0:00:10 > 0:00:13Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17Donald Trump has just been talking about immigration. I will play you a
0:00:17 > 0:00:20clip of the statement.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Also a major development in the investigation into alleged
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Russian interference in the US Presidential presidential election.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Reports say President Trump's former chief strategist,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Steve Bannon, has been ordered to testify before a grand jury.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Doctors treating the thirteen siblings rescued from being shackled
0:00:31 > 0:00:34in a house in California say they're being cooperative and hoping
0:00:34 > 0:00:36for a better life - here's how one of them
0:00:36 > 0:00:41raised the alarm.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46A 17-year-old girl called 911 from a deactivated cell phone and reported
0:00:46 > 0:00:50that her siblings were being held against their will and some were
0:00:50 > 0:00:52chained.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55What's it like to live and work in a place where
0:00:55 > 0:00:57the temperature falls to minus 68 celsius?
0:00:57 > 0:00:59We'll be finding out from one of my BBC Russian colleagues.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02And Venezuela's most wanted man has been killed in a government
0:01:02 > 0:01:12operation to capture him - we'll have the latest.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28Every day we distil all of the biggest local stories. We will start
0:01:28 > 0:01:29in Washington.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Donald Trump says he wants immigrants from "everywhere".
0:01:31 > 0:01:35This came when he was pressed by a reporter in the Oval Office
0:01:35 > 0:01:37during a photo opportunity with the president of Kazakhstan
0:01:37 > 0:01:41a short time ago.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Did you say you wanted more people to come in from Norway? Did you say
0:01:48 > 0:01:54that?Thank you very much. I want them to come in from everywhere.
0:01:54 > 0:02:07Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you, everyone.Out.Thank you.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10The president has always given the impression he wants immigrants to
0:02:10 > 0:02:13come in from everywhere. Most recently there was controversy at
0:02:13 > 0:02:16the end of last week over allegations the president used the
0:02:16 > 0:02:31word shithole to describe African countries and 80. -- and Haiti.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Anthony Zurcher joins me from Washington.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39It simply isn't true, he has been saying directly the opposite for the
0:02:39 > 0:02:43last few years.The way they have tried to say this is talk about
0:02:43 > 0:02:49merit-based immigration. The current system, one of which is a green card
0:02:49 > 0:02:52lottery system, where people who are here can bring in family members,
0:02:52 > 0:02:57they view that as not merit-based. When he says everywhere. The way the
0:02:57 > 0:03:00White House would frame this is as long as a person is qualified, they
0:03:00 > 0:03:03bring skills and a love of America, and an ability to speak English,
0:03:03 > 0:03:09they can come from anywhere. That is in stark contrast to what we heard
0:03:09 > 0:03:14last week at the White House when he was talking about specific places he
0:03:14 > 0:03:18wants people to come from, say countries like Norway, places which
0:03:18 > 0:03:25are ethnically white, versus, as you described, shithole countries,
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Central Africa, Haiti, those are predominantly not white countries.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34This is a strange issue, this, for the president. One of the reasons he
0:03:34 > 0:03:38got elected was for tough line which about immigration. But at the same
0:03:38 > 0:03:43time he can't be seen to be owning abrasive language like this.It's
0:03:43 > 0:03:47been really strange the way the White House has tried to handle this
0:03:47 > 0:03:50since the reports came out about Donald Trump's language in the Oval
0:03:50 > 0:03:55Office. White House aides were first saying that this is great, we will
0:03:55 > 0:03:59be loved for this, Donald Trump was on the phone bragging about it to
0:03:59 > 0:04:03friends, saying this will play well. The next morning he tweeted that he
0:04:03 > 0:04:10didn't use that language. But that he was talking about countries that
0:04:10 > 0:04:14were economically depressed. Then later on you saw the White House
0:04:14 > 0:04:17this morning saying the president did use harsh words, but those were
0:04:17 > 0:04:23not the exact words. The main thing was that he wants to stand up for
0:04:23 > 0:04:27people coming to America who are qualified and interested and can
0:04:27 > 0:04:32bring something to the country. They did not deny that Donald Trump --
0:04:32 > 0:04:35they did not deny it, Donald Trump then denied it, we are trying to
0:04:35 > 0:04:42find out exactly what the White House's line is on this.In the last
0:04:42 > 0:04:46few minutes, at the White House, there has been everything for the
0:04:46 > 0:04:49presidential position, Ronnie Jackson. He has been giving an
0:04:49 > 0:04:54account of Donald Trump's health. Here is some of it.I have got to
0:04:54 > 0:04:58know him pretty well. I have no concerns about his cognitive ability
0:04:58 > 0:05:04or his neurological functions. I wasn't going to do a cognitive exam.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08I had no intention of doing one. We did the cognitive assessment because
0:05:08 > 0:05:13the president asked me to do it. He came to me and he said is there
0:05:13 > 0:05:17something we can do, a test, some kind of screen we can do to assess
0:05:17 > 0:05:22my cognitive ability.That's very interesting because it means the
0:05:22 > 0:05:28president wants to see off that idea that the 25th amendment could see
0:05:28 > 0:05:32him being taken out of the White House.Exactly. It had to be viewed
0:05:32 > 0:05:40as a step by the president to head this off and proves that those
0:05:40 > 0:05:44allegations in Fire And Fury, the book that came out last week, saying
0:05:44 > 0:05:50he was mentally incapable of serving as commander in chief were ill
0:05:50 > 0:05:53founded. The remarks on his health from the doctor where that Donald
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Trump is currently very healthy and will remain so for the remainder of
0:05:56 > 0:06:05his presidency. Although his weight is 239 lb, which is one lb away from
0:06:05 > 0:06:10being obese at his height. His doctor said he needed to lose ten to
0:06:10 > 0:06:1715 lb in the coming months and years.Thanks very much. In a moment
0:06:17 > 0:06:21we will talk about a New York Times piece on Steve Bannon. In the
0:06:21 > 0:06:24meantime, the press conference is still going on in the White House,
0:06:24 > 0:06:31we can listen in.Had I seen a large bump them I would have found that
0:06:31 > 0:06:39concern, but I didn't, so we are not going down that path.Do you have a
0:06:39 > 0:06:43weight measurement? 239 lb, just shy of obesity. You are confident of
0:06:43 > 0:06:48that number, did you do regiments? We don't, we do height and weight.
0:06:48 > 0:06:55We put him into the BMI calculator. We've never done measurements. There
0:06:55 > 0:06:58isn't much point. The president has acknowledged that he would be
0:06:58 > 0:07:02healthier if he lost a few pounds. That is what we will try to do.
0:07:02 > 0:07:08Doing measurements, getting some other form of calculation wouldn't
0:07:08 > 0:07:13really have changed anything clinical for us.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17We are listening to a doctor talk about the president of America's
0:07:17 > 0:07:20waistline measurements, but that is the level of interest in Donald
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Trump and his health. The physician has just said that apart from
0:07:24 > 0:07:28needing to lose some weight he is in good health. Both physically and
0:07:28 > 0:07:32mentally. I was just showing you this article from the New York Times
0:07:32 > 0:07:35a moment ago.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Steve Bannon is reported to have been subpoenaed
0:07:37 > 0:07:40to testify at a grand jury.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45That is just the New York Times saying that. We have not been able
0:07:45 > 0:07:52to confirm it. But if that was the case, it would have been instigated
0:07:52 > 0:07:54by...
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Robert Mueller who's
0:07:55 > 0:07:58leading the inquiry into alleged collusion between the Trump
0:07:58 > 0:07:59campaign and Russia.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Here's Katty Kay's analysis for why Steve Bannon will be summoned.
0:08:01 > 0:08:07It's no surprise that he would want to talk to Steve Bannon. This is
0:08:07 > 0:08:12only coming from the New York Times at the moment. It would suggest that
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Steve Bannon, if true, is not himself a target of the
0:08:15 > 0:08:20investigation, but somebody Robert Mueller would like to get evidence
0:08:20 > 0:08:24from about what was happening between the Trump campaign and any
0:08:24 > 0:08:32possible ties to Moscow. This has more relevance now after that book
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Fire And Fury because in that book Steve Bannon is quoted talking at
0:08:35 > 0:08:38some length about the Russian investigation. No surprise Robert
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Mueller would like to speak to him. And it comes on the same day Steve
0:08:42 > 0:08:47Bannon has been appearing before the house intelligence committee. Also
0:08:47 > 0:08:52on the crash investigation. And answering questions to them.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Steve Bannon's also been in the news because of those quotes
0:08:54 > 0:08:56in the Fire and Fury book which criticised
0:08:56 > 0:09:01President Trump's son.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03He's also in the news today.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Here he is arriving to testifying at a closed session
0:09:06 > 0:09:08of the House Intelligence Committee.
0:09:08 > 0:09:18We can turn back to Katy to break down all the ongoing investigations.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Three investigations going on on Capitol Hill. Two in the Senate,
0:09:27 > 0:09:32while in the house. There is the FBI investigation with Robert Miller.
0:09:32 > 0:09:38All of these investigators looking at those in Trump world from the
0:09:38 > 0:09:42campaign days and the White House. They spoke to Steve Bannon today. We
0:09:42 > 0:09:52don't know what they said. He's also going to talk to Lewandowski who was
0:09:52 > 0:09:56involved in the campaign earlier. And the house intelligence committee
0:09:56 > 0:10:02also is going to talk to Hope Hicks. She is the 28-year-old aide to
0:10:02 > 0:10:05President Trump, communications director in the White House, she has
0:10:05 > 0:10:09been with him for a very long time. Spends a lot of time with the
0:10:09 > 0:10:12president. Has been involved in a lot of these meetings. And she has
0:10:12 > 0:10:19also been in the White House. She somebody who is still close to the
0:10:19 > 0:10:23White House, and somebody the investigators want to talk to.Let's
0:10:23 > 0:10:26go from the east coast to the West Coast of the USA.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Police in California tell us this couple had their 13 children
0:10:28 > 0:10:31"shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks in dark
0:10:31 > 0:10:37and foul-smelling surroundings".
0:10:37 > 0:10:39David and Louise Turpin have now been charged with torture
0:10:39 > 0:10:40and child endangerment.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Doctors looking after the siblings say they are being very cooperative,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45and are hopeful their lives will now get better.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48MAP The family home is in Perris - which is around 100km
0:10:48 > 0:10:54south-east of Los Angeles.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59This is the house.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01And this is streetview showing us the Muir Woods Road.
0:11:01 > 0:11:07It's a classic suburban scene.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11The alarm was raised on Sunday when a 17 year old daughter escaped
0:11:11 > 0:11:13through a window and called 911 on a deactivated cell phone.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16When the police arrived they found children as young as two -
0:11:16 > 0:11:18and adults as old as 29.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Here's what they saw.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25When they arrived inside the house they noticed the children were
0:11:25 > 0:11:32malnourished. It was very dirty. The conditions were horrific.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33They are now receiving medical treatment.
0:11:33 > 0:11:40Here's the head of one of the local hospitals.
0:11:40 > 0:11:47I can tell you that they are very friendly. They are very cooperative.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51I believe they are hopeful that life will get better for them after this
0:11:51 > 0:11:51event.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Let's look at what we know about this family.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58This picture is on their Facebook page.
0:11:58 > 0:12:04We can see pictures of them at Disneyland and in Las Vegas.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08One of the reasons they were in Las Vegas is because the couple renewed
0:12:08 > 0:12:09their wedding vows.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11So far so normal.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15But this is what their neighbours have had to say.
0:12:15 > 0:12:21The kids were not sociable. They did not want to look at people. They
0:12:21 > 0:12:24were just doing what they were doing. No eye contact with society.
0:12:24 > 0:12:30You would never see anybody visit. You would never see anybody come out
0:12:30 > 0:12:35side. You were just see that they might go out, make a grocery run,
0:12:35 > 0:12:40and that was about it.As you see I have a daughter, I am finding this
0:12:40 > 0:12:42horrifying that this can happen in this community.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44We also know from public records
0:12:44 > 0:12:45that Mr Turpin declared bankrupcy - twice.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50And it's thought the children were home-schooled.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53This is the California Department of Education website.
0:12:53 > 0:13:02It lists Mr Turpin as the Principal of Sandcastle Day School.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Sandcastle was in fact a private school operated out of his home.
0:13:05 > 0:13:15James Cook is outside the Turpin's house in Perris.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19There are lots of unanswered questions. They were only at this
0:13:19 > 0:13:24house behind me, according to the authorities, since 2014. Where were
0:13:24 > 0:13:29they before that? What sort of conditions were they being held in?
0:13:29 > 0:13:33This home-schooling we are hearing about, what was it? The family are
0:13:33 > 0:13:37described as deeply religious. One neighbour said she thought they had
0:13:37 > 0:13:40originally come from West Virginia, although authorities said they had
0:13:40 > 0:13:45most recently moved to California from Texas. There are also
0:13:45 > 0:13:48investigating, this house was registered as a home-school. It's
0:13:48 > 0:13:53unusual in California, but not unheard of, there are quite a number
0:13:53 > 0:13:58of people who choose to go down the home-schooling root in this state.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01They say there is no record of any other pupils being registered here.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05But they are checking to see if anybody had any other involvement
0:14:05 > 0:14:09with this family. One other thing which are striking, talking about
0:14:09 > 0:14:14malnourishment, it suggests that the conditions they endured had gone on
0:14:14 > 0:14:17for a long time, is that both neighbours here and police saying
0:14:17 > 0:14:22the same thing, which is that they were stunned to discover that what
0:14:22 > 0:14:26they thought were children were actually adults. Both in terms of
0:14:26 > 0:14:30their physical stature, but also in terms of the way they moved. One of
0:14:30 > 0:14:34the neighbours I was talking to hear said that the young woman skipped
0:14:34 > 0:14:38along as if they were children. The young men walked awkwardly as if
0:14:38 > 0:14:43they were adolescents. That perhaps tells you something about the way
0:14:43 > 0:14:47they were brought up, and the condition, the way they were
0:14:47 > 0:14:51conditioned by their parents, who, of course, it should be set, haven't
0:14:51 > 0:14:55been convicted of any crime yet. They face these charges. They will
0:14:55 > 0:14:59have their day in court. They argue in court on charges of child torture
0:14:59 > 0:15:05child endangerment.Thanks very much. Later we will head further
0:15:05 > 0:15:09south for the latest on the killing of Venezuelan's most wanted man. We
0:15:09 > 0:15:14knew he was involved in a gunfight with the authorities. That ended
0:15:14 > 0:15:17with him dying. Some of his supporters dying. And two policeman
0:15:17 > 0:15:21dying.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Trade union leaders whose members are affected by the collapse of the
0:15:31 > 0:15:35construction company Carillion have held talks with Government ministers
0:15:35 > 0:15:38this evening. Len McCluskey says there are lots of unanswered
0:15:38 > 0:15:44questions.We will press the Government at some juncture. There
0:15:44 > 0:15:50needs to be an enquiry. We want to know why directors were allowed to
0:15:50 > 0:15:54pay themselves massive bonuses, paying massive dividends to their
0:15:54 > 0:15:57shareholders at a time when the company was clearly not in a
0:15:57 > 0:16:02position to do that. £600 million deficit, yet these massive bonuses
0:16:02 > 0:16:07were still being paid. We want to know why some ex-directors are still
0:16:07 > 0:16:13being paid on the books now. The former boss of this company is
0:16:13 > 0:16:18getting £55,000 a month. He isn't worried about where his mortgage
0:16:18 > 0:16:21payments are coming from. Right up until October. We will be putting
0:16:21 > 0:16:28pressure not only on the Government but also the administrators.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40Our lead story is:
0:16:40 > 0:16:44There is a major development in the investigation into alleged Russian
0:16:44 > 0:16:49interference in the US election, reports say Steve Bannon has been
0:16:49 > 0:16:52ordered to testify before a grand jury.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57Let's turn to some of the main stories on BBC World Service radio.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01BBC Arabic reports that the United States are withholding millions of
0:17:01 > 0:17:06dollars in aid funding for the UN relief agency for Palestinians. The
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Trump administration has withheld $65 million and urged other
0:17:09 > 0:17:11countries to pay more.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14BBC Mundo report that a bridge in central Colombia has collapsed,
0:17:14 > 0:17:15killing at least 10 people.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Workers were constructing the 450 metre long suspension bridge.
0:17:17 > 0:17:24The cause of the collapse is under investigation.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Lots of you have been getting a sneezing lesson
0:17:26 > 0:17:28on the BBC News website.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Doctors are warning people not to clamp their nose when they sneeze.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34One 34-year-old man has ruptured his throat doing that.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37The sneeze apparently has the power to rip through soft tissue.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42You've been warned.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46You can find this on the website.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50We've been talking a lot about North and South Korea -
0:17:50 > 0:17:53and how the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang next month seem to be
0:17:53 > 0:17:56helping to warm relations - all be it from a very
0:17:56 > 0:18:00cold starting point.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04A meeting in Vancouver today is unlikely to impress Kim Jong Un.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Here's US secretary of state Rex Tillerson from the US -
0:18:07 > 0:18:09along with the UK's Boris Johnson and around 20 other
0:18:09 > 0:18:14foreign ministers.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Their collective goal is to get North Korea to give
0:18:16 > 0:18:19up its nuclear ambitions.
0:18:19 > 0:18:26This is Rex Tillerson earlier.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31First, we all must insist a full enforcement of the UN Security
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Council sanctions. This is the latter of the law. We especially
0:18:34 > 0:18:39urge Russia and China in this manner. Bolton fermentation is an
0:18:39 > 0:18:43essential measure for the security of their people and a clear
0:18:43 > 0:18:46indication of their willingness to honour their international
0:18:46 > 0:18:51commitments. -- bold implementation. We will continue to call attention
0:18:51 > 0:18:58to and designate entities to individuals complicit in such
0:18:58 > 0:19:00actions.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02All of the countries who were present talk regularly about North
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Korea. You can be forgiven for asking what is different about what
0:19:06 > 0:19:13is happening in Vancouver today. It is a question I put...If there is
0:19:13 > 0:19:19going to be any major change as to how North Korea is approached, China
0:19:19 > 0:19:24have to be involved. They are hoping to send a message. A message that
0:19:24 > 0:19:28they are united in keeping up the pressure campaign and also in their
0:19:28 > 0:19:31demands that North Korea ultimately denuclearise. That message was more
0:19:31 > 0:19:36important to send now than before because of this diplomatic opening
0:19:36 > 0:19:38between North and South Korea. There have been questions about whether
0:19:38 > 0:19:43the pressure campaign would become less strong, and whether North Korea
0:19:43 > 0:19:47might get away with trying to get some concessions without actually
0:19:47 > 0:19:53giving up what people wanted to give up. That message came through loud
0:19:53 > 0:19:57and clear. The practical thing they are going to be talking about is how
0:19:57 > 0:20:02to try to stop sanctions busting, how to stop smuggling the way North
0:20:02 > 0:20:06Korea invades sanctions. Rex Tillerson made mention of it. There
0:20:06 > 0:20:12have been some documented incidents where ship to ship transfers of
0:20:12 > 0:20:16fuel, for example, which have been banned under sanctions. They want to
0:20:16 > 0:20:21look at more ways which will empower nations to stop and search ships to
0:20:21 > 0:20:22prevent that kind of smuggling.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Sanctions are already in place.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Rex Tillerson is also calling for North Korean ships to be intercepted
0:20:30 > 0:20:39at sea. Back in December the North Korean...
0:20:39 > 0:20:40KCNA news agency said:
0:20:44 > 0:20:49The idea is that a naval blockade in the Sea of Japan
0:20:49 > 0:20:52and the Yellow Sea would prevent North Korea from getting raw
0:20:52 > 0:20:53materials and equipment - disrupt its exports
0:20:53 > 0:21:03of coal and iron.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06But look at North Korea - those two long coasts
0:21:06 > 0:21:09would be hard to police - and as Barbara explains isn't
0:21:09 > 0:21:12likely anytime soon.
0:21:12 > 0:21:19The idea of a naval blockade is very controversial. It could lead to some
0:21:19 > 0:21:24kind of conflict, or something like that. That's something the Americans
0:21:24 > 0:21:32did mention in a way. Trying to get into the most recent UN sanctions
0:21:32 > 0:21:37resolution. They want to tighten rules about being able to stop ships
0:21:37 > 0:21:39in international waters, stop them and expect them to make sure they
0:21:39 > 0:21:45were not sanctions busting. That would enable a sort of blockade.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48That did not go through in the UN. I don't think we're looking at that
0:21:48 > 0:21:53kind of measure from here. What they will be talking about is some of the
0:21:53 > 0:21:57legal areas. Where they can feel comfortable. Where they can feel
0:21:57 > 0:22:02they are able to take strong steps than they have taken before. Where
0:22:02 > 0:22:06things stand at the moment, there can be a certain amount of
0:22:06 > 0:22:08intercepting ships, but not in international waters. It is a
0:22:08 > 0:22:13question of how you get from banning ships from port to actually stopping
0:22:13 > 0:22:17them in international waters. Barbara will keep us posted from
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Vancouver.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Quite a pledge from McDonald's today -
0:22:21 > 0:22:23it says all its packaging worldwide will come from sustainable
0:22:23 > 0:22:31sources by 2025.
0:22:31 > 0:22:37That is quite an ambitious goal. Why are they doing it?A few reasons.
0:22:37 > 0:22:43There is pressure from customers, who have always said that this is
0:22:43 > 0:22:46something they really want. Given all of the turbulence McDonald's has
0:22:46 > 0:22:51suffered over the last few years. They have revamped their menus to
0:22:51 > 0:22:55try to get more people to come through to their stores, to try to
0:22:55 > 0:23:00adhere to what the customers really want. That's part of it. The other
0:23:00 > 0:23:04part is that the industry is changing. If you look at a lot of
0:23:04 > 0:23:08fast food restaurants that have come onto the market many of them use
0:23:08 > 0:23:13sustainable items when it comes to cutlery, and when it comes to their
0:23:13 > 0:23:18packaging, they make an effort to do a lot of recycling. There is that
0:23:18 > 0:23:22pressure within the restaurant industry for McDonald's to do this.
0:23:22 > 0:23:28They have set the goal. Is it practical? It sounds difficult to
0:23:28 > 0:23:33do.It will be difficult to do. If you look at North America and
0:23:33 > 0:23:38Europe, for example, those facilities already exist to make
0:23:38 > 0:23:43sustainable utensils and packaging. In other parts of the world that is
0:23:43 > 0:23:48going to be a lot more difficult. McDonald's' response to that is that
0:23:48 > 0:23:52they would invest money into infrastructure in countries that
0:23:52 > 0:23:55don't have that already. It looks like they are actually going to want
0:23:55 > 0:23:59to put some sort of personal investment into this, as well.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Thanks very much.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Drivers for the ride-hailing app Uber will have a cap
0:24:05 > 0:24:09on the number of hours they can work in the UK from next week.
0:24:09 > 0:24:17I was going to show you a tweet from Alan Jones which said drivers must
0:24:17 > 0:24:24an uninterrupted six hour break after ten hours work.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27There are currently 50,000 drivers operating in London and it's
0:24:27 > 0:24:29estimated about 3.5 million people use the service.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Uber is locked in a legal battle with the city
0:24:31 > 0:24:34of London over safety concerns - and risks having its operating
0:24:34 > 0:24:42licence suspended.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47The London taxi drivers Association has been very critical. They say
0:24:47 > 0:24:51that the drivers will still be able to do too many hours.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53When one of the biggest names in the world of money
0:24:53 > 0:24:54talks - people listen.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57The boss of BlackRock, Larry Fink, one of the most influential
0:24:57 > 0:24:59investors on the planet, has sent a letter telling
0:24:59 > 0:25:02the biggest public companies they need to give back to society
0:25:02 > 0:25:04or face loosing the support of the investment firm.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07-- or face losing the support of the investment firm.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Management expert Chris Roebuck explains
0:25:08 > 0:25:09the significance of this letter.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11This is a watershed moment for the leadership of all investors, or
0:25:11 > 0:25:16corporate. If we go back. He said the only responsibility of the
0:25:16 > 0:25:20corporate was to get shareholders to make profits. Everyone has been
0:25:20 > 0:25:26quoting that. But we forget he said that 56 years ago. Since then we
0:25:26 > 0:25:30have had globalisation, we have climate change, the world has got
0:25:30 > 0:25:34challenges that Milton Freeman wouldn't have even dreamt about. At
0:25:34 > 0:25:39last what is happening is that the corporate world in terms of the
0:25:39 > 0:25:42relationship with wider society is being forced to accept that it has
0:25:42 > 0:25:49the change.In a few minutes time we will turn back to Venezuela.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Yesterday we were talking about how one of the country's most wanted men
0:25:53 > 0:25:59was involved in a gunfight. He has died. We will bring you up to date.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15Good evening. Time for our round-up of the world weather. We will start
0:26:15 > 0:26:19with Stormy weather. Not here, but out in the Indian Ocean. A powerful
0:26:19 > 0:26:25cyclone is bearing down on reunion and Mauritius. It could be the most
0:26:25 > 0:26:29powerful cyclone to hit the region since 2002 and possibly since the
0:26:29 > 0:26:36mid-90s. The cyclone is a nasty storm. It has already been bringing
0:26:36 > 0:26:40heavy rain. It looks like the colour of the storm may directly go over
0:26:40 > 0:26:54the islands. Just a wobble to the north and south. -- the core of the
0:26:54 > 0:27:02storm. Likely problems will come in for Reunion and Mauritius. Back
0:27:02 > 0:27:05home, we are expecting stormy weather over the next couple of
0:27:05 > 0:27:11days. This is Wednesday, snow across the Alps, very unsettled around the
0:27:11 > 0:27:16Balkans, as well. We are keeping a close eye on a developing storm just
0:27:16 > 0:27:20coming out of North America, tracking across the Atlantic. By
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Wednesday it is just approaching Ireland. Then it will be moving
0:27:23 > 0:27:28across the British Isles, the rest of the British Isles. A nasty storm.
0:27:28 > 0:27:37Tightly packed isobars, which means severe gales expected. It'll be
0:27:37 > 0:27:39blowing very strong from tonight onwards across Ireland. The next
0:27:39 > 0:27:43storm will bring the severe gales. Not just of the UK, but other parts
0:27:43 > 0:27:46of Europe. Winds could be damaging. Let's take a look at western parts
0:27:46 > 0:27:54of Europe on Thursday. That is when we will be feeling the impact.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Across more Western and central parts, you can see the rush of wind.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02By this stage the Kyle Wood has swept across the UK, gone through
0:28:02 > 0:28:10Belgium, Holland, and now northern parts of Germany. -- by this stage
0:28:10 > 0:28:16this wind will have swept across. We will have the impact Wednesday night
0:28:16 > 0:28:21into Thursday. Severe gales expected tomorrow night across the UK. Let's
0:28:21 > 0:28:29start the forecast with the season. Already a strong north-westerly
0:28:29 > 0:28:33breeze, snow settling across northern hills. Winds briefly died
0:28:33 > 0:28:37down tomorrow with sunshine around. More snow showers in the north.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42Behind me, the next weather system ramping up, racing towards us at a
0:28:42 > 0:28:45rate of knots, and that will be bringing us severe weather
0:28:45 > 0:28:48conditions as we go through the course of Wednesday evening at the
0:28:48 > 0:28:53early hours of Thursday. Here it is trekking across Ireland, the Irish
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Sea, and those isobars with very strong winds, disruptive winds,
0:28:56 > 0:28:59across the North.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source,
0:30:11 > 0:30:14and these are the main stories here in the BBC Newsroom.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16A major development in the investigation into alleged
0:30:16 > 0:30:21Russian interference in the US Presidential presidential election.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Reports say President Trump's former chief strategist,
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Steve Bannon, has been ordered to testify before a grand jury.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Doctors treating the thirteen siblings rescued from being shackled
0:30:30 > 0:30:33in a house in California say they're being cooperative and hoping
0:30:33 > 0:30:36for a better life - here's how one of them
0:30:36 > 0:30:42raised the alarm.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46A 17-year-old girl called 911 from a deactivated cell phone, and reported
0:30:46 > 0:30:49that her siblings were being held against their will, some of them
0:30:49 > 0:31:00chained.A renegade police officer has been killed on the run in
0:31:00 > 0:31:06Venezuela.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Venezuela's most wanted man Oscar Perez is dead.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24He was a vehement opponent of President Maduro.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28Last year he was the pilot as a helicopter dropped grenades
0:31:28 > 0:31:33on the Venezuelan Supreme Court.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37He's been on the run since.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39That was in Caracas.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43Then this week Perez and several other men were cornered
0:31:43 > 0:31:47in an area nearby among these houses.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50As they came under attack Perez starting posting
0:31:50 > 0:31:53videos on Instagram.
0:31:53 > 0:32:04In this one he says he wants to surrender.
0:32:06 > 0:32:11TRANSLATION:They are shooting at us with RPG 's, grenade launchers and
0:32:11 > 0:32:15snipers. There are civilians in here. We said we would turn
0:32:15 > 0:32:18ourselves into Federer want to let us, they want to us.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Mr Perez's mother issued a plea saying "He is trying to give
0:32:21 > 0:32:23himself up and they will not let him in.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27Let him surrender."
0:32:27 > 0:32:31To many including the President though, he was a terrorist.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36Six of Perez's supporters died - but so did two policemen.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40And 10 were injured.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42This is President Madura today ahead of a state
0:32:42 > 0:32:44of the union address.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47He's said action had to be taken because the group was planning
0:32:47 > 0:32:56a bomb attack on an embassy.
0:32:56 > 0:33:03TRANSLATION:The command groups were Fulston to action, some of the
0:33:03 > 0:33:07terrorist groups fell, others were captured. More than five were
0:33:07 > 0:33:09captured and they were already giving their statements and telling
0:33:09 > 0:33:11all. The plans they have horrifying.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14When news emerged that Oscar Perez had died BOX 4
0:33:14 > 0:33:19this started happening.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21This was relatively close to where Oscar Perez was killed -
0:33:21 > 0:33:23and these supporters are chanting "freedom".
0:33:23 > 0:33:30Here's what one demonstrator had to say.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34TRANSLATION:This shows that Venezuela is fed up with what's
0:33:34 > 0:33:37happening, this demonstration is to defend Oscar Peres who has done a
0:33:37 > 0:33:41lot for us, much more than the opposition has managed.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Some people are asking why the government didn't take Perez
0:33:43 > 0:33:45alive after he'd said he wanted to surrender.
0:33:45 > 0:33:55Here the BBC's Daniel Garcia in Caracas.
0:33:55 > 0:34:05The interior Minister said today that there was a very different
0:34:05 > 0:34:08story, that this rebel group attacked police officers, then they
0:34:08 > 0:34:16had to respond. Then there was this shoot out, there were nine
0:34:16 > 0:34:19casualties, seven members of the police rebel group and two police
0:34:19 > 0:34:23officers. It's a very different story from the story we heard
0:34:23 > 0:34:34yesterday, watching the video was posted by Oscar Peres on Instagram.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38The helicopter attack I showed you earlier made
0:34:38 > 0:34:40It happened in June last year -
0:34:40 > 0:34:42at the height of street protests against President
0:34:42 > 0:34:43Maduro's government.
0:34:43 > 0:34:53And for many, he became a sort of martyr and symbol of resistance.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02This protest movement is very quiet right now. There has been some
0:35:02 > 0:35:08outrage, because of this shoot out yesterday, but there are some
0:35:08 > 0:35:13people, opposition supporters, saying that Mr Peres is a kind of
0:35:13 > 0:35:19hero because he was fighting for the freedom of the country, on the other
0:35:19 > 0:35:22hand the government supporters say he was a very dangerous terrorist.
0:35:22 > 0:35:31So far, there are no protests. It's very difficult for us to see the
0:35:31 > 0:35:34kind of protests we were seeing last year.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Pope Francis has said he feels "pain and shame" over a sex
0:35:37 > 0:35:38abuse scandal involving the Catholic Church in Chile.
0:35:38 > 0:35:44He also asked the victims for forgiveness.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47All of this was in his first official address in Chile, it
0:35:47 > 0:35:49took place in the capital Santiago.
0:35:49 > 0:35:50Constanza Hola is Chilean BBC journalist based
0:35:50 > 0:35:52here in the BBC newsroom.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57She recorded this for us.
0:35:57 > 0:36:06This visit by Pope Francis in Chile has been marked for mass today, an
0:36:06 > 0:36:09open-air Mass that was completely fully booked, people were queueing
0:36:09 > 0:36:15at 2am. In that mass, the Pope said something that was really important
0:36:15 > 0:36:22for delaying people, he said he was orally and ashamed about the child
0:36:22 > 0:36:29abuse. -- he said he was sorry and ashamed. This has been really
0:36:29 > 0:36:33interesting. This is the first time he has done this in the country. The
0:36:33 > 0:36:39reception yesterday when he arrived was not that massive. We could not
0:36:39 > 0:36:48see as many people as the visit of John Paul II in 1987. Back then,
0:36:48 > 0:36:58there was a dictatorship, under the rule of Pinochet. People were
0:36:58 > 0:37:06wondering if the Pope could act as a mediator, to get a way out of
0:37:06 > 0:37:14General Pinochet's rule. At that time, people were quite united in
0:37:14 > 0:37:22terms of seen the figure of the Pope as a mediator. This time, not all
0:37:22 > 0:37:28the people, not most of the people, are that excited about Francis, Pope
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Francis, coming to Chile.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33Don't forget you can get much more detail on our top stories
0:37:33 > 0:37:43on our Website.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50I want to quickly talk about Donald Trump. In this press conference
0:37:50 > 0:37:54earlier he took some questions from journalists, insisting he has no
0:37:54 > 0:37:58issue about immigration, saying he wants immigration from everywhere.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02That's one of several Trump presidency stories we are covering.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Another is that the president has been expected by his physician and
0:38:05 > 0:38:09we have heard from the doctor today who has been saying how the
0:38:09 > 0:38:13president is in good physical health and has no cognitive problems. He
0:38:13 > 0:38:16actually gave a press conference, here is some of what the doctor told
0:38:16 > 0:38:20us.I have got to know him pretty well. I had no concerns about his
0:38:20 > 0:38:26cognitive ability or his neurological function. I was not
0:38:26 > 0:38:30going to do a cognitive exam, I had them intention of doing one. The
0:38:30 > 0:38:34reason we did the assessment was plain and simple because the
0:38:34 > 0:38:38president asked me to do it. He said is there something we can do, a test
0:38:38 > 0:38:49of some type of screen we can do to assess my cognitive ability?This
0:38:49 > 0:38:53website has a sample of the kind of cognitive assessment Donald Trump
0:38:53 > 0:38:57may have done, this type. You have to name certain animals, connect
0:38:57 > 0:39:02letters and numbers in order, and so on. We can find out more about that
0:39:02 > 0:39:06online, you can also get details of all these Donald Trump stories on
0:39:06 > 0:39:16the website.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23We have also been talking about the situation in California where some
0:39:23 > 0:39:27children, some of him were actually adults now, have been held in
0:39:27 > 0:39:31captivity by their parents, now being treated in hospital.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Larry Nasser was a physician for USA Gymnastics for two decades -
0:39:34 > 0:39:37he is accused of molesting about 100 girls during his time in that role.
0:39:37 > 0:39:47The highest profile is made herself known just yesterday.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53Simone Biles tweeted this.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55And attached amounts
0:39:55 > 0:39:57to her victim statement.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58Nasser already pleaded guilty to assault -
0:39:58 > 0:40:01today is the first day of his sentencing hearing and he's
0:40:01 > 0:40:08being confronted by his accusers.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Our sports editor Dan Roan posted this.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13"Little girls don't stay little
0:40:13 > 0:40:16forever" This has to be seen to be believed.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20Courageous Kyle Stephens confronts Larry Nassar -
0:40:20 > 0:40:23the man who abused her aged 6 - in court.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27We have it for you, in this report from Natalie Pirks.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29COMMENTATOR:The final move of her Olympic championships.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30Full twisting doubleback...
0:40:30 > 0:40:32She was the poster girl of the Rio Olympics,
0:40:32 > 0:40:34her four gold medals secured her place
0:40:34 > 0:40:36in sporting legend.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38COMMENTATOR:How does she do it?
0:40:38 > 0:40:40CO-COMMENTATOR:Absolutely amazing performance.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42But last night, Simone Biles, the self-proclaimed happy,
0:40:42 > 0:40:44giggly and energetic girl made international headlines
0:40:44 > 0:40:49as she admitted to feeling broken.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52Olympic champion Simone Biles comes forward to say she was also sexually
0:40:52 > 0:40:57abused by former USA gymnastics doctor, Larry Nassar.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01Larry Nassar is accused of sexually abusing more than 130 women under
0:41:01 > 0:41:04the guise of medical treatment and is already serving 60 years
0:41:04 > 0:41:10in jail for possessing images of child sexual abuse.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14After pleading guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct,
0:41:14 > 0:41:16he was in court again today and heard impact statements
0:41:16 > 0:41:19from some of his victims.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Perhaps you have figured it out by now, but little girls don't
0:41:22 > 0:41:24stay little forever.
0:41:24 > 0:41:29They grow into strong women that return to destroy your world.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32In a lengthy statement last night, Biles said that for a long
0:41:32 > 0:41:35time she'd asked herself if she was to blame.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39She now knows she wasn't and isn't afraid to tell her story any more.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42"I love this sport too much and I have never been
0:41:42 > 0:41:43a quitter," she said.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46"I won't let one man and the others that enabled him
0:41:46 > 0:41:50to steal my love and joy."
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Biles' Olympic gold medal winning team-mate, Aly Raisman, is another
0:41:52 > 0:41:55who says she was abused by Nassar.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58She has accused authorities of a cover-up.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00What did USA gymnastics do and Larry Nassar do
0:42:00 > 0:42:07to manipulate these girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09USA gymnastics says it's heartbroken and sorry and angry if any
0:42:09 > 0:42:18of our athletes have been harmed by Larry Nassar.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Only one American woman has ever won gold on the vault, Simone Biles.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24She's used to making the spectacular look effortless but for Simone Biles
0:42:24 > 0:42:33the pain of reliving her experience has been incredible.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Yesterday we talked about the biggest refugee
0:42:35 > 0:42:37camp in the world.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39It's home to over half a million Rohingya Muslims
0:42:39 > 0:42:46who fled Myanmar for Bangladesh last year.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50Today we're going to focus on efforts to get them home.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52A deal has been agreed where 1,500 Rohingya
0:42:52 > 0:42:57will return each week.
0:42:57 > 0:43:04In theory over two years, everyone will returned.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06BBC's South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head has more
0:43:06 > 0:43:14on how this will work.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17There is still an awful lot of detail of what would have to happen
0:43:17 > 0:43:22for a viable repatriation, missing from this agreement that has come
0:43:22 > 0:43:26out of the first joint working group meeting that the two countries have
0:43:26 > 0:43:31held. They are talking about numbers, but I think these are very
0:43:31 > 0:43:35much ambitions at this stage, not really based on what is practical.
0:43:35 > 0:43:401500 people a week, which is what the Myanmar government has agreed
0:43:40 > 0:43:44to, would be a great many when you think that most of the refugees are
0:43:44 > 0:43:49very reluctant to go back until they have better assurances about their
0:43:49 > 0:43:52safety. Even at 1500 a week, it would take something like ten years
0:43:52 > 0:43:57to get back all the Rohingya who fled over the past year and a half
0:43:57 > 0:44:00from violence in Rockland State. The Bangladesh side has said they want
0:44:00 > 0:44:11those numbers to increase but nobody is talking about what has to happen
0:44:11 > 0:44:15inside Rakhine State before repatriation can happen. They can't
0:44:15 > 0:44:20be sure until international agencies are given better access to Rakhine
0:44:20 > 0:44:23State. There are none of the UN agencies who would usually smooth
0:44:23 > 0:44:27the return of refugees. Also what has to happen is preparation for how
0:44:27 > 0:44:33the Rohingya will live, their entire livelihood and villages have been
0:44:33 > 0:44:36destroyed, rebuilding villages will help but then you have to persuade
0:44:36 > 0:44:45the non-Muslim community to accept them.
0:44:45 > 0:44:49Donald Tusk has been speaking about the possibility of the UK changing
0:44:49 > 0:44:53its mind. He was speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg,
0:44:53 > 0:44:56saying the UK is entitled to change its mind and would be allowed to
0:44:56 > 0:45:02stay if it did so.If the UK Government sticks to its decision to
0:45:02 > 0:45:08leave, Brexit will become a reality with all its negative consequences
0:45:08 > 0:45:13in March next year. Unless there is a change of heart among other
0:45:13 > 0:45:21British friends. Whether it is David Davis himself who said, if a
0:45:21 > 0:45:29democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy. We hear on
0:45:29 > 0:45:32the continent have not had a change of heart. Our hearts are still open
0:45:32 > 0:45:39to him.Interesting to hear that, though he has said something similar
0:45:39 > 0:45:44in the past. He has always said before the David Brexit actually
0:45:44 > 0:45:48occurs, he opens the UK changing its mind, we should say the UK
0:45:48 > 0:45:51Government says that will not happen and it is pushing on with those
0:45:51 > 0:45:52Brexit negotiations.
0:45:52 > 0:45:53President Macron visited Calais today.
0:45:53 > 0:45:56It's a port and city on the north coast of France MOVE
0:45:56 > 0:46:00This is where the migrant camp known as 'the jungle' was.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04It's been closed for just over a year - but there are still around
0:46:04 > 0:46:11600 people sleeping rough in the area area.
0:46:11 > 0:46:18This is what it used to look like.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21There were around 8,000 migrants living there when it was closed.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23This is a more recent image.
0:46:23 > 0:46:29Once everyone had left, the authorities burned down the camp.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32Now, given many of those migrants want to reach the UK, this
0:46:32 > 0:46:34is a British and a French problem.
0:46:34 > 0:46:42Here's the President earlier.
0:46:42 > 0:46:47We need to better manage the issue of isolated miners, reinforce police
0:46:47 > 0:46:50operation in Calais with the departure and transport countries
0:46:50 > 0:46:54and unblock funds for the Calais region, I will raise these points
0:46:54 > 0:46:57with our British friends in 48 hours.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00The idea behind closing the jungle camp was that the migrants would be
0:47:00 > 0:47:02transferred to other areas of France - and then they'd be invited
0:47:03 > 0:47:04to apply for asylum or return home.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07Well, French government figures show that 100,000 people had made asylum
0:47:07 > 0:47:10requests in the last year.
0:47:10 > 0:47:15And 85,000 people had been turned away at its borders.
0:47:15 > 0:47:19Mr Macron is due to meet Theresa May on Thursday.
0:47:19 > 0:47:22They're certain to talk about a 2003 agreement which effectively moved
0:47:22 > 0:47:28Britain's border to Calais.
0:47:28 > 0:47:38Paul Adams has more.
0:47:44 > 0:47:48The French government wants to look again at that agreement reached in
0:47:48 > 0:47:522003, get a bit more money to help with security on the side of the
0:47:52 > 0:47:57channel. And to take more people. More unaccompanied minors, more
0:47:57 > 0:48:01migrants who already have some kind of family connections over in the
0:48:01 > 0:48:10UK. I think the Lethbridge will be that Theresa May, who is in a weak
0:48:10 > 0:48:14position, vis-a-vis the Brexit negotiations, could do with all the
0:48:14 > 0:48:20European goodwill that she can muster. Getting that from President
0:48:20 > 0:48:23Macron would be certainly an advantage.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25Now to the story of a migrant who has returned home.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28Reeyan Ali is an 18-year-old whose family recently returned to Somalia
0:48:28 > 0:48:30from a refugee camp in Kenya and she has been attracting
0:48:31 > 0:48:34the attention of her colleagues.
0:48:34 > 0:48:35Now, within the Somali community, fishing is
0:48:35 > 0:48:40traditionally a man's job.
0:48:40 > 0:48:41However, Reeyan is bucking the trend.
0:48:41 > 0:48:51Here's her story..
0:48:59 > 0:49:03I was born in a refugee camp in Somalia. I have faced a number of
0:49:03 > 0:49:07challenges to find a job, I have six siblings all younger than me and I
0:49:07 > 0:49:12struggled to take care of them. My mother does not work, I make a
0:49:12 > 0:49:16living from the sea. I arrived early at 3am on board a boat to catch
0:49:16 > 0:49:22fish. I use a net and hooks. If I haven't got access to any of these
0:49:22 > 0:49:26things, I put on goggles and dived to catch the fish. I only recently
0:49:26 > 0:49:32started this kind of work. I'd use to drive it took took but I stopped
0:49:32 > 0:49:36doing this because the public was not happy I was driving. Now I make
0:49:36 > 0:49:41a living out of the sea. You don't need permission from anybody. Once I
0:49:41 > 0:49:46go far out from the shore, I can make good money. When I only fish in
0:49:46 > 0:49:54shallow waters, I do not earn a lot. It used to be very cold, at times
0:49:54 > 0:49:57when I dived into the sea my nose bled because of the pressure.
0:49:57 > 0:50:02Finally I got used to it and I have started to make a living. I face a
0:50:02 > 0:50:09number of challenges, I hate insults that really upset me. But I ignore
0:50:09 > 0:50:13them, because the ones that insult me are far fewer in number compared
0:50:13 > 0:50:16to the ones that encourage me. My dream is to succeed and make an
0:50:16 > 0:50:20income myself.
0:50:20 > 0:50:25Some grim stats on the weather in Moscow this December.
0:50:25 > 0:50:30It had the least amount of sunshine every recorded for a month.
0:50:30 > 0:50:34This is the Russian weather website Meteo-novosti -
0:50:34 > 0:50:39it says "The sun didn't come out even once."
0:50:39 > 0:50:45Russia's main weather centre says in fact it did - for six minutes.
0:50:45 > 0:50:49If you think that's bad, spare a thought for people in the region
0:50:49 > 0:50:52know as the Sakha republic.
0:50:52 > 0:50:58Temperatures there dipped to -68 degrees celsius.
0:50:58 > 0:51:04These pictures give you of what that involves -
0:51:04 > 0:51:06These pictures give you an idea of what that involves -
0:51:06 > 0:51:09the Ministry of Emergency Situations - and yes there is a
0:51:09 > 0:51:11ministry of that name - is advising travellers
0:51:11 > 0:51:14to plan their trips meticulously.
0:51:14 > 0:51:22We got BBC Russia to explain how people cope.
0:51:22 > 0:51:28It is quite usual. I have spent roughly half of my life in Moscow
0:51:28 > 0:51:32and half my life in my country, in Estonia, which is 1000 kilometres
0:51:32 > 0:51:40further north. North-west of Moscow. It is always in November and
0:51:40 > 0:51:46December, very cold, dark, and pretty depressing I would say. I
0:51:46 > 0:51:50have some stark memories from my childhood, when you are a little
0:51:50 > 0:51:55child and you have to wake up around seven when it's dark, you go to
0:51:55 > 0:52:00school and finish school when it is again dark, those pictures of little
0:52:00 > 0:52:06children including myself plodding through snow and ice early in the
0:52:06 > 0:52:10morning in that darkness, I would say they still want me, those
0:52:10 > 0:52:16pictures. Even for adults, it's depressing, it's really depressing,
0:52:16 > 0:52:19but at the same time some people like the winter. They say they like
0:52:19 > 0:52:26the snow and frost, or they say so, because they get used to it, and
0:52:26 > 0:52:30that's their homeland.They might like the winter in some
0:52:30 > 0:52:33circumstances but I was just mentioning that in some parts of
0:52:33 > 0:52:37Russia is going down to minus 60. Once it gets that called it must be
0:52:37 > 0:52:44incredibly difficult just to go about your normal life.Yes. -60 is
0:52:44 > 0:52:47extreme. In most parts of Russia it's not that extreme, it is cold in
0:52:47 > 0:52:51Russia but in most parts where people actually live, it's not that
0:52:51 > 0:53:02cold. In some places, yes, it is. As far as I know, they dress
0:53:02 > 0:53:06appropriately, they say you always have two where several layers of
0:53:06 > 0:53:16very thick clothing. For coats. They need to be of natural fur, because
0:53:16 > 0:53:21every synthetic will get frozen and snap in that cold. So they dress
0:53:21 > 0:53:26appropriately, and of course they don't spend much time outside,
0:53:26 > 0:53:32outdoors, and there are some very funny details about the living in
0:53:32 > 0:53:37those areas when it's -60, for example, as far as I know they never
0:53:37 > 0:53:40switch off the car engines because otherwise it won't be able to start
0:53:40 > 0:53:47again.This is all good advice in case any of us who are listening end
0:53:47 > 0:53:50up in -60, but in Russia more generally you say you are haunted by
0:53:50 > 0:53:54that experience. Did your family all your school ever talk to you about
0:53:54 > 0:53:58how the Russian winter can be depressing, or anything you can do
0:53:58 > 0:54:05to stop it affecting your mood?No. I would say at least in my time,
0:54:05 > 0:54:12when I was a schoolboy, people did not pay that much attention to say,
0:54:12 > 0:54:18psychology, and things like that. That's one thing, then the other
0:54:18 > 0:54:21thing, we have lived there for generations, it's quite usual.
0:54:21 > 0:54:25Nothing special for us.I guess it's just a surprise when the sun comes
0:54:25 > 0:54:33out.In December, yes, sometimes it is.
0:54:33 > 0:54:37Those kind of surprises were in short supply in Moscow. One source
0:54:37 > 0:54:41saying no sunshine at all month, another saying six minutes. Either
0:54:41 > 0:54:46way, not a great month! If you watching there, hopefully things
0:54:46 > 0:54:55pick up in January. We will be back tomorrow with another hour of the
0:54:55 > 0:55:04biggest global stories. See you then.