0:00:14 > 0:00:17In the last few minutes the worlds most powerful rocket has been
0:00:17 > 0:00:30launched in Florida. We will talk about that and what this car is
0:00:30 > 0:00:35doing on board. That is the payload as Elon musk is explaining.Normally
0:00:35 > 0:00:40when a new rocket is tested, they put something boring on like a block
0:00:40 > 0:00:46of concrete. We were like that is pretty boring, what is the most fun
0:00:46 > 0:00:50thing we could put on.In Taiwan and earthquake has killed at least to
0:00:50 > 0:00:58people. It's been a case of blink and miss it on the Dow Jones today,
0:00:58 > 0:01:04huge volatility on the market in New York but also Tokyo and Hong Kong
0:01:04 > 0:01:08too. Quentin Tarantino is under pressure after Boomer Thurman
0:01:08 > 0:01:13released this footage of her crushing during filming with him 15
0:01:13 > 0:01:17years ago, he has called the event one of the greatest regrets of his
0:01:17 > 0:01:35life. -- Uma Thurman. The world's most powerful space rocket has just
0:01:35 > 0:01:44taken off. It was built by SpaceX, called the Falcon Heavy launcher and
0:01:44 > 0:01:56this is the moment it left the ground.
0:02:22 > 0:02:31Building on the history of Apollo... We are getting ready to throttle
0:02:31 > 0:02:45down. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
0:02:45 > 0:02:51It took off from the same site Nasa used when it carried out the Apollo
0:02:51 > 0:02:55missions nearly 40 years ago so SpaceX has an eye for history. It
0:02:55 > 0:03:01looks like a success so far and if SpaceX can make the bigger rockets
0:03:01 > 0:03:05work it opens up all sorts of possibilities for what it can put
0:03:05 > 0:03:09into space. This animation gives more details on what happened during
0:03:09 > 0:03:15the take off. You can see that this particular operation is really three
0:03:15 > 0:03:22smaller rockets bolted together. These are actually from an earlier
0:03:22 > 0:03:30SpaceX model number capable of creating double the thrust of its
0:03:30 > 0:03:36rival rocket. We can get an idea of what is happening to these boosters,
0:03:36 > 0:03:40the smaller ones come off and this has already happened in the last few
0:03:40 > 0:03:45minutes. The central booster continues with the payload but it
0:03:45 > 0:03:49too will separate and it doesn't come down to Cape Canaveral, it has
0:03:49 > 0:03:55got to land on the drone ship out at sea so it is a hugely complicated
0:03:55 > 0:03:59operation. So far it is going to plan. The reason they are being
0:03:59 > 0:04:05ambitious is if you get the rocket down to earth it is a lot cheaper.
0:04:05 > 0:04:12Estimates are the launch cost around 90 million dollars as opposed to 350
0:04:12 > 0:04:16for one of its competitors. Because of the high rate of failure, the
0:04:16 > 0:04:20payload isn't a real payload, normally you put whatever you want
0:04:20 > 0:04:27in there with an equivalent weight. Elon musk put one of his cars into
0:04:27 > 0:04:31space, apparently it will have a mannequin driving it and also David
0:04:31 > 0:04:39Bowie playing as it goes about its business. Here is Elon musk.It is
0:04:39 > 0:04:44just for fun. What is the purpose of sending a card to Mars, there's no
0:04:44 > 0:04:50point, it is just for fun and to get the public excited. As you were
0:04:50 > 0:04:54saying, normally when a new rocket is tested they put something boring
0:04:54 > 0:05:02on like a block of concrete. We were like, that is boring, what is the
0:05:02 > 0:05:06most fun thing we can put on because this is just a test flights. We
0:05:06 > 0:05:10don't want to put valuable satellites on board so the car is
0:05:10 > 0:05:16the most fun thing we can think of. This graphic helps us understand how
0:05:16 > 0:05:22it compares with other rockets. It lifts 64 tonnes into lower orbit,
0:05:22 > 0:05:28twice as much as its nearest rival, the Delta four Heavy space shuttle
0:05:28 > 0:05:36which used to lift around 24 tonnes but now decommissioned. This video
0:05:36 > 0:05:44is entitled how not to land a rocket booster. It has had its ups and
0:05:44 > 0:05:49downs over the years. You may remember this from 2014, just how
0:05:49 > 0:05:54difficult it is to do these things. Jonathan Amos has been watching with
0:05:54 > 0:06:06interest, quite a sight, wasn't it? Elon musk had tried to draw spec --
0:06:06 > 0:06:09drawdown expectations before the launch but it has gone pretty much
0:06:09 > 0:06:13to plan and we got spectacular views of the side boosters coming back to
0:06:13 > 0:06:19land at the Kennedy space Centre in unison touching down, very balletic.
0:06:19 > 0:06:25We are still waiting to hear of the central core stage, one of three,
0:06:25 > 0:06:32strapped together managed to land successfully on a drone ship in the
0:06:32 > 0:06:37Atlantic. It looks like it has gone very well. It will be many hours
0:06:37 > 0:06:41before we know if that roadster with the mannequin is on its way to Mars.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46The top part of the rocket has got to do cruising around Earth and fire
0:06:46 > 0:06:50its engines a few times to put it on the path to the Red Planet but so
0:06:50 > 0:06:56far so good.These boosters when they come back down, the idea is
0:06:56 > 0:07:04they are completely reusable.They have to do a brush and clean. He has
0:07:04 > 0:07:10got a new batch coming. This is kind of like the old batch he is using at
0:07:10 > 0:07:15the moment. The new batch, he wants to fly them ten or more times and
0:07:15 > 0:07:22that's how you get to this cheapness is offering satellite operators. He
0:07:22 > 0:07:27saying I have a rocket twice as powerful as the next one but a third
0:07:27 > 0:07:31of the price and that's how he intends to blow them out of the
0:07:31 > 0:07:35water.I was showing the graphic showing the different weight they
0:07:35 > 0:07:40can lift, then the huge jump to the one that has taken off. What have
0:07:40 > 0:07:43his engineers done to allow them to do something twice as powerful as
0:07:43 > 0:07:49what has gone before?There's a little bit of oranges and apples in
0:07:49 > 0:07:52that graphic in the sense you compared with the space shuttle
0:07:52 > 0:08:03which has more thrust off the path than the Falcon Heavy. It has 24
0:08:03 > 0:08:07tonnes of usable payload. Of course it was lifting the orbiter off the
0:08:07 > 0:08:12ground as well, that's huge rocket plane that came back so it's a
0:08:12 > 0:08:20little bit oranges and lemons.What we have seen today is pure lift.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Yes, five double-decker buses' worth of payload. People have talked about
0:08:24 > 0:08:34doing this
0:08:39 > 0:08:42kind of thing before. Elon musk said I can put three together, maybe I
0:08:42 > 0:08:45will put another two on the sites. The difficulty is then you have got
0:08:45 > 0:08:48to control all of those engines at the bottom and in some ways he's
0:08:48 > 0:08:50already gone past this. He is planning an even bigger rocket which
0:08:50 > 0:08:53he calls the BFR and is planning to fly it next year.I understand how
0:08:53 > 0:08:59this gets bigger kit into orbit, help me understand why it also helps
0:08:59 > 0:09:03us get further towards Mars.You can put something like 16 tonnes on a
0:09:03 > 0:09:08path to Mars. If you think of the curiosity rover running around Mars
0:09:08 > 0:09:15at the moment, that weighs a tonne. It took about three and a half
0:09:15 > 0:09:17tonnes to get it there in terms of all the paraphernalia to cruise
0:09:17 > 0:09:23through space to get to Mars inside a capsule to get to the surface. Now
0:09:23 > 0:09:27we are talking about 16 tonnes so imagine the rover you can put on the
0:09:27 > 0:09:32surface of Mars with this particular rocket. Then you start to think what
0:09:32 > 0:09:36could I do? The biggest telescope in the world, the James Webb telescope,
0:09:36 > 0:09:47the successor to Hubble, it has to be folded origami like. Now you have
0:09:47 > 0:09:52a big rocket, you think I can build a really big telescope and launch it
0:09:52 > 0:09:56into space. Everything you put in space is constrained by the size of
0:09:56 > 0:10:01the rocket you can put it up there with and if you have this extra
0:10:01 > 0:10:07capability, you can start playing with your imagination.Exciting,
0:10:07 > 0:10:14thanks for explaining it. Let's go straight to South Africa because the
0:10:14 > 0:10:18political drama is developing by the minute. Jacob Zuma is under severe
0:10:18 > 0:10:26pressure. South Africa's times live new service is citing sources on
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Tuesday saying the president will resign once a list of preconditions
0:10:30 > 0:10:34have been finalised. We should say we don't know what the list of
0:10:34 > 0:10:39preconditions are and we are not able to stand the story up ourselves
0:10:39 > 0:10:43but local media is saying a deal is being worked on which would involve
0:10:43 > 0:10:53the new
0:10:54 > 0:11:07ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa becoming president. Stinging criticism
0:11:07 > 0:11:09although President Zuma has always denied these allegations of
0:11:09 > 0:11:19corruption.Up until yesterday, the ANC had been insisting that not only
0:11:19 > 0:11:21would the state of the nation address take place as planned, it
0:11:21 > 0:11:28would be given by Jacob Zuma who is still the president of the country.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32As you mentioned, there has been speculation over his future and it
0:11:32 > 0:11:36has reached pretty much fever pitch here. The opposition had been
0:11:36 > 0:11:41threatening to disrupt proceedings. We have seen them do that before but
0:11:41 > 0:11:46I guess the fear within the ANC was it would be even more dramatic than
0:11:46 > 0:11:52had been seen. Certainly when the Speaker of the house addressed
0:11:52 > 0:11:55journalists earlier today, that is what she said, that they wanted to
0:11:55 > 0:12:01avoid disruption. What we are being told here is that the internal
0:12:01 > 0:12:05machinery within the ANC has clicked into place and really it's not a
0:12:05 > 0:12:11question of if but when Jacob Zuma will go so you can imagine with all
0:12:11 > 0:12:15of that happening in the background, it would have been a pretty awkward
0:12:15 > 0:12:23addressed to make, certainly at this time.The story is going to develop
0:12:23 > 0:12:26I'm sure. We will come back to it tomorrow but let's also tried to
0:12:26 > 0:12:31work out what happened on the stock markets on Monday. The single
0:12:31 > 0:12:35biggest percentage fall since the financial crisis in 2008 so let's
0:12:35 > 0:12:40look at where we got it today and it's been a topsy-turvy day. This is
0:12:40 > 0:12:47the live feed coming from the Dow Jones in New York. It started the
0:12:47 > 0:12:52day with a fall of 2% so there have been big swings throughout the day,
0:12:52 > 0:13:00not just in New York. Here are the figures for elsewhere in the world.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Paris down over 2%, and look at what happened in Japan
0:13:03 > 0:13:09Paris down over 2%, and look at what happened in Japan and Hong Kong.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11This is the fourth day
0:13:11 > 0:13:11happened in Japan and Hong Kong. This is the fourth day we have seen
0:13:11 > 0:13:16this volatility and primarily markets going down. If you are
0:13:16 > 0:13:20wondering, should I worry? We have been listening to lots of experts
0:13:20 > 0:13:28today, most have said no and here is one of them.Markets have become
0:13:28 > 0:13:32extremely expensive, not just high valuation but earnings ratio. A lot
0:13:32 > 0:13:37of companies have become expensive, the price of their stocks relative
0:13:37 > 0:13:42to what they earn. As we saw Asia follow suit, part of it is
0:13:42 > 0:13:46profit-taking so they have already gained this match on the rise, maybe
0:13:46 > 0:13:53it is time to take a little bit out in case the market falls further.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58This is the tweet from James Hughes who says the Dow is back-up, panic
0:13:58 > 0:14:02over. He's right, there doesn't seem to be panic at the moment but I
0:14:02 > 0:14:10don't think we are back to normal yet. A broker called Jason Lawlor
0:14:10 > 0:14:20says "Trader's paradise right now... " because they see it as a chance to
0:14:20 > 0:14:29make money. Curiously Donald Trump has not been tweeting about this. He
0:14:29 > 0:14:34has not turned to the subject in the last 24 hours. It is worth saying
0:14:34 > 0:14:36those things don't directly correlate, anyway the president
0:14:36 > 0:14:41hasn't been talking about this but his Treasury Secretary has.We are
0:14:41 > 0:14:46very focused on the long-term economic growth and we believe the
0:14:46 > 0:14:50policies we have enacted including tax reform are very positive for
0:14:50 > 0:14:54long-term economic growth. We are already beginning to see that in
0:14:54 > 0:14:57terms of corporate investments back into the US and the impact on
0:14:57 > 0:15:03corporate earnings. As you said the stock market is up significantly,
0:15:03 > 0:15:08over 30% since President Trump was elected. We are monitoring the stock
0:15:08 > 0:15:12markets, they are functioning well and we continue to believe in the
0:15:12 > 0:15:19long-term impact of the stock markets.We spoke an hour ago and
0:15:19 > 0:15:25things were chopping and changing, where have we got to now?Markets
0:15:25 > 0:15:32just closed about ten minutes ago and the Dow seems to have closed 567
0:15:32 > 0:15:36points up. At the start of the day it had gone down 500 points, it made
0:15:36 > 0:15:40up those losses and has closed higher and that seems to be the case
0:15:40 > 0:15:44with the other industries as well which means it has closed higher
0:15:44 > 0:15:49than it closed yesterday. It has made up some lost ground but
0:15:49 > 0:15:56definitely not all because on Friday and yesterday we saw the massive
0:15:56 > 0:15:58slide but essentially it is an indication of what people have been
0:15:58 > 0:16:03talking about on the stock market today which is volatility and they
0:16:03 > 0:16:08expect that won't go away so soon. Even though we have seen a
0:16:08 > 0:16:11relatively good day on the markets today, they believe this volatility
0:16:11 > 0:16:20were last at least for the rest of the week.And how do we understand
0:16:20 > 0:16:25the New York market is up whilst others have all gone down
0:16:25 > 0:16:29significantly?We will have to wait and see what the Asian reaction is
0:16:29 > 0:16:32to what the US markets have done today because to some extent the
0:16:32 > 0:16:37Asian markets were reacting to what happened in the US markets
0:16:37 > 0:16:44yesterday. How all of this is connected, the sell-off started on
0:16:44 > 0:16:47worries interest rates would rise rapidly. If that happens essentially
0:16:47 > 0:16:52investors with money to spend could think of moving it to the US and
0:16:52 > 0:16:55away from other countries and that's the reason you have seen this domino
0:16:55 > 0:17:00effect on other stock market. Seeing what has happened today, we have to
0:17:00 > 0:17:10wait and see how Asian markets react now. OK, thank you. In a few minutes
0:17:10 > 0:17:13we will talk about the Premier League because it is considering a
0:17:13 > 0:17:21winter break, perhaps in January.We will bring you up-to-date on that.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29The former chairman of the construction firm Carillion has said
0:17:29 > 0:17:34he takes full responsibility for its collapse and is devastated. Philip
0:17:34 > 0:17:39Green was giving evidence to MPs on a committee investigating why the
0:17:39 > 0:17:48firm went into administration. It will delay a hospital project in
0:17:48 > 0:17:58Liverpool.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Subcontractors are waiting to find out what sort of money they will
0:18:12 > 0:18:16secure when liquidation proceedings are finished with Carillion. In the
0:18:16 > 0:18:20meantime they are struggling to make plans and commit resources to the
0:18:20 > 0:18:25Royal Liverpool.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43Our lead story is that in the last few minutes, SpaceX has launched the
0:18:43 > 0:18:49most powerful rocket from Cape Canaveral. Two of its boosters are
0:18:49 > 0:18:54already safely back down on Earth. Some stories from World Service, a
0:18:54 > 0:19:01judge in London has ruled the arrest warrant against the WikiLeaks
0:19:01 > 0:19:06founder Julian Assange remains valid. He has been living in the
0:19:06 > 0:19:11embassy in London for five years. Morgan Tsvangirai is reported to be
0:19:11 > 0:19:19critically ill at hospital. He is being treated in South Africa, and
0:19:19 > 0:19:23was a vocal opponent of Robert Mugabe. And thousands of you have
0:19:23 > 0:19:28been watching this drone footage from Missouri of a huge pile-up that
0:19:28 > 0:19:32involved over 100 vehicles and several independent accidents. It
0:19:32 > 0:19:38happened on Sunday but the video has only just been released. You will
0:19:38 > 0:19:43find it on the most watched list on the BBC News app. BP's quarterly
0:19:43 > 0:19:48profits are quite something, for the last three months of last year the
0:19:48 > 0:19:54profits quadrupled to $6.2 billion. That's not unrelated to oil prices,
0:19:54 > 0:19:59they have hit a recent four year high of $70 per barrel. Here is one
0:19:59 > 0:20:05analyst on what is going on, and on the ongoing impact of the deep water
0:20:05 > 0:20:13Horizon disaster.This spill still casts a shadow over BB and its
0:20:13 > 0:20:18results. The net debt ratio is still high and that has been a stubborn
0:20:18 > 0:20:23problem for them and that weighs against them compared to some major
0:20:23 > 0:20:29oil peers. With oil prices up, that has helped them, but they announced
0:20:29 > 0:20:34to investors there was a $1.7 billion charge last month and they
0:20:34 > 0:20:37cannot quite close the chapter on that.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41We often talk about electric vehicles on the programme, much less
0:20:41 > 0:20:46so about aeroplanes with electric engines. Here is a new report on
0:20:46 > 0:20:49this.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20Battery technology is one of the key thing is big companies around the
0:21:20 > 0:21:24world are investing in today. I think we will see a progressive or
0:21:24 > 0:21:29electric power on the bigger aeroplanes and we will see this
0:21:29 > 0:21:32concept of hybrid electric.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44The way the technology works is similar to how an electric car
0:21:44 > 0:21:48works. The batteries power an electric motor and in the case of
0:21:48 > 0:21:52the aeroplane it powers the propellers that get the aeroplane
0:21:52 > 0:22:01into the air.I think it is just a question of when and not if really.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06We think in ten years there will be some very finalised design is
0:22:06 > 0:22:09available but then it will have to go through tough certification
0:22:09 > 0:22:11process.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26Let's look at this story in detail, the English Premier League is
0:22:26 > 0:22:34considering a winter break. The league is saying "We are open to
0:22:34 > 0:22:39this in principle". Over Christmas in England it is pretty much nonstop
0:22:39 > 0:22:43football, six games in 20 days is not unusual. Pep Guardiola at man
0:22:43 > 0:22:50city says how many injuries will the players have to have, he's not happy
0:22:50 > 0:22:54about this. In February the Champions League starts and that
0:22:54 > 0:23:00puts more pressure on. Jose Mourinho, he thinks English clubs
0:23:00 > 0:23:05are handicapped in the Champions League whereas other sides for
0:23:05 > 0:23:11example in Spain are fresh because they have had a winter break. None
0:23:11 > 0:23:16of this will go ahead without support of the broadcasters which
0:23:16 > 0:23:20have spent $7 billion on the right. The reason this issue has come
0:23:20 > 0:23:23around now is the next round of broadcast rights are about to be
0:23:23 > 0:23:31auctioned. He was the BBC sports editor giving his thoughts, you can
0:23:31 > 0:23:36find that on the BBC sport website. They have been running a poll on
0:23:36 > 0:23:43this issue. 58% of people voting support the idea. Here is a tweet
0:23:43 > 0:23:48from the football fans Federation saying...
0:23:51 > 0:23:56So I guess it depends who you ask.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Chelsea not having a great time at the moment, a couple of bad defeats
0:24:06 > 0:24:11including to Watford last night.The Football Association will be
0:24:11 > 0:24:17thinking about the fact the England national team have got -- not been
0:24:17 > 0:24:25to a World Cup semifinal since 1990. This is the first time the Premier
0:24:25 > 0:24:29League, who also have a massive say of course, have ever even considered
0:24:29 > 0:24:34it. They cannot bring it in straightaway and the main reason for
0:24:34 > 0:24:38that is the current TV rights. TV companies pay billions of dollars
0:24:38 > 0:24:43for the right to show Premier League football matches. If they do bring
0:24:43 > 0:24:50it in, it may have a big impact on the tiredness of England players,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53but at the same time the theory goes that if they do bring in a winter
0:24:53 > 0:24:56break, some of the top Premier League clubs might use this as an
0:24:56 > 0:25:02excuse to make more money. In preseason, June and July, they often
0:25:02 > 0:25:07leave the country and go to the Middle East, to China and America to
0:25:07 > 0:25:12make money through pre-season tours. What the likes of Manchester city
0:25:12 > 0:25:15and Manchester United use those weeks to have a quick moneymaking
0:25:15 > 0:25:21trip abroad? It is possible they would be Premier League are keen to
0:25:21 > 0:25:26talk about it, and it could be that in early January, rather than over
0:25:26 > 0:25:36Christmas, a deal is struck to suit all parties.Just before we finish
0:25:36 > 0:25:40this half, I want to show you again these extraordinary pictures from
0:25:40 > 0:25:44Cape Canaveral in Florida in case you missed them at the beginning of
0:25:44 > 0:25:48the programme. This is the most powerful rocket in terms of what it
0:25:48 > 0:25:52can lift that has ever been fired, the latest from SpaceX and we will
0:25:52 > 0:25:57get you more on that as we go through the programme.
0:26:10 > 0:26:16Good evening, thank you for the joining me for a look at the world
0:26:16 > 0:26:20weather. You will notice the graphics are different this evening,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24I hope you enjoy them as we take a closer look at what's going on
0:26:24 > 0:26:28around the globe, and restart in North America and temperature
0:26:28 > 0:26:33contrast. A lot of cold air digging its way south across the plains of
0:26:33 > 0:26:40the US but bumping into this from the Gulf of Mexico, forming an
0:26:40 > 0:26:43active weather front bringing heavy rain into the southern Mississippi
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Valley, through the appellations on Wednesday running into the
0:26:46 > 0:26:54north-east. It's a wintry outlook for Montreal and New York. This will
0:26:54 > 0:26:58exit through the east coast quickly so the forecast for New York, by the
0:26:58 > 0:27:02time we get to Thursday, much brighter but it will feel
0:27:02 > 0:27:08significantly colder. That cold air is digging its way into Atlanta too.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13Heading to south Africa now, where drought is still a major headline
0:27:13 > 0:27:17for Cape Town. The worst drought in over 100 years and it looks like the
0:27:17 > 0:27:22water may be cut off completely once we get into May unless we get
0:27:22 > 0:27:28significant relief. The weather front is set to approach on Friday,
0:27:28 > 0:27:36any rain is a good thing here. That clears away at the start of the
0:27:36 > 0:27:41weekend, then back into sunshine on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, but at
0:27:41 > 0:27:46least some respite hopefully. Into North Africa now, not such a lively
0:27:46 > 0:27:49looking weather front but this cloud is significant, the border between
0:27:49 > 0:27:54the warm air from the tropics and cooler air that has moved down from
0:27:54 > 0:28:00Europe. Along with the cool air, active weather systems so some
0:28:00 > 0:28:03unusual weather across northern Africa, snow at quite low levels,
0:28:03 > 0:28:12and for Wednesday a pretty nasty area of low pressure focusing on the
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Canaries. We are going to get some heavy showers here and further along
0:28:14 > 0:28:17the north African coast the weather becoming increasingly unsettled for
0:28:17 > 0:28:22Tunis and Tripoli on Friday and Saturday. Casablanca stays pretty
0:28:22 > 0:28:26unsettled throughout. Heading further north, let's look at that
0:28:26 > 0:28:32low as we centre on the Mediterranean. If we take off some
0:28:32 > 0:28:38of the cloud from this picture we can see what's going on with the
0:28:38 > 0:28:43snow, with the northerly airstream and snow in the forecast on
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Wednesday for the Pyrenees, still wintry weather on the way for France
0:28:46 > 0:28:52and heavy snow affecting the east side of the cops for some time.
0:28:52 > 0:28:57Meanwhile closer to home for the UK, we stay with plenty of cold weather
0:28:57 > 0:29:01and further snow showers for the coming days. More from my colleagues
0:29:01 > 0:29:04in half an hour.
0:30:13 > 0:30:18I'm Ros Atkins with Outside Source, the main stories, SpaceX has
0:30:18 > 0:30:22launched the most powerful rocket in the world in Florida, then it is
0:30:22 > 0:30:25lifting up with a big crowd cheering it on. As you may have
0:30:25 > 0:30:28lifting up with a big crowd cheering it on. As you may have seen, SpaceX
0:30:28 > 0:30:32box Elon Musk used to the sports car as part of the load, he explains
0:30:32 > 0:30:41why. He isn't there but I can tell you that the Dow Jones has closed up
0:30:41 > 0:30:45but London, Tokyo Paris and Hong Kong were all down and it's still
0:30:45 > 0:31:03volatile markets. If you want to get in touch please use our hashtag.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11Just days until the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, and there is no
0:31:11 > 0:31:14doubt we'll see a lot of high-grade sport. Although it's interesting
0:31:14 > 0:31:19that at the moment the whole thing is looking awfully political.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23Yesterday on Outside Source we told you North Korea's delegations will
0:31:23 > 0:31:28be led by this guy, the second in charge after Kim Jong-un. The
0:31:28 > 0:31:32American delegation will be led by Vice President Mike Pence. And he
0:31:32 > 0:31:38has been warning today that despite the sporting and cultural overtures
0:31:38 > 0:31:44from North Korea, we shouldn't be taken in.We will tell the truth
0:31:44 > 0:31:50about North Korea at every stop. We will ensure that whatever
0:31:50 > 0:31:58co-operation existing between North Korea today with their Olympic teams
0:31:58 > 0:32:03doesn't cloud the reality of a regime that must continue to be
0:32:03 > 0:32:12isolated by the world community. Let's stick to our correspondent. A
0:32:12 > 0:32:14curious lion they have to walk because they like the idea of
0:32:14 > 0:32:20playing broker between two sides that don't get on but they hated if
0:32:20 > 0:32:25the games become political.That's right, I think the games are already
0:32:25 > 0:32:30political so this is a lost cause. You heard Mike Pence taking the
0:32:30 > 0:32:35tough line, he and his people say he's going to the Olympics to
0:32:35 > 0:32:37counter the propaganda value of the North Korea charm offensive and
0:32:37 > 0:32:42remind everyone what a bad actor North Korea really is. When asked if
0:32:42 > 0:32:45they will be a chance for a meeting with the North Koreans at the
0:32:45 > 0:32:50Olympics, he said, we'll see what happens. He said this after a
0:32:50 > 0:32:53telephone call with Rex Tillerson who said the same thing, we will see
0:32:53 > 0:32:58what happens. Then we heard from an administration official, message has
0:32:58 > 0:33:03been sent, not quite clear what it involves but they have left the door
0:33:03 > 0:33:08at least ajar from a possible meeting, and if there are going to
0:33:08 > 0:33:14be some, Kim Yong-nam is a senior official but the public messaging
0:33:14 > 0:33:21anyway is about North Korea's bad record and its nuclear threat and in
0:33:21 > 0:33:25Washington President Trump has also used that same messaging in fighting
0:33:25 > 0:33:28North Korean defectors to the White House to highlight human rights
0:33:28 > 0:33:35abuses.North Korea and South Korea are allies, and you get the
0:33:35 > 0:33:40impression that the USA is irritated by their enthusiasm to have joint
0:33:40 > 0:33:46teams and joint cultural events and so on?I think it makes them a bit
0:33:46 > 0:33:50uneasy. Publicly President Trump has said we hope something positive can
0:33:50 > 0:33:54come out of North Korea's participation and the Americans are
0:33:54 > 0:33:57pleased that it has at least the peaceful because American athletes
0:33:57 > 0:34:02are going there as well and they don't want anything to go wrong but
0:34:02 > 0:34:05the government has been quite enthusiastic about this
0:34:05 > 0:34:09participation of North Korea and says they hope it will lay the
0:34:09 > 0:34:15foundation for better relations. What administration officials say
0:34:15 > 0:34:18when asked is, we have a lot of talks behind the scenes with South
0:34:18 > 0:34:23Korea, they've been very clear that in order for relations to improve
0:34:23 > 0:34:27North Korea has to deal with its nuclear programme as the world is
0:34:27 > 0:34:31asking so that is the messaging we get here. It is quite a different
0:34:31 > 0:34:37sort of feel that the South Koreans are giving, then the message that
0:34:37 > 0:34:43Mike Pence was talking about which is, we need to make sure that North
0:34:43 > 0:34:52Korea is isolated and under pressure.One more story about
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Syria, a spokesperson has spoken about the recent chemical attacks
0:34:54 > 0:35:00there, she was asked if the Americans are thinking about
0:35:00 > 0:35:03military action to deter this kind of attack and this is the response.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08We have taken military action before, you are all familiar with
0:35:08 > 0:35:13the steps our government took to do that. We're watching the situation.
0:35:13 > 0:35:19We're very concerned about it. Sex attacks in a month is of tremendous
0:35:19 > 0:35:23concern not just to the United States but to the entire world. I
0:35:23 > 0:35:29want forecast any action that may or may not be taken.Is that a warning
0:35:29 > 0:35:33to the Syrians?I have been clear, we've put out two strongly worded
0:35:33 > 0:35:38statements about the use of chemical weapons, I'll just leave it at that.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43Back to Barbara on this, in reality America knows that the strongly
0:35:43 > 0:35:52worded statements don't get you far in Syria.It's true, she was careful
0:35:52 > 0:35:56not to forecast military action but last week the Defence Secretary
0:35:56 > 0:36:02seemed to suit a failed threat, he said the regime would be ill-advised
0:36:02 > 0:36:09to violate the chemicals weapon agreements again. The US is at the
0:36:09 > 0:36:13forefront of getting a response to these reported attacks by chlorine
0:36:13 > 0:36:16gas, they have been blocked at the United Nations by Russia but they
0:36:16 > 0:36:20are trying to set up a mechanism for an alternative investigation but
0:36:20 > 0:36:24that wouldn't have the same cloud or scope as United Nations
0:36:24 > 0:36:29investigative team.Thank you Barbara. I began by talking to
0:36:29 > 0:36:35Barbara about the Winter Olympics. Back in 1988 when South Korea last
0:36:35 > 0:36:42hosted the games, just months before them and North Korean spy blew up a
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Korean airlines plane and the person who carried out that attack has now
0:36:45 > 0:36:52issued a warning. She says the North Korean regime recruited her and
0:36:52 > 0:36:56trained her to murder those 150 South Korean people has not changed
0:36:56 > 0:37:03and she's been telling her story to the BBC's Seoul correspondent, Laura
0:37:03 > 0:37:12Bicker.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14She was under heavy sedation, with her mouth covered
0:37:14 > 0:37:15with adhesive tape.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18TRANSLATION:I was told that I was on the front
0:37:18 > 0:37:19line to unify Korea.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21That I would be freeing South Korea, like a revolutionary hero.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26I was full of pride and dignity.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30But I realised it was murder, killing my own people.
0:37:30 > 0:37:40Innocent, everyday people.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44It was a Japanese radio, a small radio, and that's
0:37:44 > 0:37:51where I put the detonator.
0:37:51 > 0:37:56Next to it was the liquid explosives in a liquor bottle,
0:37:56 > 0:38:00in a plastic bag, which I placed on a shelf in the plane.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02In the North, we are taught that the South
0:38:02 > 0:38:03is a colony of America.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04Poor and corrupt.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08That the US is an aggressor.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11We are told they are the arch enemy, and we cannot
0:38:11 > 0:38:21live under the same sky.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37In a blaze of publicity this morning, the South Koreans paraded
0:38:37 > 0:38:40the woman they claimed was a North Korean agent.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Kim Hyon-hui apparently told intelligence officers she'd blown up
0:38:42 > 0:38:44the South Korean airliner to disrupt the Olympic Games.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Do you think right now all of this is fake?
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Do you think the run-up to the Olympics, the overtures
0:38:49 > 0:38:54of peace coming from Kim Jong-un, do you think it's fake?
0:38:54 > 0:38:56TRANSLATION:Of course it is fake.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59The ultimate goal of North Korea is to complete its nuclear programme.
0:38:59 > 0:39:05They have nothing in their minds but nuclear weapons.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09North Korea will not change through dialogue.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11North Korea cannot be changed by soft words.
0:39:11 > 0:39:21I believe only pressure will work on North Korea.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38So, you have life, you have love, and now,
0:39:39 > 0:39:40I believe, you have children.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Do they know what you did?
0:39:44 > 0:39:47TRANSLATION:My children are not old enough to know the story,
0:39:47 > 0:39:50and I haven't tried to tell them the details yet.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53But these days, with internet readily available,
0:39:53 > 0:39:56and my interviews in the media, I suspect they must know something.
0:39:56 > 0:40:03My son is quiet, but I think he knows.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05As the bomber, I have a lifelong work of atonement.
0:40:05 > 0:40:14It is my cross to bear for the rest of my life.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19Much more on all the stories that we cover on Outside Source via the BBC
0:40:19 > 0:40:32News website. On every edition of Outside Source we bring you the
0:40:32 > 0:40:38biggest global stories. Now to Taiwan, there has been a 6.4
0:40:38 > 0:40:40magnitude earthquake, several buildings have partially collapsed
0:40:40 > 0:40:48and the epicentre of the earthquake was 20 kilometres from a city,
0:40:48 > 0:40:52several smaller after-shocks followed. Let's follow with this
0:40:52 > 0:41:00update. At 11:50pm, this magnitude six earthquake struck in eastern
0:41:00 > 0:41:11Taiwan off the coast of Hualien city. It was quite shallow and
0:41:11 > 0:41:16caused an intensity of about seven in Hualien. Three buildings tilted
0:41:16 > 0:41:21of including a ten story hotel, another ten story residential and
0:41:21 > 0:41:26commercial building and a 5-6 story residential building. They told us
0:41:26 > 0:41:30that amazingly they been able to rescue 28 people, a few minutes ago
0:41:30 > 0:41:34when I spoke to them. Most of them suffer only light injuries but it is
0:41:34 > 0:41:38still early because many people are still trapped inside a hotel. Local
0:41:38 > 0:41:43media reports that 29 people are trapped inside a hotel alone and the
0:41:43 > 0:41:51authorities say they don't know how many people were trapped in the
0:41:51 > 0:41:53other tall building, the residential building. So they are still trying
0:41:53 > 0:41:57to find people inside. The images you see of the hotel show that the
0:41:57 > 0:42:03first floor and B one have been crushed so what you see at the
0:42:03 > 0:42:07bottom floor is actually the second floor. The local media says that
0:42:07 > 0:42:11what you can see is the fourth floor but what I've heard from the
0:42:11 > 0:42:14authorities is that two floors have been crushed and they frantically
0:42:14 > 0:42:24trying to find the people still inside. There was a moment when a
0:42:24 > 0:42:29woman in Hualien was talking to the BBC when another after-shock struck.
0:42:29 > 0:42:36Oh, my God. This is an after-shock. I'm sorry.My goodness, my goodness.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40We have been told to go into the road and stay in the road but we are
0:42:40 > 0:42:44having some after-shocks, maybe this is our seventh of the hour. After
0:42:44 > 0:42:47the initial shock they came about every five minutes and now they have
0:42:47 > 0:42:52been happening maybe every 20 minutes. Not as regular but still
0:42:52 > 0:43:01happening.Let's go to Germany. Some workers in Germany have won the
0:43:01 > 0:43:07right to reduce weekly hours from 35 down to 28. That is, if they need to
0:43:07 > 0:43:12look after children or elderly or sick relatives. If they are allowed
0:43:12 > 0:43:16to do that they may do and two US. The unions also wanted workers doing
0:43:16 > 0:43:20that to get paid the same as you would for doing a full working week.
0:43:20 > 0:43:25They didn't get that but these workers instead will get a pay rise
0:43:25 > 0:43:34of over 4%. In return the companies can increase the working week to 40
0:43:34 > 0:43:37hours but only for workers who would like to do the extra hours. At the
0:43:37 > 0:43:40moment this deal just covers one state in Germany, Barden Burton
0:43:40 > 0:43:46Berg. It involves about 1 million workers. There could be a point with
0:43:46 > 0:43:55this spreads across Germany's industrial sector, at which point
0:43:55 > 0:43:58millions of people would be affected, here's Damian in Berlin.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02Over the years the power balance in Germany has shifted from bosses to
0:44:02 > 0:44:07employees. That's because the economy has been growing for nine
0:44:07 > 0:44:11years now. That means an appointment is at record low and as a result
0:44:11 > 0:44:16it's hard for many in many sectors to find skilled workers or any
0:44:16 > 0:44:22workers at all for that matter. That means employees now feel them bold
0:44:22 > 0:44:26and and have been asking for higher wages and also for more flexible
0:44:26 > 0:44:30working conditions which is why this new optional 28 hour working week
0:44:30 > 0:44:35has become a contractual obligation hundreds of thousands of workers in
0:44:35 > 0:44:40this particular sector. The question is, though, our work is going to
0:44:40 > 0:44:44want to take this up because it would mean less money for 28 hours
0:44:44 > 0:44:50working week, if it proves popular it could expand to other parts of
0:44:50 > 0:44:59the union because this company, IG Metall, has set the standard for
0:44:59 > 0:45:03many types of working conditions. It'll be interesting to see if it
0:45:03 > 0:45:07does in fact expand to the rest of the economy, this has been a topic
0:45:07 > 0:45:11in Germany figures, the idea of work- life balance and how to
0:45:11 > 0:45:16combine the family with the commitments of the job. This is the
0:45:16 > 0:45:27first time it has become a contractual obligation. Thank you.
0:45:27 > 0:45:31Doing that report my screen went black which was not the development
0:45:31 > 0:45:35and was looking for so we will try to resolve that and will talk about
0:45:35 > 0:45:39Quentin Tarantino because he is under pressure for a couple of
0:45:39 > 0:45:51reasons. Firstly when you must sermon -- Uma Thurman spoke to the
0:45:51 > 0:45:55New York newspapers sheet said Harvey Weinstein tried to hit on her
0:45:55 > 0:46:03and also spoke about on the an accident on the set of the film Kill
0:46:03 > 0:46:07Bill. She put this image on Instagram, we see her driving a car
0:46:07 > 0:46:12at speed and hitting that tree which she said injured her neck and knee,
0:46:12 > 0:46:16injuries that have never properly healed. She says she didn't feel
0:46:16 > 0:46:21safe when this was proposed but Quentin Tarantino refused to let you
0:46:21 > 0:46:26use a stunt double. He says he doesn't remember that exchange that
0:46:26 > 0:46:29Uma Thurman has also said the circumstances of this event were
0:46:29 > 0:46:33negligent to the point of criminality, he doesn't see
0:46:33 > 0:46:38malicious intent, she says that the direct is deeply regretful. Quentin
0:46:38 > 0:46:42Tarantino, for his part, says the crash is one of the biggest regrets
0:46:42 > 0:46:46of his life. Earlier ASBO to entertainment journalist Kay Jay
0:46:46 > 0:46:51Matthews in Los Angeles. This is her take on this development.We know
0:46:51 > 0:46:59what is interesting, a lot of people think the timing of this interview
0:46:59 > 0:47:06fits in with the MeToo movement, and because of that, but Quentin
0:47:06 > 0:47:12Tarantino has allegedly said he wants to do the interview with the
0:47:12 > 0:47:23New York Times, because they had to go through a lot of facilities, he
0:47:23 > 0:47:35wanted her to tell her story to the New York
0:47:38 > 0:47:42Times, she seems to think there is a systematic allegiance against to
0:47:42 > 0:47:47prevent her from showing this video. This is the second reason why
0:47:47 > 0:47:51Quentin Tarantino is under pressure, audio from an interview with Howard
0:47:51 > 0:47:57Stern which has resurfaced, in this interview Quentin Tarantino defends
0:47:57 > 0:48:01Roman Polanski, a director who has lived in Europe figures to avoid
0:48:01 > 0:48:07charges to do with the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl in the 19 70s.
0:48:07 > 0:48:13This is what Quentin Tarantino says. Nine it is not started to retake. He
0:48:13 > 0:48:19has sex with a minority Mac. That is not rape. When you talk about rape,
0:48:19 > 0:48:22it means throwing them around, is one of the most violent crimes,
0:48:22 > 0:48:26throwing the word rape around is like throwing the word racist
0:48:26 > 0:48:33around. She was down with that. She's talked about it.You are
0:48:33 > 0:48:38crazy!I am right, she's talked about it. She's said, it didn't
0:48:38 > 0:48:42really do anything, it was the technicality of being 13.That
0:48:42 > 0:48:49hasn't aged well. Back to our Los Angeles correspondent.That is
0:48:49 > 0:48:53awful, you cringe when you listen to that ordeal. It hasn't aged well. He
0:48:53 > 0:48:58was on the Howard Stern show, everyone knows Howard Stern is a
0:48:58 > 0:49:05shock jock. When you have someone like Howard Stern trying to tell you
0:49:05 > 0:49:11right from wrong you know something is wrong. Howard Stern claimed the
0:49:11 > 0:49:14crime was raped and Quentin Tarantino said no, he read the book,
0:49:14 > 0:49:19this is blown out of all proportion, it's not the same thing as some
0:49:19 > 0:49:24violent rape that happens between strangers and even though the girl
0:49:24 > 0:49:29was 14 she was perhaps mentally older than 14, she was partying and
0:49:29 > 0:49:40taking drugs. So far the reaction in Hollywood has been shock and
0:49:40 > 0:49:43disgust, some people are saying that you shouldn't even work with Quentin
0:49:43 > 0:49:49Tarantino any more. It's hard to see how he will come back from this. So
0:49:49 > 0:49:53far Quentin Tarantino hasn't released a statement regarding the
0:49:53 > 0:49:57resurfacing of this audio clip from the Howard Stern show. It will be
0:49:57 > 0:50:02interesting to see how he explains this.A day of the utmost
0:50:02 > 0:50:06significance in the UK because it has been 100 years since some women
0:50:06 > 0:50:10were first given the right to vote, the law that came into effect on the
0:50:10 > 0:50:156th of February 1980 and gave the vote to women who were over 30 and
0:50:15 > 0:50:27who owned land. This followed along campaign by members of the
0:50:27 > 0:50:31suffragettes, who campaigned vigorously for women's rights to
0:50:31 > 0:50:38vote. Theresa May spoke at an event today to commemorate the centenary.
0:50:38 > 0:50:47Those who fought to establish their right, my right, every woman's right
0:50:47 > 0:50:51to vote in elections, stand for office and take their full plays in
0:50:51 > 0:50:55public life did so in the face of fierce opposition. They persevered
0:50:55 > 0:50:57in spite of all danger and discouragement because they knew
0:50:57 > 0:51:07their cause was right. Eventually through a free encounter of opposing
0:51:07 > 0:51:13views their arguments won the day and we are all in their debt.Some
0:51:13 > 0:51:16campaigners are demanding pardons for the women jailed in this
0:51:16 > 0:51:20struggle but Helen Pankhurst the great granddaughter of suffragette
0:51:20 > 0:51:28Emily Pankhurst has told the BBC this is not a priority.If there is
0:51:28 > 0:51:30something that the suffragettes and the suffragists knew it was how long
0:51:30 > 0:51:34and difficult the journey would be so they would understand that 100
0:51:34 > 0:51:38years later we are still fighting those same issues. S I think they
0:51:38 > 0:51:43would also say, grab the moment now when there seems to be something in
0:51:43 > 0:51:46the air and use it to the maximum advantage. I also feel we have a
0:51:46 > 0:51:52decade of action ahead of us because 2018 is the centenary of the first
0:51:52 > 0:51:56vote. 2028 will be the centenary of the equal franchise so let's use the
0:51:56 > 0:52:01ten years we have now and come together, different organisations,
0:52:01 > 0:52:06different individuals saying, what do we really care about.We can show
0:52:06 > 0:52:11you part of a lovely interview from earlier, Greta was just two years
0:52:11 > 0:52:15old when women were granted the right to vote and cheese but to
0:52:15 > 0:52:19Victoria Derbyshire from her care home in the south-east of England.
0:52:19 > 0:52:23It is very important, the women thought, wait, during the First
0:52:23 > 0:52:28World War, we did a man's job. We worked in the factories and worked
0:52:28 > 0:52:33in the fields. We did a man's job so why can't we have a vote. Equal
0:52:33 > 0:52:41rights. But men are, by nature, control freaks. There's no argument
0:52:41 > 0:52:48about that.And I wouldn't argue with her! While it has been 100
0:52:48 > 0:52:51years since women could vote in the UK, it has been a much more recent
0:52:51 > 0:52:58change in many other countries. We will play you some tips of Alma, the
0:52:58 > 0:53:03woman's affairs added to add BBC Arabic.There's a large gap between
0:53:03 > 0:53:08the first and the last Arab countries whose women have gained
0:53:08 > 0:53:12the right to vote. For example immediately the Second World War,
0:53:12 > 0:53:15women in some countries like Djibouti, Syria and Lebanon have
0:53:15 > 0:53:21this right but however only recently in Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia
0:53:21 > 0:53:28for example, only in 2015 have women got that right. And we were all
0:53:28 > 0:53:34observing that online activism. Also what is observed in the region is
0:53:34 > 0:53:39that although women like the Arab women's movements started in the
0:53:39 > 0:53:46late 19th century and the struggle has been really long, it is thought
0:53:46 > 0:53:51that after independence and gaining these rights women will enjoy and
0:53:51 > 0:54:01play a more active role, but because of political instability in these
0:54:01 > 0:54:06countries, the whole political climate was not really helpful for
0:54:06 > 0:54:17women and citizens, to participate politically. We spoke to women in a
0:54:17 > 0:54:24few days ago who said, yes, I will be voting now, I won't abandon this
0:54:24 > 0:54:31struggle and women took part four, others are not convinced that these
0:54:31 > 0:54:35societies are democratic enough or that they believe in this whole
0:54:35 > 0:54:40political gain.For much more on the centenary, find it online, there's
0:54:40 > 0:54:45an entire section on the BBC News website, more fascinating stories
0:54:45 > 0:54:50about the women who fought for women's right to vote, I will see
0:54:50 > 0:54:54you tomorrow for another hour of the biggest stories in the world. Bye
0:54:54 > 0:55:00bye.
0:55:00 > 0:55:04biggest stories in the world. Bye bye.