07/03/2018

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0:00:07 > 0:00:13Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.

0:00:13 > 0:00:16On yesterday plasma programme we heard Donald Trump say he would tow

0:00:16 > 0:00:20truck -- he would do trade was the loving way. We will get a look of

0:00:20 > 0:00:25what that might be like. The EU says it has a long list of American

0:00:25 > 0:00:29imports that would be hit by Terence if its steel and aluminium are

0:00:29 > 0:00:32targeted by America. The White House says announcement that just that

0:00:32 > 0:00:35will happen will come later in the week.

0:00:35 > 0:00:41The president is being sued by a pawn star over hush money. You

0:00:41 > 0:00:45pay... You heard that read. British police

0:00:45 > 0:00:49say a nerve agent was used in that attempt to murder a former Russian

0:00:49 > 0:00:53spy in the UK. We will have the latest developments.

0:00:53 > 0:00:58Lyse Doucet on the Saudi Crown Prince's visit to the UK and an

0:00:58 > 0:01:02American academic who looked into so-called sonic attacks on US

0:01:02 > 0:01:04diplomats in Cuba.

0:01:19 > 0:01:24Things are getting a little tense between the EU and America. If you

0:01:24 > 0:01:26watched yesterday, you might remember this.

0:01:26 > 0:01:32The European Union has been... Particularly tough with the United

0:01:32 > 0:01:35States. They make it almost impossible for us to do business

0:01:35 > 0:01:37with them.

0:01:37 > 0:01:38Well the EU's responded.

0:01:38 > 0:01:41This is Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malstrom earlier.

0:01:41 > 0:01:44She gave us detail on what will happen if America imposes tariffs

0:01:44 > 0:01:50on steel and aluminium.

0:01:50 > 0:01:52There are a long list of American products that

0:01:52 > 0:01:56can expect tariffs too.

0:01:56 > 0:01:58Blue jeans, motorbikes, whisky, peanut butter -

0:01:58 > 0:02:02also cranberries, orange juice, - on and on it goes.

0:02:02 > 0:02:04Not long after President Trump tweeted - not a direct response -

0:02:05 > 0:02:08but on this issue.

0:02:08 > 0:02:10"From Bush 1 to present, our country has lost more

0:02:10 > 0:02:13than 55,000 factories, 6 million manufacturing jobs

0:02:13 > 0:02:18and accumulated trade deficits of more than $12 trillion.

0:02:18 > 0:02:19Bad policies and leadership.

0:02:19 > 0:02:22Must win again!"

0:02:22 > 0:02:25Big theme of Mr Trump - it's not other countries' fault -

0:02:25 > 0:02:32it's America's for letting it happen.

0:02:32 > 0:02:34A White House spokesperson has confirmed these tariffs are coming

0:02:34 > 0:02:38by the end of this week.

0:02:38 > 0:02:41One interested observer of that will be whoever replaced Gary Cohen,

0:02:41 > 0:02:47who was the President's chief economic advisor.

0:02:47 > 0:02:51He's left the White House - that may not be unrelated

0:02:51 > 0:02:58to the fact that he's very pro-free trade.

0:02:58 > 0:03:04He is not a big enthusiastic Terence. Rash enthusiast of tariffs.

0:03:04 > 0:03:09Here's Jane O'Brien with what we can expect next from the White House.

0:03:09 > 0:03:12We understand Donald Trump is drawing up a memo which will push

0:03:12 > 0:03:16these forward. In practical terms these things take longer and there

0:03:16 > 0:03:21is a question on whether tariffs will be confirmed and go ahead in

0:03:21 > 0:03:25any meaningful fashion. They could be overturned by the World Trade

0:03:25 > 0:03:29Organisation, which happened before when George W Bush, the president

0:03:29 > 0:03:34then, tried to introduce something similar. There is still a lot of

0:03:34 > 0:03:38uncertainty but I think the bigger issue is the political fallout. You

0:03:38 > 0:03:43have a president of the United States going up against his own

0:03:43 > 0:03:46party, for whom free-trade runs in their lifeblood, saying he will

0:03:46 > 0:03:53completely overrides their very stern advice against this and plough

0:03:53 > 0:03:57on regardless. And he is upsetting his allies around the world.But

0:03:57 > 0:04:03probably pleasing quite a lot of the people voting for him?There are

0:04:03 > 0:04:08some states that say they will benefit from this. The fact remains

0:04:08 > 0:04:14that more people are employed in jobs in companies that make things

0:04:14 > 0:04:20from steel than are employed in producing steel. There is even a

0:04:20 > 0:04:27domestic imbalance in this. How that will play out, we will probably see

0:04:27 > 0:04:31in the mid-term elections when lots of Republicans are going up for real

0:04:31 > 0:04:35action, as well as Democrats, some of whom support this.

0:04:35 > 0:04:45We will be covering those midterms and 25 minutes live from Texas.

0:04:45 > 0:04:49As well is threatening to introduce terror the White House seems

0:04:49 > 0:04:53deceptively be trying to renegotiate its Nafta agreement with these

0:04:53 > 0:04:58tariffs factored in. Mexico and Canada are part of this North

0:04:58 > 0:05:02American Free Trade Agreement. President Trump's spokesperson says

0:05:02 > 0:05:06these countries might be exempt from these tariffs. That matters because

0:05:06 > 0:05:09Canada is the biggest importer of steel to the US.

0:05:09 > 0:05:14Let me show you the announcement.We expect the president will sign

0:05:14 > 0:05:21something from the end of the week, there are potential car Reds for

0:05:21 > 0:05:24Canada and Mexico based on national security, possibly other countries

0:05:24 > 0:05:27as well based on that protest.

0:05:27 > 0:05:30It's a measure of the Trump presidency, that when we learn

0:05:30 > 0:05:32the President is being sued by a porn star - it's just

0:05:32 > 0:05:33one of many stories.

0:05:33 > 0:05:36It's alleged that Mr Trump had an affair with Stormy Daniels -

0:05:36 > 0:05:44and she was paid to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

0:05:44 > 0:05:50That is not new.

0:05:50 > 0:05:53But now Stormy Daniels says Mr Trump never signed it, so it's void.

0:05:53 > 0:05:54This is the lawsuit.

0:05:54 > 0:05:57You can find it online if you would like to read the whole thing.

0:05:57 > 0:06:00It says the contract was drawn up during the 2016 election campaign.

0:06:00 > 0:06:03It also alleges that the affair was in 2006, shortly

0:06:03 > 0:06:05after Melania Trump gave birth to Barron Trump.

0:06:05 > 0:06:07We know how much this deal cost.

0:06:07 > 0:06:11Mr Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen confirmed he privately paid

0:06:11 > 0:06:17Stormy Daniels $130,000.

0:06:17 > 0:06:20We also now know that breaking the terms exposes her to $1 million

0:06:20 > 0:06:23in costs for each violation.

0:06:23 > 0:06:31Here's her lawyer on why she's taking action.

0:06:31 > 0:06:36She wants to tell her story, because there is so much misinformation out

0:06:36 > 0:06:42there, so much misinformation that has been spread by Mr Cohn and

0:06:42 > 0:06:46others over the last few weeks on what happened, the circumstances of

0:06:46 > 0:06:50the agreement and the payment, she wants to set the record straight,

0:06:50 > 0:06:53she wants to be heard and she wants to tell the public the true facts of

0:06:53 > 0:06:54what happened.

0:06:54 > 0:06:55Various things to note here.

0:06:55 > 0:06:57One - Mr Trump's lawyer has previously denied

0:06:57 > 0:06:58any affair happened.

0:06:58 > 0:07:00There are also questions over whether the payment

0:07:00 > 0:07:01to Stormy Daniels broke federal law.

0:07:01 > 0:07:10Here's Jane again on where the law falls into this story.

0:07:10 > 0:07:15-- here is Californian Democrat fares. More evidence that candidate

0:07:15 > 0:07:19Donald Trump and Michael current Dutchman who conspired for this. He

0:07:19 > 0:07:23says he has been asking the FBI to investigate.

0:07:23 > 0:07:29Here it is Jane O'Brien again on where the law fits into this story.

0:07:29 > 0:07:33If the payment was made in coordination with the Trump

0:07:33 > 0:07:38campaign, that is against the law. There is also an issue over whether

0:07:38 > 0:07:42or not it may come to the attention of special Counsel Robert Muller,

0:07:42 > 0:07:47who is investigating any possible collusion with Russia. Although this

0:07:47 > 0:07:52is separate, if the situation arises where somebody lies to Mr Mole, that

0:07:52 > 0:07:58could land Mr Trimble, conceivably, in legal jeopardy. There is an irony

0:07:58 > 0:08:02to all this because every indication is that had this been a

0:08:02 > 0:08:05straightforward six scandal, Donald Trump could probably have weathered

0:08:05 > 0:08:10it. But by getting into murky legal grounds, this could put him on far

0:08:10 > 0:08:17more shaky territory, which could be far more politically dangerous for

0:08:17 > 0:08:22him than any alleged affair with a porn star.

0:08:22 > 0:08:25UK Police say a nerve agent was used to poison a Russian

0:08:25 > 0:08:26spy and his daughter.

0:08:26 > 0:08:29This afternoon they said they believe Sergei and Yulia Skripal

0:08:29 > 0:08:32were targeted deliberately.

0:08:32 > 0:08:38Here's a clip from the police briefing.

0:08:38 > 0:08:43This is being treated as a major incident involving attempted murder

0:08:43 > 0:08:50by administration of a nerve agent. As you know, this two people remain

0:08:50 > 0:08:55critically ill in hospital. Sadly, in addition, a police officer who

0:08:55 > 0:08:59was one of the first to attend the scene and respond to the incident is

0:08:59 > 0:09:01now also in a serious condition in hospital.

0:09:01 > 0:09:03Scientists at the Porton Down military research facility have been

0:09:03 > 0:09:05examining the nerve agent that was used.

0:09:05 > 0:09:10Police would not confirm the exact substance they've identified.

0:09:10 > 0:09:15Here's chemical weapons expert Professor Alastair Hay.

0:09:15 > 0:09:22It is a fascinating clip from an interview he did on the BBC.

0:09:22 > 0:09:25I think the doctors probably had some guidance, given the signs the

0:09:25 > 0:09:29individuals would have displayed, the laboratory saying it was a nerve

0:09:29 > 0:09:32agent allows the doctors to administer some very specific

0:09:32 > 0:09:36treatment. There are treatment protocols for this type of chemical.

0:09:36 > 0:09:41Nerve agents belong to a family of chemicals called organophosphates,

0:09:41 > 0:09:46which vary enormously in how toxic they are. The nerve agents are at an

0:09:46 > 0:09:50extreme end of the organophosphate family. They only have one purpose,

0:09:50 > 0:09:56that is to kill people. That is what they were designed to do. They were

0:09:56 > 0:09:57designed to be used in warfare.

0:09:57 > 0:09:59This CCTV footage has just been released.

0:09:59 > 0:10:02It shows Sergei Skripal buying a bottle of milk in a corner shop

0:10:02 > 0:10:04in the city where he lived.

0:10:04 > 0:10:06We think this is from February but it's the clearest

0:10:06 > 0:10:14recent image we have.

0:10:14 > 0:10:23Tom Symonds is at the scene where the pair were found in Salisbury.

0:10:23 > 0:10:28This is his latest update.As we heard from the statement, it is not

0:10:28 > 0:10:33just the two people who are in hospital, a police officer is in

0:10:33 > 0:10:38hospital, we understand in a serious condition. And before that several

0:10:38 > 0:10:42of emergency service workers had to be admitted to be looked at. This

0:10:42 > 0:10:47all took place in the area behind me. The tent covers the bench on

0:10:47 > 0:10:51which the couple, the pair, were sitting when this attempt on their

0:10:51 > 0:10:57lives, as the police now believe it was, took place. It will be a very

0:10:57 > 0:11:01complicated investigation. There are plenty of conflicting accounts of

0:11:01 > 0:11:05what the Skripals were doing on Sunday afternoon. They had lunch in

0:11:05 > 0:11:09a pizza restaurant not far away, which is cordoned off tonight and

0:11:09 > 0:11:13has been the centre of its own emergency scare today. It is thought

0:11:13 > 0:11:22they had a drink at a bar not far away in that direction. Police will

0:11:22 > 0:11:24be gathering CCTV, talking to the staff in those two locations and

0:11:24 > 0:11:28trying to piece together what they were doing and who might have been

0:11:28 > 0:11:31watching, following them and attempting to use this fairly

0:11:31 > 0:11:35terrifying weapon against them. Next, the latest Brexit update.

0:11:35 > 0:11:38We have the EU's draft guidelines for negotiating its relationship

0:11:38 > 0:11:39with the UK after Brexit.

0:11:39 > 0:11:44Here they are - six pages of them, if you're keen.

0:11:44 > 0:11:45You can find them online.

0:11:45 > 0:11:48Donald Tusk is one of the most senior figures in the EU -

0:11:48 > 0:11:51he said the EU "does not want to build a wall,"

0:11:51 > 0:11:53but that Brexit means "we will be drifting apart".

0:11:53 > 0:11:57Here's more of what we heard.

0:11:57 > 0:12:00Our agreement will not make trade between the UK and the EU

0:12:00 > 0:12:05frictionless or smoother.

0:12:05 > 0:12:10It will make it more complicated and costly for all of us.

0:12:10 > 0:12:14This is the essence of Brexit.

0:12:14 > 0:12:16A pick and mix approach for a non-member state

0:12:16 > 0:12:20is out of the question.

0:12:20 > 0:12:22We are not going to sacrifice these principles, it's simply

0:12:22 > 0:12:26not in our interest.

0:12:26 > 0:12:33The words have changed.

0:12:33 > 0:12:35The message is the same.

0:12:35 > 0:12:37There Mr Tusk talked about a pick and mix approach -

0:12:37 > 0:12:40just another way of saying no cherry picking, no having your

0:12:40 > 0:12:41cake and eating it.

0:12:41 > 0:12:45It has been the same message since the day the UK voted out of the EU.

0:12:45 > 0:12:48Either way, the UK continues to stress it wants what it

0:12:48 > 0:12:49calls a bespoke deal.

0:12:49 > 0:12:51Today the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, made the case that

0:12:51 > 0:12:54financial services need to be in a free trade agreement.

0:12:54 > 0:12:59That is not Philip Hammond, but this is!

0:12:59 > 0:13:02It's an important sector for the UK.

0:13:02 > 0:13:11Let's listen to Chris Morris from BBC Reality Check.I Think Generally

0:13:11 > 0:13:16If You Talk To People In The City They Think The Bigger changer is

0:13:16 > 0:13:19that jobs would move to the Far East or New York, you're talking about

0:13:19 > 0:13:24the global financial capitals. I think everyone in the EU knows the

0:13:24 > 0:13:28only global financial capital in Europe is London. I think London

0:13:28 > 0:13:33will survive, come what may. The deregulation was going to destroy

0:13:33 > 0:13:37the city, the fire of London was going to destroy the city! London

0:13:37 > 0:13:40survives, I think London will survive Brexit but I think the

0:13:40 > 0:13:46sobering point for Philip Hammond but he was making the argument that

0:13:46 > 0:13:49financial services can and should be part of a future free-trade

0:13:49 > 0:13:54agreement. The document put out by the EU does not mention financial

0:13:54 > 0:13:59services at all. It is considered ladylike, a nonstarter. If the

0:13:59 > 0:14:03French finance minister was in London yesterday, I went to a speech

0:14:03 > 0:14:05she gave coming he met Philip Hammond and his message was similar

0:14:05 > 0:14:10to that of Donald Tusk, financial services, no. It is a starting

0:14:10 > 0:14:15position, but pretty firm.

0:14:15 > 0:14:19All the information on Brexit you want is available online BBC News.

0:14:19 > 0:14:23Any few moments we will turn our attention to a new theory as to why

0:14:23 > 0:14:27diplomats at the US Embassy in Cuba were saying that when they were at

0:14:27 > 0:14:31home they were suffering with problems with eight years. All to do

0:14:31 > 0:14:41with alleged sonic attacks. -- suffering with with thy ears.

0:14:41 > 0:14:44The leading deputy leader of far right group Britain first have been

0:14:44 > 0:14:48jailed after being found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment.

0:14:48 > 0:14:52Paul Golding Jayda Fransen were sentenced for an apartment moments

0:14:52 > 0:14:55respectively after targeting Muslims they believe are part of a gang rape

0:14:55 > 0:15:00trial taking place last May. The court heard that the pair posted

0:15:00 > 0:15:04offensive leaflets through the doors of Muslims in Kent and filmed

0:15:04 > 0:15:07themselves confronting people in public. Both were jailed Folkestone

0:15:07 > 0:15:14Magistrates' Court today. The fashion chain New Look is the

0:15:14 > 0:15:17latest British high street name to fall into trouble. It will cut

0:15:17 > 0:15:21around 1000 jobs as part of a rescue plan and says it is planning to

0:15:21 > 0:15:25close 60 stores and reduce the rent on 400 others as part of a deal to

0:15:25 > 0:15:33balance the books. New Look says the cuts are necessary to restore

0:15:33 > 0:15:36profitability. Toys "R" Us and map the last month announced they would

0:15:36 > 0:15:43go into administration, putting around 5500 jobs at risk. -- Toys

0:15:43 > 0:15:45"R" Us and Maplin.

0:15:45 > 0:15:49This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.

0:15:49 > 0:15:52Our lead story is the EU says it has a long list of American imports

0:15:52 > 0:15:55that will be hit by tariffs if its steel and aluminium

0:15:55 > 0:15:56are targeted by the US.

0:15:56 > 0:16:05The White House says that's going to happen this week.

0:16:05 > 0:16:08Some of the main stories from BBC World Service...

0:16:08 > 0:16:11The last rebel-held enclave close to the Syrian capital Damascus has

0:16:11 > 0:16:13come under heavy bombardment amid fresh efforts at the UN

0:16:13 > 0:16:17to stop the fighting.

0:16:17 > 0:16:19At least 20 people are said to have been killed

0:16:19 > 0:16:22in the bombardment in Eastern Ghouta.

0:16:22 > 0:16:25Cape Town will not have to turn off water supplies and should avoid

0:16:25 > 0:16:29a looming day of completely running out of water.

0:16:29 > 0:16:32The city is in the middle of drought and was facing

0:16:32 > 0:16:36what was called Day Zero.

0:16:36 > 0:16:38Due to water saving efforts, that day has been pushed back

0:16:38 > 0:16:40from April to 27th August.

0:16:40 > 0:16:43Lots of you have been watching this video of an orangutan

0:16:43 > 0:16:46in an Indonesia zoo smoking.

0:16:46 > 0:16:51A visitor flicked a cigarette into the enclosure.

0:16:56 > 0:16:59That video was on the BBC news up.

0:16:59 > 0:17:06As you've heard already, Donald Trump's top economic advisor

0:17:06 > 0:17:09-- the drug administration is confirmed by Canada and Mexico might

0:17:09 > 0:17:13be given exemptions from planned tariffs on steel and aluminium. Joe

0:17:13 > 0:17:18Miller is in New York. This has become part of the broader

0:17:18 > 0:17:24negotiations between Canada, Mexico and the US?It has indeed. There was

0:17:24 > 0:17:28a real surprise in Wall Street when Donald Trump appeared to connect

0:17:28 > 0:17:35these tariffs with the Nafta negotiations and talk about how

0:17:35 > 0:17:40there would not be any exemption for Canada or Mexico unless the Nafta

0:17:40 > 0:17:45negotiations went the right way. By donor whether the howls of anguish

0:17:45 > 0:17:48from Wall Street reached the press briefing room that we have heard

0:17:48 > 0:17:51press secretary Sarah Sanders say there might be exemptions after all,

0:17:51 > 0:17:55which has come as a huge relief in New York. Investors were worried

0:17:55 > 0:18:00that with Gary Cohen, one of the President's so-called globalist

0:18:00 > 0:18:07advisers, departing the White House. -- departing the waiters, we would

0:18:07 > 0:18:11see the harshest version of these tariffs across the board. Now there

0:18:11 > 0:18:14was some relief, perhaps, and exemptions for some of the US

0:18:14 > 0:18:19because my closest trading partners. But Mr Trump is still lining up with

0:18:19 > 0:18:23tariffs that the EU, China, other major players?Yes, and the reason

0:18:23 > 0:18:31for that is the original, I suppose, instinct for imposing these tariffs

0:18:31 > 0:18:36has not gone away. Donald Trump's base, lots of whom were in former

0:18:36 > 0:18:38industrial heartlands, they really called for these tariffs and in the

0:18:38 > 0:18:43short term they will seize on benefit from them. We have seen an

0:18:43 > 0:18:48announcement by US steel, one of the last remaining big US steel

0:18:48 > 0:18:53companies, that it will reopen a plant in Illinois and bring back 500

0:18:53 > 0:18:58employees that it laid off last year. The good news will come to the

0:18:58 > 0:19:02places that Donald Trump wants to please most, that is why he will

0:19:02 > 0:19:08stick to these tariffs. The question is in what form, when we finally see

0:19:08 > 0:19:12what the tariffs look like in detail, will it be the blanket

0:19:12 > 0:19:16across-the-board tariffs or will it be what's on Wall Street call

0:19:16 > 0:19:21sensible exceptions for countries that perhaps the US does not want to

0:19:21 > 0:19:28start a trade war with, like Canada and Mexico?All will be revealed,

0:19:28 > 0:19:33the White House says it will give a statement later on that -- later in

0:19:33 > 0:19:35the week.

0:19:35 > 0:19:37The world's youngest self-made billionaire has told the BBC

0:19:37 > 0:19:39that he believes that President Trump's anti-immigration

0:19:39 > 0:19:41rhetoric is deterring software developers from going to the US.

0:19:41 > 0:19:44John Collison, the 27-year-old Irish co-founder of the payments platform

0:19:44 > 0:19:47Stripe, told us in an exclusive interview that the same may prove

0:19:47 > 0:19:48true for the UK because of Brexit.

0:19:48 > 0:19:51People are less willing to move to the United States, they don't even

0:19:51 > 0:19:54want to enter the bees are processed because of what they perceive to be

0:19:54 > 0:19:59the political climate and how welcoming the country is towards

0:19:59 > 0:20:01immigrants, so I think the perception will make recruitment

0:20:01 > 0:20:06harder and might be more difficult to get people to move.Have you seen

0:20:06 > 0:20:10evidence about?We are seeing the early stages in the US, we worry

0:20:10 > 0:20:14about seeing it in the UK.If recruitment gets harder, people are

0:20:14 > 0:20:20less willing to move to the UK, for example, what is the penalty? What

0:20:20 > 0:20:27happens?The ultimate risk we are talking about is does the UK have a

0:20:27 > 0:20:32vibrant tech sector and Star club -- start-up ecosystem? I think the UK

0:20:32 > 0:20:36will have a tech sector and started the ecosystem, but how successful

0:20:36 > 0:20:42will it be? There are degrees of success we can't talk about. If we

0:20:42 > 0:20:46do it wrong, we might be looking at a lower degree of success.Simon

0:20:46 > 0:20:51Jack was asking the questions.

0:20:51 > 0:20:54Amazon has been forced to admit that it's smart assistant Alexa

0:20:54 > 0:20:56has been playing up - and freaking out its users.

0:20:56 > 0:20:57Here's what's been happening.

0:20:57 > 0:21:00@GavinHightower said "Lying in bed about to fall asleep when Alexa

0:21:00 > 0:21:03on my Amazon Echo Dot lets out a very loud and creepy laugh."

0:21:03 > 0:21:05@Taylorkatelynne said "So my mum and I are just

0:21:05 > 0:21:08sitting in the living room, neither of us said a word

0:21:08 > 0:21:10and our Alexa lit up and laughed for no reason.

0:21:10 > 0:21:12She didn't even say anything, just laughed.

0:21:12 > 0:21:13We unplugged her."

0:21:13 > 0:21:15A user by the name of CaptHandlebar even filmed it.

0:21:15 > 0:21:18Another guy says Sir Alex decided to laugh randomly when I was in the

0:21:18 > 0:21:25kitchen. One user filmed this happening.

0:21:25 > 0:21:44LX LAUGHS. -- ALEXA Laughs. You might remember this story.

0:21:44 > 0:21:47Do you remember a row over alleged sonic attacks on US diplomatic

0:21:47 > 0:21:48staff living in Havana?

0:21:48 > 0:21:50They said they heard strange noises - they developed

0:21:50 > 0:21:52symptoms like dizziness, headaches, hearing loss, nosebleeds,

0:21:52 > 0:21:53they even had trouble walking.

0:21:53 > 0:22:03This happened in one of Cuba's most iconic hotels, the Hotel Nacional.

0:22:06 > 0:22:08You can see it on the satellite here.

0:22:08 > 0:22:12The same thing happened a block away at the Hotel Capri.

0:22:12 > 0:22:16I was going to show you that, it is coming up.

0:22:16 > 0:22:18It also happened inside homes these diplomats were given

0:22:18 > 0:22:19by the Cuban government.

0:22:19 > 0:22:22But there was one place it didn't happen - the US embassy,

0:22:22 > 0:22:29which is seen as secure.

0:22:29 > 0:22:32The map will not let me show you it but it is just across town.

0:22:32 > 0:22:35Well, the US brought some of the staff home -

0:22:35 > 0:22:38it said they've been victims of health attacks.

0:22:38 > 0:22:41There was even speculation some kind of sonic weapon had been used -

0:22:41 > 0:22:43even though it's not clear if sonic weapons exist.

0:22:43 > 0:22:45Basically, it was a mystery.

0:22:45 > 0:22:46This though may be an explanation.

0:22:46 > 0:22:47Recordings were made of the sounds.

0:22:47 > 0:22:50Then a team at the University of Michigan did this -

0:22:50 > 0:22:58they set up an experiment to try and recreate the sounds.

0:22:58 > 0:23:02Working on a hunch that listening devices, bugs to you and me, might

0:23:02 > 0:23:03have been partly to blame.

0:23:03 > 0:23:07Have a listen - and, don't worry, it's not going to do you any harm.

0:23:07 > 0:23:12SONIC FEEDBACK.

0:23:12 > 0:23:15Not very pleasant, is it?

0:23:15 > 0:23:17Imagine hearing that, all the time - not very nice.

0:23:17 > 0:23:20Kevin Fu is the computer scientist who did the research.

0:23:20 > 0:23:26Here he is telling me exactly what causes those sounds.Well, we don't

0:23:26 > 0:23:30know exactly what causes the sounds, but what we do believe is if there

0:23:30 > 0:23:35is ultrasound, the ultrasound in the air can combine to create these

0:23:35 > 0:23:39audible sensations.In terms of what could have happened inside these

0:23:39 > 0:23:46hotels in Cuba, what is your theory? Our working theory is there may have

0:23:46 > 0:23:50been multiple ultrasonic signals that would unintentionally combine

0:23:50 > 0:23:54in the air and produce what we call these audible by-products. You can

0:23:54 > 0:23:59hear things that don't really exist. In terms of what would be needed to

0:23:59 > 0:24:11recreate that, can you explain the different elements?Sure, at least

0:24:11 > 0:24:13one ultrasonic transmitter, transducer. This is an example of

0:24:13 > 0:24:22one. Really, really tiny. It needs to produce a couple of tones. They

0:24:22 > 0:24:26produce in the air to create an audible sensation make humans can

0:24:26 > 0:24:31hear.That would be consistent with the symptoms of these Americans

0:24:31 > 0:24:35experience?It is consistent with what we saw in the news in terms of

0:24:35 > 0:24:38the video and audio. It does not rule out other possibility is that

0:24:38 > 0:24:43make sense to us because it is so simple.Given the Americans were

0:24:43 > 0:24:47pulled out in quite significant numbers, I wonder if they have been

0:24:47 > 0:24:52in touch to talk through your theory?We have provided our results

0:24:52 > 0:24:57of State in the United States, I am sure they are chipping away at some

0:24:57 > 0:25:03of the maths and we will see what they do.Isn't quite uncommon for

0:25:03 > 0:25:08listening devices of one type or another to emit sounds that we're

0:25:08 > 0:25:14not aware of or to interfere other issues in the environment?I do not

0:25:14 > 0:25:18know the answer to that question but I know that one of our graduate

0:25:18 > 0:25:22students and about five minutes was able to create this proof of concept

0:25:22 > 0:25:29eavesdropper that would spirit away information over and ultrasonic

0:25:29 > 0:25:34inaudible channel, but when this channel would have interference from

0:25:34 > 0:25:39a second ultrasonic tone, you would hear noises like you played earlier.

0:25:39 > 0:25:43Thanks to Kevin Fu. After the break, we will hear about a letter that the

0:25:43 > 0:25:47North Koreans have given the South Koreans, and they want it delivered

0:25:47 > 0:25:51to the White House. See you in a minute.

0:26:07 > 0:26:12Welcome to a look at the weather away from the UK. Making headlines,

0:26:12 > 0:26:17the storm that we had across the USA and Canada late last week, this is a

0:26:17 > 0:26:23picture sent from Massachusetts. We were inundated with the rainfall

0:26:23 > 0:26:26amounts comic huge, crashing waves due to the strength of the wind. And

0:26:26 > 0:26:31hot on the hills, the next storm. This linking back into an area of

0:26:31 > 0:26:35low pressure. That has already been giving considerable problems through

0:26:35 > 0:26:40the day, dumping snow fall quite widely. Snow is more an issue on the

0:26:40 > 0:26:44system, 12 to 18 inches forecast before it clears. Though the winds

0:26:44 > 0:26:48are not as strong they are strong enough to blow the snow around.

0:26:48 > 0:26:52Still some severe storms for parts of Florida, and virtually feel

0:26:52 > 0:27:00continues to the end of the working week. Some respite from the rain.

0:27:00 > 0:27:03Not for Orlando, potentially. Another weather system is moving

0:27:03 > 0:27:07further west. Things have moved on but they are bringing in rain, hail

0:27:07 > 0:27:12snow, strong winds and we might see rates for LA. Potential flash

0:27:12 > 0:27:16flooding. Heading into Asia, rather wet weather across southern parts of

0:27:16 > 0:27:21China, into Hong Kong and Taiwan. A really nasty area of low pressure

0:27:21 > 0:27:26blooming across the Korean peninsular and into Japan. --

0:27:26 > 0:27:31low-pressure brewing. Snowfall across the Korean peninsular as that

0:27:31 > 0:27:36system brings northerly air into parts of Japan. After soaking rains,

0:27:36 > 0:27:40expect a real drop in temperature and snow to set in. Tokyo largely

0:27:40 > 0:27:45escaped the snow but it stays unsettled until midweek. Some

0:27:45 > 0:27:48showers around, initially in Beijing. This is the Tropical

0:27:48 > 0:27:53Cyclone Joyce talked about, it is around Vanuatu, it is intensifying.

0:27:53 > 0:27:59At the weekend it promises to bring wet and windy weather to parts of

0:27:59 > 0:28:03New Zealand. A tropical low across the Northern Territories and in the

0:28:03 > 0:28:08desert states, here it could bring some very wet weather indeed, up to

0:28:08 > 0:28:11100 millimetres, causing flash flooding here. Watch for a tropical

0:28:11 > 0:28:15site and in the coming few weeks. A very showery picture. Across

0:28:15 > 0:28:19Europe we have lost the bitter easterly winds that there are still

0:28:19 > 0:28:23warnings avalanches towards the north, heavy rains across parts of

0:28:23 > 0:28:26Turkey and the Balkans and we are watching this massive rain

0:28:26 > 0:28:31approaching the Bay of Biscay, which looks set to be quite a nasty storm

0:28:31 > 0:28:35for Iberia into fronts, pushing weather fronts northwards towards

0:28:35 > 0:28:39the UK, bringing milder weather with it but nevertheless some quite nasty

0:28:39 > 0:28:45stormy weather through the Bay of Biscay. As for here in the UK, we

0:28:45 > 0:28:49will see our fair share of sunshine and showers. A little bit of snow

0:28:49 > 0:28:53over the hills, Ben will have much more in around half an hour.

0:30:07 > 0:30:09Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.

0:30:09 > 0:30:12These are the main stories here in the BBC Newsroom.

0:30:12 > 0:30:19The EU says it has a long list of American imports that will be hit

0:30:19 > 0:30:21by tariffs if its steel and aluminium are

0:30:21 > 0:30:22targeted by the US.

0:30:22 > 0:30:28The White House says that's going to happen this week.

0:30:28 > 0:30:31British police say a nerve agent was used in attempted murder a former

0:30:31 > 0:30:37Russian spy in the UK. If you want to get in touch...

0:30:37 > 0:30:42#BBCOS is the hashtag.

0:30:54 > 0:30:55OK, deep breath.

0:30:55 > 0:31:01Let's start out coverage of the US mid-term elections.

0:31:01 > 0:31:04Not for a few months...

0:31:04 > 0:31:08Texas has held the first primaries of the midterm election season.

0:31:08 > 0:31:10In the coming months across the US, voters will vote

0:31:10 > 0:31:18on candidates for this election.

0:31:18 > 0:31:20The mid-terms will decide who controls Congress,

0:31:20 > 0:31:26state legislatures and a number of key governorships.

0:31:26 > 0:31:29If you want detailed analysis, The Washington Post has a good break

0:31:29 > 0:31:32down of today's results.

0:31:32 > 0:31:33A few takeaways...

0:31:33 > 0:31:35A lot more women won in primaries here.

0:31:35 > 0:31:40The turnout of Democratic voters has surged.

0:31:40 > 0:31:49And high-profile Republican Ted Cruz might have a fight on his hands.

0:31:49 > 0:31:54Let's go live to Austin, Texas. Anthony is there for us. You have

0:31:54 > 0:32:01gone home and working!A good combination! Working out quite well!

0:32:01 > 0:32:05A very interesting primary in Texas, Ted Cruz is going to have a

0:32:05 > 0:32:10legitimate opponent, a Democratic member of Congress from El Paso,

0:32:10 > 0:32:15campaigning throughout the state and beat Ted Cruz in fundraising. He is

0:32:15 > 0:32:22no slouch himself. He will be his opponent. It would take a big wave,

0:32:22 > 0:32:25this is a conservative state, but lots of people on a national level

0:32:25 > 0:32:31say this could be the upset, if Democrats are doing as well as

0:32:31 > 0:32:38people think they are, with conventional wisdom at this point.I

0:32:38 > 0:32:43think of Texas being a huge sea of Republicans with a small island of

0:32:43 > 0:32:48Democrats in Austin.What is going on across the state? It is not just

0:32:48 > 0:32:52Austin, Texas. Lots of big cities have become increasingly blue,

0:32:52 > 0:32:57Dallas, San Antonio always democratic, Houston and key

0:32:57 > 0:33:01Congressional races, the House of Representatives races that could

0:33:01 > 0:33:04decide who controls the House of Representatives in November, some of

0:33:04 > 0:33:12the key races are in Texas, there was a district in San Antonio, will

0:33:12 > 0:33:18herd, second term Republican, Hillary Clinton was carried by eight

0:33:18 > 0:33:21percentage points and several Democrats think they have a good

0:33:21 > 0:33:26chance. There is a race in Dallas, and in Houston, and a Democratic

0:33:26 > 0:33:29race in Houston is interesting because it highlights some of the

0:33:29 > 0:33:33divides within the Democratic party, several establishment Democrats

0:33:33 > 0:33:39running for that seat to go against Culbertson, he is at risk, the

0:33:39 > 0:33:43incumbent Republican, but the person in the top two, Lauren Mozer,

0:33:43 > 0:33:47supported by the grassroots Bernie Sanders weighing and the

0:33:47 > 0:33:52Congressional Democrats dropped information harmful to her before

0:33:52 > 0:33:56the election, thinking they could not provide because they think she

0:33:56 > 0:33:59is too liberal to win but she finished in the run-off and could be

0:33:59 > 0:34:04the nominee. That is assorted divide in the Democrats people are worried

0:34:04 > 0:34:07about, are those progressives going to cause trouble in some of these

0:34:07 > 0:34:14races?Congress, as you have explained, the Republicans hold both

0:34:14 > 0:34:17houses of Congress, that makes Donald Trump's life easier but is

0:34:17 > 0:34:20there any possibility in the mid-terms but one of the houses

0:34:20 > 0:34:25could flip?There is a possibility, people look at the House of

0:34:25 > 0:34:30Representatives as the easier task because of the lay of the map in the

0:34:30 > 0:34:34Senate, only a third of Senate seats are up in this year's collections

0:34:34 > 0:34:38and a lot of those are Democrats trying to defend states that Donald

0:34:38 > 0:34:42Trump carried. There are lots of seats were Democrats get eight,

0:34:42 > 0:34:49nine, 10% bump over past years, they could win. Hear in Texas, suburban

0:34:49 > 0:34:54districts, California, Florida, some of the midwest seats are filled to

0:34:54 > 0:34:59Republicans over the past few years, everybody is looking at the House of

0:34:59 > 0:35:01Representatives, the Democrats would have to pick up about 20 seats to

0:35:01 > 0:35:08make this happen but in a wave election like 2006 with the

0:35:08 > 0:35:11Democrats, and in those elections you can see 30 or 40 seat swings.

0:35:11 > 0:35:17Thank you very much. Live from Austin with that incredible blue sky

0:35:17 > 0:35:20early afternoon in Texas!

0:35:20 > 0:35:22Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman,

0:35:22 > 0:35:26is meeting Queen Elizabeth today at Buckingham Palace.

0:35:26 > 0:35:34He's in the UK for three days.

0:35:34 > 0:35:47He met Theresa May, there they are at the front of Number 10.

0:35:47 > 0:35:49We've just see this statement from Downing Street that they've

0:35:49 > 0:35:52agreed an ambition for around £65 billion of mutual trade.

0:35:52 > 0:35:57Significant announcement, that will go down well with both parties and

0:35:57 > 0:36:01you may have noticed in London there has been a big PR push.

0:36:01 > 0:36:05These billboards have appeared around London.

0:36:05 > 0:36:08Telling us about Saudi Arabia and Mohammed bin Salman, he is the

0:36:08 > 0:36:11central figure at the moment.

0:36:11 > 0:36:13Now Mohammed bin Salman is behind a major push

0:36:13 > 0:36:14to liberalise the country.

0:36:14 > 0:36:17to be honest, it would have been hard to go in the other direction,

0:36:17 > 0:36:19given how the country's been run.

0:36:19 > 0:36:21He has made significant announcements.

0:36:21 > 0:36:23Women have been allowed to go to football matches,

0:36:23 > 0:36:27they will soon be able to drive and cinemas are opening after a 35

0:36:27 > 0:36:28year ban was lifted in December.

0:36:28 > 0:36:30There's also a huge effort to stop the Saudi economy

0:36:30 > 0:36:33being so oil dependent.

0:36:33 > 0:36:39Let's remember, Mohammed bin Salman is also Defence Minister.

0:36:39 > 0:36:41He's overseeing a foreign policy that includes a significant

0:36:41 > 0:36:44involvement in the conflict in Yemen, both with its use of air

0:36:44 > 0:36:47strikes and a blockade.

0:36:47 > 0:36:50To understand the importance of Saudi Arabia, I spoke

0:36:50 > 0:36:57with our chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet.

0:36:58 > 0:37:04In the Middle East Riyadh is the capital of Capitals, one of the most

0:37:04 > 0:37:08important players in the region and are very close strategic partnership

0:37:08 > 0:37:11with President Trump's administration and very much taking

0:37:11 > 0:37:15the lead whether it comes to intelligence cooperation, but will

0:37:15 > 0:37:21be high on the agenda in talks with Theresa May, but in terms of trying

0:37:21 > 0:37:25to chart a strategy which says Iran is the main risk in the region and

0:37:25 > 0:37:29that plays out in neighbouring Yemen.I would imagine Theresa May's

0:37:29 > 0:37:39priority, what is the one parity for the Saudis?For both it is to say

0:37:39 > 0:37:42this is an important strategic relationship with economic benefits

0:37:42 > 0:37:46for both, the Saudi kingdom has money to invest and they want to

0:37:46 > 0:37:49continue to buy arms from the UK and the UK was to sell arms, were one of

0:37:49 > 0:37:55the biggest arm sellers to the Saudi kingdom and Theresa May has this

0:37:55 > 0:37:59idea of becoming more global with Brexit and Mohammed bin Salman helps

0:37:59 > 0:38:04Selma agenda and Britain was to say, we are good friends and because of

0:38:04 > 0:38:09that we can be very frank. Britain has been putting pressure on Saudi

0:38:09 > 0:38:13Arabia for some time to say, you have to bring an end to this war,

0:38:13 > 0:38:18the reputational risk is too big and yes, the Houthis are causing

0:38:18 > 0:38:22civilian casualties by indiscriminate bombing but the Saudi

0:38:22 > 0:38:25led coalition bombing is causing the greatest amount of casualties.That

0:38:25 > 0:38:31is why we have protests in London. This big PR push, saying we have

0:38:31 > 0:38:35changed and we are changing and Saudi Arabia is exciting. You meet a

0:38:35 > 0:38:41lot of the senior figures, you buy this?Undeniably, I have been going

0:38:41 > 0:38:45there every six months and every time I go something is different,

0:38:45 > 0:38:49when it comes to social reform, opening up the economy, undeniably

0:38:49 > 0:38:54it is changing and it is the 32-year-old Crown Prince doing this

0:38:54 > 0:38:59along with his allies and friends, trying to drag the kingdom into the

0:38:59 > 0:39:0421st century. It seems so banal to us that women can drive and you have

0:39:04 > 0:39:09cinemas and women can go to sports stadiums and they can work. But that

0:39:09 > 0:39:12has been denied to Saudi women for so long and that is changing so on

0:39:12 > 0:39:21social reform he is a reformer and the Kingdom needs him. Politically,

0:39:21 > 0:39:25any suggestion of dissent is quickly suppressed. They have to do more

0:39:25 > 0:39:29when it comes to that front and on the economy he is trying to

0:39:29 > 0:39:33diversified the kingdom away from what he has described as this

0:39:33 > 0:39:36addiction to oil. It is a mixed picture which is why it is important

0:39:36 > 0:39:40for countries like Britain to talk to the young prince because he is

0:39:40 > 0:39:44going to be there for a long time and he says he wants to reform, his

0:39:44 > 0:39:48kingdom is waiting.Thank you very much.

0:39:48 > 0:39:51Don't forget, you can get much more detail on our top

0:39:51 > 0:39:54stories on our website.

0:40:07 > 0:40:09One of our colleagues from the BBC Russian Service -

0:40:09 > 0:40:11Farida Rustamova - has accused a senior

0:40:11 > 0:40:13Russian politician - of sexual harassment.

0:40:13 > 0:40:15She is the third journalist to openly make allegations

0:40:15 > 0:40:23against Leonid Slutsky, who has denied the accusations.

0:40:23 > 0:40:24This is Farida. who has denied the accusations.

0:40:24 > 0:40:27She says that last year, during an interview in his office,

0:40:27 > 0:40:30Slutsky suggested they sleep together.

0:40:30 > 0:40:32He also allegedly stroked her groin area.

0:40:32 > 0:40:36BBC Russian's Nina Nazarova has more.

0:40:36 > 0:40:41According to Farida Rustamova, in March last year when she went to

0:40:41 > 0:40:51check a comment from Leonid Slutsky, according to her words, Mr Slutsky

0:40:51 > 0:40:55unexpectedly change the conversation and offered for her to become his

0:40:55 > 0:41:06lover. When my colleague refused, he told her, drop by my office, I miss

0:41:06 > 0:41:13you and the unexpectedly approached. And then with his open palm, he

0:41:13 > 0:41:17touched her groin area and she protested and he told her not to

0:41:17 > 0:41:22worry because he was ready to help her.Mr Slutsky was recorded...

0:41:22 > 0:41:25Mr Slutsky was recorded saying, "I don't feel people up".

0:41:25 > 0:41:26"Well, OK, just a little".

0:41:26 > 0:41:30The story is on BBCRussian.com.

0:41:30 > 0:41:34It reports that the incident was recorded on a dictaphone.

0:41:34 > 0:41:36The BBC has this, but decided not to broadcast the audio.

0:41:36 > 0:41:42Let's hear more from Nina.

0:41:42 > 0:41:48We don't have laws here to cover sexual harassment, improper touching

0:41:48 > 0:41:55and offers other sexual nature. The law here condemns coercion of others

0:41:55 > 0:42:03into acts of a sexual nature, suggesting threats and blackmail so

0:42:03 > 0:42:07for my colleagues and others who have suffered from harassment, there

0:42:07 > 0:42:12is no point in even bothering the police.Every day on the programme

0:42:12 > 0:42:16we try to take you to different parts of the world...

0:42:16 > 0:42:19In Sierra Leone more than 3 million people have been voting

0:42:19 > 0:42:23for a new president and parliament.

0:42:23 > 0:42:25This is President Ernest Bai Koroma he is standing down after serving

0:42:26 > 0:42:30two five-year terms.

0:42:30 > 0:42:32There are now 16 candidates vying for his job.

0:42:32 > 0:42:34Some of the key election issues are...

0:42:34 > 0:42:37The economy, after the price of one of their major exports -

0:42:37 > 0:42:38iron ore - collapsed.

0:42:38 > 0:42:45Also health, after the ebola crisis, and education.

0:42:45 > 0:42:47The BBC's Umaru Fofana has been following the day's

0:42:47 > 0:42:54developments in Freetown.

0:42:54 > 0:43:00Very long queues snaking their way throughout the capital of free time.

0:43:00 > 0:43:05Voters pouring onto the streets, despite the presence of police and

0:43:05 > 0:43:09soldiers and with restrictions on the movement of vehicles. And some

0:43:09 > 0:43:15voters's enthusiasm is reinforced by the desire for basic services.I am

0:43:15 > 0:43:23very excited, it is very good to exercise my rights as a citizen.For

0:43:23 > 0:43:28the first time, we don't want the disappointment from our candidates.

0:43:28 > 0:43:32I expect much from the next leader. They should always try to satisfy

0:43:32 > 0:43:41our needs.Education, social services. Clean water, these are the

0:43:41 > 0:43:51priorities.From these policies. There has been no reports of major

0:43:51 > 0:43:55incidents and the initial reaction from observers gives this a clean

0:43:55 > 0:44:01bill of health, echoed by the Observer group.But we're getting

0:44:01 > 0:44:06from some of our people is they are, we have about 60 observers around

0:44:06 > 0:44:13the country. What they are seeing is encouraging. This is not to say we

0:44:13 > 0:44:19don't expect the odd bump or two along the way but thus far, things

0:44:19 > 0:44:23are encouraging.At this polling station there are complaints the

0:44:23 > 0:44:27process going on inside is pretty slow. People have been standing in

0:44:27 > 0:44:32this queue for more than five hours waiting to cast their ballot but

0:44:32 > 0:44:35they say they will remain patient until they can do just that. The

0:44:35 > 0:44:39results will be announced within one week and if none of the 16

0:44:39 > 0:44:45candidates gets 55% of the vote, the top two will face off in a run-off,

0:44:45 > 0:44:51that second round taking place at the end of March. A horrific story

0:44:51 > 0:44:57from South Africa at... Mendy iguana, a South African try Alan

0:44:57 > 0:45:00sugar triathlete attacked on the way to his early morning training

0:45:00 > 0:45:04session, this happened in Durban. At the time his training partner said

0:45:04 > 0:45:09they were being robbed but the details are even more disturbing, we

0:45:09 > 0:45:14are told he was dragged from the road and I was sure you the account

0:45:14 > 0:45:18of the South African Olympic triathlete, Henry 's Goodman, who

0:45:18 > 0:45:19said...

0:45:29 > 0:45:34There are many other ways of describing this. We are told that

0:45:34 > 0:45:38Gwala has been through surgery. This is Dennis Jackson from South

0:45:38 > 0:45:44Africa's elite athletic programme, with more on his condition.We have

0:45:44 > 0:45:50been waiting all afternoon, there was quite a long surgery, close to

0:45:50 > 0:45:53seven hours, the doctors did say they were going to be meticulous

0:45:53 > 0:45:58about this and give him the best job possible and it seems they have done

0:45:58 > 0:46:03this, they have saved his leg, that was in the most danger of losing. We

0:46:03 > 0:46:08have some good news, which is great. I think it is too soon to say a

0:46:08 > 0:46:16thing about his career prospects. Journey he has had an amazing last

0:46:16 > 0:46:19week, coming to where he is in terms of determination and strength so I

0:46:19 > 0:46:24would not put it past him to come back, this will take some time, this

0:46:24 > 0:46:29has been a massive trauma to him and the news today, tonight, that he is

0:46:29 > 0:46:33coming through the surgery and everything has gone well, I would

0:46:33 > 0:46:36not put it past him for Mhlengi Gwala to rise past this and come

0:46:36 > 0:46:44back.We wish him well. The head of recycling governing body is calling

0:46:44 > 0:46:46for an investigation into Team Sky following the damning report by

0:46:46 > 0:46:50Members of Parliament earlier this week. David Lappartient has told the

0:46:50 > 0:46:54BBC that the findings of enquiry into doping in sport were

0:46:54 > 0:46:58unacceptable and could affect the global credibility of cycling. The

0:46:58 > 0:47:01report accused Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins of having crossed an

0:47:01 > 0:47:07ethical line by using drugs allowed under anti-dumping rules to enhance

0:47:07 > 0:47:09performance instead of just using them for medical purposes. From

0:47:09 > 0:47:18Switzerland, here is Dan Roan. They may be the dominant force in cycling

0:47:18 > 0:47:23but the pressure is on Team Sky. Today they tried to focus on their

0:47:23 > 0:47:27latest race in Italy. But it is the way they have one of the past that

0:47:27 > 0:47:31is under scrutiny. Team Sky have admitted mistakes following this

0:47:31 > 0:47:34week's damning report by a Parliamentary committee but today

0:47:34 > 0:47:37there was powerful figure in the sport told me that was not good

0:47:37 > 0:47:41enough.A mistake is something you have done without attention --

0:47:41 > 0:47:47intention to being wrong. The report is different. It seems like it was

0:47:47 > 0:47:55organised. So it is maybe not a mistake. Which is different. That

0:47:55 > 0:48:01could affect the credibility globally of our support and that is

0:48:01 > 0:48:05why I am concerned.The MPs alleged Sir Bradley Wiggins used asthma

0:48:05 > 0:48:09drugs to boost performance and not just from medical need when he rode

0:48:09 > 0:48:15for Team Sky, acclaim both they and he deny. Do you feel an ethical line

0:48:15 > 0:48:25was crossed, as the MPs suggest?In the report, what I read... When you

0:48:25 > 0:48:34can see that substances were used, not for health problems but to

0:48:34 > 0:48:40increase their performance, then, yes, that is something unacceptable

0:48:40 > 0:48:47for me.If it is not breaking the rules, can it be cheating?If you

0:48:47 > 0:48:56are using substances to increase your performance, I think this is

0:48:56 > 0:49:02exactly what is cheating.Despite the controversy, Sir Dave Brailsford

0:49:02 > 0:49:07remains in charge of Team Sky but the party and told me he wants the

0:49:07 > 0:49:11anti-doping division to launch their own enquiry.I want them to

0:49:11 > 0:49:20investigate and to see if there is any violation of anti-doping rules.

0:49:20 > 0:49:22Britain's top rider, Chris Froome, continues to compete despite an

0:49:22 > 0:49:26adverse drugs test last year and the Team Sky star who defend his title

0:49:26 > 0:49:30in the Tour de France this summer with the case still unresolved.What

0:49:30 > 0:49:34would be the effect of that? That would be a disaster for cycling,

0:49:34 > 0:49:40from a legal point of view he has a right to ride but for our sport that

0:49:40 > 0:49:44could be a disaster.The UCL President once Chris Froome to

0:49:44 > 0:49:48withdraw until either he clears his name or is banned. The road to

0:49:48 > 0:49:56reputational recovery could be a long one. Dan is reporting on this

0:49:56 > 0:50:02story and that is essential, if you are interested on following this on

0:50:02 > 0:50:05Twitter for updates, as he chases further developments...

0:50:05 > 0:50:09We keep learning more about the 48 hour visit by a South Korean

0:50:09 > 0:50:10delegation to North Korea.

0:50:10 > 0:50:12We already knew their two leaders may now meet.

0:50:12 > 0:50:14It's also emerged that the South Koreans were given

0:50:14 > 0:50:21a letter from Kim Jong-Un to the United States.

0:50:21 > 0:50:23That will be delivered to America when officials go

0:50:23 > 0:50:28to Washington next week.

0:50:28 > 0:50:31There have already been indications North Korea may be willing to engage

0:50:31 > 0:50:33with the Trump administration.

0:50:33 > 0:50:38Up until now, Dennis Rodman, retired basketball star,

0:50:38 > 0:50:46is the highest profile American to meet Kim Jong-un.

0:50:46 > 0:50:53Here's Donald Trump yesterday on the idea of a meeting.

0:50:54 > 0:50:59I think that they are sincere but I think they are also sincere because

0:50:59 > 0:51:06the sanctions and what we are doing with respect to North Korea,

0:51:06 > 0:51:10including the great help we have been given from China, and they can

0:51:10 > 0:51:13do more, but I think they have done more than they certainly have done

0:51:13 > 0:51:18for our country before...America has imposed new sections on North

0:51:18 > 0:51:22Korea. That is because it concluded Pyongyang was behind the

0:51:22 > 0:51:25assassination of a half-brother of Kim Jong-nam, you might remember

0:51:25 > 0:51:29this, killed last year by a chemical agent at Kuala Lumpur airport in

0:51:29 > 0:51:38Malaysia. The Russians are not keen on these sanctions. This and...

0:51:38 > 0:51:42TRANSLATION:Other sanctions, although motivated by the situation

0:51:42 > 0:51:45on the Korean peninsula, are being imposed in addition to the existing

0:51:45 > 0:51:50sanctions. Bypassing the UN Security Council. The sanctions are

0:51:50 > 0:51:56illegitimate in our view.We know sections are hurting North Korea,

0:51:56 > 0:52:00and that is why there is scepticism about this new approach from Kim

0:52:00 > 0:52:06Jong-un. This is the assessment of the South Korean President...

0:52:06 > 0:52:10TRANSLATION:I think we're at a very crucial moment regarding the peace

0:52:10 > 0:52:16and the neutralisation of the Korean peninsula. We're only at the

0:52:16 > 0:52:19starting line and it is too early to be optimistic.That was a President,

0:52:19 > 0:52:26he are some other South Koreans. TRANSLATION:Until now North Korea

0:52:26 > 0:52:31has always sought to negotiate when facing hard times. Still, there have

0:52:31 > 0:52:34been so many cases where they would then make a slick move from behind.

0:52:34 > 0:52:38We really should not fall for this again, especially this time.

0:52:38 > 0:52:43Dialogue is Mrs Rae. They need to talk and discuss measures, this is a

0:52:43 > 0:52:49short cut to unification, even if not arrived. -- even if not right

0:52:49 > 0:52:58away.I wonder if you have seen this video already on your phone... It

0:52:58 > 0:52:59has been shared a lot already.

0:52:59 > 0:53:02This is a video of a British diver swimming through a sea

0:53:02 > 0:53:04of plastic rubbish.

0:53:04 > 0:53:07Instead, in this film you see plastic bags,

0:53:07 > 0:53:08straws and other rubbish floating all around.

0:53:08 > 0:53:10And they are a symptom of Indonesia's plastic problem.

0:53:10 > 0:53:13It produces 130,000 tons of plastic waste every day

0:53:13 > 0:53:18and half reaches landfill.

0:53:18 > 0:53:25This film is from Nusa Penida Island in Indonesia -

0:53:25 > 0:53:28this is somewhere where you'll also see manta rays and tropical fish.

0:53:28 > 0:53:38Well, the diver is Rich Horner - he's spoken to the BBC.

0:53:38 > 0:53:43You can see the occasional cloud of this and it comes and go with the

0:53:43 > 0:53:47currents that was horrifying, that I mind. I think all the stuff I have

0:53:47 > 0:53:52seen has been from Indonesia but with the Indonesian Masters current

0:53:52 > 0:53:56we have dominating, it could come from further north, in the north and

0:53:56 > 0:54:05South East of Asia.Every single bottle just collects, they are not

0:54:05 > 0:54:09on the ground for a long and actively ship them back to the plant

0:54:09 > 0:54:14in Bali and they are recycled but general plastic waste, I don't think

0:54:14 > 0:54:19that is collected enough so a lot of people do with that themselves.

0:54:19 > 0:54:23Makes for a grim viewing. A reminder of the lead story, coming from

0:54:23 > 0:54:26Washington, Donald Trump and the White House telling us by the end of

0:54:26 > 0:54:30the week we should have details of the of tariffs the President was to

0:54:30 > 0:54:34introduce on aluminium and steel, the EU has responded by saying if

0:54:34 > 0:54:39you do that, here is a long list of products imported into the European

0:54:39 > 0:54:42Union which can also expect tariffs to be applied. They will have to see

0:54:42 > 0:54:46how that develops. Another story relating to the President is today

0:54:46 > 0:54:52he has been sued by former adult star claiming they had an affair and

0:54:52 > 0:54:59a deal that he signed with her is void. See you tomorrow...