17/01/2018 Outside Source

I'm Ros Atkins, welcome to Outside

Source. After months of tension

there appears to be a thaw in

relations between the north and

south of career.

They have announced

they will have a unified team at the

Winter Olympics next month and March

and April unification flag at the

opening ceremony of the Winter

Olympics. The ultra-'s former chief

strategist Steve Bannon will no

longer be testifying in front of a

grand jury. There are reports he has

cut a deal with the mullet

investigation into alleged collusion

between the Trump presidential

campaign and Russia. We'll talk

about Cape Town. It has just over 90

days before it runs out of water.

We'll talk through what the city is

trying to do to avoid that

happening. And we will learn about

bull taming in India. In one state

five spectators have died in the

last few days.

So we've had announcement of the

utmost significance in the North and

South Koreans. We know the opening

ceremony of the Winter Olympics in

South Korea they won't march under

their own flags, they will march

under this flag, April unification

flag which shows the outlines of the

two countries. On top of that they

won't enter separate teams into the

ice hockey. The women's ice hockey

at least we'll see a joint Korean

team taking place. Two moments of

huge significance no doubt. All of

this is in the context of talks that

have been ongoing in a place which

is just below the demarcation

between the two countries. If you

want an idea of how much a joint

team matters, you have to go back to

1991 because it was then a joint

Korean team entered the world team

table tennis Championships. They

won, a huge moment, so huge in fact

that the South Koreans made a film

about it. This is the trailer they

made. You get an idea of the emotion

involved. Talks have been going on.

Many people are infused, suddenly

infused in 1991. Some people have

doubts about this latest idea. The

BBC has recently launched a Korean

service. We asked the editor to

reflect on the mood within South

Korea.

The reason they chose this

sport is because both teams are

under the same... Both teams have

similar levels of ability. After

this news a lot of people have been

quite angry and South Korea. Tens of

thousands of people have put up an

online petition on the presidential

house, the blue house. The reason

for this is they feel that by having

North Korean teams joining the South

Korean teams, it undermines their

own abilities, possibly lessens the

chance of them winning.

These Winter

Olympics start in Pyeongchang on

February nine. We'll move a long way

from the Korean peninsula to

Vancouver in Canada. We've reported

there last night because around 20

countries have come together to

discuss how to stop North Korea's

nuclear ambitions. The BBC Seoul

correspondence is Laura Bicker. She

is in Vancouver at the moment for

these talks. Here she is taking us

through what is being said there.

I've been speaking to the South

Korean Foreign Minister, who has...

I recently put it to her this could

be a propaganda effort on the half

of the North. Still when it comes to

those talks denuclearisation is not

on the agenda. But she said they are

dealing with North Korea with clear

eyes. South Korea is in the best

position to take part in the talks.

They so vain know their neighbour

better than anybody else. -- they

say they know their neighbour.

People have been saying they are

slightly sceptical of North Korea's

motives for taking part and that

after the Olympics will this in fact

lead to further talks and further

dialogue about getting rid of

nuclear weapons? Any hope it is true

but what they say here is they are

not sure they can believe them. Here

in Vancouver what they've been

talking about is cracking down

further on North Korea, further

sanctions and enforcing the current

sanctions to the full letter of the

law.

Before we do anything else

let's play a clip from your

interview with the South Korean

Foreign Minister. Here is some of

the conversation they had.

My

government is very clear that

despite the situation with the

nuclear missile programme, as a

matter of principle, that is

written, in fact coming to the

Security Council resolutions, yes,

there are sanctions, but there is

always a exception for humanitarian

work. And we'd like to live up to

that spirit of humanitarianism. That

is very much part of the sanctions

regime.

A lot of people are

wondering, what is the point of this

mission if the Chinese aren't there?

-- this meeting. The Chinese and

Russia it must be said. Reuters have

released an interview with President

Trump saying Russia is helping North

Korea get around the sanctions. You

are right, China and Russia are not

here. China has been staying within

the last 24 hours they are

incredibly unhappy about it. And

these talks are meaningless. The

point of this is to send a message

to North Korea they will crack down

on sanctions. What you hear in that

clip from South Korea is they are

trying to rally the international

community to say look, we might be

cracking down on the regime, but the

people of North Korea still need our

help. What Korea is looking for from

the international community is to

get aid in. Estimate around 70% of

North Koreans are on the verge of

hunger. And, therefore, they believe

in South Korea that it is time to

get aid in now, that's what she is

pushing for here. It is quite a

savvy move on behalf of the South

Koreans. They say they are reaching

a hand of friendship to the north

while the international community is

able to put the teeth into North

Korea and say, look, we clamp down

on you if you don't get rid of your

nuclear weapons. There is a two

pronged approach going on.

Yesterday

on the programme we discussed

reports Steve Bannon, the former

chief strategist at the White House,

had been called to testify to a

grand jury. This was going to be

part of Robert Miller's

investigation into alleged collusion

between the current campaign and

Russia. -- Robert Muller. We have

been told a deal has been done and

the grand jury appearance isn't

certain to happen. Katty Kay in

Washington has been helping me

understand.

The subpoena for Mr Bannon to appear

before a grand jury hasn't been

totally rescinded, it is hanging out

there like a shadow over his

shoulder. He has agreed to have a

more informal chat and composition

with Robert Mueller's team, along

the lines of what other people in

Donald Trump's inner circle have

done. It is a much more friendly

environment for Steve Bannon. It

comes on the heels of that committee

meeting that he went to yesterday in

the House of Representatives in

which he refused to answer some of

the questions. I think if he plays

the same card with Robert Mueller

the special prosecutor the special

counsel would be particularly

impressed.

Evidently Mr Bannon is

talking to the investigators he was

less talkative in front of a

congressional committee yesterday.

He was focused on that alleged

collusion. Mr Bannon declined to

answer questions. Adam Schiff is a

Democrat, he was in the room.

This

was effectively a gag order by the

White House. Preventing this witness

from answering almost any question

concerning his time in the

transitional administration and many

questions even after he left. And

the breadth of this became very

apparent, because he not only

refused to answer questions that

took place within the White House,

but also any conversations he had

with people outside the White House.

Reporters tried to press Mr Bannon

on his silence. As he left the

hearing.

Who from the White House

ask you to invoke executive

privilege? How did the meeting go,

Mr Bannon?

What did they ask you?

What did they ask you in there?

Is

he allowed to do that?

Silent inside

a meeting and silent outside the

meeting. He was in there for ten

hours which must be most peoples

idea of hell on earth having to sit

in a congressional committee hearing

for ten hours answering questions.

He answered some of the questions,

we should make that clear. There

were others he had his with him.

When certain questions were posed,

as Adam Schiff was saying. Mr

Bannon's lawyer got on the phone to

people in the White House who said,

we are invoking executive privilege

on this one and we don't want Steve

Bannon to answer any of the

questions. What the Democrats would

say is, this is a very broad

interpretation of this thing called

executive privilege, which allows

the president not to have two answer

certain questions. Steve Bannon is

kind of evoking it here under the

idea he was working for the

president, therefore he speaks on

behalf of the president or the

Administration. As the Democrats

were saying, they hadn't seen this

broad stretch when it came to

invoking executive privilege. If he

goes before a grand jury he won't

have that option, you'll have to

answer the questions.

One last

thing, Steve Bannon famously called

the pressed the enemy. If I scrolled

down a touch you will see the

article is written by Senator John

McCain, he is Republican, but he is

also a free spirit isn't it?

Year,

is known as the maverick in America,

Senator John McCain wrote this

article in the Washington Post in

which he made the point the

President's actions here in the

United States about the free press

were being picked up around the

world and were having an impact on

journalists around the world. He

cited a report showing journalists

had been arrested under the grounds

of being fake news in various

countries last year. Mr McCain's

argument is that all this talk about

fake news, calling various

organisations failed newspapers,

fake news, it might sound funny but

it's not, there are serious

consequences and the impact is

already being felt on the freedom of

the press and freedom of expression

around the world because as Mr

McCain said, countries where there

are dictatorial tendencies and

authoritarian leaders they take

their cue from the United States and

they say, this is what the President

of the United States is doing, is

their argument, and we can do it,

too.

On the Korean peninsula in a

few minutes an Outside Source we

turned to Cape Town.

Cape Town could be completely dry

within 90 days.

Here Theresa May has been

defending the Government's

handling of the collapse

of the construction

company Carillion.

Labour say it's "unbelievable" that

Ministers continued awarding

contracts to the firm after they'd

issued a series

of profits warnings.

We need our public services provided

by public employees with a public

service ethos and a strong public

oversight. As the ruins of the

Carillion lie around her, will the

Prime Minister acted to end this

costly racket of the relationship

between government and some of these

companies?

I might first of all

remind the honourable gentleman that

a third of the Korean contract with

the government were led by the

Labour government. -- Karelia and

contracts. What we want is to

provide good quality public services

are livid at best value to the

taxpayer. -- Carillion contracts.

Ibrox ins with Outside Source in the

BBC newsroom.

North and South Korea have agreed

to field a combined women's ice

hockey team at next month's

Winter Olympics, and march

under a single flag.

France has scrapped controversial

plans to build an airport

on this site near Nantes

in the west of France.

The project has been around

for nearly 50 years -

the current government says it can't

go ahead amidst such

bitter opposition.

Bangladesh says it's now counted

more than a million Rohingya

refugees living in camps

near the border with Myanmar.

The UN says more than 650,000

Rohingya have entered the country

after violence began in August.

France has confirmed that the Bayeux

tapestry depicting the Norman

conquest of England in the eleventh

century can be displayed

in Britain for the first time.

But first there will be tests

to ensure that the fragile

seventy-metre roll of linen can

be safely moved.

We've continued to hear very

powerful testimony from women

who say they were sexually abused

a former Team USA gymnastics doctor.

Larry Nassar's already

been found guilty -

this is a sentencing hearing.

This week Simone Biles became

the latest gymnast to allege

she was sexually abused by Nassar.

And nearly 100 women

are testifying during this hearing

about allegations that

span 20 years.

This is what the court heard.

After this is said and done you will

be forgotten, but no one will forget

how us women have got the strength

to stand up and take you down. They

won't forget how we change the

trajectory of abuse in the sport of

gymnastics. And I hope God has mercy

on your soul.

It was terrifying and

disgusting and I spent days in shock

from the violation I had experienced

at his hands.

You broke and

shattered a lot of girls. You

manipulated us to trust you because

you're a doctor and doctors do no

wrong, only heal.

She took her own

life because she couldn't deal with

the pain any more.

There will be a

day when I looked into my soul and I

will still see the scars of this

nightmare. And I will no longer feel

the deepness of their pain.

Perhaps

you figured it out by now, little

girls don't stay little for ever.

They grow into strong women that

return to destroy your world.

You

and your actions have walked with me

every step of the way since leaving

Michigan State University. Such a

beautiful campus, tarnished with

your touch.

Larry Nassar damage the

most important relationship in my

life. My relationship with my

mother. When he abused me my mother

was in the room. And even though I

had known now she had no knowledge

of the assault, at the time I felt

even less power to speak up because

I assumed if something were wrong

she would do something about it.

May

you never heard or abuse another

person again. I came to the stand as

a victim, I leave as a victor

because you don't have the authority

any more, and because I'm one of the

many women who are helping to put

you behind bars for the countless

crimes you have committed.

I am

broken. I am tired. I feel like the

life has literally been sucked out

of me.

We may never fully heal, and

you need to face the truth and the

consequences that accompany it.

Our correspondent has been covering

the hearing.

One thing I was struck

by was the sense of collective

empowerment that these young women

now have as they all come together

and share their stories. The court

was filled with some of these women

who obviously grown up. They were

supported by husband and parents as

they all share their story. Some

anonymously. I was speaking to some

of the survivors outside the

courtroom and one thing that seems

to be a common thread is these are

all young women, gymnasts who

trusted Larry Nassar as a doctor.

But when they went into the medical

treatment room, he violated their

innocence. One woman who spoke today

at the court, when, said, we were

just kids. I still remember the feel

of his hands. I still remember

flinching from his touch. And I

remember him saying, it's OK, you

will feel better. I was also struck

by some of the comments from the

judge earlier today. A mother of one

of his victims spoke today very

powerfully, very angry she trusted

him as a doctor. After she spoke the

judge said, all of these girls are

heroes, you as parents need to

forgive yourself. This punishment is

also hearing the words of all

parents and survivors. It's a very

traumatic hearing but for these

women also very important one. They

want to make sure he is held

accountable for his actions, but the

other thing that is very important

to note is they are also very angry

at the authorities. Talking about

USA gymnastics. And Michigan State

University, where he was employed.

They want to know why they weren't

believed when many of these women

spoke out. Many, many years ago.

Thanks for that report. Time for

Outside Source business, we begin by

talking about Apple because it will

pay $38 billion in tax bring

overseas money back into the US. The

company's also planning to spend

$350 billion in investment in the US

over the next five years. When I saw

the story my first reaction was, how

much of this is to do with that new

tax system Donald Trump and the

Republicans have bought him? Let's

ask Samira Hussain in New York. Are

they directly connected?

Pretty much

yes. What Apple has long wanted is

for the US tax code to change in

order for them to be able to bring

over a lot of the money in fact 94%

of their money held overseas. This

was something mentioned by President

Trump, then candidate John, on the

campaign trail. It has lowered the

tax rate for companies to bring

money from overseas. That is where

you get the $38 billion number,

because now Apple says they can

bring some of that money back. What

remains unclear, however, is how

much money Apple will be bringing

back to the United States. That is

still not very clear in all of this

reporting.

$350 billion across five

years, presumably Apple already

invest quite a lot per year, can you

put that in context for us?

What

Apple wants to do now, they are

going to build a whole new facility

and at 20,000 jobs over the next

five years. You could presume some

of that money that they're holding

overseas is going to be coming back

here for reinvestment. But again,

it's how the numbers flesh out its

unclear.

All of this will be music

to Donald Trump's years. He says

this tax reform would boost American

business, change our American

businesses would behave. We are

certainly seeing changes in

behaviour, the merits of those

changes, different people would have

different views of. Let's talk about

bitcoin. It's taken a beating today.

Bitcoin has been taking

a beating - a sell off

started yesterday and it's

not showing any signs of stopping.

It's current value

is below $10,000 -

half of what it was worth just

a month ago.

Other virtual currencies have

also taken a tumble.

One expert on what's going on.

I think increased regulation or

appetite for increased regulation

seems to have worried some bitcoin

traders. The prospects and huge

exchanges could look to ban it is

having an impact. We saw the story

in South Korea last week. It seems

China is looking to impose harsh

measures having already gone further

than most. It's also speculative

impact, we saw the rally in bitcoin

towards the end of the year and it

was extremely significant. We saw

huge gains being made, 10,000 in

November, 20,000 in December. These

are a natural gains on the problem

is when you start to see more

downside that is when the

speculators can start to worry. It

tends to exacerbate the move lower,

which creates the tumbling effect we

are seeing at the moment.

A trade dispute over

wine sales has erupted

between Australia and Canada.

Rules introduced in the province

of British Columbia mean imported

wines are subject to different sales

regulations than local wines.

Kim Gittleson explains.

Australia is one of the world's

largest wine exporters and Canada is

its fourth-largest market. It

exports something like $200 million

of wine to Canada each year. It is

said that certain provinces in

Canada are levying extra fees on

imported wines, as well as

instituting certain regulations that

make it harder for Australian

winemakers to sell their product. So

why do we care? This comes as part

of a broader trade negotiation that

Canada and Australia are having.

They recently had bilateral trade

talks which broke down recently.

They are still negotiating the

transpacific partnership, TPP, you

might remember last year US

President Donald Trump removed the

US from that trade pact saying it

didn't benefit American interests.

Canada is the last holdout to

signing a pact with the 11 remaining

countries. Some people say since

Australia has filed this complete it

might have a country is losing

patience with Canada. -- filed this

complaint.

We finished the programme

on a subject I've only learned about

the last couple of days.

Bull-taming in India.

At least five men in southern

India have been gored

to death while watching

a bull-taming contest.

It's called Jallikattu -

and every January it sees thousands

of men from across Tamil Nadu

state chase bulls and try

and grab hold of them.

This is the The Hindu newspaper

reporting today's death

but there have been several

across the last few days.

This is what happens.

The bull is released from a pen

and bullfighters are supposed

to hold on to the animal's hump over

a distance of about 15-20

metres, or three jumps

by the bull, to win the prize.

Unlike bullfighting in Spain,

weapons aren't used

and the animal is not killed.

If no one succeeds in grabbing hold

of the bull, the animal wins.

A lot of people would say winning

isn't the word.

Animal rights groups says it's cruel

- in 2014 it was banned

by the Indian Supreme Court.

But that decision lead

to widespread protests.

This is a video Chennai

this time last year.

The ban was lifted.

That story from India is the last of

this half of Outside Source. Back

with you in the second half of the

programme with an extended report

about what's happening in Cape Town.

It has 94 days before its predicted

it completely runs out of water. We

look at the reasons why it is

happening and what is being done to

try and avoid it.

Good evening, plenty of severe

weather in the UK but we start with

the Indian Ocean first and tropical

cyclones. We'd been talking about

this for a couple of days, it's to

slam into Mauritius and some 12

hours into reunion. It is expected

to make a direct impact, the eye of

the cyclone with the worst of the

wind and weather is expected to

precisely move over the two Islands.

This doesn't happen very often,

Mauritius hasn't had a direct impact

on the 70s. That is where the worst

of the winds are. That is where

Berguitta is in relation to the rest

of Africa. Over to Europe where

there is plenty of severe winter

weather around. Snow across the

Alps, slower little bit further

towards the east and south-east of

Europe. We've had a blast of gales

across the British Isles in the last

day or so. Another storm moving

across the country bringing gale

force winds and some heavy snow and

we'll talk about that towards the

end. That weather system will affect

other parts of Europe as well.

Holland into Germany, Denmark as

well. This is a closer look. That

same weather system that will be

bringing severe gales across

northern parts of the continent is

bringing snow towards the owl is. A

very snowy season so far. With

strong winds and weather conditions

across the Alps will be very poor.

The avalanche risk is also very high

because this part of the world. Some

very unsettled weather around parts

of Turkey. He is the outlook if you

are travelling from some of the

major airports. Berlin, possibly

snow on Friday. Temperatures mostly

above freezing. If you are

travelling the other way, the other

side of the pond, New York at least

is looking a lot better, some

sunshine there. Montreal looking

wintry. Back home, as I said at the

beginning, plenty of severe weather

around, severe gales, snow and ice,

currently at Lambeau warning

enforced from the Met office for

Northern Ireland and parts of

Scotland. They will see this

low-pressure storm system moving

through, bringing around ten

centimetres. Some less. For some of

us over the hills, more. Severe

gales moving through this part of

the country here. Gusts in eastern

areas could be as high as 70 mph

during the course of Thursday

morning, then the storm blows out,

moves into the near continent, and

behind it we're left with brighter

but still breezy weather. The

outlook for the next ten days or so

is coming up. Just before 10pm.

Hello, I'm Ros Atkins,

this is Outside Source,

and these are the main stories

here in the BBC Newsroom.

After months of rising tension,

the big thaw in relations

between North and South Korea

continues.

The two sides agree to field

a combined women's ice hockey team

at next month's Winter Olympics.

And these fans are waving the flag

they'll be marching under.

It

depicts a unified Korea.

President Trump's former

strategist Steve Bannon

has done a deal with

the Robert Mueller's Russian

collusion investigation.

Pope Francis has celebrated

mass in southern Chile,

the heartland of the indigenous

Mapuche community.

Addressing a large crowd,

the Pope said violence was not

the answer in the struggle

for indigenous rights.

Welcome to Outside Source.

YouTube is bringing in new rules

on which videos can make

advertising income.

We have talked about this video by

YouTube Star Logan Paul, showing the

body of a suicide victim in Japan,

and racked up millions of use before

it was

and racked up millions of use before

it was removed. Those can generate

money. The new rules give YouTube

more control.

The new rules mean that creators

will now need 1,000 subscribers

and 4,000 hours of watch time before

they start receiving ad revenue.

By the standards of some people,

that is not a particularly high

threshold.

And YouTube staff will review

all clips being added

to its premium service.

That means a lot more staff,

plus YouTube taking

editorial decisions -

not the role it was looking for.

Dave Lee is in San Francisco.

This is going to be quite a change

in role for YouTube, isn't it?

I

think it is. I think it is making

YouTube act more in the way that a

traditional broadcaster might act,

where it is making judgment calls

and decency calls on videos that are

on its platform, regardless of

whether or not the users have

flagged them to YouTube. That is a

big shift. Try as it might, it will

find itself in the path of people

saying it is censoring things

unnecessarily or it is somehow

biased against certain viewpoints.

So, taking on this task, not only as

a huge number of people added to the

payroll and their workload has

increased, it makes YouTube much

more of a gatekeeper for what is on

its platform than it ever has been

in its past. That will be fraught

with problems and they will have to

be particularly transparent, I

think, about how it makes the

decisions.

It plays into other

concessions we have had, not just

about YouTube but Facebook and

Twitter as well, they never saw

themselves as publishers, they

always said they were just the

platform. The distinction seems to

be blurring?

The distinction is

blurring. I think the reason for

that is because of the size and

importance of these networks. When

Facebook first started, I don't

think anybody could have and --

envisioned how much it could have

grown. They have sat behind a system

and said, if there is something bad

on the network, the community will

tell us and we will act. What has

changed in the last year and will

change even more so this year is

that companies are being told that

is not good enough. You need to be

more proactive in stopping these

things existing on the networks in

the first place. That is where this

huge new challenge is coming, which

is why, late last year, Mark

Zuckerberg warned it could hurt

their bottom line and they have to

invest so much money and lose

revenue in some areas to combat this

efficiently.

I just wanted to show

everybody this close up shop that

came into the newsroom earlier.

These are the heads of policy for

YouTube, Facebook and witty. --

Twitter. They had to appear in front

of a Senate hearing about what they

are doing to combat violence and

extremism on the platform. What did

they say?

They went round in

circles. The tech companies have

been in front of the Senate before,

there were hats ring many of the

same questions yes -- they will

answer many of the same questions

last year. There wasn't much

progress in this session. They

brought more senior people, which is

a step forward. The companies said

we know it is not perfect, we are

doing what we can. Senators are

insisting what they are doing isn't

enough. While there was not any

progress, I do think it keeps the

pressure on the companies and

perhaps that was the goal, to make

sure these companies were relaxing

when it comes to the issue in the

New Year.

Isn't as an issue of

regulation? The companies are not

breaking the law, so the senators

have to try to influence them in

some way, but they can't just say

pretty please, that is clearly not

enough?

Absolutely. Many people

think that the momentum is leaning

towards regulation. The key question

is, what is that regulation going to

be? Right now, it doesn't seem like

anybody has a firm answer on how

that regulation would work. One

suggestion is that regulation could

begin with regulating advertising in

the same way that broadcasters have

two be regulated in terms of who can

pay for adverts and how they can

appear. That might be the first

step. The next step in solving this

hugely complex tuition, I am not

sure senators have a real idea what

that could be.

There's a countdown

going on South Africa.

Experts in Cape Town say it has 94

days until it runs out of water.

It would be the first major city

in the world to run dry.

So-called Day Zero -

when the reservoirs reach empty -

is predicted for April 22nd.

The reason is that it's

Cape Town's worst drought

in over a hundred years.

The city's not really

had a significant about

of rain since 2015.

There are other reasons

too for the shortage.

This is a spokesperson for

the Water Crisis Group in Cape Town.

Ill preparedness on the part of the

city of Cape Town, global warming,

increased population that was not

accounted for. At the moment, at the

heart of the problem is political

uncertainty within the ruling party,

within the Western Cape.

Four million people live

in Cape Town and they're being urged

be responsible by taking short

showers, flushing the toilet once

a day, and not watering plants.

This is what one

resident told Reuters.

It is very scary, but I think it is

reality. We definitely have to do

our part and use as little water as

possible. I do hope that the

government is doing something to

prevent Day zero, because it will be

a national crisis. It will be

horrific if it comes.

If Day Zero does come

residents will only be able

to collect 25 litres a day

from designated water points.

The government says there will be

armed guards to make sure nobody

takes more than their allocation.

Well these are pressured moments

for the authorities.

This is the Mayor of Cape Town

speaking last month.

The drought at the moment is the

worst in 100 years because of

climate change. No generation had to

go through this before. We are now

looking at augmenting our water

supply by bringing in additional

water. We can no longer rely just on

rainwater to fill our towns.

One possible solution to this

problem is boreholes.

This is the head of one company

that's drilling them.

It is absolute panic among the

people in Cape Town about getting

onto the waiting list for boreholes.

We are sitting with a three-year

waiting list that is completely

unmanageable at the moment. A year

ago I was drooling with one rig, and

now I have three in the field.

Cape Town surrounded

by the sea - that could help.

The city has installed desalination

plants which removes

salt from sea water.

It's useable -

but crucially not drinkable.

Trouble is - all these solutions may

be too little too late.

Here's the Water

Crisis Group again.

You know, it does sound very easy to

say that we need more boreholes. For

now, that is the quickest solution.

But there are other problems that

come with that. There are servitude,

reticulation, how you get the water

the. There are lots of other things

to consider, not just a matter of

drilling a hole into the ground. The

other long-term solution is

desalination. None of these

solutions are quick fixes.

Particularly, you know, it is one

thing getting the water, it is

another getting it to where it needs

to be distributed.

There is much

more information on this story and

many others on the BBC website.

The Catalan parliament has

met for the first time

since it was dissolved

by the Spanish government.

That was in response

to the unilateral declaration

of independence in October

which was ruled

constitutionally illegal.

Members of parliament will now

nominate a new president.

Not all of them were present. Look

at this video, it shows some of them

clapping and taking their seats, but

you can notice all of the yellow

ribbons. They represent MPs

pro-independence MPs that are

currently in exile. One of them is

the former leader of Catalonia,

Carlos Pigem on. The Spanish Prime

Minister is warning him, don't try

to run Catalonia from Belgium. He

has been there is the authority said

that they wanted to arrest him. They

said if Charles Puigdemont return

from Belgium, he would regain

control of what was a relatively

autonomous region.

Two takeaways

from today, one is that they formed

a Parliamentary board. They elected

a speaker of the house, a

separatist. It is the job of the

Speaker of the house and the board

to elect the next President within

ten working days. From talking to

all sides over the past few days,

that is going to be Carles

Puigdemont. People talk about the

idea of the hologram President. He

is 800 miles away in Belgium. If he

steps into Spain he will be arrested

on sedition. His supporters say he

will not come here, but they can

feasibly be on Skype, Twitter, they

say Trump does it, why can't he be

the hologram President? Here is

where it could go. If Puigdemont is

put forward as President again, the

Spanish government says that

emergency rule will remain unless he

comes here. He's not going to. I

think it is going to get stuck, both

sides acknowledge the Constitutional

Court could suspend the parliament

again. In terms of those hoping for

a quick resolution, we will get an

idea into matter weeks. It does not

appear at the moment that is going

happen.

Through the day, looking at

the most read story on the BBC News

website, most of the time it has

been this.

The Bayeux Tapestry could soon go

on display in the UK.

It's currently on show in the town

of Bayeux, Normandy.

And it could be heading

to the British Museum in London.

It's 70 metres long.

It depicts the Norman

Conquests of England.

It's expected French

President Emmanuel Macron

will announce the loan tomorrow -

if experts say the tapestry

is safe to move.

Lucy Williamson reports.

If anything puts current

Anglo-French relations

in context, this is it -

a tapestry from almost a thousand

years ago describing a very

different kind of summit meeting.

Now the French President has given

approval for the 50 metre

Bayeux Tapestry to leave French

territory for the first time.

But moving something this big

and old is no simple matter.

It's difficult to imagine

all the practical

to put it in a case

and to put it in a train.

No, we don't know.

President Macron's gesture

highlights France's deep ties

and long history with Britain,

though cynics might say it also

highlights a crucial French victory

over its Anglo-Saxon neighbour.

Art experts say it is a benign

telling of the tale,

with moments of comedy and artistic

influences from both

sides of the Channel.

There's a lot of excitement

from British museums.

Obviously, the opportunity to get

really close to the Bayeux Tapestry

and explore it and look

at it is what's fascinating

to all of us who have studied

the Bayeux Tapestry.

The exact location of the tapestry's

famous battle has long been

in dispute, but in Hastings today

locals said the artwork

should be displayed there.

A lot of people in Hastings

are proud of Hastings and if it's

returning to Hastings,

all the better.

It comes from Hastings. The Battle

of Hastings and all of the rest of

it, a good tourist attraction.

The battle happened here

and there's not enough displays

of what happened in Hastings

so it should come here.

Britain has twice requested

the tapestry on loan, the first time

for the Queen's Coronation,

but has always been refused.

This initiative has the backing

of President Macron,

part of the cultural exchanges

he promised in his

election campaign.

But the deep ties with Britain have

often been tinged with rivalry,

and one French official was joking

today about whether Britain

would find anything of similar merit

to send them in return.

Lucy Williamson, BBC News, Bayeux.

Drivers in Scotland

are being advised to stay

off the roads tonight.

Heavy snow and ice is make driving

conditions treacherous.

Let me show you this photo taken

today near Edinburgh.

It shows just how bad the roads are.

And this shows the M74 -

that's the motorway linking

Scotland to England -

last night more than 200 motorists

were left stranded there.

The Met Office has issued

a severe weather warning

for the affected areas.

Our Scotland correspondent

Lorna Gordon reports.

From the air, it is stunning. A

white blanket of snow covering much

of Scotland. Gritters, cutting a

path through the drifts. For those

travelling last night, it was a

different story. Traffic on the M74

grinding to a halt, stranded drivers

stuck for hours.

Terrible, cars,

lorries everywhere. For hours, stuck

on the M74.

Lots of idiots in the third

lane going to fast.

Steady, but it was getting worse,

so I chose to stop here,

I'm not going on to Glasgow.

These pictures show just how

dangerous the conditions can be, a

runaway lorry smashing into a car

and van after the driver got out to

help clear the road. Nobody was

injured.

Mountain rescue teams turned

from the hills to the roads,

checking the drivers were safe.

A lot of vehicles were struggling to

get grip. The issue was that there

were a lot of lorries jackknife in,

which was blocking the motorway

behind. We were called in by police

Scotland to basically go and check

the welfare for the people in the

vehicles.

The difficult whether rich

to give of England as well. In

Halifax, Yorkshire, the public

helping out after an ambulance

responding to a 999 call got stuck.

In Northern Ireland, some of those

missing classes took two sledges

instead. Nearly 300 schools there

were stuck. A similar number in

Scotland were closed for the day

will stop Scotland's gritters, with

affectionate nicknames, have been

working around the clock. But with

warnings of much more snow to come,

drivers tonight are being urged to

stay off the roads.

Everyday on Outside Source we try to

distil the biggest stories. We have

heard from Scotland, Canada, South

Africa and the US. Now we turn to

Ethiopia.

Couple of weeks ago we told

you about Ethiopia's announcement

that hundreds of political prisoners

will be released.

That was significant, because they

hadn't even acknowledged many of

these political prisoners existed.

There was some doubt about whether

the process would begin, but it has.

500 prisoners were freed -

among them was the prominent

opposition leader, Merera Gudina.

He's been held for a year -

but says he wants talks

with the government.

He says he is ready for dialogue.

Emmanuel Igunza's spent the day

reporting from just by his house.

He is regularly based in Ethiopia.

Today, supporters of Merera Gudina

have thronged the streets, calling

for his arrival. He was released

from prison, where he faced multiple

charges including association with a

terrorist group. The government says

it will release 500 people, and

Merera Gudina is one of the most

prominent to have been released from

prison today. The government say the

purpose of this release of people

that have been in jail, including

politicians and journalists, is to

foster national cohesion. We expect

in the next weeks we will see a

process of national dialogue. That

has been one of the demands from

protesters taking to the streets,

sometimes very violently, for more

than two and a half years now.

Uganda is facing a critical

shortage of blood -

and the government is trying

to recruit donors.

There is a six-day campaign

across the country but

I want to focus on the capital

Kampala - operations

are being cancelled.

In some case only 10% of the blood

needed is available.

Patience Authaire reports.

This might be all you need to save

your life. It is a recommendation by

the World Health Organization that

blood collections should be at least

1% of the populace. But the Uganda

Blood Bank is unable to meet 70% of

its target. The Blood Bank's stock

is usually boosted by large

communities that are easy to

mobilise, such as schools. But with

the law school holiday, the Blood

Bank has found itself in crisis. It

is something the facility says it is

trying to mitigate.

We have blood

drives, we have been approached by

companies and we have a programme

that is going to keep the schools

open. Sure, we are going to be able

to provide good quantities of blood.

Not enough is being collected

through walk in donors and corporate

company drives. Some Ugandans feel

that the situation should not have

to get this bad. There has been a

push this week to get more blurred

and it seems to be working. --

blood.

Citizens, we have to take it

as an obligation. You know, blood is

not manufactured and people needed,

they are patients in hospital and

they need the blood.

But it is the

logistics involved in collecting it

that causes the biggest challenge.

Pope Francis has continued his first

official visit to Chile.

Yesterday he gave a major speech in

Santiago.

He has moved to Temuco

further south.

It's an area where the country's

indigenous Mapuche people live.

They have at times fought campaigns

to defend their ancestral lands.

At times, they are violent

campaigns.

Pope Francis acknowledged that

history in his address.

TRANSLATION:

In this context of

Thanksgiving for its land and

people, but also of sorrow and pain,

we celebrate the Eucharist and we do

it in this aerodrome, where grave

violations of human rights took

place. This celebration is offered

by all that suffered and died, and

for those that carry on their

shoulders the weight of so many

injustices.

APPLAUSE

If you watch regularly, you know we

can select any live feeds coming

into the BBC newsroom through this

screen. Let me show you this. The

Pope has moved back to Santiago.

There are the pictures. That is

Santiago Cather University, giving

another speech. We will keep across

that for any significant comments.

He is there to make a big impact in

Chile. He has given two major

speeches, and this is the third. I

just want to remind you of what we

began with on Outside Source. Over

the last month we have been talking

about gentle warming of relations

between South and North Korea. We

were not really sure where it was

going. Today we got really

significant news, two bits, really.

One, the North and south Koreans

will be putting out a joint women's

ice hockey team. The last time the

north and south put out a team

together of any sort was at the

world table tennis championships in

1991. We might be forgiven for not

remembering that, unless you are

from North or South Korea. Beating

the Chinese was a huge event,

winning together more so. People

still remember that. This is the

outline of North and South Korea

together. This is a pro-unification

flag. We are going to see the

athletes from both sides of the

border coming out into the opening

ceremony of the Olympics under this

flag, not under the national flag.

Again, hugely symbolic. We will have

to see how that translates into

relations on the much more difficult

subject matter of North Korea's Ukip

programme. I will see you tomorrow

at the same time. Goodbye. -- North

Korea's nuclear programme.