0:00:07 > 0:00:14Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Washington is back in business - for the time being at least.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19As the US Senate approved a short-term fix
0:00:19 > 0:00:22on the federal budget.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Protests - from Arab-Israeli politicians - as Mike Pence says
0:00:24 > 0:00:26the US embassy will move to Jerusalem before
0:00:26 > 0:00:31the end of next year.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33The woman behind a one-person protest
0:00:33 > 0:00:37in the centre of Tehran - went missing.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40She removed her headscarf - now with the help BBC Persian
0:00:40 > 0:00:45we will find more about who she is.
0:00:45 > 0:00:55And we're going to discuss the Venice restaurant bill
0:00:55 > 0:00:57that topped out at more than 1,000 euros.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00The Mayor is getting involved and I've been speaking with him.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22The US government shutdown is over, for now at least.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24It lasted three days and kept hundreds of thousands
0:01:24 > 0:01:25of federal workers at home today.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27It's over because the Senate has agreed to
0:01:27 > 0:01:28a short-term spending bill.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30President Donald Trump has responded to the deal
0:01:30 > 0:01:35via his press secretary, Sarah Sanders.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40We're pleased to see Senator Schumer accept the deal that President Trump
0:01:40 > 0:01:45put on the deal from the beginning. A statement from the president of
0:01:45 > 0:01:49the United States that I quote, I'm pleased that Democrats have come to
0:01:49 > 0:02:00their senses and are willing to fund our great military, border patrol
0:02:00 > 0:02:04and insurance for vulnerable children. We will work to solve the
0:02:04 > 0:02:09issue of unfair illegal immigration. We will make a deal if and only if
0:02:09 > 0:02:16it is good for our country."
0:02:16 > 0:02:18The Democrats agreed to this deal because Republicans promised
0:02:18 > 0:02:19to address a key immigration issue.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22But the fall-out continues about why this shutdown ever happened.
0:02:22 > 0:02:32Here's the most senior Democratic Senator blaming the President.
0:02:32 > 0:02:38The great deal-making president sat on the sidelines. Despite and
0:02:38 > 0:02:41because of this frustration, I have been having conversations with the
0:02:41 > 0:02:49Republican leader over the weekend about a path forward. After several
0:02:49 > 0:02:52discussions, offers, counter offers, the Republican leader and I have
0:02:52 > 0:02:59come to an arrangement. We will vote today to re-open the Government, to
0:02:59 > 0:03:03continue negotiating a global agreement, with the commitment that
0:03:03 > 0:03:09if an agreement isn't reached by February 8th, the Senate will
0:03:09 > 0:03:17immediately proceed to consideration of legislation dealing with Daca.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18In this stand-off - The Republican's wanted
0:03:18 > 0:03:21extra military spending, and money for Donald Trump's wall
0:03:21 > 0:03:22between Mexico and the US.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25The Democrats wanted to deal on the status of young immigrants -
0:03:25 > 0:03:27often called Dreamers.
0:03:27 > 0:03:37A short time ago I asked Jane O'Brien what this deal has changed.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Not very much. I think that is the short answer to that. I think it is
0:03:41 > 0:03:45a question that Democrats themselves will be asking. Really what have
0:03:45 > 0:03:49they come away with? Because at the end of the blame game and there is a
0:03:49 > 0:03:56lot of blame to go around everybody, what deal have they got that wasn't
0:03:56 > 0:04:01on the table on Friday. They would say they have won a concession from
0:04:01 > 0:04:05the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell that the Senate will look
0:04:05 > 0:04:11at legislation that could give protection to the Dreamers, but
0:04:11 > 0:04:15there is no guarantee. And further more the House has to be party to
0:04:15 > 0:04:18any legislation going forward and there is Donald Trump who has to
0:04:18 > 0:04:22sign it. And nobody's really sure what his views on immigration are.
0:04:22 > 0:04:27We also were listening to the White House press Secretary a few moments
0:04:27 > 0:04:32ago and when she was pressed on specific issues about this, she
0:04:32 > 0:04:36seemed to imply that although the Democrats would like to talk about
0:04:36 > 0:04:40the Dreamers, the White House is looking at more comprehensive
0:04:40 > 0:04:50immigration legislation that will be ambitious and full of pit falls.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52This is the impact the shutdown has had.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Over the weekend, some services were affected,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59including access to national parks and visitors to the Statue
0:04:59 > 0:05:08of Liberty were turned away.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Space X had to delay rocket tests because it relies
0:05:11 > 0:05:17on assistance from the US air force.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22But today was the real test.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26You could see the difference on public transport -
0:05:26 > 0:05:28thousands of non-essential employees issued a "furlough" -
0:05:28 > 0:05:34a leave of unpaid absence.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39In fact the hashtag "Furloughed" was getting heavy use.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42But because it wasn't prolonged, the cost to workers
0:05:42 > 0:05:46hasn't been too great.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51Here is Jane on that issue.The political stakes were high, because
0:05:51 > 0:05:55when people start losing money, they feel the pain in their pocket, that
0:05:55 > 0:05:58is when they turn against their representatives and we're coming up
0:05:58 > 0:06:03to the midterm election and that is what both parties were worried
0:06:03 > 0:06:07about. When this happened last in 2013 the Government was closed for
0:06:07 > 0:06:1216 days and that hurt. To a certain extent the Republicans and the
0:06:12 > 0:06:17Democrats have dodged a bullet this time, because two of the three days
0:06:17 > 0:06:20were over the weekend and the Government is now starting to
0:06:20 > 0:06:25re-open again on a Monday. So the pain has not been that sharp. But
0:06:25 > 0:06:29had it carried on, then there would have been serious problems and I
0:06:29 > 0:06:33think both parties would have faced far more of a political fallout than
0:06:33 > 0:06:41they have done so far.
0:06:41 > 0:06:48Mike Pence is in Israel.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Here's how the US Ambassador to Israel described it:
0:06:50 > 0:06:52@USAmbIsrael Attending a special session of the Knesset today,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55I was moved to tears as .@VP Vice President Pence
0:06:55 > 0:06:56delivered his extraordinary address.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Here's some of it.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03O' our administration will advance its plan to open an Embassy in
0:07:03 > 0:07:16Jerusalem. That will open before the end of next year.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Next here's Tom Bateman.
0:07:19 > 0:07:26They signed a waver putting off the building of a new Embassy for
0:07:26 > 0:07:30another six months, as his predecessor did. So we know more
0:07:30 > 0:07:37about where the centre of gravity in the United States is. Some in the
0:07:37 > 0:07:41state department are wary about building a new Embassy too quickly.
0:07:41 > 0:07:48It would be symbolic and it could be a symbol for protest among
0:07:48 > 0:07:54Palestinians. Now we know it will happen by the end of 2019. As for
0:07:54 > 0:08:00the response, we saw Arab members of Israeli Parliament walk out. But the
0:08:00 > 0:08:05Palestinians have called this a gift to extremists, that was the word of
0:08:05 > 0:08:14their chief negotiatedor negotiator. They believe it reduces the space
0:08:14 > 0:08:17that the PLO has operate in and their president was in Brussels
0:08:17 > 0:08:23trying to drum up support for EU recognition of a state of Palestine
0:08:23 > 0:08:31that is of coursesoming something we don't have an official word from the
0:08:31 > 0:08:40EU, other than to repeat their previous position on this.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Focus on a woman who made a remarkable protest
0:08:42 > 0:08:44in Tehran in late December.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45A video of it has been widely shared.
0:08:46 > 0:08:52This is it.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55You can see a young woman standing on a grey box -
0:08:55 > 0:09:03she's waving her hijab as as a white flag on the end of a stick.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07In Iran women have to wear the hijab. So this is a radical
0:09:07 > 0:09:18statement. This is where the protest took place. The name of the street
0:09:18 > 0:09:21means revolution.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23And hijabs have been compulsory for women since the 1979 revolution.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26This appears to have been a protest against that strict dress code.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Well as the video's been shared, people have been using the hashtag
0:09:29 > 0:09:31'Where Is She' on twitter.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Nahid Seif TWEET @NahidSeif says 'No one knows what happened to the girl
0:09:34 > 0:09:35who made a flag from her-own scarf.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40"No" to the mandatory Hijab!
0:09:40 > 0:09:43She is symbol of courage!' Artists have been sharing images
0:09:43 > 0:09:51that have been inspired by the protest.
0:09:51 > 0:10:00This is one.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01One user called Saina Sa -
0:10:01 > 0:10:03"Iranian women will never stop fighting for their freedom".
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Well Rana Rahimpour from BBC Persian came to see us earlier to say
0:10:06 > 0:10:09they had more information on this woman and where she's been.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Here's what she told me.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16We don't know her name, but we know she has been arrested. She is 31
0:10:16 > 0:10:27years old and she has a 19 month old baby A human rights lawyer, she went
0:10:27 > 0:10:31to the street which is a very busy down town street and spoke with the
0:10:31 > 0:10:35residents and talked about what happened on the 27th December. Which
0:10:35 > 0:10:39happened to be a Wednesday. And found out that she has been
0:10:39 > 0:10:43arrested. But that is as much as we know. Why is it significant? It
0:10:43 > 0:10:50seems to be part of a campaign which started online called white
0:10:50 > 0:10:56Wednesdays and many women were taking pictures of themselves
0:10:56 > 0:11:00wearing a Whitehead scarf taking it off. Taking pictures of themselves
0:11:00 > 0:11:03and sharing it online. This was the first time that somebody actually
0:11:03 > 0:11:08did it in public. In a street. Standing fully silent. No
0:11:08 > 0:11:14conversation. No chanting. No demands, just stand there, offering
0:11:14 > 0:11:20a white piece of cloth which can be a symbol of peace.It is connected
0:11:20 > 0:11:24to other protests?It is difficult to say there is necessary lay
0:11:24 > 0:11:29connection. But the fact that the other protests started the day after
0:11:29 > 0:11:33that shows that there is discontent throughout the country.What kind of
0:11:33 > 0:11:38punishment would you get for taking off your hijab like this?Usually
0:11:38 > 0:11:42you might be put in prison for a few days and you sign a paper and you
0:11:42 > 0:11:49come out. Because her case has become viral, it has turned into
0:11:49 > 0:11:53something much bigger than just offending the laws of the country.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58So I think that there might be more serious punishment against her.
0:11:58 > 0:12:08Thank you.
0:12:08 > 0:12:15We will report from Venice where some Japanese tourists got charged
0:12:15 > 0:12:20over a thousand euros in a restaurant for a few steaks.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28A court has heard that a man who drove a van into a crowd
0:12:28 > 0:12:31of people near a mosque in North London last year wanted
0:12:31 > 0:12:33to kill as many Muslims as possible.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34He denies murder and attempted murder.
0:12:34 > 0:12:40Daniel Sandford reports.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44The pandemonium on a summer night in north London after a large box
0:12:44 > 0:12:46van smashed into a crowd of worshippers at speed, leaving
0:12:46 > 0:12:48them strewn across the pavement - some with life-changing injuries.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50And leaving 51-year-old Makram Ali dead.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Today, his family were at Woolwich Crown Court to watch
0:12:53 > 0:12:56as 48-year-old Darren Osborne from Cardiff went on trial.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Jonathan Rees QC for the prosecution said Osborne deliberately drove
0:12:59 > 0:13:09into a group of Muslims, trying to kill as many as possible.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13The prosecution say Darren Osborne became enraged after a BBC drama
0:13:13 > 0:13:16about sexual abuse by Pakistani men in Rochdale, and by the attacks
0:13:16 > 0:13:16on London and Manchester.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38The US Senate agrees a short-term fix
0:13:38 > 0:13:43on the federal budget to allow government to reopen.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46More than 400 women's rights campaigners have held
0:13:46 > 0:13:48demonstrations in Nairobi, demanding the implementation
0:13:48 > 0:13:51of a constitutional requirement that at least one-third of Kenyan MPs
0:13:51 > 0:13:52should be women.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57At the moment, only 19% are women.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59The most active volcano in the Philippines,
0:13:59 > 0:14:03has erupted again.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05A huge ash cloud shrouded nearby villages in darkness.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Officials have now raised the alert level -
0:14:07 > 0:14:18meaning that a hazardous eruption is imminent.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Major intervention today from the UK's top soldier -
0:14:28 > 0:14:34General Sir Nick Carter has been talking about Russia.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35He's concerned about large scale military exercises
0:14:35 > 0:14:38like this one last year - several have been right
0:14:38 > 0:14:40on the border of NATO countries.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42And then there are these long range missiles.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47They've been used by the Russians in Syria
0:14:47 > 0:14:48and they have a range of over 1,500km.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51General Sir Nick Carter thinks this requires a response.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55This was earlier.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00I believe our ability to pre-empt or respond to these threats will be
0:15:00 > 0:15:06eroded if we don't match up to them now. They represent a clear and
0:15:06 > 0:15:10present danger. They're not thousands of miles away, they are
0:15:10 > 0:15:14now on Europe's doorstep. And the character of warfare is making it
0:15:14 > 0:15:20much harder for us to recognise true intentions and thus distinguish
0:15:20 > 0:15:27between what is peace and what is war.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Serving generals don't normally speak out like this.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31It's gone down well amongst other senior figures
0:15:31 > 0:15:33in military circles BOX 4
0:15:33 > 0:15:38I'm amazed and delighted. It is unusual for serving chief to even
0:15:38 > 0:15:42talk about threats when those threats have got serious. But for
0:15:42 > 0:15:48them to talk about the need for more resources, I haven't known that in
0:15:48 > 0:15:56my 52 years in the navy. It is extraordinary.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58This is one example of why some have concerns
0:15:59 > 0:16:00about UK defence spending.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02The Russians have been developing these new Armata tanks.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Meanwhile this is the British Army's Challenger 2 -
0:16:05 > 0:16:06it's not been modernised for 20 years.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07And then there's troop numbers.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Britain's armed forces are now at their smallest
0:16:09 > 0:16:16since the Napoleonic wars.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18It's gone from 100,000 personnel to 82,000 -
0:16:18 > 0:16:21in the last 7 years.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25But there's a different angle here.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27The UK spends more than many other countries -
0:16:27 > 0:16:29NATO requires of its members that they spend 2%
0:16:29 > 0:16:30of GDP on defence.
0:16:30 > 0:16:38The UK is one of only a few members who do that.
0:16:38 > 0:16:48It spends 50 billion dollars.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Well Deborah Haynes from The Times went to watch that speech
0:17:07 > 0:17:09by General Carter earlier and then came to tell us what
0:17:09 > 0:17:13she made of it SSOURCE
0:17:13 > 0:17:17This speech says the UK will not be able to respond if threatened and
0:17:17 > 0:17:21the threat of attack is, it is out there, it is not something that is
0:17:21 > 0:17:27not going to happen.Isn't it a mistake to see the UK in isolation.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32In reality it would act with NATO? Yes the problem the UK is
0:17:32 > 0:17:36experiencing is something that is experienced across NATO, including
0:17:36 > 0:17:43the United States. They have talked about how their military capability
0:17:43 > 0:17:48or their military competitiveness has eroded. Because we have been
0:17:48 > 0:17:52focussing on countser terrorism operations as opposed to state-based
0:17:52 > 0:17:59threats.Is the answer to Russia flexing its muscles, the Chinese are
0:17:59 > 0:18:08spending more for the west to spend more. Or should there be diplomacy.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Both soft power is not credible unless it is backed by hard power.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17We have seen across NATO a reduction in defence spending and a hollowing
0:18:17 > 0:18:22of capabilities that we had hoped we wouldn't need and now it seems in
0:18:22 > 0:18:26this time of intensifying threat, those capabilities are necessary.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31Why do you think this speech was able to go ahead. Talk about the
0:18:31 > 0:18:37domestic political environment for defence spending. Absolutely. We had
0:18:37 > 0:18:41a previous Defence Secretary calmed Michael Fallon. During his time
0:18:41 > 0:18:45there was tight control over what the military chiefs were allowed to
0:18:45 > 0:18:53say. He left in November under a bit of a cloud and a new chap called
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Gavin Williamson is there now and he was confronted with the problem of
0:18:57 > 0:19:03threats, a defence budget that is insufficient to match the ambition
0:19:03 > 0:19:09that the Government stated. Instead of talking up the spending, he is
0:19:09 > 0:19:16addressing the deficit.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18The US Senate has agreed a temporary budget to end
0:19:18 > 0:19:19the government shutdown.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Let's see what the markets have made of it.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Samira Hussain.
0:19:25 > 0:19:32What Tiss news.On all three markets, they ended higher and in
0:19:32 > 0:19:36fact they broke records. Record-breaking highs that. Shows
0:19:36 > 0:19:41that markets are not concerned very much when it comes to some of the
0:19:41 > 0:19:45political machinations that are happening in Washington. What
0:19:45 > 0:19:51they're concerned about is the impact things have on corporations.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56This shut down didn't impact corporations. So it didn't filter
0:19:56 > 0:20:01over into US markets.A quick one thank you. We will talk again
0:20:01 > 0:20:11tomorrow.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecasts
0:20:23 > 0:20:32for the global economy for this this year and next.
0:20:33 > 0:20:40The International Monetary Fund is meeting in Davos. 3,000 delegates
0:20:40 > 0:20:47are going including leaders from business, politics and royalty. All
0:20:47 > 0:20:55making an appearance. He is a president who has championed America
0:20:55 > 0:21:01first, challenging the concept of free trade and globalisation. A
0:21:01 > 0:21:06powerful audience for him, who have paid top dollar to attend. Business
0:21:06 > 0:21:13leaders including the likes of a Chinese entrepreneur, Facebook and
0:21:13 > 0:21:22IBM to name a few. But it is no just about deal making, gender equality
0:21:22 > 0:21:28is a theme, only 21% of delegates are women. There are high profile
0:21:28 > 0:21:33campaigns now I under way not just to tackle sexual harassment in the
0:21:33 > 0:21:41work place, but to end unfair pay. Davos is often criticised as just
0:21:41 > 0:21:44being a talking shop for the elite. So the big question is - can it
0:21:44 > 0:21:57bring about any lasting change?
0:21:59 > 0:22:06The International Monetary Fund has put its laters report and says there
0:22:06 > 0:22:17is growth coming. We heard from Christine Lagarde the concerns are
0:22:17 > 0:22:23will the benefits be shared?There are still too many people left out
0:22:23 > 0:22:30of recovery and acceleration of growth. In fact about one fifth of
0:22:30 > 0:22:36emerging and developing countries, one fifth of emerging and developing
0:22:36 > 0:22:49countries, saw their per capita income decline in 2017.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55A very big bill in Venice - for four steaks, a plate of fried
0:22:55 > 0:22:58fish, water and service four japanese tourists got hit for 1,143
0:22:58 > 0:23:03euros - that's $1,347!
0:23:03 > 0:23:09This is the actual bill.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10This happened in the Italian city of Venice,
0:23:10 > 0:23:15in the famous St Mark's Square.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19They complained about the bill to the police and the mayor
0:23:19 > 0:23:22of Venice says: TWEET @luigibrugnaro "If this disgraceful episode
0:23:22 > 0:23:24is confirmed, we'll do all we can to punish those responsible.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27We are for justice - always!"
0:23:27 > 0:23:30So is this a frequent problem in Venice?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Here's Marco Gasparinetti from a Venice residents' forum.
0:23:33 > 0:23:39I would say this may happen in many different cities, Paris included.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45There were so many million tourists are there just for a day. And some
0:23:45 > 0:23:52cowboys think that these people are kind of meal cows, because they will
0:23:52 > 0:24:00never come back again and they can be Joe charged. -- Overcharged.The
0:24:00 > 0:24:07mayor sounds angry.We welcome this change of at lewd. Last year when
0:24:07 > 0:24:11something happened to British citizens having lunch in a
0:24:11 > 0:24:16restaurant in Venice and they complained in Britain, they wrote a
0:24:16 > 0:24:22letter to the city mayor. We very much welcome the change of attitude
0:24:22 > 0:24:27and we trust the local police, who is investigating this specific
0:24:27 > 0:24:32issue.As I said, you would expect to pay more for lunch in St Mark's
0:24:32 > 0:24:38Square. How does the city decide what an appropriate bill is?No,
0:24:38 > 0:24:44this is left to the free market. This was not in the St Mark's. I
0:24:44 > 0:24:52think there is a misunderstanding, because some people may think this
0:24:52 > 0:24:56happened close to a restaurant close to St Mark's Square. It was not a
0:24:56 > 0:25:00restaurant. It was a kind of pub. That is why the price looks
0:25:00 > 0:25:06stranger.Did these four Japanese tourists pay?Yes they did. With
0:25:06 > 0:25:14credit card. But they were not given any receipt which under Italian
0:25:14 > 0:25:20legislation is compulsory. It is fiscal.Can they expect to get their
0:25:20 > 0:25:28money back?This is the question. I wouldn't be sure about that. Because
0:25:28 > 0:25:36there is an ongoing investigation, we would trust the local police.
0:25:36 > 0:25:42Next time, next time, hopefully not, but these things shouldn't happen.
0:25:42 > 0:25:48But any British citizen who finds a similar situation the advice is to
0:25:48 > 0:25:54call, there is a number and they speak English.If you're in Venice
0:25:54 > 0:26:01and you get a big bill, speak to the police. Speak to you in a minute.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13The weather for the week ahead coming up in half an hour. We will
0:26:13 > 0:26:20talk of the milder weather in the UK and you can see that mild air due to
0:26:20 > 0:26:24a south-westerly wind driving through the UK. The cold air still
0:26:24 > 0:26:29under an area of high pressure in eastern Europe. The dividing line is
0:26:29 > 0:26:33this front bringing snow across the Alps for a time before things calm
0:26:33 > 0:26:40down. That snow likely to cause some disruptions later this week we have
0:26:40 > 0:26:47the world leaders gathering in Davos to discuss their annual World
0:26:47 > 0:26:54Economic Forum and know has been falling through the Alps. This is
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Davos where we had half a metre of fresh snow. In the last couple of
0:26:57 > 0:27:04weeks we have had over three to four metres of snowfall in the alpine
0:27:04 > 0:27:09resorts. Plenty of snow to come through Monday. Once we have got
0:27:09 > 0:27:14through Monday into Tuesday, things will quiet down and we will see more
0:27:14 > 0:27:19sunshine and the south-westerly flow driving the milder air in. You can
0:27:19 > 0:27:26see the difference across western Europe, 12 or 13 degrees, but still
0:27:26 > 0:27:33cold. Moscow seeing a day time maximum of minus 8. We had some
0:27:33 > 0:27:39stormy weather moving through the great lakes. That has cleared and
0:27:39 > 0:27:45things has quietened down. It is windy in North Merck and America and
0:27:45 > 0:27:51we have another system moving in. Some of that colder air is starting
0:27:51 > 0:27:55to push back across the Great Lakes and that will introduce something
0:27:55 > 0:28:01fresher for the next few days. Nothing like the bitterly cold
0:28:01 > 0:28:04eweather we have seen of late. But temperatures in New York down to two
0:28:04 > 0:28:10degrees on Thursday. But we keep some blue sky too. Moving to Asia
0:28:10 > 0:28:17and things have been cold and stormy. We have the cold air across
0:28:17 > 0:28:26northern China, Korean peninsula. The snow leaving Japan. Things the
0:28:26 > 0:28:31largely quieter. Some heavy rain in the southern Philippines N
0:28:31 > 0:28:36Australia, some stormy weather in the northern territories. We need to
0:28:36 > 0:28:46keep an eye on that. Further south it is not as hot as it has been,
0:28:46 > 0:28:51that extreme heat easing. Certainly welcome new tosser the tennis. But
0:28:51 > 0:28:58things will get -- welcome news for the tennis. That is it.
0:30:10 > 0:30:17Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source,
0:30:17 > 0:30:21The US Government shutdown has been stopped after three days. The US
0:30:21 > 0:30:26Senate has approved a short-term funding fix.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27Turkey ignores international calls for restraint
0:30:27 > 0:30:29as it continues its incursion into Kurdish-held territory
0:30:29 > 0:30:30in northern Syria.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33George Weah is sworn in as the new president of Liberia -
0:30:33 > 0:30:35he told thousands of people at the inauguration in Monrovia
0:30:35 > 0:30:45that he will do his 'fair share' meet their expectations.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49If you have questions on any of the stories we are covering, please use
0:30:49 > 0:30:54the hashtag:
0:30:54 > 0:31:04#BBCOS.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09It is day three of the Turkish offensive against Kurdish fighters
0:31:09 > 0:31:16in north-western Syria. We were last week reporting on the Turkish
0:31:16 > 0:31:19military build-up. All on the Turkish side of the border, but all
0:31:19 > 0:31:25of the focus on an enclave just inside Syria. Turkey says the
0:31:25 > 0:31:32Kurdish militia there are terrorists.
0:31:32 > 0:31:38TRANSLATION:We will handle it. There is this stepping back from it.
0:31:38 > 0:31:45APPLAUSE We discussed these with our Russian
0:31:45 > 0:31:49friends. We have an agreement with them. We also discussed it with
0:31:49 > 0:31:58other coalition forces and the United States.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02Our spokesperson is very close to the area, he has been telling us
0:32:02 > 0:32:05what he has been seeing and hearing. The Turkish artillery is still
0:32:05 > 0:32:18bombing the area. From morning until now it hasn't stopped. At the same
0:32:18 > 0:32:22time the Turkish army declared that they took over one of the strategic
0:32:22 > 0:32:31positions on the eastern side this afternoon. But has also come after a
0:32:31 > 0:32:34declaration of the Turkish army, saying they took control of 11
0:32:34 > 0:32:42points. Five of them are Kurdish villages in the north and also the
0:32:42 > 0:32:46western side where we are standing now. The situation is very difficult
0:32:46 > 0:32:51for the Turkish army because they are still facing a very difficult
0:32:51 > 0:32:56situation under this bad weather and also the geographic reasons, because
0:32:56 > 0:33:04there is a mountain. That has made the movement for the Turkish army
0:33:04 > 0:33:08very difficult. At the same time we must mention that the Kurdish
0:33:08 > 0:33:14militia is still firing rockets towards the Turkish villages. And
0:33:14 > 0:33:19today many rockets landed on the Turkish side. That is what Turkish
0:33:19 > 0:33:23medics said. Many of the casualties have been recorded on the Turkish
0:33:23 > 0:33:24side.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27See all of this in the context of the manoeuvring around
0:33:27 > 0:33:28who will control what in a post-war Syria.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31In this case, Turkey wants to minimise territory that's
0:33:31 > 0:33:32controlled by Kurds.
0:33:32 > 0:33:33Our Istanbul correspondent Selin Girit has interviewed
0:33:33 > 0:33:39Turkey's Presidential Spokesperson.
0:33:39 > 0:33:45Here is some of that exchange. Was this operation absolutely
0:33:45 > 0:33:51necessary?It was because this is a right that has been given to Turkey
0:33:51 > 0:33:55as a self-defence within the UN Charter Article 50 one. Turkey is a
0:33:55 > 0:34:01Nato ally. We expect our Nato allies to support us in our fight against
0:34:01 > 0:34:08terrorism.Many people would say you are invading another country, Syria,
0:34:08 > 0:34:12unilaterally.We are not, we're eliminating terrorist threat. That's
0:34:12 > 0:34:19why we said we had no interest in any Syrian territory.Is Turkey
0:34:19 > 0:34:24moving away from Nato and the Western alliance?Sometimes our
0:34:24 > 0:34:30public feels that Nato is not paying enough attention to Turkey's
0:34:30 > 0:34:35legitimate security concerns. The Syrian war has entered its seventh
0:34:35 > 0:34:43year. We have had many casualties on our borders. We fought against the
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Daesh terrorists, and other terrorist organisations, and we've
0:34:46 > 0:34:51received little help from Nato. Our public keep asking us, where is
0:34:51 > 0:34:59Nato? But that doesn't mean that we are running away from Nato, or
0:34:59 > 0:35:01nature was running away from Turkey.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02Key players are making their feelings known.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Russia is indicating it's sympathetic to Turkey on this -
0:35:05 > 0:35:07that matters because the Russians are now the dominant
0:35:07 > 0:35:08military force in Syria.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10The UK and US have acknowledged Turkey's right
0:35:10 > 0:35:16to secure its border - but they want the fighting to stop.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Here's more on the wider implications of this
0:35:31 > 0:35:37from Rasha Qandeel of BBC Arabic.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41There is no way out unless there is an agreement between the US and
0:35:41 > 0:35:45Russia over what should happen in northern Syria and on the borders of
0:35:45 > 0:35:51Turkey with Syria. Because the US is basically locked between two allies,
0:35:51 > 0:35:57Turkey under Nato, and the Kurds, the other ally fighting Isis. There
0:35:57 > 0:36:01is no way out unless there is a clear agreement between the two big
0:36:01 > 0:36:04forces, the US and Russia, over Syria. Until now that doesn't seem
0:36:04 > 0:36:10to be coming under way. The Russians said they were concerned about the
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Turkish operation in Syria but they didn't come anywhere near
0:36:13 > 0:36:19afterwards. The US, the scale of statements from the Department of
0:36:19 > 0:36:27State, has completely verged between total support to the Kurds, to that
0:36:27 > 0:36:32they are acknowledging the concerns of Turkey and thinking the operation
0:36:32 > 0:36:35can go but must be very limited in time and scope. It's a bit confusing
0:36:35 > 0:36:42for everyone, Trump's take on this. Why are the Kurdish militia so
0:36:42 > 0:36:46committed to this small part of Syria?This is the key to the whole
0:36:46 > 0:36:59North of having a complete effect in the North. If they managed to
0:36:59 > 0:37:02complete their existence on the north, that means a safe area for
0:37:02 > 0:37:07them and a point of confirming authority of the US if they keep
0:37:07 > 0:37:12supporting them.This is a military mismatch, isn't it, between the
0:37:12 > 0:37:16Turkish military and a relatively small amount of Kurdish militia?
0:37:16 > 0:37:22Many observers think that. Especially the military ones. There
0:37:22 > 0:37:29is a difference between them whether the STF, the group that is on the
0:37:29 > 0:37:33border is supported by the US, or the other people's protection unit,
0:37:33 > 0:37:39which is following another Kurdish party. They are the ones that fired
0:37:39 > 0:37:43the two rockets towards Turkey the day before yesterday.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48Everyday we bring you biggest global stories. That is the situation at
0:37:48 > 0:37:50three Turkey and Syria. Next, Liberia.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53George Weah has been sworn in as the new president of Liberia.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55It took place in a packed stadium
0:37:55 > 0:37:56on the outskirts of Monrovia.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59This is a moment of huge significance - for Weah
0:37:59 > 0:38:00he trades footballing stardom for political power.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03For Liberia - it's the first time peaceful transition of power
0:38:03 > 0:38:11in more than 70 years.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Tamasin Ford reports.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18It's going to be the biggest match of his life, South Africa's first
0:38:18 > 0:38:25elected female, to the continent's first football head of state.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Expectations are high but his fans are confident. TheI love him so
0:38:29 > 0:38:44much. I am here for our country. I am so happy.Weah Made his fame in
0:38:44 > 0:38:52the 90s while Liberia was fighting 14 years of civil war. Weah Is sworn
0:38:52 > 0:38:58in as the 24th president of Liberia. What better way to do it than at a
0:38:58 > 0:39:03football stadium? Africa's most celebrated footballer is now the
0:39:03 > 0:39:0924th president of Liberia. Fans here are euphoric. He is called the
0:39:09 > 0:39:13country giant here. They are desperate that his glittering
0:39:13 > 0:39:24football success can be translated off the pitch.We want to narrow the
0:39:24 > 0:39:30gap between the rich and the poor. We want to make sure that the
0:39:30 > 0:39:36resources do not end up in the pockets of others.This marks the
0:39:36 > 0:39:41first peaceful handover of power in Liberia for more than 70 years. He
0:39:41 > 0:39:46was an inspiration on the pitch, now there is huge pressure to do the
0:39:46 > 0:39:52same in politics.
0:39:52 > 0:39:57We do our best to pack all of the stories in. Of course, there are
0:39:57 > 0:40:02more than we can get into one hour, you can see the rest on the BBC News
0:40:02 > 0:40:08website and you can use the BBC news app.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17At least six people have died of the Democratic Republic of Congo during
0:40:17 > 0:40:21protests calling on the president to go. He was supposed to step down at
0:40:21 > 0:40:26the end of his second term in 2016 but he didn't. Police have used live
0:40:26 > 0:40:29ammunition and tear gas at these protests which have been taking
0:40:29 > 0:40:33place at some of the most significant cities across the
0:40:33 > 0:40:35country. Bearing in mind these demonstrations were banned but went
0:40:35 > 0:40:45ahead anyway. Our correspondent has more on the story. You may find some
0:40:45 > 0:40:49of the scenes in the report disturbing.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54These were the scenes on the streets of contrast on Sunday morning. This
0:40:54 > 0:41:03is the aftermath. Witnesses say this 16-year-old was shot dead outside of
0:41:03 > 0:41:07charge in the Congolese capital. TRANSLATION:They fired at least
0:41:07 > 0:41:11five bullets. My older sister lost a lot of blood. We were there. There
0:41:11 > 0:41:19was nothing we could do. The UN says six people died and 49
0:41:19 > 0:41:24others were injured after security forces fired live rounds and tear
0:41:24 > 0:41:29gas to disperse the crowds. The Government denies this. Officials
0:41:29 > 0:41:36say two people were killed and nine police officers injured. Despite the
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Government ban on protests, demonstrators marched on Sunday
0:41:39 > 0:41:42morning accompanied by Catholic priests. They are calling on their
0:41:42 > 0:41:46president to step down. The president was expected to resign
0:41:46 > 0:41:51more than a year ago after the country's influential Catholic
0:41:51 > 0:41:55church helped negotiate a deal, but elections have been delayed until
0:41:55 > 0:42:01December 2018. TRANSLATION:The Congolese people
0:42:01 > 0:42:08are determined. We are fed up. We need real elections.He needs to be
0:42:08 > 0:42:11removed from this country. He no longer wants to respect the law. He
0:42:11 > 0:42:16no longer even wants to respect the agreement. He no longer wants to
0:42:16 > 0:42:21respect the constitution. The Catholic Church remained a key
0:42:21 > 0:42:27voice of the opposition. In December it called for a Government protest
0:42:27 > 0:42:34which led to at least six deaths. Now Pope Francis has called for
0:42:34 > 0:42:41peace. TRANSLATION:Let's think about the
0:42:41 > 0:42:46Congo now. From this square. And all of these young people. I ask the
0:42:46 > 0:42:50authorities, those responsible, and to everyone in that wonderful
0:42:50 > 0:42:53country to put all of their effort and work into avoiding all forms of
0:42:53 > 0:43:03violence. Tensions remain high in the country
0:43:03 > 0:43:07after dozens were arrested during the protests. Although elections are
0:43:07 > 0:43:11scheduled for the end of the year the Government crackdown over the
0:43:11 > 0:43:16weekend has led many to lack confidence that it will actually
0:43:16 > 0:43:21take place. If you go back just over a month on
0:43:21 > 0:43:25outside source we were telling you that Iraq's Prime Minister was
0:43:25 > 0:43:38saying his forces had defeated the eye S group in Iraq. -- defeated the
0:43:38 > 0:43:43IS in Iraq.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45But there are still daily attacks on Iraqi soldiers.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48Most are close to border with Syria -
0:43:48 > 0:43:48IS remains active there too.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51Nafiseh Kohn-avard from BBC Persian has spent time with the US army
0:43:51 > 0:43:54in a place al-Qaim on the Iraqi side of the border.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56This is her report.
0:43:56 > 0:44:01This train station has seen many battles pass-through. The invasion
0:44:01 > 0:44:08of Iraq and the fight against Al-Qaeda and two months ago it saw
0:44:08 > 0:44:12one of the final stanza of the militants who called themselves
0:44:12 > 0:44:22Islamic State. This was an American base used back in 2008 to fight
0:44:22 > 0:44:26Al-Qaeda fighters. It now, as you can see, stands completely
0:44:26 > 0:44:35devastated after it was recently won over from Isis militants. The Prime
0:44:35 > 0:44:41Minister declaring victory. But months later this station which sits
0:44:41 > 0:44:46on the border with Syria is not at peace.The threat is still very real
0:44:46 > 0:44:50from Isis. In the past ten days there have been attacks almost
0:44:50 > 0:44:55daily. Attacking the border checkpoints, destroying Iraqi tanks,
0:44:55 > 0:45:03vehicles, there has been many casualties.Coalition forces are now
0:45:03 > 0:45:10placed here. They have been fighting attacks from across the border. They
0:45:10 > 0:45:18gave us exclusive access to their operations, covering one of the most
0:45:18 > 0:45:24challenging areas of the country. This area is a complicated mosaic of
0:45:24 > 0:45:27different tribes and different law enforcement and security
0:45:27 > 0:45:37organisations.The most popular are the Iranians backed units. They have
0:45:37 > 0:45:49been key in fighting IS. This was some action recently on the border.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52There is an uneasy understanding between the Americans and many of
0:45:52 > 0:45:58the uranium backed fighters. They share a common enemy. But are far
0:45:58 > 0:46:01from friends. -- Iranians backed fighters. For now they say they are
0:46:01 > 0:46:05focused on dealing with the threat from IS and they know it could be a
0:46:05 > 0:46:11long fight.I don't know if we will ever be able to say that Isis is
0:46:11 > 0:46:17over. What I think will happen one day is once the Iraqi security
0:46:17 > 0:46:21forces and the Government of Iraq and people of Iraq can work together
0:46:21 > 0:46:27to create conditions where Isis looks around and realises it no
0:46:27 > 0:46:31longer has a place to insert itself, I think on that day we will wake up
0:46:31 > 0:46:37and realise that Isis is gone. It won't be a decoration it'll be a
0:46:37 > 0:46:46realisation. -- declaration.But that day is not yet here. They are
0:46:46 > 0:46:54still clearly a threat.
0:46:54 > 0:47:01Much more background on the situation in Iraq online. We must
0:47:01 > 0:47:05turn to a story which has been getting lots of coverage in the UK.
0:47:05 > 0:47:12The leader of UKIP Henry Bolton is refused to step down.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14The leader of UKIP Henry Bolton has refused to step down.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17Much to the consternation of many senior members of the party.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19UKIP's national executive committee passed a vote of no confidence
0:47:19 > 0:47:22in Henry Bolton yesterday - all related to racist texts sent
0:47:22 > 0:47:32by his ex-girlfriend.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47This was Mr Bolton earlier.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49I shall respect the next steps in the constitutional process.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51And will therefore not be resigning as party leader.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54I shall repeat, I will not be resigning as party leader.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57Instead, during the next four weeks, I shall be calling for the
0:47:57 > 0:47:59coordination and mobilisation of all leave campaigns to ensure the
0:47:59 > 0:48:01Government delivers full independence from the European Union
0:48:01 > 0:48:03in all areas of Government and administration.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05And I shall be calling for the party itself to
0:48:05 > 0:48:07mobilise in order to support that effort.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10This is the most pressing matter facing our nation, and I am
0:48:10 > 0:48:12determined not to allow the NEC to distract the party away from
0:48:12 > 0:48:14participating in the independence debate.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16Without reflecting at all on its individual members, the NEC,
0:48:16 > 0:48:23as presently constituted, is unfit for purpose.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25Henry Bolton also says he's going to overhaul the party.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27Here's Leila Nathoo.
0:48:27 > 0:48:31This would have been a provocative statement from Henry Bolton. Many of
0:48:31 > 0:48:35his colleagues wanted him to do the right thing, in their eyes, and
0:48:35 > 0:48:38stand aside for the good of the party. They said this episode with
0:48:38 > 0:48:41his ex Govett had been a damaging distraction for the party. But he
0:48:41 > 0:48:47thinks the opposite, that the leadership and attaining these
0:48:47 > 0:48:52thoughts of a change at this time would be the distraction. He has dug
0:48:52 > 0:48:56his hand in, lay down the gauntlet to his party, he has said that it is
0:48:56 > 0:49:02time for change and time to reform, and he's the man do it. He has
0:49:02 > 0:49:09challenged the NEC. He has said that it should be cleared out and that
0:49:09 > 0:49:13they should drain the Swan. He was hoping that the statement would calm
0:49:13 > 0:49:17the atmosphere in Ukip. I think this has done the opposite. Before that
0:49:17 > 0:49:21general meeting of Ukip members, who will consider the vote of
0:49:21 > 0:49:24no-confidence in Henry Bolton, I think the next few weeks are going
0:49:24 > 0:49:33to be pretty fractures. -- pretty
0:49:37 > 0:49:39Crows.
0:49:39 > 0:49:40Scientists think they're as good at solving problems
0:49:40 > 0:49:41as seven year old kids.
0:49:41 > 0:49:42Here's some evidence.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45This is a Caledonian Crow showing off tool-making skills.
0:49:45 > 0:49:51This bird using its bill to make a hook.
0:49:51 > 0:49:59Then it uses the hook to retrieve food.
0:49:59 > 0:50:05what is remarkable is not the use of the hook, although that is
0:50:05 > 0:50:09impressive, but also construct the tall you are using, well, that puts
0:50:09 > 0:50:12the Crow in a small group because only humans and crows have shown
0:50:12 > 0:50:18themselves capable of making a hook and using it. Even our closest
0:50:18 > 0:50:21relatives, the chimpanzees, cannot make them.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24Victoria Gill is our Science correspondent and she explained how
0:50:24 > 0:50:29scientists have made this discovery.
0:50:29 > 0:50:33They can make hooks, it was spotted 20 years ago, that was just
0:50:33 > 0:50:36something which was seen in the wild. Researchers thought they were
0:50:36 > 0:50:42using sticks to winkle food out of little crevices. They thought they
0:50:42 > 0:50:53were told -- tool using birds. They were hard to reach. But because they
0:50:53 > 0:50:56were seen to be potentially interesting and could reveal so much
0:50:56 > 0:50:59about this piece of technology they have started using spontaneously in
0:50:59 > 0:51:05the wild, these researchers from Saint Andrews built an aviary on
0:51:05 > 0:51:09that island so they could study the birds. Bring in birds temporarily,
0:51:09 > 0:51:13put them to the test, see how they behave, and that is how this new
0:51:13 > 0:51:17research has been carried out.They are not just using hooks but they
0:51:17 > 0:51:22are making them, as well.Exactly. The fact you can see in these
0:51:22 > 0:51:26experiments where they have time to how good they are when using the
0:51:26 > 0:51:31hooks at finding food, you can see how carefully they craft them in
0:51:31 > 0:51:36this video. This is a new Caledonian Crow. In one of the aviaries. They
0:51:36 > 0:51:41take their time. They strip away the plant material. They turned the
0:51:41 > 0:51:45engine to a perfect, Sharp hook. That will be more effective than
0:51:45 > 0:51:52just using a twig, which are the birds have been seen to do, in
0:51:52 > 0:51:56capturing the prey they want to get. That is why it has evolved. They are
0:51:56 > 0:52:00putting them to the test and seeing how well they work. Researchers have
0:52:00 > 0:52:05said they have seen technology being developed in the animal kingdom. A
0:52:05 > 0:52:09reason why it would evolve spontaneously.Very exciting. Thus
0:52:09 > 0:52:13this animal shows signs of being intelligent in other ways? Is it
0:52:13 > 0:52:17markedly different from other birds? They are an intelligent group of
0:52:17 > 0:52:25birds. Crows and magpies, are the ones we are familiar with, but these
0:52:25 > 0:52:30guys, and a distant relative, the Hawaiian Crow, who also evolved on a
0:52:30 > 0:52:34tiny island with this unique ecology. There are very few
0:52:34 > 0:52:40predators. They also show signs of using tools. Maybe it is something
0:52:40 > 0:52:44to do with this island effect, they are left to their own devices to be
0:52:44 > 0:52:47able to naturally develop these skills and this invention which has
0:52:47 > 0:52:51something to do with this. What are these researchers are looking to
0:52:51 > 0:52:55find out is what that could tell us about how technology developed in
0:52:55 > 0:52:59human life, as well, and how our ancestors developed fishing hooks
0:52:59 > 0:53:03for the first time all of those thousands of years ago.Do they
0:53:03 > 0:53:08teach each other? Do they share knowledge?Good question. They have
0:53:08 > 0:53:12seen some signs that the older birds are refining and fine tuning these
0:53:12 > 0:53:16hooks to make them better. They seem to be teaching one another. They
0:53:16 > 0:53:20have been studying them for such a short amount of time on an
0:53:20 > 0:53:23revolutionary timescale that they don't know exactly how this
0:53:23 > 0:53:27knowledge is shared. That is something for the future. Where will
0:53:27 > 0:53:33they go next? Are they making the technology better? Are they learning
0:53:33 > 0:53:36from each other and creating a culture of technology? These are all
0:53:36 > 0:53:40the questions we want to find out.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42Thanks to her for coming by.
0:53:42 > 0:53:46Remember this guy from the 2016 Rio Olympics?
0:53:46 > 0:53:48This is Pita Taufatofua who was Tongan flag bearer
0:53:48 > 0:53:50at the opening ceremony - and pictures of his bare-chested
0:53:50 > 0:54:00outfit went viral.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05He was in Rio as a Taekwondo at competitor.
0:54:05 > 0:54:06He didn't find much much success.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09Now he's trying cross country skiing.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12He's the first Tongan to qualify for the Winter Olympics and he'll be
0:54:12 > 0:54:18in Pyeongchang next month.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21The Olympic Games start on the 9th of February.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23Of course Tonga is a small Pacific island -
0:54:23 > 0:54:33lots of palm trees and beaches less so snow.
0:54:33 > 0:54:37Here's Pita training on roller skis.
0:54:37 > 0:54:43This was a promotional video he was making to raise funds to get to the
0:54:43 > 0:54:45Olympics. He has managed to do that.
0:54:45 > 0:54:49He hadn't seen snow until two years ago.
0:54:49 > 0:54:53We will keep an eye on how he does. Thank you very much for watching.
0:54:53 > 0:55:00See you tomorrow. Goodbye.