and passengers has crashed

into the ocean south-east of Japan.

Eight people were rescued

with three others missing,

according to the US Seventh Fleet.

It's thought the accident may have

been caused by engine failure.

America has called violence

against Rohingya Muslims

in Myanmar ethnic cleansing.

Its Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

also said, "These abuses by some

among the Burmese military,

security forces, and local

vigilantes have caused

tremendous suffering."

And he added that targeted

sanctions could follow.

Let's speak to Barbara Plett Usher,

the BBC's State Department

correspondent. Is this as strong as

the Americans have gone on this

issue?

Definitely, the strongest

condemnation they have undertaken so

far. We heard these words from other

areas, including the UN, the

Americans have been slow to use

these terms. There is a process that

the State Department whereby they

had to go to analysis to determine

if there is ethnic cleansing, that

takes time so that is a reason. They

wanted to have Mr Tillerson go to

the region and form his own

impressions before they issued this

announcement. We were told by State

Department officials it was the

attendance and planning

characteristics of ethnic cleansing

which decided them. They used words

like organised and systematic, which

implicates the military. Mr

Tillerson included the military and

security forces in the list of those

responsible for what he called

atrocities, also local vigilantes.

I

was surprised to hear him use this

language because just last week he

met the de facto leader of Myanmar,

Aung San Suu Kyi, who would

characterise this differently?

It is

a difficult balance for the

Americans because they have a number

of things they want to achieve. They

want sort -- strong support for Aung

San Suu Kyi and the civilian

government, they believe the

transition to civilian rule is

crucial of Myanmar is to be able to

deal with the long-term ethnic

tensions at the root of this

violence. At the same time they want

to hold the military accountable for

these horrendous atrocities but also

note the military needs to work with

the Government of Aung San Suu Kyi

to deal with the crisis, Mr

Tillerson said himself that was

crucial. There are many different

things to balance, they have come

out with quite a strong statement

for this administration which does

not speak out that strongly on human

rights with regards to what has

happened in the Amat.

We will leave it there. Thank you,

Barbara Plett Usher.

I don't know if you have seen this

footage of a North Korean soldier

who defected across the border to

South Korea, it has been watched

thousands of times on the BBC News

app. It happened last week but we

saw the video today. We see this

vehicle travelling at speed along

this road, initially no one would

have known what was happening, but

it is very clear from these pictures

that after a little while all of

these North Korean soldiers realise

what was happening. A colleague was

trying to defect. He crashes into

the leaves and starts running south

towards the South Korean side. Those

pursuing him start firing at him and

he is hit five times. As you will

see in the next video, he collapses

in those leaves, badly injured. This

has all happened in the

demilitarised zone between the North

and the south of the Korean

peninsula. In an area called the

joint Security area. That is

significant because it is the only

place where soldiers face each other

and, crucially, there are no

obstacles like barriers or bollards.

Here's a closer look at what

happens, you see how close the

sides. One marks where the car

crash, two marks where the men were

running from as they pursued the

vehicle. Five here, that is why the

North Korean soldiers ran in order

to try to shoot him, close to their

is when the man collapsed. That is

why this happens, I wanted to show

you this in more detail. If we play

the video on, these are the North

Koreans running after the defector,

who was already out of shot. Watch

this man and this post, he is

running out of North Korean

territory, he gets to this point

where he is past the mast, this is

the realisation that he has gone

into South Korean territory. As we

roll that he gets to that point and

thinks I really don't want to be

here, he has crossed the military

demarcation line, the NTL as it is

called, he is definitely not

supposed to be that so he very

quickly retreats back to North

Korean territory.

This is the UN commenting on that

part of the story.

The key findings of the special

investigation team are that the kph

violated the agreement by firing

weapons across and by actually

crossing the line, temporarily.

What this whole scene tells us is

that every inch of territory matters

in this part of the world. The

defector collapsed on the South

Korean side of the border, because

of that, this happened. You can just

about make out two South Koreans

crawling towards the stricken man.

He was shot five times very, very

seriously in the lungs and

intestines and in fact he has only

now recently regained consciousness.

We are told by the doctors treating

him that he is in good spirits

despite this huge parasite being

found inside his body. He made a

joke about that. He also jokes about

wanting to listen to South Korean

pop. He is in reasonably good

spirits. Here's more from the doctor

treating him. TRANSLATION:

The

parasites have been dealt with as

the medicines were transfused into

the body immediately after you

started drinking water, but there is

the issue of viruses, these will

become chronic problems. As he stays

in South Korea he should get the

necessary treatment from physicians

and will get along fine.

Paul Adams has been finding out as

much as we can about this soldier.

I went to the hospital where he is

being treated and spoke to his

doctor, who says he is making a

pretty remarkable recovery

considering he was shot so many

times and some of his injuries were

extremely grave. He underwent

numerous extensive blood

transfusions, he almost died in the

hospital but we now know he is

awake, in a room decorated by a

South Korean flag, the flag put

there, we are told, to reassure him

when he woke that he had indeed made

it to freedom. Apparently he is

enjoying the South Korean and

American television. The doctor told

me that he is a driver, his name we

only learned in full today. He is an

army driver who has been in the Army

since the age of 17. Seven long

years in the North Korean military,

it seems, was more than enough.

You can see that video on the BBC

news app. Uber's reputation has

taken a pounding again.

The ride-hailing app Uber

has revealed details

of a huge cyber hack.

It says the names, email addresses

and mobile phone numbers

of 57 million customers

and drivers were stolen.

This happened last year, and it is

not the end of the story.

The firm says it paid

the hackers $100,000

to delete the data -

which they got hold

of in October last year.

The firm's new boss

Dara Khosrowshahi, who took

over in August says,

"None of this should have happened

and I will not make excuses for it."

So what was so wrong

with what Uber did?

A technology analyst

from Accenture explains.

First of all, it is wrong because it

is illegal to delete or destroy any

evidence that would need to be

turned over to the Federal Trade

Commission in the United States, so

companies are legally required to

disclose any time there is a breach.

Particularly in the United States we

had to remember it is not just US

law but the laws of the 50 states.

In California, for instance, the 7

million drivers

data which has also

been preached, in California that

has to be encrypted. There is a

special requirement just in that one

state which would make it even more

egregious to delete the data. They

have to note, they have to let the

authorities investigate it. We have

seen California as an example, in

New York the Attorney General has

opened an investigation and it will

probably happen across the other

states and at federal level, to say

nothing that it was a global reach,

57 million people worldwide, the

information Commissioner's office in

the UK has opened an investigation.

Skype has been removed from Apple

and Android app stores in China.

It's all about the authorities

stepping up the monitoring

of communications.

Stephen McDonell has the details.

Chinese officials have decided to

try and prevent their citizens from

accessing Skype. This follows

similar moves in recent times with

Whatsapp under other communications

apps. What this is about is trying

to rein in use of any communication

platforms not fully controlled by

the Communist Party. In the case of

Skyped the blocking occurs by

pressuring companies into removing

it from App stores, which applies to

Abdulkadir Masharipov and services.

-- which applies to Apple and

android services.

I will see you in

a couple of minutes.

Good evening.

It's that time of day where we take

a look at what's happening

in the weather elsewhere around

the world, and I'd like

to start in the USA.

It's the eve of thanksgiving,

and the weather hasn't been too

disappointing for travellers,

but we still have low-pressure

towards the north and the East,

Friday evening, sorry,

Wednesday evening and overnight.

Then we've got low-pressure

still rattling in off the Pacific.

So they'll bring with them some

snow, and potentially some freezing

rain as well for travellers.

And that's certainly the case

as we continue into Thursday.

The snow mostly over the hills,

but remember it's been so wet

here of late that we could see some

flooding at lower levels.

It's a little warmer

and drier towards California

and the four corners.

Colder for Thanksgiving across much

of north-eastern USA,

certainly colder than it's been

through the day today,

but wetter for Florida with an heavy

and potentially century rain here.

-- and potentially thundery rain.

That will head to the Bahamas

and Bermuda later this week.

We've got some heavy showers around

through Rio and Sao Paulo.

I mention this because we've had

several days of rain around here,

so it's a concern that we could see

some local flooding

as a result of one shower

and thunderstorm after another.

Now, New Zealand's fine and dry

under high pressure for the most

part, but it's the start

of the Ashes Test at Brisbane,

of course, on Thursday,

and there are some showers not too

far away, so there may well be some

interruptions here to play

in the coming few days,

Thursday and Friday.

Now, the north-east monsoon

is really active at the moment,

and I mention that because for

Vietnam we had a storm,

of course, over the weekend,

and this will enhance the risk

of further flooding,

with another several hundred

millimetres of rain possible.

And it's also going to be quite wet

and wintry across Japan.

Now, it's that cold air

across Japan, Korea and China that's

enhancing the monsoon.

So temperatures are below average

here, so for southern China

we could see some snowfall

across to Myanmar.

There's the rain across Vietnam,

and it looks particularly wet for

the likes of Singapore and Malaysia.

Unusually wet.

It is normally rainy

at this time of year,

but those rains will be enhanced.

As they will, as I mentioned,

for Myanmar, possibly part

of Bangladesh, lots of showers

to the Andaman Nicobar Islands,

but again across mainland India

we will begin to season fog issues

in the north and east.

-- begin to see some fog issues.

Warnings are out here.

And temperatures are well below

average across northern

states of India now, too.

Further south, just

the risk of a few showers,

but obviously temperatures

here and for the Western

gap still into the 30s.

Now, temperatures are falling away

across the Middle East,

with the north-westerly wind coming

in, lifting the dust.

But we've also had some

flash flooding because of

the showers and thunderstorms.

They are around again

through the day on Thursday.

Look to the north, though,

a wintry flavour around

the Black Sea resorts,

hence the risk of some night

time frosts across some

parts of the Middle East

in the coming nights.

And cold air is taking hold

at the moment, we've had to really

quite windy weather through the day

Wednesday into Thursday

across the north-west

of Europe, but it's quieter

to the Mediterranean after last

week's storms and torrential rain.

But the cold air, the Arctic air

is back and heading its way

southwards as we go

towards the weekend.

Darren has more on

the impact in the UK.

Hello, I'm Ros Atkins,

this is Outside Source.

Ratko Mladic has been

brought to justice.

He's been found guilty

of genocide and war crimes

during the Bosnian War in the 1990s.

We'll report from the Hague.

Robert Mugabe's successor has

arrived back in Zimbabwe.

Earlier Emmerson Mnangagwa

addressed a cheering crowd.

Two-day we are witnessing the

beginning of a new, unfolding

democracy.

We'll take a look at what the annual

UK Budget speech produced.

It was an upbeat delivery

set against backdrop

of a slowing economy.

And we'll be live in Buenos Aires.

The desperate search for Argentina's

missing sub goes on -

it's been a week -

and oxygen supplies

will be very low.

Welcome to Outside Source.

Here in the UK, the Chancellor of

the Exchequer, Philip Hammond,

has unveiled his latest budget.

All designed, he says,

will put the UK on a secure footing

for Brexit and beyond.

He's setting aside £3

billion - or $4 billion -

for help to prepare

for every possible outcome

from the Brexit talks.

But he's had to measure his

policies against downgraded

growth projections.

The independent body that analyses

Britain's public finances

has downgraded its forecast for

economic growth this year

from 2% to 1.5%.

The NHS will also receive

an extra £2.8 billion -

that's $3.7 billion.

And stamp duty - which is a tax

when you buy a house -

has been abolished for first

time buyers on homes up

to £300,000 or $400,000.

There's been positive

and negative reaction.

Here's George Eaton, political

editor of the new statesman,

highlighting what he sees is a

remarkable budget. The deficit not

due to be eliminated until 2031, he

says.

Growth below 2% in every

forecast year for first

time in modern history.

Annual pay not due to return

to 2008 peak until 2025.

Our political editor,

Laura Kuensberg, tweeted:

No 10 sources say stamp duty

policy polling v strongly,

private polling suggests it's most

popular measure in Budget.

Here's Laura Kuenssberg.

The priority for number

ten and number 11, those powerful

next-door neighbours...

Is this a make or break Budget?

..was for today's events not

to slip, to keep the Budget

tightly in their grasp.

for the Chancellor to be

the steady national bank

manager, not to tear up

the rules altogether.

Knowing his own job,

as well as the Government's

fortunes, would be shaped

by what he was about to say.

A cheerier start than Mr

Hammond's usual demeanour suggests.

I report today on an economy that

continues to grow, continues to

create more jobs than ever before,

and continues to confound those who

seek to talk it down.

In this Budget,

we express our resolve

to look forward, not backward.

Yet, with Brexit hanging

over him, the risks

of no deal with the rest of the EU

are real and expensive.

Today, I am setting aside over

the next two years another

£3 billion, and I stand ready

to allocate further sums

if and when needed.

He wasn't gambling with his ability

to get through the speech.

Remember hers?

I did take the precaution

of asking my right honourable friend

to bring a packet of cough sweets,

just in case.

But he had to reflect the worry felt

by many around the country,

and confessed to the fact

that the economy will be

sluggish for longer,

the country overall less

wealthy for years.

The first time there has been this

kind of prediction since 1983.

They revised down the outlook

for productivity growth,

business investment and GDP growth

across the forecast period.

What ministers want you to hear

is their promise to spend billions

more to get house-building going,

and to make it cheaper

to buy the first time.

When we say we will revive

the homeowning dream

in Britain, we mean it.

We do not underestimate

the scale of the challenge,

but today, we have made

a substantial downpayment.

One of the few surprises,

stamp duty will be scrapped for good

for those buying for the first time,

on properties up to

the value of £300,000.

But it might only prompt

around 3000 extra buyers,

and it could push prices up.

After Tory concern joined other

parties' opposition,

the Chancellor promised to smooth

the sharp edges of Universal Credit.

A sigh of relief from

the Chancellor, but obvious anger

from the Labour leader.

Not enough to change much,

he claimed, and not enough

for millions in need.

Economic growth has been revised

down, productivity growth

has been revised down,

business investment revised down.

People's wages and living

standards revised down.

What sort of strong economy is that?

What sort of

fit-for-the-future is that?

They call this a Budget

fit for the future -

the reality is, this is a Government

no longer fit for office.

A squeeze which will hang over

companies and families around

the country, a backdrop

that the Government at Westminster

will find hard to escape.

Laura Kuenssberg, BBC

News, Westminster.

Let's go live to Westminster. Alex

Forsyth is with us. How have the

politics of this played out?

This

was political difficult for Philip

Hammond, but also financially

difficult because there wasn't a lot

of room for him to -- for manoeuvre.

There were many in his party who

were wanting him to fall. At the end

of this first day, it seems the

Chancellor has escaped relatively

unscathed. Talking to Conservative

backbench MPs, they said they

thought this was a solid budget.

It's not a glowing endorsement, but

so far it seems there wasn't any

huge mistakes for the Chancellor.

What about stamp duty? Is this the

Tories trying to target younger

voters who they have been struggling

with?

The party knows they have a

problem because labour under Jeremy

Corbyn did very well with younger

voters at the general election.

There has been lots of chat to

address the what they call

intergenerational fairness. The

trouble is, it's difficult to do

that without alienating the Tories'

traditional voting group, older

voters. There was the cut in stamp

duty, so first-time buyers up to

£300,000 of property do not have to

pay it. There are concerns this will

inflate prices, but certainly a

message from the Tories that they

understand they need to give

something to younger voters.

All

these billions that will go to

preparing different Brexit outcomes.

What does that money gets spent on?

We don't yet know. There were lots

of questions to the Treasury team

about that. This was a signal by the

Chancellor to those critics who say

he was not enthusiastic enough about

Brexit. He says the UK's resolve

must not be tested on that front.

That will please a lot of people on

the Conservative backbenchers who

wanted to see some planning from the

Chancellor. How the money is spent

remains to be seen.

In terms of that

downgrade of growth, no one seems to

be able to agree on exactly why that

has happened.

The Chancellor was

clear that was down to productivity.

The UK has struggled with

productivity for some time. It is

that economic backdrop that makes

thing particularly tricky for the

Chancellor, because the ruling of

the governing Conservative Party

have been committed to austerity for

some time. The Chancellor didn't

walk away from that entirely today,

but he did loosen the purse strings

slightly. That economic picture

remains very difficult in the

broader sense.

Thanks, Alex.

Don't forget you can get much more

detail on all our stories -

including our top story.

On the budget, you will get details

of everything Philip Hammond said,

and also extensive analysis from our

team at Westminster.

The search for an Argentine

submarine goes on.

It's been been missing

in the South Atlantic for a week

with 44 people on board.

This is the ARA San Juan

submarine in 2014.

The search operation

is being co-ordinated from a naval

base in Mar del Plata in Argentina.

Here's what they know so far.

The submarine was en

route from Ushuaia,

in the south of Argentina,

to the coastal city

of Mar del Plata.

An electrical problem had been

reported by the crew -

and the sub was already heading

back to base.

But it disappeared -

more than 450km off the coast.

Boats and planes from Argentina,

the US, the UK, Chile and Brazil

have joined the search -

but they've been hampered

by storms and high winds.

One of the other issues is that

submarines are built to be difficult

to find because they often

participate in

surveillance operations.

Now on Monday, noises were picked up

by two search vessels -

it got a huge amount of attention -

but they weren't connected.

All of which has deepened

the concern of the crew's relatives.

Some of them have been speaking.

TRANSLATION:

I want him with me. I'm

here because I want him back. Deep

down, I know he's going to return,

but I'm also aware of the fact that

time is passing, and for them, time

is crucial. I'm suffering about

decisions that were made. Why so

much bureaucracy? I want to know if

bureaucracy is going to return him

to me, or bring the 44 crew members

back?

TRANSLATION: If they knew from the

beginning what was happening and

they didn't have the means to look

for it under water, why didn't they

look for it from above the water?

BBC Mundo's Veronica Smink

is in Buenos Aires, she says people

there are still hopeful those

on board will be found alive.

The question is they have defined

the submarine with the crew alive.

There have been international

studies that showed that if a

submarine has been submerged the

whole time, there is an estimate

that oxygen will last between seven

and nine days. We are currently on

7.5 days since the last

communication with the submarine, so

everyone is very concerned.

They

will be able to estimate where this

submarine is. How much of that area

have they been able to search?

They

started searching a smaller area,

but now they are saying that the

submarine, if it is lost at sea, it

could be an area of 300,000 square

kilometres. That is an area the size

of the province of bonus fairies. It

does sound a bit of a needle in a

haystack.

For the relatives, this is

a desperate time. For those

researching, the pressure must be

incredible.

Absolutely. We are

talking about over 50 planes and

ships working together from 12

different countries. This is an

international effort unprecedented

in Argentine history. Everything

seems to be being done, but still it

cannot find the vessel. People here

are desperate. I have spoken to

people who still have hope. There is

a saying here in Spanish in

Argentina, the last thing you lose

is hope. Some people will be amazed

that a modern submarine can go

missing, that it doesn't have the

means to communicate where it is.

Absolutely, and this has been spoken

about from the start. One of the

concerns is that there are nine

different ways a submarine can alert

if there is a problem. One of the

big questions is, why didn't the

submarine use any of these alerts?

It is a big mystery, but people are

very, very surprised that a

submarine that was recently

repaired, between 2008 and 2015, so

no one is suggested that it was a

very old vessel. This is a very big

mystery.

If support crews do manage

to locate the submarine,

here's what would happen.

A search boat will send

an underwater robot to establish

the precise location on the sea bed.

Then, once the submarine is located,

a submarine rescue chamber will be

deployed from the search vessel.

The rescue chamber will attach

to the top of the submarine,

which will allow crew

members to evacuate.

Saad Hariri has changed his mind.

Two and a half weeks ago,

he announced he was resigning

as Lebanese Prime Minister -

and he did so in Saudi Arabia.

But here he is, returning

to Beirut earlier today.

He says that his resignation

is being postponed.

It's not been a simply journey home.

He spent two weeks in Saudi Arabia

before going to France this weekend

to meet President Macron.

Next he went to see President Sisi

in Cairo, before a final stop

in Cyprus yesterday evening.

Then - just before

midnight local time -

his plane touched down in Beirut.

And he agreed to the Lebanese

President's request

that he suspends his resignation

while talks continue.

Well, the BBC's Martin Patience

was among the crowd

as the Prime Minister came home.

Saad Hariri is the man they have all

been waiting for. Crowds have

gathered here outside the official

residence of the Prime Minister, and

there is a real sense of promise

that their man, their Prime

Minister, has finally returned and

has delayed his decision to resign.

That will be seen as a blow to Saudi

Arabia. There is a sense that today,

Lebanon cannot be pushed around. The

reality is this is a crisis beyond

the country's control, and a

solution will be found among Saudi

Arabia, Iran and the international

community. Expect backroom dealings

over the coming days. People here

are just happy to see their man

back.

Lebanese politics can be

gripping, passionate, unpredictable,

and also complicated. Let's turn to

some help on this to Sebastian

Usher.

The bigger context is that

Saad Hariri was in Saudi Arabia when

he made his resignation speech, and

the sense in Lebanon was that he was

doing the Saudis' reading. He looks

much happier and relaxed now he is

back in Lebanon. He is trying to

create a Lebanese political scene

which, whether it is directly at the

Saudis' orders or whether it is what

Mr Hariri wants, or whether it is

more what they want Lebanon to be,

which is less influenced by

Hezbollah, we have seen a power play

across the region by the Saudis.

Concerns about Mr Hariri's situation

where spreading like wildfire, and

President Macron stepped in to try

to resolve it. Lebanon has always

been on the verge of tipping into

some kind of this since the abyss it

was in during the Civil War. Step

back from this. The crisis has been

calmed, but this regional battle

between the Saudis and Iran is not

dying down, and Lebanon, although it

may not be a proxy battlefield, as

some feared, will be a proxy in the

negotiations that Mr Hariri does. He

will try to get a stronger

bargaining hand with Hezbollah and

its allies in Lebanon, so that

Hezbollah will agree, the hope is,

to withdraw from the battlefield in

Yemen, Syria and so one.

Why is it

that resigning, going to another

country and coming back a few days

later when you have changed your

mind strengthens your hand in your

dealings with a group like

Hezbollah?

It strengthens his hand

for now. Tomorrow might be

different. Today he has come back he

wrote to his supporters. He seemed

to thrive on that. He looked quite

happy as a political leader, for the

first time. He has united Lebanon by

accident by his resignation. The

fears about his fate as well. At the

moment there is unity, so there is

momentum behind him to try and press

for a political situation where he

and his block will be able to have

more influence over what happens.

That is what the Saudis were most

concerned about. He has that, but

that could change. There is a big

question over whether he will stay

as Prime Minister or finally give

his resignation if these talks going

nowhere, and then Lebanon will be

back to where it was last year when

it didn't have a president or a

proper Prime Minister. This show of

unity will be like a mirage. Mr

Hariri will not continue with the

kind of stature he has achieved with

his return to Lebanon today. For the

moment, he has a boost, but this

could change quickly.

In the

Philippines, eight people have been

rescued after a US Navy plane

crashed into the water. Three others

are unaccounted for. The plane went

down 90 kilometres south-east of

Okinawa in Japan. The plane was a C

2 see carrier. It is old, but they

are reliable. The last accident was

in 1973. The flight was on a routine

mission from Japan to the USS Ronald

Reagan. Initial reports suggested

engine failure, and we had

confirmation of that from the

Japanese defence Minister.

TRANSLATION:

We have received

information from the US that engine

trouble may have been the caused.

There have been a number of serious

problems for the US Navy this year.

Ten personnel died in August when

the USS John McCain collided with a

tanker close to Singapore. After

that, the USS Fitzgerald smashed

into a cargo ship, killing seven

people. There were other nonfatal

incidents as well. In May, a boat

collided with a South Korean fishing

vessel. There is a huge amount of

pressure on the US Navy, and there

will be a full investigation into

what happened here.

The cricketers of England

and Australia will begin

their battle for the Ashes in just

a few hours' time.

England are the holders

of the little urn, but Australia

start the five match

series as favourites.

Andy Swiss reports from

the Gabba in Brisbane.

For now they both have

their hands on the Ashes.

Steve Smith and Joe Root,

but which captain's grip

will prove the stronger?

England's preparations

have been overshadowed

by memories of a thrashing

on their last trip here

and by the absence of their star

player Ben Stokes.

But for all that there

is a quiet confidence.

I'm sure there will be a few nerves

flying around underneath

the surface.

But as a whole there's a really

calm atmosphere in the

dressing room.

I think that's a really good place

for us to be as a side.

But Brisbane is a picture

of Australian bullishness.

Their familiar weapon, pace.

Mitchell Starc testing

the speed gun before

he tests England's courage.

And if Australia need

any extra confidence,

well, they only have

to look around them.

This is the Gabba,

nicknamed "the Gabbatoir"

because Australia haven't

lost a Test match here

for nearly 30 years.

And without their talisman,

even England's optimists

are worried.

Ben Stokes is the best cricketer

in the world full-stop at

the moment.

I think with him in the side

undoubtedly they'd be

favourites, even away from home.

but I think it's opened up a lot.

It's a shame Ben's not here.

I personally think he should be.

I think the Aussies will be

delighted that he's not in the team.

The travelling fans,

though, remain hopeful.

England's Barmy Army winning

the pre-Ashes supporters' match.

Predictions are predictably split.

You look at the line-ups, and you

think we are stronger. I just can't

see us losing.

Joe Root will go all

right, but then...

You don't think

they will wind?

No.

The England fans

won their match, and early Ashes

victory, but as every supporter

knows, it's now down to serious

business.

Andy Swiss, BBC News, Brisbane.

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