07/12/2017 Outside Source

Hello, I'm Ros Atkins.

This is Outside Source.

Yesterday America recognised through

slim as the Israeli capital. Today,

this followed.

More than 30 Palestinians

are wounded in Gaza

and the West Bank in protests follow

President Trump's decision

to recognise Jerusalem

as the capital of Israel.

Meanwhile Israel's Prime Minister

has said others will

follow America's lead.

I have no doubt once the American

Embassy moves to Jerusalem, or even

before, there will be a movement of

many other countries embassies.

As expected, Democratic Senator

Al Franken confirmed

he'll resign because of

sexual misconduct allegations.

But he went on the attack. I am

leaving one man who has bragged on

tape about his history of sexual

assault suits in the oval office.

China's anti-pollution

plans are in reverse -

it's backed out of a decision

to move away from coal -

because millions are

without proper heating.

The virtual currency Bitcoin

is defying its detractors -

its value has increased by 15%

in the last 24 hours and is now

worth $16,000 a coin.

That volatility is causing problems.

We will accept that from New York.

As you want to get in touch, the

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We have

seen a violent reaction to President

Trump is 's decision to recognise

Jerusalem as Israel's capital. As

you can see from some of these

pictures which came into the

newsroom, protesters have been

burning tyres and throwing stones.

Israeli troops have fired tear gas

and rubber bullets. These protesters

have come all the way from downtown

the Mahler weather was a central

demonstration that called for more

support from the Arab countries. We

have sensed a bit of disappointment

from the Palestinians who say we

expected a reaction, a bit probably

not from the Arab leaders but the

Arab nations who have some sort of a

relationship or a strong

relationship to Jerusalem. You could

sense the disappointment. This is

just to point out that around

hundreds, maybe 400 to 500 people

have gathered today here. Also, the

leader of the Islamist group Hamas

has called for an uprising against

Israel.

Tomorrow will be a day of

rage and the beginning of a wider

move towards an uprising, which we

will call the intifada of Jerusalem

and freedom in the West Bank.

We'll

so saw these pictures of a mural of

Donald Trump on a security barrier

in Bethlehem. It is being painted

over by Palestinians. There was a

message for Mike pence, who is due

to visit Israel later this month.

You are not welcome, they wrote on

the wall. Donald Trump says the

decision recognises the reality on

the ground. He says Israel has the

right to select its capital, as

other countries do. The Israeli

Prime Minister agrees with that.

I

have no doubt that once the man in

embassy moves to Jerusalem, or even

before, there will be a movement of

many other countries embassies to

Jerusalem. The time has come.

No

sign of any countries following the

American lead. The daily Star

newspaper from Lebanon, the headline

reads, no offence, Mr President,

Jerusalem is the capital of

Palestine. As we were talking about

yesterday, Palestinians want East

Jerusalem the capital of any future

state of theirs. That critical

sentiment has been replicated across

the region. There be played this

report. -- let me play this report.

Jordanians are attached to Jerusalem

on both levels, a grass-roots level

as well as an authority level. This

is one of the protests here today.

In other cities they are taking

place to condemn the decision by Mr

Trump yesterday to relocate the

American embassy from Tel Aviv to

Jerusalem and recognised through

some of the capital of Israel.

It

is, as Jordanians, we have the

closest relationship to Palestine

and the Palestinians. We support

everything that relates to

Jerusalem.

Jerusalem was Arab, is

still Arab, and will remain Arab. It

belongs to Palestine.

The feelings

are very strong here today. Barbara

is live from Washington. Yesterday

you were describing the domestic,

political reasons for this disc --

decision by Donald Trump. Also the

influence of donors on the decision.

Not just donors full to the critical

base that Mr Trump was appealing to.

He wanted to keep his campaign

pledge to a particular constituency

that voted to him. That did include

a man who is an American Jewish

billionaire and has donated to the

Republican Party and to the campaign

of Mr Trump. This was a very

important issue for him. It was not

just him, it was evangelical

Christians who had carried out an

intense campaign to try to sway Mr

Trump's opinion, which was very

important to them. They see it as a

connection through the Bible. They

had a strong advocate through Mike

pence, a very committed Conservative

religious believer. You could see

also when Mr Trump made his

announcement, Mr pence was right

there. He was beaming away. Those

were some of the constituencies that

Mr Trump paid attention to when he

decided to take this decision

against the advice of

national-security officials who felt

there would be a violent backlash.

This is a decision he made based on

domestic political considerations.

Let's talk about the United Nations.

The Security Council will discuss

this tomorrow. I saw President

Erdogan and President Putin

discussing earlier about how unhappy

they were about it. I don't

understand what it will add up to

when the Security Council comes

together.

It will add up to a

statement, many statements,

repeating the view of the Security

Council on Jerusalem. That is

something that has been for a long

time, since my 248, the UN has had

Jerusalem and given it a special

status. Since the peace process

started, it said its final stages

should only be resolved through

because she oceans between Israel

and the Palestinians. In fact, it

agreed a resolution about this time

last year saying it would not

recognise boundaries that were not

agreed in negotiations, including in

Jerusalem. The Americans went along

with it, or at least did not veto

the resolution under President

Obama. There is an international

consensus about Jerusalem the UN has

signified and which it has carried.

The people who called... The

countries who called for the

emergency session 121 and they have

heard the Secretary General speaker.

When he spoke he talked about a

moment of deep anxiety. He said, I

have consistently called for people

not to take unilateral steps that

jeopardise the peace process. He did

not specifically call out Mr Trump

in the US that he was talking about

them. We will hear more about that

on Friday.

We will stay in

Washington where Barbara is on

another big political story. The

Democratic senator Al Franken has

confirmed he will resign first he

has been facing multiple claims of

sexual misconduct. Earlier he spoke

of learning about the allegations.

I

was shocked. I was upset. In

responding to their claims, I also

wanted to be respectful of the

broader conversation. All women

deserve to be heard and their

experiences taken seriously. I think

that was the right thing to do. I

also think it gave some people the

false impression that I was

admitting to doing things that in

fact I have not done.

This is a

major blow to the Democrats. Al

Franken was seen by some as a

possible 2020 presidential

contender. That looks very unlikely

now. In this speech today he

described himself as a champion of

women. Not a phrase the women who

accused him of groping and sexual

harassment have been using. At that

very moment that Mr Franklin

confirmed he would resign, he

attacked President Trump.

I will be

resigning as a member of the United

States Senate. I, of all people, am

aware there is some irony in the

fact that I am leaving while a man

who has bragged on tape about his

history of sexual assault sits in

the Oval Office, and a man who has

repeatedly preyed on young girls

campaigns for the Senate with the

full support of his party.

President

Trump was asked about those comments

not long ago. This is a short clip

but I will play it to you.

Senator

Al Franken made some comments about

you earlier today.

I did not hear

them closer.

It is about what the

message should be on sexual

harassment.

With that the president

had gone.

He gave a resignation

speech today that it was a defiant

resignation, if there is such a

thing. -- but it was full stop he

said some of the allegations were

not true. This was very reluctant.

It is remarkable how quickly Al

Franklin passed like position

eroded. Only three weeks ago was the

first report of sexual misconduct,

along with a photograph of him

reaching to grope a sleeping woman,

which was particularly damning.

Yesterday there was dam breaking

their female Democratic senators

came out and called for him to

resign. By the end of the day of the

several dozen Democratic senators,

the head of the Democratic committee

and that made his position

untenable, I think full depends his

speech today.

It is hard not to

notice the difference in approach

between the Democrats and

Republicans.

Yes. I think now is

perhaps the reason why the bus so

much pressure on Al Franken, because

Democrats have their eyes on Donald

Trump and the allegations made

against him, and in particular the

Senate race in Alabama. There will

be an election on Tuesday.

Republican nominee has his own

allegations of sexual misconduct,

including sexual assault of a

14-year-old girl dating back years.

A lot of people believe that with

the resignation being announced, it

is easier to accuse Donald Trump and

others of embracing someone who has

a cloud hanging over his head. They

can turn that into what they think

may be a potent campaign issue.

We

have all been focusing on the of

arithmetic in the Senate. With Mr

Franken standing down, is there any

possibility that Senate seat could

come into play in an interesting

way?

First and foremost, when he

resigned, and he has not resigned

yet. He says he will resign in the

coming weeks. When it is formal and

his successor will be reported by

the Democratic government of

Minnesota. At some point there will

have to schedule a special election.

That is a test. Right now it was

relatively easy for the Democrats to

turn their back on Al Franken

because they know he will be

replaced by a Democrat. It will not

be the last person in the centre of

a sexual harassment storm and some

points the Democrats they will be

tested where they have to come out

again. Someone facing these

allegations and it could lead to

them losing political power. That

could be the real test of their

principles on this matter.

We

started in America and in a minute

we will turn to Australia. That was

the moment the Australian Parliament

supported same-sex marriage.

Brexit talks over the Irish border

are intensifying as negotiators on

both sides push for a breakthrough.

We understand from sources there is

some new language being put into a

draft agreement that has been put to

Brussels, to the Irish government,

that has been shared with the DUP

this afternoon. Certainly some

positive nods, a hint there is

movement, but nothing confirmed yet

from the Government. All they are

saying but Number 10, is that there

has been progress but no agreement

has been reached. We have heard from

the European Commission's chief

spokesman within the last half an

hour or so, saying that Jean-Claude

Juncker, the president of the EU

Commission, has been on the phone to

Theresa May and the Irish Prime

Minister and that progress is going

on. Expect talks to go through

during the night and a possible

meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker

tomorrow morning. There'll be a

statement from Donald Tusk in the

morning as well. So far, where we a

little bit of movement but nothing

confirmed.

We are live here in the BBC

newsroom. Violence has erupted as

Palestinians protest President Trump

is my decision to recognise

Jerusalem as Israel pulls back at

that. These are some of the main

stories from BBC World Service.

Democrats have voted overwhelmingly

in holding talks with Angela

Merkel's Conservatives. That makes

the possibility of a grand coalition

between the two biggest parties more

likely. That is on BBC World Service

radio. BBC Hindi is Senate people in

Nepal are voting in Parliamentary

elections. Tanner has been

substantial. -- turnout has been

substantial. This painting believed

to be by Leonardo da Vinci is

heading to the Louvre in Abu Dhabi.

Reports say it was purchased by a

Saudi prince. China had some grand

plans for getting people to use gas

rather than cold to heat their

homes. The aim of this was to

improve air quality. These plans are

being abandoned in some places. The

Ministry for the environment says

keeping people warm in winter should

be the number one principle, and

that means more coal. According to

Chinese media reports, some 28

northern cities in the country have

been affected by this new

regulation, which was brought in

initially in 2013. The Government

wanted to transform China postbag

energy supply from a coal powered

economy to a Green energy powered

economy. There does appear to be a

long march towards a greener

economy. We have seen reports today

that many households were left

without any heating because the

coal-fired instruments are being

switched off and new instruments

have not been replaced. The

Government now is telling northern

Chinese cities that if you have not

finished this process yet but just

keep burning coal. That sounds like

a decision it will take quite a long

time to implement.

Yes. This episode

does tell us something really

adjusting about how the Government

in China works. When we talk about

the Chinese government we normally

think it is monolithic. In fact,

this order came from the central

government back in 2013 and it still

has not been done yet. Something

must have been going on. By map of

the reason this was suggested in the

first place is these cities have

major pollution problems. --

The

reason. It is a short-term fix and

does not sort the long-term problem.

The Government intended to sort the

long-term problem. The whole process

is really, really long in this case.

It does appear that it is not very

smooth in the process.

What is the

weather like in this part of China?

How cold is it?

It is December.

Usually in this kind of season, the

temperature could drop down to as

low as -10 degrees.

So, it urgent.

Is

The Government Minister of the

environment issued a statement,

telling Northern Chinese cities, if

you have not done that yet but

please let people get heating and

keep burning the cold.

Let's talk

about more craziness going on with

it calling. It has reached $16,000 a

calling, up 15% in the last 24-hour.

This is a graft of what the value

has been doing. You will see a

similar pattern. It started

reasonably flat. Into the back half

of this year it has been going up

and up and up. Why? What is going

on?

There is a lot of interest in

Bitcoin. As we have seen in the last

few weeks, just how much it has been

gaining in terms of its value. It is

creating more and more interest and

more and more people want to bite

into it. It is also getting more

legitimacy from the financial

community. -- buy into it. Different

exchanges are offering features. It

is a forward looking way of how much

it will be valued. Bitcoin is a

volatile kind of currency and so the

future may not be very indicative of

where it will trade. That said,

there are some people who believe

that having these financial

instruments will actually give it

more legitimacy.

Do not go anywhere.

As soon have mentioned volatility,

that's talk about that now. Bitcoin

is a digital currency which is

designed to be spent. That is tough.

This is an article on the BBC

website about an online gaming

service called Steam. It is not

accepting Bitcoin anymore because of

high fees and volatility. This

analyst says it is ironic how the

wild success is causing Brexit to

fail for what it was designed for, a

currency for payments. There are

concerns about how it is being used.

The UK Government is saying

anti-money-laundering regulations

should be updated to include Bitcoin

and also the issue of security. This

report from the Guardian has $64

million worth of Bitcoin were stolen

in a cyber attack. Lots of pressure.

Any normal currency under this kind

of pressure might see its value

fall, but it does not seem to be

having no impact at all.

With

regards to some of those articles,

there are different schools of

thought into what temple Micro is

meant to do. Whether it is an

alternate currency or an investment

tool. -- what Bitcoin is meant to

do. If you think about some

companies here for some stores in

New York which accepted Bitcoin as

payment for a sandwich and they will

probably no longer take that anymore

because the value is so high.

Probably someone is not buying

$16,000 worth of sandwiches. This is

a currency that is getting a lot

more traction. Though there are some

big people within the financial

community that are really sceptical

of this, it is something that big

financial institutions are having to

pay attention to.

It might look to

the untrained eye that this is a

fear of missing out but it is really

a bubble because there is nothing at

the centre of it.

You have taken my

word. I have been saying that.

People just wanting to cash in. Even

as I came into the building today, a

colleague from another publication

stopped me and started to ask

questions about Temple Maffeo

because his friends had made so much

money on it and he felt he was

missing out. -- about Bitcoin.

I

suspect will will be discussing that

again. We will turn to Australia in

a little while. No, we are going to

talk about this now. There was an

extraordinary moment in Australian

Parliament earlier. This was the

moment it supported same-sex

marriage.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

SINGING

Here is our report on the story.

After years of division and dispute,

in the end it felt inevitable and

emphatic. As Australia postbag MPs

voted in favour of legalising

same-sex marriage. Campaigners in

the public gallery applauded

politicians who applauded them back.

The vote marks a victory for them

and the Prime Minister, Alcan

Turnbull, who could not hide his

delight.

What a day for love,

equality, and respect. Australia has

done it. Every Australian had their

say in they said it is fair, get on

with it. And the Parliament has got

on with it and we have voted today

for equality, for love. It is time

for more marriages, more commitment,

more love, more respect.

It follows

last month postbag yes vote in a

national survey on legalising

same-sex marriage. -- last month's

yes vote. Pressure was put on

politicians to deliver this before

the end of 2017. Australia joins a

growing list of countries, including

Great Britain, Ireland, the United

States and Canada where gay marriage

is already legal. There has been

filed in reaction to President

Trump's announcement yesterday that

America will recognise Jerusalem as

the capital of Israel and will move

the American embassy from Tel Aviv

to Jerusalem. As I was mentioning

earlier, over 30 Palestinians have

been wounded in clashes on the Gaza

Strip and the West Bank because of

clashes with Israeli security

forces. There have been lots of

pictures coming in during the day

showing protesters burning tyres and

throwing stones but also the

security services responded with

tear gas and rubber bullets. If you

want more background on the Middle

East peace process, you can find

that online right now. I will see

you in a couple of minutes.

Hello. Strong winds, fire, and some

snow in this forecast. Another lip

of the weather around the world.

First of all we're off to the United

States where we have some strong

winds at the moment. They are caused

by an area of high pressure. The

winds get squeezed over the

mountains. In the West some strong

gusts. Also very low levels of

humidity. That combination of

weather factors spanning some

significant wildfires and they may

well continue to rage as we go the

weekend. Outbreaks of rain across

the south-east of the United States

and things turning colder as air

begins to move in from an old

westerly direction. Across the Bay

of Bengal this area of Cloud is a

depression. We have been monitoring

it for the last few days. What is

interesting is it is wrapping dry

air around the circulation. As it

drifts it's Wayne northwards, some

of the power of the weather system

will be taken out of it. -- its way

northwards. So, although there is

some forecast rain expected this

weekend, for North East India and

Bangladesh, hopefully, it should not

be too heavy as the dry air begins

to evaporate some of the heavy rain.

Storm Caroline has been making the

headlines across the UK during the

last 24 hours. It has been working

its way into Scandinavia bringing

strong winds on Friday. Gusts could

reach 80 miles an hour. We will have

battering waves to the coast

bringing the risk of flooding. Cold

air follows. We will see snow

showers coming in. Overnight we

could see some significant snowfall

eastern France and Germany, getting

down to quite low levels, for

example in Munich. I pressure is

blocking the progression of milder

winds across from central areas of

the Atlantic. We have cold

north-westerly winds and proper

Arctic air with us bringing snow

overnight and into Friday as well.

The wind is not changing direction

and some areas will see a lot of

snow. The amount will vary

significantly. Nevertheless some

significant falls are expected. In

Northern Ireland but Wales and the

Midlands perhaps ten to 15

centimetres by Friday. In Scotland

may be blizzard conditions to start

the day. The totals of snow will

mount up during the day. Ten to 20

centimetres of snow by the time you

get to Friday. Away from the snowy

areas, there will be some sunshine

but it will be a freezing cold

feeling day. Temperatures struggling

but the main thing is the snow. We

will see some significant transport

disruption across northern and

western areas. There is the weather.

Welcome to Outside Source.

These are some of the main stories

in the BBC Newsroom.

More than 30 Palestinians have been

wounded in Gaza and the West Bank in

protest, following President Trump's

decision to recognise Jerusalem as

the capital of Israel. Israel's

Prime Minister believes others will

follow America's leave.

I have no doubt once the American

embassy moves to Jerusalem or

before, there will be a movement of

many other country's embassies.

Al

Franken confirmed he will resign

because of sexual misconduct

allegations. He denied them, though,

and attacked the President.

I am leafing while a man who has

bragged on tape about his history of

sexual assault sits in the Oval

Office.

And we report from one of the areas

in California, devastated by the

latest wild fires.

Let's start with the wild fires in

California.

Let's start with the wild

fires in California.

Residents of Los Angeles' wealthy

Bel-Air neighbourhood have

found their homes under threat

after another wildfire

erupted in California.

Strengthening hot winds have

been fanning the flames.

This is Bel Air.

The fire destroyed several homes

in the exclusive area,

quickly spreading over 150 acres.

It's not just in Los Angeles where

the devastation has been caused.

There is Los Angeles, and up the

coast to Ventura county, it's been

affected by the fires as well. I can

show you this report from a

colleague at CBS on the damage

that's been caused.

colleague at CBS on the damage

that's been caused.

Well the destruction and the

devastation is truly astonishing and

hard to believe when you see it

first hand. Neighbourhoods like this

one, where I am standing at now, it

is safe to say that half of the

houses are no longer standing. All

that is left here is a mini van in

the der driveway. So many people

left with the clothes on their back.

If they come back, they will find

there is nothing left. In terms of

the wind. The good news is that the

wind expected up to 70 to 80 miles

an hour, we have not seen that. That

is good when it comes to fighting

the fires but the bad news, we are

talking about 96,000 kerbs, that is

about 140 square miles in Ventura.

The fire has made its way through

this neighbourhood. And here it is

just 5% contained. This is very much

an uphill battle for the

firefighters on the front lines.

To what degree has one street been

affected and the next not. Are we in

a strange situation where we are

seeing what we are seeing beside you

and a few metres down the road it is

normal life?

It is extraordinary to

see. I don't know if we can pull

back to zoom in on this house there

but really, there is one side of the

street where homes are devastated,

levelled to the ground and nothing

left but the foundation and on the

other side of the street, I don't

know if you can see it from your

point of view but a house that is

completely untouched. A house that

people can return to. But here a

series of homes are levelled. There

was a cul-de-sac where six homes

were down to the ground. And nothing

left other than the metal.

Behind me, all that is left the is

refridge rater.

Huge moment in Greek

Turkish relations today -

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become

the first Turkish president to visit

Greece for 65 years.

This is a delicate

relationship for many reasons.

MAP One is Cyprus.

The north of the island

was invaded by Turkey in 1974.

That was in response to a military

coup backed by Greece.

Another issue was the Greek

Supreme Court blocking

the extradition of Turkish soldiers

who fled to the country

after allegedly participating

in last year's failed coup.

President Erdogan spoke earlier.

"We also discussed the matter

of the extradition of the coup

plotters that have come to Greece.

What I told Mr

Tsipras is that it is possible

for these coup plotters

to be returned to Turkey.

Turkey has abolished

the death penalty -

it's not a country where torture

takes place, and therefore I believe

the Greek justice system

will hear our request to extradite

the ten officers."

BBC Turkish has been looking more

in-depth at this issue.

This Cagil Kasapoglu

in Thessaloniki - with people

who fled Turkey last year.

The Mediterranean has seen many

people cross to Greece in recent

years. Now, a new group of people

are taking the same journey. They

are members of the Gulan movement,

labelled by the Turkish government

as terrorists, since the failed coup

of July, 2016.

Rights Watch said that they had

credible evidence of torture in

custody but Turkish officials have

repeatedly denied these accusations.

Turkey uses its diplomatic efforts

to remove members of the Gulan

people. But so far it has not

happened in Greece, instead, more

people are arriving and trying to

build a new life.

Another Gulan supporter, crossed the

border only four months ago. He says

he spent six months in prison, where

he claimed to have been tortured but

later released. Then he was charged

again for having an encrypted

message on his phone, which is the

Turkish authorities deemed to be

used by the Gulan movement.

against the Gulan movement ongoing,

many more are expected to arrive

here in Greece.

From that report from Greece to a

report from Italy, because pizza

makers in Naples are celebrating

their skill of pizza twirling. It

has been given UNESCO heritage

status.

It's a familiar sight to most of us,

served up in restaurants and take

away shops around the world. But in

Naples, considered the birthplace of

the modern pizza, it's a ritual

handed down through generations.

Here, the locals have been

petitionening to have the pizza

making process added to the United

Nations heritage process.

Pizza has become such a universal

heritage all over the world, many

people don't know it is Italian. So

the recognition from UNESCO will

establish once and for all the

truth--that pizza is a global food

but born here in Naples and born in

this oven.

This oven, considered to be the

place where the first ever pizza was

made. For these masters at creating

the perfect pizza, being added to

the list is recognition for the

years that they have spent honing

their skills.

Going to school is not enough to

learn how to make pizza. You can

learn how to handle the dough but to

learn the art, you have to spend a

long time handling that dough in the

Pizzeria.

For now, they are celebrating a

slice of Italian life that is near

and dear to their hearts.

At this time of the programme, I

would tell you about the BBC website

and coverage of the stories we have

on Outside Source, I'm not sure that

the pizza story has made it to the

website, ball of the other stories

have.

There is news on the Brexit

negotiations, there is news shortly

on the West Bank and Gaza.

BBC.com/news is the address or

download the BBC News atp -- app.

Big row in Nigeria -

22,000 teachers have been sacked

for failing a competency test

that was meant for their pupils.

This was in Kaduna State -

the BBC's Is'haq Khalid is there.

How are you, class?

Fine, thank you.

The future of these children is in

the hands of their teachers.

But only a third in Kaduna,

including the ones that we filmed

passed the competency test.

The government decided to take

action.

The government cannot continue to

have these people in the classrooms.

They are cheating the pupils, rather

than teaching them.

Of course, when we reported it to

the governor, he directed that we

should replace them.

These sackings of teachers is

unprecedented here. It is proving

contraversion. The government says

it is sacking nearly 22,000 teachers

as part of efforts to tack 8

problems in the education system in

order to guarantee the future of

these kids.

But Labour unions are opposed to the

situation.

The unions accuse the authorities of

not following the proper procedures.

The governor has no right to examine

a teacher. We have the teacher's

council that is backed by law. Why

not give the teaching council the

opportunity to test the teachers.

Unsurprisingly, those who have lost

their jobs are angry. Including one

woman, teaching for 20 years and

became a head teacher. Talking to me

on the condition of anonymity, she

said that the tests were not fair.

Sincerely speaking the result of the

competency test came to us as a

shock.

Some of us were really disappointed.

Devastated, not knowing what to do.

There is no doubt, education is

Nigeria is facing many challenges,

and whereas the wealthy opt out of

the government system, the poor have

no choice. The question now is

weather the mass sacking and hiring

of new teachers will address the

problems.

Kaduna, northern Nigeria.

If you follow the news on Monday you

know we are reporting on Brexit

talks between the UK and the EU. How

it did not go to plan. The sticking

point was the Irish border, Theresa

May had to find a deal to satisfy

the UK, Ireland and the DUP, whose

support they rely on Westminster.

The Democratic Unionist Party did

not come on board on Monday. Since

then it has been quiet. But things

seem to be moving.

Here this statement: Laura is

tweeting that things are moving.

Laura is not the only BBC journalist

looking at this.

Let's bring in another.

It looks like tomorrow is the day

that there will be an announcement.

The government have been trying to

get the DUP onside. No official

confirmation on agreement but it is

understood that is former words have

been formerly agreed. It has been

put forward. Theresa May is trying

to get the negotiations put forward.

The d'you cup the DUP not saying

much but it looks like the Prime

Minister could be travelling to

Brussels tomorrow, we know that

Donald Tusk is making a statement

and we could get the break through.

The DUP were unhappy with the idea

that Northern Ireland would end up

with regulations similar to the

European Union, while the rest of

the UK had something different. What

has changed?

That's the main

question. What form of words, what

precise language has gone into this

draft agreement that is then to be

circulated to EU leaders. Remember

this is all about getting Brexit

talks on to trade to the second

phase. But it centres around the

issue of what happens around the

Irish border. Ireland are clear that

they want to see Northern Ireland

remain in and it yep regulations, in

tandem with Ireland after Brexit.

That will be Britain's frontier with

the EU after we leave. But it is

playing with sell antics at this

stage. This is to nail down the

language of an agreement. It is not

the final details of agreement as to

how the border looks. It is only to

get a form of words acceptable to

all sides so that the EU can say,

"yes", we are satisfied this looks

like progress and talks can move to

trade. It is less than a week before

a crucial summit of EU leaders

decide to give the green light to a

second stage of talks. That's what

the sides say that they want.

Getting the DUP, Ireland and

Brussels on side is crucial.

I wanted to reiterate, something in

your answer, this is not the deal,

just an agreement of how the deal

may roughly look?

We keep talking

about crunch points. This is a key

moment. Trade talks are the

substance of the Brexit

negotiations, the future

relationship between Britain and the

EU, and we are not on to that stage

yet. All of the talks have been on

the divorce matter, so the

separation issues. The main being

the Irish border, the other being

the divorce bill, the money that

must be settled and the rights of

citizens living in the EU, those

abroad and those living in Britain.

But in the initial phase of talks

all that must be agreed is a form of

words acceptable to all sides. Then

the main substance of the

negotiations on trade on the future

relationship, on how things will

look down the line, only then can

they begin.

Thank you very much for taking us

through that.

Of course, expect much more on