0:00:07 > 0:00:09Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
0:00:09 > 0:00:14North and South Korea meet for the first time in two years -
0:00:14 > 0:00:18but is it enough to diffuse the nuclear threats and what does it
0:00:18 > 0:00:23mean for relations with the west.
0:00:23 > 0:00:30There have been violent clashes in this year after austerity measures
0:00:30 > 0:00:34imposed by the government. We report from Tunis.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36This Ukrainian lawyer successfully argued in court against the release
0:00:37 > 0:00:38of her sister's killer.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39But then she was murdered.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43We look into the case that has outraged the country.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48And the Japanese astronaut who's grown 9cm after just
0:00:48 > 0:00:50three weeks in space - he's concerned.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52We'll explain what's happening - with the help
0:00:52 > 0:01:02of the UK Space Agency.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Welcome to Outside Source.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13North and South Korea have held talks for the first time
0:01:13 > 0:01:15in more than two years.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17A week ago the North was threatening nuclear war so this
0:01:17 > 0:01:19is progress of a sort.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24Two important things came out of these talks.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27First, an agreement to hold more talks to ease military
0:01:27 > 0:01:29tensions on the border.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Second, North Korea will send a large delegation
0:01:31 > 0:01:34to the Winter Olympics in South Korea next month -
0:01:34 > 0:01:40that will include athletes and cheerleaders.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42The talks were held here in the demilitarised zone that
0:01:42 > 0:01:43separates the North and the South.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46You can see the demarcation line - with the demilitarised
0:01:46 > 0:01:50zone either side of it.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52And this is the moment North Korean officials
0:01:52 > 0:02:02stepped across the border.
0:02:05 > 0:02:11The line is marked on the floor. The moment he steps across he is leaving
0:02:11 > 0:02:17North Korean territory and so he did. A few moments after that, the
0:02:17 > 0:02:21two sides greeted each other and exchanged pleasantries. Then they
0:02:21 > 0:02:28got down to talking properly. Sophie Long has been covering this all day
0:02:28 > 0:02:36and here is her latest report.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39North and South Korean delegations shaking hands and exchanging
0:02:39 > 0:02:42new years greetings.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44This is the first time the two governments have met
0:02:44 > 0:02:48for more than two years.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Within hours of negotiations getting underway the South Korean government
0:02:51 > 0:02:54announced the first breakthrough.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Pyongyang had agreed to send a delegation to the Winter Olympics.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01It will include athletes, cheering squad, and a tae kwon
0:03:01 > 0:03:05do demonstration team.
0:03:05 > 0:03:11Welcome news particularly for the South Korean president
0:03:11 > 0:03:13who believes that the games are the opportunity for
0:03:13 > 0:03:14ground-breaking change.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17The discussions then moved on to the other inter-Korean issues
0:03:17 > 0:03:19like the thousands of people separated from their families
0:03:19 > 0:03:29for decades by the heavily fortified border zone.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37TRANSLATION: We propose to hold a Red Cross meeting to discuss
0:03:37 > 0:03:39family reunions in time for the lunar New Year
0:03:39 > 0:03:41which is a national holiday.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Later the South Korean government announced a military hotline,
0:03:43 > 0:03:48closed two years ago as relations soured, would reopen.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53We can then show you the Chinese reaction to the talks. TRANSLATION:
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Is a neighbour of the Korean Palencia we welcome all positive
0:03:57 > 0:04:00steps that will allow an easing of tensions between South and North
0:04:00 > 0:04:09Korea. -- Korean peninsula.Here is Robert Wingfield Hayes.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Well I think there is a huge amount of relief because it has been
0:04:12 > 0:04:15a pretty scary year at least here in this region.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17It is felt very much like a times we have been
0:04:17 > 0:04:19teetering on the edge of war.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21We've seen missiles flying, nuclear tests, America sending
0:04:21 > 0:04:23aircraft carrier battle groups to the coast of Korea.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Making very bloodcurdling threats towards each other,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28North Korea and the United States.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32So in many ways this, there is relief that these
0:04:32 > 0:04:34talks are taking place, just because talks are now happening
0:04:34 > 0:04:37and also because it appears that the North Korean side is now
0:04:37 > 0:04:41very keen to de-escalate the tensions.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46The bigger question is is this an opening to really deeper dialogue
0:04:46 > 0:04:48between North and the south and will the denuclearisation of the
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Korean peninsula be on the table.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52And there is no sign of that at the moment.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I think what has happened is the North Korean leadership has
0:04:55 > 0:04:59looked into the abyss of a possible conflict with America
0:04:59 > 0:05:02and stepped back and said, we need to do something
0:05:02 > 0:05:06to de-escalate tensions, we need to find an off ramp.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10The Winter Olympics here in South Korea are that ladder
0:05:10 > 0:05:13to climb down for the North Korean regime, a kind of cover for them
0:05:13 > 0:05:20to de-escalate this very frightening situation.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21To Tunisia.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23There have been violent protests in ten cities
0:05:23 > 0:05:25across the country this week.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29And the anger we're seeing in these places
0:05:29 > 0:05:33is directed at the government and its austerity policies.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36For example, the New Year budget government brought
0:05:36 > 0:05:38price and tax increases.
0:05:38 > 0:05:45The BBC's Rana Jawad is in based in Tunis.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49These protests are essentially are about the price hikes that Tunisians
0:05:49 > 0:05:53have seen since the beginning of this new financial year. The
0:05:53 > 0:05:56government has had to impose new austerity measures in compliance
0:05:56 > 0:06:02with donor countries who are giving it the much-needed foreign aid. And
0:06:02 > 0:06:11this has included things like a rise on the tax on imports as well as a
0:06:11 > 0:06:16rise in prices on things like gas and other essential goods which will
0:06:16 > 0:06:23also affect the prices of for example the intranet. So people have
0:06:23 > 0:06:28taken to the streets in at least £10 and earlier today in Tunis itself
0:06:28 > 0:06:35there was a small protest downtown. -- ten towns. People protesting the
0:06:35 > 0:06:41new financial measures and also the death of the protester in one town
0:06:41 > 0:06:49yesterday night.Now the government and opposition do not agree as ever.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Tunisia's prime minister says he;'s working to end economic hardship.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54The country's main opposition party wants these protests to continue.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Here's Rana on the politics.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03Well we've heard from the Tunisian Prime Minister so far and he has
0:07:03 > 0:07:08promised the people that this will be the last difficult financial
0:07:08 > 0:07:13year, economically speaking. He said that they are facing extraordinary
0:07:13 > 0:07:19and difficult times. However he did not woody present a plan as to how
0:07:19 > 0:07:25he would ease the burden on the people which analysts say is mainly
0:07:25 > 0:07:28affecting the weaker class or poorer population of Tunisia.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Remember Tunisia was where the Arab Spring began
0:07:30 > 0:07:34over seven years ago - a street vendor set himself on fire.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38That eventually led to a Revolution and the overthrow of the Tunisian
0:07:38 > 0:07:42president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46But that didn't remove all of people's frustrations.
0:07:46 > 0:07:52Here's Rana once more.
0:07:52 > 0:07:59Since the revolution in 2011 overthrowing Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
0:07:59 > 0:08:06from power, economically speaking it has gone backwards. The cost of
0:08:06 > 0:08:09living has steadily risen, inflation is at its highest at the moment. And
0:08:09 > 0:08:15people are still facing high rates of unemployment. To top it off of
0:08:15 > 0:08:22course there was the 2014 terror attacks targeting the tourism
0:08:22 > 0:08:27industry here which also affected state revenues because Tunisia is
0:08:27 > 0:08:33heavily reliant on the tourism industry. So all in all it has been
0:08:33 > 0:08:40quite a struggle for the country and the people to economically recover
0:08:40 > 0:08:46since this revolution.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49This is Norishige Kanai - he's Japanese - and right now he's
0:08:49 > 0:08:50on the International Space Station.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53He's only been there three weeks and already he's grown 9cm.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55He's been talking - I assume tongue in cheek -
0:08:55 > 0:08:58about concerns he won't fit into his seat on the rocket that
0:08:58 > 0:09:03will bring it back to earth.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06I spoke with Libby Jackson from the UK Space Agency -
0:09:06 > 0:09:13mostly just to find out how concerned we should be.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18It is normal for astronauts to grow, for their back to extend in space
0:09:18 > 0:09:22because as soon as you get up there floating around you cannot feel the
0:09:22 > 0:09:27effects of gravity and your spine decompresses and the vertebrae and
0:09:27 > 0:09:33muscles relax. Nine centimetres is a lot, normally it is between two and
0:09:33 > 0:09:37five centimetres.Does that have ramifications for your more general
0:09:37 > 0:09:42health?Yes, it can cause pain in your back while you're up there and
0:09:42 > 0:09:47as he said he has got to fit into his seat in home but I'm sure it
0:09:47 > 0:09:51will not be a problem. The same colour problems affect ageing
0:09:51 > 0:09:55people, people who have to spend a long time in bed so it is quite
0:09:55 > 0:10:00important that we studied these things. And that is what this space
0:10:00 > 0:10:04agency is helping to fund. Is he going to shrink when he gets back
0:10:04 > 0:10:11home? Yes, as soon as it gets back on Earth and feels gravity the spine
0:10:11 > 0:10:15will compress again and the muscles get stronger. There is some risk of
0:10:15 > 0:10:20problems when people come back to earth and the spine does that but he
0:10:20 > 0:10:24will be fine within a few weeks. Presumably this is just one of a
0:10:24 > 0:10:30number of physical changes that occur in space.Absolutely. Going
0:10:30 > 0:10:34into space, as soon as you get there at your body starts to adapt because
0:10:34 > 0:10:39you do not feel gravity, your bones and muscles are weakened and a fluid
0:10:39 > 0:10:42shifts around, lots of things. If you stayed in space forever it would
0:10:42 > 0:10:50not be a problem with the astronauts coming back, they do a lot of
0:10:50 > 0:10:54exercise to make sure their strong as possible for coming back.If you
0:10:54 > 0:10:58stay up for longer and longer do you keep getting bigger and bigger dose
0:10:58 > 0:11:03the expansion occur in the first few days?Generally in the first few
0:11:03 > 0:11:07days. Scott Kelly spent a year in space and he grew about six
0:11:07 > 0:11:12centimetres after his stay in space but he is all back to normal now.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17The body adapts and then you stabilise and just get used to
0:11:17 > 0:11:19living and working in space.Thank you.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24Stay with us on Outside Source - still to come.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28We'll report from Las Vegas, the biggest tech event in the world and
0:11:28 > 0:11:31this is one of thousands of gadgets on show. That is a suitcase that
0:11:31 > 0:11:42will follow you around the airport without you holding it.
0:11:52 > 0:11:58It is one year since Martin McGuinness resigned as the Deputy
0:11:58 > 0:12:01First Minister of Northern Ireland bringing down the Stormont
0:12:01 > 0:12:07government.The big question is whether it would be possible to get
0:12:07 > 0:12:09members of the power-sharing executive back into the building
0:12:09 > 0:12:14behind me. Especially given the bad blood that exists between the main
0:12:14 > 0:12:19parties the DUP and Sinn Fein. Yesterday when the former secretary
0:12:19 > 0:12:22of state James Brokenshire released his resignation letter he said
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Northern Ireland was well into overtime to try to get this
0:12:25 > 0:12:34executive up and running. And further intervention would not be
0:12:34 > 0:12:37needed in other words, a return to direct rule. So the new secular
0:12:37 > 0:12:41state Karen Bradley has got a challenging job ahead and a very
0:12:41 > 0:12:54full entry. -- in tray.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Our lead story is...
0:13:02 > 0:13:04North Korea has offered to send a delegation including athletes
0:13:04 > 0:13:06and journalists to next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09The offer was made at the first talks in two years between
0:13:09 > 0:13:12the north and the south.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Zimbabwe's anti-corruption agency is investigating whether the former
0:13:16 > 0:13:22First Lady Grace Mugabe fraudulently obtained a doctorate.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24She was awarded the PhD just months after enrolling
0:13:24 > 0:13:28at university in 2014.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31A suicide bombing in the Western Pakistani city of Quetta
0:13:31 > 0:13:34has killed at least seven people.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36A police van was nearby - and the Pakistan Taliban
0:13:36 > 0:13:41is claiming responsibility.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44And this is the Sahara Desert - the hottest desert in the world -
0:13:44 > 0:13:54after a very rare snowstorm.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56The biggest tech event in the world is happening
0:13:56 > 0:13:58in Las Vegas - right now.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02Every year we cover the Consumer Electronics Show.
0:14:02 > 0:14:08All bases are covered.
0:14:08 > 0:14:15For example this is a suitcase which we are told will follow you around
0:14:15 > 0:14:20the airport without you having to touch it. There's a camera that can
0:14:20 > 0:14:26send videos from your home to your phone. And robots that will take
0:14:26 > 0:14:31simple sketches like this and turn them into much more complex works of
0:14:31 > 0:14:35art. And all of this of course sits right on the edge of what is
0:14:35 > 0:14:41possible. Things do not always go to plan. This bit is excruciating, LG
0:14:41 > 0:14:54Electronics with the robot, Chloe. Am I on my wash cycle. Even robots
0:14:54 > 0:15:07have bad days! What is for dinner tonight?
0:15:07 > 0:15:20OK, she's not going to talk to me. She does not like me, evidently.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25I feel for the robot because I have days like that when I do not want to
0:15:25 > 0:15:31answer your questions! But this time I will respond. It is cutting edge
0:15:31 > 0:15:35technology and sometimes goes wrong but we are seeing great advances,
0:15:35 > 0:15:40even that whole field of robotics and generally artificial. What we're
0:15:40 > 0:15:45not sure about yet is what will be the hot new products emerging from
0:15:45 > 0:15:50that. A lot of it is underground, making your phone smarter,
0:15:50 > 0:15:54recognising photos of you on Facebook saying that is someone
0:15:54 > 0:15:58else, that is you and that is very advanced science which has happened
0:15:58 > 0:16:05over the last few years. What we're seeing is something of a battle
0:16:05 > 0:16:08between the big American companies, Google of course here in force and
0:16:08 > 0:16:12the newcomers from China. China really staking claim to be huge in
0:16:12 > 0:16:17artificial intelligence.In terms of how CES works, is a business to
0:16:17 > 0:16:22business or can people pay and coming?This is just a trade show,
0:16:22 > 0:16:27what you have here is the worlds technology companies their customers
0:16:27 > 0:16:33in the form of the retailers, their partners and so on. All eyeing up
0:16:33 > 0:16:36the latest products. Tens of thousands of products launched each
0:16:36 > 0:16:39year and I think quite a few disappear without trace. But I have
0:16:39 > 0:16:45been standing in in front of a robot dog on the Sony stand and the woman
0:16:45 > 0:16:51next to me said to her colleague, I think we will take that in our store
0:16:51 > 0:16:55later this year. And he was more sceptical saying, you do not know
0:16:55 > 0:17:00where the dog has come from. Is it a rescue dog or what. Conversations
0:17:00 > 0:17:04happening all over about which gadgets are going to take off and
0:17:04 > 0:17:13which are not.And more of that through the week.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18Just before the New Year dissed Ukrainian lawyer was murdered. A few
0:17:18 > 0:17:24days before that she had argued in court against the release of the man
0:17:24 > 0:17:32who killed her sister in a drink and drugs car crash in 2015. Today
0:17:32 > 0:17:37Irinia was buried on the outskirts of Kiev where she had lived and
0:17:37 > 0:17:41died. These are some of the pictures that came in from the funeral
0:17:41 > 0:17:46earlier and we know that she was buried next to her sister was my
0:17:46 > 0:17:50great. For the people who knew her of course this is an incredibly
0:17:50 > 0:17:54upsetting time but her murder has caused outrage across Ukraine.
0:17:54 > 0:18:00Investigations being seen as a test of the police and judiciary, both
0:18:00 > 0:18:03seen as being corrupt. The police are moving quickly and have already
0:18:03 > 0:18:08made an arrest. That has been greeted with some scepticism. This
0:18:08 > 0:18:15is one MP and activist.People understand that the judicial system
0:18:15 > 0:18:20is not about people at all, we understand it is about corruption
0:18:20 > 0:18:26first of all because all of these judges for 25 years, first of all we
0:18:26 > 0:18:30have corrupt politicians, the whole system is corrupt.Well the identity
0:18:30 > 0:18:37of the person in custody was confirmed just a short time ago.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42Here are the details. So the man in custody has been confirmed as the
0:18:42 > 0:18:5063-year-old man who is the father of the guy whose custody has been
0:18:50 > 0:18:55prolonged by the court. On the day that Irinia disappear. And was
0:18:55 > 0:19:07killed. Her lawyers, her family lawyers told the BBC that they have
0:19:07 > 0:19:10suspicions about the ease and convenience of this particular
0:19:10 > 0:19:15suspect. They consider him to be an easy target, a scapegoat. He
0:19:15 > 0:19:24admitted that he is indeed the culprit.And this is generating
0:19:24 > 0:19:27tension in Ukraine and even the president has been commenting on
0:19:27 > 0:19:33that. Why has it become this national issue?Well Irinia was
0:19:33 > 0:19:39practically unknown in the country until her activism was brought to
0:19:39 > 0:19:45national media attention by a tweet from the American embassy expressing
0:19:45 > 0:19:49regret that she disappeared and was probably died. And then hundreds of
0:19:49 > 0:19:55activists came picketing and protesting at the interior ministry
0:19:55 > 0:19:59building demanding that she be found. The society is no longer
0:19:59 > 0:20:06prepared to let the judiciary, broadly considered to be corrupt and
0:20:06 > 0:20:12inefficient, get away with it. In a way it is a vigilante activism,
0:20:12 > 0:20:18people demand that the authorities investigate and find something. It
0:20:18 > 0:20:22is unlike anything we've seen in the past.There could be a perception
0:20:22 > 0:20:26the judiciary and police are corrupt but have they been studies to prove
0:20:26 > 0:20:32that that is the case? Any evidence that backs up that perception?Just
0:20:32 > 0:20:39under 10% of criminal, of all crimes and criminal investigations in
0:20:39 > 0:20:46Ukraine and in prosecutions, Ukraine has conducted more in the previous
0:20:46 > 0:20:5224 years and yet for society patience is running out and the
0:20:52 > 0:20:57perception is that the rule of law that still remains almost
0:20:57 > 0:21:08unachievable as a goal, is not quite there yet.We are indebted to the
0:21:08 > 0:21:15BBC World Service for covering these issues. Later on we hear about the
0:21:15 > 0:21:21manual Macron in Beijing and an old video of the Iranians supreme leader
0:21:21 > 0:21:24that has gone viral.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Shares in some big tech firms are down after Microsoft said it had
0:21:27 > 0:21:33suspended some patches to fix two major computer chip flaws.
0:21:33 > 0:21:43That's because they froze some machines powered by AMD chips.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Samira Hussain is in New York.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54We were told that this would take one week to fix but it seems it will
0:21:54 > 0:21:59take longer.What we're talking about, there are two major
0:21:59 > 0:22:08chip-makers, Intel and AMD. We already heard from the Intel boss
0:22:08 > 0:22:14saying that the Intel chips, it is going to be fixed within the next
0:22:14 > 0:22:20week or so. But AMD is suffering some other problems, these chips had
0:22:20 > 0:22:24a patch and they put out the patch to try to fix it but Microsoft has
0:22:24 > 0:22:28been receiving complaints from its customers saying that after they put
0:22:28 > 0:22:33in this fix they are getting a frozen screen, the dreaded blue
0:22:33 > 0:22:38frozen screen and as a result Microsoft has said we are not going
0:22:38 > 0:22:42to issue this patch any more until we can try and figure out some kind
0:22:42 > 0:22:48of six with AMD.And is there any evidence that anyone has been
0:22:48 > 0:22:53adversely affected by these problems?Not as yet and what a lot
0:22:53 > 0:22:58of people suggest is bad it offers some kind of window into people's
0:22:58 > 0:23:07computers. But in terms of the possibility of being hacked people
0:23:07 > 0:23:11say, you are more vulnerable to other forms of hacking really than
0:23:11 > 0:23:14the kind of vulnerability that exists in these particular chips.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17And if you're really worried you should just contact whoever takes
0:23:17 > 0:23:23care of your computer operating systems. And they should be able to
0:23:23 > 0:23:28try and rectify the situation faster for you.How does it work on these
0:23:28 > 0:23:31big firms need to come together to resolve a problem because usually
0:23:31 > 0:23:37they are rivals were not share any information with each other.They're
0:23:37 > 0:23:43not exactly rivals, I would say, in the case of AMD and Microsoft, AMD
0:23:43 > 0:23:47depends on Microsoft to use their chips in their computers so it is in
0:23:47 > 0:23:50the best interest of these companies to work together to try to find a
0:23:50 > 0:23:56fix. The same thing with Intel, a lot of tech companies use Intel
0:23:56 > 0:24:00chips and it is in the best interests of Intel to really get
0:24:00 > 0:24:02moving on a patch.Thank you very much.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05US President Donald Trump will mingle with the global elite
0:24:05 > 0:24:13at the World Economic Forum in Davos later this month.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17The first US president in almost 20 years to go to this gathering in
0:24:17 > 0:24:23Davos.
0:24:23 > 0:24:29Trump's "America First" policy has put US trade,
0:24:30 > 0:24:34industry and jobs at the fore.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35A strategy at odds with many
0:24:35 > 0:24:38of the poitical and business leaders flockng to the Swiss Alpine
0:24:38 > 0:24:45gathering.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Inequality in the workplace is worse in high tech jobs,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50says a report from US think tank Pew.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52It polled more than 2,300 workers in science, technology,
0:24:52 > 0:24:58engineering and maths, known as STEM.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00And found half of women working here have experienced
0:25:00 > 0:25:02gender discrimination.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05It's worst in male dominated workplaces - 78% said they'd
0:25:06 > 0:25:07faced discrimination.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09And almost as bad for those working in computer jobs -
0:25:09 > 0:25:10the figure is 74%.
0:25:10 > 0:25:16Cary Funk from Pew Research Centre is the author of the report.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19There are striking differences between women and men in computer
0:25:19 > 0:25:23jobs, some work in the tech industry and some do not but this is a wide
0:25:23 > 0:25:28section of people, 74% of women in these jobs said they had experienced
0:25:28 > 0:25:33workplace discrimination. And both women are more likely to think that
0:25:33 > 0:25:36where they work, women are not typically getting a fair shake when
0:25:36 > 0:25:42it comes to opportunities for promotion and advancement.An
0:25:42 > 0:25:48interesting development in the US in the last few minutes, Reuters saying
0:25:48 > 0:25:51that Steve Bannon formerly chief strategist at the White House,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54currently in charge of Breitbart News Network commie stepping down as
0:25:54 > 0:25:58executive chairman. So he has gone. All connected to that book about
0:25:58 > 0:26:07Donald Trump. More on that in the next few minutes.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Donald Trump. More on that in the next few minutes.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Time for a round-up of some weather stories from around the globe and we
0:26:15 > 0:26:23start by heading down under and record-breaking heat in Sydney. And
0:26:23 > 0:26:27here is an image of one of the big shower clouds looming over Sydney
0:26:27 > 0:26:34after that heat. It was a colossal storm. It could be seen from space.
0:26:34 > 0:26:42It started off pretty small, then swung through the morning bringing
0:26:42 > 0:26:46torrents of rain and flashes of lightning and thunder. That system
0:26:46 > 0:26:52tagging onto the tail end of this area of low pressure and we start to
0:26:52 > 0:27:00see that affecting New Zealand later in the week. A fresher feel finally
0:27:00 > 0:27:05for Sydney for the next few days. Now the Eastern seaboard of the
0:27:05 > 0:27:10United States is warming up through Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Notice those brighter colours but another plunge of cold air coming
0:27:13 > 0:27:19down across the plains by Friday. That could give some complications
0:27:19 > 0:27:22once again on the Eastern seaboard. We are keeping an eye on this low
0:27:22 > 0:27:27pressure as it moves East Tuesday and Wednesday, introducing mild air
0:27:27 > 0:27:36and bringing some rain to the Ohio Valley. Freezing rain in fact
0:27:36 > 0:27:39because it lands on frozen surfaces. Then milder air brushing through the
0:27:39 > 0:27:44East coast on Friday with colder tagging in behind. Again we could
0:27:44 > 0:27:54see some torrential rain and snow storms again through the north-east.
0:27:54 > 0:28:04Across to Europe now and it is a ski resort, not used to seeing quite
0:28:04 > 0:28:09such an inundation of snow. In fact some resorts have been forced to
0:28:09 > 0:28:15shut on Tuesday because of such large amounts of snow. And very high
0:28:15 > 0:28:23avalanche conditions as well. That low now clearing away eastwards but
0:28:23 > 0:28:27we have this area developing and pushing towards the Bay of this
0:28:27 > 0:28:32paper Wednesday. That looks as if it will bring nasty conditioned into
0:28:32 > 0:28:39Spain, France and across the Pyrenees. Wednesday night into
0:28:39 > 0:28:43Thursday. And as for the Alps themselves, looking a little bit
0:28:43 > 0:28:48quieter for the middle of the week. Closer to home some rain soaked bush
0:28:48 > 0:28:52across the British Isles and the next 24 hours but brighter skies on
0:28:52 > 0:29:00the way on Wednesday for many. More details on that in half an hour.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14and these are the main stories here in the BBC Newsroom.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17North and South Korea meet for the first time in two years,
0:30:17 > 0:30:20but is it enough to diffuse the nuclear threats and what does it
0:30:20 > 0:30:22mean for relations with the west.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24We have learned the North Koreans will be sending a significant
0:30:24 > 0:30:30delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea next month.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31Violent clashes against the government's austerity
0:30:31 > 0:30:33measures sweep over Tunisia, seven years after protests
0:30:33 > 0:30:34there sparked the Arab Spring.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35there sparked the Arab Spring.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37This Ukrainian lawyer successfully argued in court against the release
0:30:37 > 0:30:40of her sister's killer.
0:30:40 > 0:30:48But then she was murdered.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53We look into the case that has outraged the country.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57Steve Bannon has stepped down from Breitbart News after that public
0:30:57 > 0:31:00break with President Trump.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01Your questions are always welcome.
0:31:01 > 0:31:08#BBCOS is the hashtag.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25Every day we bring you some of the most pressing global stories.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Now I want to turn to the Central African Republic -
0:31:28 > 0:31:31it's not a country we cover very often here on Outside Source.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34It's not because we don't want to - it's just really difficult to get
0:31:34 > 0:31:35clear and accurate information.
0:31:35 > 0:31:41Today we had this tweet.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Around 30,000 people have fled fighting and are taking
0:31:43 > 0:31:44refuge in Paoua town.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46All peripheral health centres are closed and very few
0:31:46 > 0:31:55wounded casualties have reached the hospital.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57There's the broader map of Central African Republic and
0:31:57 > 0:31:59you can see that town near the border with Chad.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02A Medicines Sans Frontier team has been to the hospital which is why
0:32:02 > 0:32:04it's a source of new information.
0:32:04 > 0:32:05To understand what's happening, we turned
0:32:05 > 0:32:13as we often do to Mary Harper.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17MSF says 30,000 people have been displaced by some recent fighting in
0:32:17 > 0:32:20the west of the Central African Republic which is an area that
0:32:20 > 0:32:25hasn't been that badly affected by fighting until now. They've come to
0:32:25 > 0:32:29this town called Paoua. They are telling the most horrific stories of
0:32:29 > 0:32:35people being killed, injured. They describe men on horseback coming and
0:32:35 > 0:32:39shooting people, anything that moves they shoot. An SF is particularly
0:32:39 > 0:32:44worried because it had to abandon the health centres where it was
0:32:44 > 0:32:49working in these areas. Seven health centres. MSF worried out of the
0:32:49 > 0:32:55dirty dozen people who have fled and the others killed and injured, only
0:32:55 > 0:33:0013 people have checked themselves into this town -- MSF are worried
0:33:00 > 0:33:05that out of the 30,000 people who have fled.What's driving the
0:33:05 > 0:33:11violence?MSF says this violence, even though there are some rebel
0:33:11 > 0:33:19groups, they are basically taxing people for their livestock and
0:33:19 > 0:33:23houses. They are basically exporting from people and killing them on
0:33:23 > 0:33:30their way. It seems to be the most purposeless violence that hasn't got
0:33:30 > 0:33:35any A more ambition in mind except to create mayhem and chaos and total
0:33:35 > 0:33:40misery for civilians.Evidently central government and the regional
0:33:40 > 0:33:46authorities are not able to stop this?Interestingly, MSF which
0:33:46 > 0:33:51normally avoids politics came out with quite a harsh statement. They
0:33:51 > 0:33:55basically said the government is unable to protect civilians and
0:33:55 > 0:34:00that's why all of these problems are occurring. If you look at a map of
0:34:00 > 0:34:03the Central African Republic right in the heart of Africa, and you look
0:34:03 > 0:34:07at the areas where there is conflict, there are little
0:34:07 > 0:34:12explosions almost everywhere in the country and the government is
0:34:12 > 0:34:16confined to the capital, unable to protect people beyond the confines
0:34:16 > 0:34:21of the capital. That's the problem. I appreciate the similarities are
0:34:21 > 0:34:25limited but Somalia is a place with a government that can't control all
0:34:25 > 0:34:29of its territory and it gets a lot of support from the African union
0:34:29 > 0:34:36and other agencies. Does the government in CAR get the same?If
0:34:36 > 0:34:41you think about Somalia not only do they have 22,000 African union
0:34:41 > 0:34:45troops, they have American military advisers and people from other
0:34:45 > 0:34:48countries in the world. Central African Republic has a minimal
0:34:48 > 0:34:54amount of outside intervention and is often described as Africa's
0:34:54 > 0:34:59forgotten conflict. This conflict has been going on for five years and
0:34:59 > 0:35:04it's still one that appears to have no end in sight.Why is it that CAR
0:35:04 > 0:35:12is forgotten to the degree that Somalia isn't?Probably because
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Somalia has an Islamist militia that is allied with Al-Qaeda leader. It
0:35:15 > 0:35:19is seen as a sort of threat, not just to the people of Somalia but
0:35:19 > 0:35:25that the people of the region and to the wider world. The Islamist group
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Al-Shabaab has threatened western shopping centres, its threatened
0:35:28 > 0:35:34London. That means it attracts international attention. Whereas
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Central African Republic, even though so many people are displaced,
0:35:37 > 0:35:42so many people are suffering, it isn't a conflict that threatens
0:35:42 > 0:35:47anything except for itself and its neighbouring countries because so
0:35:47 > 0:35:51many displaced people are fleeing. It doesn't have international
0:35:51 > 0:35:56repercussions really and the world has been able to turn its back on
0:35:56 > 0:35:58the country.If you want to
0:35:58 > 0:36:03learn more about any of the countries we cover their country
0:36:03 > 0:36:09profiles available on the News website. A huge political story in
0:36:09 > 0:36:12the US, Steve Bannon was the chief strategist in the White House is not
0:36:12 > 0:36:16so many months ago. Now he is not only out of the White House, he now
0:36:16 > 0:36:23stood down as the person in charge of Breitbart News. Our reporter is
0:36:23 > 0:36:28live from Washington, DC. Did we see this coming?I think the writing was
0:36:28 > 0:36:33on the wall. We've seen a press release from Rebecca Mercer who was
0:36:33 > 0:36:37one of Breitbart's chief funders, very wealthy family, disavowing
0:36:37 > 0:36:42their ties to Steve Bannon. There was talk about meetings at
0:36:42 > 0:36:48high-level about whether to keep him on at Breitbart. Here we are,
0:36:48 > 0:36:50apparently it's going to be effective Tuesday but the news is
0:36:50 > 0:36:55already posted on the Breitbart website. It is a remarkable fall for
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Steve Bannon. Just five months ago he was a senior adviser at the White
0:36:59 > 0:37:05House. He was Trump's campaign chair, very influential in the early
0:37:05 > 0:37:09days of the administration and here he is now effectively unemployed.In
0:37:09 > 0:37:13terms of the politics of the country, I guess this reasserts
0:37:13 > 0:37:17Donald Trump as the primary figure for a particular type of American
0:37:17 > 0:37:22who wants a particular type of politics.Right. It's interesting
0:37:22 > 0:37:28earlier today Donald Trump was sitting down holding a bipartisan
0:37:28 > 0:37:31meeting to talk about comprehensive immigration reform. That's an issue
0:37:31 > 0:37:38that the Steve Bannon s of the world were very much against, any kind of
0:37:38 > 0:37:42compromise on immigration. It could represent that the Trump
0:37:42 > 0:37:46administration is at least moving somewhat away from this
0:37:46 > 0:37:50nationalistic populism that Steve Bannon represents, at least on
0:37:50 > 0:37:54things like immigration or tax reform with the big corporate tax
0:37:54 > 0:37:57cut that was just past.I'm assuming we should draw a straight line
0:37:57 > 0:38:02between what's happened here and the book by Michael Wolff.I think that
0:38:02 > 0:38:06obviously was the nail in the coffin of Steve Bannon. Steve Bannon went
0:38:06 > 0:38:13after Donald Trump's family in very personal terms, he said Donald Trump
0:38:13 > 0:38:18Jr may have committed treason by meeting with Russians during the
0:38:18 > 0:38:22presidential campaign. He called Ivanka Trump dumb as a brick and
0:38:22 > 0:38:26said she had her own presidential ambitions. That prompted a sharply
0:38:26 > 0:38:30worded rebuttal from Trump who said Steve Bannon had effectively lost
0:38:30 > 0:38:36his mind. I think that was what put him over the edge as far as his
0:38:36 > 0:38:40involvement with Breitbart News. Help me out with the midterms. They
0:38:40 > 0:38:46are coming up later in the year. Steve Bannon had big plans to put up
0:38:46 > 0:38:49particular candidates against mainstream Republican candidates,
0:38:49 > 0:38:53presumably without Breitbart alongside that tasks becomes harder?
0:38:53 > 0:38:56I think there are a lots of Republican incumbents smiling right
0:38:56 > 0:39:01now. First and foremost Mitch McConnell who had been in a war of
0:39:01 > 0:39:04words for months with Steve Bannon. Steve Bannon said he was going to
0:39:04 > 0:39:10fund and support antiestablishment candidates to run against every
0:39:10 > 0:39:13single Republican senator up for re-election later this year except
0:39:13 > 0:39:21for Ted Cruz in Texas. The first one he backed was Roy Moore who ran in
0:39:21 > 0:39:26Alabama and upset the incumbent Republican in a primary at the
0:39:26 > 0:39:30middle of last year, and then lost in the general election to a
0:39:30 > 0:39:34Democrat in December. That was the beginning signs of his star
0:39:34 > 0:39:39diminishing somewhat. There are Republicans in the establishment,
0:39:39 > 0:39:41officeholders across Washington right now, that are probably
0:39:41 > 0:39:46breathing a sigh of relief because Bannon doesn't have the media empire
0:39:46 > 0:40:02or the money at all with the Mercers pulling out.
0:40:04 > 0:40:11Steve Bannon is stepping down as the man in charge of right part. On most
0:40:11 > 0:40:15of the big US political developments when you go on the website you find
0:40:15 > 0:40:22Anthony or Jon Sobel's analysis.
0:40:22 > 0:40:23Next a report on Bitcoin in Uganda.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Not something we've covered before - You'll know what's been
0:40:26 > 0:40:31happening with bitcoin.
0:40:31 > 0:40:41It's a digital currency. Last year its value was around $1000. It went
0:40:41 > 0:40:46up to around $16,000. Some people made an awful lot of money on that,
0:40:46 > 0:40:48but not everyone.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52Here's Catherine Byaruhanga.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56Like many Ugandans, this lady is always looking for new ways to make
0:40:56 > 0:41:01cash. After trying different options such as selling clothes and even
0:41:01 > 0:41:06moneylending, she settled on Bitcoin. Since August she's bought
0:41:06 > 0:41:13more than $1000 worth of Bitcoin. That investment has multiplied.When
0:41:13 > 0:41:16I first invested in Bitcoin I just wanted my income to grow. Now that
0:41:16 > 0:41:27it has grown, I'd like to buy a car, I'd like to buy land, build a house.
0:41:27 > 0:41:32No one knows how many people own cryptocurrency is in Uganda. But
0:41:32 > 0:41:38anecdotal evidence shows the numbers are growing. Mobile phones and
0:41:38 > 0:41:43growing access to the internet are making it easier for Ugandans to buy
0:41:43 > 0:41:47digital currencies. You just download an apt and then can use
0:41:47 > 0:41:54Mobile money already stored with your network or even a bank
0:41:54 > 0:41:59transferred to buy cryptocurrency. There are now lessons on trading the
0:41:59 > 0:42:05new currencies. Over 50 people attend these weekly classes by
0:42:05 > 0:42:09Martin. He says high youth unemployment is attracting
0:42:09 > 0:42:13individuals to digital currencies. If you don't have factory jobs and
0:42:13 > 0:42:20you don't have corporate jobs, to serve the thousands of young people
0:42:20 > 0:42:24coming out of the universities, this is an alternative.But as well as
0:42:24 > 0:42:33the winners, some are making big losses. This man has just finished
0:42:33 > 0:42:36university and is looking for his first job.I lost everything, within
0:42:36 > 0:42:4512 hours. Cryptocurrencies can easily bring in low sales. If it's a
0:42:45 > 0:42:54low sale it's really low. If it's a profit, I'd make $200.Whilst some
0:42:54 > 0:42:58Ugandans see this new industry as the future, regulators here warned
0:42:58 > 0:43:04that it's risky. And only for those who can handle the losses when they
0:43:04 > 0:43:11happen.
0:43:11 > 0:43:16We started this half in Kampala and Washington. Next we turned to Iran
0:43:16 > 0:43:19because a video of its supreme leader speaking almost 30 years ago
0:43:19 > 0:43:24has emerged. In it he says he's not qualified for the job. The clip has
0:43:24 > 0:43:35gone viral. TRANSLATION:One should shed tears of blood for an Islamic
0:43:35 > 0:43:40society that would even consider someone like me to be its leader.
0:43:40 > 0:43:48There are serious technical issues with this decision.Undoubtedly one
0:43:48 > 0:43:54of the things driving beehive viewing figures is the fact he
0:43:54 > 0:43:57supreme leader spoke out against those anti-government protests last
0:43:57 > 0:44:04week.There are constitutional issues with him being the leader,
0:44:04 > 0:44:09and what became clear was that this was a session behind closed doors
0:44:09 > 0:44:14that the members of the assembly don't want the people to know about.
0:44:14 > 0:44:18Now there are serious questions. 30 years on, how he's still the leader
0:44:18 > 0:44:23of Iran and how come nobody has talked about the fact he was
0:44:23 > 0:44:27supposed to be a caretaker not a lifetime leader? Like most leagues
0:44:27 > 0:44:31there is definitely a political agenda behind it. The journalists we
0:44:31 > 0:44:35spoke with said that he received the video last week during the height of
0:44:35 > 0:44:41the protests in Iran and he knows his sources wanted to publish it but
0:44:41 > 0:44:45he wanted to make sure it was credible. Clearly the supreme leader
0:44:45 > 0:44:50is going through a crisis. His legitimacy is in doubt. After the
0:44:50 > 0:44:54protests in which people said debt to the dictator, death to the
0:44:54 > 0:44:57supreme leader, now this video has emerged which shows he himself
0:44:57 > 0:45:01wasn't sure about the job.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03Toby Young has resigned from his role on the board
0:45:03 > 0:45:05of a new university regulator.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08He says he was forced to stand down because "My appointment has become
0:45:08 > 0:45:10a distraction from its vital work of broadening access
0:45:10 > 0:45:14to higher education and defending academic freedom".
0:45:14 > 0:45:18He got the job because of his role in co-founding and running this
0:45:18 > 0:45:22free school in London.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24But comments he's made in the past on social media
0:45:24 > 0:45:28quickly became the story.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31Here's an example from 2012.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41And in a Spectator article from the same year, he wrote
0:45:41 > 0:45:44schools have got to be "inclusive" these days.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02There was no shortage of people lining up to condemn
0:46:02 > 0:46:03Toby Young for these comments.
0:46:03 > 0:46:09This is the chair of the Education Select Committee.
0:46:10 > 0:46:15I thought that if you are put on a regulator for students, for
0:46:15 > 0:46:19universities, it would undermine confidence in that institution if
0:46:19 > 0:46:22you had somebody with those kind of use in post. I just thought it was
0:46:22 > 0:46:24wrong.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Toby Young has his supporters too.
0:46:29 > 0:46:34Here's the political journalist Isabel Oakeshott.
0:46:41 > 0:46:46She went on to say his resignation is a great loss.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48Toby Young's departure comes on the same day as lots of comings
0:46:49 > 0:46:50and goings at Number 10.
0:46:50 > 0:46:56Here's Theresa May's new cabinet - her reshuffle has seen more women
0:46:56 > 0:47:04and MP's from ethnic minority backgrounds appointed as ministers.
0:47:04 > 0:47:09Not everyone is happy with how that issue is being described.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12Although the Telegraph's senior political correspondent Kate McCann
0:47:12 > 0:47:15makes this point.
0:47:21 > 0:47:26For more on all of this let's speak to Iain Watson at Millbank.
0:47:26 > 0:47:30Do you think the Prime Minister was setting out to suggest that this is
0:47:30 > 0:47:36a more diverse approach to senior government?Absolutely. That was one
0:47:36 > 0:47:41of the key things she wanted to achieve from this reshuffle. She is
0:47:41 > 0:47:47able to say there are 37 female ministers. Not all round the Cabinet
0:47:47 > 0:47:52table. Also more ethnic minority ministers than ever before, up from
0:47:52 > 0:47:56four to nine. The argument being made by dining street is that
0:47:56 > 0:48:00although some are in junior positions, they are beginning the
0:48:00 > 0:48:03construction of a ministerial pipeline. People getting their first
0:48:03 > 0:48:08fit in the ministerial door and will in future be able to take more
0:48:08 > 0:48:13prominent positions. When I was speaking to Downing Street official
0:48:13 > 0:48:19spokesman he wouldn't be drawn on suggestions that this was about
0:48:19 > 0:48:22political correctness or box ticking. He simply said they've got
0:48:22 > 0:48:26the best team to take on Britain's challengers. Yes, no question the
0:48:26 > 0:48:31Prime Minister herself set out to have a more diverse team and she
0:48:31 > 0:48:33herself has said effectively government ministers should look a
0:48:33 > 0:48:37bit more like the country that they are aspiring to govern. But was a
0:48:37 > 0:48:45motivating factor. Of course the very top team, those at the very top
0:48:45 > 0:48:48state either because she felt too weak to move them in the first blaze
0:48:48 > 0:48:53because some of them dug their heels in.It's been an interesting day.
0:48:53 > 0:48:57Some people say the Prime Minister is weak and can't reshuffle the
0:48:57 > 0:49:00people at the top, you read other people who say the Brexit Bill
0:49:00 > 0:49:03before Christmas has strengthened her. The fact she can pick these
0:49:03 > 0:49:07people with a long-term view shows she is stronger than ever. What
0:49:07 > 0:49:14you're reading?I think both can actually be true. On the one hand
0:49:14 > 0:49:19she wants to see a more diverse range of ministers and in due course
0:49:19 > 0:49:23perhaps even her eventual successor will come from a new crop. She wants
0:49:23 > 0:49:28to bring on people elected in 2015 and 2017 who may have some specific
0:49:28 > 0:49:35skills. Also putting extra ministers into areas that she regards as a
0:49:35 > 0:49:40priority, including the Brexit Department. Also a new social care
0:49:40 > 0:49:45minister and an additional minister for housing. These are seen as
0:49:45 > 0:49:49priorities in areas where she will be battling against a Labour
0:49:49 > 0:49:54government. She didn't set out to move some of her top team. Many of
0:49:54 > 0:49:58the Brexiteers were critical of Philip Hammond as Chancellor. She
0:49:58 > 0:50:02certainly didn't feel strong enough to take them on and what was also
0:50:02 > 0:50:05interesting was when Jeremy Hunt didn't want to move, then frankly
0:50:05 > 0:50:11she didn't move him. In addition to that, talking about more diversity,
0:50:11 > 0:50:15she lost an MP, the Education Secretary, who comes from a northern
0:50:15 > 0:50:21background, who is gay and also educated at a comprehensive School.
0:50:21 > 0:50:25There has been some criticism that the new cabinet is more reliant on
0:50:25 > 0:50:29people who come from fee-paying schools and Oxbridge than the
0:50:29 > 0:50:33cabinet it replaced.Thank you.
0:50:33 > 0:50:34Emmanuel Macron in Beijing.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36The very important trade matters talks he's been holding -
0:50:36 > 0:50:39have been somewhat overshadowed by his effort - in mandarin - to say
0:50:39 > 0:50:49"make our planet great again".
0:51:01 > 0:51:05SPEAKS MANDARIN.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08Here's how Vincent Ni from the BBC's Chinese Service rated
0:51:08 > 0:51:13Mr Macron's efforts.
0:51:13 > 0:51:20Very good. In fact this is one of the most tweeted videos and China's
0:51:20 > 0:51:24internet this morning. This has been seen as a very successful trip. I
0:51:24 > 0:51:29think it has been branded and in practice is a very successful trip
0:51:29 > 0:51:35from both sides.Why is Mr Macron going down well?First of all he is
0:51:35 > 0:51:38hugely popular, ever since his election as the youngest ever leader
0:51:38 > 0:51:47in France. He has been very popular in China. He has an amazing story to
0:51:47 > 0:51:52tell in China. He has also been very eloquent in front of the Chinese
0:51:52 > 0:51:59leader Xi Jinping. But on the other hand, the Chinese president also has
0:51:59 > 0:52:04something he wants from Macron. For example he went to one of the Asian
0:52:04 > 0:52:14cities in China as an endorsement of Xi Jinping's initiative.Is he being
0:52:14 > 0:52:17treated as just the president of France or being seen as a
0:52:17 > 0:52:24representative of the EU as well?I think he has been seen as both. From
0:52:24 > 0:52:29one side he is a representative of France. He has sent 15 business
0:52:29 > 0:52:32delegates to China to sign these deals. On the other hand Emmanuel
0:52:32 > 0:52:39Macron has been working hard to brand himself as a competent
0:52:39 > 0:52:48emerging leader in Europe at a time. Germany is mired in this complicated
0:52:48 > 0:52:53coalition talks. So he is now branding himself as this leader in a
0:52:53 > 0:53:03New Year. On the other hand, he is a descent of France, he is a leader of
0:53:03 > 0:53:07the new Europe.We are going to finish the programme on Australia's
0:53:07 > 0:53:15Great Barrier Reef. Today we are being told that the green sea turtle
0:53:15 > 0:53:20population on the reef is now 99% female.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22The reason is that the temperature of the water around
0:53:22 > 0:53:23the reef is rising.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25Researchers say climate change is causing that rise.
0:53:25 > 0:53:28This is a green turtle - and their sex is influenced
0:53:28 > 0:53:31by temperatures during their incubation period.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34The turtles dig nests in beaches - and small differences in temperature
0:53:34 > 0:53:39can turn the whole nest 100% male or female.
0:53:39 > 0:53:48Here's more on this from the charity WWF Australia.
0:53:48 > 0:53:55This new research has found that of the Northern population of the green
0:53:55 > 0:54:00sea turtle on the Great Barrier Reef, virtually over the last decade
0:54:00 > 0:54:05or two decades, virtually no males have been born from turtle nests.
0:54:05 > 0:54:10This is due to higher temperatures resulting in higher sand, and of
0:54:10 > 0:54:17course the male to female sex ratio is determined by the temperature of
0:54:17 > 0:54:22the sand in which they are laid. This population is a very important
0:54:22 > 0:54:26population for the Great Barrier Reef but is also globally important.
0:54:26 > 0:54:32It is the first time we've been able to use science to show what is a
0:54:32 > 0:54:39really invisible impact of climate change. No males being born over a
0:54:39 > 0:54:4220 year period. The coral bleaching we've had over the last couple of
0:54:42 > 0:54:47years have been very visible, we've lost nearly 50% of inshore reefs.
0:54:47 > 0:54:51This is an invisible threat that science has been able to shine a
0:54:51 > 0:54:54light and.I'll see you tomorrow at the same time for more of the
0:54:54 > 0:54:59biggest global stories.