0:00:09 > 0:00:11Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
0:00:11 > 0:00:16We have just seen the formal start of a trade war.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Donald Trump stood alongside steel workers announced new tarrifs
0:00:18 > 0:00:20and blamed foreign countries for flooding the market
0:00:20 > 0:00:29with Steel and Aluminium.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32He blames former American presidents and foreign countries who are
0:00:32 > 0:00:42flooding the market.The industry steel industry has been ravaged by
0:00:42 > 0:00:44aggressive foreign trade practices. It is really an assault on our
0:00:44 > 0:00:46country.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Up to five million people stop work in Spain to take
0:00:49 > 0:00:51part in a day of protest against unequal pay, sexism,
0:00:52 > 0:00:55and violence against women.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57A Danish inventor denies murdering a Swedish journalist
0:00:57 > 0:01:03on board his submarine last summer, but admits disposing of her body.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05And an Iranian woman who publicly removed her veil
0:01:05 > 0:01:07to protest against law compelling her to wear
0:01:07 > 0:01:15a hijab, has been jailed for "encouraging moral corruption".
0:01:32 > 0:01:35It's tariff time.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Donald Trump is at the White House -
0:01:38 > 0:01:40along with steelworkers from across the US -
0:01:40 > 0:01:43to sign a symbolic proclamation of new tariffs on steel
0:01:43 > 0:01:44and aluminium imports.
0:01:44 > 0:01:53This is what he's had to say in the last few minutes.
0:01:53 > 0:01:53Before
0:01:54 > 0:01:54he
0:02:02 > 0:02:06steel is deal.You don't have steel, you don't have a country. Our
0:02:06 > 0:02:15industries have been targeted for years, leading to the shuttered
0:02:15 > 0:02:21plants and males, the laying off of millions of workers. And the
0:02:21 > 0:02:26decimation of entire communities. That is going to stop, right? That's
0:02:26 > 0:02:34going to stop. This is not merely an economic disaster but a security
0:02:34 > 0:02:38disaster. We want to build our ships, we want to build our planes,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41we want to build our military equipment with steel, alumina, from
0:02:41 > 0:02:46our country. Now we are finally taking action to correct this long
0:02:46 > 0:02:52overdue problem. It's a travesty. Today I am defending America's
0:02:52 > 0:02:58national security. By placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel,
0:02:58 > 0:03:06and aluminium. We will have a 25% tariff on foreign steel and a 10%
0:03:06 > 0:03:11tariff on foreign aluminium. When the product comes across our
0:03:11 > 0:03:19borders. It's a process called dumping. They dumped more than at
0:03:19 > 0:03:28any time on any nation anywhere in the world, and it drove our plants
0:03:28 > 0:03:33out of business, our factories out of business. We want a lot of steel
0:03:33 > 0:03:38coming into our country. We want to be fair. We want our workers to be
0:03:38 > 0:03:42protected and we want, frankly, our companies to be protected. By
0:03:42 > 0:03:51contrast, we will not place any new tax on product made in the USA. So
0:03:51 > 0:03:55no tax if a product is made in the USA, you don't want to pay tax,
0:03:55 > 0:03:59bring your plant to the USA. There's no tax.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Our Correspondent, Gary O'Donoghue is in Washington.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I would pay more than any few pennies for the thoughts of
0:04:06 > 0:04:11officials in Paris, Berlin and so on. He said some of those you treat
0:04:11 > 0:04:16in the worst in military in trade they call allies, or analysed is
0:04:16 > 0:04:21what they like to call it.He has in the past singled out Germany in
0:04:21 > 0:04:26particular, he did that this morning in a separate event correcting what
0:04:26 > 0:04:30he sees as their lack of willingness to pay nothing to the defence
0:04:30 > 0:04:34budget, even though they are a rich country. That's probably what he had
0:04:34 > 0:04:39in mind. There are some very big decisions to be made in those
0:04:39 > 0:04:45capitals in the next 15 days, do they retaliate, do they, as some of
0:04:45 > 0:04:51the commissioners in the EU have said, smack duty on products that
0:04:51 > 0:04:54come from states represented by senior Republicans, that was one of
0:04:54 > 0:05:00the highly bellicose politicised that that was made already? They
0:05:00 > 0:05:07will be thinking very hard about this in Beijing as well. Their steel
0:05:07 > 0:05:10imports, though they don't directly export a great deal of steel to
0:05:10 > 0:05:15America, a lot of Chinese steel does end up here, coming to third
0:05:15 > 0:05:18countries. That's what President Trump was talking about in terms of
0:05:18 > 0:05:22dumping steel. He says the Chinese have dumped steel on the world
0:05:22 > 0:05:27market for a long time. Big decisions to be made and also, big
0:05:27 > 0:05:31decisions to be made by the domestic industries here, do they go full
0:05:31 > 0:05:36steam ahead now and start opening smelters and furnaces straightaway?
0:05:36 > 0:05:43Do they see how it goes, we know that Canada is for the time exempt
0:05:43 > 0:05:49from tax. It is America's biggest importer, exporter of steel. Most of
0:05:49 > 0:05:56its steel comes from Canada and it is exempt at moment. It will depend
0:05:56 > 0:06:01on the Nafta, the Free Trade Agreement. In a sense, America
0:06:01 > 0:06:05holding Canada and Mexico over the barrel to say, if we don't get the
0:06:05 > 0:06:10new Nafta deal we want and then you get these tariffs. It will send
0:06:10 > 0:06:14enormous reverberations through the world and you will see trade
0:06:14 > 0:06:18representatives crisscrossing the planet trying to work out how to
0:06:18 > 0:06:24react.Another key moment for me was when the president talked about
0:06:24 > 0:06:27reciprocal tariff arrangements, he said if India puts this tariff on
0:06:27 > 0:06:31one of our products, we will put an equivalent tariff coming back. That
0:06:31 > 0:06:35really undercuts the whole idea of free trade where developed
0:06:35 > 0:06:39countries, by supporting developing countries, in turn create markets
0:06:39 > 0:06:45for their own products.You are right that out in particular because
0:06:45 > 0:06:49that is an extra spin on what we've been hearing in the last few days,
0:06:49 > 0:06:53that has not really been in the play that until now. That is something
0:06:53 > 0:07:00that will be highly controversial, but it is part of what Donald Trump
0:07:00 > 0:07:04sees as the fairness. He has a narrative in his head which goes
0:07:04 > 0:07:10back a long time, that says America has already always been on the
0:07:10 > 0:07:15receiving end of the wrong deal, has been far too lax, far too generous
0:07:15 > 0:07:21with other countries. He used the example repeatedly during his speech
0:07:21 > 0:07:26of American cars being taxed at 25% when they go to China and Chinese
0:07:26 > 0:07:30cars being taxed at two and a half percent when they come into the US.
0:07:30 > 0:07:36He said that was going to end, that had to end. It's a very forthright
0:07:36 > 0:07:43position to take, it will have enormous implications, not just in
0:07:43 > 0:07:46terms of potential trade wars but also it could have inflationary
0:07:46 > 0:07:51concerns here at home, the commerce Department saying it does not
0:07:51 > 0:07:56matter, don't worry, steel tariffs will mean 2 cents on a six-pack is
0:07:56 > 0:08:00the way they put it but it could have inflationary pressures on the
0:08:00 > 0:08:06economy here.Let's talk about the politics. I want to show everyone
0:08:06 > 0:08:11watching this a letter signed by around 100 Republicans were outlined
0:08:11 > 0:08:13their concerns on tariffs, saying we are writing about the prospect of
0:08:13 > 0:08:18broad global tariffs on aluminium, steel.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28Also seeing some copy telling us the US Republican Senator Jeff Blake, in
0:08:28 > 0:08:37fact I can show you that here... I guess the context we should put in
0:08:37 > 0:08:46here is that Senator Flake and the residents have some history.Yeah,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49there is no love lost between Senator Flake and the president.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54Senator Flake is leaving the Senate this year. He is going to get
0:08:54 > 0:09:01challenged from the right and will lose. The interesting point about
0:09:01 > 0:09:06that is that Congress does have powers in terms of trade, and it's
0:09:06 > 0:09:10one of those powers to the president, to negotiate things, to
0:09:10 > 0:09:14impose tariffs like that. It is possible for Congress to try to take
0:09:14 > 0:09:19back some of these powers, and that is certainly something that has been
0:09:19 > 0:09:23muted on Capitol Hill in the last few days. Whether or not the
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Republican Party will generally want to have that kind of confrontation
0:09:26 > 0:09:32at this point in time, I'm not sure. There will also know that this
0:09:32 > 0:09:40policy will be very popular in those blue-collar areas, places like
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, those kinds of areas where Donald
0:09:44 > 0:09:50Trump won, when no one thought he would.Thank you very much.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51It's international women's day.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Millions of people have been involved in marking it.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Let's start in Spain.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Women AND men staged the country's first 'feminist' general strike.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02This was Madrid.
0:10:02 > 0:10:08The message - if the world stops, we stop.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Thousands walked out of their jobs and hit the streets.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Organisers urged them these ditch chores for the day.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19This was inside the offices of the El Pais
0:10:19 > 0:10:28newspaper - also in Madrid.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Hardly any journalists to be seen.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Next Barcelona.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Congested roads.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Train delays.
0:10:35 > 0:10:42And flight cancellations.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Another huge protest. One reason these strikes have scaled up so much
0:10:46 > 0:10:49is because they are backed by ten unions and a number of prominent
0:10:49 > 0:10:51politicians.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53This was the scene in the past hour in Madrid.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Tens of thousands of people are out.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Making a point about unequal pay, violence against women and a range
0:11:01 > 0:11:07of issues. If you want a statistic, some estimates say women are paid as
0:11:07 > 0:11:11much as 19% less than men in the public and private sectors. Other
0:11:11 > 0:11:15estimates put it as low as 14 but nonetheless there is undoubtedly a
0:11:15 > 0:11:17gender pay gap.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Here are some of those taking part in the strike.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03It has been interesting seeing these pictures coming in, how different
0:12:03 > 0:12:07women in different parts of the world have marked this day. This is
0:12:07 > 0:12:12a manila in the Philippines. Some signs reading, this is the rise
0:12:12 > 0:12:18against match over fascism, a direct shot against their president. This
0:12:18 > 0:12:24is Islamabad in Pakistan. Both men and women in this rally, objecting
0:12:24 > 0:12:26to a staggering, upsetting statistics about violence against
0:12:26 > 0:12:31women. Nearly 1000 women killed by close relatives every single year in
0:12:31 > 0:12:39so-called honour killings. Protesting human rights as well, and
0:12:39 > 0:12:43this is Gaza where people were turning out to highlight the
0:12:43 > 0:12:51mistreatment of Palestinian women in detention. We know the Middle East
0:12:51 > 0:12:59is certainly a place where women are not treated equally to men.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Earlier I spoke to BBC Women Affair's Journalist Feranak Amidi
0:13:01 > 0:13:03and put that to her.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08It is one of the most challenging places in the world but also a place
0:13:08 > 0:13:10where not much happens on International Women's Day, there are
0:13:10 > 0:13:15some state events, countries like Jordan and Afghanistan we witnessed
0:13:15 > 0:13:22for the past week the government is holding some events for women, but
0:13:22 > 0:13:28basically Afghanistan was the only place where just a few hundred women
0:13:28 > 0:13:32in Cobble March for women's rights and focusing mostly on activism in
0:13:32 > 0:13:37rural and urban areas. In Iran, the most interesting thing happened as
0:13:37 > 0:13:44well. After 11 years, for the first time in 11 years, Iranians women's
0:13:44 > 0:13:49movement, women's groups asked people to come to the streets and
0:13:49 > 0:13:54they did come. A few dozen people but around 80 people have been
0:13:54 > 0:14:01arrested. It is one of those tricky things. In the middle east, like in
0:14:01 > 0:14:06Saudi Arabia, women's rights issues are an important challenging issue,
0:14:06 > 0:14:11but nothing is happening. I am not saying nothing is happening, of
0:14:11 > 0:14:15course there are some changes, but we don't see that sort of activism
0:14:15 > 0:14:25on the streets. On the streets of Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, different
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Middle Eastern countries.An interesting distinction, you say
0:14:28 > 0:14:31there are some improvements in women's experiences but there is not
0:14:31 > 0:14:36much change in how women can express themselves.Exactly, that's the
0:14:36 > 0:14:41tricky part, the tricky thing about the Middle East, there is progress
0:14:41 > 0:14:48and then there are setbacks. Let's take a country like Afghanistan, you
0:14:48 > 0:14:52have 27% female representation in the parliaments, just a bit over
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Canada, but it's also one of the worst places in the world to be a
0:14:55 > 0:15:04woman. You have people in the government talking about passing a
0:15:04 > 0:15:08law against protecting women against violence. It's been going on for
0:15:08 > 0:15:14eight years and the law has not been passed. It's up in the air. --
0:15:14 > 0:15:17passing a law protecting women against violence.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20When you see a country like Iran, lots of social progress but the
0:15:20 > 0:15:24State acts as the main barrier. In Afghanistan the state tries to push
0:15:24 > 0:15:28by the cultural thing in the barrier, and in Iran it's the
0:15:28 > 0:15:35opposite. In society people want to push for progress but the Islamic
0:15:35 > 0:15:38ideological state does not allow that to happen, so we have seen
0:15:38 > 0:15:43protests by women in the past year in a country like Iran, but it's
0:15:43 > 0:15:52going really slowly.Jason is watching in Mumbai and asks where
0:15:52 > 0:15:56that studio is, to explain, we have access to a different studio early
0:15:56 > 0:16:00in the day so if colleagues are leaving before we come on air cannot
0:16:00 > 0:16:04speak to us later in the day, we speak to them earlier in that studio
0:16:04 > 0:16:08but normally it is used by BBC World Service programmes, BBC Ukraine and
0:16:08 > 0:16:13Russia by example. Just a couple of floors from where I'm talking to you
0:16:13 > 0:16:13from.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Stay with us on Outside Source -
0:16:15 > 0:16:16still to come of OS business...
0:16:16 > 0:16:18We'll look trade and tariffs and help everyone understand
0:16:18 > 0:16:20the the Trans Pacific Partnership and Donald Trump's
0:16:20 > 0:16:24latest moves on tariffs.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Here, the UK government has set a budget for Northern Ireland
0:16:33 > 0:16:36in the absence of a power-sharing administration at Stormont.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39It includes 410 million pounds of a 1 billion pound package
0:16:39 > 0:16:41negotiated by the DUP - in return for its backing for
0:16:41 > 0:16:44the Conservatives at Westminster.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Let's get the thoughts of our Northern Ireland Political
0:16:46 > 0:16:54Editor, Mark Devenport...
0:16:54 > 0:16:55That is quite right, the Stormont Assembly
0:16:55 > 0:16:58is in mothballs at the moment, none of the politicians are meeting
0:16:58 > 0:17:00and we had those talks that collapsed last month
0:17:00 > 0:17:02and after the collapse, officials in the Stormont
0:17:02 > 0:17:05departments were really getting quite frantic, needing that
0:17:05 > 0:17:08clarity with the start of a new financial year looming,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11so Karen Bradley, the Secretary of State, has stepped in now.
0:17:11 > 0:17:17She has set a budget which will allow for around
0:17:17 > 0:17:19£10 billion worth of expenditure over the course of the next
0:17:19 > 0:17:22financial year, which has been eased by that confidence and supply money,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25although these remain tight times, so there are still complaints
0:17:25 > 0:17:30from some of the parties.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Our lead story:
0:17:43 > 0:17:45President Trump pushes ahead with a 25% tax on imported steel
0:17:45 > 0:17:47and 10% on aluminium - with the measures coming
0:17:47 > 0:17:57into effect in 15 days.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03The former Colombian rebel movement the FARC is now a political party,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06and it says its candidate is dropping out of the
0:18:06 > 0:18:13Presidential election in May because of ill health.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14In South Africa a crowdfunding campaign has started
0:18:14 > 0:18:16for the triathlete Mhlengi Gwala.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18He was attacked in Durban by a gang which tried to cut
0:18:19 > 0:18:22off his legs with a chainsaw.
0:18:22 > 0:18:2730,000 dollars have already been raised to help with medical bills.
0:18:27 > 0:18:35An initial operation has been described as successful.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Best wishes to him.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Thousands of fans gathered in florence for the funeral
0:18:39 > 0:18:41of footballer Davide Astori - he died of sudden
0:18:41 > 0:18:45illness on March 3rd.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47So as we've heard, President Trump imposing steep tariffs on steel
0:18:47 > 0:18:50and aluminium imports, claiming the "American steel
0:18:50 > 0:19:00industry has been decimated during the past decades".
0:19:00 > 0:19:01He says he will put that right.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06Economists estimate billions of dollars of trade will be affected.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09The US stock markets have closed higher after the news.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Kim Gittleson is in New York.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18Some people may be surprised by that?Yeah, I've been waiting for
0:19:18 > 0:19:23markets to react as well. I think the way you can read American
0:19:23 > 0:19:25investor sentiment towards these tariffs is, as you mentioned, their
0:19:25 > 0:19:33work are about four Mexico and Canada, saying as negotiations were
0:19:33 > 0:19:36ongoing they would not impose these tariffs on those two countries.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Trump also said all countries would be invited to submit proposals to
0:19:40 > 0:19:44justify why they should be allowed to be exempt from these tariffs,
0:19:44 > 0:19:47according to the proclamation, they must prove they are not a threat to
0:19:47 > 0:19:51national security in the US. Some have seen this as a bit of a
0:19:51 > 0:19:56softening and as such investors thought there could be little room
0:19:56 > 0:19:58regarding the implementation of these tariffs, perhaps indicating
0:19:58 > 0:20:03they may not have this full-blown trade war we've been worried about.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Then again we have seen the EU has already drawn up a list of American
0:20:07 > 0:20:09industry is that it plans to target if it is not given sufficient
0:20:09 > 0:20:15exemptions. It remains to be seen how these tariffs will go into
0:20:15 > 0:20:20effect. We have 15 days to see how the cards play out.Let me pick up
0:20:20 > 0:20:27on one of those points, the expectation this will not happen in
0:20:27 > 0:20:31quite the form the president has announced. Mrs Jeff Flake saying he
0:20:31 > 0:20:34will introduce a law to nullify these tariffs. The Republican
0:20:34 > 0:20:42chairman of the finance committee also criticised what is happening. I
0:20:42 > 0:20:45don't suppose the White House would put it that way, mitigating the
0:20:45 > 0:20:49damage. There is an expectation the political process has some way to
0:20:49 > 0:20:56go.We saw on Wednesday a letter signed by over 100 members of House
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Republicans who said they were deeply concerned by the
0:20:58 > 0:21:01implementation of these tariffs, I want to say that the Congress
0:21:01 > 0:21:06granted the president the powers to do these proclamations, to institute
0:21:06 > 0:21:09these tariffs that Congress could take these powers away from
0:21:09 > 0:21:13President Trump should they decide they needed to act unilaterally. We
0:21:13 > 0:21:17are obviously not at that stage yet but we are seeing a significant
0:21:17 > 0:21:21amount of this agreement within the Republican party here in the US.In
0:21:21 > 0:21:24terms of the steel and aluminium industry in the US, the president
0:21:24 > 0:21:29would like to present this as the clearest possible boost for these
0:21:29 > 0:21:35industries, is that how they see it. The steel industry has come out in
0:21:35 > 0:21:39support of it, the aluminium industry has said they are deeply
0:21:39 > 0:21:42concerned about these tariffs and were not sure this was the best way
0:21:42 > 0:21:46to help their industry. Yesterday I was that a brewery down the street
0:21:46 > 0:21:49from our offices here in Brooklyn and there were lots of industries
0:21:49 > 0:21:51that will be impacted by these tariffs in the US that aren't just
0:21:51 > 0:21:57in the steel and aluminium sectors. The cost of this brewery's plans
0:21:57 > 0:22:02will go up and they may have to pass that cost along to their consumers.
0:22:02 > 0:22:09They have to bide his steel cakes that may also have a cost increase.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11-- they also have to buy these steel cakes.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Thank you very much.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Despite Trump's actions, a new global trade pact
0:22:18 > 0:22:21with was signed in Chile today.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23The US pulled out of the Trans Pacific Partnership
0:22:23 > 0:22:31but the pact still has clout with 11 nations from Canada to Japan
0:22:31 > 0:22:33making up a marketplace of 500 million people worth
0:22:33 > 0:22:43nearly to $14 trillion.
0:22:49 > 0:22:55Donald Trump did not think it was a good deal which is why he got out.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00Here is our South America correspondent.Now comes the hard
0:23:00 > 0:23:03part for all these countries. They had to prove it to their
0:23:03 > 0:23:07constituents, to their citizens that this is worth doing. This deal must
0:23:07 > 0:23:10be approved in each of these countries parliaments and then if
0:23:10 > 0:23:14the deal is successful they can come and ask for other countries like the
0:23:14 > 0:23:20US, even the UK or anyone to join the rebranded deal.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25Should global car makers still be using models to sell cars?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27It's still common to see beautiful, elaborately dressed models at motor
0:23:28 > 0:23:37shows but is this still appropriate?
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Standing up to the competition with the three lovely it out for
0:23:46 > 0:23:47comfort...
0:24:02 > 0:24:07It's not a good situation right now, to find some women like that but at
0:24:07 > 0:24:10the same time, women are responsible for themselves, they make their
0:24:10 > 0:24:14choice.Ideally you give non-knowledgeable people, the ball
0:24:14 > 0:24:19back and talk about the products, everyone is here to see cars. --
0:24:19 > 0:24:25ideally you give knowledgeable people.I was a glamour model myself
0:24:25 > 0:24:31when I was very young. I actually quite liked it, I think the cars are
0:24:31 > 0:24:36beautiful but you need a bit extra to bring them to life. I'm not
0:24:36 > 0:24:40against it, I think they add just a bit of a spice.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Plenty to discuss there, I'm saying nothing.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55China dominates a list of global self-made
0:24:55 > 0:24:56woman billionaires again.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58The top four women in the report by Hurun come
0:24:58 > 0:25:07from the Asian superpower.
0:25:07 > 0:25:15One Chinese technology billionaire has a rags to riches story.Female
0:25:15 > 0:25:18leaders at the top ranks of China's Communist Party are almost
0:25:18 > 0:25:22nonexistent particular at companies and the rich list, it is home to
0:25:22 > 0:25:26most of the world's self-made female billionaires. The number one spot is
0:25:26 > 0:25:31held by a woman who grew up in a really poor village but she is now
0:25:31 > 0:25:36working in $10 billion, after she founded a company that makes glass
0:25:36 > 0:25:40covers for laptops and smartphones, and Apple and Samsung are now among
0:25:40 > 0:25:48her biggest customers.We will be turning our attention is to the
0:25:48 > 0:25:53Russian election next week in the next half hour of Outside Source,
0:25:53 > 0:25:57and the details on that Russian spy who was living in the south of
0:25:57 > 0:25:58England.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14We say goodbye to most of the snow as we head towards the weekend. We
0:26:14 > 0:26:18are about to say hello to some higher temperatures. Smoke was some
0:26:18 > 0:26:25disruption of across parts of northern England but many more
0:26:25 > 0:26:31places turned into a sunny one. -- snow caused some disruption. Where
0:26:31 > 0:26:35we had sunny skies by day we will have clear skies by night, allowing
0:26:35 > 0:26:40temperatures to drop. Some showers in the North West of Scotland,
0:26:40 > 0:26:45wintry over high ground and more cloud into the far south-west. Not
0:26:45 > 0:26:47as cold here, for degrees in Plymouth but other areas down below
0:26:47 > 0:26:56freezing. The mist patch as well to take us tomorrow morning. After the
0:26:56 > 0:26:59mist has cleared, the majority will see large amounts of sunshine
0:26:59 > 0:27:03tomorrow. These showers still feeding in across the western side
0:27:03 > 0:27:07of Scotland with wintry nests over high ground. Southern parts of
0:27:07 > 0:27:11England and a good part of Wales will cloud over with some outbreaks
0:27:11 > 0:27:15of rain beginning to splash in by the middle of the afternoon.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Friday's rush hour does look like a soggy one from Plymouth to Cardiff
0:27:19 > 0:27:23to London as these outbreaks of rain pushed north. Much of the rain will
0:27:23 > 0:27:27be light and patchy but it could turn a bit heavier as we get deeper
0:27:27 > 0:27:36into the evening. That rain courtesy of this frontal system working
0:27:36 > 0:27:39North, all driven by an area of low pressure sitting in the south-west.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42The positioning of this low means that into the weekend we will be
0:27:42 > 0:27:45getting southerly winds across the country, feeding in a mild air.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Miles is the big theme for our weekend forecast. Some rain at times
0:27:49 > 0:27:54but not all the time, Natalie rain to start on Saturday across the
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Midlands and into Northern Ireland. As that drifts into Scotland, could
0:27:58 > 0:28:03give some snow over the high ground but at low levels we expect this to
0:28:03 > 0:28:11fall as rain. All the while, milder air up from the south. 14, 15, maybe
0:28:11 > 0:28:1616 degrees if things brighten up in the south-east. South-eastern areas
0:28:16 > 0:28:20may get a glancing blow from this rain on Sunday, generally southern
0:28:20 > 0:28:27parts will see showers that further north, the fog clears and we should
0:28:27 > 0:28:31see spells of sunshine, temperatures for most in double figures.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source,
0:30:12 > 0:30:15and these are the main stories here in the BBC Newsroom.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18President Trump is pushing ahead with a 25% tax on imported
0:30:18 > 0:30:21steel and 10% on aluminium - with the measures coming
0:30:21 > 0:30:30into effect in 15 days.
0:30:30 > 0:30:36The American steel industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade
0:30:36 > 0:30:41practices. It is really an assault on our country.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Up to five million people stopped work in Spain to take
0:30:44 > 0:30:46part in a day of protest against unequal pay, sexism,
0:30:46 > 0:30:53and violence against women.
0:31:26 > 0:31:32The use of a nerve agent on a UK soil as a brazen act. This was
0:31:32 > 0:31:36attempted murder any cruel and public way and people are right to
0:31:36 > 0:31:41know who to hold to account. If we are to be rigorous in this
0:31:41 > 0:31:43investigation we must avoid speculation and a the police to
0:31:43 > 0:31:53carry on the investigation.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58The US Government said today is ready to support the UK and other
0:32:58 > 0:33:04action takes about the size of what that means in practice is not clear.
0:33:04 > 0:33:14This is the US undersecretary for public diplomacy who is in London.I
0:33:14 > 0:33:18have heard quite a lot about this and talk to a number of people in
0:33:18 > 0:33:21the UK Government to have mentioned in this episode to me and it is very
0:33:21 > 0:33:24concerning and we'd respect the work of the British investigators and
0:33:24 > 0:33:33trying to get to the bottom of this.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36We now know that Twenty-one people have been been treated
0:33:36 > 0:33:37in hospital after the incident.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40This is the police officer, who was in intensive care:
0:33:41 > 0:33:51Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54He is now said to be conscious and stable.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57BBC Russian's Olga Ivshina has just come back from the crime scene.
0:33:57 > 0:34:04I spoke to her earlier.
0:34:04 > 0:34:16It depends on the new reaction from the UK. A lot of loud voices and
0:34:16 > 0:34:23concerns but actually petition it all became quiet and go back to the
0:34:23 > 0:34:29usual state of events. Relations between the UK and Russia are at a
0:34:29 > 0:34:34low point already so it is hard to make them even worse but once again
0:34:34 > 0:34:41it would depend on the UK's reaction because Moscow say they know nothing
0:34:41 > 0:34:49about that so they are taking it easy.We have seen you talking to
0:34:49 > 0:34:54colleagues of Sergei Skripal, what have you heard?They told us some
0:34:54 > 0:34:59details about his wife and said he was actually dreaming about working
0:34:59 > 0:35:08for the military intelligence since was a child and tried to go to the
0:35:08 > 0:35:12Russian equivalent of Sandhurst and was trained and join the
0:35:12 > 0:35:19paratroopers and serve their brightly and managed to join the
0:35:19 > 0:35:25Russian military intelligence and we were told he was quite proud of that
0:35:25 > 0:35:29by his relatives. They could not believe he was working for the
0:35:29 > 0:35:32bullets and condemn the allegations. His friends and relatives thought he
0:35:32 > 0:35:41was living modestly so he and his wife and children were living and a
0:35:41 > 0:35:45one-bedroom apartment in Moscow. He had an old car for example. Everyone
0:35:45 > 0:35:53describes as a Russian patriot, heart and soul of the company
0:35:53 > 0:35:56optimistic and ended positively a loud man.At any of his relatives
0:35:56 > 0:36:04able to visit him on isolated?He was living in England with his son.
0:36:04 > 0:36:09Initially the whole family moved here his wife and son and daughter.
0:36:09 > 0:36:15His wife died in 2012 and son stadium but his daughter missed
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Moscow because Salisbury is very quiet compared to most which she
0:36:18 > 0:36:22went back and was based here and what they are but she was coming
0:36:22 > 0:36:24back and forth visiting him quite often especially in the last two
0:36:24 > 0:36:34years because there were particularly hard for survey. His
0:36:34 > 0:36:38elder brother died and next year his son died and he was very close to
0:36:38 > 0:36:50him. This year to day he is in a critical situation hospital.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53We're getting very close to the Russian
0:36:53 > 0:36:53election - it's next week.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57We know who's going to win but it still raises many important issues -
0:36:57 > 0:37:00And Sarah Rainsford is going to be at the heart of our coverage.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02She's based in Moscow but has travelled to Rostov -
0:37:02 > 0:37:04as you'll see in her latest report.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06They see themselves as born warriors, the Cossacks,
0:37:06 > 0:37:10defenders of their country through the centuries.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13It is a past they are fiercely proud of, replayed in the muddy
0:37:13 > 0:37:14borderlands of southern Russia.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17These days, the Cossacks' brand of patriotism is on the rise.
0:37:17 > 0:37:26TRANSLATION: Cossacks want to serve their country
0:37:26 > 0:37:29part in the war because, if they didn't, their cities
0:37:29 > 0:37:39would be shelled next.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55He paints the uprising in Kiev as a coup, backed by the West -
0:37:55 > 0:37:56views that sound radical are now mainstream here.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58TRANSLATION: Volunteer fighters felt they had to take
0:37:58 > 0:38:01part in the war because, if they didn't, their cities
0:38:01 > 0:38:02would be shelled next.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03Ukraine is just the beginning.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06We know who this is done by, it is the West that wants
0:38:06 > 0:38:07to divide up our country.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10In Rostov there's a memorial to those who died fighting in Ukraine.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14Despite all the evidence, Russia still denies sending soldiers there.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Russia's relations with the West have been cooling for some time
0:38:17 > 0:38:21but it was the war in Ukraine that really marked a breaking point.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Whilst for many here, those who fought are seen
0:38:23 > 0:38:26as patriots and as heroes, for the West this was the moment
0:38:26 > 0:38:32that marked Russia as an aggressor.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34The West imposed sanctions but Russia did not
0:38:34 > 0:38:37buckle, it retaliated.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40It banned fresh meat from Europe, among other things, so no one
0:38:40 > 0:38:43here is too flustered by sanctions.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46They have boosted local production and staff think Western
0:38:46 > 0:38:52firms would struggle to recapture the market.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55We are ready for the competition, Dimitri says.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Russia today looks more Western than ever,
0:38:59 > 0:39:02with similar tastes and styles.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05The crowd in this bar see their country as European, culturally.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08This young owner would like to be closer politically too but
0:39:08 > 0:39:11the climate has cooled dramatically.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Maria also has a fashion label and big plans for the future,
0:39:14 > 0:39:19including expanding sales to the West.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21But under Vladimir Putin, she fears Russia will only
0:39:21 > 0:39:24increase its isolation, with assertive policies
0:39:24 > 0:39:30sold to the public by a powerful state-run media.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33TRANSLATION: Instead of talking about problems
0:39:33 > 0:39:36we have inside the country, they talk about how
0:39:36 > 0:39:39we are surrounded by enemies who all want the worse for us.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43It is really scary because it whips everything up and then people think
0:39:43 > 0:39:51you need to push back otherwise we will be overrun and destroyed.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55That siege mentality is growing here, as is the sense that Russia
0:39:55 > 0:39:58has chosen a deliberate path away from the West, with no sign
0:39:58 > 0:40:08that it plans to turn back.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21The election is next week and we know that Vladimir Putin is going to
0:40:21 > 0:40:25win that doesn't mean that are not interesting questions about Russia
0:40:25 > 0:40:29is positioning itself and how its article environment is evolving or
0:40:29 > 0:40:42not.I've just seen a tweet saying it is International Women's Day and
0:40:42 > 0:40:49with ten minutes of Donald Trump and then three or four minutes of the
0:40:49 > 0:40:53national women's Day can stop when the president says he is greater
0:40:53 > 0:40:58than is back on the principles of free trade that is a moment of
0:40:58 > 0:41:02future Americans particularly when he points his finger straight at
0:41:02 > 0:41:06America was my closest allies, some of the biggest economies and the EU
0:41:06 > 0:41:09and it had just happened so inevitably be were going to talk
0:41:09 > 0:41:12about that but in terms of International Women's Day we brought
0:41:12 > 0:41:18you coverage already from Gaza and Turkey and Spain and the Philippines
0:41:18 > 0:41:21and a couple of other stories to come between now and the end of the
0:41:21 > 0:41:27programme.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29This is from earlier in the week -
0:41:29 > 0:41:30there's Kim Jong Un.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32And this is South Korea's head of National Security.
0:41:32 > 0:41:33Then this is today.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36The head of National Security with South Korea's head
0:41:36 > 0:41:37of National Intelligence.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39They're at the airport in Seoul - and they're about to fly
0:41:39 > 0:41:42to Washington to pass on a message from Kim Jong Un.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44America has been clear that is prepared
0:41:44 > 0:41:47to have direct talks - but only if there is a commitment
0:41:47 > 0:41:53to denuclearisation.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56And unless it's it that letter, North Korea hasn't offered that.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58This is the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaking
0:41:58 > 0:42:02during a visit to Ethiopia.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07I think as President Trump has indicated potentially positive
0:42:07 > 0:42:15signals coming from North Korea about the dialogue with South Korea.
0:42:15 > 0:42:21We maintain a very close communication with the Republic of
0:42:21 > 0:42:27Korea, president we are keeping us well informed of the content of
0:42:27 > 0:42:32those meetings and we are providing them input as well. In terms of
0:42:32 > 0:42:36direct talks with the United States and US that was huge and we are a
0:42:36 > 0:42:43long way from negotiations. We need to be realistic about that.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45And then this is China's foreign minister
0:42:45 > 0:42:54who became a little poetic.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00It's takes more than one called today to freeze three feet of ice
0:43:00 > 0:43:03despite light at the end of the tunnel the journey I will not be
0:43:03 > 0:43:09smooth. Ashley has remained at this time and time again that whenever
0:43:09 > 0:43:12tensions survey did the situation would become cloudy again. Now is
0:43:12 > 0:43:16the crucial moments to test the sincerity of the parties to solve
0:43:16 > 0:43:17the nuclear issue.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Su Min Hwang, editor of BBC Korean, told me more
0:43:19 > 0:43:25about the diplomatic mission.
0:43:25 > 0:43:30The special envoys the diplomats have flown into the USA Today and
0:43:30 > 0:43:36allegedly they have a very private message from Kim Jong Un and nobody
0:43:36 > 0:43:41knows apart from five people and South Korea including these
0:43:41 > 0:43:46diplomats and the president. Nobody knows what is in it. We can guess at
0:43:46 > 0:43:51and a lot of people think that rather than containing detailed
0:43:51 > 0:43:57action plans that contains the sincerity of Kim Jong Un's message
0:43:57 > 0:44:02about denuclearisation.The Americans have been cleared of that
0:44:02 > 0:44:05is not a commitment talks do not happen.That has stayed the same,
0:44:05 > 0:44:14they have asked for a complete irreversible digitalisation and it
0:44:14 > 0:44:20is whether North Korea is willing to provide that.We talk a lot about
0:44:20 > 0:44:25North Korea, South Korea could do chain Atherton? -- where do chain
0:44:25 > 0:44:38Atherton? Where do China fit in?It is the priority that it is no war on
0:44:38 > 0:44:41the Korean peninsula and they are very willing to see the tension
0:44:41 > 0:44:47being diffused.People will think the reason Kim Jong Un wants nuclear
0:44:47 > 0:44:52weapons as it makes him secure, why would he even think about agreeing
0:44:52 > 0:44:56to stop that programme when it is the one thing that makes sure she is
0:44:56 > 0:45:01safe?You are correct, nuclear weapons and importance to North
0:45:01 > 0:45:08Korea, not only a national symbol of power and advanced country to the
0:45:08 > 0:45:10citizens, it also acts as a deterrent from the foreign invasion.
0:45:10 > 0:45:17For North Korea to give up will be a revolutionary change but if they are
0:45:17 > 0:45:20sincere about giving up the weapons it could mean tough sanctions that
0:45:20 > 0:45:24have been imposed actually working so they want some sort of breather
0:45:24 > 0:45:28out of that and the economy to flourish. On the other hand it is
0:45:28 > 0:45:33also the view that this is another tactic from North Korea to buy time
0:45:33 > 0:45:38to fully develop the nuclear weapons. They need time to develop
0:45:38 > 0:45:42it to the full extent. One would be building more facilities to equip
0:45:42 > 0:45:47this and they need the warhead re-entry technology to be fully
0:45:47 > 0:45:55developed for them to have a complete nuclear weapon.
0:45:55 > 0:46:04A top European trade official says... While they may think that
0:46:04 > 0:46:07that doesn't mean Donald Trump will agree. He has been very critical of
0:46:07 > 0:46:11the EU and said it was being impossible to do business with. It
0:46:11 > 0:46:16did not mention it by name today but said some countries and
0:46:16 > 0:46:18organisations supposed to be allies are not behaving in that way in
0:46:18 > 0:46:24terms of the military and trade. He is clearly not happy and the idea
0:46:24 > 0:46:29that the EU should be excluded, we will see. A couple of points, Canada
0:46:29 > 0:46:32and Mexico are being temporarily exempted from these tariffs because
0:46:32 > 0:46:38of the ongoing negotiations, the North American Free Trade Agreement
0:46:38 > 0:46:41which Donald Trump said of getting rid of and then tied to the fashion
0:46:41 > 0:46:45it and that is what is going on. Some people are suggesting the
0:46:45 > 0:46:49tariff introduction as a way of saying to all of America's trading
0:46:49 > 0:46:52partners will have to revisit a lot of issues so perhaps the EU will get
0:46:52 > 0:46:59what it wants, and exemption. But there are only 15 days so there's
0:46:59 > 0:47:07not too much time for that to be resolved.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09The Danish Inventor accused of murdering the Swedish journalist
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Kim Wall has gone on trial today in Denmark.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13Peter Madsen admitted dismembering her body
0:47:13 > 0:47:19and throwing it out to sea...
0:47:19 > 0:47:20but denies murder.
0:47:20 > 0:47:21This all relates to last August.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23Kim Wall boarded Mr Madsen's self-built submarine off the East
0:47:23 > 0:47:25coast of Copenhagen at 7pm.
0:47:25 > 0:47:30She'd arranged to conduct an interview aboard the sub.
0:47:30 > 0:47:33At 2am her boyfriend reported her missing.
0:47:33 > 0:47:38We know the submarine was spotted travelling south over night.
0:47:38 > 0:47:42It sank here at 11am next morning - and Mr Madsen had to be rescued.
0:47:42 > 0:47:46When asked where Kim Wall was, he said he'd dropped her off earlier.
0:47:46 > 0:47:51Eleven days later Kim Wall's torso was found
0:47:52 > 0:47:55here in a nearby bay.
0:47:55 > 0:48:02Weeks later, police divers discovered more parts of her body.
0:48:02 > 0:48:06Now Mr Madsen has changed his story multiple times.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09And the prosecutor wants convictions for murder,
0:48:09 > 0:48:15dismemberment and aggravated sexual assault.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18If that happens he could face 15 to 17 years in prison.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Maddy Savage has more.
0:48:20 > 0:48:28I should warn you that the details are disturbing.
0:48:28 > 0:48:32Court proceedings for the first day of what is one of the most
0:48:32 > 0:48:34high-profile murder trials in Scandinavia for years have now
0:48:34 > 0:48:37wrapped up. More than 100 journalists from around the world
0:48:37 > 0:48:41turned up to see a Peter Madsen the Danish inventor giving evidence in
0:48:41 > 0:48:47the court room. The day started with prosecutors outlining the argument,
0:48:47 > 0:48:51some of the evidence they have collected that they hope will see
0:48:51 > 0:48:57Peter Madsen locked up for life for Kim Wall's murder. That included a
0:48:57 > 0:49:01back-up of his phone which showed he had googled beheading and the days
0:49:01 > 0:49:07and months before Kim Wall died and I was before she was on her
0:49:07 > 0:49:12submarine he had watched a video of someone slitting the throat of a
0:49:12 > 0:49:17woman. When he took to the stand he was dressed in black with casual
0:49:17 > 0:49:21jeans and a stuck to the story that Kim Wall had died in an accident due
0:49:21 > 0:49:26to carbon monoxide poisoning, she had inhaled the fumes filled he had
0:49:26 > 0:49:30been on another part of the 70 metre long submarine. He denied having any
0:49:30 > 0:49:36kind of sexual act with Kim Wall or himself while he was on the
0:49:36 > 0:49:41submarine despite evidence presented I prosecutors showed that sperm had
0:49:41 > 0:49:46been found in his underpants. He said there was simply no sexual
0:49:46 > 0:49:48attraction between them. The trial continues with the verdict expected
0:49:48 > 0:49:56next month.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59The UN has released research that shows that women are much more
0:49:59 > 0:50:01likely than men to be affected by climate change.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03For example, 80 percent of people displaced
0:50:03 > 0:50:04by climate change are women.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06Here are two examples the UN highlights.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09Take Chad, nomadic groups close to Lake Chad have had to move
0:50:09 > 0:50:19as 90 percent of it has disappeared.
0:50:20 > 0:50:24Now women go further collect water and men go to towns for work.
0:50:24 > 0:50:28Or there's Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
0:50:28 > 0:50:32Flooding hit low lying areas of the city,
0:50:32 > 0:50:36and many were low income.
0:50:36 > 0:50:39More than half the lower income families in the city
0:50:39 > 0:50:41were headed by single mothers.
0:50:41 > 0:50:50Here's the BBC science reporter Mary Halton giving me more details.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54Quite often the problem with climate change as we struggle to humanise it
0:50:54 > 0:50:58and the real issue here is that it is affecting women globally so often
0:50:58 > 0:51:03we estimate is happening in places like Lake Chad with the effects of
0:51:03 > 0:51:09climate change are very visible but in the example of New Orleans and
0:51:09 > 0:51:16urban population and places like Jakarta and globally woman and would
0:51:16 > 0:51:23like to be in poverty and socially deprived than men so they will be
0:51:23 > 0:51:29more impacted when infrastructure is damaged.That is an issue about our
0:51:29 > 0:51:34societies are constructed rather than being an issue specific to
0:51:34 > 0:51:37climate change?Absolutely, we tend to talk about natural disasters but
0:51:37 > 0:51:41these events do not impact everybody equally and the impact according to
0:51:41 > 0:51:45the structures we have in place as a society so climate change is
0:51:45 > 0:51:48affecting indigenous women and women of colour disproportionately to the
0:51:48 > 0:51:54rest of the population.Reading your article you are seeing Europe the
0:51:54 > 0:52:03Paris climate change agreement acknowledges this.Any small
0:52:03 > 0:52:07paragraph, disabled people and indigenous groups and mentioned
0:52:07 > 0:52:11alongside women. More probably needs to be done to set out how specific
0:52:11 > 0:52:19way it can be...Can we understand how that can be done practically.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22Countries decided to acknowledge women are disproportionately
0:52:22 > 0:52:27affected by climate change and will do X and Y, what options are
0:52:27 > 0:52:31available?Involving women really. The need to be involved in
0:52:31 > 0:52:35policy-making decisions and the power to access educational levels
0:52:35 > 0:52:37of Government. Once they are involved from local to national
0:52:37 > 0:52:43levels and global levels the sessions will be made that they
0:52:43 > 0:52:46benefit women.I do not mean to be awkward but that would be something
0:52:46 > 0:52:49people would aspire to but it is not going to happen tomorrow, it'll take
0:52:49 > 0:52:52a long while for those wheels to happen tomorrow, it'll take a long
0:52:52 > 0:52:54while for those wheel straight answer other practical measures
0:52:54 > 0:53:00known to the Mac now?That might not take as long as people think and
0:53:00 > 0:53:03people are actively engaged and climate change policy and we have
0:53:03 > 0:53:08seen a lot of change recently of policies friendly at women and basic
0:53:08 > 0:53:12moves are making more economic than empowered within their own countries
0:53:12 > 0:53:17and better able to access these solidly basic level things I can
0:53:17 > 0:53:20people need to evacuate from a severe weather events people who add
0:53:20 > 0:53:24economic deprived are less able to do that. Putting structures in place
0:53:24 > 0:53:26that looked to AIDS particular groups when they need to evacuate
0:53:26 > 0:53:33from certain areas. After hurricane Jeanne things like they did not have
0:53:33 > 0:53:37enough sanitary products and all these small things can be done to
0:53:37 > 0:53:41improve the situation and longer term change might take a longer time
0:53:41 > 0:53:48but I think it should not take as long as people think.
0:53:48 > 0:53:51We've talked about this picture a lot on Outside Source.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54It was taken in December in Tehran - and the woman has her hijab off -
0:53:54 > 0:53:56and is holding it in the air.
0:53:56 > 0:53:57The picture went viral.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59On Wednesday prosecutors found her guilty of 'encouraging
0:53:59 > 0:54:06moral corruption' and ordered her to seek psychiatric help.
0:54:06 > 0:54:11Most of her two year jail sentence was suspended.
0:54:11 > 0:54:15Many pictures of support come in.
0:54:15 > 0:54:16This was taken in Hungary.
0:54:16 > 0:54:17This is from France.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20And this in Germany.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22More than 30 women have been arrested in Iran since December.
0:54:22 > 0:54:32More again from Feranak Amidi.
0:54:38 > 0:54:46The first centre thing happened yesterday and one of the women was
0:54:46 > 0:54:52sentenced to two years in prison and another one the first woman who went
0:54:52 > 0:54:57and did that iconic protests were she took off her scarf and put it on
0:54:57 > 0:55:05a stick and stood on a platform in a busy street was sentenced to getting
0:55:05 > 0:55:10psychiatric help and medication so what we are seeing that the state is
0:55:10 > 0:55:18doing and are run is giving them heavy sentencing and labelling them
0:55:18 > 0:55:21loose women who are promoting and decency and society and labelling
0:55:21 > 0:55:26them as insane and mentally ill people. That is quite worrying
0:55:26 > 0:55:36because our round 20 other women are waiting to go on trial and this is a
0:55:36 > 0:55:39worrying time, a lot of anxiety right now among women and women's
0:55:39 > 0:55:49rights activists in Iran.Thank you for watching, we will be back next
0:55:49 > 0:55:58time next week. More news on the BBC website.