0:00:09 > 0:00:17Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
0:00:17 > 0:00:27We start in Syria. More than 100 civilians reported to have died
0:00:27 > 0:00:32today as they did yesterday.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34As government forces attack the last rebel stronghold near Damascus.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37In the North of the country forces have entered the Kurdish
0:00:37 > 0:00:38stronghold of Afrin - bringing the battle
0:00:38 > 0:00:42to the Turkish border.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Oxfam reveals it's investigating 26 more cases of alleged
0:00:44 > 0:00:45sexual misconduct.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49The charity's boss admits thousands have stopped making donations
0:00:50 > 0:00:53because of the scandal.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54He had this to say.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55I am sorry.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58We are sorry for the damage that Oxfam has done both to the people
0:00:58 > 0:01:08of Haiti but also to wider efforts of aid and development.
0:01:10 > 0:01:21And a developing story...
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Justin Forsyth says there were claims of inappropriate behaviour
0:01:29 > 0:01:41was he was out the charity Save the Children.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43The Syrian Government continues to bombard the rebel enclave
0:01:43 > 0:01:44Eastern Ghouta near Damascus.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Activists say more than 100 civilians were killed today.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47127 civilians were killed yesterday.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52Thousands have died since the siege began five years ago.
0:01:52 > 0:01:59Eastern Ghouta is particularly important because it's
0:01:59 > 0:02:01the last major rebel stronghold near Damascus.
0:02:01 > 0:02:09Those rebels hold most of it.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11They control another area to the south of Damascus.
0:02:11 > 0:02:19This area though is controlled by the Islamic State group.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22All of Eastern Ghoota is surrounded by government forces -
0:02:22 > 0:02:23and they want it back.
0:02:23 > 0:02:33These pictures show how it's going about that.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38The UN has issued this statement on the situation there.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40It says it is blank.
0:02:40 > 0:02:46In a footnote it says...
0:02:46 > 0:02:48We no longer have the words to describe children's
0:02:48 > 0:02:49suffering and our outrage.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Do those inflicting the suffering still have words to justify
0:02:52 > 0:02:53their barbaric acts?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54The answer to that question is...
0:02:54 > 0:02:56They do.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58The Assad regime maintains its fighting Islamist terrorism -
0:02:58 > 0:03:00and that it tries to avoid civilian casualties.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01Its action tell a different story.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Let's hear from from someone inside Ghouta.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Firas Abdullah is from the Ghouta Media Centre
0:03:05 > 0:03:07which is affiliated with the rebels.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08More than 77 civilians today were killed by
0:03:08 > 0:03:15the continuous bombardment.
0:03:15 > 0:03:21Since yesterday until today.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26We now have 149 civilians killed by the continuous bombardment.
0:03:26 > 0:03:36The jets are Russian.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40They are a squadron of six jets, with four helicopters belonging
0:03:40 > 0:03:44to the Assad regime army.
0:03:44 > 0:03:50The drones are capturing the perimeters and the civilian
0:03:50 > 0:03:55neighbourhood of Eastern Ghouta.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01We have over 200 mortars dropped on the civilian neighbourhood.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04In addition, more than 90 air strikes and about
0:04:04 > 0:04:0750 explosive barrels on civilians neighbourhoods.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12barrels on civilian neighbourhoods.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14The people here are mostly in shelters.
0:04:14 > 0:04:24Others are in their homes.
0:04:27 > 0:04:37They come here crying, from their homes.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42It is so serious, war conditions here in Eastern Ghouta now.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44You heard Firas there talk about Russian bombers.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Russia and Iran are backing the Syrian government -
0:04:46 > 0:04:56as are Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Let's hear more about what is happening in eastern Ghouta.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Lina Sinjab in Beirut.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04What we're hearing from people now is that they are trying
0:05:04 > 0:05:06to hide in basements, whatever basements are available
0:05:06 > 0:05:09so that can take cover from the continuous shelling.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12We are hearing that today the government and the air force has
0:05:12 > 0:05:14resumed the attack on Eastern Ghouta.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16People are pleading for help.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18The UN made an announcement that this should stop immediately.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20The International Committee for the Red Cross also called
0:05:20 > 0:05:24on this to stop immediately.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26To protect civillians.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28So far the last 24 hours have been the worst that
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Eastern Ghouta has faced in years.
0:05:30 > 0:05:36People are really struggling to seek safety basically.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40The attacks yesterday targeted for hospitals,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43The attacks yesterday targeted --four hospitals,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45the main roads that would allow people to run away or
0:05:45 > 0:05:47ambulances to rescue.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50That is causing a higher number of injured and a higher
0:05:50 > 0:05:55number of people dead.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Unfortunately for Syrians on the ground and for
0:05:57 > 0:05:58civilians trapped there, the government and Russia
0:05:58 > 0:06:00have the upper hand.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Russia yesterday announced that we are probably seeing another
0:06:02 > 0:06:07scenario that we have seen in Aleppo last year.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09People are worried that they are going to face the same destiny
0:06:10 > 0:06:13and be forced out of their town.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15What we're seeing and yesterday is a big escalation from government
0:06:15 > 0:06:19forces and that is only telling us that this could be the last
0:06:19 > 0:06:27push towards the end of the situation in Eastern Ghouta.
0:06:27 > 0:06:34At what price and at what type of end will it be?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37It will be a horrific end for civilians there.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42Let's stay in Syria to update you on Afrin in the north.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45This is an area controlled by Kurds - and being attacked by Turkey.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Yesterday we told you how pro-Syrian government forces were promising
0:06:48 > 0:06:58to enter the area to help the Kurds.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Since we last spoke that's now happened.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03These are pictures from earlier.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Syrian state media is calling them Popular Forces -
0:07:06 > 0:07:09though it's far from clear who these men are.
0:07:09 > 0:07:15We can be sure they were met with artillery fire from Turkey.
0:07:15 > 0:07:21This is a more detailed map of Syria showing territory. The green area is
0:07:21 > 0:07:27controlled by the Syrian government. The mauve is controlled by the
0:07:27 > 0:07:33Kurdish forces. Turkey considers all of these Kurdish forces terrorists.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38That is why it has began an offensive to drive them out of
0:07:38 > 0:07:48Afrin. It is very close to the border of Syria. -- Turkey.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Syria considers that to be an attack on its sovereignty -
0:07:50 > 0:07:56although it's worth saying there is a long list of countries
0:07:56 > 0:08:02Onur Erem from BBC Turkish Service with the latest.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06They are trying to control all of offering including the city centre.
0:08:06 > 0:08:17That is according to the president. Today they responded by artillery by
0:08:17 > 0:08:21an effort from the pro-government militias of Syria. We don't know
0:08:21 > 0:08:29exactly who they are at the Turkish state media calls them pro-regime
0:08:29 > 0:08:32terrorists while the Syrian governments call them the popular
0:08:32 > 0:08:40forces. Last week we heard that they are in negotiations with the why P&G
0:08:40 > 0:08:59and the Syrian government -- YPG. Turkey have said they will not stop
0:08:59 > 0:09:03unless all of Afrin is under Syrian control. And they will get involved
0:09:03 > 0:09:09in any type of buffer zone that will be set between Turkey and the white
0:09:09 > 0:09:19PG -- YPG.Is every possibility of a confrontation with the Turkish
0:09:19 > 0:09:26government under Syrian government? Apparently the YPG have told that
0:09:26 > 0:09:31these militias are coming to help them with their fight against
0:09:31 > 0:09:39Turkey. But according to the Turkish president, the Syrian government and
0:09:39 > 0:09:43the army are coming to Afrin and getting control of all of the city
0:09:43 > 0:09:49centre including its institutions. What is Turkish public opinion on
0:09:49 > 0:09:54what is the Turkish military is doing in Afrin?According to polls,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58the Turkish public is supporting the government here. They are supporting
0:09:58 > 0:10:04the operation. It depends on the poll but some of them are showing 70
0:10:04 > 0:10:08and some of them are showing 80%. We also must keep in mind that it is
0:10:08 > 0:10:13very hard for people to express their discontent because lots of
0:10:13 > 0:10:18people, hundreds, even more than 500 of them were arrested because of
0:10:18 > 0:10:29tweets and social media posts. That have criticised this operation.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Oxfam have been giving evidence in the British Parliament. We will talk
0:10:32 > 0:10:37about that in a moment. But the scandal around Oxfam is jumping
0:10:37 > 0:10:41across to other charities. Save the Children is now in the news. It
0:10:41 > 0:10:47concerns its former chief executive, a man called Justin Forsyth who now
0:10:47 > 0:10:52has a role in the United Nations. He has faced some complaints of
0:10:52 > 0:10:57inappropriate behaviour. Let's get more of this from the newsroom. Most
0:10:57 > 0:11:00people hearing this for the first time so please take from the
0:11:00 > 0:11:05beginning.This is Justin Forsyth, the former chief executive of Save
0:11:05 > 0:11:13the Children. He has been accused of sending inappropriate texts and
0:11:13 > 0:11:16comments to young females of staff about what they were wearing and how
0:11:16 > 0:11:21they look. This led to complaints being made. He has apologised
0:11:21 > 0:11:24unreservedly. Apparently those complaints were not formal and he
0:11:24 > 0:11:29has not been accused of sexual harassment. As you say, since
0:11:29 > 0:11:34leaving Save the Children, he has gone on to become a very senior
0:11:34 > 0:11:43executive at Unicef which is the UN's children organisation.Brendan
0:11:43 > 0:11:51Cox this weekend admitted that he had acted inappropriately sometimes
0:11:51 > 0:11:57at Save the Children.Exactly. It is two people now and Save the
0:11:57 > 0:12:02Children. Brendan Cox said he made mistakes at Save the Children and
0:12:02 > 0:12:08admitted inappropriate behaviour. But he has denied allegations of
0:12:08 > 0:12:18sexual assault. In the meantime he has quit us majorities he set up in
0:12:18 > 0:12:23the aftermath of his wife's death. Save the Children are beginning a
0:12:23 > 0:12:29internal review.We will bring you more information as we know it.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Another gruelling day for Oxfam.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33It's admitted 7,000 people have cancelled regular donations
0:12:33 > 0:12:38since the Haiti prostitution story broke 10 days ago.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41We heard this from its most senior figures who've been quizzed
0:12:41 > 0:12:43by members of parliament today.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Here they are arriving.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50And they came to say sorry for the behaviour of some staff
0:12:50 > 0:12:52in Haiti in 2011.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55That's the chief executive Mark Goldring.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00The MPs wanted to know more about how Oxfam responded back then
0:13:00 > 0:13:03when it found out what was going on.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06The charity sacked three employees and allowed four others
0:13:06 > 0:13:07to quit their roles.
0:13:07 > 0:13:13Mr Goldring was asked why didn't Oxfam report its findings
0:13:13 > 0:13:14and actions to the authorities.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15This was the answer.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Oxfam leaders made a report to the press.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19There was no existing press interest.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22It was not public.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25That's serious misconduct had happened.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28They did not describe that in explicit terms.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31At the time people thought that was being transparent.
0:13:31 > 0:13:37We now know that that was not enough.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41There's also the issue of why some men were allowed to resign
0:13:41 > 0:13:48rather than be sacked - enabling them to be hired again.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Here's Winnie Byanyima of Oxfam's international arm.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53The use of prostitutes in conditions of poverty and helplessness
0:13:53 > 0:14:01and conflict is abuse.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03It's exploitation.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05It is intolerable in our organisation.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07What happened to let the country director go away
0:14:07 > 0:14:11with some dignity was wrong.
0:14:11 > 0:14:18This is something that would not happen today in Oxfam.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Bear in mind the sacked men not only found work with other charities -
0:14:22 > 0:14:23one was rehired by Oxfam.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25This what one MP made of that.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28These men were predators.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29I quite agree.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34I'm not excusing it.
0:14:34 > 0:14:40That is why we have now set up a global database
0:14:40 > 0:14:42of accredited referees of Oxfam.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43When was that started?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45When did you start that?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47We have just started it.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48You have just started it.
0:14:48 > 0:14:55Only because you were found out.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Not because you actually wanted to do it or thought
0:14:57 > 0:14:59you needed to do it
0:14:59 > 0:15:00but because you were found out.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03We were also told that since the Haiti story broke ten days ago,
0:15:03 > 0:15:0526 more allegations of sexual misconduct had been come
0:15:05 > 0:15:09to light at Oxfam - some recent some historic.
0:15:09 > 0:15:17They are all being investigated.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Meanwhile the BBC has been speaking to one woman who blew
0:15:21 > 0:15:22on problems within cahrities.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25She used to work for a charity called Merlin.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27In Liberia, back in 2004, she walked in on a senior
0:15:27 > 0:15:28manager with a local girl.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30After an investigation the man and other senior
0:15:30 > 0:15:31managers were dismissed.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34One of them was the man at the centre of the Oxfam scandal
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Roland van Hauwermeiren.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Amira Malik Miller was asked on the BBC's HardTalk programme
0:15:38 > 0:15:42if she was surprised that Oxfam tried to cover things up.
0:15:42 > 0:15:52It doesn't surprise me.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55It exposes a very strong weakness in the system and our HR
0:15:55 > 0:15:57practices, absolutely.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59I think Roland van Hauwermeiren is a particularly
0:15:59 > 0:16:00interesting case study.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03He has been able to manipulate the system for a very long time.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05He has chosen to move around from different countries.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Between organisations.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11He knows that it has not been tracked properly
0:16:11 > 0:16:21so he has manipulated that.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26Still to come on the programme, we find out about the soaring rate of
0:16:26 > 0:16:40measles in Europe. We will speak to the WHO about what is causing that.
0:16:46 > 0:16:56Jeremy Corbyn has accused papers of lies and smears.These papers allege
0:16:56 > 0:17:00that Jeremy Corbyn did meet someone from the Czech Embassy several
0:17:00 > 0:17:05times. That story has been picked up and pursuit in various forms by
0:17:05 > 0:17:08newspapers in recent days. Jeremy Corbyn has hit back in a post on
0:17:08 > 0:17:14social media. At what he calls press barons, the right-wing press. He
0:17:14 > 0:17:24says...
0:17:29 > 0:17:40He goes on...
0:17:41 > 0:17:49This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
0:17:49 > 0:17:55Our lead story is from Syria.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58More than 100 civilians are killed in Eastern Ghouta today as Syria's
0:17:58 > 0:18:02government continues to bombard the rebel-held enclave.
0:18:02 > 0:18:08It is close to Damascus.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09Some headlines from BBC World Service.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12New Zealand's military has been deployed to areas expected to be hit
0:18:12 > 0:18:14by the remnants of Cyclone Gita.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17It caused extensive damage in Tonga, Samoa and American Samoa last week.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20At the Olympics, Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky has returned
0:18:20 > 0:18:26a second positive test for the banned substance, meldonium.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29He had won a bronze with his wife.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32He's one of 168 Russian athletes allowed to compete
0:18:32 > 0:18:33after extensive vetting.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Evidently not extensive enough.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39The Queen was alongside Vogue's editor-in-chief
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Dame Anna Wintour at a show during London Fashion Week earlier.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45The Queen then awarded the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award
0:18:45 > 0:18:55for British Design to Richard Quinn.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01You may not know this but there is a big outbreak of measles in Europe.
0:19:01 > 0:19:07These three countries are the most affected but 12 others are caught up
0:19:07 > 0:19:11in this including Greece, Germany and France. Measles is extremely
0:19:11 > 0:19:17infectious causes blindness, brain damage and in extreme cases death.
0:19:17 > 0:19:24We know there were more than 20,000 cases reported last year. That is a
0:19:24 > 0:19:28400% increase on 2016. We should say that 2016 had
0:19:28 > 0:19:29400% increase on 2016. We should say that 2016 had seen a record low.
0:19:29 > 0:19:36Here are all the figures. You can see that 2016 unusually low with
0:19:36 > 0:19:39just 5000 cases. What is going on here? There are shortages of the
0:19:39 > 0:19:43vaccine in some countries. Some people avoid vaccinations for their
0:19:43 > 0:19:52children. For instance, in the UK, confidence in the MM are jab
0:19:52 > 0:19:53collapsed in the late 90s.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56confidence in the MM are jab collapsed in the late 90s. That was
0:19:56 > 0:20:00by claims made by this man raising fears that the vaccine caused
0:20:00 > 0:20:12autism. There has also been rejection of vaccines in Italy. This
0:20:12 > 0:20:18leader of the... The far right leader Marine Le Pen has also said
0:20:18 > 0:20:22that doctors are to blame for the rise of the case in measles. If we
0:20:22 > 0:20:34go back to 2004, Donald Trump said that... Autism, in big capital
0:20:34 > 0:20:42letters. So there is an issue around trust here. We have a doctor here
0:20:42 > 0:20:45from the WHO, the World Health Organisation, he is live from
0:20:45 > 0:20:50Montenegrin. Thank you for your time. What can you do to persuade
0:20:50 > 0:20:59people to vaccinate their children? We need to have the parents trust.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Trust in the vaccines and trust in the authority that deliver the
0:21:03 > 0:21:08vaccines. Vaccines are safe and life-saving. That is the message
0:21:08 > 0:21:14that the government should give to the parents.In terms of the
0:21:14 > 0:21:17situation we are seeing in Europe, how much of it is to do with
0:21:17 > 0:21:21children not getting vaccinated and how much is it to do with other
0:21:21 > 0:21:27factors.A number of countries have a number of challenges and they are
0:21:27 > 0:21:34very different. In Romania we have many children who are getting
0:21:34 > 0:21:42measles whereas in Italy it is more the adult population, the average
0:21:42 > 0:21:48age of those getting measles is around 27 years. This is a
0:21:48 > 0:21:54reflection of the programme is not reaching these individuals. The
0:21:54 > 0:22:00adults may not have benefited from vaccination programmes when they
0:22:00 > 0:22:04were introduced at the time. In a country like Romania where most of
0:22:04 > 0:22:08the cases are children, this is a reflection of the challenges they
0:22:08 > 0:22:16are facing in recent years. We have issues, as you mentioned, with
0:22:16 > 0:22:22vaccine supply but it is more a combination of vaccine hesitancy, an
0:22:22 > 0:22:28issue of complacency where parents have not seen the disease and they
0:22:28 > 0:22:35do not think the disease is around. Measles is a very contagious disease
0:22:35 > 0:22:39and it can easily enter into a population that is vulnerable,
0:22:39 > 0:22:49causing big outbreaks.Some people are looking at 2016 when the cases
0:22:49 > 0:22:56were very low. They are thinking what went right to there?What went
0:22:56 > 0:23:03wrong in 2017 is more relevant. It is a growing number of susceptible
0:23:03 > 0:23:08individuals. If you do not have a high vaccination coverage, for
0:23:08 > 0:23:13measles vaccines you need to have a very high coverage of 95% with two
0:23:13 > 0:23:20doses of the vaccine, then you get a population of susceptible
0:23:20 > 0:23:26individuals. That could be simmering behind the disease. When measles
0:23:26 > 0:23:32virus was introduced then it can spread like wildfire.We appreciate
0:23:32 > 0:23:37your time. Thank you very much indeed. He is lies in Montenegrin.
0:23:37 > 0:23:43An official with the World Health Organisation. Walmart has just seen
0:23:43 > 0:23:55close to 10% wiped off its value to do with its profits hardening. What
0:23:55 > 0:23:58has gone wrong? While profits are down?Profits are down for various
0:23:58 > 0:24:04reasons. Walmart says it misjudged the Christmas period is a focusing
0:24:04 > 0:24:09too much on toys and Christmas gifts and ran out of some of its stables.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12The figure that investors are watching very closely is not the
0:24:12 > 0:24:16profit but the growth in online sales. The reason for this is that
0:24:16 > 0:24:22Walmart is in a bruising battle with Amazon. It its complete with Amazon
0:24:22 > 0:24:30online if it will survive as a retailer. -- competes. Early on in
0:24:30 > 0:24:38the year, their online sales drops to around 23% in the last quarter.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40That has worried investors because they seem to be falling behind
0:24:40 > 0:24:45Amazon and that is why their shares have taken a beating on Wall Street
0:24:45 > 0:24:50today.None of this is new. We could have been talking about the threat
0:24:50 > 0:24:56from Amazon ten years ago. Presumably Walmart has a plan?Yes.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01It's plan has been to buy up as many online retailers as it can. It
0:25:01 > 0:25:08brought jets .com in the US just over one year ago. It put a lot of
0:25:08 > 0:25:11marketing into those sites. Now what it has realised and what the CEO
0:25:11 > 0:25:15mentioned this morning was that in order to compete with Amazon, Amazon
0:25:15 > 0:25:18has this brand recognised everywhere, if you think you want
0:25:18 > 0:25:22something, the name Amazon points into your head, they need to
0:25:22 > 0:25:27redirect people into Walmart .com and take them to the big brands and
0:25:27 > 0:25:31the brand that people associate with bricks and mortar stores, they need
0:25:31 > 0:25:34people to associate that with the online brand. So they are taking
0:25:34 > 0:25:39their resources away from the subsidiaries and investing it in
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Walmart. But investors are worried they might not built to do that fast
0:25:43 > 0:25:55enough.In the next half of the outside source will be hearing from
0:25:55 > 0:26:11David Davis, he will say that it is not like mad Max here in the UK.
0:26:13 > 0:26:19Hi there. We will start off with the weather in the Middle East.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22This area of low pressure across the Middle East brought widespread heavy
0:26:22 > 0:26:29rains. The storm clouds are now
0:26:29 > 0:26:32rains. The storm clouds are now across Afghanistan. It takes the
0:26:32 > 0:26:37rain and snow with it. To the south of that weather system, the wind has
0:26:37 > 0:26:41picked up and as we went into Tuesday we had some dense areas of
0:26:41 > 0:26:47dust affecting some of the coastal areas, for example Qatar had poor
0:26:47 > 0:26:54visibility for a time. It will take some time flat dust to settle out of
0:26:54 > 0:26:57the atmosphere. Across the United States there is a weather front
0:26:57 > 0:27:03which will be much stationary bringing huge amounts of rain across
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. Some parts of these states could see as
0:27:07 > 0:27:11much as a hundred millimetres of rain. So a risk of some flooding.
0:27:11 > 0:27:18Bitterly cold air behind that front and it bumps into the warm air we
0:27:18 > 0:27:21have across Florida. Temperatures will reach 29 degrees or so in
0:27:21 > 0:27:26Miami. Very warm as well in New York. Highs of 21 are incredible.
0:27:26 > 0:27:33But eventually that cold air will be swinging its way eastward. This was
0:27:33 > 0:27:36the remains of tropical cyclone bringing heavy rains across
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Australia. More recently we are looking at the leftovers of this
0:27:40 > 0:27:44cyclone which has been slamming into New Zealand and particularly hitting
0:27:44 > 0:27:50the south Island hard. The mountains of New Zealand have a ready picked
0:27:50 > 0:27:55up over 250 millimetres of rain and the rain will continue as we move
0:27:55 > 0:28:00into Wednesday but it will slowly picked out on Thursday. With all of
0:28:00 > 0:28:04that rainfall falling we are likely to see some flooding. Wind gusts
0:28:04 > 0:28:09well in excess of 70 miles an hour causing damage. Power has been
0:28:09 > 0:28:12brought down and a number of people don't have power New Zealand at the
0:28:12 > 0:28:17moment. Thursday it will finally clear up as strong winds and heavy
0:28:17 > 0:28:26rain eased out of the way. At the same time there will be some
0:28:26 > 0:28:30torrential and even severe thundery downpours affecting Queensland.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34Risks of flash flooding as we go into Thursday. Temperatures picking
0:28:34 > 0:28:39up in the Australian interior. Across Europe, we have a weather
0:28:39 > 0:28:45fronts moving eastwards across England. Now on Wednesday it is
0:28:45 > 0:28:49moving back westwards. A lot of cloud for England and Wales.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52Probably brighter in England later on. More sunshine in France and
0:28:52 > 0:28:58Germany. Cold easterly winds as well. That is a sign of things to
0:28:58 > 0:29:12come. Next we will be bitterly cold. -- next week.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Here are some of the main stories.
0:30:17 > 0:30:27Here are some of the main stories. More than 100 civilians died today
0:30:27 > 0:30:45in Eastern Ghouta. The Government of Syria wants this area back.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50Oxfam has revealed that is investigating 26 more cases of
0:30:50 > 0:30:53alleged sexual misconduct. Thousands of people have stopped making
0:30:53 > 0:30:59donations because of the scandal. As you are watching, if you have
0:30:59 > 0:31:10questions, you can reach me on Twitter.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17The Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas spoke at the UN's
0:31:17 > 0:31:21Security Council today.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25He wants an international conference on Middle East Peace in 2018.
0:31:25 > 0:31:35Here's some of the speech.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40TRANSLATION:So the outcomes of this conference should be as follows.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Acceptance of the State of Palestine as a full member
0:31:42 > 0:31:43of the United Nations.
0:31:43 > 0:31:44This is what we deserve.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Don't you think we deserve to be a full member?
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Why not?
0:31:48 > 0:31:58We call on the Security Council to achieve this.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00An Israeli journalist reported "Abbas leaves UNSC right
0:32:00 > 0:32:03after he finishes his speech and didn't stay to listen to the
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Israeli ambassador who was next."
0:32:05 > 0:32:06The Israeli ambassador opened his speech by saying,
0:32:06 > 0:32:09"Once again Abbas is running away instead of listening
0:32:09 > 0:32:10to what we have to say."
0:32:10 > 0:32:20This a clip from that same statement from the ambassador.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Mr Abbas and spoke of your commitment to peace.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27This is what you often do when speaking internationally.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29But when you address your people in Arabic you convey
0:32:30 > 0:32:39a very different message.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44A few weeks ago when Abbas spoke to the PLO central committee,
0:32:44 > 0:32:46he called the National movement of the Jewish people, and I quote,
0:32:46 > 0:32:47a colonialist project.
0:32:47 > 0:32:56That has no connection to Judaism.
0:32:56 > 0:33:01Whether or not that peace conference happens later this year, listening
0:33:01 > 0:33:06to those clips, it will have its work cut out, you would think.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11Absolutely. It was a depressing morning to watch. The sides were
0:33:11 > 0:33:22just as far apart as ever.
0:33:22 > 0:33:29As Abbas left to rapturous applause, he was immediately sealed by the
0:33:29 > 0:33:40Israeli ambassador for not staying to listen to the others. --
0:33:40 > 0:33:46immediately assailed by the Israeli ambassador. What made those comments
0:33:46 > 0:33:56all that more meaningful was sat behind him was the husband of -- was
0:33:56 > 0:34:04the son-in-law of the president. Let us bring up one of the clips
0:34:04 > 0:34:13from earlier. The Palestinian leadership was not
0:34:13 > 0:34:21happy with the decision to move our embassy to Jerusalem. You do not
0:34:21 > 0:34:30have too like it or even accept it but that decision will not changed.
0:34:30 > 0:34:36What is the American plan? They have recognised Jerusalem. They have
0:34:36 > 0:34:39staunch and stark language for the Palestinians. What is their plan
0:34:39 > 0:34:45going forward?They do not have a plan and that is what the
0:34:45 > 0:34:50Palestinians were complaining about. They are saying they wanted
0:34:50 > 0:34:53multilateral mechanism, this peace conference by the middle of the
0:34:53 > 0:34:58year, that frankly want to take place. They were basically saying
0:34:58 > 0:35:03that America's traditional role as the honest broker between Israel and
0:35:03 > 0:35:08Palestine has come to an end. They do still see an American Robert part
0:35:08 > 0:35:11of a larger multilateral framework. That is what they were calling for
0:35:11 > 0:35:20today. And the money that the Americans
0:35:20 > 0:35:23give to the Palestinians, that has become an increasingly practical
0:35:23 > 0:35:28matter in the last couple of months, has that come up?
0:35:28 > 0:35:32One of the things that Abbas complained about was not only
0:35:32 > 0:35:37recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital told that also much
0:35:37 > 0:35:41all of American funding from the UN agency that protects and routes
0:35:41 > 0:35:46after Palestinian refugees. That this Friday said today they are
0:35:46 > 0:35:52looking for another mechanism, not the traditional mechanism, a
0:35:52 > 0:35:56negotiating table that involves many more countries, but that proposal is
0:35:56 > 0:36:02not likely to get off the ground.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04The UK Brexit Secretary secretary David Davis has this
0:36:04 > 0:36:06message for people worried about what will happen
0:36:06 > 0:36:08to the UK after Brexit.
0:36:08 > 0:36:14He was speaking in Vienna.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18I know for one reason or another people have sought to question our
0:36:18 > 0:36:19real intentions.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22They think Brexit could lead to an Anglo-Saxon race to
0:36:22 > 0:36:24the bottom, with Britain plunged into a Mad Max style world borrowed
0:36:24 > 0:36:31from dystopian fiction.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33These fears about a race to the bottom
0:36:33 > 0:36:34are based on nothing.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Not our history, not our intentions, not our
0:36:36 > 0:36:39national interest.
0:36:39 > 0:36:49It's the Mad Max analogy that is getting the response.
0:37:11 > 0:37:16Today with David Davies this was about reassurance. It seems a far
0:37:16 > 0:37:19cry from some of the arguments made by people in the Conservative Party
0:37:19 > 0:37:23and in the Cabinet over the years and decades when they have made the
0:37:23 > 0:37:27case for leaving the EU saying we have got to breakaway, all this red
0:37:27 > 0:37:32tape is no good, it is stifling British competitiveness. It was not
0:37:32 > 0:37:36quite what David Davies was saying today, pleasing some rules, saying
0:37:36 > 0:37:40that Britain had helped shoot them. The message from him and the message
0:37:40 > 0:37:45from Theresa May at the weekend was about continued cooperation. --
0:37:45 > 0:37:52Button had helped shape them. You are getting the impression things
0:37:52 > 0:37:56will not change too much. David Davies was saying this is about
0:37:56 > 0:38:00trust, we will have to trust each other's different rules and
0:38:00 > 0:38:03regulation, the question is will that be enough for people in
0:38:03 > 0:38:07Brussels to accept and more crucially whether Cabinet ministers
0:38:07 > 0:38:16will go along with it. Adam Fleming has been saying that
0:38:16 > 0:38:20you'd leaders will be suggesting negotiating trade deals with the UK
0:38:20 > 0:38:24as they normally would with other countries.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28They were in Brussels for a regular meeting and I asked them about the
0:38:28 > 0:38:31sort of thing David Davies was talking about and they were broadly
0:38:31 > 0:38:37welcoming that they make two points. This is what the EU does with all
0:38:37 > 0:38:40its international partners anyway, seeing if you follow the rules of
0:38:40 > 0:38:45the EU you will get good access to the EU market stop if you try to
0:38:45 > 0:38:48undercut the EU rules or do something less safely than the EU
0:38:48 > 0:38:53want you to do it you will get less access to the EU market. The second
0:38:53 > 0:38:59is that the EU does not operate on speeches and warm words and edges on
0:38:59 > 0:39:03politicians, they want things that are written down, very detailed, and
0:39:03 > 0:39:06legally enforceable. That means expanding this speech with detailed
0:39:06 > 0:39:11proposals about how this would work in practice. Things like, what
0:39:11 > 0:39:14authority would you have that check that check that both sides were
0:39:14 > 0:39:16playing by the same rules and standards? How would you settle
0:39:16 > 0:39:21disputes between both sides? What punishments and Saxon would be
0:39:21 > 0:39:29available if the UK was not sticking to the rules. Easier said than done.
0:39:29 > 0:39:35-- punishment and sanctions. And this is good together as what is
0:39:35 > 0:39:44called a level playing field, LPF, we will be hearing more about this
0:39:44 > 0:39:53in coming months. If you want and this information on
0:39:53 > 0:40:02Brexit head to the BBC website. And a lot of information on the
0:40:02 > 0:40:13other stories covered.
0:40:15 > 0:40:25This picture is from Hungary in 2015 - there was a stream of migrants
0:40:29 > 0:40:31who entered the country marching into the EU.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34It led to Hungary putting up fences along its borders.
0:40:34 > 0:40:41Victor Orban was Prime Mininster then - he still is now -
0:40:41 > 0:40:44and just last week he delivered his State of the Union address
0:40:44 > 0:40:46with highlighting a critical division between the countries
0:40:46 > 0:40:50in the East of the EU, and those in the West.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Hungary sits at the Eastern edge - one of the countries that joined
0:40:53 > 0:40:56the EU in 2004.
0:40:56 > 0:41:01But it's Mr Orban who's taken a tough line on migration.
0:41:01 > 0:41:06Jenny Hill sent this report from Hungary's border.
0:41:06 > 0:41:12Divisive, defiant, Hungary is standing its ground.
0:41:12 > 0:41:18A border fence, no migrant quotas, a different vision for Europe.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22TRANSLATION: It is thanks to our political leaders that
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Hungary and its people have a profile in Europe.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28People recognise us and they look at us and they say,
0:41:28 > 0:41:30"Hungary, you're OK."
0:41:30 > 0:41:35But Victor Orban unsettles his EU peers.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40Don't expect him to stand down over asylum policy.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42The crisis may be over, but he and his Fidesz Party
0:41:42 > 0:41:47are seeking re-election.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50This wave of refugees and immigrants to Hungary and to Europe came
0:41:50 > 0:41:53as a heavenly gift to Mr Orban and to many other
0:41:53 > 0:41:56politicians in the region.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58They could exaggerate the potential threats and risks
0:41:58 > 0:42:03and then appear as saviours.
0:42:03 > 0:42:08Watch out for the dress rehearsal, local elections in this town.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10The Fidesz candidate expected to win.
0:42:10 > 0:42:17Please, a little time for BBC?
0:42:17 > 0:42:18How do you justify to voters here...
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Even so, he was not keen to speak to us.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23I want to ask you about the EU.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Your party is in trouble with the EU.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27What do you say to those voters here who depend
0:42:27 > 0:42:29on that money so much?
0:42:29 > 0:42:33Sorry, I have to go, bye.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38Corruption allegations, xenophobia, Victor Orban's
0:42:38 > 0:42:43dream of what he calls "An illiberal democracy."
0:42:43 > 0:42:46TRANSLATION: The only thing they do right is keep migrants out.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50Apart from that they don't do any good.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53They might say the economy is thriving, but we don't feel it.
0:42:53 > 0:43:01The only people who do well are those close to Fidesz.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04TRANSLATION: The courts, the police, the administration,
0:43:04 > 0:43:08they are all under his influence, and people are scared.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11I do not know what will happen to me for speaking out,
0:43:11 > 0:43:17but I am not afraid.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19But out here in the countryside, there is concern.
0:43:19 > 0:43:28Farms like this depend on funding from the EU.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31TRANSLATION: The European Union should not be small-minded just
0:43:31 > 0:43:34because it has a quarrel with the Hungarian government.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37It would the irresponsible to punish a country and its people.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40The end result is the EU falls apart.
0:43:40 > 0:43:45For many, of course, this is all about security.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48But the fence has come to define Hungary and its decision to put
0:43:48 > 0:43:52national interest first.
0:43:52 > 0:43:57Here on the outer edge of the EU, it is a symbol of defiance.
0:43:57 > 0:44:02After all, this country knows what it means to be left outside.
0:44:02 > 0:44:10Jenny Hill, BBC News, on Hungary's Serbian border.
0:44:10 > 0:44:15Turning our attention back to Syria now and Russia's involvement.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18Observers have long believed that dozens, perhaps hundreds of Russians
0:44:18 > 0:44:20have died fighting in the conflict.
0:44:20 > 0:44:29The Kremlin has previously said the number is five -
0:44:29 > 0:44:31including a pilot who ejected over rebel
0:44:31 > 0:44:35airspace recently and killed himself with a grenade.
0:44:35 > 0:44:45Today Russia admitted "dozens" of Russians were injured or killed
0:44:45 > 0:44:48in what's thought to have been US air strikes in Deir al-Zour
0:44:48 > 0:44:50province in Eastern Syria earlier this month.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52The difference isn't just in numbers - Russia makes
0:44:52 > 0:44:55a distinction between military casualties and civilians.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58The bulk of Russian casualties in Syria are mercenaries -
0:44:58 > 0:44:59some working for private companies.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01Eugene Alikov was one.
0:45:01 > 0:45:05Last September he died here
0:45:05 > 0:45:11near Homs killed by a bullet.
0:45:11 > 0:45:15The BBC's Russian service has been investigating what happened
0:45:15 > 0:45:16to him.
0:45:16 > 0:45:22They've interviewed his mother.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24A little earlier I went and spoke to Oleg Antonenko
0:45:24 > 0:45:34from the Russian service who told me about it.
0:45:37 > 0:45:46It is a very interesting story. My colleagues got in touch with his
0:45:46 > 0:45:55mother and she gave us a lot of documents and the death certificate.
0:45:55 > 0:46:02We compared the death certificate and another death certificate which
0:46:02 > 0:46:07was given to a news agency during the investigation and we came to the
0:46:07 > 0:46:14conclusion that more than 50 Russians might be called in
0:46:14 > 0:46:21September 2017. This mother is arguing her son
0:46:21 > 0:46:26deserves military honours. The Russian Ministry is saying, no, he
0:46:26 > 0:46:30went as an individual decision, not sent by his country.
0:46:30 > 0:46:36The Russian authority is straightforward about this account.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40They are saying they have militarily and servicemen there and they know
0:46:40 > 0:46:47where they are fighting, who they died, but fools mercenaries, it was
0:46:47 > 0:46:55their decision -- but the mercenaries, it was their decision.
0:46:55 > 0:47:03Ukraine, it is said those were not our men. They have tried to put a
0:47:03 > 0:47:07divide between the state and the fighters on the globe. That sounds
0:47:07 > 0:47:18like something similar could be happening in Syria. Yes, they are
0:47:18 > 0:47:28saying it is not a Moscow initiative in Ukraine, it's as volunteers.
0:47:28 > 0:47:33Alikov was fighting for pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine also. He
0:47:33 > 0:47:40returned to Russia. He got medical treatment. He went to Syria. He was
0:47:40 > 0:47:48probably not sent. He was part of a private military company. Many
0:47:48 > 0:47:59experts looking at the story see that behind this group is the man
0:47:59 > 0:48:02who is subject of recent US sanctions. It is not proven, it is
0:48:02 > 0:48:14speculation. He is the private chef of the Russian president. He had a
0:48:14 > 0:48:21lot of attractive contracts. It is quite a fascinating story. It has
0:48:21 > 0:48:25different sort of connections. On one side we are hearing of
0:48:25 > 0:48:32mercenaries fighting in Syria, on the other side, this factory trying
0:48:32 > 0:48:38to influence American actions, this person who is the chef of Vladimir
0:48:38 > 0:48:44Putin, he is wanted by American prosecutors. It is incredible, to be
0:48:44 > 0:48:50honest with you. It is only the beginning of the story that we are
0:48:50 > 0:49:01looking at. A Bangkok court has awarded a
0:49:01 > 0:49:07Japanese man paternity rights to 13 children he fathered through
0:49:07 > 0:49:17surrogate mothers. He is 28 and is not married, he is the son of a
0:49:17 > 0:49:24chairman of a well-known and listed company in Japan. This is not the
0:49:24 > 0:49:30first time he has been in the news. When he was identified three and a
0:49:30 > 0:49:34half years ago as the father of at least a dozen surrogates children
0:49:34 > 0:49:37and there was a great deal of concern expressed in Thailand and
0:49:37 > 0:49:43other countries about what his motives were. The police here
0:49:43 > 0:49:46launched an investigation into possible human trafficking by him.
0:49:46 > 0:49:50He disappeared back to Japan and very little was known about him. He
0:49:50 > 0:49:53is apparently the son of a Japanese tech billionaire but he has remained
0:49:53 > 0:49:58hidden from view. This photo was released by police in
0:49:58 > 0:50:082014. It shows nine babies found in the flat of a man after a police
0:50:08 > 0:50:15raid. It has been confirmed he was the father of 13 surrogates babies.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19Today the court said he had taken good care of the infants before
0:50:19 > 0:50:33officials took them into their care. This is a statement from the court.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44This is a picture of the man's lawyer giving the statement. The
0:50:44 > 0:50:55Japan Times has courted the lawyer as saying this.
0:50:55 > 0:50:59I think there will still be a fair amount of unease about what this
0:50:59 > 0:51:02man's motors are and what kind of environment you can provide for so
0:51:02 > 0:51:08many children. He says he wants more, more or less the same age, but
0:51:08 > 0:51:13they do not have a mother, they will be looked after by nannies.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16And Washington, DC, and other person has been charged as part of the
0:51:16 > 0:51:19murder investigation into those alleged links between Donald Trump's
0:51:19 > 0:51:26election campaign and Russia. This is Alex van der Zwaan, a
0:51:26 > 0:51:29London-based lawyer, the 19th person to be charged. The document is
0:51:29 > 0:51:35online if you want to read it. It connects the charges to false
0:51:35 > 0:51:47statements. It is a short statement from The
0:51:47 > 0:51:50Independent counsel 's office but it says that Alex van der Zwaan lied to
0:51:50 > 0:51:54the FBI, lied to The Independent counsel's office about contacts he
0:51:54 > 0:52:02had with a deputy campaign manager during that brief period of time in
0:52:02 > 0:52:09the middle of 2016. Dietz stuck around and worked in the White House
0:52:09 > 0:52:16as well. The indictment said there was an unnamed person, there is
0:52:16 > 0:52:24speculation about who that might be. Alex van der Zwaan is expected to
0:52:24 > 0:52:27plead guilty. He had a court appearance at half past two that I
0:52:27 > 0:52:33have not heard if he has pled guilty or not. What this means is that The
0:52:33 > 0:52:37Independent counsel's office is building a case from the ground up.
0:52:37 > 0:52:47This will guarantee cooperation and puts more pressure on Paul Manafort
0:52:47 > 0:52:56who is charged with multiple counts of money laundering, pressure to
0:52:56 > 0:53:02face a long trial and a prison sentence, or come up with his own
0:53:02 > 0:53:05plea agreement. Any claim is serious and Americans
0:53:05 > 0:53:08will want Robert Mueller to pick up any claim that he sees that the
0:53:08 > 0:53:17central claim is where Russia and the Tramp campaign working together
0:53:17 > 0:53:20-- trompe campaign? These charges do not bring us closer to understanding
0:53:20 > 0:53:28bat. This does not deal with the campaign
0:53:28 > 0:53:34at all. These charges against Rick Gates and Paul Manafort goes back to
0:53:34 > 0:53:41lobbying that they did for Ukraine well before Paul Manafort became
0:53:41 > 0:53:46involved in the Donald Trump campaign. This plea deal was part of
0:53:46 > 0:53:50that investigation. The question is, as this Robert Mueller putting
0:53:50 > 0:53:53pressure on these people in order to get them to talk about other things
0:53:53 > 0:53:59more central to his investigation, so that Paul Manafort could talk
0:53:59 > 0:54:04about his time as campaign manager in the Donald Trump campaign? Or is
0:54:04 > 0:54:07this something that Robert Mueller encountered along the way, evidence
0:54:07 > 0:54:12of wrongdoing, he is going to prosecute it, that is within this
0:54:12 > 0:54:19mandate as set forth by the Justice Department. We will have two weeks
0:54:19 > 0:54:25and see if this is one thread going nowhere or this becomes an integral
0:54:25 > 0:54:28part of this investigation. And whatever comes next in
0:54:28 > 0:54:33Washington, Anthony will guide us through it. As the big stories come
0:54:33 > 0:54:41in from the U S, go to the news that.
0:54:41 > 0:54:46That is all for now. Our lead story is that the Government of Syria
0:54:46 > 0:54:55continues to bombard a rebel enclave near Damascus called Eastern Ghouta.
0:54:55 > 0:55:04Observers say 100 people died today and 100 people died yesterday.