0:00:08 > 0:00:11Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
0:00:11 > 0:00:17Yesterday Donald Trump attacked, today it was his lawyers.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19They're trying to stop this book in which
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Steve Bannon accused Donald Trump Junior
0:00:20 > 0:00:21of treasonous behaviour.
0:00:21 > 0:00:26This was the President on Bannon.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31He called me a great man last night, so he obviously changed his tune
0:00:31 > 0:00:32pretty quick.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37America's east coast is taking a battering.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Snow, winds, and an 11th day of record-breaking low temperatures.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44There were terrible scenes in South Africa after a train hit a truck.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49At least 18 people died.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Plus, world affairs correspondent Lyse Doucet will join us,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54covering the Iran protests and really anything else you want.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59Get in touch, and we'll ask your questions.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Lyse Doucet will be here in about ten minutes, if you have questions
0:01:17 > 0:01:22about the situation in Iran, send them myway, #BBCOS is the hashtag.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Lawyers for President Trump are trying to block
0:01:24 > 0:01:26the release of a book about him.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29It's called Fire And Fury: Inside The Trump White House,
0:01:29 > 0:01:32it's by Michael Wolff, it's not even out yet already,
0:01:32 > 0:01:38but he and his publisher have received this 11-page letter.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41It says the book contains "false and baseless statements"
0:01:41 > 0:01:44which give rise to "defamation by libel,
0:01:44 > 0:01:49inducement of breach of contract" - and much more besides.
0:01:49 > 0:01:55Any number of things may have upset Mr Trump.
0:01:55 > 0:02:04This BBC article lists the most remarkable claims.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Top of that list is Mr Trump's former chief
0:02:06 > 0:02:09strategist, Steve Bannon, saying a meeting between the Trump
0:02:09 > 0:02:14campaign and a Russian lawyer was "treasonous".
0:02:14 > 0:02:18It also claims Melania Trump cried
0:02:18 > 0:02:22when it became clear her husband would win the presidency
0:02:22 > 0:02:28and that Mr Trump was "horrified".
0:02:28 > 0:02:31And that the President was upset so many A-list stars declined
0:02:31 > 0:02:38to attend his inauguration.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43A lot of interest in this book, the BBC can't back-up all of the claims,
0:02:43 > 0:02:47of course, but this is interesting. The people in charge of the book are
0:02:47 > 0:02:51moving up the release date, utterly the Lizo gays in Washington, when
0:02:51 > 0:03:02are you going to buy your copy?! -- Anthony Zurcher is in Washington.It
0:03:02 > 0:03:06was originally scheduled to come out next week, but this is what they
0:03:06 > 0:03:11think of the thread of the lawsuit from Donald Trump and his lawyer. It
0:03:11 > 0:03:16was always going to be legal long shot, libel law is very difficult to
0:03:16 > 0:03:22prove here in the US, but now it is something of a mood point. They
0:03:22 > 0:03:26could still sue after the fact, but the genie is out of the bottle, and
0:03:26 > 0:03:31the damage has been done.The genie is out of the bottle, and lots of
0:03:31 > 0:03:36people who don't like Mr Trump are feasting on the details, but quite a
0:03:36 > 0:03:39lot of American journalists are saying, what is the sourcing of all
0:03:39 > 0:03:45of these claims?That is a very good question. I mean, the broad sweep of
0:03:45 > 0:03:50the book conforms with a lot of reporting that has been done by
0:03:50 > 0:03:52reliable news sources, the New York Times, the Washington Post, over the
0:03:52 > 0:03:57course of the past year. We know the White House has been chaotic, there
0:03:57 > 0:04:01has been a great deal of staff upheaval, we know Donald Trump has
0:04:01 > 0:04:05been challenged to be focused and stay on message. But a lot of the
0:04:05 > 0:04:11details, there isn't as much corroboration for that. This is
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Michael Wolff basically basing it on people he talked to, or said he
0:04:14 > 0:04:19talked it within the White House, and out of the White House. If he
0:04:19 > 0:04:22provides transcripts, some of which were done on the record, I think
0:04:22 > 0:04:26that would substantiate a lot, but he asserts that most of the people
0:04:26 > 0:04:31in the White House think that Donald Trump is unfit to lead, that he may
0:04:31 > 0:04:34have a mental impairment, an explosive thing to say in a book,
0:04:34 > 0:04:41not something that you have seen in other major media outlets, at least
0:04:41 > 0:04:45to date.Pleased day with us, we will update everyone on where we
0:04:45 > 0:04:51have got to with the protagonists. -- please stay with us.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Now, after the President said Steve Bannon had lost his mind,
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Mr Bannon went onto Breitbart radio and said, "The president is a great
0:04:57 > 0:04:59man, you know I support him day in and day out."
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Remember, Steve Bannon runs Breitbart.
0:05:03 > 0:05:09Then today, the President was inevitably asked about the row.
0:05:09 > 0:05:17This was the reply.Did Steve Bannon betray you, Mr President?He called
0:05:17 > 0:05:21me a great man last night, so we obviously changed his tune pretty
0:05:21 > 0:05:26quick. Thank you all very much. Thank you, I don't talk to him, I
0:05:26 > 0:05:31don't talk to him. That is just a misnomer. Thank you.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Here's how the White House Press Secretary responded
0:05:33 > 0:05:36to questions about the book.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40I am not going to go through every single page of the book, but there
0:05:40 > 0:05:45are numerous examples of false and that take place in the book. I will
0:05:45 > 0:05:49give you one because it is really easy, the fact that there was a
0:05:49 > 0:05:53claim that the president didn't know who John Boehner was is pretty
0:05:53 > 0:05:57ridiculous, considering the majority of you have seen photos, and several
0:05:57 > 0:06:00of you have tweeted out that the president not only knows it but has
0:06:00 > 0:06:06played golf with him, tweeted about him, that is pretty simple and
0:06:06 > 0:06:10pretty basic.Back to Anthony, interesting to hear the president
0:06:10 > 0:06:18say, I don't take calls from them, clearly the president try to play
0:06:18 > 0:06:22down his importance.Sarah Huckabee Sanders said yesterday that they had
0:06:22 > 0:06:25spoken in December, so we kind of an declared his press secretary the
0:06:25 > 0:06:34very next day. You have to remember, this was a senior adviser, a man who
0:06:34 > 0:06:38came in when the Trump campaign was on the rocks, down in the polls, he
0:06:38 > 0:06:42tried to give them an ideological foundation to what Donald Trump had
0:06:42 > 0:06:46been saying, give him focus and division in the closing days of the
0:06:46 > 0:06:52campaign, and then became a senior White House adviser. So to say that
0:06:52 > 0:06:56he is a kindred spirit, at least ideological with the president, that
0:06:56 > 0:07:01is not going to bar. I think Steve Bannon like to view the president as
0:07:01 > 0:07:06representing a movement, something greater than him, this idea of
0:07:06 > 0:07:09economic nationalism, populism, whatever you want to call it. But
0:07:09 > 0:07:13this is a failure on the part of Steve Bannon, and now he has been
0:07:13 > 0:07:18totally alienate and from power, he has burned his bridges with the
0:07:18 > 0:07:22president thanks to this book, and he is maybe settling some scores
0:07:22 > 0:07:27with people in the White House at this point. But while he does still
0:07:27 > 0:07:31have his media empire, his influence and his hopes of achieving his
0:07:31 > 0:07:36political vision, I think, are definitely damaged.I am impressed
0:07:36 > 0:07:41you are at work, I have seen their weather!They are getting it a lot
0:07:41 > 0:07:44worse up north!Good to speak to you, and I asked about that, because
0:07:44 > 0:07:49we are turning to the storm that is being called a bomb cyclone.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54Anything described that way is one to worry about.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56These are all pictures that have come in from the east coast
0:07:56 > 0:07:58of the US in the last few hours.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01This is New York, which could see up to 30cm of snow.
0:08:01 > 0:08:08Hundreds of schools have had to shut.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10There are also states of emergency in Georgia,
0:08:10 > 0:08:14North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Florida is where these pictures are from, strong winds, blizzards.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22This is the first snow there for almost 30 years.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25This is off the back of 11 days of record-breaking low temperatures.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30These are pictures from Atlantic City in New Jersey.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35A big resort town that Donald Trump knows very well. Authorities are
0:08:35 > 0:08:38saying, not just in Atlantic City but across the US ten people or more
0:08:38 > 0:08:53have died because of this storm. To explain the phrase bomb : -- bomb
0:08:53 > 0:08:54cyclone:
0:08:54 > 0:08:57That's an unofficial term for a sharp drop in pressure
0:08:57 > 0:09:02in what's already a low pressure system.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07Also I want to show you Niagara Falls in northern New York state.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Before we go live to New York, if you want a forecast for what is
0:09:10 > 0:09:14going on in the US, download the BBC weather app.
0:09:14 > 0:09:21I spoke to Nada Tawfik an hour ago, let's bring her in now, how are you
0:09:21 > 0:09:26getting on?Well, Ros, the snow has calmed down, and for the most part
0:09:26 > 0:09:30stopped, but the winds are still pretty strong. Of course, that bomb
0:09:30 > 0:09:34cyclone really whipped up the wind gusts here in the city, and so what
0:09:34 > 0:09:39we are looking at now is the city trying to clean up this snow
0:09:39 > 0:09:44accumulation. It was very difficult before because the wind was sweeping
0:09:44 > 0:09:49the snow back over surfaces that had been cleaned. We saw that was an
0:09:49 > 0:09:53issue at major airports, where thousands of flights were cancelled,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57as JFK and LaGuardia, where they had to suspend all flights because of
0:09:57 > 0:10:00white out conditions, and the visibility issues. The city has
0:10:00 > 0:10:05really sent out thousands of personnel to clean up the roadways
0:10:05 > 0:10:11so that the evening commute isn't treacherous. And really, as I say,
0:10:11 > 0:10:16at this point, the storm may have been subsiding, but we are looking
0:10:16 > 0:10:21at the freezing temperatures that are about to set in, even worse than
0:10:21 > 0:10:26what we have seen these last few days since Christmas. In New York,
0:10:26 > 0:10:32it is expected to be like minus 28 Celsius with the wind chill, so that
0:10:32 > 0:10:37is what everyone is bracing for, Ros.My goodness! Looking at
0:10:37 > 0:10:43people's reports, they talk about the wind more than the snow.Yeah, I
0:10:43 > 0:10:47have been describing it to friends, earlier in the day I felt I could I
0:10:47 > 0:10:52was in a snow globe, the snow whipping past, creating these white
0:10:52 > 0:10:57out conditions in the city. And really does make a difference to how
0:10:57 > 0:11:01cold you feel, because in New York, you know, there have been a
0:11:01 > 0:11:05record-setting cold temperatures in major cities, New York has had a
0:11:05 > 0:11:10cold snap, but by no means as bad as I have felt in the past. But it is
0:11:10 > 0:11:16the wind that really makes it difficult to be outside. What is
0:11:16 > 0:11:21complicating conditions, to get New York City up and running.OK, Nada
0:11:21 > 0:11:23complicating conditions, to get New York City up and running.OK, Nada,
0:11:23 > 0:11:27try and stay warm, Nada Tawfik live in New York.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30The weather is not proving any kinder on the other
0:11:30 > 0:11:31side of the Atlantic.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Three people have died as Storm Eleanor swept
0:11:33 > 0:11:35across northern Europe.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Tens of thousands of people experienced power cuts,
0:11:37 > 0:11:41and airports were affected.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44These are pictures from Belgium, which was put on orange alert,
0:11:44 > 0:11:51the third of four warning levels.
0:11:51 > 0:11:57These are pictures from Austria and Switzerland.
0:11:57 > 0:12:06Winds reached up to 160 km/h in the UK, and 147 km/h in France,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09and in the Netherlands the authorities shut
0:12:09 > 0:12:17all major sea barriers for the first time.
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Meanwhile, in Marseilles in France,
0:12:18 > 0:12:22some surfers were making the most of the weather.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Frankly, those conditions do not look as serious as we have seen
0:12:26 > 0:12:29elsewhere.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33An awful train crash in South Africa today.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35At least 18 people died when the train hit a truck
0:12:35 > 0:12:36at a level crossing.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38This was the scene right after the collision.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41It's thought around 700 people were on the train
0:12:41 > 0:12:43when it collided with a truck.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Authorities are blaming the truck driver,
0:12:45 > 0:12:49saying that he failed to stop at the level crossing.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51This happened near a place called Kroonstad,
0:12:51 > 0:13:01the train was en route from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05This is a statement from South Africa's transport minister.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10You can see for yourself that the truck driver was taking chances, he
0:13:10 > 0:13:15thought that he was going to pass through. Little did he know that the
0:13:15 > 0:13:22train was going to hit him. That has cost lots of lives. We don't know,
0:13:22 > 0:13:27after we have completed our investigation, as to how many
0:13:27 > 0:13:32fatalities will we have discovered. And there are almost 268 people that
0:13:32 > 0:13:38have been injured, and four of them are quite critical.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43Lebo Diseko has more.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Police and emergency workers still on the scene, really desperately
0:13:47 > 0:13:51trying to rescue people, help people who have been injured there. What we
0:13:51 > 0:13:57do know, as you said, is that this track hit the train, travelling from
0:13:57 > 0:14:02Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg carrying around 700 or so people.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04There was some implication from the transport minister that the truck
0:14:04 > 0:14:09driver had tried to basically beat the level crossing. We obviously
0:14:09 > 0:14:15don't know that for sure.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20Lyse Doucet has just arrived on set, we will be talking to her about the
0:14:20 > 0:14:27protests in Iran, how she judges the government response, you are welcome
0:14:27 > 0:14:39to send her questions, #BBCOS is the hashtag. Delays to operations as the
0:14:39 > 0:14:44latest figures show the NHS in England is struggling to cope with
0:14:44 > 0:14:48winter pressures. Almost 70,000 patients add to wait 30 minutes or
0:14:48 > 0:14:53more in ambulances in the last week of 2017, a 40% rise on the previous
0:14:53 > 0:14:59seven days.The National Health Service continues to do a fantastic
0:14:59 > 0:15:03job for people, yes, it has pressures over winter, yes,
0:15:03 > 0:15:07particular pressures in the Christmas and New Year period. The
0:15:07 > 0:15:11staff are dedicated, we have put extra resources in, and let's not
0:15:11 > 0:15:15forget, the NHS has been identified as the best and safest health care
0:15:15 > 0:15:20system in the world. That is down to the fantastic work our staff do. I
0:15:20 > 0:15:24recognise that it is difficult for people who are facing delays, but I
0:15:24 > 0:15:28recognise that it is difficult if somebody is delayed on their
0:15:28 > 0:15:30admission to hospital, or if somebody has an operation
0:15:30 > 0:15:34postponing, and we will hope to ensure those operations can be
0:15:34 > 0:15:38reinstated as soon as possible. I know it is difficult, frustrating,
0:15:38 > 0:15:45disappointing for people...
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Glimmerwelcome back to the BBC newsroom, I Ros Atkins.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Lawyers for Donald Trump are trying to block the publication of a book
0:15:50 > 0:15:52containing explosive quotes attributed to his former
0:15:52 > 0:15:56strategist Steve Bannon.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58That book is due to come out tomorrow now.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01A suicide bomb in Kabul has killed at least 11 people.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04The interior ministry says it's not clear what the target was.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06We do know that police were trying to contain
0:16:06 > 0:16:08a demonstration when it happened.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11In Zambia, the start of the school term has been delayed indefinitely
0:16:11 > 0:16:12because of a cholera outbreak.
0:16:12 > 0:16:1550 people have died since October, almost all in Lusaka Province,
0:16:15 > 0:16:20where there have been over 2000 cases.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Cate Blanchett is to head the jury at the Cannes Film Festival.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25As a double Oscar winner, she definitely has the credentials.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31She'll take over from the Spanish director Pedro Almodovar.
0:16:37 > 0:16:42Iran has written to the UN to complain about US interference.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44It says Donald Trump, "In numerous absurd tweets,
0:16:44 > 0:16:53incited Iranians to engage in disruptive acts."
0:16:53 > 0:16:58Some of that is beyond dispute, he has been tweeting things like...
0:16:58 > 0:17:01"Such respect for the people of Iran as they try to take
0:17:01 > 0:17:02back their corrupt government.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04You will see great support from the United States
0:17:04 > 0:17:05at the appropriate time!"
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Iran has been dealing with anti-government protests
0:17:07 > 0:17:11like these for a week now.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13It blames foreign interference,
0:17:13 > 0:17:18although beyond the Trump tweets it's offered no evidence.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20The protestors say they're angry about inflation,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22unemployment and corruption.
0:17:22 > 0:17:28Now, those pictures were from earlier in the week.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32It's very hard to know if the protests are still going on now,
0:17:32 > 0:17:34that's because the government has slowed down the internet,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36which is making it hard for activists
0:17:36 > 0:17:41to upload videos and pictures.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45It's also blocking social media and messaging apps.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50Lyse Doucet is here, I countries is asking you to come and speak to us,
0:17:50 > 0:17:56what are you making of this?This is uncharted territory for Iran, and it
0:17:56 > 0:18:01is difficult to get a clear picture of what is happening on the ground
0:18:01 > 0:18:04in dozens of small cities and towns across the country, because they
0:18:04 > 0:18:09have shut down the messaging app, they have made it very difficult for
0:18:09 > 0:18:13people to upload videos, and these protests are taking place in places
0:18:13 > 0:18:18where it is not the Twitter generation, not the young activists
0:18:18 > 0:18:22- and his working-class people, the same people who have been having
0:18:22 > 0:18:27small protest ever since September, but strivers, union leaders,
0:18:27 > 0:18:33workers, protesting against their standard of living, high prices,
0:18:33 > 0:18:44recent measures in the budget, fuel hikes, more money going to opaque
0:18:44 > 0:18:49clerical establishment is without accountability. So we don't really
0:18:49 > 0:18:53know, but a lot of what is happening has to do with bread and butter
0:18:53 > 0:18:57issues, but something else is happening - the symbols of the
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Islamic revolution, the Islamic Republic, have been attacked in a
0:19:01 > 0:19:06way that has not been done since the 1979 revolution. So they have
0:19:06 > 0:19:11crossed a line.One viewer picks up on what you are saying, Liam says,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14is this evidence of an educated younger generation making themselves
0:19:14 > 0:19:20heard? You are saying perhaps not. This is the thing about this, you
0:19:20 > 0:19:24will remember, Ros, during what was called the Arab Spring, that
0:19:24 > 0:19:28misnomer, the uprisings were described as leaderless. It is the
0:19:28 > 0:19:32same thing in Iran, although it is a different context. Leaderless
0:19:32 > 0:19:36revolutions, people do not know what is directing it, no-one in
0:19:36 > 0:19:41particular directing it. In 2009, at the time of protests which went on
0:19:41 > 0:19:46for six months with millions on the streets, predominantly in Tehran, it
0:19:46 > 0:19:50was the reformist clerics and politicians directing it. They are
0:19:50 > 0:19:53nowhere to be seen, in fact some of them have criticised these latest
0:19:53 > 0:19:57protests, so it is hard to make sense of who is driving it, and
0:19:57 > 0:20:05there such a wide array of issues. What we know from the security
0:20:05 > 0:20:08services, 90% of the people they have arrested our under the age of
0:20:08 > 0:20:1025, and interestingly, in one of their most recent statements, they
0:20:10 > 0:20:14have arrested the children of some of the most prominent families in
0:20:14 > 0:20:19the holiest city in Iran, so just because you are young does not mean
0:20:19 > 0:20:22you are not so severally educated and wealthy, there are young people
0:20:22 > 0:20:28in the province is too, and we have seen painful images in some of the
0:20:28 > 0:20:31videos, young people shouting that they have got a university education
0:20:31 > 0:20:35and they have no job. They feel they were promised something, and if
0:20:35 > 0:20:38there is one thing that is said to be driving these protests, it was
0:20:38 > 0:20:44the promise of the Iranian nuclear deal, which the authorities in Iran
0:20:44 > 0:20:48over promised and and are delivered, and the international community and
0:20:48 > 0:20:51are delivered. Iranians have not been seeing the fruits of it. So it
0:20:51 > 0:20:57is one thing to be poor and suffering from difficult living
0:20:57 > 0:21:00conditions, it is another to say that they will improve and then they
0:21:00 > 0:21:04do not.And Donald Trump has seized on these protests as yet more
0:21:04 > 0:21:09evidence of the fact that Obama should never have helped to cut that
0:21:09 > 0:21:15nuclear deal.The promise of the nuclear deal was that Iran would be
0:21:15 > 0:21:18be brought back into the international community, could trade
0:21:18 > 0:21:26with the international community, but that has not happened. The
0:21:26 > 0:21:30banking restrictions make it very difficult for investors, they are
0:21:30 > 0:21:35worried they will run foul of American banking laws. But of
0:21:35 > 0:21:40course, as you know, from covering day in, day out American politics, a
0:21:40 > 0:21:46lot of what Trump does is anything but Obama. Next week, President
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Trump will have to decide whether he will waive the sanctions lifted
0:21:49 > 0:21:54because of the nuclear deal or put sanctions back on. Does he want to
0:21:54 > 0:21:58further punish the Iranian people and see the consequences on the
0:21:58 > 0:22:01street? He could make it more difficult for the reformers. Or is
0:22:01 > 0:22:06he, as one pundit said, professing a love for the Iranian people, maybe
0:22:06 > 0:22:11he will do it for them?I am enjoying your Radio 4 series, by the
0:22:11 > 0:22:18way! If you want to listen to that, all about women who had impacts on
0:22:18 > 0:22:21the democracies in which they live, search for Lyse Doucet on Radio 4
0:22:21 > 0:22:27and you will find the first couple of episodes. We are talking business
0:22:27 > 0:22:28now.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31For months, we've been covering Toshiba's quest to sell off
0:22:31 > 0:22:32its US nuclear division, Westinghouse.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Well, it looks like a deal is finally in place,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37and it's a bit of a surprise buyer.
0:22:37 > 0:22:46Yogita Limaye is in New York, so who is it?Well, it is Brookfield, which
0:22:46 > 0:22:50is a private equity company, a Canadian company. It was one of the
0:22:50 > 0:22:54many private equity firms that was bidding for this particular
0:22:54 > 0:22:59acquisition. It has been a surprise, because you know, there were other
0:22:59 > 0:23:03big names, like Blackstone Apollo, so it has been quite a surprise as
0:23:03 > 0:23:12to who has finally struck the deal, $4.6 billion, and that is higher
0:23:12 > 0:23:16than what was anticipated.It will be a huge relief to Toshiba, because
0:23:16 > 0:23:24it is desperate to get this deal done.That is right, Toshiba 's
0:23:24 > 0:23:28struggles have been escalating, they had an accounting scandal, and with
0:23:28 > 0:23:32this particular company, Westinghouse, they bought another
0:23:32 > 0:23:37company in 2015 which was building nuclear reactors in the US, the
0:23:37 > 0:23:41budget there, they overran desperately, which meant losses for
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Toshiba, and so they are trying to get rid of this part of the company
0:23:44 > 0:23:47so they can focus on their core business, which is chip-making.
0:23:47 > 0:23:57Sugita Lin, thank you very much. -- Yogita Limaye.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Driverless cars are shaping up to be one of the most transformative
0:24:00 > 0:24:01technologies of the 21st century.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03But truly self-driving vehicles remain a long way off.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Our crash-test dummy, or correspondent Theo Leggett has
0:24:05 > 0:24:07been trying some safety features.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Proper driverless cars will not be on the market for a few years, but
0:24:09 > 0:24:12there are already automated systems which can improve safety which are
0:24:12 > 0:24:16fitted to cars you can buy today. So to find out more, we have borrowed a
0:24:16 > 0:24:20test track, we have got a state-of-the-art production vehicle,
0:24:20 > 0:24:24and this one is a crash-test dummy. What we are going to do is turn
0:24:24 > 0:24:31right into the path of a car coming towards us. Oh! That is quite
0:24:31 > 0:24:37violent. But we didn't hit the car coming in the opposite direction. We
0:24:37 > 0:24:41have another system to try as well, and this time I'm going to do the
0:24:41 > 0:24:45driving. We are going to try out an automatic braking system, and that
0:24:45 > 0:24:49involves trying to drive into the back of the car in front, which I'm
0:24:49 > 0:24:53not entirely happy about, but let's give it a go. I can see the car in
0:24:53 > 0:24:59front, I want to put the brakes on, but I'm not going to.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08So the car gave me an audible warning and also showed me a
0:25:08 > 0:25:12flashing light, and then the brakes came on, the seat belts tensioned
0:25:12 > 0:25:15and it brought us to a controlled halt.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20Just before we take a break, a reminder that the book which has
0:25:20 > 0:25:25been at the centre of our lead story today and yesterday, this book by
0:25:25 > 0:25:30journalist Michael Wolff about the first year of the Trump presidency,
0:25:30 > 0:25:32containing lots of explosive allegations, including quotes from
0:25:32 > 0:25:37Steve Bannon in which he says that meetings between a Russian lawyer
0:25:37 > 0:25:41and President Trump's son and son-in-law were treacherous, which
0:25:41 > 0:25:44went down very badly with President Trump, who said Steve Bannon had
0:25:44 > 0:25:48lost his mind. I mention all of this, because this was supposed to
0:25:48 > 0:25:52be coming out next week, President Trumps lawyers were trying to stop
0:25:52 > 0:25:56that - publishers say it will be available at 9am Eastern standard
0:25:56 > 0:26:00time in the US, that will be in the public domain tomorrow. See you in a
0:26:00 > 0:26:02minute.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Good evening. I am Ben Rich with the latest on the global stories we have
0:26:14 > 0:26:21been keeping a close eye on here at the BBC Weather Centre, and you will
0:26:21 > 0:26:26have heard us talking about a winter storm sliding up the eastern side of
0:26:26 > 0:26:29the USA, a rapidly deepening area of low pressure, and when an error of
0:26:29 > 0:26:35low pressure games more isobars like this, we can see it really means
0:26:35 > 0:26:39business, very strong winds, hurricane force out to sea, blizzard
0:26:39 > 0:26:43conditions inland, and even a long way south across the USA. These
0:26:43 > 0:26:47pictures from South Carolina and Georgia, we have seen significant
0:26:47 > 0:26:52snowfall in northern Florida, their measurable snowfall in close to 30
0:26:52 > 0:26:56years. Things will start to improve across the north-east USA as we head
0:26:56 > 0:27:01into the weekend, still some icy conditions left behind, though, but
0:27:01 > 0:27:05the main body of this storm system will all the while be sliding across
0:27:05 > 0:27:09north-eastern parts of Canada. For the weekend forecast, if you have
0:27:09 > 0:27:14travel plans, prepare to feel the chill. Montreal, minus 22 at best on
0:27:14 > 0:27:22Saturday afternoon, and if you are going to New York, minus 12. If we
0:27:22 > 0:27:27do not get above minus 15 in Boston, that could break records. A quick
0:27:27 > 0:27:30round-up of the other weather stories around the world, the
0:27:30 > 0:27:36south-east of Africa, Madagascar, sliding down the eastern coast,
0:27:36 > 0:27:41still some torrential rain, up to 1000 millimetres of rain in places,
0:27:41 > 0:27:46strong winds as well. And it has been unusually stormy across New
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Zealand. It is summer in the southern hemisphere, of course, but
0:27:50 > 0:27:54no-one told the weather, a swirl of cloud, a deep area of low pressure
0:27:54 > 0:28:00that has brought torrential rain working southwards through Friday.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04If you are longing for a taste of summer, this might not be what you
0:28:04 > 0:28:09are looking for, a lot of rain and disruption to come. A taste of
0:28:09 > 0:28:14winter on the way for parts of Western Europe, at home, yes, but
0:28:14 > 0:28:17also down towards Iberia, and for that matter even into the north-west
0:28:17 > 0:28:23of Africa. A frontal system pushing southeastwards during tomorrow, cold
0:28:23 > 0:28:27air really starting to roll its way in, this air coming all the way from
0:28:27 > 0:28:33the Arctic. Look at the chart for Iberia on Saturday, 5 degrees in
0:28:33 > 0:28:38Madrid, 14 in Barcelona, but inland parts of Spain could see snow. Rain
0:28:38 > 0:28:42across France, seven in Paris, six in Berlin with a lot of cloud, you
0:28:42 > 0:28:46would expect it to be cold across Scandinavia, and it is, with snow
0:28:46 > 0:28:50showers at times. Back home, this is Friday, bands of showers or longer
0:28:50 > 0:28:55spells of rain, but notice the temperatures starting to dip away, a
0:28:55 > 0:28:59cold weekend to come for us as well, more details on that in half an
0:28:59 > 0:29:01hour.
0:30:12 > 0:30:18I'm Ross Atkins with Outside Source yesterday at this time you're
0:30:18 > 0:30:21talking about Donald Trump thing on the attack. Today his lawyers are on
0:30:21 > 0:30:26the attack. They are trying to stop a book in which Steve Bannon accuses
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Donald Trump Jr of treasonous behaviour. This was the president
0:30:29 > 0:30:38earlier. That wasn't the president! America's East Coast is having a
0:30:38 > 0:30:43tough time. Snow, winds and record-breaking low temperatures.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47Terrible scenes in South Africa earlier when a train hit a truck. 18
0:30:47 > 0:30:56people have died. You are welcome to get in touch.
0:31:11 > 0:31:19Back to the top story. President Trump and Steve Bannon. Mr Trump's
0:31:19 > 0:31:22lawyers are trying to stop this book coming into the public domain. It
0:31:22 > 0:31:28looks like they may be foiled. The book's publishers have said it will
0:31:28 > 0:31:34come out at 9am on Friday morning, East Coast time. This will be in the
0:31:34 > 0:31:38public domain unless there is a dramatic intervention. Let's look at
0:31:38 > 0:31:42this story and how it is being covered by different people in the
0:31:42 > 0:31:46US media. Newsweek is focusing on what a lot of people are calling a
0:31:46 > 0:31:52bromance between Trump and Steve Bannon. That has fallen apart. Jon
0:31:52 > 0:31:59Sopel says this now means war. He says we will see a battle for the
0:31:59 > 0:32:05hards of the support base. Steve Bannon is putting up candidates in
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Senate and congressional elections, against more traditional
0:32:08 > 0:32:16Republicans. The Washington Post says the fact that the President's
0:32:16 > 0:32:20lawyers are trying to shut this book down suggests there is a palpable
0:32:20 > 0:32:28concern about what Steve Bannon may say. We can speak to Nina now.
0:32:28 > 0:32:34Hello. I am always a bit sceptical of fallouts that Donald Trump has.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39Sometimes he falls out with someone and makes up the next week or month.
0:32:39 > 0:32:50Is this the real deal?It is hard to tell. He falls out, he comes back.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53The book, which is winging its way towards me right now, so I will at
0:32:53 > 0:33:00least have one if they decide to shred it, there are 200 people he
0:33:00 > 0:33:04interviewed, not just Steve Bannon, but Kellyanne Conway, Sean Spicer
0:33:04 > 0:33:11and other people. Steve Bannon obviously did the most damage but
0:33:11 > 0:33:16there is a lot of other material in there that doesn't come from him.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19There are other reasons why they wouldn't want this book out. For
0:33:19 > 0:33:23instance, we learn the president fears being poisoned. That is why he
0:33:23 > 0:33:29eats junk food. Because it is premade. And that he doesn't read.
0:33:29 > 0:33:35We are again hearing that he doesn't read. It is just sort of a crazy
0:33:35 > 0:33:42place. I think his supporters, the base, if they bothered to read the
0:33:42 > 0:33:49book, and if they are not persuaded that it is fake news, and I think
0:33:49 > 0:33:54Steve Bannon being in it makes it not fake news. Maybe that is the
0:33:54 > 0:34:03problem. Maybe that is why they need to have it stopped.A lot of people
0:34:03 > 0:34:10are raising arched eyebrows at some of the way the author is documenting
0:34:10 > 0:34:18conversations word for word.Well, boy, I hate to doubt a fellow
0:34:18 > 0:34:24journalist. I haven't worked with Michael. I know that he has a
0:34:24 > 0:34:26reputation for sometimes embellishing a little bit. But I
0:34:26 > 0:34:33don't think that the material in there, certainly whatever he has
0:34:33 > 0:34:38quoted Steve Bannon as saying, has not been denied. Bannon is not
0:34:38 > 0:34:43denying anything that he is quoted as saying. I haven't heard anybody
0:34:43 > 0:34:46else step forward. But maybe they do not want to bring attention to their
0:34:46 > 0:34:55comments. He spent months there. I think that maybe if the court turned
0:34:55 > 0:35:00exact, I think he probably got a sense of the place.I want to pull
0:35:00 > 0:35:06up another article before I ask you a question. This is in -- an article
0:35:06 > 0:35:11by Arnie Carney, Washington's growing obsession, the 25th
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Amendment. Some of you may have heard of this. For those who haven't
0:35:14 > 0:35:20focused on it, help was as to why Washington is talking about the 25th
0:35:20 > 0:35:28Amendment?That allows for the Cabinet to remove the president if
0:35:28 > 0:35:31they deem that he is not fit for office, that he can no longer carry
0:35:31 > 0:35:40out his duties. It can be physical or mental disability that they are
0:35:40 > 0:35:49responding to. The question is, would the Cabinet do that? It is the
0:35:49 > 0:35:52same sort of talk you have been hearing from mums from people who do
0:35:52 > 0:35:56not like this president about impeachment. Impeachment is around
0:35:56 > 0:36:03the corner, it is kind to happen. We have a Republican Congress. We had
0:36:03 > 0:36:08Cabinet secretaries who are busy carrying out the wishes of major
0:36:08 > 0:36:13donors to get their deregulation, to get the deregulations off their
0:36:13 > 0:36:17backs. The Congress passed a massive tax cut that these donors have been
0:36:17 > 0:36:22dreaming about, the Republican party at the dreaming about, for decades.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25They are packing the judiciary with right-wing judges who come straight
0:36:25 > 0:36:31from a list from this society that has been waiting in -- lying in wait
0:36:31 > 0:36:35to get these people in there. They will not send this man packing. I
0:36:35 > 0:36:41don't see that happening.And in terms of the President's ability to
0:36:41 > 0:36:45get stuff done, he is a remarkable man. He is in the White House, so
0:36:45 > 0:36:49who am I to question him? But with this going on it makes it harder to
0:36:49 > 0:36:55pursue an agenda, doesn't it?They have been operating from a point of
0:36:55 > 0:37:01chaos since getting in there. They passed the tax cuts and they have
0:37:01 > 0:37:05certainly made changes at the agencies. They are taking career
0:37:05 > 0:37:10agency employees, staffers at the State Department for decades, and
0:37:10 > 0:37:18getting rid of them. They are enacting the wishes of the drill,
0:37:18 > 0:37:21baby drill crowd. They have announced they're going to drill for
0:37:21 > 0:37:27oil in Florida and California, enraging the environmentalists. I
0:37:27 > 0:37:31don't think it is a distraction, certainly, and it is something the
0:37:31 > 0:37:35press likes to cover. But the people really doing the work behind the
0:37:35 > 0:37:39scenes for this and with this administration, they are not
0:37:39 > 0:37:42deterred. They are getting as much done as they can while this sideshow
0:37:42 > 0:37:48goes on.One other thing I want to ask you about. We have got the
0:37:48 > 0:37:52mid-term elections a few months down the track. There has been a lot of
0:37:52 > 0:37:57emphasis on a possible split caused by this feud. You think the
0:37:57 > 0:38:02Republicans have reasons to be worried about how all of this could
0:38:02 > 0:38:09impact the natural supporters and how they vote?I don't think so.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12They may have worries in terms of the Democrats because the Democrats
0:38:12 > 0:38:17are mounting a defence and they have an Offense. They have a lot of
0:38:17 > 0:38:21people energised. As you saw in Alabama, if they get that kind of
0:38:21 > 0:38:27energy going, they are running people for every open seat,
0:38:27 > 0:38:30challenging everyone in the house which they have not done before, to
0:38:30 > 0:38:35try to take the house back. I think they have more to worry about on --
0:38:35 > 0:38:41from the offence. As far as the base is concerned, the bases and in love
0:38:41 > 0:38:47with Bannon. The base is Trump's base. I don't think that Bannon's
0:38:47 > 0:38:51defection, whatever you want to call it, is going to affect the base. I
0:38:51 > 0:38:57could be wrong. Maybe he has his own base but I don't think so.Nina,
0:38:57 > 0:39:04good to talk. Have you put aside the whole of tomorrow to read the book?
0:39:04 > 0:39:09Tonight, hopefully!We will watch out for your review.It is very
0:39:09 > 0:39:15readable.We will see. Thank you, Nina. This book has been at the
0:39:15 > 0:39:18centre of the biggest story in American politics in the last couple
0:39:18 > 0:39:23of days, by Michael Wolff. It was supposed to come out next week but
0:39:23 > 0:39:26it has been brought forward and will coming to the public domain on
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Friday. We shall see what's in it. Wherever you are watching, if you
0:39:30 > 0:39:35want more coverage of the stories we have, you can get that through the
0:39:35 > 0:39:39BBC website. On this story, you can see the ten explosive revelations
0:39:39 > 0:39:42from the new Trump book. Huge amounts of background on all the
0:39:42 > 0:39:48stories we cover.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Of course we are President Trump talking all the time about fake
0:40:00 > 0:40:05news. Here is a story that relates the lad. Authorities in Sweden are
0:40:05 > 0:40:12concerned about that. There is an election in Sweden this year and
0:40:12 > 0:40:15securities says Russia is likely to try to influence the result. Russia
0:40:15 > 0:40:18is already accused of trying to meddle in the 2016 election in the
0:40:18 > 0:40:26US. Major investigation is underway into any possible links between the
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Trump campaign and Russia. Yesterday an Outside Source we mentioned
0:40:29 > 0:40:34Emmanuel Macron. He is accusing Russia trying to meddle in the last
0:40:34 > 0:40:38French election, the one that he won. He is planning legislation to
0:40:38 > 0:40:45stop the spread of fake news during future French elections. Back in
0:40:45 > 0:40:472014, pro-Russia hackers launched cyber attacks to try to disrupt
0:40:47 > 0:40:51Ukrainian presidential election. That did not stop Petro Poroshenko
0:40:51 > 0:40:58from winning. There are a number of reasons why Sweden might be
0:40:58 > 0:41:08concerned. Gordon Corera has been Tiss .com. Sweden has been a prime
0:41:08 > 0:41:15target as fears of fake news spread. A general election is due this year.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18The country has already been under attack.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Head of the security service, its version of
0:41:20 > 0:41:23MI5, told me where he thinks the threat comes from.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25We are not shy.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28We think the biggest threat comes from Russia.
0:41:28 > 0:41:38If they want uncertainty, they will do that.
0:41:38 > 0:41:45We have seen that from different ministers.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48We have seen fake news.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51It has been going on for a long time.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52This is one example.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Supposedly about arms deals with Ukraine, it used the forged
0:41:56 > 0:41:59signature of the defence minister.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03Allegations of Russian interference have been
0:42:03 > 0:42:05growing and a number of countries, including the
0:42:05 > 0:42:09United States and United Kingdom.
0:42:09 > 0:42:14But Sweden's feels closer to the front line, with Russia just across
0:42:14 > 0:42:20the Baltic Sea. It is thought here that Russian fears over Sweden's
0:42:20 > 0:42:23closer relationship with Nato may lie behind attempts to influence,
0:42:23 > 0:42:26interfere even intimidate.
0:42:26 > 0:42:27It is not just about disinformation.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Three years ago, a Russian submarine was thought to
0:42:29 > 0:42:32have been seen in Swedish waters.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Today, the concern is about fake news.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37This false story about a church being vandalised by Muslims
0:42:37 > 0:42:47was spread by social media accounts known as bots.
0:42:47 > 0:42:53There is no proven link to Russia. Sweden's public safety agency now
0:42:53 > 0:42:58monitors the risk and it the problem extends beyond the borders of the
0:42:58 > 0:43:02country. This story about a former Swedish Foreign Minister setting up
0:43:02 > 0:43:07a group to battle Eurosceptics was picked as up by the British and
0:43:07 > 0:43:11European media weeks before the Brexit referendum.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Reading this article you can see the link.
0:43:13 > 0:43:19Fake photoshopped page.
0:43:19 > 0:43:20It was from one of our major newspapers.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23Swedish society is trying to confront the threat.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27Media organisations are supporting independent fact checking.
0:43:27 > 0:43:32And the government wants primary school
0:43:32 > 0:43:33children taught how to spot fake news.
0:43:33 > 0:43:43This year's collection could be a taste of how far this works.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49Have a look at what the Turkish Interior Minister has been saying
0:43:49 > 0:44:00about drug dealers. This is the quote.
0:44:09 > 0:44:15That is one way of doing things, I guess. I spoke to the BBC Turkish
0:44:15 > 0:44:20correspondent. He loves speaking his mind. He uses
0:44:20 > 0:44:23populist rhetoric. Most of the time in speeches he doesn't hesitate to
0:44:23 > 0:44:31use slang words. He speaks more like the man in the street rather than a
0:44:31 > 0:44:35high-level comment official. Keeping that in mind, this is what he was
0:44:35 > 0:44:43trying to show the police officers, that they need to crack down on drug
0:44:43 > 0:44:47dealers. These are the words he preferred to use. In many issues in
0:44:47 > 0:44:50current Turkey, this created a big division. It divided the public
0:44:50 > 0:44:56opinion. Government supporters believe this is a brave move. Brave
0:44:56 > 0:45:02words to say. This is how the Turkish government should how -- how
0:45:02 > 0:45:06the Turkish comment should be fighting crime organisations. But
0:45:06 > 0:45:10for the critics of the government, this is another sign that the
0:45:10 > 0:45:17government is trying to damage the rule of law and it is actually
0:45:17 > 0:45:20promoting security officers and civilians to operate outside legal
0:45:20 > 0:45:28limits. Today the Turkish bar Association said it is a crime. A
0:45:28 > 0:45:34member of the Turkish parliament, she filed a lawsuit for incitement
0:45:34 > 0:45:41to commit a crime. When it comes to drugs, it is not one of the biggest
0:45:41 > 0:45:45problems that the modern Turkey faces at the moment. It is one of
0:45:45 > 0:45:50the main smuggling routes of drugs, opium and heroin, from eastern
0:45:50 > 0:45:58Europe. When it comes to usage, it is the average -- the average usage
0:45:58 > 0:46:03is way lower than EU figures. If you were watching yesterday we
0:46:03 > 0:46:06were talking about the startling announcement in Ethiopia. The
0:46:06 > 0:46:10government has said it was going to free all political prisoners. I
0:46:10 > 0:46:13wanted to get more information on this today. Here are some
0:46:13 > 0:46:21statistics. The UN says 26,000 people have been arrested in
0:46:21 > 0:46:25Ethiopia since 2015 in connection with anti-government demonstrations
0:46:25 > 0:46:32like this one. These are pictures from last year. The demos started in
0:46:32 > 0:46:362015. They were around concerns the government had a plan that could
0:46:36 > 0:46:40affect land rights. These protests began in 2015 but they intensified
0:46:40 > 0:46:45in the next couple of years, particularly in Addis Ababa and in
0:46:45 > 0:46:50the northern region. The suppression of these protests was brutal. Even
0:46:50 > 0:46:54the government has admitted around 500 people died towards the end of
0:46:54 > 0:46:592016. Some human rights groups put that figure much higher, at around
0:46:59 > 0:47:04800. I want to know just how important this announcement is this
0:47:04 > 0:47:09week. It appears very important. I turned to a regular on Outside
0:47:09 > 0:47:15Source, Mary Harper, Africa editor. I think it is tremendously
0:47:15 > 0:47:20significant. Ethiopia is very repressive. It does not tolerate
0:47:20 > 0:47:23political dissent. British say it is now going to start releasing people
0:47:23 > 0:47:29who it has arrested for political reasons, it has arrested people for
0:47:29 > 0:47:32expressing opinions, hopping into doesn't like, and it seems like it
0:47:32 > 0:47:36has arrested thousands if not tens of thousands of people, the fact it
0:47:36 > 0:47:39is going to release some of these people is really something very
0:47:39 > 0:47:44significant, because it is normally a case that Ethiopia does not
0:47:44 > 0:47:50tolerate dissent, let alone allow people it has jailed, out of jail.
0:47:50 > 0:47:55As I observe the story, the reasons for the protests do not appear to
0:47:55 > 0:47:58have gone away. So how is the government proposing to deal with
0:47:58 > 0:48:05those things?This is a first step. The Ethiopian government realises
0:48:05 > 0:48:09now that for more than two years there have been violent protests in
0:48:09 > 0:48:17the two most populous areas of the country. That makes up a very large
0:48:17 > 0:48:21proportion of the population. As you say, these protest are continuing.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24They have been going on even after the government made the announcement
0:48:24 > 0:48:28it would be releasing people who are imprisoned for political reasons. So
0:48:28 > 0:48:32that is one reason, I think, why Ethiopia has decided it has got to
0:48:32 > 0:48:39make some of gesture. Also, there are tensions within the governing
0:48:39 > 0:48:44coalition. Some hardliners saying you have got to carry on as normal,
0:48:44 > 0:48:47basically locking anybody up does not agree with you. A more
0:48:47 > 0:48:49progressive group of people saying you have to move at the Times, we
0:48:49 > 0:48:55cannot continue in this very repressive Marxist controlled
0:48:55 > 0:49:00government in an era of social media and enhanced communication between
0:49:00 > 0:49:06people.Why you are here, how easy is it for you or other BBC
0:49:06 > 0:49:10journalist to go to Ethiopia and cover the situation?It is difficult
0:49:10 > 0:49:14when you go as a journalist of Italy. I travel to Ethiopia quite
0:49:14 > 0:49:18often for other reasons, and you can pick things up quite carefully. When
0:49:18 > 0:49:21you go there as an official journalist, they do make it
0:49:21 > 0:49:26difficult, they try to restrict where you go. They find it difficult
0:49:26 > 0:49:30to understand that you might want to report something in a way that is
0:49:30 > 0:49:35different from how they perceive it to be. Ethiopia has got quite a
0:49:35 > 0:49:42narrow view, I suppose, that those in authority there of what the truth
0:49:42 > 0:49:46is. They don't want anybody stepping outside of that and interpreting
0:49:46 > 0:49:50things in different ways. It is important to view Ethiopia as a
0:49:50 > 0:49:54place that is one of the most populous countries in Africa, 90
0:49:54 > 0:49:59million. It is a huge regional significance and it is a key ally of
0:49:59 > 0:50:03the West, especially in terms of its fight against Islamist extremism.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06Buddy can't look that Ethiopia as if it is some kind of Western-style
0:50:06 > 0:50:11African country. It is something very different. Whether it even
0:50:11 > 0:50:17wants to become Western-style or more be based on something like the
0:50:17 > 0:50:19Chinese model, is sort of what Ethiopia is wrestling with right
0:50:19 > 0:50:24now. If you want to learn more about
0:50:24 > 0:50:30Ethiopia, there is a country profile online on the BBC website. I want to
0:50:30 > 0:50:35finish the programme by giving more details on some stark warnings about
0:50:35 > 0:50:39children and social media. Here in the UK the Children's Commissioner
0:50:39 > 0:50:44is saying social media is beginning to dominate children's social lives.
0:50:44 > 0:50:49Lots of parents will recognise that. She also says that most children are
0:50:49 > 0:50:51ill-equipped for the avalanche of pressure that social media is
0:50:51 > 0:50:56bringing. Here are some teenagers who have spoken to the BBC.
0:50:56 > 0:51:01I get about 300 views on Snapchat. If you are out with your friends,
0:51:01 > 0:51:08everybody is always Snapchat in you. 300 likes on my photos.I mainly use
0:51:08 > 0:51:13it for games because I don't have social media. I don't watch news.I
0:51:13 > 0:51:17go on social media. Dell are makes me feel more good about myself than
0:51:17 > 0:51:26I usually do.I spend four to five hours on social media.The danger is
0:51:26 > 0:51:30if you start talking to people you don't know, something could happen.
0:51:30 > 0:51:36Cyber bullying could be going on. People act completely different on
0:51:36 > 0:51:42social media. There is no reason to. It is like they are scared of them.
0:51:42 > 0:51:46They are pretending they are your best friend.In secondary school you
0:51:46 > 0:51:50are surrounded by lots of young people -- new people and you want to
0:51:50 > 0:51:53impress them by showing them your social media are showing them how
0:51:53 > 0:51:58great you are and how good a person you are.My mum checks my phone
0:51:58 > 0:52:02quite regularly, Instagram and things and my messages, to see I'm
0:52:02 > 0:52:07behaving myself! This report on social media was
0:52:07 > 0:52:11commissioned by the Children's Commissioner. This is her reaction.
0:52:11 > 0:52:18We have had a lot of concentration on older children, 14 and
0:52:18 > 0:52:2115-year-olds, but that younger age group. For the first time we have
0:52:21 > 0:52:26seen the difference it makes if children are online aged eight and
0:52:26 > 0:52:30nine, and the changes they go through into secondary school. I'm
0:52:30 > 0:52:35very worried about the impact, that explosion of social media at that
0:52:35 > 0:52:39time. But also, the real role it plays in their social lives and the
0:52:39 > 0:52:43impact it can have. Generally, smartphones are very powerful
0:52:43 > 0:52:47instruments. The age of 11 it is something we would never have had
0:52:47 > 0:52:52under our computers at work ten years ago. Whatever point it is,
0:52:52 > 0:52:57children need to be able to cope. We know that most children, when they
0:52:57 > 0:53:01go into secondary schools, have their fun with them. It is usually a
0:53:01 > 0:53:04smartphone. As children seek to get to know their classmates and their
0:53:04 > 0:53:07new environment, it is a very public way of doing so with their
0:53:07 > 0:53:10smartphones. That is the UK Children's
0:53:10 > 0:53:13Commissioner. This is the view of one child psychologist responding to
0:53:13 > 0:53:19this report. I think it is really worrying, quite
0:53:19 > 0:53:24scary actually. If you think about the content and the issues that
0:53:24 > 0:53:29children are exposed to on social media sites, seven, a nine-year-olds
0:53:29 > 0:53:33are not equipped to do that. There is a reason the age limit is 13. We
0:53:33 > 0:53:41do need to encourage parents to stick with it. But we do need to
0:53:41 > 0:53:44educate the children and allow them to develop digital literacy and
0:53:44 > 0:53:49emotional skills. I think is really important parents are using the
0:53:49 > 0:53:54controls from either Internet service provider or the device they
0:53:54 > 0:53:56are wrong, making sure that children are not accessing stuff that they
0:53:56 > 0:54:01are not ready or equipped to deal with. But I do think also there is a
0:54:01 > 0:54:06challenge to the industry is out there, to develop platforms that are
0:54:06 > 0:54:11safe for children. Children want to communicate digitally. That is what
0:54:11 > 0:54:14they see adults doing and they want to be a part of that. They need
0:54:14 > 0:54:17their own space where they can do that properly.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20In the last few seconds of the programme a reminder of a couple of
0:54:20 > 0:54:26details relating to this book about the Trump presidency. First of all,
0:54:26 > 0:54:30this is the Wall Street Journal, one of the correspondence saying the
0:54:30 > 0:54:33book is coming out on Friday as opposed to next week. They say it is
0:54:33 > 0:54:38a response to the demand for the book. Perhaps it is a response to
0:54:38 > 0:54:40the fact Donald Trump's lawyers are trying to stop them from publishing
0:54:40 > 0:54:47it. Here is Katty Kay man who is on our programme all the time, saying
0:54:47 > 0:54:49that there will be questions about the reporting but a surprising
0:54:49 > 0:54:53number of people in the White House in this book basically say this is
0:54:53 > 0:54:57not a man capable of being president. We shall find out what is
0:54:57 > 0:55:04in very soon. And I will speak to you next. Thanks for watching.