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Hello, I'm Ros Atkins,
this is Outside Source. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:10 | |
Theresa May isn't backing down
after Donald Trump attacked. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:14 | |
The issue is him sharing
far-right videos. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
The President said don't focus
on me, focus on the Uk's problems - | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
to which the Prime Minister replied. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
I'm very clear that
retweeting from Britain First | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
was the wrong thing to do. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:35 | |
Let's be clear - none of this
normal between the leaders | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
of the US and the UK -
we'll be live in Washington DC. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
Multiple reports America's top
diplomat Rex Tillerson is facing | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
the sack, here's what the President
had to say about it. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
He's here. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:47 | |
Rex is here. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
Thank you very much, everybody. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:55 | |
Don't hold your breath for a unified
response to North Korea. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
Russia is accusing America
of provoking Kim Jung Un. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
And China is ignoring
an America plan to cut | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
of North Korea's oil supplies. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
And we'll be at the border
between Northern Ireland | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
and the Republic of Ireland -
to look in detail at why this issue | 0:01:08 | 0:01:12 | |
has become so central
to the Brexit talks. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:22 | |
You don't criticise Donald Trump
and expect to be ignored. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
So it's proved for Theresa May
and her Number ten colleagues. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:40 | |
The issue at stake is
the President's retweets of videos | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
from a British far right group. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:48 | |
Earlier Donald Trump
took aim on Twitter. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:49 | |
This was Theresa May's | 0:01:57 | 0:01:58 | |
response during a press conference
in Jordan. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:04 | |
The fact that we work together does
not mean that we are afraid to say | 0:02:04 | 0:02:09 | |
when we think United States have got
it wrong. I am very clear, that | 0:02:09 | 0:02:15 | |
re-tweeting from Britain First was
the wrong thing to do. The leader of | 0:02:15 | 0:02:24 | |
the Conservative Party. Now the
Mayor of London. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
This is Sajid Javid, a minister in
the government, representing the | 0:02:40 | 0:02:45 | |
Conservative Party. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:46 | |
This is unprecedented for so many
senior British politicians to be | 0:02:53 | 0:02:55 | |
openly attacking the American
President. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:58 | |
It's worth noting Donald initially
tweeted the wrong Theresa May. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:06 | |
Rather than the Prime Minister,
he'd targeted a woman who lives | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
in Bognor on the south
coast of England. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
Not necessarily the attention
to detail you'd be looking | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
for from the man in charge
of the largest nuclear | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
arsenal in the world. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
Anyhow, his tweet has brought this
controversy to the boil. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
This was earlier in
the House of Commons. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:29 | |
Action is needed now, not a slap on
the wrist. Cancel the state visit. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:36 | |
If he is allowed to come to this
country now, you should be treated | 0:03:36 | 0:03:40 | |
as anyone else who breaks the law
and charged with inciting racial | 0:03:40 | 0:03:45 | |
hatred. The Government should
withdraw the invitation. Right wing | 0:03:45 | 0:03:50 | |
extremism or the sort we have seen
in National Action, which means we | 0:03:50 | 0:03:57 | |
have prescribed it, is just as
hateful and dangerous as any radical | 0:03:57 | 0:04:05 | |
Islamic extremism. Help engage the
degree to which this is real | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
political pressure on Theresa May? I
think there has been widespread | 0:04:08 | 0:04:14 | |
anger. We heard it in the clips you
played. The debate in Westminster | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
was pretty extraordinary in terms of
the language that's what the | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
politicians were using about the
American President. He was called | 0:04:20 | 0:04:25 | |
stupid, racist, others said he was
evil. As we heard, President Trump | 0:04:25 | 0:04:33 | |
was accused of being pandering to
the far right. There has been quite | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
a lot of pressure on Theresa May. I
think we can be in no doubt about | 0:04:36 | 0:04:41 | |
the anger that there is among some
politicians. Politicians from the | 0:04:41 | 0:04:47 | |
Labour Party, in opposition, the
Scottish National Party, the Liberal | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
Democrats. As you showed, some of
the tweets have been from | 0:04:50 | 0:04:55 | |
conservatives, and senior
Conservatives. In that sense, | 0:04:55 | 0:05:00 | |
Theresa May was left with no choice
to come out and speak publicly. She | 0:05:00 | 0:05:05 | |
said President Trump was wrong to
have retweeted the posts. But she | 0:05:05 | 0:05:11 | |
stressed the bigger picture, the
special relationship and how the | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
special relationship is important
for both countries. It is in both | 0:05:14 | 0:05:19 | |
countries' interests and should
continue. Given the emphasis from | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
the Prime Minister, is it really
possible she could withdraw the | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
offer of a state visit? To be
honest, I think no. Let's look at | 0:05:25 | 0:05:31 | |
the real politics of this. Right
now, in the post-Brexit world, if | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
you like. The UK needs that
relationship with the US, especially | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
if it is going to get the trade deal
that Britain so desperately wants | 0:05:39 | 0:05:43 | |
after we leave the EU. I don't think
the invitation is going to be taken | 0:05:43 | 0:05:48 | |
away. Having said that, I don't
think that the state visit is going | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
to happen any time soon. Theresa May
said the invitation had been | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
accepted and she said it had been
extended and accepted, but she also | 0:05:56 | 0:06:00 | |
said that the date had not been set.
While I think the state visit will | 0:06:00 | 0:06:06 | |
happen one day, Downing Street
sources, government sources, also | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
confirming that we might not see it
happening in the foreseeable future. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:15 | |
Thank you very much, very
interesting to hear from | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
Westminster. I doubt Donald Trump is
losing any sleep about the idea that | 0:06:17 | 0:06:21 | |
people in the UK are getting upset
about this. I tested my theory with | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
Laura Trevelyan in Washington. None
at all. In fact, he is consumed with | 0:06:24 | 0:06:31 | |
two other dramas. One is the Senate,
he is due to vote on what would be | 0:06:31 | 0:06:37 | |
the first big legislative win for
him. Tax cuts, and also rumours | 0:06:37 | 0:06:41 | |
flying around Washington that the
White House is trying to get rid of | 0:06:41 | 0:06:45 | |
the Secretary of State, Rex
Tillerson, that is what the | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
President has had to field questions
on today from reporters. No, this is | 0:06:47 | 0:06:51 | |
Donald Trump playing to his base,
via the re-tweeting strategy. | 0:06:51 | 0:07:02 | |
Remember the video of him slamming
CNN to the floor? That was a retweet | 0:07:02 | 0:07:08 | |
as well. Two stages removed, it is
not me, it is just the idea that I | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
am endorsing. This is an
extraordinary scene. Think of it, | 0:07:12 | 0:07:17 | |
the British ambassador had to convey
to the White House yesterday that | 0:07:17 | 0:07:21 | |
the British people reject the
prejudice rhetoric of the far right, | 0:07:21 | 0:07:26 | |
something you would think is so
obvious that it didn't need saying. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
But this is what has been stirred
up. The British have been treated | 0:07:29 | 0:07:33 | |
like almost a hostile power by the
President of the United States, who | 0:07:33 | 0:07:38 | |
has been rude about the Prime
Minister and tweeted inflammatory | 0:07:38 | 0:07:43 | |
material. It's pretty extraordinary.
Really, officials on both sides are | 0:07:43 | 0:07:48 | |
pointing out the enduring special
relationship will also endure this. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:53 | |
The issue of the state visit is
potent in the UK at the moment. Do | 0:07:53 | 0:07:59 | |
you think Donald Trump puts much
store in how he greeted one way or | 0:07:59 | 0:08:03 | |
another abroad? He does, he cares a
lot about it. You need to make a big | 0:08:03 | 0:08:08 | |
fuss about him. The Saudis did a
good job, there were posters of him | 0:08:08 | 0:08:14 | |
on the way to the airport, which he
liked very much. He cares a lot | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
about the luck of the formal visit,
but whether the British sit on this | 0:08:17 | 0:08:22 | |
and don't invite him until the end
of next year, it is not a state | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
visit, it is just going to the
opening of the new US embassy, I | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
don't think that will bother him. It
is consuming the British more than | 0:08:28 | 0:08:35 | |
him, a classic Donald Trump tactic,
you stoked outrage and move on to | 0:08:35 | 0:08:40 | |
the next drama. The fate of the
state visit is a bigger drama than | 0:08:40 | 0:08:48 | |
it is here. Lawmakers asking if it
will go ahead, more out of curiosity | 0:08:48 | 0:08:58 | |
than anything else. Let's pick up on
one of the things Laura mentioned, | 0:08:58 | 0:09:03 | |
multiple reports that Rex Tillerson,
the US Secretary of State, will be | 0:09:03 | 0:09:07 | |
sacked soon. The White House says it
is not true. If you read the New | 0:09:07 | 0:09:11 | |
York Times, it is reporting Mr
Tillerson will be replaced by Mike | 0:09:11 | 0:09:16 | |
Pompeo, currently the CIA director.
Vanity fair has a story quoting | 0:09:16 | 0:09:22 | |
stories saying it is all but eight
done deal. The Associated Press also | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
has the story. Here is Donald Trump,
answering a question about it. He is | 0:09:26 | 0:09:32 | |
here. Rex is here. Thank you very
much, everybody. Not really a | 0:09:32 | 0:09:40 | |
ringing endorsement. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:46 | |
The White House expanded on that. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:47 | |
A White House spokesperson said,
"As the President just | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
said, "Rex is here." | 0:09:50 | 0:09:51 | |
There are no personnel
announcements at this time." | 0:09:51 | 0:09:52 | |
As you'll have noted,
that's not a denial. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:54 | |
And this the latest instalment
in a long-running story. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
In October NBC reported
that the Vice President had had | 0:09:57 | 0:09:59 | |
to stop Mr Tillerson from resigning. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:00 | |
This was Mr Tillerson's
response to that. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:10 | |
The Vice President has never had to
persuade me to remain as Secretary | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
of State because I have never
considered leaving this post. Lets | 0:10:13 | 0:10:24 | |
talk to Barbara Plett-Usher. We had
a briefing in the last hour from the | 0:10:24 | 0:10:28 | |
State Department. Any clues? Well,
the message is that it is business | 0:10:28 | 0:10:33 | |
as usual. The secretary has had a
busy day, didn't give any indication | 0:10:33 | 0:10:36 | |
during the day he was about to lose
his job. Lots of meetings, lots of | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
phone calls, twice to the White
House. The spokesperson here also | 0:10:40 | 0:10:44 | |
said that General Kelly, the chief
of staff, and who has been reported | 0:10:44 | 0:10:49 | |
as being behind the plan to oust
him, he called the State Department | 0:10:49 | 0:10:54 | |
and said there was no such plan. The
secretary saves at the pleasure of | 0:10:54 | 0:11:01 | |
the President, but he has been given
no indication that will change. His | 0:11:01 | 0:11:06 | |
feathers do not get easily ruffled,
that is how the spokesperson put it. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:11 | |
He has heard these stories before
and who will keep doing his job | 0:11:11 | 0:11:15 | |
until he hears otherwise. How do we
gauge the stories? The New York | 0:11:15 | 0:11:20 | |
Times, Vanity fair, reputable
sources in the US media, but sources | 0:11:20 | 0:11:24 | |
that have been critical of Mr Trump.
Is there anyway of dissecting what | 0:11:24 | 0:11:29 | |
they are telling us? It seems pretty
clear that there are elements in the | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
White House that want there to be a
shift, who want Mr Tillerson out and | 0:11:32 | 0:11:36 | |
they want the CIA director, Mike
Pompeo, to replace. The idea has | 0:11:36 | 0:11:40 | |
been around for a time. Well,
months. We have been hearing the | 0:11:40 | 0:11:45 | |
rumours for months. That is a long
time in Mr Trump's administration! | 0:11:45 | 0:11:53 | |
Yes, perhaps that is true. Perhaps
the question is how much Mr Trump | 0:11:53 | 0:11:59 | |
wants that to happen. We have heard
multiple reports of strained | 0:11:59 | 0:12:03 | |
relations between the men, public
signs of disagreement over policy. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:07 | |
Mr Trump, undermining his secretary
with his tweets. We know it is not | 0:12:07 | 0:12:13 | |
an easy relationship. The question
is, how much does this plan, which | 0:12:13 | 0:12:16 | |
seems to be supported by elements
within the White House, how much it | 0:12:16 | 0:12:20 | |
is something that Mr Trump wants to
happen and will see carried through? | 0:12:20 | 0:12:26 | |
The senator that is probably Mr
Tillerson's strongest ally in | 0:12:26 | 0:12:29 | |
Congress said he thought there was a
plan afoot to undermine him from the | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
White House, but he could not say
who it was. He was distancing it | 0:12:32 | 0:12:37 | |
from Mr Trump himself. We don't
really know how exactly it will turn | 0:12:37 | 0:12:41 | |
out. We do know this is not the only
pressure on Mr Tillerson. He is not | 0:12:41 | 0:12:45 | |
very popular in the State
Department. He has come under a lot | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
of criticism. Assuming he is in the
job, he will be travelling again | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
soon. Tell us about his plans. He is
travelling to Europe, to a number of | 0:12:52 | 0:13:00 | |
European capitals. He is going to be
going to Nato. He had a speech this | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
week, previewing the trip. It was
the least America First speech I | 0:13:03 | 0:13:13 | |
have heard from this administration.
He talked about the shared history, | 0:13:13 | 0:13:17 | |
the need for the Allies to cooperate
personally on security, he talked | 0:13:17 | 0:13:22 | |
about America's strong commitment to
Europe. So, stronger than things | 0:13:22 | 0:13:27 | |
that Mr Trump has said publicly.
That was a very strong message that | 0:13:27 | 0:13:31 | |
many people wanted to hear, that was
the message he said he wanted to | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
carry to Europe. Will he be able to
deliver that convincingly, given the | 0:13:34 | 0:13:40 | |
questions over his position back
here? That is an important question | 0:13:40 | 0:13:43 | |
to ask. According to the State
Department did his job, it is his | 0:13:43 | 0:13:47 | |
position and will carry it through.
In a few minutes we will report from | 0:13:47 | 0:13:56 | |
the border between Northern Ireland
and the Republic of Ireland. This | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
issue is becoming absolutely central
to whether the Brexit talks can move | 0:13:59 | 0:14:03 | |
onto the next phase. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:07 | |
More than 8 million people suffer
from migraines every year. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
The headaches can be
completely debilitating. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:15 | |
In two clinical trials
new drugs have been tested | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
which appear to help people
who suffer from migraines. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
The new approach uses anti-bodies
which shield the nervous | 0:14:19 | 0:14:22 | |
system from the headaches. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:26 | |
The research found that the drugs
helped to prevent the number | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
and severity of attacks. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:31 | |
Dr Fayyaz Ahmed, a consultant
neurologist explained why this drug | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
was so significant for migraine
sufferers. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
I think this is the first drug that
is migraine specific, not developed | 0:14:36 | 0:14:43 | |
for blood pressure, epilepsy or
other things, it is a migraine drug. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
We have never had a preventive
treatment for migraine. We have had | 0:14:46 | 0:14:51 | |
acute treatment, that was migraine
specific, but this would prevent it. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
In the long run, this would be
injectable by the patients | 0:14:54 | 0:15:00 | |
themselves. It is a huge
development, as such. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:03 | |
The lead story is that Theresa May
has repeated her criticism of Donald | 0:15:21 | 0:15:26 | |
Trump re-tweeting extremist
anti-Muslim videos on Twitter. But | 0:15:26 | 0:15:31 | |
she says it will not harm the
relationship between the US and the | 0:15:31 | 0:15:34 | |
UK. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
Other stories being covered
by our language services... | 0:15:37 | 0:15:39 | |
Aid workers in Syria say 500
people need urgent medical | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
evacuation from a besieged,
rebel-held enclave | 0:15:41 | 0:15:43 | |
on the outskirts of Damascus. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:45 | |
A ceasefire is supposed
to be in place. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:50 | |
Angela Merkel is holding talks
with leader of the social democrats | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
Martin Schulz to see if they can
thrash out a deal | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
to form a government. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
Mr Schulz has previously ruled this
out - but he's back at the table. | 0:15:57 | 0:16:01 | |
No government will mean
another election next year. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:04 | |
As we often talk about,
there are three issues that need | 0:16:10 | 0:16:14 | |
to be resolved for Brexit talks
to progress - citizens' | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
rights, the divorce bill,
and the Irish border. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:21 | |
On that last issue, the Times
reports the UK will give extra | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
powers to Northern Ireland that
might enable its customs set up to | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
be close to that of the Republic's. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:29 | |
The border is between Northern
Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:31 | |
It's the UK's only land
border with the EU - | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
so after Brexit, customs posts
and security checks could | 0:16:34 | 0:16:36 | |
in theory be necessary. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
A hard border would mean goods
and services couldn't cross freely - | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
nor could the 30,000 people who do
so to travel to work. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:45 | |
Chris Buckler has been
speaking to some of them. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:54 | |
Marry Lindsey lives in County Durham
Donegal and crosses the border to go | 0:16:54 | 0:17:00 | |
to her job as principal of a school.
This is the old customs post. That | 0:17:00 | 0:17:07 | |
was the place where you were
stamped. It is a 15 minute Drive and | 0:17:07 | 0:17:12 | |
her concerns about a hard border go
beyond potential traffic delays. The | 0:17:12 | 0:17:17 | |
communities are quite seamless now,
but there has been a lot of talk | 0:17:17 | 0:17:21 | |
about the economy and what impact it
would have, much less so about the | 0:17:21 | 0:17:26 | |
social fabric of a society of a
border people. The UK and Irish | 0:17:26 | 0:17:31 | |
governments say they don't want a
hard border. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:33 | |
But the complication is that the UK
wants to leave the customs union | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
and single market of the EU. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:38 | |
First, here's the UK's
Northern Ireland Secretary. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:45 | |
As we leave the European Union, we
leave the single market and we leave | 0:17:45 | 0:17:49 | |
the customs union. But we know that
there needs to be specific outcomes | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
to meet the unique circumstances of
Northern Ireland and the island of | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
Ireland as a whole. | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
Now remember all 27 EU countries
need to agree before Brexit talks | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
can progress to the next phase. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:03 | |
So Ireland could, in theory,
stop that happening. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
Here's the Irish Foreign Minister
with the Chris Buckler. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:13 | |
This is an historic moment and we're
not going to allow the re-emergence | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
of a physical border on this island.
The European Union will support us | 0:18:17 | 0:18:22 | |
on that. There will be no need to
use a veto. It sounds like if you | 0:18:22 | 0:18:27 | |
did have to do, you would be
prepared to use it? The EU side, in | 0:18:27 | 0:18:32 | |
my view, will extend phase one and
not progress phase two unless we | 0:18:32 | 0:18:39 | |
make sufficient progress in all
three areas. And it is the border | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
that is the sticking point? The
border is the sticking point and we | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
need a credible site of parameters
in which we can solve the border | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
issues. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:51 | |
You can imagine how keen people | 0:18:51 | 0:18:52 | |
on both sides of the border
are to see this resolved. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:55 | |
Chris Page has spent
the day right beside it. | 0:18:55 | 0:19:01 | |
I spent the day here, travelling the
full length of the Irish border. It | 0:19:01 | 0:19:05 | |
is nearly 300 miles long. Behind me,
that bridge, it is one of almost | 0:19:05 | 0:19:10 | |
three Hundred Rd crossings that
pretty much less trade is why this | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
is such a difficult problem. There
are no customs checks or anything | 0:19:12 | 0:19:19 | |
like that. Anybody can walk or drive
across. You hardly know you are | 0:19:19 | 0:19:23 | |
passing from one country into
another. On the other side of the | 0:19:23 | 0:19:27 | |
river, Northern Ireland, the UK. I
am standing over the border in the | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
Republic of Ireland. How do you
resolve this? As we have heard, | 0:19:30 | 0:19:34 | |
there is a bit of disagreement
between Britain and the Irish | 0:19:34 | 0:19:38 | |
government. The Irish government,
one of the 27 EU states that will be | 0:19:38 | 0:19:41 | |
negotiating with Britain. The
British Government say you can avoid | 0:19:41 | 0:19:47 | |
physical checks on the border if you
employ some kind of technology, some | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
kind of electronic monitoring system
for declaring goods even if you have | 0:19:51 | 0:19:58 | |
the UK outside the customs union and
the Republic of Ireland inside it. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
The Irish government say that is not
going to work, they would like a | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
situation where Northern Ireland
continues to follow the rules of the | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
European Union on customs, even if
the rest of the UK doesn't. The | 0:20:09 | 0:20:11 | |
problem with is that would mean
checks between Northern Ireland and | 0:20:11 | 0:20:17 | |
the rest of the UK. Unionists, the
political group that wanted to | 0:20:17 | 0:20:21 | |
protect Northern Ireland's position
in the UK, they are not happy about | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
that. They are suspicious of
anything that might be playing into | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
the hands of Irish nationalists, who
want Northern Ireland to become part | 0:20:27 | 0:20:33 | |
of the Republic of Ireland. So for
Unionists, it might feel like | 0:20:33 | 0:20:37 | |
Northern Ireland is being cut off
from the UK. Unionists are in a | 0:20:37 | 0:20:41 | |
particularly influential position in
UK politics because the main party, | 0:20:41 | 0:20:45 | |
the Democratic Unionist Party, is
holding the balance of power in | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
London, propping up the minority
government led by Theresa May and | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
the Democratic Unionist Party have
made it clear they would not stand | 0:20:52 | 0:20:55 | |
for the arrangement where Northern
Ireland continues to follow European | 0:20:55 | 0:20:58 | |
rules, when the rest of the UK
doesn't. On Monday, with the help of | 0:20:58 | 0:21:03 | |
Chris Morris, we are going to be
spending the whole programme looking | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
at Brexit and the many elements of
it. Do tune in for that and we will | 0:21:06 | 0:21:10 | |
be taking your questions through the
hour. Time for the business. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
US stocks hit fresh
all-time highs today - | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
the Dow opened above 24,000
for the first time ever. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:23 | |
Has been going on not just for the
last year, but over the last few | 0:21:23 | 0:21:31 | |
months it has been steeper. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:32 | |
The boost came as US lawmakers
neared a vote on tax reform. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:35 | |
One of the last remaining
senators holding out, | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
Republican senator John McCain,
said he'll back the bill, | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
increasing its chances of passing. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
Samira Hussein is here. Specific
around the music around the tax | 0:21:42 | 0:21:53 | |
reform and the hike? US markets out
downright euphoric of the prospect | 0:21:53 | 0:21:59 | |
of any major tax reform happening.
The holdout senators, like Senator | 0:21:59 | 0:22:06 | |
John McCain, they are saying that
this bill has got its problems, but, | 0:22:06 | 0:22:10 | |
overall, I think it does the job,
therefore I am going to support it, | 0:22:10 | 0:22:15 | |
that has US markets shooting past
the 24,000 mark. During today's | 0:22:15 | 0:22:19 | |
trading it was up some 350 points.
One thing I do want to mention, an | 0:22:19 | 0:22:25 | |
anecdote, I was on the floor of the
New York Stock Exchange this morning | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
when it opened. When it crossed the
24,000 mark. Pask milestones on the | 0:22:28 | 0:22:35 | |
New York Stock Exchange, you saw
that everyone was walking around | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
with a lot of hats. I really didn't
see that many hats. It signals to | 0:22:37 | 0:22:42 | |
me, goodness, we are just coming
across these milestones so often | 0:22:42 | 0:22:46 | |
that they can't even make the hats
fast enough. Donald Trump likes | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
pointing out to the strength of the
Dow and saying it is evidence that | 0:22:50 | 0:22:56 | |
the US economy is doing well, but it
is not quite as simple as that. The | 0:22:56 | 0:22:59 | |
height of the stock market doesn't
necessarily equal economic strength? | 0:22:59 | 0:23:06 | |
No, there are a few reasons why we
could be seeing these big market | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
highs. One of them is of course that
we are still in an era of | 0:23:09 | 0:23:13 | |
accommodative easing. We have an
easy-going monetary policy. That is | 0:23:13 | 0:23:19 | |
really done by the US central bank.
Interest rates are really low, | 0:23:19 | 0:23:23 | |
people have a lot of capital
swooshing around. They need to | 0:23:23 | 0:23:28 | |
invest it somewhere. That is why you
are seeing some of these big highs. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
Thank you very much indeed. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
The cartel of major oil producers,
OPEC, has agreed to continue | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
to extend production cuts
until the end of next year. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:39 | |
The deal was struck at a meeting
in Vienna, and pushed the price | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
of oil slightly higher. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
The BBC's Bethany Bell
was at the meeting and | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
the news conference. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
It has been on the cards for a while
now. There was the understanding | 0:23:50 | 0:23:56 | |
here among the Opec and the non-Opec
producers that they say their | 0:23:56 | 0:24:02 | |
strategy to try to boost prices by
cutting production has worked. They | 0:24:02 | 0:24:07 | |
say that there is further work to be
done in terms of rebalancing the | 0:24:07 | 0:24:11 | |
market. That is why they have agreed
to extend the cuts until the end of | 0:24:11 | 0:24:19 | |
2018. There is, of course, a little
bit of nervousness. Some people fear | 0:24:19 | 0:24:26 | |
that by continuing to cut production
they open the door to other | 0:24:26 | 0:24:30 | |
producers, notably US shale
producers. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:35 | |
Google is being sued in the UK,
accused of collecting the personal | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
data of millions of users,
in the first mass legal action | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
of its kind in Britain. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:46 | |
The action group -
called Google You Owe Us - claims | 0:24:46 | 0:24:49 | |
Google unlawfully took information
from 5.4 million UK users | 0:24:49 | 0:24:51 | |
by bypassing privacy
settings on their iPhones. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
We spoke to the head of the action
group, Richard Lloyd. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
At the time, they said to everybody
if you have an iPhone don't worry, | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
we cannot take your personal
information when you use it, it's | 0:24:58 | 0:25:02 | |
impossible, the default security
settings will not allow us. Apple | 0:25:02 | 0:25:04 | |
confirmed that. At the same time,
Google were secretly placing cookies | 0:25:04 | 0:25:10 | |
on iPhones and taking personal data,
regardless. This is the Data | 0:25:10 | 0:25:18 | |
Protection Act, companies can't take
their personal data. In Google's | 0:25:18 | 0:25:21 | |
case, they can use it for enormous
profit. They didn't have our | 0:25:21 | 0:25:27 | |
consent, and bakes the city said at
the time, don't worry, we're not | 0:25:27 | 0:25:29 | |
doing this. That is why they were
getting a record fine in the United | 0:25:29 | 0:25:33 | |
States. We think this was a global
problem and I was in contact with a | 0:25:33 | 0:25:41 | |
lot of consumer organisations around
the world, thinking that there may | 0:25:41 | 0:25:46 | |
be millions of people in my country
for whom Google ripped off their | 0:25:46 | 0:25:51 | |
data without consent. They need to
be held to account in my country as | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
well. I will see you in a | 0:25:54 | 0:25:58 |