0:00:08 > 0:00:10Hello, I'm Ros Atkins - this is Outside Source.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Iran's supreme leader has called protestors "enemies," and alleges
0:00:12 > 0:00:16foreign interference.
0:00:16 > 0:00:16him, new
0:00:16 > 0:00:19After six days of anti-government protests in Iran, and the deaths
0:00:19 > 0:00:25protests in Iran, and the deaths
0:00:25 > 0:00:27-- After six days of anti-government protests in Iran,
0:00:27 > 0:00:28and the deaths of 22 people, its supreme leader has spoken.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Hello, I'm Ros Atkins - this is Outside Source.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Iran's supreme leader has called protestors "enemies," and alleges
0:00:34 > 0:00:34's
0:00:34 > 0:00:35foreign interference.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Here's how the Trump administration reacted.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39The Iranian people are angry at the rising tide of corruption in
0:00:39 > 0:00:40their daily lives.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43The people are tired of paying the price for their
0:00:43 > 0:00:44violent and corrupt rulers.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Looks like South Korea and North Korea could talk
0:00:46 > 0:00:47directly - next week.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49And Kim Jong-un is using these two North Korean skaters
0:00:49 > 0:00:51and the Winter Olympics as his reason why.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Logan Paul is one of YouTube's biggest stars -
0:00:53 > 0:00:54he's posted this video.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57From the bottom of my heart, I am sorry.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59He's apologised to all of Japan after publishing a video
0:00:59 > 0:01:02in which he laughs about filming a Japanese man who appears
0:01:02 > 0:01:12to have taken his life.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22welcome to the first edition of Outside Source in 2018. Happy New
0:01:22 > 0:01:32Year. The Middle Eastern editor Jeremy Bowen has just arrived on
0:01:32 > 0:01:36set, so you can contact us with any questions for him.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39After six days of anti-government protests in Iran, and the deaths
0:01:39 > 0:01:42of 22 people, its supreme leader has spoken.
0:01:42 > 0:01:53We have also heard from the US ambassador to the UN.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Here are both of them.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01TRANSLATION:Following recent events the enemies have united to create
0:02:01 > 0:02:05problems for the Islamic Republic, using all their weapons.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06We all know that's complete nonsense.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07The demonstrations are completely spontaneous.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09They are virtually in every city in Iran.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12This is the precise picture of a long and oppressed people
0:02:12 > 0:02:14rising up against their dictators.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19Nikki Haley also said Washington wants an emergency meeting
0:02:19 > 0:02:21of the UN Security Council.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23These demonstrations started on Thursday in Iran's second
0:02:23 > 0:02:27largest city, Mashhad.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32You can see it there in the north-east.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36But by Saturday, many more people and places were involved,
0:02:36 > 0:02:38including the capital, Tehran.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42It's worth noting that on Saturday there was also
0:02:42 > 0:02:45another demonstration in Tehran - but this one was sanctioned
0:02:45 > 0:02:47by the authorities and commemorated the defeat
0:02:47 > 0:02:53of the 2009 protest movement.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56But let's stay focused on the anti-government protests, and the
0:02:56 > 0:03:00most important question, why are they happening now?
0:03:00 > 0:03:05This is the view of one analyst.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09If you go back to May of this year, when Hassan Rouhani was re-elected
0:03:09 > 0:03:12with a landslide 24 million voters backing him, they voted for him
0:03:12 > 0:03:13because he made a simple but powerful promise.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16He said, "When I'm re-elected there will be more political
0:03:16 > 0:03:17freedoms in this country."
0:03:17 > 0:03:19He hasn't delivered on that, at all.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21In fact, what he's done is turned away from the reformist grass
0:03:21 > 0:03:26movements and turned to the hardliners.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Remember President Rouhani has also repeatedly promised to fix the
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Iranian economy, and there is undoubtedly work to do.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36The cost of living is going up, unemployment is at 11%,
0:03:36 > 0:03:37and double that among young people.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Bear that in mind, as we look at this from Reuters.
0:03:41 > 0:03:5527%, that statistic. This is a run's Deputy interior minister.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57BBC Monitoring watches the world's media -
0:03:57 > 0:04:00it's been studying footage of the protests.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03In a recent briefing, it notes, "The diversity of slogans illustrate
0:04:03 > 0:04:05the absence of a coherent message or aim of the demonstrations,
0:04:05 > 0:04:11which also completely lack leaders."
0:04:11 > 0:04:13They tell us.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15That may be, but the authorities are taking them seriously.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17There have been more than 450 arrests in Tehran province.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20And messaging apps like Telegram are being restricted.
0:04:20 > 0:04:30Here's the tech commentator Mahsa Alimardani on that decision.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36This platform is for communicating between family members, friends,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39getting information from thy aspera Persian media or from local media,
0:04:39 > 0:04:45and just getting everyday updates like traffic and whether it is very
0:04:45 > 0:04:48centralised to this one platform, so when the block occurred there has
0:04:48 > 0:04:53been a rush to, you know, get on to connect to this device that you
0:04:53 > 0:04:56previously didn't have to.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58If you want to read more about the role social media
0:04:58 > 0:05:01is playing in Iran right now, there's a piece by Mahsa
0:05:01 > 0:05:03on the Politico website now.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Next, to BBC Persian's Jiyar Gol.
0:05:07 > 0:05:15For a sense of the government response.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17In sensitive areas they have placed those security forces, but
0:05:17 > 0:05:19despite all of this we have received footage
0:05:19 > 0:05:20that shows gatherings of
0:05:20 > 0:05:23people, but those apps where people were communicating and sending
0:05:23 > 0:05:27messages, and footage to us has been limited and blocked.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29What are you hearing from your contacts about the motivation
0:05:29 > 0:05:30of these demonstrators?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Is this about just improving living standards, or is it
0:05:33 > 0:05:34about something more fundamental?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37I think it is about much more than just the economy - yes,
0:05:37 > 0:05:38it started with the economic situation.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40They were angry about employment, inflation, and what's
0:05:40 > 0:05:47going on in the country, but as days passed some of those
0:05:47 > 0:05:49protesters became political.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Some other groups, university students, teachers, workers,
0:05:51 > 0:05:56some activists, they joined them and the slogans became more
0:05:56 > 0:05:59political and people - for example, one of the slogans was,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01why is Iran spending billions and billions of dollars
0:06:01 > 0:06:05in countries like Lebanon, like Yemen, like Syria,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07yet their own people are, many of them, living
0:06:07 > 0:06:09in abject poverty?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Why is that money not being invested in the country,
0:06:12 > 0:06:18invested in creating jobs for young people?
0:06:18 > 0:06:22As you would expect Donald Trump has been tweeting about what has been
0:06:22 > 0:06:26happening in Iran, here he is saying the people of Iran are finally
0:06:26 > 0:06:33acting against the corrupt and brutal Iranians regime. He goes say
0:06:33 > 0:06:39these people have little food and no human rights. "America Is watching."
0:06:39 > 0:06:41There wasn't much chance of Iran reacting well to that.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44The reality is that the US has very little leverage on Iran,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47and President Trump has very little credibility inside the country,
0:06:47 > 0:06:49given the fact that he imposed the travel ban very early
0:06:49 > 0:06:51on in his administration, that primarily targeted
0:06:51 > 0:06:53the Iranian citizens, who have never been involved in any
0:06:53 > 0:06:56acts of terrorism in the US.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59So I doubt that his words would have that much traction
0:06:59 > 0:07:01within the population, but they will certainly be exploited
0:07:01 > 0:07:11by the government to portray the protesters as foreign lackeys.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24Europe's approach appears to be different to this than the USA. This
0:07:24 > 0:07:33is from Patrick Wintour, and he also says as well is this the French
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Foreign Minister is supposed to be going to Tehran on Friday but made
0:07:36 > 0:07:39the load. I have news for you on that, because this is writers
0:07:39 > 0:07:44telling us that is exactly what will happen. The French presidency has
0:07:44 > 0:07:46confirmed that after call with President Rouhani the Foreign
0:07:46 > 0:07:51Minister will not be going there any more. That is some of the
0:07:51 > 0:07:55international reaction, and we have to see all of this in the context of
0:07:55 > 0:07:58a run's complex relationships in the Middle East. This is Philippa
0:07:58 > 0:08:04Thomas, explaining. Iran is a predominantly Shia Muslim
0:08:04 > 0:08:07state and its growing sphere of influence across the Middle East has
0:08:07 > 0:08:13ended many enemies. None greater than Sunni Saudi Arabia. The two
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Matt Cavanaugh diplomatic ties and are suspicious of each other's
0:08:16 > 0:08:20drawing power in the region. They are facing off against each other in
0:08:20 > 0:08:26a number of proxy conflicts. Iran has close ties with Lebanon,
0:08:26 > 0:08:29especially the political party Hezbollah and its militia force.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Iran provides them with millions of dollars in supplies and weaponry,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38but in November the Saudi Arabian crowned Prince backed efforts to
0:08:38 > 0:08:42undermine Hezbollah in Beirut, and boost the Lebanese Prime Minister.
0:08:42 > 0:08:49Saudi Arabia and Iran face off in another proxy war in the region in
0:08:49 > 0:08:56Yemen. A Saudi led coalition is fighting the Houthi rebels, but
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Tehran Baxter Houthis, who were in a form of alliance against the former
0:09:00 > 0:09:07president against the Sunnis, and when they switched sides and sought
0:09:07 > 0:09:13peace, he was killed. Iran's hatred of Israel is well-known, with no
0:09:13 > 0:09:19diplomatic ties. Doesn't even recognise the Jewish state, instead
0:09:19 > 0:09:24calling it a Zionist regime. Not surprisingly, the endorsed the
0:09:24 > 0:09:28creation of a Palestinian state in Iran and the finance various
0:09:28 > 0:09:35Palestinian cause is, among them the Islamic jihad and how mass -- Hamas
0:09:35 > 0:09:43groups. We can talk to the Middle East editor for the BBC, Jeremy
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Bowen. Would you say these claims are true?The Americans are
0:09:47 > 0:09:51encouraging them. Donald Trump is tweeting that this is a wonderful
0:09:51 > 0:09:54development, effectively, but, you know, if they have evidence the CIA
0:09:54 > 0:10:01is behind all of this, fine, let's see it. There's a long history in a
0:10:01 > 0:10:04run of foreign intervention, governments being overdrawn, in the
0:10:04 > 0:10:0750s and elected leader was overthrown by the Americans, the CIA
0:10:07 > 0:10:14and Britain's MI6 in the 50s, so those comments for Iranians pressed
0:10:14 > 0:10:19some important buttons but, Norma, right now, to me it looks like a
0:10:19 > 0:10:26pretty spontaneous, initially very spontaneous anyway, outburst of
0:10:26 > 0:10:31protest -- no, right now to me. Why has it spread quickly? People are
0:10:31 > 0:10:35discontented, and because as well I think they are pretty sick of living
0:10:35 > 0:10:39in an authoritarian society.I guess one of the pressures on President
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Rouhani, he promised something different when he won the most
0:10:41 > 0:10:46recent election and he is struggling to deliver that.He promised he
0:10:46 > 0:10:50would turn the economy round as well and that has been hurt by years of
0:10:50 > 0:10:54sanctions, and years of corruption, mismanagement as well. He said he
0:10:54 > 0:10:59would do something about all those things and, yes, sanctions have gone
0:10:59 > 0:11:03away partly, and we can speak a bit more about that, but the internal
0:11:03 > 0:11:08staff, the corruption, mismanagement, inefficiencies, he
0:11:08 > 0:11:11has not sorted that kind of thing outcome and that is disappointing
0:11:11 > 0:11:18quite a lot of people. And he has been the butt of quite a few of the
0:11:18 > 0:11:23slogans as well in these demonstrations.His book about the
0:11:23 > 0:11:26sanctions and let's get into that. There is a bit of a divide between
0:11:26 > 0:11:30President Trump who loathes the deal President Obama cut with the
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Iranians, and those who love this deal.Yes, the future of Iran's
0:11:34 > 0:11:39nuclear industry, if you like. Would they be trying to create nuclear
0:11:39 > 0:11:46weapons? The Americans and the Israelis, the British as well, they
0:11:46 > 0:11:50believe they were, and the question now is what happens with that
0:11:50 > 0:11:55particular deal. Later on this month. There is a moment in fact
0:11:55 > 0:11:59when President Trump has to sign some very important documents which
0:11:59 > 0:12:02will continue the suspension of some of these sanctions, and if he does
0:12:02 > 0:12:06not sign them, perhaps he will decide that this is a time to put
0:12:06 > 0:12:11more pressure on the regime in Tehran and he might consider this
0:12:11 > 0:12:16would be his opportunity as well of finally doing down what for him is
0:12:16 > 0:12:20this hated agreement with Iran about its nuclear future. So later on this
0:12:20 > 0:12:25month there could be a real flash point and if these protests continue
0:12:25 > 0:12:29I think they may well feed into President Trump's decision-making.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34You read there in 2009 when there were much bigger protests. How do
0:12:34 > 0:12:38you compare what you saw them with what you are viewing from afar at
0:12:38 > 0:12:43the moment? -- you were there into this inane.In 2009 there were a lot
0:12:43 > 0:12:46of people really angry that an election they believed had been
0:12:46 > 0:12:52stolen from them -- when you were there in 2009. These protests are
0:12:52 > 0:12:56different. In 2009 there were politicians in charge of those
0:12:56 > 0:12:58protest essentially who since then have been under various different
0:12:58 > 0:13:03kinds of arrests. This time there are no recognisable national leaders
0:13:03 > 0:13:09who are part of it. There was one very clear objective
0:13:09 > 0:13:12of the protests, to do something about the election, and it morphed a
0:13:12 > 0:13:16bit into criticism of the regime. Now there are loads of different
0:13:16 > 0:13:19things, starting with the economy and going into politics, loads of
0:13:19 > 0:13:23things we have talked about. Now, that could be seen as a weakness but
0:13:23 > 0:13:27it could also be a strength, cause it is harder for the resume to deal
0:13:27 > 0:13:32with something which keeps popping up all over the place. In Tehran,
0:13:32 > 0:13:37you know, it came down by the end when they were really cracking down
0:13:37 > 0:13:41on them, to demonstrations in a few different streets.Jeremy, thank you
0:13:41 > 0:13:46very much indeed. Jeremy Bowen, the BBC's Middle East editor. If you
0:13:46 > 0:13:50want regular updates from Jeremy, you can follow him on Twitter. And I
0:13:50 > 0:13:56can't believe Jeremy has not been following this... The Israeli
0:13:56 > 0:14:07legislator has passed new legislation saying two thirds of the
0:14:07 > 0:14:09parliament would have to support giving any more territory to the
0:14:09 > 0:14:15Palestinians.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19The biggest rise in train fares in the last five years commuters face
0:14:19 > 0:14:27this morning as they returned to work after the Christmas break.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29The average ticket price went up by 3.4%.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Labour has renewed its call for the railway to be re-nationalised -
0:14:32 > 0:14:35while the government and the rail industry say the fares will help pay
0:14:35 > 0:14:36for improvements to the network.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39If we can continue to make savings by bringing the railways back into
0:14:39 > 0:14:42public ownership and stop wasting money on franchising, on the
0:14:42 > 0:14:45complexity of the arrangements between all these different
0:14:45 > 0:14:47companies, and we don't pay out dividends to state owned companies
0:14:47 > 0:15:00across the Channel, we can keep that money in-house.For every pound
0:15:00 > 0:15:05passenger pays in fares, 97p goes into running and improving the
0:15:05 > 0:15:08railway, but also with more people using the railway it means we have
0:15:08 > 0:15:19more money to invest.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Our lead story is:
0:15:28 > 0:15:34The supreme leader of Iran has called protesters enemies and this
0:15:34 > 0:15:37follows days of protest. Let's look at the main stories from the BBC
0:15:37 > 0:15:42World Service. The ambassador to the UN says the USA will withhold
0:15:42 > 0:15:44millions of dollars in aid to Pakistan for failing to cooperate
0:15:44 > 0:15:49with the fight against terror. President Trump's tweets on the
0:15:49 > 0:15:56subject have already angered Pakistan. In Bangladesh, an arrest
0:15:56 > 0:16:00warrant in connection with petrol bomb attacks on a bus during a
0:16:00 > 0:16:05protest in 2015 that killed eight people. That is from BBC Bengali.
0:16:05 > 0:16:11Lots of you have been reading this on the BBC website, the weather
0:16:11 > 0:16:15getting bitterly cold in the USA, reaching as far as Florida with
0:16:15 > 0:16:19warnings as far as Texas to the Atlantic coast. The east of the USA
0:16:19 > 0:16:31is also set for another freeze at the end of the week.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36This is Logan Paul, 22, and a YouTube star, and he has issued an
0:16:36 > 0:16:42apology after issuing a video that show the suicide of a man in Japan.
0:16:42 > 0:16:48The video had already been watched 6 million times and of course copies
0:16:48 > 0:16:52are still circulating although it has been taken down. This is his
0:16:52 > 0:16:57apology.It was obviously plan and the reactions you saw were raw,
0:16:57 > 0:17:03unfiltered. None of us knew how to react or how to feel. I should never
0:17:03 > 0:17:07have posted the video. I should have put the cameras down. And stop
0:17:07 > 0:17:11recording what we were going through. There were a lot of things
0:17:11 > 0:17:15I should have done differently, but I didn't, and for that, from the
0:17:15 > 0:17:21bottom of my heart, I'm sorry.I have been talking to the Tech
0:17:21 > 0:17:33reporter at Buzzfeed, Katie, in New York.Yuji Peiser three strikes
0:17:33 > 0:17:37policy, -- YouTube has a three stroke policy. They took this down
0:17:37 > 0:17:40after one strike, but I think it raises questions. His fans are
0:17:40 > 0:17:47typically young teenagers, tweens, kids, and I think it has left a lot
0:17:47 > 0:17:53of people wondering, what are these young people seeing? What are they
0:17:53 > 0:17:56doing, YouTube to shake this. He makes a lot of money with YouTube
0:17:56 > 0:18:00and they make a lot of money with them -- to shape this. What policy
0:18:00 > 0:18:04protocols are being put in place to make sure completely tasteless video
0:18:04 > 0:18:10like this is no longer posted?I guess the popularity of some of
0:18:10 > 0:18:15these YouTubers is that they are seen as not being monitored by
0:18:15 > 0:18:19YouTube or indeed by anybody else?I think that is certainly true.
0:18:19 > 0:18:30YouTube is not like a television network. They don't own Logan Paul.
0:18:30 > 0:18:36He is free to upload videos, as are you or I, as much as he wants. He
0:18:36 > 0:18:40shot videos for their premium products but that was in 2016, and I
0:18:40 > 0:18:44think it just leaves a lot of questions of moderation, and what
0:18:44 > 0:18:48are the rules, and, you know, how did he not know in the first place
0:18:48 > 0:18:52that posting a video like this would be a terrible idea? Is there nobody
0:18:52 > 0:18:56guiding or shaping the types of content young people are seeing from
0:18:56 > 0:19:00these incredibly popular creators.I was watching not just the video but
0:19:00 > 0:19:07responses to it. I saw one already has 20 million viewers and almost
0:19:07 > 0:19:11200,000 comments responding to it. I guess the whole story is
0:19:11 > 0:19:15highlighting the reach that some of these YouTube stars have?Yes, and
0:19:15 > 0:19:20there have been a lot of people who have actually come out in support of
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Logan Paul. Within the YouTube community there is this sort of
0:19:23 > 0:19:28defensiveness of people who think YouTube is too restrictive and there
0:19:28 > 0:19:32is this war between the creators and YouTube. It is a very strange
0:19:32 > 0:19:37confusing tension there.Let's turn to the Middle East, because as you
0:19:37 > 0:19:45will know resolving the conflict between the Israelis and the
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Palestinians is incredibly difficult and in the Israeli parliament may
0:19:49 > 0:19:54have made it even more difficult. This vote by Israeli MPs would
0:19:54 > 0:19:57virtually make any peace deal with the Palestinians that involves
0:19:57 > 0:20:01ceding control of part of Jerusalem much more difficult to get through
0:20:01 > 0:20:06the Israeli parliament, because now instead of taking 61 votes out of a
0:20:06 > 0:20:11possible 120, it would take at two thirds majority, that 80 votes, and
0:20:11 > 0:20:17this really gets to an issue at the heart of the Israel Palestinian
0:20:17 > 0:20:21conflict, because the eastern part of Jerusalem was captured by Israel
0:20:21 > 0:20:26in the 1967 Middle East war and it was later annexed in a move not
0:20:26 > 0:20:31internationally recognised by Israel. One Israeli minister who
0:20:31 > 0:20:33pushed for this moving legislation said it would ensure the city of
0:20:33 > 0:20:40Jerusalem remained the Israeli United capital and fortified Israel,
0:20:40 > 0:20:45whereas the Palestinian President's office said this, coupled with the
0:20:45 > 0:20:50announcement last month that President Trump recognise Jerusalem
0:20:50 > 0:20:53as Israel's capital, amounted to a declaration of war on the
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Palestinian people.Time for business and we will do a health
0:20:56 > 0:21:01check on Amazon. It says last year it shipped over 5 billion items
0:21:01 > 0:21:06worldwide just as part of its Prime service, a subscription service. It
0:21:06 > 0:21:10also last year expanded into groceries and pharmaceuticals. Let's
0:21:10 > 0:21:15talk to Samira Hussain, live with us from New York. I don't know what to
0:21:15 > 0:21:20compare that figure of 5 billion with, Samira. Is that standard for
0:21:20 > 0:21:24Amazon?It is pretty significant, especially when you consider the
0:21:24 > 0:21:29fact that back in 2005 is when they launched Amazon Prime, and if you
0:21:29 > 0:21:35think back to that time, everybody really panned the idea, saying
0:21:35 > 0:21:40people would not want to pay that money to be able to ship freely have
0:21:40 > 0:21:47this kind of fast shipping, fast forward to 2017 and 5 billion
0:21:47 > 0:21:51packages have been sent. We also don't really have numbers on how
0:21:51 > 0:21:55many members are part of this prime service, and Amazon does not really
0:21:55 > 0:22:02reveal those figures. One journalist did take and find that in one of its
0:22:02 > 0:22:06filings, and it was later confirmed by Amazon, that at one point they
0:22:06 > 0:22:11had some 20 million subscribers to the Amazon Prime service.Now we're
0:22:11 > 0:22:15pharmaceuticals, health care, other things added. Do you think Amazon
0:22:15 > 0:22:20will get so big the regulators will be interested?So far, not yet, but
0:22:20 > 0:22:23it certainly has a lot of companies really worried. They will be looking
0:22:23 > 0:22:29at a lot of things when it comes to Amazon 2018. There will be put their
0:22:29 > 0:22:32new headquarters? There has been a lot of speculation about that. And
0:22:32 > 0:22:39just recently there was an article written by a prominent analyst here
0:22:39 > 0:22:43in the USA who suggested the possible next acquisition for Amazon
0:22:43 > 0:22:53could in fact be the store target. That could be a target. See you
0:22:53 > 0:22:58later in the week, Samira in New York. Now, 2017 was the safest year
0:22:58 > 0:23:01in the history of passenger airlines, no fatal accident on
0:23:01 > 0:23:07passenger jets, and he was one analyst on why that was.Aviation
0:23:07 > 0:23:09with large passenger aircraft is indeed incredibly safe. That is not
0:23:09 > 0:23:15to say it is not without its risks. There were a significant number of
0:23:15 > 0:23:18nonfatal accidents including two jet passenger aircraft, but this really
0:23:18 > 0:23:23is a very safe form of transport, and modern aircraft and engines are
0:23:23 > 0:23:27incredibly robust and reliable pieces of equipment. One of the
0:23:27 > 0:23:30essentials of aviation safety as we learn from our previous mistakes, we
0:23:30 > 0:23:38put new technologies into aeroplanes and example the crash in Canada of a
0:23:38 > 0:23:42turboprop before Christmas, it didn't catch fire. Aircraft are more
0:23:42 > 0:23:46fire retardant, easier to evacuate from, so even when you do have an
0:23:46 > 0:23:49accident, the chances of it killing everyone are less and less these
0:23:49 > 0:23:55days.Long may that safety record continue. If you are watching
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Outside Source towards the end of 2017 you will know that we were
0:23:57 > 0:24:06speaking about bitcoin and off a lot, crypto currency, and we were
0:24:06 > 0:24:10reporting on it getting up to $16,000 per coin, and it was going
0:24:10 > 0:24:15up and down, and you will not be able to trade it in the Egypt if you
0:24:15 > 0:24:22are watching their because it has been prohibited. BBC Arabic's
0:24:22 > 0:24:30reporter has more from Cairo. Bitcoin has been in the headlines
0:24:30 > 0:24:33triggering debate almost all over the world, and Egypt is no exception
0:24:33 > 0:24:39to that. The digital currency has now been deemed as prohibited in
0:24:39 > 0:24:49Islamic shall you law, and according to the edict, using Bitcoin made
0:24:49 > 0:24:52risk even burning in some nations and some cases. We have come here to
0:24:52 > 0:24:55hear what people actually think. TRANSLATION:What you mean virtual
0:24:55 > 0:25:01currency? I have to touch the currency to use it.I prefer our own
0:25:01 > 0:25:05money, people know it and know how to use it.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08It's a new thing that I don't know about but everyone uses. I might
0:25:08 > 0:25:14think about it. The currency is not very common to
0:25:14 > 0:25:18use in Egypt. There is no official estimate as to how many people
0:25:18 > 0:25:24actually use Bitcoin here, but some experts told us it is limited to
0:25:24 > 0:25:28dozens of users, who became interested after Bitcoin hit a peak
0:25:28 > 0:25:38at some point last year of $17,000. BBC Cairo. Thanks for that. If you
0:25:38 > 0:25:41have a smartphone while you are watching and want updates from here
0:25:41 > 0:25:45and the BBC newsroom remember you can download the BBC News that from
0:25:45 > 0:25:49your app store, just search for BBC news and you will find it very
0:25:49 > 0:25:52easily. When we come back on Outside Source, we will have a number of
0:25:52 > 0:25:59stories for you, including Israel making a push to send thousands of
0:25:59 > 0:26:12Eritreans and Sudanese home. Good evening. At home wet and windy
0:26:12 > 0:26:13weather is
0:26:13 > 0:26:14evening. At home wet and windy weather is the primary concern right
0:26:14 > 0:26:19now, but on the other side of the Atlantic it is not wet and windy,
0:26:19 > 0:26:23but cold weather that causes issues. The cold has been very long-lasting
0:26:23 > 0:26:29across North America. Another cold night in store tonight.
0:26:29 > 0:26:37These are the lows we are expecting. Dallas, Texas, down 2-5, and
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Minneapolis, -17, so after that exceptionally cold start,
0:26:39 > 0:26:46temperatures will struggle to recover -- down to -5 in Dallas,
0:26:46 > 0:26:52Texas. New York City during the middle of the afternoon, no better
0:26:52 > 0:26:55than -2. 5 degrees in Dallas is a slight improvement on the last day
0:26:55 > 0:26:59or so, and later in the week we are watching an area of low pressure,
0:26:59 > 0:27:03and some uncertainty about just how close to the eastern seaboard this
0:27:03 > 0:27:07will get, but it does look like it will bring some significant snow
0:27:07 > 0:27:10across New York and up into New England towards the end of the week,
0:27:10 > 0:27:15which could cause some travel problems. Now to south-east Asia in
0:27:15 > 0:27:18this area of cloud, this tropical depression that has brought a lot of
0:27:18 > 0:27:23rain to the Philippines, a bit of uncertainty about exactly where this
0:27:23 > 0:27:25storm will track next. It does not look like it will
0:27:25 > 0:27:28strengthen particularly but it could bring some rain eventually towards
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Vietnam and some other computer not wood models drifted away to the
0:27:32 > 0:27:37north. Keep an eye on that because there could well be some further
0:27:37 > 0:27:40flooding -- some other computer models. And this picture is quite
0:27:40 > 0:27:43dramatic, showing a chain of thundery downpours from the far
0:27:43 > 0:27:47North Down the east coast of Australia and these will continue in
0:27:47 > 0:27:50places during Wednesday but for the bulk of Australia things are looking
0:27:50 > 0:27:54try with some spells of sunshine. On the cool side for this time of year
0:27:54 > 0:27:59in Melbourne with highs of 20 degrees. Now, closer to home in
0:27:59 > 0:28:05Europe, this area of low pressure, Storm Eleanor, which will bring some
0:28:05 > 0:28:08very wet and windy weather tonight through the British Isles, it will
0:28:08 > 0:28:12then move its way into continental Europe and across the low countries
0:28:12 > 0:28:16into Germany, and noticed the squeeze in isobars. There could be
0:28:16 > 0:28:19some very strong winds, gales or severe gales, and then further East
0:28:19 > 0:28:23some outbreaks of rain and wet weather also sinking southward
0:28:23 > 0:28:27across Germany and France, bringing snow over the Alps. You will notice
0:28:27 > 0:28:31temperatures around this area are not particularly low, and that
0:28:31 > 0:28:41combination of snow which will really pay a lot over the next few
0:28:41 > 0:28:44days, and those temperatures which will generally be fairly high for
0:28:44 > 0:28:46this time of year, it brings quite a significant risk of avalanches which
0:28:46 > 0:28:48could cause some travel problems. Temperatures in Geneva, nine or 10
0:28:48 > 0:28:51degrees on Thursday and Friday, more rain and snow over the mountains so
0:28:51 > 0:28:53a significant risk of avalanche. Back home on Wednesday, a windy day
0:28:53 > 0:28:57with a mix of sunshine and showers, and more details on that rate here
0:28:57 > 0:29:02in half an hour. -- right here.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source,
0:30:11 > 0:30:14and these are the main stories here in the BBC Newsroom.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Iran's supreme leader has called protestors 'enemies' -
0:30:16 > 0:30:19and is alleging foreign interference.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21It's his first comments after six days of protests.
0:30:21 > 0:30:29Here's how the Trump administration reacted.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33The Iranian people are angry at the rising tide of corruption in their
0:30:33 > 0:30:37daily lives. The people are tired of paying the price for their violent
0:30:37 > 0:30:41and corrupt rulers.
0:30:41 > 0:30:41paying the price for their violent and corrupt rulers.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44South Korea has proposed high-level talks with North Korea next week
0:30:44 > 0:30:46to discuss its possible participation in
0:30:46 > 0:30:47the Winter Olympics.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49The development comes a day after Kim Jong-un said
0:30:49 > 0:30:50he was open to dialogue.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52An American YouTube star, Logan Paul, has prompted a barrage
0:30:52 > 0:30:56of criticism after he posted a video which showed the body of an apparent
0:30:56 > 0:30:57suicide victim in Japan.
0:30:57 > 0:31:07Logan Paul has now apologised.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19South Korea wants direct talks with North Korea -
0:31:19 > 0:31:21it's even calling this a "ground-breaking chance"
0:31:21 > 0:31:27to improve relations.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30It's a response to Kim Jong Un saying he's willing to hold direct
0:31:30 > 0:31:33talks about sending a team to the Olympics in South Korea.
0:31:33 > 0:31:38This is President Trump's take - via a tweet.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58That's President Trump - this is South Korea's President Moon.
0:31:58 > 0:32:05We welcome the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, that he expressed a
0:32:05 > 0:32:11willingness to send to the Olympics. I believe that this is in response
0:32:11 > 0:32:15to our proposal to make the Olympics an opportunity to improve
0:32:15 > 0:32:17inter-Korean relations and peace.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19In his statement, Kim Jong-un raised the possibility
0:32:19 > 0:32:22of sending a North Korean team to the Winter Olympics in Pyongchang
0:32:22 > 0:32:29in South Korea next month.
0:32:30 > 0:32:31South Korea's moved at speed.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33It's suggesting talks at the Panmunjom Peace House
0:32:33 > 0:32:36on January 9th - a week's time.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39The peace house is in an area that straddles the border
0:32:39 > 0:32:49between the North and South.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54By the way, only two North Koreans have qualified for the games.
0:32:54 > 0:33:03They're both figure skaters.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07More details coming into the newsroom, the US State Department
0:33:07 > 0:33:12have said it's up to South Korea as to whether to hold these talks but
0:33:12 > 0:33:15Washington is sceptical of Kim Jong-un's sincerity, if such talks
0:33:15 > 0:33:20happen. That is Reuters quoting the US State Department. The Americans
0:33:20 > 0:33:25standing back from this. A lot of people waiting to see whether Kim
0:33:25 > 0:33:29Jong-un would send a team to talk to the South Koreans. We will see.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Well, Celia Hatton is the Asia Pacific editor here
0:33:31 > 0:33:32in the BBC newsroom.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35This is her analysis of the possibility of talks.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39A lot of theories are swirling around North Korea's motivations.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Some people believe that economic sanctions imposed on North Korea are
0:33:43 > 0:33:48finally beginning to bite. It really is hurting the North Korean economy
0:33:48 > 0:33:53on almost every level. It is thought that maybe the North Korean leader,
0:33:53 > 0:33:58Kim Jong-un, his thinking is that he could give in to a Saido concession.
0:33:58 > 0:34:04He could agree to talks and set at the table and perhaps extract some
0:34:04 > 0:34:09monetary gains, some aid or a climb of sanctions without having to give
0:34:09 > 0:34:13up anything tangible that is important to him, namely North
0:34:13 > 0:34:23Korea's nuclear weapons programme. That is one theory. From the South
0:34:23 > 0:34:29Koreans perspective, their president complained on the idea that there
0:34:29 > 0:34:35should be more engagement. He was one of the architects of South
0:34:35 > 0:34:40Korea's now dormant sunshine policy, the idea that South Korea and North
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Korea should warmer relations and back when he was a presidential
0:34:44 > 0:34:49adviser, he was the one who pushed the idea that the two should have
0:34:49 > 0:34:55economic ties, cultural ties, social ties. That policy is really long
0:34:55 > 0:35:01dead, but he has continued to express his belief that negotiations
0:35:01 > 0:35:05are really important. So, it is no surprise that South Korea jumped at
0:35:05 > 0:35:13the chance to meet with the North Koreans face-to-face.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Another big story coming out of Israel today.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17The government has told thousands of African migrants to leave
0:35:17 > 0:35:20the country or face imprisonment - and is offering up to
0:35:20 > 0:35:23$3,500 if they leave within the next 90 days.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25This
0:35:28 > 0:35:30The migrants are mostly from Eritrea and Sudan.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33These are pictures of some Eritreans at a church service in Tel Aviv.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35The vast majority of these migrants are seeking asylum -
0:35:35 > 0:35:37and say they've fled persecution and conflict.
0:35:37 > 0:35:47But the authorities regard them as economic migrants.
0:35:47 > 0:35:54here is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talking earlier.
0:35:54 > 0:35:59TRANSLATION:We have removed 20,000 of existing infiltrators using
0:35:59 > 0:36:05various measures. Now it's increased removal, thanks to an international
0:36:05 > 0:36:08agreement I reached, allowing us to move the 40,000 remaining
0:36:08 > 0:36:14infiltrators without their consent.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Now this new order exempts children, elderly people, and victims
0:36:16 > 0:36:21of slavery and human trafficking.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24There has been increased monitoring of the Libyan coast line in the
0:36:24 > 0:36:31Mediterranean which has seen a drop of 70% of migration travel since
0:36:31 > 0:36:33July.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Now we have a special report on the fate of African
0:36:36 > 0:36:37migrants returning home from Libya.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Increased monitoring
0:36:38 > 0:36:41of Libya's coastline has seen migrant travel drop 70% since July.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44This has left thousands of men stuck in Libya and vulnerable to abuse.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Some, mainly from Nigeria, have now been repatriated.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Stephanie Hegarty has been to Benin in southern
0:36:48 > 0:36:49Nigeria to meet them.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Many of those who've walked the streets of Benin
0:36:51 > 0:36:52dreamed of going to Europe.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Jackson and Felix almost made it.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56But they were arrested in a boat off the coast
0:36:56 > 0:36:58of Libya and sent to prison.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12They said when they were no longer needed they were
0:37:12 > 0:37:13dumped in the desert.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Rescued by a man driving by, they were repatriated to Nigeria
0:37:16 > 0:37:17with the help of the UN.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19We spoke to several Nigerian migrants, crosschecking
0:37:19 > 0:37:21the details of their stories, and each told us of
0:37:21 > 0:37:23the same horrifying trend.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Prison authorities leasing or selling migrants to local
0:37:25 > 0:37:30businesses as labour.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33It's a new development in a dark and brutal industry
0:37:33 > 0:37:35in which traffickers and prison guards extort migrants,
0:37:35 > 0:37:38forcing them to buy their freedom.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51This man was arrested in Libya in 2015 and brought to prison.
0:37:51 > 0:38:06He says the man bought his freedom and forced him to work for nothing.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10After three months, he refused to continue.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Back in prison, he was told he was going to be deported.
0:38:22 > 0:38:29Instead he was taken here for seven months.
0:38:29 > 0:38:36How many people did you see die? Almost 20 or 30.Here, at this
0:38:36 > 0:38:41hotel, 200 men and women have just arrived from Libya, they are being
0:38:41 > 0:38:44processed and received by authorities here. Many of them have
0:38:44 > 0:38:48stories of abuse and mistreatment at the hands of authorities, and Libyan
0:38:48 > 0:38:52detention centres, where they are held. At least three people I spoke
0:38:52 > 0:39:05to so far told me they were forced to work for free or sold as slaves.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Again and again, the prisoners mentioned as a place of terrible
0:39:26 > 0:39:32abuse. It is run by Libya's Ministry of interior which itself is run by
0:39:32 > 0:39:36two militia groups. Libya is in the middle of a civil War and these
0:39:36 > 0:39:41militia are only nominally under the UN recognised government in Tripoli.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44The Libyan and interior ministry did not respond to our attempts to set
0:39:44 > 0:39:53up an interview. The US migration agency says there are 700 migrants
0:39:53 > 0:39:55-- 700,000 migrants still stuck in Libya. Governments have stepped up
0:39:55 > 0:40:00their efforts to get citizens home and thousands have been repatriated
0:40:00 > 0:40:04in the last few weeks. Carrying on talk trauma, those that do come home
0:40:04 > 0:40:09had to begin the hard work of rebuilding their lives. Stephanie
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Hegarty, BBC News, Nigeria.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Don't forget you can get much more detail on our top
0:40:15 > 0:40:20stories on our website...
0:40:26 > 0:40:29The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics begin in just over a month's
0:40:29 > 0:40:30time in South Korea.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Whilst concerns about the on-going conflict with North Korea
0:40:32 > 0:40:35and the Russian doping scandal have dominated much of the build-up,
0:40:35 > 0:40:37the British team are aiming to make history at the Games themselves.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41BBC Sport's Nick Hope takes a look at some of the best British
0:40:41 > 0:40:51prospects in Path to PyeongChang...
0:40:55 > 0:41:01It takes a special kind of athlete to succeed at the Winter Olympics.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05Traditionally, British success has been sporadic at best. But in recent
0:41:05 > 0:41:12years, Team GB has finally joined the party.Lizzie Arnold is the
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Olympic champion, my goodness!Bella four GB medals during Sochi 2014 and
0:41:16 > 0:41:20that could yet be upgraded to a record haul of five with a bobsleigh
0:41:20 > 0:41:25bronze following the Russian doping scandal. But British athletes are
0:41:25 > 0:41:29winning more major medals now than at any point in history. So there is
0:41:29 > 0:41:35every chance that the Bjorn Chang 2018 and South Korea could be
0:41:35 > 0:41:41Britain's best ever games -- Pyongchang. One of Britain's best
0:41:41 > 0:41:48multi-medal prospects is Elise Christie, she will compete in three
0:41:48 > 0:41:51events. Since the last games she's become a world champion but is
0:41:51 > 0:41:55looking to put her in thick demons firmly behind her after a
0:41:55 > 0:42:06devastating Sochi 2014.They've gone down! I can't believe she's been
0:42:06 > 0:42:16penalised again!It has been tough, I cannot even describe how hard it
0:42:16 > 0:42:23was. I suffered a lot after it in my life, in my normal life too. I had a
0:42:23 > 0:42:27crash at the games, the Korean girl was taken out and I received a lot
0:42:27 > 0:42:32of online abuse and death threats from the South Koreans. It changed
0:42:32 > 0:42:38me as a person, a lost -- I lost a lot of confidence from that but
0:42:38 > 0:42:42since then I've had a turnaround. She's the first British woman to win
0:42:42 > 0:42:46a short track world title.People became fans and they were sorry for
0:42:46 > 0:42:53how people me. A majority of the South Koreans already support me.
0:42:53 > 0:42:58It's nice to see how much I've moved forward since then. I'm a totally
0:42:58 > 0:43:04different skater. I've developed so much but I don't know how I would
0:43:04 > 0:43:10survive if it happens again. When I go to the Olympics I'm hoping to win
0:43:10 > 0:43:18a gold medal. Definitely wanted more than anything else but I needed with
0:43:18 > 0:43:23what happened in Sochi, to get redemption for any mistakes I made.
0:43:23 > 0:43:34If I won Gold, it would be undescribable.The British bobsleigh
0:43:34 > 0:43:40four man team finished fifth, an agonising 0.1 one seconds from
0:43:40 > 0:43:45medals in 2014 but they are in line for an upgrade to bronze after the
0:43:45 > 0:43:50disqualification of the Russian team for doping offences.Corruption on
0:43:50 > 0:43:55an unprecedented scale, 1000 Russian athletes are accused of doping...
0:43:55 > 0:43:59The Russian government organised and directed a sophisticated doping
0:43:59 > 0:44:09programme.Great Britain looked set to win a bobsleigh bronze medal,
0:44:09 > 0:44:23nearly four years after the Sochi Olympics.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28A moment has been stolen. I feel like we fought so hard, knowing that
0:44:28 > 0:44:35we were good enough to get on the podium. It is difficult to take.
0:44:35 > 0:44:40Gray as we are seeing in all sports now, this is happening all too
0:44:40 > 0:44:46frequently. It is a sad state.It would have been a massive family
0:44:46 > 0:44:52achievement more than anything. Funding would have been much higher.
0:44:52 > 0:44:57The personal reward of it, that potentially would have meant the
0:44:57 > 0:45:04opportunity for us to further our careers.I need a medal.How much
0:45:04 > 0:45:10would you like it to be resolved in Pyongchang?One of the things that's
0:45:10 > 0:45:14always mentioned is how do you feel about your moment been stolen from
0:45:14 > 0:45:17you? In some ways it can be corrected by presenting a medal in
0:45:17 > 0:45:29Bjorn Chang. -- in Pyongchang.A silver for Great Britain!You have
0:45:29 > 0:45:33another chance to do it at the games themselves, the team is going in the
0:45:33 > 0:45:40right direction.It is, the possibilities are huge for this
0:45:40 > 0:45:47team.The British four-man team from Sochi 2014 should learn whether they
0:45:47 > 0:45:53will receive a retrospective bronze medal by late January. Sliding
0:45:53 > 0:45:58sports will not enter the Winter Paralympics until Beijing 2022 but
0:45:58 > 0:46:01for Pyongchang 2018, Britain still possess several medal prospects.
0:46:01 > 0:46:06These are the ones to watch for the Paralympics GB...
0:47:10 > 0:47:14Like Britain's wheelchair curlers, GB Olympic colours have enjoyed
0:47:14 > 0:47:18plenty of medal success in recent games, the women won at bronze while
0:47:18 > 0:47:22the men got silver in Sochi 2014 and both collective European honours in
0:47:22 > 0:47:26the last few months, suggesting that they are arguably in career-best
0:47:26 > 0:47:40form. Both teams will be boosted by the presence of these two. Evil skip
0:47:40 > 0:47:45the women's top while the boys will line up for the GB men.It will make
0:47:45 > 0:47:50things more exciting and extra special. Not every day you can
0:47:50 > 0:47:53compete at the Olympics alongside two of your brothers, with Great
0:47:53 > 0:47:58Britain on your back and obviously family watching. It makes it really
0:47:58 > 0:48:01exciting. I guess there is some added pressure, having been
0:48:01 > 0:48:09medallists before. You have a podium to step up to but there is nothing
0:48:09 > 0:48:17stopping us, we will be as good as last time, if not even better!The
0:48:17 > 0:48:21Winter Olympics have been revitalised by freestyle skiing and
0:48:21 > 0:48:24snowboarding events in the 21st century and Great Britain finally
0:48:24 > 0:48:32claimed a first-ever Winter Olympic medal on the snow with Jenny Jones
0:48:32 > 0:48:42snapping up a bronze medal. Although she isn't competing any more, there
0:48:42 > 0:48:48is plenty more... I spend more than quarter of a century reporting on
0:48:48 > 0:48:52winter sport and I can say hand on heart going into Pyongchang, Britain
0:48:52 > 0:48:56has never had so many medal contenders... Firstly, you have to
0:48:56 > 0:49:01talk about Katie Ormerod, she just missed out on Sochi four years ago
0:49:01 > 0:49:06and since then, she has established herself as one of the best big air
0:49:06 > 0:49:10and slopestyle riders on the tour. The next rider to talk about is
0:49:10 > 0:49:15Billie Morgan, the first man to land the hallowed quad core, the biggest
0:49:15 > 0:49:19trick in snowboarding right now. He's another serious contender.
0:49:19 > 0:49:23Jamie Nicholls is my dark horse pick, pound for pound one of the
0:49:23 > 0:49:29best rail riders in the world and has been working hard. He is a
0:49:29 > 0:49:33brilliant all-round rider and can be a serious hope for a medal. We
0:49:33 > 0:49:36cannot forget about the skiers, there is no shortage of talent in
0:49:36 > 0:49:41that pool! James Woods is top of the list, fifth in Sochi while carrying
0:49:41 > 0:49:43a hip injury, the last 12 months have been a brilliant build-up to
0:49:43 > 0:49:54the games. He's had by Games and World Cup gold medals. You have
0:49:54 > 0:49:57Katie Summerhays, she has banked a silver on the World Cup already this
0:49:57 > 0:50:02year. I don't know about you but I am very excited about Team GB's
0:50:02 > 0:50:11prospects in Bjorn Chang! -- in Pyongchang.There is plenty of medal
0:50:11 > 0:50:15potential from the freestyle perspective but less look at Team
0:50:15 > 0:50:23GB's other prospects on the path to Pyongchang.Britain has struggled in
0:50:23 > 0:50:27Alpine skiing for decades but slalom specialist Dave Riding now has World
0:50:27 > 0:50:36Cup success to his name. First, this competitor competing as a mother,
0:50:36 > 0:50:40she gave birth to her daughter in 2016. She's already training her for
0:50:40 > 0:50:45a future in the sport! Ice dancers Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland have
0:50:45 > 0:50:51been one of sport's most unlucky duos in recent years. Butland needed
0:50:51 > 0:50:55heart surgery before the last Olympics and Penny Coomes shattered
0:50:55 > 0:50:59her knee in 2016. Now they are back on the up. Andrew Musgrave is
0:50:59 > 0:51:03another certainly on top of his game, and competes in one of the
0:51:03 > 0:51:10Olympics toughest events. Cross-country skiing. The British
0:51:10 > 0:51:13bobsleigh team had all of their support on hold before the games but
0:51:13 > 0:51:19a crowdfunding campaign saw them raise over £40,000. Also keep an eye
0:51:19 > 0:51:25out for Laura Dees in skeleton. A Welsh woman one World Cup honours in
0:51:25 > 0:51:30recent years and is looking to make an impact in her Olympic debut...
0:51:30 > 0:51:34Britain's leading slider remains Lizzie Arnold. The Olympic champion
0:51:34 > 0:51:39from Sochi 2014 who took a year-long career break since the last games.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42She has returned refreshed but has struggled to find consistency of
0:51:42 > 0:51:50old...Lizzie Arnold is the Olympic champion. My goodness!Since I was a
0:51:50 > 0:51:54kid I wanted to go to the Olympics. To say I'm an Olympian and a gold
0:51:54 > 0:52:01medallist, that is mind blowing. After Sochi, there was a niggling
0:52:01 > 0:52:06thing that I hadn't yet been a World Cup champion or European champion.
0:52:06 > 0:52:10My mind skipped immediately to that. To be able to achieve all four
0:52:10 > 0:52:19titles with them 407 days, in two seasons, was awesome but I was so
0:52:19 > 0:52:25exhausted. I'm glad I took the time. Training was much harder than I
0:52:25 > 0:52:32remembered. It is constant. Everything we do is in a basement,
0:52:32 > 0:52:38at the gym, lifting weights and trying to get stronger and faster.
0:52:38 > 0:52:43The past 18 months, I think it has been very up and down.Lizzie Arnold
0:52:43 > 0:52:53takes the bronze medal!She is way back in tenth of rococo position!
0:52:53 > 0:52:58She may struggle to get another heat after that run.At the moment my
0:52:58 > 0:53:03results are not where I want them to be. I believe in myself and I have
0:53:03 > 0:53:09confidence. The goal of trying to become the first British Winter
0:53:09 > 0:53:14Olympian to retain my title is so motivating. That gets me out of bed
0:53:14 > 0:53:17every morning.
0:53:20 > 0:53:24As you've been seeing, with more medal prospects for Great Britain
0:53:24 > 0:53:26across Winter sports than at any point in history, there's every
0:53:26 > 0:53:30chance that Bjorn Chang 2018 could be record-breaking for Great
0:53:30 > 0:53:48Britain... -- Pyongchang 2018.
0:53:52 > 0:53:57There will be full coverage of the Winter Olympics on the BBC Sport
0:53:57 > 0:54:00website.