0:00:03 > 0:00:09Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13We are going to go straight to Washington. President Trump gave his
0:00:13 > 0:00:18first State of the union address. We will hear some of the main clips
0:00:18 > 0:00:21from Bath and fact checked some of the main claims.
0:00:21 > 0:00:26Theresa May has started her state visit to China. We will look at the
0:00:26 > 0:00:30trade relationship both countries are trying to create.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35The world has been enjoying a superb blue blood Moon, a triple lunar
0:00:35 > 0:00:41spectacle. We will see it in Los Angeles and just north of London.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46The BBC's from China editor Carrie Gracie has answered questions about
0:00:46 > 0:00:51pay and equality, questions posed by members of Parliament. The BBC
0:00:51 > 0:00:54director-general also faced questions.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06President Trump proclaimed a new American moment in last
0:01:06 > 0:01:10night's State of the Union speech.
0:01:10 > 0:01:20He's got low approval ratings generally -
0:01:21 > 0:01:22but this went down well.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24CBS showed 75% of viewers approved.
0:01:24 > 0:01:2865% said it made them feel proud to be American.
0:01:28 > 0:01:3235% said it made them feel safer.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34A majority of viewers also credited him with the current
0:01:34 > 0:01:39buoyant state of the economy.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Right, let's hear some of this speech.
0:01:41 > 0:01:50First here's the President on trade.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54America has also finally turned the page on decades of unfair trade
0:01:54 > 0:01:59deals. They sacrificed our prosperity and chipped away at our
0:01:59 > 0:02:08companies, our jobs and our wealth. Our nation has lost its wealth, but
0:02:08 > 0:02:14were getting it back so fast. The era of economic surrender is totally
0:02:14 > 0:02:23over. From now on we expect trading relationships to be fair and, very
0:02:23 > 0:02:27importantly, reciprocal. APPLAUSE
0:02:27 > 0:02:32Whenever there is a big American political moment, I turned to the
0:02:32 > 0:02:36BBC News website for Anthony Zurcher. He described a smoother
0:02:36 > 0:02:40trumpet the same hard edges. You will see what he was talking about
0:02:40 > 0:02:46in this clip on immigration -- a smoother Trump with.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Under the current broken system a single immigrants can bring in
0:02:50 > 0:02:55virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives. Under our plan,
0:02:55 > 0:03:00we focus on the immediate family by limiting sponsorships to spouses and
0:03:00 > 0:03:08minor children. APPLAUSE
0:03:08 > 0:03:11This comment fact, is our new American moment.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17There has never been a better time to start living the American dream.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21So to every citizen watching at home tonight, no matter where you have
0:03:21 > 0:03:29been or where you have come from, this is your time. If you work hard,
0:03:29 > 0:03:33if you believe in yourself, if you believe in America and you can dream
0:03:33 > 0:03:40anything, you can be anything. And together we can achieve absolutely
0:03:40 > 0:03:47anything.Mr Trump says he wants the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay
0:03:47 > 0:03:52to be kept open. That reverses an Obama directive to close it,
0:03:52 > 0:03:59although President Obama never got that close to see what happened.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03This is Luis Fajardo from BBC Monitoring in Miami.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06President Trump's announcement regarding Guantanamo did not cause a
0:04:06 > 0:04:11huge amount of surprise in Miami. People see this as a controversial
0:04:11 > 0:04:16issue but they went through eight years of waiting for President Obama
0:04:16 > 0:04:20to fulfil his promise of closing 110 oh, so they did not expect a major
0:04:20 > 0:04:23change in that sense. Regarding immigration it was not a
0:04:23 > 0:04:27huge announcement either given that many people understand there is a
0:04:27 > 0:04:32long political journey to go on until this bill becomes a reality,
0:04:32 > 0:04:36if it ever does. And the idea of President Trump of stopping what he
0:04:36 > 0:04:40calls chain migration would disproportionately affect the Latin
0:04:40 > 0:04:44community in the US, where many immigrants have the dream of
0:04:44 > 0:04:52bringing their relatives to the US. In general it was not a huge
0:04:52 > 0:04:57surprise or a major reaction in the Latin American community.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58The President made several calls for unity -
0:04:58 > 0:05:00most leading politicians in the US do.
0:05:00 > 0:05:08It rarely happens - didn't last night.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Covers every time the Republicans stood up and clapped and gave Mr
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Trump a standing ovation, the Democrats sat in stony silence.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Here is Elizabeth Warren.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38That gives you an idea of how far away we are from political unity in
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Washington at the moment.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42A number of people were invited onto stage -
0:05:42 > 0:05:44veterans, first responders.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47And take a look at these pictures of the parents of Otto Warmbier,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50the American who died after being detained in North Korea,
0:05:50 > 0:05:56and the North Korean defector Ji Seong-ho.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00No doubting who they wanted to see that last guest.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Not sure if Kim Jong Un was watching.
0:06:02 > 0:06:10Kevin Kim from BBC Korean was.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14President Trump described North Korea as one of the worst
0:06:14 > 0:06:18dictatorships in the world, a country that oppresses its people.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21To highlight these points he had a special guest in the crowd that
0:06:21 > 0:06:27introduced. The parents of an American who travel to North Korea,
0:06:27 > 0:06:33was arrested, sentence and later died. Also in the crowd was a
0:06:33 > 0:06:38prominent North Korean human rights activist. During the famine in North
0:06:38 > 0:06:44Korea he lost his limbs. When his name was called out by Mr Trump, he
0:06:44 > 0:06:48raised his crutches high in the hour for everyone to see. Both were key
0:06:48 > 0:06:53individuals that President Trump wanted to show what North Korea, in
0:06:53 > 0:06:55his view, is really like.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Day one of Theresa May's state visit to China.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Her leadership has been under severe pressure -
0:06:59 > 0:07:09but she started this trip by saying, "I'm not a quitter".
0:07:09 > 0:07:11There is a long-term job to be done, she said.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14In terms of China, one minister has described Mrs May as "cautious" -
0:07:14 > 0:07:22and not David Cameron's "headlong rush to be China's best friend".
0:07:22 > 0:07:27That is veiled criticism of May's predecessor, David Cameron, and his
0:07:27 > 0:07:28approach to China.
0:07:28 > 0:07:36Here's Theresa May in Beijing.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38The Prime Minister with the Chinese Prime Minister giving a statement.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41She warned the Chinese Prime Minister that China that it must
0:07:41 > 0:07:43respect international rules on trade and intellectual property.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46But let's be clear - the tone of this trip is positive.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Brexit means a new close trading relationship
0:07:47 > 0:07:53with China is essential.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55That is the priority.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58The two countries are expected to reveal $13 billion deals over
0:07:58 > 0:08:02the next few days but that's a small step - China is still only Britain's
0:08:02 > 0:08:12eighth biggest trading partner.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19The UK wanted to shift up the list.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Theresa May included a stop in Wuhan.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Not a major city in Chinese terms but it's a hub
0:08:23 > 0:08:24for higher education in China.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29Here's the Prime Minister meeting students and staff.
0:08:29 > 0:08:38Britain is a high performer in this sector.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41The Prime Minister is there to make more connections and develop more
0:08:41 > 0:08:43business.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Theresa May will also return home with China having lifted a ban
0:08:46 > 0:08:47on imports of British beef.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Good news for UK farmers.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56Let's get more from Steve McDonnell in Beijing.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01Theresa May has been accompanied by 50 business leaders, all prepared to
0:09:01 > 0:09:06cut deals right now. This delegation is leading with its best hand. What
0:09:06 > 0:09:14does Britain have that China's vast army of consumers might want?
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Education services, tourism, automobiles, all available to this
0:09:18 > 0:09:27vast Chinese public. I say that, but if Theresa May wants to pump China
0:09:27 > 0:09:33up the run of its ladder of the countries it is dealing with, all
0:09:33 > 0:09:38you need is the smallest advance in percentage terms and this can bring
0:09:38 > 0:09:44large dividends. For example, here we have a quarter of the world's
0:09:44 > 0:09:49population, they are all becoming more affluent, all wanting to buy
0:09:49 > 0:09:54goods and Theresa May wants a piece of the action. Imagine a 2% change
0:09:54 > 0:09:58or something along those lines, for these companies involved it can mean
0:09:58 > 0:10:00vast profits.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03That's what's in it for Britain, but of course it's a two way street.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Earlier I asked Vincent Ni of the BBC's Chinese service
0:10:06 > 0:10:07what China wants out of the relationship.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11He is a regular on Outside Source. The Chinese press came up with a
0:10:11 > 0:10:18term to call Theresa May, which is auntie May. But if you speak to
0:10:18 > 0:10:22reasonable Chinese analysts they will strike a more cautionary tone.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27They know Theresa May is mired in a leadership question back home here
0:10:27 > 0:10:31in the UK, they are not sure how long was Prime Minister will be
0:10:31 > 0:10:35around for.With reference to this trip, what do the Chinese want out
0:10:35 > 0:10:43of it?They want a market in the UK, but there is also a sense that the
0:10:43 > 0:10:46UK is losing importance in Europe because of this Brexit, because for
0:10:46 > 0:10:51a long time the Chinese take the UK is the gateway to the European
0:10:51 > 0:10:57market, especially western Europe. The UK is gradually leaving the
0:10:57 > 0:11:02European Union, so the Chinese will need to look the destinations. After
0:11:02 > 0:11:06this Brexit vote we have already seen the Chinese investing heavily
0:11:06 > 0:11:10in other western European countries like Germany and France. We know
0:11:10 > 0:11:13that the French president Emmanuel Macron went to China ahead of
0:11:13 > 0:11:22Theresa May's visit. This is a very big circle to the British
0:11:22 > 0:11:27politicians that China is still interested in Europe, and it is
0:11:27 > 0:11:31shifting its focus away from the UK. So we started with stories from
0:11:31 > 0:11:35China and the US, in a few minutes we will have a story much closer to
0:11:35 > 0:11:42home. Senior figures within the BBC, the director-general added former
0:11:42 > 0:11:47China editor Carrie Gracie, have been taking questions from MPs on
0:11:47 > 0:11:50pay and equality. We will see what they said.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56MPs and peers are set to leave the Palace of Westminster
0:11:56 > 0:11:58during a proposed multi-billion pound refurbishment
0:11:58 > 0:12:01after the Commons approved a motion calling for a full and timely decant
0:12:01 > 0:12:06by 236 votes to 220 a majority of 16.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10During a debate on the Restoration and Renewal plans, the Leader
0:12:10 > 0:12:13of the Commons Andrea Leadsom said MPs and peers would not leave
0:12:13 > 0:12:16the Houses of Parliament until 2025 at the earliest.
0:12:16 > 0:12:26Here's our political correspondent Eleanor Garnier.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35The key thing is if the move would not start until 2025 would have had
0:12:35 > 0:12:40another election by them, with a new Government and Parliament could they
0:12:40 > 0:12:44change their minds on this whole thing? This big decision on what to
0:12:44 > 0:12:47do about the state of the Palace of Westminster has gone on for quite
0:12:47 > 0:12:51some time and there have been calls for a decision to be made quickly,
0:12:51 > 0:13:00because the state of the palaces so serious.
0:13:01 > 0:13:07This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09President Trump says his first year in office has
0:13:09 > 0:13:12advanced his mission to make America great again, but his opponents say
0:13:12 > 0:13:19millions of people are left behind.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Let me take you some of the main stories from BBC World Service.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Many of Kenya's privately owned TV and radio stations
0:13:24 > 0:13:25are still off air.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27This started yesterday when they attempted to broadcast
0:13:27 > 0:13:29the opposition leader Rail Odinga swearing himself in as
0:13:29 > 0:13:36"the people's president."
0:13:36 > 0:13:38That is from BBC Swahili.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40An Istanbul court has released on bail the head
0:13:40 > 0:13:41of Amnesty International in Turkey.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Taner Kilich is accused of being a member of a terrorist group -
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and has been in detention since June.
0:13:46 > 0:13:52He and Amnesty dismiss the allegation.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54And this is Wikie the whale.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55She's the first whale say English words -
0:13:55 > 0:13:58apparently she can count, say hello and the name Amy.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03I don't know if you can't quite make them out!
0:14:03 > 0:14:09Being able to learn new sounds is very rare amongst mammals.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11And, presumably, all animals!
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Senior figures from the BBC have been answering MPs
0:14:14 > 0:14:19questions about gender, pay and equality.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Carrie Gracie stood down as the BBC's China editor
0:14:21 > 0:14:25in protest at pay inequality.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27We also heard from the BBC's director general
0:14:28 > 0:14:32and director of news.
0:14:32 > 0:14:40Carrie was first to speak.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45I have said I don't want any more money, I'm not a physical liability
0:14:45 > 0:14:49to the BBC. They are trying to throw money at need to resolve the
0:14:49 > 0:14:53problem. This will not result my problem. My problem will be resolved
0:14:53 > 0:14:58by an acknowledgement that my work is of equal value to the men who are
0:14:58 > 0:15:02served alongside as an international editor. An apology would be nice, I
0:15:02 > 0:15:09note that the BBC says it is very grateful to men, last Friday, taking
0:15:09 > 0:15:13a voluntary pay cut. They have never said they are very grateful to me
0:15:13 > 0:15:14for not taking a pay rise at the time.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Next Tony Hall, Director General of the BBC.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18He acknowledged that the BBC inadvertently underpaid
0:15:18 > 0:15:19Carrie Gracie for years.
0:15:19 > 0:15:28Here's some of what we heard.
0:15:28 > 0:15:34We got something is wrong. I wish that we hadn't got those things
0:15:34 > 0:15:37wrong, but we did get something is wrong, I think we should be clear
0:15:37 > 0:15:44about that. Perhaps I might also say that I hold Carrie in the greatest
0:15:44 > 0:15:47regard, I was lucky enough to spend some time with her in Beijing when
0:15:47 > 0:15:52she was there as editor. I think she is an absolutely first rate editor
0:15:52 > 0:15:58and Houston first rate work for the BBC, and I do not want in any way to
0:15:58 > 0:16:02undermine what she has done, she has been extremely good.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07For his analysis on this I spoke to the BBC media Reddit, Amol Rajan.
0:16:07 > 0:16:13It is extraordinary, especially for the first half.The BBC's media
0:16:13 > 0:16:19editor.Carrie Gracie's testimony was explosive, punchy, personal,
0:16:19 > 0:16:23there was interesting new data. There was a representative from the
0:16:23 > 0:16:26National Union of Journalists. Then when the BBC management, Tony Hall
0:16:26 > 0:16:30and his deputy, were in front of the committee, it was a bureaucratic
0:16:30 > 0:16:34wall of noise. There are two parallel conversations. Carrie
0:16:34 > 0:16:39Gracie spoke about the specific, as she sees a comment justices of her
0:16:39 > 0:16:43case the past record of the BBC. Tony Hall and the others from the
0:16:43 > 0:16:46BBC were keen to talk about the future. And that Umaga conversations
0:16:46 > 0:16:51never got together. We discovered to my clippings, and above all the BBC
0:16:51 > 0:16:54acknowledged it got certain things wrong and for the first time in
0:16:54 > 0:17:02public and said there is a difference between an automatic --
0:17:02 > 0:17:05North America editor and China editor. Had she been in North
0:17:05 > 0:17:07America, she would have been paid more.Gillian Howard is an
0:17:07 > 0:17:14employment lawyer. Here is her take on the situation the BBC is in.The
0:17:14 > 0:17:19law was passed in 1970 and enacted in 1975, which required employers to
0:17:19 > 0:17:25give men and women equal pay when doing the same job or a job of
0:17:25 > 0:17:29similar nature, or work of equal value.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34It has taken an awfully long time for employers to wake up, and that
0:17:34 > 0:17:38is what they had to do. Within pay grades and pay scales and players
0:17:38 > 0:17:48can of course give extra pay within a pay scale for skills,
0:17:48 > 0:17:52qualifications, added value, experience in the job, that kind of
0:17:52 > 0:17:56thing, irrespective of gender. But what happens is, and what has
0:17:56 > 0:18:00happened at the BBC, the women seem to have been rewarded for those
0:18:00 > 0:18:05things and the women have not -- the men seem to have been rewarded.You
0:18:05 > 0:18:10talk about pay bands, the law does not say how big the bands can beat
0:18:10 > 0:18:13and in some cases, whether the BBC or other companies, they are so wide
0:18:13 > 0:18:18as to what must be meaningless.If they are, the employers offending
0:18:18 > 0:18:24the law and basically has an unlawful pay scale. The tribunal is
0:18:24 > 0:18:27appointed independent job evaluation expert to go in and evaluate the
0:18:27 > 0:18:34jobs and make the pay scales sensible.You use the phrase work of
0:18:34 > 0:18:38equal value. In the example of broadcasting, which we are focused
0:18:38 > 0:18:44on today, it is incredibly subjective?It is partly subjective,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47but there are objective factors which employers are meant to take
0:18:47 > 0:18:52into account, such as responsibility, accountability,
0:18:52 > 0:18:57skills, the added value brought to the job, those sorts of things. The
0:18:57 > 0:19:01effort and skills required in the job. There are objective factors
0:19:01 > 0:19:06which employers are required to use under the legislation but, yes,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09there are also subjective elements, of course.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13This law dates back to the 1970s. As you look at the way it has been
0:19:13 > 0:19:19implemented for 40 years or more and you look at what is happening at the
0:19:19 > 0:19:23BBC now, how significant do you think it is, the amount of pressure
0:19:23 > 0:19:28brought to bear on the BBC systems? If you mean Carrie Gracie and her
0:19:28 > 0:19:32female colleagues, what they are doing now, they are starting a
0:19:32 > 0:19:36revolution. It is 40 years' time delay but they are doing it.A
0:19:36 > 0:19:42revolution at the BBC, or bigger? Much bigger. I believe that will
0:19:42 > 0:19:47give great confidence to other women in the companies who, for many, many
0:19:47 > 0:19:51years, has been downgraded in pay and promotion prospects,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54discriminated against when they come back from maternity leave. I think
0:19:54 > 0:20:00it will be a revolution for a of other employers.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04If you want to see more clips from Carrie Gracie, the National Union of
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Journalists and the four representatives of BBC management,
0:20:08 > 0:20:13including director general Tony Hall, it is on the BBC News website.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Three of the big tech giants - Facebook, Microsoft and eBay -
0:20:16 > 0:20:19have all announced results in the last half an hour.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Dave Lee, our North America technology
0:20:20 > 0:20:23correspondent, joins me now.
0:20:23 > 0:20:29He is in San Francisco. Busy reading while I bring him in. Somebody has
0:20:29 > 0:20:33said in my ear that Facebook is up by 40 something percent? Is that
0:20:33 > 0:20:38right?There are some incredibly interesting metrics. I am reading
0:20:38 > 0:20:44through them now because they have just been published. Facebook saying
0:20:44 > 0:20:47that their changes to the news feed have already resulted in 50 million
0:20:47 > 0:20:53less hours being spent on the platform, which will have a big
0:20:53 > 0:20:58impact on how many adverts are being seen. As part of that announcement,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Mark Zuckerberg has attached a statement to these earnings which
0:21:01 > 0:21:05goes into more depth than usual, he goes back to the talking points he
0:21:05 > 0:21:11has made recently. I will read you a small bit comment 2018 we focused on
0:21:11 > 0:21:16making sure Facebook is not just fun to use but also good for people's
0:21:16 > 0:21:20well-being and society. What he is doing is basically saying, look,
0:21:20 > 0:21:24this will impact our network, it is already impacting, but it is
0:21:24 > 0:21:30important we have sacrifice right now to protect the long-term health
0:21:30 > 0:21:36of Facebook. Shares around by about 4% at the moment.What about eBay
0:21:36 > 0:21:44and the others?I am only reading them as they drop. Microsoft had a
0:21:44 > 0:21:48strong earnings results, unfortunately I have no chance to
0:21:48 > 0:21:51pick through them yet.Let's talk about Facebook more than, I guess
0:21:51 > 0:21:57the issues the Zuckerberg is money is not necessarily the number one
0:21:57 > 0:22:05factor long-term, he needs to fend off criticism and regulators?I
0:22:05 > 0:22:10think the concern is the problem has two sides. They are not quite sure
0:22:10 > 0:22:14how Facebook will solve what could be seen as a societal problem of
0:22:14 > 0:22:18large, also the pressure put on Facebook to get onto this problem
0:22:18 > 0:22:22immediately could be quite expensive. Compared to this time
0:22:22 > 0:22:26last year, Facebook is 47% more employees, a huge amount of growth
0:22:26 > 0:22:32for what was already quite a big company. Over 2018 they will hire an
0:22:32 > 0:22:37extra 10,000 employees to police various parts of the network, be
0:22:37 > 0:22:43more stringent on what kind of adverts are right on its network. --
0:22:43 > 0:22:47adverts arrive on its network. It will be very costly and may not even
0:22:47 > 0:22:51work. This is just the beginning of Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook trying
0:22:51 > 0:22:56to take hold of the situation. Dave, I will let you get back to
0:22:56 > 0:23:00those figures. Thank you very much. We try to bring you the latest
0:23:00 > 0:23:04information as a concern, but asking Dave to jump ahead and tell me
0:23:04 > 0:23:10things he has not yet got was asking a bit much of him! Follow him on
0:23:10 > 0:23:17Twitter for his analysis as he digests those figures.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20The US Federal Reserve has left rates unchanged at 1.25 to 1.5%,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22but it is the last time any Fed event will be chaired
0:23:23 > 0:23:24by Janet Yellen.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26She's the first woman to hold the post and the first head
0:23:26 > 0:23:29of the Fed not to remain in the post after the election
0:23:29 > 0:23:30of a new president.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Yogita Limaye is in New York. A woman of huge stature, whatever your
0:23:33 > 0:23:36politics, who will be missed, I guess, by many people?Yes, she
0:23:36 > 0:23:41steered the economy through tough times, these with the economy in
0:23:41 > 0:23:48pretty good state. Growth rate of 2.3% in 2017. That is not the key
0:23:48 > 0:23:53job of the Federal Reserve, the key job is fixing interest rates and
0:23:53 > 0:23:58ensuring it keeps inflation and unemployment in check. On her watch,
0:23:58 > 0:24:03and employment at 4.1% went to a 17 year low. Like a trader told me
0:24:03 > 0:24:08today, she was a good leader but not necessarily creative.Thank you.
0:24:08 > 0:24:17Just a quick conversation today. We finish with a report about how
0:24:17 > 0:24:20charity shops in the UK perhaps do not want all the clothes are
0:24:20 > 0:24:25donating. Pity today because my clothes. One
0:24:25 > 0:24:30minute yellow is the colour, next week Denham, tomorrow it is mint
0:24:30 > 0:24:34green fur, anyone?! If you are like me, you try to
0:24:34 > 0:24:38lessen the guilt of your fashion fickleness by dropping off some of
0:24:38 > 0:24:43your barely worn clothes at a charity shop.
0:24:43 > 0:24:50And I am not alone.They come every single day. From 10am to 6pm, a
0:24:50 > 0:24:55continuous drop in donations. Donations to Oxfam have increased
0:24:55 > 0:24:58over the past year, but only a fraction of the clothes here are
0:24:58 > 0:25:03actually sold through the store. The unsold inventory is bought by
0:25:03 > 0:25:07distributors who sell them to other countries, where they are resold in
0:25:07 > 0:25:12second-hand markets like this one in Uganda. It used to be a virtuous
0:25:12 > 0:25:15cycle, except increasingly these countries don't want the second-hand
0:25:15 > 0:25:21clothes. Data from the United Nations shows the used clothing
0:25:21 > 0:25:28import business has declared recently. That has hurt companies
0:25:28 > 0:25:32that buy the unsold charity shop clothes. So what to do with all of
0:25:32 > 0:25:38these unwanted clothes? Retailers say the future will involve fully
0:25:38 > 0:25:48recycling these clothes into fabrics that we might be able to use again.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53In a couple of minutes we will fact checks of Donald Trump's state of
0:25:53 > 0:25:58the union address. See you then. -- fact check some of Donald Trump's
0:25:58 > 0:26:00state of the union address.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Good evening. New Zealand has been one of the Big Brother stories this
0:26:07 > 0:26:12week, and again tonight. What a week. -- one of the big weather
0:26:12 > 0:26:17stories. Temperatures got close to 40 degrees. Part of the South Island
0:26:17 > 0:26:20had tried declared on Tuesday, and with a certain amount by Rinnie we
0:26:20 > 0:26:25are seeing flooding rains arriving due to the amalgamation of a former
0:26:25 > 0:26:30Tropical Cyclone Joyce in forwards and a weather front moving out of
0:26:30 > 0:26:35Australia. They are joining forces across the South Island. We can see
0:26:35 > 0:26:40well over a month's worth of rain just over a date falling onto very
0:26:40 > 0:26:44parched and dry ground, causing lots of run-off, lots of surface water
0:26:44 > 0:26:48flooding. The rain eases through Thursday and Friday, we will see
0:26:48 > 0:26:52severe storms push across the North Island, then back to quieter
0:26:52 > 0:26:55weather. A few showers and a cool breeze.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Across the other side of the Pacific, very cold air across Canada
0:26:58 > 0:27:08and the north-east United States. At the opposite end of the scale, to
0:27:08 > 0:27:10the south-west, very warm air in place. In California, temperatures
0:27:10 > 0:27:14have got over 30 degrees, over 90 Fahrenheit in one or two spots. The
0:27:14 > 0:27:20warm air stays in place through the week, further plungers of Caldara.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Concentrate on California, here is a satellite image from this time last
0:27:23 > 0:27:29year. White air and into Nevada is where snow lies after a bumper
0:27:29 > 0:27:33snowfall. The snow was very important to Californians, as I will
0:27:33 > 0:27:38tell you. Not as much snow on the map this year, all the warmth has
0:27:38 > 0:27:42melted down the snow pack is crucial to Californians in the summer,
0:27:42 > 0:27:45because it helps to supply the water.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Returning to Cape Town and their water supply issues, it is the next
0:27:49 > 0:27:54stage in water restrictions in the city, the water is running out. Once
0:27:54 > 0:27:58the reservoirs get to around 13% capacity, taps will be turned off,
0:27:58 > 0:28:03which could be as soon as the 12th of April. There is no rain forecast
0:28:03 > 0:28:08this week. Very warm conditions, if it is not worn it is windy and both
0:28:08 > 0:28:12help to evaporate water, causing the reservoirs to drop quicker.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17The other side of Africa has had the first snow in about five decades in
0:28:17 > 0:28:22parts of Morocco. Cold air here, dry at the moment but very windy
0:28:22 > 0:28:25conditions of call. The Canaries and Madeira will take as do the night
0:28:25 > 0:28:30and into Thursday. Frequent Henry and thundery showers across parts of
0:28:30 > 0:28:34southern Spain and into Gibraltar. A brighter, drier less breezy day on
0:28:34 > 0:28:39Thursday. It will be windy across northern parts of Europe, including
0:28:39 > 0:28:42us. Strongest winds pushing towards the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany
0:28:42 > 0:28:47and seven Scandinavia, they will be pushing snow fall back towards the
0:28:47 > 0:28:53Alps. For us, cold air. Will it last? We will find out with Nick in
0:28:53 > 0:28:55half an hour.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source,
0:30:16 > 0:30:18and these are the main stories here in the BBC Newsroom.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21President Trump says his first year in office has advanced his mission
0:30:21 > 0:30:23to make America great again, but his opponents say millions
0:30:23 > 0:30:26of people are left behind.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Theresa May is in China to forge new partnerships ahead
0:30:28 > 0:30:35of Britain's exit from the EU.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38A judge says the number of known sexual abuse victims of former
0:30:38 > 0:30:40US Gymnastics doctor, Larry Nassar, now stands
0:30:40 > 0:30:48at more than 260.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57Your questions are always welcome.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01#BBCOS is the hashtag.
0:31:01 > 0:31:06Back to Donald Trump's first State of the Union address.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09The BBC's Reality Check team have been fact
0:31:09 > 0:31:14checking some of the claims he made during the address.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16First, here's what he said about unemployment.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Since the election, we have created 2.4 million new jobs.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Including...
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Including 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing alone.
0:31:24 > 0:31:34Tremendous number.
0:31:36 > 0:31:42Jane O'Brien has been working with the Reality Check team.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47She is live with us now. Can you assess what the president said the?
0:31:47 > 0:31:52He was always going to talk about the economy because that is his big
0:31:52 > 0:31:57thing. He is the great deal-maker. And yes, that figure is correct and
0:31:57 > 0:32:00comes from the Department of labour and statistically is absolutely spot
0:32:00 > 0:32:09on. The issue is, can he take credit for that? His critics will say no,
0:32:09 > 0:32:13because he inherited a very strong economy from Barack Obama and his
0:32:13 > 0:32:17capitalising on a very firm foundation. Your success
0:32:17 > 0:32:20unemployment among African-Americans was at an all-time low and among
0:32:20 > 0:32:25Latinos also at an all-time low. Yes, again, statistically true. But
0:32:25 > 0:32:29the big question, can he take credit.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Next - tax reform.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33Mr Trump's talked a lot about this topic -
0:32:33 > 0:32:36it was his major legislative achievement last year.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39He mentioned it in his address.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Have a look.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Just as I promised the American people from this podium 11 months
0:32:45 > 0:32:48ago, we enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50APPLAUSE.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Since we passed the tax cuts, roughly 3 million
0:32:52 > 0:32:54workers have already had tax cut bonuses.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Many of them thousands and thousands of dollars per worker,
0:32:57 > 0:33:06and it's getting more every month, every week.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Back to Jane on that one.
0:33:24 > 0:33:33That is trickier. What we do know, from a lobby firm here, is that 285
0:33:33 > 0:33:39firms that we know of said that as a result of the corporate rate cut,
0:33:39 > 0:33:48they could create other benefits. But tax reform only really came in
0:33:48 > 0:33:52at the end of last year. It is in January. We have a little bit more
0:33:52 > 0:33:55to go before we can really clearly assess the benefits to ordinary
0:33:55 > 0:34:00American workers. One more thing to look at. Foreign
0:34:00 > 0:34:05policy. Here is what the president said about the Islamic state group.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08I am proud to report that the coalition to defeat Isis
0:34:08 > 0:34:11has liberated very close to 100% of the territory just recently held
0:34:11 > 0:34:14by these killers in Iraq and in Syria and in other
0:34:14 > 0:34:15locations as well.
0:34:15 > 0:34:25APPLAUSE
0:34:32 > 0:34:34There's no doubt that the Islamic State group
0:34:34 > 0:34:37has lost territory - the lighter red on this map shows
0:34:37 > 0:34:40what it controlled in January 2015, the darker red is the beginning
0:34:40 > 0:34:47of January this year.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49How else did you assess the president on this issue?
0:34:49 > 0:34:52He is right about the loss of territory but when he says it is
0:34:52 > 0:34:57coalition forces that managed to get it back from Islamic State, don't
0:34:57 > 0:35:01forget this is a very complicated conflict. There are multiple people
0:35:01 > 0:35:06involved. Not least the Syrian government. Syrian government forces
0:35:06 > 0:35:10backed by Russia and Iran have indeed been responsible for taking
0:35:10 > 0:35:13back a lot of that territory. Perhaps the bigger issue was the
0:35:13 > 0:35:19threat still remains. Very, very useful. Thanks to you,
0:35:19 > 0:35:27Jane, and the Reality Check team. You can get lots of Reality Checks
0:35:27 > 0:35:31everyday. Just search for BBC Reality Check and find your way to
0:35:31 > 0:35:35their website.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39The number of known victims of Larry Nassar has risen to 265.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42We have talked about him a lot.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44He was a doctor for USA Gymnastics and he was jailed for
0:35:44 > 0:35:50175 years last week.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53He's now back in court for his another sentencing hearing -
0:35:53 > 0:35:5665 more victims will confront him.
0:35:56 > 0:35:57One of them, Jessica Thomashow.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58Here's some of her statement.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01I would like to say something to my abuser, Larry Nassar.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03You took advantage of my innocence and trust.
0:36:03 > 0:36:04You were my doctor.
0:36:04 > 0:36:10Why?
0:36:10 > 0:36:13I ask myself that question all the time,
0:36:13 > 0:36:16especially while I am laying in bed crying myself to sleep.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18What you did to me was twisted.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19You manipulated me and my entire family.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23How dare you.
0:36:23 > 0:36:33This is Annie Labrie's testimony.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38A paedophile cannot flourish in the way Larry did
0:36:38 > 0:36:41in an an environment that is not conducive to his behaviour.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43While justice has been served for this sexual
0:36:43 > 0:36:46predator, it is imperative that we as a society do not view
0:36:46 > 0:36:47this as an isolated incident.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48He was prolific because surrounding authorities
0:36:48 > 0:36:49allowed him to be.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Because the gymnastics world allowed him to be.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Because still women are not perceived to be credible.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Nada Tawfik is in New York.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Help me understand the process here. What's the difference between what's
0:36:59 > 0:37:07happening now and what we saw last week?Well, as part of Larry
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Nassar's plea agreement, he basically pleaded guilty to two
0:37:10 > 0:37:13separate set the mark of state charges. The sentencing last week
0:37:13 > 0:37:18was on seven counts of sexual assault against John women at
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Michigan State University and his home. The sentencing hearing is Ford
0:37:21 > 0:37:26three counts of sexual assault when he is accused of molesting young
0:37:26 > 0:37:30women at her gymnastics club in a different part of Michigan. And so
0:37:30 > 0:37:34that's why you have a separate sentencing hearing. That's why it is
0:37:34 > 0:37:39another opportunity for these young, brave women to come forward and
0:37:39 > 0:37:43speak out against it before he is sentenced by the judge. He could get
0:37:43 > 0:37:4625-40 years for each of the counts but as we know he will spend the
0:37:46 > 0:37:52rest of his life in prison.A tweet from USA Gymnastics says Michigan
0:37:52 > 0:38:01State... USA Gymnastics has received resignations from the board of
0:38:01 > 0:38:07directors. I guess that there was a certain inevitability?Next USA
0:38:07 > 0:38:12committee basically told USA Gymnastics said, look, you can have
0:38:12 > 0:38:15your Board of Directors completely resign or be will take away your
0:38:15 > 0:38:19governing authority. They thought obviously that the best case
0:38:19 > 0:38:23scenario to go forward with the sport, to support young gymnasts was
0:38:23 > 0:38:28to have the board resign. This is something that the sport's most
0:38:28 > 0:38:36famous members and gold Olympians were asking for, and so they gone
0:38:36 > 0:38:39through with that. The US Olympic Committee, it is worth pointing out,
0:38:39 > 0:38:44still has to do an independent investigation into what happened.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47Both of those bodies are still going to be under investigation so this is
0:38:47 > 0:38:52a long road. It's only not the end. A final question about the hearing
0:38:52 > 0:38:56were seeing. Is it a different judge, is it even a different court?
0:38:56 > 0:39:03In which weighed only connect?It is a different judge and court. They
0:39:03 > 0:39:07are in two separate counties. Again, that's why, after we had that large
0:39:07 > 0:39:13televised sentencing hearing last week, where we originally had 88
0:39:13 > 0:39:18women who would come forward and then the end had 175, that judge a
0:39:18 > 0:39:21clear that she was going to give anybody who accused Larry Nassar the
0:39:21 > 0:39:28time to confront him. This judge has made a similar decision and that's
0:39:28 > 0:39:31why we, at this point, think they're going to year by the end of this
0:39:31 > 0:39:37three-day sentencing 65 women come forward. All of it, again, is a way
0:39:37 > 0:39:43for the judges to give the healing process to these women who have been
0:39:43 > 0:39:48irreparably harmed by Larry Nassar. Thanks for explaining that. If you
0:39:48 > 0:39:55want news on the story and many others, you can go online to our
0:39:55 > 0:40:01website or download the app for the smartphone.
0:40:04 > 0:40:11Intruiging development for Catalonia.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Its former leader - now in exile - Carles Puigdemont has accidentally
0:40:14 > 0:40:18allowed some text messages of his to be filmed.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21In them, he says his campaign to become President again is "over"
0:40:21 > 0:40:23and that the Spanish government had triumphed against him.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26He's in Brussels to avoid arrest - that's all related to
0:40:26 > 0:40:34the declaration of Catalan independence that led.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36There were fresh elections in December but we await
0:40:36 > 0:40:42a new president,
0:40:42 > 0:40:44in part because the Spanish government says Mr Puigdemont cannot
0:40:44 > 0:40:48return to the job while in exile.
0:40:48 > 0:40:54Let's Kenmore Road this. -- let's get more on this.
0:40:54 > 0:40:55Gavin Lee in Barcelona picks up the story.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59The problem for Carles Puigdemont and for the wider Catalan
0:40:59 > 0:41:00independence movement was inadvertently borne
0:41:00 > 0:41:06from his own hands.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08He sent a message via a supposedly secure messaging app
0:41:08 > 0:41:11to a colleague in Belgium, saying that he feels
0:41:11 > 0:41:14that the movement with him as leader is over and that the Spanish
0:41:14 > 0:41:15government has triumphed.
0:41:15 > 0:41:25And that he'll spend the next two years trying to rebuild his
0:41:26 > 0:41:28reputation, in tatters, he says, because of
0:41:28 > 0:41:29the lies he says came from
0:41:29 > 0:41:31the Spanish government.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32Now, what does that mean for the wider
0:41:32 > 0:41:33movement?
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Is it true?
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Well, he said on Twitter today, he's somewhere in
0:41:37 > 0:41:39Belgium, we're not sure exactly where, but the Catalan
0:41:39 > 0:41:40representation is heard in Brussels.
0:41:40 > 0:41:41We haven't seen him.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43He says it is true, he did send the messages.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45It was a very human moment.
0:41:45 > 0:41:46He felt very down.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49He spoke to other people since last night and he will still
0:41:49 > 0:41:51continue to be the leader of the independence movement
0:41:51 > 0:41:52and will try to be present.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55But here is the difficulty and perhaps why he was
0:41:55 > 0:41:56sending the messages.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Because he has to be physically present in
0:41:58 > 0:41:59parliament for the inauguration vote.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02It was suspended yesterday and is supposed to happen in ten
0:42:02 > 0:42:03days' time.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05But he is here, 800 miles away, facing arrest if he
0:42:05 > 0:42:06comes to Spain.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09He declared independence illegally last year. He is wanted in relation
0:42:09 > 0:42:11to rebellion allegations. What happens from here? Many say that if
0:42:11 > 0:42:13the stalemate continues, parliament could dissolve within two months and
0:42:13 > 0:42:18new elections to come. That's why many are asking right now, is at the
0:42:18 > 0:42:22end for Carles Puigdemont, for the man, if not the movement? He says
0:42:22 > 0:42:27no, not yet.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Let's switch from Spain to Afghanistan. It has been a desperate
0:42:30 > 0:42:35ten days. The attacks of the utmost seriousness. Hotel was attacked, the
0:42:35 > 0:42:40Amber Rudd 's bomb at the weekend and at the beginning of this week,
0:42:40 > 0:42:42and army units defending and National defence University was
0:42:42 > 0:42:54attacked. All of them involve multiple deaths. Islamist militants
0:42:54 > 0:42:56shot themselves we very much present in Afghanistan.
0:42:56 > 0:43:01The BBC has done its own study and found that it's active
0:43:01 > 0:43:10in 70% of the country.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13The Taliban controls 14 districts - marked here in brown.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17They have a presence in another 263 districts -
0:43:17 > 0:43:20marked in varying degrees of orange.
0:43:20 > 0:43:26The darker the orange, the more frequent the attacks.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31You can see dark Orange in a number of districts in the south-east.
0:43:31 > 0:43:39Lighter Oranges in the more central districts.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42And if we focus on Helmand Province, four districts have fallen
0:43:42 > 0:43:47to the Taliban since foreign troops withdrew back in 2014.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51So, in under four years, four districts have completely fallen.
0:43:51 > 0:43:56One last statistic.
0:43:56 > 0:43:588,500 civilians were killed or injured in the first nine
0:43:58 > 0:44:03months of last year.
0:44:03 > 0:44:07Bear all that in mind as we watch this report.
0:44:07 > 0:44:08BBC's Auliya Atrafi has this report from Helmand Province.
0:44:10 > 0:44:14This is Malik.
0:44:14 > 0:44:14He's 11.
0:44:14 > 0:44:18And too traumatised to speak to us.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21He was playing in his garden when he lost his legs.
0:44:22 > 0:44:23And his best friend.
0:44:23 > 0:44:28To a Taliban landmine.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31Today Malik is walking for the first time since the
0:44:31 > 0:44:34explosion.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36TRANSLATION:Children go through utter fear every night.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40It's a horrific life.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43It's so volatile that we live by hours and minutes.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47We are the living dead.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50Last year, doctors at this Red Cross clinic in
0:44:50 > 0:44:52the Lashkargah fitted almost a thousand
0:44:52 > 0:44:53people with new limbs.
0:44:53 > 0:44:59From the very old.
0:44:59 > 0:45:00To the very young.
0:45:00 > 0:45:06The violence does not discriminate.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09Helmand was the base of the British Army in Afghanistan.
0:45:09 > 0:45:18Hundreds of soldiers died defending these streets.
0:45:18 > 0:45:25But since their withdrawal almost half of the
0:45:25 > 0:45:27province has fallen to the Taliban.
0:45:27 > 0:45:28And the violence is spreading.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30Just ten minutes from hospital, the frontline.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32It is very rare for international journalists to come this far.
0:45:32 > 0:45:36The soldiers say the militants are so close they exchange insults.
0:45:36 > 0:45:44Today though swearing is not enough.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50We just got fired at by the Taliban from that direction and
0:45:50 > 0:45:54now the police are returning the fire.
0:46:04 > 0:46:05This is their frontline.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08And it shows how volatile it is.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11Although we are told it is normally quiet during the day, but
0:46:11 > 0:46:16this shooting proves otherwise.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19Despite the danger, defending Lashkargah is crucial.
0:46:19 > 0:46:28If the city falls, so does the whole of Helmand.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30And it's a responsibility the commander of this
0:46:30 > 0:46:39battalion takes seriously.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41He's the man they affectionately call the Terminator.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44Half man, and underneath his uniform, half machine.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51TRANSLATION:The back of my head was blown off by a rocket.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53Soldiers reported that I was dead on the spot.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56And my brother came to collect my body.
0:46:56 > 0:47:01But doctors realised I wasn't dead.
0:47:01 > 0:47:06They patched up my skull with a metal plate.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08Not long after I stepped on a landmine and
0:47:08 > 0:47:09lost both my legs.
0:47:09 > 0:47:13But in Afghanistan right now it's not fit
0:47:13 > 0:47:15for an active commander to sit at home.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17This province has been at war for 17 years.
0:47:17 > 0:47:23Helmand is bleeding.
0:47:23 > 0:47:33And its people feel forgotten.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42We will move away from Afghanistan and talk about Hillary Clinton from
0:47:42 > 0:47:47a couple of minutes.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51She says she should have fired a former campaign aide who has
0:47:51 > 0:47:52been accused of sexual harassment.
0:47:52 > 0:47:56The story's been building for days.
0:47:56 > 0:47:59Here's the statement on Facebook.
0:47:59 > 0:48:05We can zoom in on one part I wanted to highlight. She says...
0:48:18 > 0:48:21The man she is referring to is Burns Strider -
0:48:21 > 0:48:26he was Mrs Clinton's faith advisor in 2008.
0:48:26 > 0:48:32Last week, the New York Times broke this story.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34It reported that Mrs Clinton overruled calls to sack Mr Strider
0:48:34 > 0:48:37after a female colleague made allegations at him.
0:48:37 > 0:48:41Instead, she temporarily docked his pay, ordered
0:48:41 > 0:48:44he took counselling, and moved the woman to a new role.
0:48:44 > 0:48:47Here's more of the statement.
0:49:03 > 0:49:08I have been talking to our Washington correspondent about this.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11That is exactly the case. There was a pretty animated response to
0:49:11 > 0:49:18Hillary Clinton's initial Twitter adds up to the allegations. They
0:49:18 > 0:49:21were viewed as not taking them seriously enough. There was a piece
0:49:21 > 0:49:27in the Washington Post when it was said the writer was a supporter of
0:49:27 > 0:49:31Hillary Clinton and she defended her against allegations that she
0:49:31 > 0:49:36mishandled her husband's sexual harassment and assault allegations,
0:49:36 > 0:49:39and she said she was done with Hillary Clinton and could not defend
0:49:39 > 0:49:43this because this was Hillary Clinton operating as the Chief
0:49:43 > 0:49:46Executive, essentially, of her own company, her campaign. And she
0:49:46 > 0:49:51decided not to fire this person, moved around which is something we
0:49:51 > 0:49:53have seen time and again with this type of sexual and isn't allegations
0:49:53 > 0:49:57and that allowed him to get the job later on when he moved to different
0:49:57 > 0:50:01organisation, where he was fired for harassment there. There were sharp
0:50:01 > 0:50:08criticism and, yes, Hillary Clinton had to have a fuller response
0:50:08 > 0:50:13because it was the Democrats in a precarious position when trying to
0:50:13 > 0:50:22tackle this issue.It is curious that way that this is covered,
0:50:22 > 0:50:25considering she is no longer a politician and will not run again.
0:50:25 > 0:50:37We have seen the sketch from the Grammys that she took part in, that
0:50:37 > 0:50:42is otherwise a coverage, but Republicans continue to attack her.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44News of a major step forward in the treatment of children with hearing
0:50:44 > 0:50:49problems. This is in Tanzania. In the past, some patients have been
0:50:49 > 0:50:55forced to travel outside the country of specialist treatment. Thanks to
0:50:55 > 0:50:58government treatment, that is changing and costing a lot of money
0:50:58 > 0:51:06again. Here is the story. She has struggled with her healing since she
0:51:06 > 0:51:10was born. Now hearing operation is about to change this youngster's
0:51:10 > 0:51:14life. In the past, an operation like this would have meant an expensive
0:51:14 > 0:51:19trip to India or Kenya. Funded items any and taxpayers. But this time,
0:51:19 > 0:51:26she was treated in Tanzania by local doctors at the country's National
0:51:26 > 0:51:30Hospital. 11 children have had surgery year since last July. And
0:51:30 > 0:51:36doctors hope to help many more.In Africa, we have many children born
0:51:36 > 0:51:42with profound healing loss. In the past, they would wear hearing aids
0:51:42 > 0:51:47with no benefit. But with cochlear implant technology, we have a device
0:51:47 > 0:51:54implanted in the year itself will stop -- in the ear. Such real like
0:51:54 > 0:51:58this one is cost as much as $37,000 per person and was most performed in
0:51:58 > 0:52:07India. Now the cost has been cut in half to at least $15,000 per person.
0:52:07 > 0:52:12Cases of children being born with hearing complications is said to be
0:52:12 > 0:52:20common in Africa. Experts associate this problem with inter-familial
0:52:20 > 0:52:27marriages. These children have been born with a hearing problem. But
0:52:27 > 0:52:32having gone through this suddenly in hospital, it can begin the
0:52:32 > 0:52:36communication between them, the appearance and their community.I
0:52:36 > 0:52:48have peace of mind and am happy for the families. We discovered she
0:52:48 > 0:52:54needed the cochlear implant and we are very happy. I can't really as a
0:52:54 > 0:52:58mother.The Tanzanian government is planning to scale up the programme
0:52:58 > 0:53:04so that these corrective surgeries can be done after every three
0:53:04 > 0:53:08months, so that more children can benefit.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16Now if you're in a part of the world
0:53:16 > 0:53:18where Wednesday night is still to come, watch out
0:53:18 > 0:53:20for a super blue blood moon.
0:53:20 > 0:53:25This is a time-lapse of three hours overnight in Los Angeles.
0:53:25 > 0:53:29As you will see, as this develops, it is a spectacular sight. It
0:53:29 > 0:53:35happens in this form very rarely. We get that, and it is really
0:53:35 > 0:53:40incredible. Victoria Gill has been watching the skies from the UK just
0:53:40 > 0:53:43north of London.
0:53:43 > 0:53:48She recorded this for us. It is a Mac to embrace the cold and darkness
0:53:48 > 0:53:55because in Hertfordshire, we are seeing a spectacular film. It is
0:53:55 > 0:53:58particularly spectacular in the UK tonight because it is the second
0:53:58 > 0:54:00film another month, a blue moon, coinciding with what we call a
0:54:00 > 0:54:11supermoon. In the ellipse shaped orbit of the asked, that is where it
0:54:11 > 0:54:18is closest to the Earth. It is about 7% bigger than normal. On the other
0:54:18 > 0:54:21side of the world, Asia, Australia and some parts of the US, earlier
0:54:21 > 0:54:26today, Gillian Guy Mac time, they witnessed at triple winner
0:54:26 > 0:54:28spectacular when the super blue blood moon landed at the same time
0:54:28 > 0:54:36as a total lunar eclipse. That is when the sun's light filters between
0:54:36 > 0:54:44the sun and the moon and the moon is turned blood red. It is an absolute
0:54:44 > 0:54:47spectacle. We have enjoyed the show on pictures from the other side of
0:54:47 > 0:54:50the world. We will be treated here in the UK to another lunar eclipse
0:54:50 > 0:54:55in July. And that finishes this edition of
0:54:55 > 0:54:57Outside Source.