0:00:07 > 0:00:11Hello, I'm Kasia Madera, this is Outside Source.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14The children of Parkland return to school, two weeks to the day
0:00:14 > 0:00:17after a gunman walked in and killed their friends,
0:00:17 > 0:00:23while Donald Trump pins the gun debate on mental illness.
0:00:23 > 0:00:28I'll tell you this, you'd have to have very strong provisions for the
0:00:28 > 0:00:32mentally ill. A lot of people are saying I shouldn't be saying that. I
0:00:32 > 0:00:37tell you what, I don't want mentally ill people to be having guns.The
0:00:37 > 0:00:40battle over Brexit, London and Brussels at odds over the Irish
0:00:40 > 0:00:45border as one former prime ministers has Britain should reconsider its
0:00:45 > 0:00:51current path.Nobody can truly know what the will of the people may then
0:00:51 > 0:00:59be, so let Parliament decide, or put the issue back to the people.And
0:00:59 > 0:01:02the latest on the beast from the used, as cold weather is taking its
0:01:02 > 0:01:08toll on Europe. Get in touch with us -- beast from the East.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22Welcome to Outside Source.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Gun control in the US has been back on the agenda since a mass shooting
0:01:26 > 0:01:27in Florida two weeks ago.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30President Donald Trump is currently speaking to a diverse mix
0:01:30 > 0:01:32of senators and representatives, urging them to come up
0:01:32 > 0:01:42with comprehensive legislation to prevent school shootings.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Let's cross over live to Washington and have a listen to this meeting.
0:01:49 > 0:01:56Because I want this to be the last one of these I ever have to have. If
0:01:56 > 0:02:00we can do universal background checks and ban bump stock 's, and
0:02:00 > 0:02:06get rid of the Dieke Amendment, and do it now and show my American
0:02:06 > 0:02:10people, that we are actually ready to act, they will feel better, and
0:02:10 > 0:02:14you can get this done, Mr President, I want to give that to you.Thank
0:02:14 > 0:02:26you very much, thank you. So, if I could just sum up, Chris and John,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Pat, Joe, maybe you could all get together and you will start at, from
0:02:29 > 0:02:34that standpoint. Other people, Diane, you have some very good
0:02:34 > 0:02:38ideas, we all have, Marco, I know you have a lot, if you could all get
0:02:38 > 0:02:42together, we could put in one great piece of legislation, Chuck, I think
0:02:42 > 0:02:46you will have an amazing result in the vote. Votes are hard to get in
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Congress, that is what has been happening. You will have an amazing
0:02:48 > 0:02:53result, people will be shocked to see the numbers, it is not going to
0:02:53 > 0:02:56be 60, it will be way above 60, maybe even a number that nobody
0:02:56 > 0:02:59would even believe. People want to see something happening, but they
0:02:59 > 0:03:05want to say something good happen too, but just another piece of... I
0:03:05 > 0:03:09mean, we didn't pass anything, let alone some good stuff. We want to
0:03:09 > 0:03:12pass something great, and to me, something great has to be where you
0:03:12 > 0:03:16stuff it from happening and I think there is only one way. But, again,
0:03:16 > 0:03:20if you feel not to have that, you understand, I want a counter, I want
0:03:20 > 0:03:25a very strong counterpunch, because if you have a strong counterpunch,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27you're not going in and you are not go down this problem any more.
0:03:27 > 0:03:35Remember the 98% figure, 19% of these attacks, gun free zones, no
0:03:35 > 0:03:39backlash, no death to them, death to everybody else. But if you four can
0:03:39 > 0:03:44do it together and do something and maybe set the foundation, add to the
0:03:44 > 0:03:52foundation with some of the great things said, we would have a bill,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Steve, it is very hard to the one thing that you want, I will tell
0:03:55 > 0:04:01you, I am a fan. Let's consider it for a separate bill. But, again, we
0:04:01 > 0:04:06also want things that can be approved. You have to look at the
0:04:06 > 0:04:10age of 21 for certain types of weapons, I mean, certain people
0:04:10 > 0:04:13aren't going to like that but you will have to look at that very
0:04:13 > 0:04:16seriously. And I think we will have a vote, I think we will have a very
0:04:16 > 0:04:20successful vote, and I will sign it, and I will call whoever you want me
0:04:20 > 0:04:24to if I like what you are doing, and I think I like what you are doing
0:04:24 > 0:04:28already, but you can add to it. You have to be very powerful on
0:04:28 > 0:04:32background checks, don't be shy. Very strong on mentally ill. You
0:04:32 > 0:04:35have to be very, very strong on that, and don't worry about bump
0:04:35 > 0:04:39stock 's, we are getting rid of it can be don't have to complicate the
0:04:39 > 0:04:41bill by adding another two paragraphs. We are getting rid of
0:04:41 > 0:04:46it. I will do that myself, because I am able to, fortunately we are able
0:04:46 > 0:04:52to do that without going through Congress. So if the full review
0:04:52 > 0:04:56could work together and come up with some beautiful foundation, add and
0:04:56 > 0:04:59subtract to it, put it for a vote, let's get it done. That is what we
0:04:59 > 0:05:06have to do.Mr President, what do we do about weapons of war easily
0:05:06 > 0:05:10accessible on our street?What you will have to do is discuss it with
0:05:10 > 0:05:14everybody, no, it is a very complex solution, you have weapons on the
0:05:14 > 0:05:18street, these are black-market weapons. You know the problem,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Diane, is these aren't where you walk into a store and buy it, this
0:05:21 > 0:05:27is where someone hands you a gun and...You go into a store, and you
0:05:27 > 0:05:34can buy a AR-15, you can buy all these weapons.This is what you're
0:05:34 > 0:05:38going to have two discuss, Joe and Pat. You will sit down with Diane
0:05:38 > 0:05:42and everybody else, and you will come up with something. I really
0:05:42 > 0:05:47believe it has to be very strong. I would rather have you come down on
0:05:47 > 0:05:50the strong side, instead of the weak side. The weak side would be much
0:05:50 > 0:05:54easier, I would rather have you come up with a strong, strong bill, and
0:05:54 > 0:05:59really strong on background checks. With that, I just will end it, but I
0:05:59 > 0:06:04just want to thank everybody. I really believe we are on the road to
0:06:04 > 0:06:09something terrific. Thank you all very much, thank you.STUDIO: So
0:06:09 > 0:06:14that is the end of the meeting, Donald Trump meeting various types
0:06:14 > 0:06:18of politicians, and here talking about gun control, putting the onus
0:06:18 > 0:06:22on the politicians to come up with some suggestions. That was the end
0:06:22 > 0:06:25of the meeting but Nick Wyatt in Washington has been monitoring this
0:06:25 > 0:06:33farce. What was your reading of what was said?I think -- of this for us.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37He was talking about a big con brands of bill that would be
0:06:37 > 0:06:40beautiful, actually it doesn't mesh with quite what is on the table at
0:06:40 > 0:06:45the moment. Donald Trump saying they have to be very strong on background
0:06:45 > 0:06:49checks, yes, there is a bill before the Senate that would do just that,
0:06:49 > 0:06:56but it is quite small reforms. In the meeting, although he did not
0:06:56 > 0:07:01omit to it, was possibly raising the age that you have to be to 21 to buy
0:07:01 > 0:07:08the semiautomatic rifles. An interesting intervention from Dianne
0:07:08 > 0:07:14Feinstein, the senior Democrat from California, and he said you need to
0:07:14 > 0:07:19talk to her and maybe we can get her ideas incorporated as well. What she
0:07:19 > 0:07:23is calling for is a ban on semiautomatic weapons, and that is
0:07:23 > 0:07:26very unlikely that the Republican party would agree to that. But
0:07:26 > 0:07:33Donald Trump was happy for raising the age, in favour of getting
0:07:33 > 0:07:36background checks, but the biggest idea he had in this meeting, and
0:07:36 > 0:07:43isn't worth stressing this, this pet project he has had ever since the
0:07:43 > 0:07:47parkland shootings, to put more guns in schools, in the hands of school
0:07:47 > 0:07:51staff, who could provide firepower, as he put it, if eight gunmen walked
0:07:51 > 0:07:56into a school and started shooting. How -- if a gunman walked into a
0:07:56 > 0:08:02school and started shooting. How was that received?There was a bid of a
0:08:02 > 0:08:05pushback from the Democrats. The meeting was interesting, most of the
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Democrats in their work pretty deferential. They saw this as a
0:08:09 > 0:08:13chance to try and get from Donald Trump a few public promises without
0:08:13 > 0:08:16his aides or the NRA saying, hang on a minute, you can't do that, you are
0:08:16 > 0:08:22going to far. Sometimes Donald Trump doesn't have a great command of all
0:08:22 > 0:08:26the sort of granular detail of this sort of stuff, and doesn't quite
0:08:26 > 0:08:30fully understand, you sometimes think, what precisely he is emitting
0:08:30 > 0:08:34himself too. For instance, the Democratic senator from West
0:08:34 > 0:08:39Virginia try to get him to commit to close what are called the gun show
0:08:39 > 0:08:42loopholes in the background checks, and he came very close to doing it
0:08:42 > 0:08:45but he just stopped short. So it was a very interesting meeting, but one
0:08:45 > 0:08:51of the headlines to come from it, I think, is that his favourite project
0:08:51 > 0:08:55is to arm more teachers. But I think one thing that was really into
0:08:55 > 0:08:58during about that meeting was what Donald Trump were saying about the
0:08:58 > 0:09:02NRA. He says you are petrified of the NRA, you are fearful of them,
0:09:02 > 0:09:08more fearful of them than I am, and I think that is absolutely true. And
0:09:08 > 0:09:13publicly chiselling away at the power of the NRA as Donald Trump was
0:09:13 > 0:09:16doing there was something very rare for a Republican president to do in
0:09:16 > 0:09:20public. I think the NRA would have been watching that, very nervous
0:09:20 > 0:09:24about what he would commit to, and also nervous about the sort of
0:09:24 > 0:09:31public challenge he put two senators and house members in that room at
0:09:31 > 0:09:36the White House, to push back against the NRA. It is very rare the
0:09:36 > 0:09:39NRA hears that from a Republican president.Good overview to some
0:09:39 > 0:09:47that up for us. Thank you. It is particularly pertinent, this
0:09:47 > 0:09:51meeting, because we had a feud of elements, earlier today a major gun
0:09:51 > 0:09:55retailer said they would stop selling that type of rival that was
0:09:55 > 0:10:00used by a teenage gunman to kill 17 people at the school in Florida we
0:10:00 > 0:10:10have been talking about. It was my called Dick's Cass sporting Goes, it
0:10:10 > 0:10:14has about 300 stores across the US, and it says they will no longer sell
0:10:14 > 0:10:17that assault rifle or the firearms of any kind to anyone under the age
0:10:17 > 0:10:23of 21. Of course this comes as students in Parkland, Florida,
0:10:23 > 0:10:27returned to the school for the first time since that shooting in February
0:10:27 > 0:10:3114, a very poignant day to them. One of the survivors has shared her
0:10:31 > 0:10:35feelings with us.
0:10:35 > 0:10:45I am scared it will happen again. I will have that feeling for the first
0:10:45 > 0:10:48week or two. I think eventually it will be normal again but not the
0:10:48 > 0:10:56same normal it was before. They will probably be a new type of normal.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Though 17 people will not be there. They will be weird.Welcome back.
0:10:59 > 0:11:10Thank you.It is not going to be the same, but it will be OK.
0:11:11 > 0:11:18Let's talk to our correspondence in Parkland in Florida. This has been a
0:11:18 > 0:11:22particularly poignant day for the students returning back to school.
0:11:22 > 0:11:30Yes, absolutely. The walkway to the school behind me, there are still a
0:11:30 > 0:11:34makeshift memorial there with posters from schools across the
0:11:34 > 0:11:37country really honouring the 14 students and three staff members who
0:11:37 > 0:11:43were killed. Earlier, this walkway was lined with members of the
0:11:43 > 0:11:47community, police officers, staff, students from surrounding schools,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49giving the students high fives, hiding them, religious greeting them
0:11:49 > 0:11:54and saying welcome back to show them support. A lot of the students had
0:11:54 > 0:11:58mixed reactions going in, mixed feelings. They wanted to reconnect
0:11:58 > 0:12:01with teachers on one hand, but they didn't want to have to face the
0:12:01 > 0:12:06memories from that traumatic day. And we had from that student, I
0:12:06 > 0:12:10spoke with Lyle Dawson when she came out, and she said in school they
0:12:10 > 0:12:14focused on playing board games and having fun and trying to forget
0:12:14 > 0:12:19about that day. But she said it was also a very loving environment, and
0:12:19 > 0:12:23so she felt like it did make her heel, because as she said, life goes
0:12:23 > 0:12:27on and this was just a necessary step for them on their path to
0:12:27 > 0:12:33healing.This return to school comes as Florida's lawmakers are also
0:12:33 > 0:12:36preparing a package of gun-control bills. They will consider raising
0:12:36 > 0:12:42the legal age of buying rifles from 18 to 21 and giving police more
0:12:42 > 0:12:45control to seize weapons from mentally ill people. Something we
0:12:45 > 0:12:48heard Donald Trump speaking about. That is in response to a movement
0:12:48 > 0:12:53that has been led by students and those survivors of the Parkland
0:12:53 > 0:12:58shooting. Students have been releasing a series of videos, like
0:12:58 > 0:13:02this one.What if instead of thoughts and prayers you had policy
0:13:02 > 0:13:09and change?Our thoughts and prayers, our thoughts and prayers.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14What if civilians could not access assault weapons?Might trigger
0:13:14 > 0:13:20finger is getting tired.What if we voted our lawmakers who accepted
0:13:20 > 0:13:26donation money from the NRA out of office?They have so many rifles and
0:13:26 > 0:13:32so many guns, sometimes even I get a little concerned.What if
0:13:32 > 0:13:37politicians actually listened to the concerns of my generation?We call
0:13:37 > 0:13:39BS.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42That video released by some of the survivors...
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Neda, we've spoken about US gun laws many times
0:13:44 > 0:13:48after these types of events.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Is this different?
0:13:49 > 0:13:55Are we seeing a change?
0:13:55 > 0:14:00Well, look, I think this is the first time we've had survivors of a
0:14:00 > 0:14:03mass shooting Beavis Vogel. You have politicians in the past have said
0:14:03 > 0:14:12let us not politicise this issue, but here you have students wanting
0:14:12 > 0:14:14to challenge politicians, to challenge the NRA and speak about
0:14:14 > 0:14:19this. One student, Dimitri Foulquier, wears a red ribbon
0:14:19 > 0:14:22everyday now, and he says he does that showed able persevere, they
0:14:22 > 0:14:28will continue to push this issue. They were in the state capital in
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Florida, specifically saying they are against arming teachers, but
0:14:31 > 0:14:38they want the age range raised there to 21, and a ban on assault rifles.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40They are really demanding politicians to act and they are
0:14:40 > 0:14:44trying to turn this into a voter lead issue. In the past, we really
0:14:44 > 0:14:48haven't seen people decide their vote based on a politician's stance
0:14:48 > 0:14:52on gun control, and that is what the students here are trying to change.
0:14:52 > 0:15:01Their next major push is actually a march for our lives, they are
0:15:01 > 0:15:04calling it, on Washington, to make this a national campaign and
0:15:04 > 0:15:06maintain this momentum.Thank you very much is always. We will have
0:15:06 > 0:15:09much more reaction on what Donald Trump is saying. Stay with us here
0:15:09 > 0:15:15on Outside Source. Lots more still to come on the programme.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Three men have been arrested this evening in connection with an
0:15:26 > 0:15:30explosion in Leicester. Five people including three members of the same
0:15:30 > 0:15:34family, other litre have died when a flat and shop were destroyed on
0:15:34 > 0:15:40Sunday. Police are yet to formally identify them. Emergency services
0:15:40 > 0:15:46said before search will take days. Now we have this use, brief press
0:15:46 > 0:15:49release from Leicestershire police saying that three people are
0:15:49 > 0:15:51arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. They say they were
0:15:51 > 0:15:55arrested between five and six this evening. One man comes from East
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Anglia, the second is from the north-west and the third is from the
0:15:59 > 0:16:02East Midlands. They say they would be giving any more details about the
0:16:02 > 0:16:07men at this stage, but they go on to stress once more that there remains
0:16:07 > 0:16:12no evidence that the explosion was in any way terrorist related. Police
0:16:12 > 0:16:24don't say what actually caused the blast, so we still don't know.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30This is Outside Source, live from the BBC newsroom. Our lead story is
0:16:30 > 0:16:34that the children of Parkland have returned to school, two weeks to the
0:16:34 > 0:16:39day after a gunman killed 17 people at the school, and Donald Trump has
0:16:39 > 0:16:43been meeting lawmakers to try to push new legislation to combat
0:16:43 > 0:16:46school shootings. From around the BBC Newsroom Live, thousands of fans
0:16:46 > 0:16:51have been paying their last respects to the Bollywood star in India for
0:16:51 > 0:16:57stop crowds lined the streets as a specially decorated truck carrying
0:16:57 > 0:17:02her body was taken to a cemetery in Mumbai. The 54-year-old was cremated
0:17:02 > 0:17:08with state honours. She died in them by at the Wigan. BBC Arabic reports
0:17:08 > 0:17:13that a South African born construction worker who fell to his
0:17:13 > 0:17:16death in Qatar was using potentially lethal equivalent -- at the weekend.
0:17:16 > 0:17:23They coroner's in quest into Zachary Cox's death is hearing how he
0:17:23 > 0:17:28plummeted 40 kilometres at Doha's Khalifa International Stadium. Work
0:17:28 > 0:17:31practices were described as inherently unsafe. This is something
0:17:31 > 0:17:37a lot of people are watching online. As the heavy snow started to fall
0:17:37 > 0:17:40across Scotland, these deer were spotted walking down a street. Alan
0:17:40 > 0:17:48Taylor filmed them from his home in the morning.
0:17:48 > 0:17:55We have been reporting about the gun-control, America's uncontrolled
0:17:55 > 0:18:01discussion, of course this effect the business news as well. The most
0:18:01 > 0:18:05prominent gun retailer, Dick's Sporting Goods, so they will
0:18:05 > 0:18:08permanently stop selling assault style rifles, that is the type of
0:18:08 > 0:18:12weapon used in the mass shooting at the school in Florida two weeks ago.
0:18:12 > 0:18:19Let's cross over to Joe Miller who joins us from New York. How is the
0:18:19 > 0:18:22business community? Of course the NRA is conscious of this, how is the
0:18:22 > 0:18:27business community looking at this event?I think it is a landmark
0:18:27 > 0:18:32moment from the business community. What we have seen after previous
0:18:32 > 0:18:36shootings, previous tragedies, is that after the backlash is against
0:18:36 > 0:18:39politicians. And there have been attempts to turn the eye of
0:18:39 > 0:18:42campaigners against corporations but they have generally fizzled out.
0:18:42 > 0:18:51This time seems to be different. We are now two weeks, from the event,
0:18:51 > 0:18:53and momentum against corporations that have involvement with the NRA
0:18:53 > 0:19:00just keeps on going. So we saw companies that give certain perks to
0:19:00 > 0:19:04NRA members, like Hertz car rental, ending their association with the
0:19:04 > 0:19:08NRA, and now we have a big gun retailer saying they would no longer
0:19:08 > 0:19:13stock assault rifles. One very important thing about this retailer,
0:19:13 > 0:19:19Dick's, is that it sold a gun to Nikolas Cruz in Florida, not the gun
0:19:19 > 0:19:22used in the shooting but a gun nonetheless, so it feels personally
0:19:22 > 0:19:28involved in this story, and its CEO came out today and said they could
0:19:28 > 0:19:33no longer consciously do this and they will be starting to sell us all
0:19:33 > 0:19:40rifles in its stores, and raising the age limit Howard 21.Jo Konta --
0:19:40 > 0:19:41to 21.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46You mentioned this backlash against the NRA, how corporations moving
0:19:46 > 0:19:52this forward, then?Corporations have an economic calculation to make
0:19:52 > 0:19:57here and there are two elements to it. Number one is generally the gun
0:19:57 > 0:20:00industry is suffering under Donald Trump. It is something called the
0:20:00 > 0:20:04tramps slump, and basically what happens is when you have a president
0:20:04 > 0:20:08who is in favour of gun rights or perceived to be, fewer people go out
0:20:08 > 0:20:11and buy guns because they are less worried about the guns being taken
0:20:11 > 0:20:16away. So the gun industry as a whole is to colliding. And then you have
0:20:16 > 0:20:20this rising movement for gun-control, that doesn't want to
0:20:20 > 0:20:23have anything to do with companies that are seen as having links to the
0:20:23 > 0:20:28gun industry. So if you are a big company, like Dick's for example,
0:20:28 > 0:20:33that sells in 700 stores across the US, you have a calculation to make,
0:20:33 > 0:20:37who is more reported than the small number of Americans that own guns,
0:20:37 > 0:20:41or the rest of your consumers who may take exception to the fact that
0:20:41 > 0:20:46you have connections to this industry? And market forces, put
0:20:46 > 0:20:48simply, are beginning to play into these decisions and some companies
0:20:48 > 0:20:53are saying that tens of millions of gun owners competitive hundred
0:20:53 > 0:20:56million consumers, we will stick with the 200 million consumers.Jo
0:20:56 > 0:21:02Konta thank you for putting that into context for us.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04UK business news now.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Our changing shopping habits behnd the collapse of two major British
0:21:07 > 0:21:09high street chains - Toys R Us and the electrical
0:21:09 > 0:21:12chain, Maplin.
0:21:12 > 0:21:19This is what Natalie Berg says for Toys "R" Us's demise.They are too
0:21:19 > 0:21:23reliant on these large, out-of-town stores, but a lot of their problems
0:21:23 > 0:21:27are self-inflicted. They overlook the importance of online, where
0:21:27 > 0:21:31about 40% of toy sales take place, and perhaps more importantly they
0:21:31 > 0:21:35have neglected their stores. Shopping for toys should be fun, it
0:21:35 > 0:21:40should be interactive, it should be a really exciting experience, but I
0:21:40 > 0:21:49think a lot of shoppers left Toys "R" Us feeling quite underwhelmed.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51It is known as China's Netflix iQiyi is one of China's biggest
0:21:51 > 0:21:55streaming services and is to list on the US stock market in a share
0:21:55 > 0:22:01sale could raise more than $1.5 billion dollars.
0:22:01 > 0:22:11It is owned by the Chinese technology giant Baidu, and has 15
0:22:11 > 0:22:14million -- has 50 million subscribers. It recently signed a
0:22:14 > 0:22:21deal with Netflix. While revenues have grown in recent years, it has
0:22:21 > 0:22:25never posted a profit since it launched eight years ago. But
0:22:25 > 0:22:29investors believe there is huge potential in a country where more
0:22:29 > 0:22:33and more media is being consumed online. The competition is big too
0:22:33 > 0:22:39with Alibaba and 10 cents vying for a share of what they believe is a
0:22:39 > 0:22:44multi-billion dollar market.From business to weather.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Much of Europe has been blanketed in snow as cold weather
0:22:47 > 0:22:49spreads as far south as the Mediterranean coast.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51These pictures are from the UK,
0:22:51 > 0:22:56where the cold spell has been nicknamed "the Beast from the East".
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Dozens of roads were closed and trains and flights cancelled.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Hundreds of schools suspended classes too, with some businesses
0:23:01 > 0:23:11telling workers to stay at home.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Scotland has been most seriously affected in the UK, and BBC
0:23:15 > 0:23:19weather's Carol Kirkwood has been saying the Met office has just
0:23:19 > 0:23:23issued a red, a top-level severe weather warning for central
0:23:23 > 0:23:32Scotland, which is valid until ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
0:23:33 > 0:23:41At the tail end of winter, the highest alert for snow. Driving
0:23:41 > 0:23:43treacherous, the disruption widespread. Heading out in these
0:23:43 > 0:23:49conditions, not advised. This, the first time Scotland has had a red
0:23:49 > 0:23:54weather warning of this kind, enforced for a large swathe of the
0:23:54 > 0:23:59country's most heavily populated areas, frequent showers, drifting
0:23:59 > 0:24:03snow and the extremely low temperatures means there's fear some
0:24:03 > 0:24:10rural communities could become cut off.Marjorie? Is it OK to come in?
0:24:10 > 0:24:14How are you doing?In the village of Bishopton on the outskirts of
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Glasgow, the local minister has been looking in on the elderly and
0:24:18 > 0:24:21vulnerable. In this kind of whether it is good for everyone to counter
0:24:21 > 0:24:25the neighbours isn't it?It is indeed, and even the smallest
0:24:25 > 0:24:30gesture, just checking in on everyone is important. We wouldn't
0:24:30 > 0:24:33be advocating people going out in this kind of weather, stay warm,
0:24:33 > 0:24:41stay safe and let someone come to you for stopthe weather is brutal,
0:24:41 > 0:24:45there are freezing temperatures across pretty much the whole of
0:24:45 > 0:24:50Scotland, and when the wind blows, it feels much colder than that. The
0:24:50 > 0:24:53school here in Bishopton shut for the day for stop across Scotland,
0:24:53 > 0:25:00more than 450,000 children have been missing lessons.I was meant to be
0:25:00 > 0:25:06working but he is off school, so he came with me.Take your child to
0:25:06 > 0:25:11work Day, but for weather-related reasons?Yes.I wouldn't normally be
0:25:11 > 0:25:15off but the school was closed, so my boss told me to stay at home, work
0:25:15 > 0:25:19from home if I could, but we ended up sledging.In Perthshire, these
0:25:19 > 0:25:24deer coming down from the hills in search of shelter or food, one
0:25:24 > 0:25:28measure, perhaps, of just how extreme this weather has been.It is
0:25:28 > 0:25:31pretty unusual for us here in Scotland, we have some severe
0:25:31 > 0:25:35weather, while it is not unprecedented, it would have to be
0:25:35 > 0:25:42unusual.At least one skier took to the streets, not the slopes, to get
0:25:42 > 0:25:44about, and with condition so difficult, tonight there are
0:25:44 > 0:25:49warnings drivers could be stuck on some roads for several hours, with
0:25:49 > 0:25:53even the gritters struggling to get through.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Yes, brutal weather, and the weather team says there is biting cold and
0:25:58 > 0:26:05it is expected to continue. Stay with us on Outside Source.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Hello, this week has got ever colder, ever snowy, and it is parts
0:26:13 > 0:26:17of Scotland bearing the brunt as the heaviest snow going through the
0:26:17 > 0:26:21night and into the morning. Met Office warnings, you can see the red
0:26:21 > 0:26:23area that covers much of the central belt, the highest level of warning,
0:26:23 > 0:26:29the snow piling up, very dangerous situation for anyone still
0:26:29 > 0:26:33travelling, though the advice is not to. Then you have this amber area
0:26:33 > 0:26:37through the rest of the North East England and Scotland, where further
0:26:37 > 0:26:43show -- snow showers will add to the accumulations we already have.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Elsewhere, scattered snow showers around, a further few centimetres in
0:26:46 > 0:26:50places, but as we take a closer look at the snow running into Scotland
0:26:50 > 0:26:54and North East England, and we put some totals on it. Some spots will
0:26:54 > 0:26:58get even more than this by the time it is all said and done. That very
0:26:58 > 0:27:02dangerous situation continues into the South across the UK will get
0:27:02 > 0:27:07increasing cloud, perhaps numerically temperatures not as low
0:27:07 > 0:27:11as they were overnight, but bitterly cold overnight, and other severe
0:27:11 > 0:27:19frost and it feels colder in the wind. We start to see outbreaks is
0:27:19 > 0:27:23now rather than just snow showers reaching in across parts of southern
0:27:23 > 0:27:26England initially during Thursday, and then into parts of Wales as
0:27:26 > 0:27:30well. The wind picks up this as well, so the wind chill becomes even
0:27:30 > 0:27:38more of a factor. Look at that in Cardiff, feeling like -11 at times.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Things could get quite dangerous as we run on through Thursday evening
0:27:42 > 0:27:48and night into south-west England and Wales. You can see a swirl of
0:27:48 > 0:27:52wind pushing moisture northwards. This is Storm Emma. The snow turning
0:27:52 > 0:27:55heavier, drifting in the wind as well across south-west England into
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Wales with a Met Office amber warning on through Thursday evening
0:27:58 > 0:28:02and night, so the situation could well go downhill quite quickly here,
0:28:02 > 0:28:07and quite icy too, sunspots going into Friday, the further south you
0:28:07 > 0:28:10are, somewhat less cold air moves in but that brings a risk of freezing
0:28:10 > 0:28:15rain. On through Friday, an area of snow affecting parts of England and
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Wales, so quite widely we will be seeing a few centimetres in places
0:28:19 > 0:28:22with an impact on travel of course, and we still have snow showers
0:28:22 > 0:28:27running into eastern Scotland. It is still bitterly cold, and colder in
0:28:27 > 0:28:28the wind.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Hello, I'm Kasia Madera.
0:30:09 > 0:30:10This is Outside Source,
0:30:10 > 0:30:15and these are the main stories here in the BBC Newsroom.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18The children of Parkland have returned to school,
0:30:18 > 0:30:21two weeks to the day after a gunman walked in and killed their friends.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Donald Trump has been meeting lawmakers to try
0:30:23 > 0:30:30to push new legislation to combat school shootings.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32I'll tell you this, you have to have very strong
0:30:32 > 0:30:35I'll tell you this, you have to have very strong provisions for the
0:30:35 > 0:30:41mentally ill. A lot of people say I shouldn't be saying that but I don't
0:30:41 > 0:30:43want mentally ill people having guns.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46The battle over Brexit, London and Brussels at odds
0:30:46 > 0:30:48over the Irish border, as one former Prime Minister
0:30:48 > 0:30:50says Britain should reconsider its current path.
0:30:50 > 0:30:58Nobody can truly know what the will of the people may then be. So, let
0:30:58 > 0:31:08parliament decide or put the issue back to the people.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Everyday we featured BBC journalists working in 30 languages. Your
0:31:11 > 0:31:21questions always welcome.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30Welcome to Outside Source.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33A leaked United Nations report says North Korea has been shipping
0:31:33 > 0:31:36supplies to Syria that could be used to make chemical weapons.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41The report, which has been seen by the BBC,
0:31:41 > 0:31:48found some 40 previously unreported shipments were made
0:31:48 > 0:31:50between 2012 and 2017.
0:31:50 > 0:31:56Materials included acid-resistant tiles, valves and pipes.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58North Korean missile experts were also seen at Syrian
0:31:58 > 0:32:00weapon-making centres.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02We've had some American reaction already to the report.
0:32:02 > 0:32:12Robert Wood is the US representative on issues of disarmament at the UN.
0:32:13 > 0:32:18You know, I'm not going to comment on the actual UN report because it's
0:32:18 > 0:32:23confidential. Clearly there is a history of a relationship between
0:32:23 > 0:32:28North Korea and Syria with regard to missile activity, chemical weapons
0:32:28 > 0:32:33components. Let me just leave it there at this point but we are
0:32:33 > 0:32:36concerned about that history between those two countries.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Our Washington correspondent, Barbara Plett Usher, joins us.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Shipments are meant to have taken place
0:32:41 > 0:32:42over past five years.
0:32:42 > 0:32:52What more detail do we get in this report?
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Details of recent transactions which appeared to be aimed at building a
0:32:55 > 0:33:00chemical weapons factory. The report cites the interception of shipments
0:33:00 > 0:33:14of acid resistance tiles, which happened in January, 2017. Things
0:33:14 > 0:33:19that can be used to build a chemical weapons factory. It also cited that
0:33:19 > 0:33:24there have been sightings of various places in Syria of North Korean
0:33:24 > 0:33:28missile technicians at facilities that were known to have chemical
0:33:28 > 0:33:32weapons and missiles before. The report isn't definitive proof that
0:33:32 > 0:33:36there is an ongoing collaboration between them but it's the most
0:33:36 > 0:33:40detailed information so far of what exists, which is something experts
0:33:40 > 0:33:44have long suspected was the case and they have long suspected that Syria
0:33:44 > 0:33:48did not give up all of its chemical weapons in 2013, especially given
0:33:48 > 0:33:55the recent attacks.What is the significance of this given the two
0:33:55 > 0:33:58countries involved?Well, this is a long-standing relationship according
0:33:58 > 0:34:04to experts. The North Koreans have been supplying training and support
0:34:04 > 0:34:09for chemical weapons programmes since the 1990s. But given the
0:34:09 > 0:34:12stringent sanctions on North Korea, arms sales have become more
0:34:12 > 0:34:16important as a source of income so they are able to get around the
0:34:16 > 0:34:20sanctions to fuel their own programmes and this is the sale of
0:34:20 > 0:34:23conventional and nonconventional weapons to Syria and other countries
0:34:23 > 0:34:31as well. The UN report cites ballistic missile technology to
0:34:31 > 0:34:35Myanmar and other countries are mentioned as well. The Secretary of
0:34:35 > 0:34:38State Rex Tillerson has talked about proliferation, he was asked why the
0:34:38 > 0:34:43US can't accept North Korea as a nuclear armed state and then work to
0:34:43 > 0:34:49contain it like it did with the Soviet Union but he said it is
0:34:49 > 0:34:54selling this stuff and can't be trusted.I want to ask you about
0:34:54 > 0:35:02this man, the South Korean born American special envoy for North
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Korea, who has been a strong advocate for engagement with Fillon
0:35:05 > 0:35:12Yang. -- with Yong Yang. He is planning to retire this week. What
0:35:12 > 0:35:18impact does it have on the situation between the countries?It is a
0:35:18 > 0:35:25significant setback, he has contacts and my one has more experience than
0:35:25 > 0:35:32him and there is no other point man waiting to replace him. It is a
0:35:32 > 0:35:34critical time because North Korea says it will talk to Washington,
0:35:34 > 0:35:41South Korea wants the dialogue and he would like to take part in it but
0:35:41 > 0:35:45he says he's leaving for personal reasons. Reports suggest he feels he
0:35:45 > 0:35:48doesn't have the support of the administration to advanced diplomacy
0:35:48 > 0:35:51and there have been differences between the White House and State
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Department on the value of conducting diplomacy with North
0:35:54 > 0:36:05Korea. The White House is more hardline.Thank you for joining us.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07We've had a dramatic day of developments
0:36:07 > 0:36:08in the ongoing debate on Brexit.
0:36:08 > 0:36:16These two have clashed on a solution to the Irish border issue.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Michel Barnier released a draft EU legal framework
0:36:18 > 0:36:19for the UK's departure.
0:36:19 > 0:36:24In no uncertain terms, Theresa May rejected it.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28It's on this document, on the European Commission website. All 120
0:36:28 > 0:36:33pages.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35The most controversial part is about the island of Ireland.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39Here's the issue it's trying to solve.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Northern Ireland is part of the UK and will leave the EU after Brexit.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46The Republic of Ireland will stay within the EU.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Currently there is no physical border between the two countries.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55The EU says common regulations on both sides of the border
0:36:55 > 0:36:57would allow the status quo to continue, if no other
0:36:57 > 0:36:58solution can be found.
0:36:58 > 0:37:04Here's its chief Brexit negotiatior Michel Barnier.
0:37:04 > 0:37:09Our approach is focused on those areas where it is needed to avoid
0:37:09 > 0:37:20border checks. The border should continue as today. As I've said
0:37:20 > 0:37:25before, already today Northern Ireland has rules in place which are
0:37:25 > 0:37:31different from the rest of the UK. The British government has said such
0:37:31 > 0:37:38a solution isn't acceptable. Michel Barnier's proposal means that the
0:37:38 > 0:37:42Irish Sea would effectively become a border and Theresa May isn't happy
0:37:42 > 0:37:45about that idea.
0:37:45 > 0:37:51The draft legal text the commission has published, if admitted, would
0:37:51 > 0:37:54undermine the UK, market and threatens the constitutional
0:37:54 > 0:37:57integrity of the UK by creating a customs and regulatory border the
0:37:57 > 0:38:02Irish Sea. No UK Prime Minister could ever agree to it and I'll be
0:38:02 > 0:38:05making that absolutely clear.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Former British Prime Minister John Major also made a dramatic
0:38:07 > 0:38:13intervention in the Brexit debate.
0:38:32 > 0:38:37Those of us who warned of the risks that Brexit would bring to the still
0:38:37 > 0:38:42fragile peace process were told at the time that we didn't understand
0:38:42 > 0:38:51Irish politics. It now seems we understood it better than our
0:38:51 > 0:38:56critics. We need their policy urgently to protect the Good Friday
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Agreement and we need one without delay. And it is our British
0:39:00 > 0:39:06responsibility to find one. We created the problem, not the
0:39:06 > 0:39:12European Union. We need to offer a solution and not simply oppose what
0:39:12 > 0:39:15other people suggest.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20Brexit supporters have hit back, calling the intervention cheap
0:39:20 > 0:39:25comments and propaganda and it hasn't been welcomed by the
0:39:25 > 0:39:29government. Let's have an update from Laura Kuenssberg.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33In some quarters there was frustration at the intervention by
0:39:33 > 0:39:36John Major, just when Theresa May is striving to hold together an uneasy
0:39:36 > 0:39:41truce in the Tory party. But from his point of view he chooses his
0:39:41 > 0:39:46interventions and words carefully and rarely and clearly for those
0:39:46 > 0:39:49inside the Tory party and around the country who don't think this battle
0:39:49 > 0:39:58is over, it may well give some comfort.
0:39:58 > 0:40:03You've got a lot more detail on this and full coverage on President
0:40:03 > 0:40:07Tran's discussion with Democrats and Republicans about gun control on our
0:40:07 > 0:40:11website -- president Trump.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Russia's Olympic suspension has been fully lifted
0:40:13 > 0:40:21by the International Olympic Committee.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23It means Russia will be able to fully compete
0:40:23 > 0:40:24in future Olympic Games.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Russia was banned from February's Games by the IOC over
0:40:26 > 0:40:27state-sponsored doping.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Despite that, 168 athletes who proved they were clean
0:40:29 > 0:40:31ahead of the competition, did compete as neutral
0:40:31 > 0:40:38athletes under the banner, Olympic Athletes from Russia.
0:40:38 > 0:40:43Two of them failed drug tests.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Here's what the President of the Russian Olympic Committee
0:40:46 > 0:40:50said about their athletes.
0:40:50 > 0:40:56TRANSLATION:The letter we received today says the International Olympic
0:40:56 > 0:41:01Committee can confirm that all the remaining samples from the Olympic
0:41:01 > 0:41:06athletes in Russia were negative, that all of the tests our athletes
0:41:06 > 0:41:09took gave a negative result.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Here's the medal table from the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi,
0:41:11 > 0:41:14where Russia topped the standings.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16But their athletes dropped to 13th place in Pyeongchang.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Here's Olga Ivshina from BBC Russia, on how their performance
0:41:19 > 0:41:26is seen in Russia.
0:41:26 > 0:41:32If we look and the stats, Russia's performance is worse compared to the
0:41:32 > 0:41:37Sochi Olympics of 2014 but actually in Russia, especially the media, it
0:41:37 > 0:41:42is portrayed as a huge success against the odds, that's how most
0:41:42 > 0:41:49Russians see it. Most of the Russian sports media were not participating
0:41:49 > 0:41:57in the Korea games because some of them... Some are not allowed to
0:41:57 > 0:42:00participate and others were not invited by the IOC. Basically this
0:42:00 > 0:42:06was a team of young and the most inexperienced sportspeople who
0:42:06 > 0:42:13managed to win a few unexpected medals. And a gold medal for the
0:42:13 > 0:42:18hockey team was the most important event I guess for most Russians
0:42:18 > 0:42:25watching these Olympics and all those sports men were today greeted
0:42:25 > 0:42:28personally by the Russian president Buddy Miku ten, which tells you how
0:42:28 > 0:42:34open sport is nowadays in Russia and that the main message they are
0:42:34 > 0:42:45trying to spread, that -- the Russian president Vladimir Putin.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Despite all that, Russian sports men managed to succeed, that's the
0:42:48 > 0:42:54message they spread. Many experts doubt it but that's what Russia
0:42:54 > 0:42:57wants to show.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Yemen has been devastated by a civil war the UN describes
0:43:00 > 0:43:03as the world's worst man-made humanitarian disaster.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05It's been almost three years since the Saudi-led coalition
0:43:05 > 0:43:12launched its first air strikes against the Houthi rebels,
0:43:12 > 0:43:18sparking an all-out armed conflict.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20With the first in a series of special reports, here's the BBC's
0:43:20 > 0:43:25Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet.
0:43:25 > 0:43:38High above the Arabian Peninsular, just off the coast of Yemen.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42Saudi Arabia and its allies have ruled these skies
0:43:42 > 0:43:43since the war began.
0:43:43 > 0:43:44And they control the seas below.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46These shipping lanes are a vital gateway
0:43:46 > 0:43:47for the world's energy supplies.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51And a smuggling route for illicit goods.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Among them, the Saudis say, weapons that Iran supplies
0:43:53 > 0:43:56to Yemen's Houthi fighters.
0:43:56 > 0:44:05We land on board a Saudi warship.
0:44:05 > 0:44:06Inspecting vessels bound for the port.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09Most of Yemen's imports flow through there but it is in Houthi hands.
0:44:09 > 0:44:14Saudis are on the look out for suspicious vessels.
0:44:14 > 0:44:16We meet the captain, whose mission is a crucial
0:44:16 > 0:44:18front line in this war.
0:44:18 > 0:44:25Operational rules are to treat all vessels as suspicious?
0:44:25 > 0:44:28Yes.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30A Naval blockade has been lifted for now.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32It had obstructed vital medicine, food and fuel from reaching
0:44:32 > 0:44:42Yemenis in desperate need.
0:44:43 > 0:44:44But this war grinds on.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47And on the ground, it is Yemen's army who are
0:44:47 > 0:44:49battling Houthi fighters.
0:44:49 > 0:44:50Advancing slowly on hostile terrain.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54Mountain by mountain.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57Seizing strategic heights of the approach to the capital.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00Only about ten miles from here, this area is in their sights
0:45:00 > 0:45:05but still out of reach.
0:45:05 > 0:45:12The general knows that a tough battle lies ahead.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14He tells me his men know how to fight on this
0:45:14 > 0:45:21harsh mountain terrain.
0:45:21 > 0:45:25It'll take time and he says it will not stop the advance.
0:45:25 > 0:45:34The capital, Sanaa, is the prize in this war.
0:45:35 > 0:45:41The Houthis want to keep it and the ousted government wants it back.
0:45:41 > 0:45:44To take the fight into the heart of this historic,
0:45:44 > 0:45:46densely populated city, it would be a bloody urban battle.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48All roads in this war lead to this capital.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51Yemeni forces and their allies have an ambitious plan.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54Surround Sanaa and force the Houthis to surrender.
0:45:54 > 0:45:59But their enemy is well entrenched.
0:45:59 > 0:46:08Supported by Iran, the Houthis are well trained and well supplied.
0:46:08 > 0:46:09Their ballistic missiles have reached the heart
0:46:10 > 0:46:11of the Saudi kingdom.
0:46:11 > 0:46:12And fear is part of their arsenal also.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14Hundreds of journalists and political opponents have been
0:46:14 > 0:46:16detained arbitrarily.
0:46:16 > 0:46:20Many have fled.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23In a government-controlled area, we meet 27-year-old Abbas.
0:46:23 > 0:46:28His crime?
0:46:28 > 0:46:32Posting comments on social media.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35He tells us, "they hung me up, tortured me until
0:46:35 > 0:46:36I fell unconscious."
0:46:36 > 0:46:38When he woke up he couldn't move.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40Imagine, he says, in a second you cannot walk.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43"What can I be now?"
0:46:43 > 0:46:46But Yemenis live with other fears.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49This is the impact of the Saudi air strike in a neighbourhood close
0:46:49 > 0:46:53to the Defence Ministry.
0:46:53 > 0:46:58The Saudi-led coalition has been pounding enemy positions.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00Armed with the most sophisticated weaponry from allies
0:47:00 > 0:47:04like Britain, the US and France.
0:47:04 > 0:47:05The Saudis insist civilians are not a target.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08But they are being hit.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10This family, like many others, lost their home
0:47:10 > 0:47:13in a coalition bombing.
0:47:13 > 0:47:18They have taken refuge here.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20"We are begging for help," cries this woman.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23"Yesterday my three children did not eat."
0:47:23 > 0:47:25"I am ill, always ill."
0:47:25 > 0:47:28"Neither dead nor alive."
0:47:28 > 0:47:30It is hard to escape from this war.
0:47:30 > 0:47:34It has pushed these families from place to place.
0:47:34 > 0:47:38At this temporary settlement they are digging in.
0:47:38 > 0:47:43Trying to make a new home from the little they now have.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46The Arab world's poorest nation now a battle ground for regional powers
0:47:46 > 0:47:48in a Middle East which grows ever more combustible.
0:47:48 > 0:47:57Saudi Arabia and Iran know they are playing with fire.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00New data from Africa shows that not a single country on the continent
0:48:00 > 0:48:08is set to end childhood malnutrition by 2030.
0:48:08 > 0:48:13That target and date was set by the UN as a Sustainable
0:48:13 > 0:48:21Development Goal and is published here on their website.
0:48:21 > 0:48:26But these are just two of a series of new detailed maps studying child
0:48:26 > 0:48:31growth and education that conclude that's just not happening.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34Orange and red show where children are moderately
0:48:34 > 0:48:43Our science correspondent Victoria Gill explains.
0:48:43 > 0:48:47This is the most detailed study of child health and education across
0:48:47 > 0:48:54Africa ever carried out. It's a huge international study, carried out by
0:48:54 > 0:48:58specialists and the University of Washington. They've gathered data
0:48:58 > 0:49:02and the community level, zooming in and gathering data about child
0:49:02 > 0:49:05health, growth rates, whether children are retaining healthy
0:49:05 > 0:49:09weights, which is a good measure of malnutrition, and education. Buys
0:49:09 > 0:49:16evening in to the -- by zooming into the communities they can see where
0:49:16 > 0:49:19things are going well and where targets are not being met and where
0:49:19 > 0:49:25progress isn't good. The idea is to map out how Africa how individual
0:49:25 > 0:49:31communities in Africa are on their journey towards meeting the
0:49:31 > 0:49:35sustainable development goals of the United Nations. The bigger picture
0:49:35 > 0:49:41story is that no single nation is on track to meet the goal of ending
0:49:41 > 0:49:44hunger by 2030, that's the bad news but the good news is that there has
0:49:44 > 0:49:49been a huge amount of progress especially in southern areas, Saha
0:49:49 > 0:49:56and Africa, towards meeting those targets, children getting nutrition
0:49:56 > 0:50:02in a way that they weren't before. Also these maps are just so very
0:50:02 > 0:50:08detailed, they are incredibly powerful. Scientists say that this
0:50:08 > 0:50:11data is a call to action really for policymakers and that by seeing on
0:50:11 > 0:50:16the seat maps where things are going wrong and where they are going
0:50:16 > 0:50:21right, then they can learn lessons, target resources and funding and do
0:50:21 > 0:50:24a much more efficient job of driving African communities towards those
0:50:24 > 0:50:31goals.Incredible detail.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Let's turn now to Slovakia and the murder of an
0:50:34 > 0:50:35investigative journalist.
0:50:35 > 0:50:40This is 27-year-old Jan Kuciak.
0:50:40 > 0:50:41And his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44They were found with a single gunshot wound to the head
0:50:44 > 0:50:46here in Velka Maca, a village around 65 kilometres east of
0:50:46 > 0:50:49the capital Bratislava.
0:50:49 > 0:50:57There's been speculation over why Kuciak's was killed.
0:50:57 > 0:51:11Yesterday the Prime Minister offered a reward for more information.
0:51:12 > 0:51:13TRANSLATION:Ladies and gentlemen,
0:51:13 > 0:51:15there are 1 million euros lying in front of me.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18This amount is for a person who takes courage and comes
0:51:18 > 0:51:21to the police or otherwise tells the police that he or she knows
0:51:21 > 0:51:22something about this crime.
0:51:22 > 0:51:24I will be meeting with editors-in-chiefs of the most
0:51:24 > 0:51:26important Slovak media companies to discuss the fact
0:51:26 > 0:51:29that the protection of the freedom of speech and the safety
0:51:29 > 0:51:31of journalists is our common priority and that it is extremely
0:51:31 > 0:51:32important to my government.
0:51:32 > 0:51:38It is a huge reward but people are focusing on Jan Kuciak's last final,
0:51:38 > 0:51:44unfinished article, published overnight by his former employer,
0:51:44 > 0:51:51Actuality. S K, and the headline is about the Italian Mafia extending
0:51:51 > 0:51:54into politics in Slovakia. Other outlets have published the article
0:51:54 > 0:52:00in a show of solidarity like this one with a damning headline, you can
0:52:00 > 0:52:05kill a journalist but you can't kill his story. What was Jan Kuciak
0:52:05 > 0:52:10alleging? Here's a bit about his article, he says Italians with ties
0:52:10 > 0:52:17to the Mafia have found a second home in Slovakia. They have received
0:52:17 > 0:52:19subsidies and EU funds, but especially building relationships
0:52:19 > 0:52:25with influential people in politics, even in the government. Jan Kuciak's
0:52:25 > 0:52:30colleagues are urging the government to look -- the police to look at his
0:52:30 > 0:52:36article and the links between it and his death.
0:52:44 > 0:52:51Earlier I spoke to the editor in chief of the Slovakian daily
0:52:51 > 0:53:02newspaper, the SNE and I asked her why her paper published the article.
0:53:02 > 0:53:10We ran this story and it was really a strong... And we repeated the
0:53:10 > 0:53:21questions for the government, which remain unanswered so far. It
0:53:21 > 0:53:25implicated people close to the government, having links to the
0:53:25 > 0:53:32Mafia. They resigned today. Also the culture minister resigned today,
0:53:32 > 0:53:39saying that the murder of a journalist was something too much to
0:53:39 > 0:53:44absorb politically and he offered his resignation. It truly shows that
0:53:44 > 0:53:50the original line... The Prime Minister's first response is that he
0:53:50 > 0:53:55doesn't see any reason for calling for political responsibility but now
0:53:55 > 0:54:01it's changing. This story seems to be a game changer. The government
0:54:01 > 0:54:09must their lives that these murders and out -- sent out a shock to
0:54:09 > 0:54:13society because this is the first murder of a journalist in this
0:54:13 > 0:54:16country so we are asking the question, are we becoming a Mafia
0:54:16 > 0:54:22state? Are we getting too close -- closer to countries like Russia,
0:54:22 > 0:54:28Turkey and elsewhere where it is normal to kill journalists.Slovakia
0:54:28 > 0:54:33is a member of the EU, and Nato, there is a lot of surprise about
0:54:33 > 0:54:36what's happening. Are you concerned about the safety of journalists in
0:54:36 > 0:54:44your country?It depends on how the course of the investigation is going
0:54:44 > 0:54:47and whether this government will actually investigate this crime. If
0:54:47 > 0:54:57Wheeler and the region, Slovakia is still enjoying pretty wide freedom
0:54:57 > 0:55:04of the press compared to Hungary, or Poland where the ruling elite
0:55:04 > 0:55:11completely suffocate the critical media. In Slovakia, journalists can
0:55:11 > 0:55:14write freely but what happened shocked the journalists and scared a
0:55:14 > 0:55:19lot of my colleagues because they started asking questions, like
0:55:19 > 0:55:22whether they are really safe if they continue working on this or that
0:55:22 > 0:55:33story. Before Monday they didn't have to think about this question.
0:55:33 > 0:55:38A little bit of breaking news from Washington. We are getting news that
0:55:38 > 0:55:43Hope Hicks, one of Donald Trump's longest Irving H, has resigned from
0:55:43 > 0:55:51her job as a White House communications director -- longest
0:55:51 > 0:55:55serving aides. According to the New York Times, Miss Hicks says she's
0:55:55 > 0:56:00accomplished what she can do in her job in the White House. That is
0:56:00 > 0:56:01breaking news