0:00:08 > 0:00:10Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13America has become the first country to recognise Jerusalem
0:00:13 > 0:00:18as the capital of Israel.
0:00:18 > 0:00:24Israel is a sovereign nation with the right, like every other
0:00:24 > 0:00:29sovereign nation, to determine its own capital.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31As you'd expect, Israel has welcomed this.
0:00:31 > 0:00:36Arab countries haven't - nor have the Palestinians.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40These actions are a destruction of all the efforts to achieve peace.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44The decision is tantamount to the US abdicating its role as a peace
0:00:44 > 0:00:46mediator.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49We'll be live at the White House - and Lyse Doucet here's
0:00:49 > 0:00:51in the BBC newsroom with me.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52We'll also talk about the
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Democratic Republic of the Congo - more people have had
0:00:54 > 0:00:57to flee their homes there than anywhere else in the world this
0:00:57 > 0:00:58year - including Syria.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02We'll look at the conflict causing this.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Time Magazine has named the women who spoke out against sexual abuse
0:01:05 > 0:01:07and harassment as its Person of the Year.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Donald Trump came in second place.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13And look who's decided to run for President, again.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17BBC Russian will give us their analysis.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Donald Trump has kept his campaign promise -
0:01:33 > 0:01:42and formally recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45I have judged this course of action to be in the best interests
0:01:45 > 0:01:48of the United States of America and the pursuit of peace
0:01:48 > 0:01:52between Israel and the Palestinians.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55This is a long overdue step to advance the peace
0:01:55 > 0:01:59process and to work towards a lasting agreement.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Israel is a sovereign nation.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06With the right, like every other sovereign nation,
0:02:06 > 0:02:11to determine its own capital.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Acknowledging this as a fact is a necessary condition
0:02:13 > 0:02:19for achieving peace.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21America will also be moving its embassy from
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Tel Aviv to Jerusalem - though that may actually
0:02:24 > 0:02:27take years to do.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas responded
0:02:29 > 0:02:38to the decision a short time ago.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42These actions are destruction to all the actions to achieve peace. The
0:02:42 > 0:02:47decision is paramount to the US abdicating its role as a peace
0:02:47 > 0:02:53mediator. These measures will be looked upon favourably as by the
0:02:53 > 0:02:57extreme mixed groups that operate in our region.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Israel's Prime minister though, has welcomed the news.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01We are profoundly grateful for the president, for his
0:03:01 > 0:03:02courageous and just decision.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04To recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
0:03:04 > 0:03:07and to prepare for the opening of the US Embassy here.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08This decision reflects the President's commitment
0:03:08 > 0:03:12to an ancient but enduring truth.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16To fulfilling his promises and advancing peace.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18The President's decision is an important step
0:03:18 > 0:03:20towards peace.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22For there is no peace that doesn't include Jerusalem as
0:03:22 > 0:03:32the capital of the state of Israel.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36This raises many questions, one of them is why President Trump is doing
0:03:36 > 0:03:43it now. Here is Barbara Plett Usher. I think the main reason the
0:03:43 > 0:03:47president made the announcement was pretty clear in his speech, he said
0:03:47 > 0:03:51previous presidents have failed to deliver on campaign promises to move
0:03:51 > 0:03:57the embassy, I am delivering so that is what is behind this. Its domestic
0:03:57 > 0:04:02politics, he made the promise and wanted to do it. But because of US
0:04:02 > 0:04:07law the presidents every six months had to sign a waiver which will keep
0:04:07 > 0:04:10the MC in Tel Aviv for security reasons which meant every six months
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Donald Trump would have to confront the fact he was not keeping his
0:04:14 > 0:04:18promise and that frustrated him very much so we understand that is what
0:04:18 > 0:04:21drove this discussion for recognising Jerusalem as the capital
0:04:21 > 0:04:29of Israel and basically he wanted this very much despite the advice of
0:04:29 > 0:04:30his national security officials who were worried about security
0:04:30 > 0:04:36implications.I understand the general idea of a candidate wanting
0:04:36 > 0:04:44to keep his promises but his position, the embassy being in
0:04:44 > 0:04:49Israel, why does that matter to his core supporters in America?Those he
0:04:49 > 0:04:57was responding to were strongly pro-Israel groups, evangelical
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Christians who are quite a big force and American dues on the right-wing
0:05:01 > 0:05:10the spectrum. And some wealthy donors. It has a certain amount of
0:05:10 > 0:05:15power he was responding to. Also Congress is in favour of this, they
0:05:15 > 0:05:20voted for this move to take place in 1995 which is why every six months
0:05:20 > 0:05:23the president says we will not do it for security reasons. It's a
0:05:23 > 0:05:32bipartisan consensus. Broadly speaking I think most Americans are
0:05:32 > 0:05:39not walking around asking why the embassy is not in Jerusalem.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Israel has always regarded Jerusalem as its capital -
0:05:41 > 0:05:43but no other country has recognised it as such.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46That's why you'll find embassies in and around Tel Aviv.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51East Jerusalem is a particularly contentious.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53It was annexed from Jordan in 1967 and Israel has built dozens
0:05:53 > 0:05:56of settlements there - but it's not recognised by other
0:05:56 > 0:05:57countries as part of Israel.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02For their part, the Palestinians want East Jerusalem
0:06:02 > 0:06:05as the capital of a future Palestinian state.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Here's Yolande Knell in Jerusalem with more context
0:06:07 > 0:06:17on today's decision.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22Jerusalem. This ancient city lies at the very heart of the Israel
0:06:22 > 0:06:27Palestinian conflict. We have seen many times how just a small change
0:06:27 > 0:06:33on the ground here can quickly lead to a flare-up anti-violence. So what
0:06:33 > 0:06:37happens here really does matter. Jerusalem has got great religious
0:06:37 > 0:06:43significance of course. Head old city has some of the holiest sites
0:06:43 > 0:06:46are Muslims, Christians and Jewish people but it has great political
0:06:46 > 0:06:50significance as well.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57Most Israelis see Jerusalem as their eternal undivided capital. Not long
0:06:57 > 0:07:01after the modern State of Israel was created in 1948 years early
0:07:01 > 0:07:07Parliament was set up in the west of the city. But it wasn't until the
0:07:07 > 0:07:111967 war with neighbouring Arab countries that Israel captured East
0:07:11 > 0:07:17Jerusalem, including the old city. It later annexed it in a move that
0:07:17 > 0:07:21is not recognised internationally. Israeli leaders often vent their
0:07:21 > 0:07:24frustration that there is not a recognition of full Israeli
0:07:24 > 0:07:28sovereignty over Jerusalem particularly from international
0:07:28 > 0:07:29allies.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Of course Palestinians see things starkly different play. They want
0:07:38 > 0:07:44East Jerusalem as their capital. That is part of the long-standing
0:07:44 > 0:07:48international formula for peace year known as the two state solution.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Basically the idea that an independent Palestinian state would
0:07:52 > 0:07:58be created alongside Israel, along the boundaries which existed before
0:07:58 > 0:08:031967. It is written up in UN resolutions. About one third of
0:08:03 > 0:08:06people Jerusalem are Palestinian, some of them coming from families
0:08:06 > 0:08:11which have been here for centuries. And there are lots of ongoing
0:08:11 > 0:08:14tensions particularly over the expansion of Jewish settlements in
0:08:14 > 0:08:18the east of the city. They are seen as illegal under international law
0:08:18 > 0:08:19that Israel disagree.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29For decades the international community has been saying any change
0:08:29 > 0:08:33in the status of Jerusalem can only come about as part of a negotiated
0:08:33 > 0:08:37peace deal. So for now all countries with embassies in Israel keep them
0:08:37 > 0:08:42in or near to Tel Aviv and they have consulates in Jerusalem.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Reaction to this has been as strong as it's been predictable.
0:08:45 > 0:08:51Saudi Arabia says it's a "a flagrant provocation to Muslims".
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Egypt's President is urging Donald Mr Trump "not to complicate
0:08:53 > 0:08:56the situation in the region".
0:08:56 > 0:08:58And the leaders of Turkey and Jordan addressed the issue
0:08:58 > 0:09:06at a joint press conference.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10There is no alternative to the two state solution and Jerusalem is key
0:09:10 > 0:09:16to any peace agreement, it is key to the stability of the entire region.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21TRANSLATION:Nobody has the right to play with the destiny of billions of
0:09:21 > 0:09:24people for the sake of personal ambitions. Such a step will only
0:09:24 > 0:09:27play into the hands of terror groups.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29I spoke to Lyse Doucet our Chief International Correspondent
0:09:29 > 0:09:37about what this means for the peace process.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42The history of the peace process and it has to be said failed peace
0:09:42 > 0:09:47process is symbols matter as much a substance. When it comes the symbol
0:09:47 > 0:09:53is no greater symbol of the attempt to find a solution to one of the
0:09:53 > 0:09:58most intractable conflict anywhere in the world, Jerusalem. Jerusalem
0:09:58 > 0:10:05is not, it is not just one of the most coveted and controversial
0:10:05 > 0:10:10pieces of real estate anywhere in the world, it's also a symbol of the
0:10:10 > 0:10:17desire, you had from King of Jordan, the two state solution, to have an
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Israeli and Palestinian state side by side with each having part of
0:10:20 > 0:10:29Jerusalem as the capital. But the way Israel describes it is the
0:10:29 > 0:10:35eternal undivided capital. They want to say it will help the peace
0:10:35 > 0:10:39process but for now there is only anger and anxiety, this is not how
0:10:39 > 0:10:44you restart the peace process. Will it somewhere down the line? There
0:10:44 > 0:10:49have been so many setbacks and this is just another one but it is huge.
0:10:49 > 0:10:57Mac with a bass seeing this means America cannot be the mediator any
0:10:57 > 0:11:01more, but critics will say they have always been towards the Israeli side
0:11:01 > 0:11:05anyway.There has been one constant in the peace process and that is
0:11:05 > 0:11:10America, it's the only outside power acceptable by both sides because
0:11:10 > 0:11:15it's always been seen by the Palestinians, notwithstanding the
0:11:15 > 0:11:19criticism, that the tilted towards the Israelis,, that they had the
0:11:19 > 0:11:24will and the power to do something about it. I think this decision will
0:11:24 > 0:11:28make them think twice. I think in the long run they will find it hard
0:11:28 > 0:11:31to find a replacement because Israel will not accept anyone else and
0:11:31 > 0:11:38after this move today they will not accept anyone but the United States
0:11:38 > 0:11:43is the main outside player.We were talking to you in Saudi Arabia,
0:11:43 > 0:11:47Donald Trump would have known this would upset them, how damaging do
0:11:47 > 0:12:00you think this is?Jared Kushner working on this process, he has
0:12:00 > 0:12:06been, he made three secret trips, did not consult the State Department
0:12:06 > 0:12:10about it, had talks with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. We
0:12:10 > 0:12:14understand most of it was to discuss the ideas were peace process. New
0:12:14 > 0:12:20ideas. No doubt he would have been told about this decision. It's
0:12:20 > 0:12:26especially tricky for the Saudis because the Saudi king is the
0:12:26 > 0:12:29custodian of the two holiest shrines for Islam and the third one is in
0:12:29 > 0:12:44Jerusalem.Much more information on the BBC website. We will bring the
0:12:44 > 0:12:48up-to-date as more people have had to flee their homes.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55The Brexit Secretary has been accused of gross negligence
0:12:55 > 0:12:57after admitting that the government has not tried to calculate
0:12:57 > 0:13:02the effect Brexit might have on the British economy.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Speaking before the Brexit committee, Mr Davis said
0:13:04 > 0:13:07the usefulness of such assessments would be "near zero"
0:13:07 > 0:13:16because of the scale of change Brexit is likely to cause.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Do not draw the conclusion that because you used the word impact you
0:13:19 > 0:13:26have written an impact assessment. I took it, that they were looking for
0:13:26 > 0:13:32a quantitative economic forecast and that is not there. We haven't done
0:13:32 > 0:13:37that. What is there is the size of the industry, the employment and so
0:13:37 > 0:13:41on. That's important and of course it describes the effect of the
0:13:41 > 0:13:44policy. The government of course is looking at the effect of the
0:13:44 > 0:13:47potential policies but it hasn't written an impact assessment.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Our lead story:
0:14:04 > 0:14:07President Trump has overturned decades of US policy and recognised
0:14:07 > 0:14:14the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Let's get some of the main stories from the World Service.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21More than 200 countries at a UN conference in Kenya have signed
0:14:21 > 0:14:27a statement saying the use throwaway plastic must end.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30One of Brazil's most-wanted men been arrested in a security operation
0:14:30 > 0:14:33in Rio involving 3,000 police officers and soldiers.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Rogerio Avelino da Silva is accused of drug-trafficking,
0:14:35 > 0:14:45extortion and murder.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52France's most famous rock star - Johnny Hallyday -
0:14:52 > 0:14:54has died at the age of 74.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56He was inspired after seeing footage of Elvis Presley -
0:14:56 > 0:15:05and he went on to sell around 100 million records over 50 years.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Here's something I didn't know until today -
0:15:07 > 0:15:09more people have had to flee their homes
0:15:09 > 0:15:13in the Democratic Republic of Congo than in Syria,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Yemen or Iraq.
0:15:16 > 0:15:24It's estimated on average over 5000 have done so every day this year.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26The Norwegian Refugee Council says "It's a mega-crisis.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30The scale of people fleeing violence is off the charts".
0:15:30 > 0:15:33It's because of violence - primarily in the provinces Kivu,
0:15:33 > 0:15:43Kasai and Tangan-yika.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44These are pictures from Tanganyika.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45They show a burnt out village.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47The violence is springing from chronic political
0:15:47 > 0:15:49instability and competition for scarce resources.
0:15:49 > 0:15:57A delay in holding Presidential elections is increasing tensions.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59These are displaced people who've been sheltering
0:15:59 > 0:16:03in a church following attacks on their community.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08Such violence has prevented many families from accessing their land.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11In fact over 7 million people lack a reliable supply of food -
0:16:11 > 0:16:15and a cholera outbreak has killed 600 people.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17On top of this, very little international money is being pledged
0:16:17 > 0:16:22to help these people.
0:16:22 > 0:16:29Here's one of the victims of the violence.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33TRANSLATION:I spent three days in the forest before reaching a
0:16:33 > 0:16:37village. People had fled from the village I reached, I did not know
0:16:37 > 0:16:41where my husband and children had gone. Three days later I found ten
0:16:41 > 0:16:47of my children but I am still missing one of them and my husband.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49There is more
0:16:49 > 0:16:51The BBC's Emmanuel Igunza told us more from Nairobi.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58the problems are not new, this conflict has been going on for
0:16:58 > 0:17:01several years and it's simply about militia groups trying to control
0:17:01 > 0:17:08territory.We have seen thousands of internally displaced peoples over
0:17:08 > 0:17:15the years and this has intensified over the last few months because of
0:17:15 > 0:17:17the uncertainty surrounding the elections which were supposed to be
0:17:17 > 0:17:23held this year but the president has now pushed them to December next
0:17:23 > 0:17:29year. Many militia groups have now targeted government installations,
0:17:29 > 0:17:33they have been targeting government officials and all this violence has
0:17:33 > 0:17:36led to this massive displacement.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Time magazine has announced its 2017 Person of the Year.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41In fact it's people of the year.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43They're all women who shed light on sexual harassment and abuse.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45The headline reads "the Silence Breakers -
0:17:45 > 0:17:50The Voices that launched the movement".
0:17:50 > 0:17:56There's the activist Adama Iwu, actress Ashley Judd,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58singer Taylor Swift, strawberry picker Isabel Pascual and
0:17:58 > 0:18:04former Uber engineer Susan Fowler.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07You can also see here the arm of a woman who came forward
0:18:07 > 0:18:13but chose to stay anonymous.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15The article reads: "The women and men who have broken
0:18:15 > 0:18:17their silence span all races, all income classes,
0:18:17 > 0:18:21all occupations and virtually all corners of the globe....
0:18:21 > 0:18:23They're part of a movement that has no formal name.
0:18:23 > 0:18:31But now they have a voice."
0:18:31 > 0:18:37Those making the selection not unaware that if these people came
0:18:37 > 0:18:40first the person who came second, Donald Trump, boasted of sexually
0:18:40 > 0:18:43assaulting a woman.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44And third, Xi Jinping.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Nada Tawfik's in New York.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52I was saying it is only two months since the Harvey Weinstein story
0:18:52 > 0:18:57came out but it feels like a lot longer because of the profound
0:18:57 > 0:19:02implications which followed?Yes, absolutely. I along with some of my
0:19:02 > 0:19:05colleagues here in the office predicted this would be the
0:19:05 > 0:19:08selection because unless you have been living under a rock the last
0:19:08 > 0:19:13few months have seen such a powerful iconic men across several
0:19:13 > 0:19:18industries, whether it is Harvey Weinstein in Hollywood, Charlie Rose
0:19:18 > 0:19:25in media, Kevin Spacey in Hollywood, powerful men across the political
0:19:25 > 0:19:28spectrum, Roy Miller, Alf Franklin, Republicans and Democrats, being
0:19:28 > 0:19:34accused of sexual assault. Men and women coming to the forefront, they
0:19:34 > 0:19:38spoke to dozens of women across several industries and they all
0:19:38 > 0:19:42expressed the same emotions, first the sense of shame then the sense of
0:19:42 > 0:19:46empowerment, that it was not their fault and they needed to speak out,
0:19:46 > 0:19:50the anger and feuding which led them to break her silence. It was
0:19:50 > 0:19:53interesting to read different accounts from Time magazine because
0:19:53 > 0:19:58you get the sense this is not just a moment in time, it is a movement. We
0:19:58 > 0:20:03have seen that today as well, it will carry on to have repercussions.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08I think it was a choice which does not surprise many that they went
0:20:08 > 0:20:11with these silence breakers for Person of the year that had the most
0:20:11 > 0:20:19impact culturally.Perhaps explain how significant this choice is,
0:20:19 > 0:20:27people really do care about it?This is a choice that has implications of
0:20:27 > 0:20:31two affected events in this country for better or worse. So President
0:20:31 > 0:20:36Trump for example won last year, he has been very vocal in the past
0:20:36 > 0:20:40about wanting to get on the list and people have mistakenly thought that
0:20:40 > 0:20:44is an honour and that's not necessarily so. Adolf Hitler and
0:20:44 > 0:20:53other controversial figures have been on the magazine. But it does
0:20:53 > 0:20:56put a spotlight on those they think are the most influential and if you
0:20:56 > 0:21:00look at the short list for example, you had Kim Jong-un, Robert Miller,
0:21:00 > 0:21:07Colin Kaepernick who started the National campaign against police
0:21:07 > 0:21:10brutality in this country, it is a nod to those who are the most
0:21:10 > 0:21:15influential.Thank you, toxin.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17This skeleton has become known as "little foot" -
0:21:17 > 0:21:18and today it's been unveiled.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21It's over 3 million years old - and is one of the oldest
0:21:21 > 0:21:25human skeletons.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27It found in caves, north-west of Johannesburg.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29And it's thought this was a young girl
0:21:29 > 0:21:34who fell into the cave.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37This was important because it shows our ancestors lived across a far
0:21:37 > 0:21:41wider area than previously.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45The other well known skeleton of this age was found in Ethiopia.
0:21:45 > 0:21:51It became known as Lucy.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Andrew Harding has this report form South Africa on what else we're
0:21:54 > 0:21:56learning from these skeletons.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59They found her skeleton in these deep caves outside Johannesburg.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02She'd been lying here for almost four million years,
0:22:02 > 0:22:06trapped in the rock.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Today, Little Foot finally emerged - astonishingly intact,
0:22:10 > 0:22:16after 20 painstaking years of excavation.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19These bones had a very, very fragile, flaky
0:22:19 > 0:22:26surface, many of them.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28And it was like trying to extract a pie with flaky
0:22:28 > 0:22:30pastry out of concrete without damaging the pie.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33We had to do this properly, we had to do it slowly.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Yes, it took more than 20 years of my life, but I feel younger
0:22:36 > 0:22:39and stronger for it!
0:22:39 > 0:22:42So, these are the caves where Little Foot was found.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45The theory goes that she was walking along the surface, fell
0:22:45 > 0:22:47down into the caves, and was covered
0:22:47 > 0:22:49by sediment and rock.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Millions of years later, scientists in the 1980s and 1990s,
0:22:53 > 0:22:57in a series of extraordinary coincidences, stumbled
0:22:57 > 0:23:02across her remains and slowly managed to piece them back together.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Her skeleton shows she was in her 30s.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08She probably lived in the trees, and crucially, she was more
0:23:08 > 0:23:12like us than like an ape.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15So the pictures you see in books of our ancestors gradually getting
0:23:15 > 0:23:18up off of all fours and walking along in a stooped manner,
0:23:18 > 0:23:20that's all nonsense.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22They were upright when they were in the trees,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25and they were upright when they came down to the ground.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26And now they're us?
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Yes, now they're us.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Unearthed in these caves then, a vital addition to our own
0:23:33 > 0:23:36complicated family tree.
0:23:36 > 0:23:44Andrew Harding, BBC News, South Africa.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Ford is attempting to crack the Chinese market - again.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50This time with as partnership with Alibaba - which is vast
0:23:50 > 0:23:51online retail operation.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53The idea is simple - Alibaba will help Ford
0:23:53 > 0:24:03sell its cars online.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09Sounds simple but I expect it would be more complicated than that.It
0:24:09 > 0:24:13certainly will be but Ford has already made a big commitment to say
0:24:13 > 0:24:18they will push electric cars in China, the biggest market with the
0:24:18 > 0:24:21biggest appetite because China themselves have said they want to
0:24:21 > 0:24:29start having a lot more electric car is on the streets. Enter Alibaba. We
0:24:29 > 0:24:34are talking about trying to disrupt the way cars are being sold and it
0:24:34 > 0:24:39is interesting because it's a conversation which often comes up in
0:24:39 > 0:24:43the United States, people saying we need to change the way we sell cars.
0:24:43 > 0:24:49I think a lot of people will watch this very closely.In terms of
0:24:49 > 0:24:52American car manufacturers and their performance in China have they been
0:24:52 > 0:24:58able to get a sizeable foothold in the market?They are trying but
0:24:58 > 0:25:06there is a lot of complications. There are lots of success stories
0:25:06 > 0:25:11but the complexities with which they have to do work in China, we saw
0:25:11 > 0:25:15Tesla saying they will not partner with a Chinese company locally and
0:25:15 > 0:25:21will just go at it alone which is something we don't really see often
0:25:21 > 0:25:24except, in fact, we have almost never seen it when it comes to car
0:25:24 > 0:25:30makers in China.Very interesting, thank you, we will be getting more
0:25:30 > 0:25:33details on that arrangement between Alibaba and Ford on Thursday so we
0:25:33 > 0:25:39will watch out for that. That's the first half, the lead story here that
0:25:39 > 0:25:44Donald Trump has confirmed what we were discussing yesterday, that
0:25:44 > 0:25:48America will recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will start
0:25:48 > 0:25:52the process of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56I will be back with you with more of the biggest global stories from the
0:25:56 > 0:25:58BBC newsroom and a couple of minutes.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15The United States looking at its first significant cold spell of the
0:26:15 > 0:26:20season, bitterly cold conditions penetrating as far south as the deep
0:26:20 > 0:26:25South and Northern Mexico. They called air behind this area of low
0:26:25 > 0:26:29pressure which swept through, this active cold front cleaving south and
0:26:29 > 0:26:33east and as the called air moves as far south as Northern Mexico it is
0:26:33 > 0:26:37likely to turn some of it into sleet and snow off high ground, you can
0:26:37 > 0:26:46see the extent of the blue indicating that cold, there will be
0:26:46 > 0:26:51showers and Lake effect snow across the north-east, rain sleet and snow
0:26:51 > 0:26:55into parts of Texas and New Mexico and across the West it is dry and
0:26:55 > 0:27:00sunny but strong Santa Ana winds across parts of California fuelling
0:27:00 > 0:27:10the devastating wildfires. In south Asia a more dry picture across the
0:27:10 > 0:27:14North West one or two showers left in its wake but other than that it's
0:27:14 > 0:27:18a dry story. We are keeping a watchful eye in the Bay of Ben
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Balfour that system which could develop into a tropical storm and
0:27:22 > 0:27:25move north into the direction of north-east India and parts of
0:27:25 > 0:27:35Bangladesh. You can see emphasis on dry and sunny and very warm weather.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39A cross into Europe high-pressure is the dominating feature, a lot of
0:27:39 > 0:27:44fine and dry weather, mist and fog problems in places but also strong
0:27:44 > 0:27:47winds tracked across the north of Europe with an area of low pressure
0:27:47 > 0:27:53bringing disruptive winds, a lot of marine transport being interfered
0:27:53 > 0:27:59with. Another area of low pressure moving, storm Caroline which will
0:27:59 > 0:28:05bring disruptive winds to the Northern half, Thursday and Friday,
0:28:05 > 0:28:15tightly packed isobars as the weather front clears southwards,
0:28:15 > 0:28:23unlike away from the south East winter showers, single figure values
0:28:23 > 0:28:27across the North and the West, double-figure values until the end
0:28:27 > 0:28:32of the day. Blue colour is taking over as the storm moves away and be
0:28:32 > 0:28:35open the floodgates to the Arctic so it looks very cold as we head
0:28:35 > 0:28:40towards Friday and the weekend, bitterly cold if you add only wind,
0:28:40 > 0:28:49significant snow showers but good spells of sunshine, 3-6dC, add only
0:28:49 > 0:28:53wind and it will feel cold. Storm Caroline could bring disruption then
0:28:53 > 0:28:57it turns much colder to end the week with the risk of snow and ice.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11America has become the first country to recognise Jerusalem
0:30:11 > 0:30:17as the capital of Israel.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Israel is a sovereign nation with the right, like every other
0:30:21 > 0:30:25sovereign nation, to determine its own capital.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27As you'd expect, Israel has welcomed this.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31Arab countries haven't, nor have the Palestinians.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35TRANSLATION:These actions are a destruction of all efforts to
0:30:35 > 0:30:38achieve peace and the decision is tantamount to the US abdicating its
0:30:38 > 0:30:40role as a peace mediator.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42In California, huge wildfires have destroyed hundreds of buildings
0:30:42 > 0:30:47and continue to threaten over 12,000 homes.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51We've got a report on the Alabama Senate candidate accused of sexual
0:30:51 > 0:31:00misconduct and the evangelical voters standing by him.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Is there any single thing a conservative Republican candidate
0:31:02 > 0:31:07could do that would make you not vote for him? I haven't heard that
0:31:07 > 0:31:08answer.
0:31:08 > 0:31:09Your questions are always welcome.
0:31:09 > 0:31:14#BBCOS is the hashtag.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34We talked about the California wildfires yesterday.
0:31:34 > 0:31:35These are latest pictures.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39First, this is from Ventura County.
0:31:39 > 0:31:46You get an idea of the scale. And you can see the commuters on the
0:31:46 > 0:31:48motorway not far from the flames.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50The flames have spread over 50,000 acres -
0:31:50 > 0:31:53strong winds weren't helping.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58Over a thousand firefighters have been deployed in the last 48 hours.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03Luke Cann see them going about their dangerous work. -- you can see them.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Hundreds of buildings have been damaged beyond repair and tens
0:32:06 > 0:32:16of thousands of people have had to leave their homes.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Others are awaiting that instruction.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20James Cook was there.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25The wildfires are exploding with terrifying speed,
0:32:25 > 0:32:29driven by ferocious desert winds, whipping down the dusty canyons.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33This blaze ravaged the beach-side city of Ventura and last night,
0:32:33 > 0:32:39it jumped the main coastal motorway, causing terror for drivers.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41This is literally like 15-feet away from us right now.
0:32:41 > 0:32:42This is the cross.
0:32:42 > 0:32:43We're at the cross.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46OK, hold on.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49We need to get out of here as soon as possible,
0:32:49 > 0:32:50that fire is right there.
0:32:50 > 0:32:56Only one thing could stop the blaze - the Pacific Ocean.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Each fire leaves a trail of physical destruction and emotional damage,
0:32:59 > 0:33:01scores of families have seen their homes reduced to ash.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04All too often there is nothing left to save.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06All of a sudden, I see from the other side
0:33:07 > 0:33:10fire came to our side.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11So scary.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13I don't want it to happen to anybody.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Thank God to the firefighters.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18It's not over yet.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Unless the wind dies down or the conditions die
0:33:21 > 0:33:25down, it's too fierce.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29These winds are just indescribable right now.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Another fire stopped the suburbs above Los Angeles itself,
0:33:31 > 0:33:34raining ash on the city of Angels.
0:33:34 > 0:33:40Millions were warned to stay inside as smoke filled the air.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Well, these firefighters have been working hard all night
0:33:43 > 0:33:46and into the day trying to save these houses.
0:33:46 > 0:33:52The battle was unsuccessful and the reason for that is the wind.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55It is still whipping around here with ferocity and it is driving
0:33:55 > 0:34:01this fire further down into the valley.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04This was how the fires looked from space, thick smoke
0:34:04 > 0:34:06streaming out to sea.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09And the outlook is not good, more intense winds are forecast
0:34:09 > 0:34:11in the coming days.
0:34:11 > 0:34:17It has barely rained here in LA for six months and you can tell.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Many scientists say climate change is driving more frequent and more
0:34:19 > 0:34:22destructive wildfires.
0:34:22 > 0:34:29For California, this is yet another grim wake-up call.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40If you were watching yesterday you would have seen pictures from
0:34:40 > 0:34:45Ukraine about the chaotic attempt to attempt the former president of
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili. This is what happened.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Law enforcement officers went to the former Georgian president's
0:34:50 > 0:34:52flat in Kiev to arrest him.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54They had to drag him down from the rooftop
0:34:54 > 0:34:56from where he was calling out to his supporters.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00He was brought down to ground level.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02They then shoved him into a blue van as crowds
0:35:02 > 0:35:10of his supporters tried to stop them.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14Despite the police and their pepper spray, the supporters managed to get
0:35:14 > 0:35:17him out.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Well, overnight there were violent clashes at a protest camp outside
0:35:20 > 0:35:22parliament as law enforcement officers searched among
0:35:22 > 0:35:25the tents for Mr Saakhasvili.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30These were the pictures later on as police turned up to search the
0:35:30 > 0:35:34protesters and also the tents for Mr Saakashvili.
0:35:34 > 0:35:39They couldn't find him.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42But the BBC's Jonah Fisher did.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47Last night the security forces were looking for you. How did you avoid
0:35:47 > 0:35:56them?Apparently they mistook my tent. That was first might guess
0:35:56 > 0:35:59that they confirmed they were looking for me because it made no
0:35:59 > 0:36:09sense to beat up regular people.But you were in the camp here?Yes, and
0:36:09 > 0:36:15then everybody woke me up so we moved away. Then they specifically
0:36:15 > 0:36:19with the special troops came to this tent and looked inside and did not
0:36:19 > 0:36:33find me and went back.This was a treat from Jonah Fisher... -- tweet.
0:36:33 > 0:36:39We called Jonah because we wanted more context on this story along
0:36:39 > 0:36:44with the other material he had sent in. He got out of the car he was in
0:36:44 > 0:36:50and recorded this.Mikheil Saakashvili's relationship with
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Ukraine has been a real roller-coaster ride. He came to the
0:36:53 > 0:36:59country in 2015 on the invitation of the Ukrainian president Petro
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Poroschenko and was given citizenship and a job as governor of
0:37:02 > 0:37:09the Black Sea port of Odessa also that relationship with the president
0:37:09 > 0:37:15soured rapidly and after 18 months Mr Saakashvili quit his role as
0:37:15 > 0:37:21governor and became a leading member of the Ukrainian opposition, an
0:37:21 > 0:37:26outspoken critic of Petro Poroschenko. This year when Mr
0:37:26 > 0:37:30Saakashvili travelled to the United States, the president took the
0:37:30 > 0:37:37opportunity to cancel that Ukrainian citizenship that he had given Mr
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Saakashvili. Undeterred, Mr Saakashvili announced he was
0:37:40 > 0:37:44determined to come back to Ukraine and did so breaking through a border
0:37:44 > 0:37:48crossing between Poland and Ukraine. That takes us up to a few months
0:37:48 > 0:37:56ago. He started supporting a protest camp in mid-October outside the
0:37:56 > 0:38:02Ukrainian parliament calling for anti-corruption reforms to be
0:38:02 > 0:38:08brought in and he has been leading demonstrations at the weekend,
0:38:08 > 0:38:13rallies through the scent of TF calling for the president to be
0:38:13 > 0:38:19impeached -- through the centre of TF. The prosecutor general here says
0:38:19 > 0:38:24Mr Saakashvili is a wanted man because of alleged connections
0:38:24 > 0:38:28between Mr Saakashvili and businessmen linked with the
0:38:28 > 0:38:35Ukrainian former president Viktor Yanukovych. Mr Saakashvili denies
0:38:35 > 0:38:41all about and says he is being pursued and forced to live in this
0:38:41 > 0:38:45tented camp, hiding here, by Parliament and is being pursued for
0:38:45 > 0:38:48political reasons and they want to arrest him and detain him because
0:38:48 > 0:38:52they are worried that the protest movement that he has been a big part
0:38:52 > 0:39:00is gaining momentum.Like a lot of the stories we cover here it is as
0:39:00 > 0:39:04important as it is complicated which is why the alert you to access the
0:39:04 > 0:39:10BBC's huge network of journalists around the world as well as the
0:39:10 > 0:39:14World Service is here in the newsrooms like BBC Ukrainian and
0:39:14 > 0:39:19Russian. You will know these people come onto the programme all the time
0:39:19 > 0:39:31if you watch regularly. This is from the Financial Times...
0:39:31 > 0:39:39Not a huge surprise but it was confirmed today. But if you want any
0:39:39 > 0:39:42more details on any of these stories, the BBC website is a very
0:39:42 > 0:39:48good place to start. The status of Jerusalem, the significance of the
0:39:48 > 0:39:53announcement from Donald Trump, moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv
0:39:53 > 0:39:58to Jerusalem, that is on the BBC News website or you can download the
0:39:58 > 0:40:04app and act like -- access all the same information.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Now, Vladimir Putin had some news for us today.
0:40:06 > 0:40:12We could have seen it coming.
0:40:12 > 0:40:17TRANSLATION:I will put forward my candidacy for the post of president
0:40:17 > 0:40:21of the Russian Federation.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23That's for the election in March next year.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26If he wins, Vladimir Putin be in power until 2024 and that
0:40:26 > 0:40:31would make 25 years as either President or Prime Minister.
0:40:31 > 0:40:32You would not bet against it.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36This is Olga Ivshina from BBC Russian.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41I think we should pay attention the date he decided to announce he is
0:40:41 > 0:40:46standing, the next day after it was announced that Russia will not be
0:40:46 > 0:40:51allowed to participate as a national team at the Olympic Games. It is the
0:40:51 > 0:40:55message he is trying to spread, that he is a strong leader and is able to
0:40:55 > 0:41:00unite and lead the country at the moment of hardship and he is the man
0:41:00 > 0:41:05who is going to sort of give a path to Russia at the moment when the
0:41:05 > 0:41:09whole West is united against the country.Some people might think
0:41:09 > 0:41:12that all the controversy around socks she could be politically
0:41:12 > 0:41:20damaging for Putin -- around Sochi. The state media was quite successful
0:41:20 > 0:41:25spreading the message that all this is purely political and there is no
0:41:25 > 0:41:29hard evidence at all these things and Mr Putin again said today that
0:41:29 > 0:41:33we gave them a chance but the decision was completely unfair,
0:41:33 > 0:41:39politically motivated again and again. He tries to show himself as
0:41:39 > 0:41:42the strong man and father of the nation who is able to lead the
0:41:42 > 0:41:46country.I'm assuming there is no possibility of him losing this?
0:41:46 > 0:41:53Hardly imaginable.Anybody with a chance who wants to beat him?There
0:41:53 > 0:41:58is a famous opposition leader who is strong and his permanent opponent
0:41:58 > 0:42:02but quite possibly he will not be allowed to participate because he
0:42:02 > 0:42:08had standing criminal charges against him. Many say they are fake
0:42:08 > 0:42:12but still he has those charges and most probably he will not be allowed
0:42:12 > 0:42:19to run. And to be fair, polls show that Putin is supported by a
0:42:19 > 0:42:24sufficient majority of the population. Many people save those
0:42:24 > 0:42:28polls are not representative, probably not 70% but a sufficient
0:42:28 > 0:42:32amount of people.And as you said, he wanted to talk about the
0:42:32 > 0:42:36controversy around the Olympics, what did you make up what he said?
0:42:36 > 0:42:40He said that he is the leader of the country if Russia would not prevent
0:42:40 > 0:42:44sports men from going to the Olympics under the neutral flag and
0:42:44 > 0:42:50he said it was their choice whether to do so or not but the final
0:42:50 > 0:42:55decision will be made on the 12th of December. You should also bear in
0:42:55 > 0:42:59mind that opposition voices and critics of power is not properly
0:42:59 > 0:43:03heard in Russia so it is hard for people to make informed and balanced
0:43:03 > 0:43:09decisions in those circumstances.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11We spoke to Barbara Plett-Usher a bit earlier in the
0:43:11 > 0:43:12programme about Jerusalem.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15Before that, though, she sent in a report on the Senate
0:43:15 > 0:43:17race in the US state of Alabama.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21Roy Moore, the Republican candidate, received quite the boost this week
0:43:21 > 0:43:29after President Trump endorsed him.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31The Republican National , he aslo resumed their support too.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34It's a U-turn from a few weeks ago when allegations of sexual
0:43:34 > 0:43:35misconduct came out against him.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37But as Barbara reports, many evangelical Christians have
0:43:37 > 0:43:38stood by Judge Moore all along.
0:43:42 > 0:43:46On a Sunday morning in Alabama almost everyone goes to church. And
0:43:46 > 0:43:49more than half of the state's Christians are white evangelicals
0:43:49 > 0:43:53and for them it is about being saved by faith in Jesus and holding the
0:43:53 > 0:43:59line against moral decay. But they are standing with Roy Moore despite
0:43:59 > 0:44:07the allegations of immoral behaviour. Karen is a long-time
0:44:07 > 0:44:11supporter. The actually -- accusations of sexual conduct sound
0:44:11 > 0:44:14to it like a political smear campaign coming one month before the
0:44:14 > 0:44:20Senate election.I think people are trying to label him as a paedophile
0:44:20 > 0:44:24and that word is trying to spread like wildfire and I just don't
0:44:24 > 0:44:28believe it.Would you change your support for him if they turned out
0:44:28 > 0:44:36to be true?If there was proof. But there can't be, unless he admitted
0:44:36 > 0:44:42it I guess.He certainly has not, in effect calling the victims liars and
0:44:42 > 0:44:48he is using the pulpit to issue the denials. They are not looking for
0:44:48 > 0:44:51proof here because he is one of their own, a champion of their fight
0:44:51 > 0:44:56against issues like abortion and same-sex marriage. Abortion is
0:44:56 > 0:45:03immoral you think?Absolutely.But not sexual misconduct?I do but
0:45:03 > 0:45:09again these are accusations, very old and people change over time and
0:45:09 > 0:45:14what Roy Moore is today is what I'm concerned about.If you are going to
0:45:14 > 0:45:19be public in your testimony for Jesus expect opposition.This past
0:45:19 > 0:45:23once Roy Moore to take his mission to Washington and he believes
0:45:23 > 0:45:26political power is needed to restore American Christian roots.We have
0:45:26 > 0:45:31seen our country go to the left believing things it never did the
0:45:31 > 0:45:36first 200 years of its existence and I think a lot of that is fed by
0:45:36 > 0:45:39Hollywood and things like that but he is one of the few that I have met
0:45:39 > 0:45:43and I think I have ever voted for that you could count on when he gets
0:45:43 > 0:45:48in there that he will do what he said he would.Roy Moore has a loyal
0:45:48 > 0:45:53following here in the Bible belt because of his reputation as a
0:45:53 > 0:45:56crusader for traditional values but there are plenty in Alabama who say
0:45:56 > 0:46:00he's not kind of Christian. I diverse coalition of Christian
0:46:00 > 0:46:05leaders felt compelled to take a stand in response to the support.
0:46:05 > 0:46:12This pasta is one of them.He makes my job harder. I am proud to reach
0:46:12 > 0:46:15people who think that Christianity is a hateful and bigoted religion.
0:46:15 > 0:46:21It is hard for you?This is what spiritual warfare really means.For
0:46:21 > 0:46:24this evangelical Christian it is a battle that involves both candidates
0:46:24 > 0:46:28and he cannot vote for either.The only reason we having this
0:46:28 > 0:46:31conversation is because both candidates are extreme in one or
0:46:31 > 0:46:37another.He is talking about abortion. Roy Moore's opponent Doug
0:46:37 > 0:46:42Jones support no restrictions at all but Colin is also frustrated by what
0:46:42 > 0:46:45he sees as damaging moral compromises made by Moore's
0:46:45 > 0:46:50supporters.The real question for conservative evangelicals is, is
0:46:50 > 0:46:53there any single thing a conservative Republican candidate
0:46:53 > 0:46:57that could do to make you not vote for him? I have not heard the answer
0:46:57 > 0:47:01to that.The election has become a showcase for the links between
0:47:01 > 0:47:06religion and politics and the power of this has to shape Washington. But
0:47:06 > 0:47:10it has also forced eight spiritual debate about the essence of
0:47:10 > 0:47:12Christianity in America's conservative heartland.
0:47:19 > 0:47:25Where have we got to with the state of this race, Anthony?A couple of
0:47:25 > 0:47:29polls in the past two days put Doug Jones up by four and another blood
0:47:29 > 0:47:35Roy Moore up by eight. It is a tough race to get a gauge on -- put Roy
0:47:35 > 0:47:41Moore. It will boil down to how many Republicans crossed the island and
0:47:41 > 0:47:46vote for Doug Jones or stay home. Alabama is very conservative as
0:47:46 > 0:47:50Barbara showed and the fact that the Democrat is even within striking
0:47:50 > 0:47:54distance is pretty remarkable and it shows the unease with Roy Moore as a
0:47:54 > 0:47:58candidate for the Senate but the feeling like they need another
0:47:58 > 0:48:06Republican vote in that Senate, they can't turn their backs.Thank you.
0:48:06 > 0:48:11Another story to ask you about concerns Al Franken, the Democratic
0:48:11 > 0:48:15senator, because now at least two dozen Democrats are calling for him
0:48:15 > 0:48:19to resign after a sixth woman made a claim of sexual misconduct against
0:48:19 > 0:48:26him. Where have we got to on this one? A statement coming tomorrow?
0:48:26 > 0:48:30There is a statement from Al Franken coming tomorrow and he will have a
0:48:30 > 0:48:34press event and many people are expecting at that point that he is
0:48:34 > 0:48:39going to announce his resignation although there has been no certain
0:48:39 > 0:48:43word but it is remarkable how quickly this happened. A couple of
0:48:43 > 0:48:47women Democratic senators came out and said that he needed to step down
0:48:47 > 0:48:54and it became a landslide, about a dozen Democratic female senators
0:48:54 > 0:48:57coming out and then some male senators as well to the point where
0:48:57 > 0:49:02we are now at almost two dozen including the head of the Democratic
0:49:02 > 0:49:06National committee and you have to draw this in contrast to the way the
0:49:06 > 0:49:10Republican Party is treating Roy Moore where the National committee
0:49:10 > 0:49:14poled out after those initial allegations and now Donald Trump
0:49:14 > 0:49:17comes in with both feet by Tim and the Republican money is putting
0:49:17 > 0:49:21money back in and that is a contrast. The Democrats feel they
0:49:21 > 0:49:25can make that because they are taking a firmer stand on Al Franken.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28It is -- is it reasonable to say that they are making cartilage and
0:49:28 > 0:49:31not just connected of these individual races but to do with
0:49:31 > 0:49:36their pits in the midterms in a little while -- their pitch?That
0:49:36 > 0:49:41has to be something that they are thinking about them it makes it
0:49:41 > 0:49:45harder for them to make the case if someone like Al Franken who has a
0:49:45 > 0:49:49steady drumbeat of allegations coming out is still in the Senate.
0:49:49 > 0:49:56Although you have to remember that he and John Connors yesterday, a
0:49:56 > 0:49:58senior Democratic congressman and member of the House of
0:49:58 > 0:50:01Representatives also announced his resignation, they are from safe
0:50:01 > 0:50:05Democratic seat and will be replaced by Democrats but Roy Moore is in a
0:50:05 > 0:50:10fight for a Republican state. It would be interesting to see the if
0:50:10 > 0:50:14it were reversed and Democrats were facing the prospect of losing Al
0:50:14 > 0:50:18Franken's seek to a Republican, if they would still have this
0:50:18 > 0:50:22principled stand. -- his seat. I expect in time there will be a
0:50:22 > 0:50:25chance for them to prove that they really stand by their principles on
0:50:25 > 0:50:31this, I don't think this is the last politician who will be swept up in
0:50:31 > 0:50:36these ongoing sexual harassment allegations.Thank you, Anthony. I
0:50:36 > 0:50:42want to end the programme with a report from BBC London.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44Report now from BBC London on calls for tighter regulations
0:50:44 > 0:50:46better protect au pairs in the UK from exploitation.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49Most are from EU countries but they are not classed as workers
0:50:49 > 0:50:51and so they are not protected by employment laws.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54That means some girls and young women can be vulnerable.
0:50:54 > 0:51:03Alpa Patel is the reporter.
0:51:04 > 0:51:09Some on this march are strangers, almost all our foreign au pairs.
0:51:09 > 0:51:12They have come to support each other and make a stand against
0:51:12 > 0:51:19exploitation and abuse. We need Ellie, not her real name. We have
0:51:19 > 0:51:22disguised her face and changed her voice for legal reasons. She tells
0:51:22 > 0:51:29us about her previous host family also the family were very violent.
0:51:29 > 0:51:34They were violent with each other and I felt really uncomfortable and
0:51:34 > 0:51:41unsafe. I also did 14 hours a day, seven days a week, it was too much
0:51:41 > 0:51:47and I left.We also spoke to Isabella, again we have disguised
0:51:47 > 0:51:51her identity for legal reasons. She says she worked up to 70 hours a
0:51:51 > 0:51:59week for just £100.I started at seven o'clock, I tidied, three
0:51:59 > 0:52:02washing machines, I cried after the first day, my husband told me to go
0:52:02 > 0:52:08to the room and she said you work to me. After three weeks I escaped. She
0:52:08 > 0:52:15was scaring me.Isabella was homeless in a foreign country but
0:52:15 > 0:52:20luckily she was put in touch with Maggie. She runs an au pair agency
0:52:20 > 0:52:25in Hampstead and found her another host family but only after she
0:52:25 > 0:52:30provided a clean criminal record and two references, something not
0:52:30 > 0:52:36required by the current system.Some of them are working all hours. She
0:52:36 > 0:52:42said she was working weekends frequently, seven days a week. Au
0:52:42 > 0:52:46pairs are entitled to two completely free days each week. But they get
0:52:46 > 0:52:51really bullied by families, some of them. It is unbelievable. They talk
0:52:51 > 0:52:57about slavery getting so much publicity at the moment, some of it
0:52:57 > 0:53:00is going on with some of these families and the way they are
0:53:00 > 0:53:05treating oh pairs.The government says is an au pair is the victim of
0:53:05 > 0:53:10modern slavery it should be reported to the police. According to
0:53:10 > 0:53:14government guidelines, au pairs are not workers and so are not eligible
0:53:14 > 0:53:17for minimum wage or paid holiday. They are meant to be treated as a
0:53:17 > 0:53:24member of the family and given a room and meals. In exchange, they do
0:53:24 > 0:53:27around 30 hours of light housework and baby-sitting a week. In return
0:53:27 > 0:53:34for what is called pocket money of £70 or more a week. But we found
0:53:34 > 0:53:40online adverts that went beyond the recommended hours, adverts asking
0:53:40 > 0:53:44for excessive household tasks and even proxy parenting.The title of
0:53:44 > 0:53:51the advert appear is up there carer. Rosie Cox has carried out extensive
0:53:51 > 0:53:55research and has been trying to raise awareness about open-air
0:53:55 > 0:54:00expedition for over a decade -- about au pairs exploitation.The
0:54:00 > 0:54:05cupboard needs to be firm about what this is, whether they should be paid
0:54:05 > 0:54:11minimum wage but at the moment nobody knows where au pairs are, I
0:54:11 > 0:54:15don't have to be registered, they are this unknown population and we
0:54:15 > 0:54:19need to think about how vulnerable, and almost all young women we are
0:54:19 > 0:54:26talking about inside people's homes. Not every single au pair we met had
0:54:26 > 0:54:30a negative story. Anna is Spanish and looks after Isabel and Rufus in
0:54:30 > 0:54:37non-head.For me, from the first minute I arrived here I feel like a
0:54:37 > 0:54:42member of the family. I always have the weekends off. I have a lot of
0:54:42 > 0:54:50time to know London and for me it is amazing living here.Her host family
0:54:50 > 0:54:56work long hours, they are one of many families across London who rely
0:54:56 > 0:55:01on au pairs to help with childcare but experts warn without tighter
0:55:01 > 0:55:06rules, au pairs I left open to exploitation with few people to turn
0:55:06 > 0:55:08to.
0:55:12 > 0:55:16And that report and this edition of Outside Source. Thank you for
0:55:16 > 0:55:20watching, there is more information on the main stories we are covering
0:55:20 > 0:55:23on the BBC News website. I will see you tomorrow at the same time for
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