0:00:09 > 0:00:14Hello, I'm Philippa Thomas, this is Outside Source.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18Syria accuses the US-led coalition of war crimes,
0:00:18 > 0:00:21after a series of attacks kill 100 pro-government fighters.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24The UN's calling for a ceasefire - Russia says it's not
0:00:24 > 0:00:26going to happen.
0:00:26 > 0:00:33We would like to see a ceasefire but with the terrorists are not sure
0:00:33 > 0:00:39they are in agreement to what is proposed -- are not sure.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Trying to avert another US government shutdown -
0:00:41 > 0:00:43with the deadline just hours away, can the politicians
0:00:43 > 0:00:44reach a budget deal?
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Twitter posts its first ever quarterly profit -
0:00:47 > 0:00:54sending its share value surging.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Take a look at that smile, because it just made history.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00This 18-month-old boy with Down's syndrome is the new face
0:01:00 > 0:01:10of a US baby food brand.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Welcome to Outside Source.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22Syria has accused the US-led coalition of war crimes,
0:01:22 > 0:01:27after it carried out airstrikes on forces fighting for
0:01:27 > 0:01:31the Syrian government - killing around 100 fighters.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33The confrontation was the deadliest between the two so far.
0:01:33 > 0:01:40The bombardment happened in Syria's eastern
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Dair Uhzor province.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Here's how the Pentagon explains it: the US-led coalition acted
0:01:45 > 0:01:47in self-defence after a base where US advisers were
0:01:47 > 0:01:51stationed came under attack.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Here's the Pentagon chief spokesperson.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57We have the right to defend ourselves and we have seen a
0:01:57 > 0:02:02build-up for over a week, which was unprovoked. We are comfortable and
0:02:02 > 0:02:05the secretary is comfortable with the judgment of our commanders on
0:02:05 > 0:02:12the ground.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Here's what Syria says: this is a "brutal massacre",
0:02:14 > 0:02:22American aggression which amounts to a war crime.
0:02:22 > 0:02:30Let's show you why Dair Uzhor matters so much.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Our map shows the parts of Syria held by the government,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35and then over to the east, over the buffer zone
0:02:35 > 0:02:38of the Euphrates River, the territory held by the rebel
0:02:38 > 0:02:39Syrian Democratic Forces backed by Washington.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42It's also worth knowing that there are both oil
0:02:42 > 0:02:52and gas fields over there - valuable sources of cash.
0:02:53 > 0:03:02What we are seeing, both sides, the Americans and the Syrians, trying to
0:03:02 > 0:03:07do Marco Reus, the Syrians are saying they are trying to recapture
0:03:07 > 0:03:18-- trying to D-mark areas.And that is the key, much of this territory
0:03:18 > 0:03:22was held by the self-styled Islamic State and if they are pushed out
0:03:22 > 0:03:28there is something of a vacuum. Exactly. Both sides are trying to
0:03:28 > 0:03:34exert control and the US allies on the ground, they want to establish
0:03:34 > 0:03:40autonomy in the North and they have the support of the Americans while
0:03:40 > 0:03:45this is happening, but the Syrians, the Syrian government and its
0:03:45 > 0:03:50allies, would like to recapture all of the Syrian territory and we have
0:03:50 > 0:03:54been watching them do this over the last seven years, and as they are
0:03:54 > 0:03:59inching slowly slowly, this is what we have been seeing, especially in
0:03:59 > 0:04:05Dair Uzhor.We showed our viewers the line of the river, the buffer
0:04:05 > 0:04:10zone between the sides but is a bit worrying to realise the Russians are
0:04:10 > 0:04:16backing those on the west and the Americans are backing those on the
0:04:16 > 0:04:20east, there's the potential something dangerous to happen.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Absolutely, but we have seen this interaction and rising tensions
0:04:25 > 0:04:31before, last summer we saw it further to the east where we had the
0:04:31 > 0:04:33US allied forces on the ground and the Syrians and their allies
0:04:33 > 0:04:38including the Russians advancing towards the Syrian Iraqi border and
0:04:38 > 0:04:42we saw a similar clash between the two said this is something that
0:04:42 > 0:04:47needs to be taken into consideration. -- so this. It is not
0:04:47 > 0:04:51that important but it can be considered a land grab by either
0:04:51 > 0:05:00side, this area.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Well, going back to our map over here you can see the area
0:05:03 > 0:05:05of Eastern Ghouta - and as these pictures show
0:05:05 > 0:05:07it's under siege by government forces who've been bombarding
0:05:07 > 0:05:08it for four days now.
0:05:08 > 0:05:18More than 200 Syrians have been killed.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22What the Syrian government is trying to do, they are trying to work on
0:05:22 > 0:05:29this area in terms of the local reconsideration -- reconciliations
0:05:29 > 0:05:32they haven't been doing in other areas, and because this hasn't come
0:05:32 > 0:05:37to fruition, what they do instead, they conduct air strikes and we have
0:05:37 > 0:05:41seen that, and in response we have seen a number of casualties in
0:05:41 > 0:05:48Damascus as a result of water shelling -- mortar shelling so we
0:05:48 > 0:05:56are seeing injuries in these Pacific areas. -- 's Pacific. -- in these
0:05:56 > 0:06:02specific areas.There is peace talks trying to happen, but this is
0:06:02 > 0:06:14actually happening on the ground for top the peace-- the police
0:06:14 > 0:06:23initiatives have resulted in very little, we have seen slow
0:06:23 > 0:06:33reconciliations from the initiatives that have
0:06:34 > 0:06:40resulted -- taken place, but that has got to be specific to these
0:06:40 > 0:06:46areas. It is unable to happen, this piece, because neither side are
0:06:46 > 0:06:50willing to make this a reality.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55The US government could shut down again
0:06:55 > 0:06:57unless Congress agrees on America's budget today, with votes expected
0:06:57 > 0:07:02later in both houses of Congress.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04This time yesterday we told you Senate leaders
0:07:04 > 0:07:08were celebrating reaching a deal.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Well, not so fast.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11In the lower house, Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi
0:07:11 > 0:07:14was outraged that the agreement left in limbo the hundreds
0:07:14 > 0:07:16of thousands of young undocumented immigrants -
0:07:16 > 0:07:20known as Dreamers - currently under threat of being deported.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21What Nancy did next was extraordinary.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Here's the start of it.
0:07:25 > 0:07:33Everyday courageous patriotically lose their status and as members of
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Congress we have a moral responsibility to act now to protect
0:07:37 > 0:07:42who are the pride of our nation and our American in every way but on
0:07:42 > 0:07:50paper. I used is built to -- are used this bill to push further on
0:07:50 > 0:07:53this.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Nancy Pelosi carried on telling the stories of these
0:07:56 > 0:07:56immigrants and their families.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58And on.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59And on.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00For eight hours.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Setting a record for the longest speech ever made in the House -
0:08:03 > 0:08:04breaking the previous record set in 1909.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Let's go back to her.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08For the last eight hours I have had the privilege of reading the
0:08:08 > 0:08:22testimony of so many Dreamers, I still have more.APPLAUSE
0:08:22 > 0:08:31I thank all of you.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Earlier I spoke to our correspondent in Washington Jane O'Brien.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38I asked her whether the threat of a government shutdown is behind us.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42It shows how conflicted Democrats really are over this budget
0:08:42 > 0:08:46compromise because although there is a lot in it that they like increased
0:08:46 > 0:08:50spending for domestic programmes like childhood and health insurance
0:08:50 > 0:08:54and disaster relief and tackling the "Crisis, but Democrats went to war
0:08:54 > 0:08:59with Republicans in the White House over immigration and in particular
0:08:59 > 0:09:03these Dreamers, young immigrants brought to the US as children and
0:09:03 > 0:09:08now facing deportation, if the Congress cannot come up with
0:09:08 > 0:09:13legislation to fix it. This is why Nancy Pelosi says she can't support
0:09:13 > 0:09:17the bill but she is significantly not telling other Democrats how to
0:09:17 > 0:09:23vote.If the Senate and the house vote yes to a deal, is that the end
0:09:23 > 0:09:31of the budget crisis?Pretty much, yes. There is a stopgap funding
0:09:31 > 0:09:35measure included in the bill which means Congress will have another six
0:09:35 > 0:09:41weeks to come up with a longer funding measure but more importantly
0:09:41 > 0:09:44this will set spending levels for two years and raise the debt ceiling
0:09:44 > 0:09:50for two years so it will create a level of stability, financial
0:09:50 > 0:09:54stability, that the US government hasn't seen in years.Another big
0:09:54 > 0:10:03story, White House chief of staff John Kelly is shocked by
0:10:03 > 0:10:11allegations.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14He said he is shocked by allegations against an aide to President
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Trump, Rob Porter - that's him on the screen -
0:10:17 > 0:10:18who's resigned amid domestic abuse claims.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20This is Mr Porter's first wife, Colbie Holderness,
0:10:20 > 0:10:21a US government analyst.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24She says Mr Porter kicked her on their honeymoon in 2003,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26and punched her two years later, giving her this black eye.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28This is Mr Porter's second wife Jennifer Willougby.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31She said she filed a protective order against Mr Porter
0:10:31 > 0:10:33after he allegedly punched in and broke the glass
0:10:33 > 0:10:34of a door at their home.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Mr Porter has already said the claims
0:10:36 > 0:10:37are "outrageous and simply false".
0:10:37 > 0:10:42Jane O'Brien with more.Very awkward, because it is pretty clear
0:10:42 > 0:10:45that John Kelly as chief of staff did know about these allegations
0:10:45 > 0:10:49because they were holding up Mr Porter's security clearances from
0:10:49 > 0:10:55the FBI. What new allegations he is talking about is not clear that
0:10:55 > 0:11:00really the crux of the matter because John Kelly as chief of staff
0:11:00 > 0:11:06is a pretty important focal point of White House operations and he was
0:11:06 > 0:11:10brought in to put out these fires and he seems to be fanning the
0:11:10 > 0:11:14flames and that is not a good look for someone as integral to White
0:11:14 > 0:11:21House operations as he is. It is not quite clear where this goes next but
0:11:21 > 0:11:28certainly it is embarrassing for the White House and also in the me, too,
0:11:28 > 0:11:35moment, it puts them out of step with what much of America is
0:11:35 > 0:11:38thinking about at the moment.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Tech giants in the US today pushed back against the idea
0:11:41 > 0:11:43that their platforms were used by Russia to meddle
0:11:43 > 0:11:44in the Brexit referendum.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47British MPs were holding the first ever hearing of a parliamentary
0:11:47 > 0:11:48select committee outside the UK.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50The purpose was to grill the US companies about outside interference
0:11:50 > 0:11:51in the Brexit campaign.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Here's the chair of the digital, culture, media and sport
0:11:54 > 0:11:55parliamentary committee, Damien Collins, questioning
0:11:55 > 0:12:01two Twitter executives.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05We are talking about lies, someone who is deciding to spread lies about
0:12:05 > 0:12:10someone else, by not harassing or inciting violence but they are
0:12:10 > 0:12:14spreading lies and by using the anonymity of Twitter to do that and
0:12:14 > 0:12:20there's nothing you can do about it? The anonymity on our platform is not
0:12:20 > 0:12:29a shield against breaking our terms of service.Telling a lie on Twitter
0:12:29 > 0:12:35would not require action to be taken against the account holder?We do
0:12:35 > 0:12:39not have rules based on truth.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Earlier I spoke with the BBC's Aleem Maqbool, in Washington -
0:12:42 > 0:12:44he says it's not just Twitter in the firing line.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48No, it wasn't, and the hearing is still going on in this room to my
0:12:48 > 0:12:56right. It was YouTube, Google, Facebook, and all of them were asked
0:12:56 > 0:12:59in this so-called fake news inquiry, but the phrase does not give a real
0:12:59 > 0:13:05sense of the breadth of questioning that these tech companies faced.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10They faced questions about whether the information about us that they
0:13:10 > 0:13:12gathered was used for political purposes and they were asked about
0:13:12 > 0:13:18what they do to stop access to hate websites but also about what they
0:13:18 > 0:13:24were doing about those who were trying to influence elections. Every
0:13:24 > 0:13:28single tech company was asked by the chair Damian Collins MP as to what
0:13:28 > 0:13:33they had found in terms of Russian interference in the Brexit
0:13:33 > 0:13:39referendum and they all said they had found nothing or very little.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42For Twitter, they said they had closed down 49 accounts that had
0:13:42 > 0:13:45tweeted fewer than a thousand tweets ahead of the referendum, but there
0:13:45 > 0:13:50is evidence to suggest from others independently that there was more
0:13:50 > 0:13:55influence from Russia ahead of the referendum but the question is, what
0:13:55 > 0:14:00can MPs do about it? They are questioning these tech companies and
0:14:00 > 0:14:05saying there is a problem but at the moment all they have had back is
0:14:05 > 0:14:08assurances and I can't get anything more concrete from these tech
0:14:08 > 0:14:13companies as it stands. -- they can't.Did you feel you had heard
0:14:13 > 0:14:21anything new?It was interesting, some of the research cited when it
0:14:21 > 0:14:30came to YouTube, that hate videos, it was found that 70% of the
0:14:30 > 0:14:37viewership to far right videos was generated by YouTube's owned up next
0:14:37 > 0:14:40features, recommended if you watch one video, it will recommend the
0:14:40 > 0:14:47next hate video. Many MPs said, that is something you can do something
0:14:47 > 0:14:55about, but menu these conversations came down to the fact that these
0:14:55 > 0:14:58companies want us to spend more time on their platforms and that is the
0:14:58 > 0:15:05interest -- but many of these conversations. Unless something is
0:15:05 > 0:15:08done where it is legally binding where they have to do something
0:15:08 > 0:15:14about it, it is clear by not minded to do quite as much as the MPs would
0:15:14 > 0:15:21like them to do. -- by a not minded. Often these companies say they are
0:15:21 > 0:15:24just a platform but the point has been made that they write the
0:15:24 > 0:15:30algorithms.That is right. We have heard a lot of talk about algorithms
0:15:30 > 0:15:35and right now in the second session there are two additional reporters
0:15:35 > 0:15:42and editors from the US -- traditional. They are talking about
0:15:42 > 0:15:46their problems, they are sort of on the same side, saying social media
0:15:46 > 0:15:53platforms need to do much more to stop false news and misinformation
0:15:53 > 0:16:00being disseminated but ultimately the algorithms work for the
0:16:00 > 0:16:03companies in terms of us spending more time on their platforms and it
0:16:03 > 0:16:09was about gearing those algorithms towards a responsible way of
0:16:09 > 0:16:11disseminating information.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Stay with us on Outside Source - still to come.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15The latest superhero film from Marvel
0:16:15 > 0:16:25with an all-black cast of actors playing the heroes.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Interest rates have been held at 0.5%
0:16:30 > 0:16:33but there's speculation the next rise could come as soon as May.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35The Bank of England has signalled that rates could rise earlier
0:16:35 > 0:16:39and faster than it thought three months ago with the global economy
0:16:39 > 0:16:45expanding at its fastest pace in seven years.
0:16:45 > 0:16:58In order to return inflation to the target, in order to bring it back to
0:16:58 > 0:17:01target over a more conventional horizon which means moving it in
0:17:01 > 0:17:08from that three Horizon, it will be necessary, likely to be necessary to
0:17:08 > 0:17:17increase interest rates, to a limited degree, in a gradual
0:17:17 > 0:17:20process, but somewhat earlier and to a greater extent than we had thought
0:17:20 > 0:17:24in November.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Our lead story:
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Syria has accused the US led coalition of war crimes after a
0:17:42 > 0:17:51series of attacks kill a hundred pro-Syrian government forces.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Bermuda is the first country in the world
0:17:53 > 0:17:54to repeal same sex marriage.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55The British Oversees Territory had legalised
0:17:55 > 0:17:58the unions in May last year, following a Supreme Court ruling.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Same sex couples who married in recent months will not
0:18:01 > 0:18:06have their marriage annulled.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08India's Supreme Court has ordered the government to produce
0:18:08 > 0:18:11a long-term plan for protecting one of the country's most precious
0:18:11 > 0:18:12landmarks, the Taj Mahal.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14The World Heritage Site faces a range of challenges,
0:18:14 > 0:18:22including smog and the impact of millions of visitors.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Here's a story catching a lot of people's attention -
0:18:25 > 0:18:27the Norwegian Olympic team in Korea received a delivery
0:18:27 > 0:18:29of 15,000 eggs - they had asked for 1500.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31The chefs blamed a translation error,
0:18:31 > 0:18:37but it could be down to a typo.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43Either way, they were able to return most of the surplus.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45It's the social media mammoth that has
0:18:45 > 0:18:47never turned a profit - until now that is.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Of course, we're talking about Twitter.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54It's reported its latest numbers - in the three months to the end
0:18:54 > 0:19:04of December it made just over $91m.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07But the firm is struggling to attract users -
0:19:07 > 0:19:09it reported 330-million active monthly users - no higher
0:19:09 > 0:19:10than the previous period.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Twitter blamed this on a clamp down on automated
0:19:12 > 0:19:15or so called bot accounts - we were talking about those
0:19:15 > 0:19:17controversial accounts with Aleem just a few minutes ago.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Let's go to New York.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21And our correspondent there, Joe Miller.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25What's the reaction to Twitter's latest figures?
0:19:25 > 0:19:32Positive at last.The reaction on the stock market has been buoyant,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35at one point their shares were up over 20% and the reason for that is
0:19:35 > 0:19:40that if you bought Twitter shares when they first listed on the stock
0:19:40 > 0:19:46market in 2013, you have had to wait a long time for any profits and this
0:19:46 > 0:19:49is the first quarter believe it or not where Twitter has posted a
0:19:49 > 0:19:56profit. The reason is video advertising, they have brought in
0:19:56 > 0:19:58revenues excessively with that, but another reason that hasn't been
0:19:58 > 0:20:03getting so many headlines is a Twitter like many other companies,
0:20:03 > 0:20:08it likes to give its employees stock options in the company as well as
0:20:08 > 0:20:13their salary and the problem is, you have got to put that again shall
0:20:13 > 0:20:16profits and it was bringing down their profits year after year --
0:20:16 > 0:20:22against your profits.That is important to know. On a wider
0:20:22 > 0:20:23question.
0:20:23 > 0:20:30And tell us more about the mood in Wall Street, still nervous?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Yesterday it looked like the dust was beginning to settle on Wall
0:20:33 > 0:20:38Street but today the volatility is back and the Dow Jones dropped over
0:20:38 > 0:20:43thousand points and that is almost Monday's levels, almost 4% and now
0:20:43 > 0:20:50we are in the region that we call the real market correction. It looks
0:20:50 > 0:20:54like what has happened here today, investors have been looking at US
0:20:54 > 0:21:00government debt, Treasury bonds, and seeing the prices drop to a
0:21:00 > 0:21:04four-year low, and what is happening, the future interest rate
0:21:04 > 0:21:07rises being priced in and they are looking at that, worried about
0:21:07 > 0:21:12interest rate rises and beginning to dampen the economy and they have
0:21:12 > 0:21:21started the sell-off again.Joe, thanks for joining us. Another
0:21:21 > 0:21:22business story.
0:21:22 > 0:21:2519 top Japanese bosses have met with British Prime Minister Theresa May,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27seeking clarification on the UK's industrial strategy
0:21:27 > 0:21:29for the time after Brexit.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32After the meeting, the Japanese Ambassador to the UK explained
0:21:32 > 0:21:34the threat to Japanese companies if the UK did not secure a
0:21:35 > 0:21:41frictionless trade deal with the EU.
0:21:41 > 0:21:49If there is no possibility of continuing operation in UK, not
0:21:49 > 0:21:55Japanese only, but no private company can continue operation. As
0:21:55 > 0:22:03simple as that. This is all high-stakes that I think all of us
0:22:03 > 0:22:08need to keep in mind.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10The latest superhero film from Marvel has its European
0:22:10 > 0:22:15premiere tonight in London - it's called Black Panther -
0:22:15 > 0:22:18it hasn't opened in the US yet.
0:22:18 > 0:22:28But here's an easy way gauge its significance.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Time's new cover: Behind the revolutionary power
0:22:34 > 0:22:35of 'Black Panther'.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38The film features an all-black cast of actors playing the heroes.
0:22:38 > 0:22:47Our Entertainment Correspondent Lizo Mzimba reports.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50The free cinema trip would have been welcome enough for these
0:22:50 > 0:22:52American schoolchildren, their sheer joy is because
0:22:52 > 0:22:56the movie is Black Panther.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Such is the film's significance, people around the world are crowd
0:22:59 > 0:23:02sourcing money to give black children in particular
0:23:02 > 0:23:05the opportunity to watch it on the big screen.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08People like this actress from Peckham in London, she has so far
0:23:08 > 0:23:12raised around £4,000.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15I think it's just a film you don't really see,
0:23:15 > 0:23:20you don't see black superheroes in the big blockbusters.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23The positive representation is good for people growing up in this area
0:23:23 > 0:23:28but I think all over the world.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Black Panther is being seen as a cultural milestone.
0:23:30 > 0:23:40A predominantly black cast leading a big budget blockbuster.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45People making it a reality for kids who maybe wouldn't be able to go
0:23:45 > 0:23:51to the movies and experience it, I think it is beautiful, man.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53It's the kind of film many have been waiting decades
0:23:53 > 0:23:56for Hollywood to make, not only a host of black role models
0:23:56 > 0:24:03but also strong female characters at its heart.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Black Panther is a moment and hopefully it's one...
0:24:07 > 0:24:09It will obviously exist for long after this particular moment.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13We want the momentum to keep going.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18I don't think it is Black Panther's responsibility to change the world.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21How important was it for you making sure this was primarily
0:24:21 > 0:24:24a piece of entertainment, even with this huge amount of social
0:24:24 > 0:24:32responsibility that was inevitably going to come into the equation?
0:24:32 > 0:24:33That's what it is.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35It's not a political lecture, you know what I mean?
0:24:35 > 0:24:36It's a movie.
0:24:36 > 0:24:43It's got to work as that.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46And that is a movie expected to have one of the biggest openings ever,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49and more importantly, show others in the film world how
0:24:49 > 0:24:59lucrative diversity on screen can be in the 21st-century.
0:25:04 > 0:25:11Much more to come. But a reminder of our top story.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Syria has accused the US-led coalition of war crimes,
0:25:14 > 0:25:20after it carried out airstrikes on forces fighting for
0:25:20 > 0:25:27the Syrian government.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Assad's government accusing the US of a massacre in this area over Tim
0:25:31 > 0:25:41on. -- Dair Uzhor. And to the east of the region, our correspondent has
0:25:41 > 0:25:56said this. The war isn't ending, he has said.
0:25:56 > 0:26:02We are staying across the action. So many people involved. Do stay with
0:26:02 > 0:26:04us.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Good evening. That time of day but we have a look at what the weather
0:26:13 > 0:26:17is doing around the world and is quite active at the moment. -- when
0:26:17 > 0:26:26we have a look. The cold air digging in Baha'i, it is there on Friday --
0:26:26 > 0:26:31digging in behind. We might have more snow in the north and that will
0:26:31 > 0:26:35combine later Friday and into the weekend so more disruptive rain and
0:26:35 > 0:26:40freezing rain and snow potentially, and no sign of any much-needed rain
0:26:40 > 0:26:46across the California area. Maybe a few showers into the beginning of
0:26:46 > 0:26:53next week but until then it looks dry and warm. As we head into Africa
0:26:53 > 0:26:57we haven't had much rain in the last three years in Cape Town and there
0:26:57 > 0:27:00is a dangerous drought but there could be some relief on Friday with
0:27:00 > 0:27:06rain moving in, lasting until Saturday. An unusual picture with
0:27:06 > 0:27:09low pressure in southern parts of Africa, that will bring more
0:27:09 > 0:27:15significant rain compared to what we normally see, and further north,
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Arsenal getting into the 40s, but in the North West, quite cold for the
0:27:19 > 0:27:27time of year -- temperatures getting into the 40s. It is cold in China
0:27:27 > 0:27:34and Japan and parts of career, we have had disruptive snowfall in
0:27:34 > 0:27:41Japan -- Korea. The risk of further flooding for Indonesia. You can see
0:27:41 > 0:27:51the dip in Lana for Tokyo, about average for Hong Kong -- the dip in
0:27:51 > 0:27:56temperature. It is building the heat but they will be storms as well
0:27:56 > 0:27:59generated from the heat and further west, and then after last week's
0:27:59 > 0:28:05Stormy weather, that we had in New Zealand, it looks wet and windy
0:28:05 > 0:28:10across the North Island for the next couple of days. Wellington, heavy
0:28:10 > 0:28:16showers, thunderstorms, but try weather in Perth, and the high
0:28:16 > 0:28:24temperatures in Sydney -- dry. We might have more disruptive snowfall
0:28:24 > 0:28:28through Friday across parts of France and the low countries. It
0:28:28 > 0:28:36will affect the northern part of Iberia and there are warnings out.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40And then the system coming out of the north of Africa, that is what is
0:28:40 > 0:28:44keeping Casablanca and Algeria and Morocco below average and that could
0:28:44 > 0:28:49bring Stormy weather and also very heavy rain and mountain snow to
0:28:49 > 0:28:57parts of Italy and the Balkans and grace, as well. -- Greece. Back
0:28:57 > 0:29:05home, nasty weather this weekend, we have the details later.
0:30:10 > 0:30:10Ally
0:30:12 > 0:30:16This is Outside Source. These are the main stories here in the BBC
0:30:16 > 0:30:21News room.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Syria accuses the US-led coalition of war crimes,
0:30:23 > 0:30:25after a series of attacks kill 100 pro-government fighters.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28The UN's calling for a ceasefire - Russia says it's not
0:30:28 > 0:30:30going to happen.
0:30:30 > 0:30:35We would like to see a ceasefire but the terrorist, I am not sure they
0:30:35 > 0:30:37are in agreement with what is proposed.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39proposed.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40Trying to avert another US government shutdown,
0:30:40 > 0:30:43with the deadline just hours away, can the politicians
0:30:43 > 0:30:44reach a budget deal?
0:30:44 > 0:30:45Twitter posts its first EVER quarterly profit,
0:30:45 > 0:30:49sending its share value surging.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52And an 18-month-old boy with Down Syndrome has
0:30:52 > 0:30:54become the face of food
0:30:54 > 0:30:56maker Gerber as its "Spokesbaby" for 2018, an action hailed
0:30:56 > 0:31:06by advocates for people with the genetic condition.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Welcome to Outside Source.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21North Korea has held a military parade a day before the opening
0:31:21 > 0:31:22of the Winter Olympics in the South.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27You can see both Kim Jong-Un and his wife Ree Sull Choo were there.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29The timing was somewhat provocative, as the annual parade
0:31:29 > 0:31:34usually happens in April.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Still, it was smaller, shorter, and shown on North Korean television
0:31:37 > 0:31:38as a recording, not live.
0:31:38 > 0:31:43And there have been, as we've been reporting,
0:31:43 > 0:31:46several recent signs of a thaw in inter-Korean relations.
0:31:46 > 0:31:52Here's Stephen McDonnell in Pyeongchang.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56What I think has happened here is the North Koreans are trying to
0:31:56 > 0:32:01believe it or not, down play their own military parade. That is because
0:32:01 > 0:32:04I think the parade had been organised a long time ago, before
0:32:04 > 0:32:08they decided to send the team to the Olympic Games here, and now they
0:32:08 > 0:32:14have decided to put all their effort into coming to the Olympics with Kim
0:32:14 > 0:32:18Jong Un's sister and like, I think that want the focus to be on that.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22They to have the parade. They are too embarrassed to call it off. I
0:32:22 > 0:32:28think they are hoping that no-one will pay much attention to it and
0:32:28 > 0:32:33the focus will be back on their efforts here in Pyeongchang for the
0:32:33 > 0:32:38winter -- Winter Olympics.Let us see what other people aring of that
0:32:38 > 0:32:39parade.
0:32:39 > 0:32:40parade.
0:32:40 > 0:32:46Journalist Jean Lee calls it:
0:32:49 > 0:32:52One of those high-level talks will be with this woman,
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jung.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57She's part of the North Korean delegation and will meet
0:32:57 > 0:33:01South Korea's president on Saturday.
0:33:01 > 0:33:07US vice-president Mike Pence has already met with Moon Jae-in.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10He touched down in Seoul today and will head onto Pyeongchang next
0:33:10 > 0:33:15for Friday's opening ceremony.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17America's position on the North Korean charm offensive
0:33:17 > 0:33:18has been pretty clear.
0:33:18 > 0:33:25Mr Pence reiterated it today.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29The United States will can't to stand shoulder to shoulder, in our
0:33:29 > 0:33:35effort to bring maximum pressure to bear, on North Korea until that time
0:33:35 > 0:33:41comes, when they finally and permanently and irreversibly abandon
0:33:41 > 0:33:49their nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Let's talk more about this now with Professor Robert Kelly,
0:33:51 > 0:33:54who you may know is an expert on the relationship
0:33:54 > 0:33:55between the two Koreas.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57The parade first, they move it, and then they held it but it was
0:33:57 > 0:34:01smaller, what did you make of it?It was a strange choice, the idea of
0:34:01 > 0:34:06putting it before the Olympics seemed to signal this was a threat
0:34:06 > 0:34:09or intimidation, you had this big event of global comedy and the day
0:34:09 > 0:34:17before you have the sort of Soviet style imDimitri parade. Then they
0:34:17 > 0:34:23chose not to show it.I suppose the next thing we have to look at we
0:34:23 > 0:34:26have the Winter Olympics starting but there is talks going on,
0:34:26 > 0:34:30potentially as well with the First Sister how important do you think
0:34:30 > 0:34:36she is?I am sceptical that will the Olympics mean a great deal. It is
0:34:36 > 0:34:39good, right, North Korea is the most dangerous country in the world and
0:34:39 > 0:34:42with nuclear weapons they are more dangerous. We should talk to them.
0:34:42 > 0:34:48It is good you have elites meeting and we have a move 789,er and maybe
0:34:48 > 0:34:53there will be the aura of good feeling rolling over. But they are
0:34:53 > 0:34:56canny negotiators, I don't think they are suddenly going to roll over
0:34:56 > 0:35:03on something important to them, because they feel like you had a
0:35:03 > 0:35:07mood or interethnic, inter-Korean up lift. I don't see them negotiating
0:35:07 > 0:35:13that way. I am sceptical.I think it is shared by many in South Korea,
0:35:13 > 0:35:17who feel well, not least the business of kind of accommodating
0:35:17 > 0:35:23the athlete but they are wondering is President moon in the south going
0:35:23 > 0:35:28source far?Certainly the Conservative press has hit back
0:35:28 > 0:35:31hard, which was predictable. There has been a lot of hype in South
0:35:31 > 0:35:37Korea, a bit too much. I am worried are about expectations management,
0:35:37 > 0:35:42that the media is getting carried away. We have had
0:35:42 > 0:35:48pseudobreakthroughs but it didn't happen, then it falls apart and that
0:35:48 > 0:35:51would be my be diction what will happen this time. I am concerned
0:35:51 > 0:35:54people are getting carried away and thinking it is a big breakthrough.
0:35:54 > 0:36:01It is another of those gapes of multi-dimensional chess in which the
0:36:01 > 0:36:04American President, if he gets impatient has he has a tendency to
0:36:04 > 0:36:08do, you might say all bets are off with diplomacy.I think the
0:36:08 > 0:36:12Americans are overreacting. I don't understand why Vice-President had to
0:36:12 > 0:36:17throw cold water on this. It is athletes.Do you think it makes it
0:36:17 > 0:36:24look as if the North Koreans are pulling their strings.What a
0:36:24 > 0:36:28matters is when the South Koreans and North Koreans sit down at the
0:36:28 > 0:36:33table and start talking about things we are concerned about. That is what
0:36:33 > 0:36:39we need top talk about and the rest of this is just fluff, the kind doe
0:36:39 > 0:36:43dressing before the real show, that is what matters.What matters might
0:36:43 > 0:36:48be the stuff we don't get to see at all.I am concerned that everybody
0:36:48 > 0:36:55is getting carried away. Maybe, maybe, but I am really sceptical,
0:36:55 > 0:36:59the North Koreans aren't those kind of negotiator, they are tactical,
0:36:59 > 0:37:03gritty, they get into the weeds. I would be surprised if they roll over
0:37:03 > 0:37:07and give us something we want because it goes well.Thank you.
0:37:07 > 0:37:12That was a dose of realism from you. Sorry.That is important especially
0:37:12 > 0:37:18with North Korea, before we go, I have to say we have been talking
0:37:18 > 0:37:21about your other incarnation of BBC dad, known from your daughter coming
0:37:21 > 0:37:26in. Making you world famous for that reason. And you were awarded or
0:37:26 > 0:37:30there was an award last night for this being the moment of the year.
0:37:30 > 0:37:36That is right.How did that feel?We won the key moment of the year from
0:37:36 > 0:37:41the broadcast association, it was, that was good. It is nice, my wife
0:37:41 > 0:37:45and I are happen it has made people so happy. We find it amazing this
0:37:45 > 0:37:50keeps going. It was 11 months ago, and people keep writing to me and
0:37:50 > 0:37:56sending us e-mails but it is nice that you know, in a year of tough
0:37:56 > 0:37:59news, and things like Isis and stuff like that people have a moment of
0:37:59 > 0:38:04cheer. That is how we have tried to take it. People sort of found
0:38:04 > 0:38:08spontaneity of children, that is how we see it too. It is our kids being
0:38:08 > 0:38:12like little cards are. It is cute. In a world of news you have to take
0:38:12 > 0:38:16something that makes you smile. You are a good sport. Thank you for
0:38:16 > 0:38:23talking to us again about the two Koreas.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25The former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, now leader
0:38:25 > 0:38:27of the opposition, has been sentenced to five years
0:38:27 > 0:38:30in jail for corruption.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Khaleda Zia denied all charges and said
0:38:32 > 0:38:36they were politically motivated.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Thousands of her supporters took to the streets to protest.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41The verdict was read out in a cour in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44It means Ms Zia will be barred from running in this year's
0:38:44 > 0:38:45parliamentary election.
0:38:45 > 0:38:51The BBC's Akbar Hossain in Dhaka has more.
0:38:51 > 0:38:57It is very significant move, and this verdict is very important for
0:38:57 > 0:39:01Bangladesh's politics as well, because Khaleda Zia, while she was
0:39:01 > 0:39:04out of the court, she held a press conference yesterday, where she said
0:39:04 > 0:39:10that the Government is using the judiciary in an attempt to keep her
0:39:10 > 0:39:14aside from the up coming general election hand her supporters believe
0:39:14 > 0:39:18that, but the Government is saying that you know, this is a corruption
0:39:18 > 0:39:22charge, when Khaleda Zia became the Prime Minister in Bangladesh in
0:39:22 > 0:39:281991, then she received some donations from Kuwait organisation
0:39:28 > 0:39:35which is amounting to $1.2 million at that time, those money was given
0:39:35 > 0:39:41for helping orphans in Bangladesh, but the money was not used for
0:39:41 > 0:39:46targeted people, rather half of the money was diverted to personal can't
0:39:46 > 0:39:52of Khaleda Zia's elder son who is staying in London now, and
0:39:52 > 0:39:56ultimately, he formed a charitable trust which was named after his
0:39:56 > 0:40:01father. His father was Bangladesh's former President. What the court
0:40:01 > 0:40:06says the way money was being handled, it was not properly being
0:40:06 > 0:40:11used. Prime Minister the -- being the Prime Minister, it was not used
0:40:11 > 0:40:14for the targeted people. That is why they cannot avoid the
0:40:14 > 0:40:18responsibility. That is why the court has given her five years
0:40:18 > 0:40:18imprisonment.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22imprisonment.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Now I started this half hour talking about the Winter Olympics -
0:40:25 > 0:40:28if you want more you can head to our website.
0:40:28 > 0:40:34There is a day-by-day guide to all the sporting action -
0:40:34 > 0:40:38There is a day-by-day guide to all the sporting action.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41The number of people killed in an earthquake that struck off
0:40:41 > 0:40:43the eastern coast of Taiwan on Tuesday has risen to ten.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46The magnitude 6.0 quake caused several buildings to partially
0:40:46 > 0:40:48collapse in Hwa-lyan City, which is close to the epicenter.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52Cindy Sui reports from Taipei.
0:40:52 > 0:40:58Nearly two days after the earthquake, rescuers are racing
0:40:58 > 0:41:03against time to find people strapped inside. In one of the of effected
0:41:03 > 0:41:06buildings, that building has been dissident republican tipped
0:41:06 > 0:41:10dangerously and is leaning towards the ground. It has been propped up
0:41:10 > 0:41:14by beams, as rescuers go through every for a, once again to try and
0:41:14 > 0:41:20see if there are any more survivor, they are also using sniffer dogs to
0:41:20 > 0:41:23search through the rubble of the second floor, to see if there are
0:41:23 > 0:41:28any signs of people still inside. Among those still missing are seven
0:41:28 > 0:41:31people who are believed to be tourists staying at the backpackers
0:41:31 > 0:41:36hotel on the second floor. They include five Chinese tourists,
0:41:36 > 0:41:41including a 12-year-old boy. Questions are being raised on
0:41:41 > 0:41:44whether poor construction quality may have led to the building
0:41:44 > 0:41:50partially collapsing. Experting looking at the rubble from the
0:41:50 > 0:41:54collapsed floors saying a build ermay have used more water and less
0:41:54 > 0:41:59cement. Other experts point out there weren't enough pillars in the
0:41:59 > 0:42:04building and those that were there were too weak. One experted said
0:42:04 > 0:42:09that if an earthquake were to hit the capital, which is densely
0:42:09 > 0:42:15populated, it would topple more than 12,000 buildings. That is because
0:42:15 > 0:42:21many of the buildings in Taiwan are very old, they were built decades
0:42:21 > 0:42:26ago when construction quality was poor and Government monitoring was
0:42:26 > 0:42:32lacking, many residents are unwilling to or unable to retrofit
0:42:32 > 0:42:35their buildings. This is a problem in Taiwan, not just for the
0:42:35 > 0:42:39government but the people to deal with, especially as aftershocks
0:42:39 > 0:42:42continue to happen since the earthquake struck. Many are
0:42:42 > 0:42:48predicted to happen in the coming two weeks as people gather to
0:42:48 > 0:42:52celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54So-called Islamic State has released footage,
0:42:54 > 0:42:56which shows female fighters alongside men, on the
0:42:56 > 0:42:58front lines in Syria.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Mina Al-Lami from the BBC Monitoring team picked up on that.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03@minalami #ISIS's video supports the group's October 2017 U-turn
0:43:03 > 0:43:06on the role of women in jihad, when it said jihad was a duty
0:43:06 > 0:43:09on women just as it was on men during times of intense
0:43:09 > 0:43:16fighting and threat.
0:43:16 > 0:43:21Here is Mina Al-Lami from BBC Monitoring explaining the change.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25The group in the past maintained that the role of women was confined
0:43:25 > 0:43:34to their homes, to raise children, and serve the men, however, in
0:43:34 > 0:43:40October, 2017, assism S was under intense pressure in Raqqa, in Syria,
0:43:40 > 0:43:46it shifted its past rhetoric on the subject, and said actually woman had
0:43:46 > 0:43:50a religious duty like men to do Jihad, from the video itself which
0:43:50 > 0:43:56is trying to promote this idea of women being on the front line, it
0:43:56 > 0:44:02only features a few women. Three at most. Through that footage we are
0:44:02 > 0:44:08not sure, we can't ascertain these are women because they are dressed
0:44:08 > 0:44:15from top in bottom in black clotheses, their faces are covered.
0:44:15 > 0:44:23This image it depicts of the female warrior, would have you more appeal
0:44:23 > 0:44:27probably among Isis supporters round the world than the image of the
0:44:27 > 0:44:30subservient Muslim woman whost only there to serve her husband and
0:44:30 > 0:44:36children. In terms the of reaction so far, Isis supporters have use it
0:44:36 > 0:44:43as a recruitment tool. They have said it shames men who are not
0:44:43 > 0:44:47taking part in Jihad. They are using this shame element to get men to
0:44:47 > 0:44:53join it PQuite a disturbing story.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56Now I want to turn from IS to Boko Haram in Nigeria.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59Last year, 133 children were used by Boko Haram in attacks
0:44:59 > 0:45:01in north-east Nigeria, and two-thirds of them were girls.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03BBC has been speaking to one 14-year-old who was forced
0:45:03 > 0:45:04into becoming a bomber.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07Her name is Faltima and her story recreated and animated in this
0:45:07 > 0:45:17specially commissioned project.
0:45:21 > 0:45:22Is only there to serve
0:45:31 > 0:45:38They didn't have guns. I had no idea they were Boko Haram fighter, they
0:45:38 > 0:45:45give you a choice. Marry a fighter. Or go on a mission.
0:45:45 > 0:45:53I told them, I don't want to marry, because I'm still too young.
0:45:53 > 0:45:56The older girls tell us they don't care how old you are, if you marry
0:45:56 > 0:46:05one of them, they will go to you for private affairs day and night.
0:46:05 > 0:46:12It is an incentive for the young men to remain in this group so they form
0:46:12 > 0:46:17family movements within the -- units within the movement a lot of the
0:46:17 > 0:46:20girls are sent on missions. They were brainwashing them and telling
0:46:20 > 0:46:24them you are doing this for Allah and you are going to go straight to
0:46:24 > 0:46:27heaven. They have been told if you don't do it, we are going to kill
0:46:27 > 0:46:30you.
0:46:49 > 0:46:55I just like the normal teaching. I find their teachings hard to
0:46:55 > 0:47:01follow. But even though I don't understand
0:47:01 > 0:47:08properly, I don't think that killing someone could ever be a lawful act.
0:47:08 > 0:47:14Act. When your time comes they tell you to look for a place filled with
0:47:14 > 0:47:19non-believers, like a church or a crowded market place.
0:47:19 > 0:47:27And when you detonate your bomb, they say you'll enter paradise.
0:47:27 > 0:47:33On my way into town I decided to ask the first people I met to untie the
0:47:33 > 0:47:39vest but the first people I met were also members of Boko Haram.
0:47:39 > 0:47:45I spent a month with another group of fighters in a different camp.
0:47:45 > 0:47:54Just as before, I refused to marry. They tied their own bomb on me, and
0:47:54 > 0:48:00sent me right back out. In time, I ran.
0:48:00 > 0:48:08If I was caught again I felt I would surely be killed. I ran and ran. And
0:48:08 > 0:48:16when I stopped I found myself on a farm. I asked the farmers to help me
0:48:16 > 0:48:21take off the vest and throw it back into the forest.
0:48:21 > 0:48:30But they were afraid. Of me. There is nobody in the North East
0:48:30 > 0:48:34who has not had some experience of Boko Haram, whether directly or
0:48:34 > 0:48:40indirectly. Almost nobody. Most people have lost somebody
0:48:40 > 0:48:47result of Boko Haram. I think they look at the act, rather
0:48:47 > 0:48:52than the girl, and they think well, this is a young person who is
0:48:52 > 0:48:57willing to eliminate our whole community, how can we take her back?
0:48:57 > 0:49:04These are kids first of all and these are victims.
0:49:04 > 0:49:09So you are taken against your Will. You have lived with these people in
0:49:09 > 0:49:12horrendous condition, away from your parents, guardian, anybody you know.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15Then you are strapped with explosives, you come back to the
0:49:15 > 0:49:20community and by the grace of God, it doesn't go off and now the
0:49:20 > 0:49:28community rejects you. It is very very sad.An extraordinary story and
0:49:28 > 0:49:37quite a way to show it, to tell the story to you a all.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39Take a look at that smile, because it's just made history.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41This 18-month-old boy with Down Syndrome has
0:49:41 > 0:49:42been named this year's
0:49:42 > 0:49:44"spokesbaby" for the US baby food brand Gerber.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47He's Lucas Warren, from the state of Georgia, and he is the first
0:49:47 > 0:49:51child with Down's to be named as a "Gerber baby" -
0:49:51 > 0:49:52chosen out of more than 140,000 entries.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55The company's chief executive said: "Lucas' winning smile and joyful
0:49:55 > 0:49:57expression won our hearts this year, and we are all thrilled
0:49:57 > 0:50:00to name him our 2018 Spokesbaby."
0:50:00 > 0:50:10Here's how his parents reacted.
0:50:14 > 0:50:21It is just amazing, I mean, he gets to spread so much joy and love with
0:50:21 > 0:50:25everybody, and that is what we are mostly looking forward to.I am
0:50:25 > 0:50:30excited to see how the world reacts. We can let you know. The world will
0:50:30 > 0:50:35be fall in love with this baby. It says so much, because the Gerber
0:50:35 > 0:50:42baby is the ideal baby. Lucas you are the ideal baby.Say hi?Are you
0:50:42 > 0:50:47going to wave? He started already in his new marketing role and is
0:50:47 > 0:50:56getting lots of good wish, look at this for example from a mother of a
0:50:56 > 0:51:06two-year-old girl with DS.
0:51:09 > 0:51:15Gd also
0:51:22 > 0:51:29Let us talk to Allyson. When you saw this, what did you think?I thought
0:51:29 > 0:51:34it was a fantastic event, and there aren't many brands that have the
0:51:34 > 0:51:40vision, and the willingness to be this inclusive, and it communicates
0:51:40 > 0:51:47to the consumer this is a brand that serves babies of all types, not just
0:51:47 > 0:51:51babies that maybe a certain ethnicity or a certain capability.
0:51:51 > 0:51:57As we were saying these had a lot of candidates to choose from. Lots of
0:51:57 > 0:52:03proud parents sending in pictures, out of 140,000 plus photos the fact
0:52:03 > 0:52:08they have chosen a baby that is disable add, and challenged, speaks
0:52:08 > 0:52:14volumes and connected to parents whos you know, may realise that it
0:52:14 > 0:52:21is OK to embrace a child that isn't, you know, the perfect photoshopped
0:52:21 > 0:52:24ideal picture, that we have had in the past. We wanted to share at
0:52:24 > 0:52:31least one of those tweets because it has led toe this outpouring of...
0:52:31 > 0:52:35Social media does a lot for people in challenging positions, people
0:52:35 > 0:52:39have wanted to share their thoughts and photos. Not surprisingly the
0:52:39 > 0:52:42knock on effect for generaler as a brand will be that parents think
0:52:42 > 0:52:49this is a brand that is relevant, that understands me, that is
0:52:49 > 0:52:54inclusive, and therefore, they are going to win in the market, where it
0:52:54 > 0:52:58is intensely competitive, a cynical person might say this is
0:52:58 > 0:53:01manipulative, this is about engaging and looking politically correct.
0:53:01 > 0:53:11That is not what it is about. It is genuine. It's a statement of
0:53:11 > 0:53:16againer's qualifies. They are getting kudos for this, it is not
0:53:16 > 0:53:21the first company to do the right thing, you found out from your mum.
0:53:21 > 0:53:31So my mum was an actress and model. She was wheelchair bound but brands
0:53:31 > 0:53:36like in order storm used her in that air ads in the early 9 #0s, so in
0:53:36 > 0:53:40some ways this isn't new but what it did for the brand, was it
0:53:40 > 0:53:45communicated to people this is a Brant that doesn't care what
0:53:45 > 0:53:50customer we serve, we want to sr customers of all persuasions and
0:53:50 > 0:53:54types really. So it is a fantastic statement about inclusion.Do you
0:53:54 > 0:54:01remember the reaction to that?It was fantastically positive.
0:54:01 > 0:54:08Nordstrom was well ahead of their time and putting my mum and others
0:54:08 > 0:54:15in the store catalogue. Not only did she get fantastic feedback from
0:54:15 > 0:54:20Nordstrom but the customer gave the store chain really great marks.Now
0:54:20 > 0:54:24it is interesting of course for Lucas, on the knees of his parents,
0:54:24 > 0:54:30he has been on one of the big shows, he will go round and meet lots of
0:54:30 > 0:54:34people. It will be exciting hopefully not too overwhelming for
0:54:34 > 0:54:40him.Definitely. I he may not realise the celebrity he will now
0:54:40 > 0:54:46have and the family as well, and Gerber as well, hopefully this
0:54:46 > 0:54:50sparks other brands to say if Gerber is doing this maybe we ought to
0:54:50 > 0:54:55think about it too.That is a good point to end on. We are going to end
0:54:55 > 0:54:59this edition of Outside Source, thank you for being with us to watch
0:54:59 > 0:55:06us tonight.