:00:00. > :00:27.Welcome to Reporters. From here in the world's newsroom we send
:00:28. > :00:32.correspond to bring you the best stories from across the globe. This
:00:33. > :00:37.week. The Syria war is into its 50, peace talks due to resume purse with
:00:38. > :00:41.four of the five permanent UN security man is involved in the
:00:42. > :00:47.conflict Jeremy Bowen asks if it is a new kind of world War. The war in
:00:48. > :00:50.Syria is now a major front in the conflict between Shia and Sunni
:00:51. > :00:57.Muslims that stretches right across the Islamic world. Donald Trump
:00:58. > :01:00.moves closer to securing the Republican nomination. Rajini
:01:01. > :01:05.Vaidyanathan travels to Detroit to talk to voters about his appeal.
:01:06. > :01:08.They have always voted Democrat but now they've lost hope with that
:01:09. > :01:12.party and they feel he is a businessman who can make a
:01:13. > :01:16.difference. It and to Sweden, Richard West Cobb sees what a
:01:17. > :01:20.driverless car is like. We're going to ask hundred ordinary people to
:01:21. > :01:27.commute in a car, not an ordinary car, an autonomous car. And airborne
:01:28. > :01:31.crime-fighters, how eagles are being trained to take down hostile drones.
:01:32. > :01:41.His vision is five times better than mine. Don't forget, they are born
:01:42. > :01:47.hunters. They miss nothing! It has been five years since the start of
:01:48. > :01:50.peaceful protest in Syria against President al-Assad. The government
:01:51. > :01:55.crackdown that followed led to a conflict that has left a quarter of
:01:56. > :02:00.a million dead and over half the population displaced. Peace talks
:02:01. > :02:03.will resume in Geneva this week but with four out of five permanent UN
:02:04. > :02:09.security council members involved in the conflict our middle East editor
:02:10. > :02:14.Jeremy Bowen asks if this is a new kind of world War. This was Damascus
:02:15. > :02:20.in October last year. The current truce is a respite, not an end. The
:02:21. > :02:27.war has killed over 200,000, created millions of refugees and reignited
:02:28. > :02:32.wars in Syria's neighbours. It is also pulled in the world's biggest
:02:33. > :02:39.military powers. Russia as well as the US, Britain, and France. At the
:02:40. > :02:43.UN's Geneva headquarters they are trying to end five years of
:02:44. > :02:50.diplomatic failure. Five years in which Syria's internal uprising has
:02:51. > :02:54.become a mini world war. Another deadly complication is the fact that
:02:55. > :02:57.the war in Syria is now a major front in the conflict between Shia
:02:58. > :03:03.and Sunni Muslims that stretches right across the Islamic world.
:03:04. > :03:08.Syria has produced layers of war about power as well as identity. It
:03:09. > :03:13.started with demonstrations five years ago, against the Assad regime.
:03:14. > :03:17.Now that quickly turned into a shooting war and when the backers of
:03:18. > :03:24.the two Main site got involved the sectarian dimension deepened. The
:03:25. > :03:28.Assad regime is dominated by a sect of Shia Islam, their main backers
:03:29. > :03:32.are in the main Shia as well. There is Iran and also the Lebanese
:03:33. > :03:38.Hezbollah movement. As well as Russia, who are not Shi'ites. The
:03:39. > :03:44.armed rebels have been backed by Saudi Arabia, where Turkey, Jordan,
:03:45. > :03:51.and Qatar. All Sunni Muslim countries. The Saudi Arabians
:03:52. > :03:57.already saw themselves as regional rivals but that is now a proxy war
:03:58. > :04:02.with Syria as the battlefield. In Damascus and across Syria each new
:04:03. > :04:11.layer of war has made peacemaking harder. After five years and has
:04:12. > :04:14.become complex fight. Deals between Syrians are possible but the war
:04:15. > :04:21.that ruined Syria left space that has been filled by the jihadists,
:04:22. > :04:24.who call themselves Islamic State. IS brutality, not the destruction of
:04:25. > :04:30.Syria, forced a reluctant US and Britain into the fight. But long
:04:31. > :04:35.before so much was lost, the world's big powers should have acted to stop
:04:36. > :04:44.the War and the exodus of civilians, says the UN human rights chief. One
:04:45. > :04:47.of the most upsetting parts of this discussion is that it is the
:04:48. > :04:49.migrants who have to pay the price for the failure of the international
:04:50. > :04:55.system. So permanent members
:04:56. > :04:57.of the Security Council, Britain among them,
:04:58. > :05:04.should have tried harder? My feeling is yes,
:05:05. > :05:06.they are the repository They have special responsibilities,
:05:07. > :05:09.not just special privileges. And because they didn't,
:05:10. > :05:15.that's a major factor in the last I think it's undeniably so,
:05:16. > :05:18.it's a major factor, yes. Neutral, quiet Switzerland feels
:05:19. > :05:21.as if it's a long way Belatedly, Europeans are realising
:05:22. > :05:32.that Syria's mini world war Trying to contain it or ignore
:05:33. > :05:50.it is no kind of policy. Donald Shum has moved closer to
:05:51. > :05:56.securing the Republican nomination for the US election. One is date
:05:57. > :06:03.where he won was in Michigan. Rajini Vaidyanathan has gone there to find
:06:04. > :06:08.out. Detroit, Michigan was once the centre of the world of motor
:06:09. > :06:12.Manufacturing, the financial crisis has hit, taking jobs and prosperity.
:06:13. > :06:19.We hope with this election we will get some idiot who can bring jobs
:06:20. > :06:26.back to Detroit, the Motor City -- somebody who can bring jobs back.
:06:27. > :06:31.Rich is a casualty of the decline, a factory worker laid off, he spends
:06:32. > :06:34.most of his time composing songs. Most of his fellow union members
:06:35. > :06:37.support Hillary Clinton yet he backs Donald Trump even though he doesn't
:06:38. > :06:42.agree with all his controversial policies.
:06:43. > :06:49.# Talk to you #. I have never been politically
:06:50. > :06:53.correct and I don't think he is a politically correct because the
:06:54. > :06:57.time. You have to be if you are President, you could be a world
:06:58. > :07:01.leader and be like that? Par you are not going to elect a machine, you
:07:02. > :07:06.are going to elect a human. So they may think things -- they may say
:07:07. > :07:10.things that you don't agree with, maybe they might seem downright
:07:11. > :07:15.racist, I think he has a lot of growing to do as we all do. Local
:07:16. > :07:20.organisers say Donald Trump has broad ranging appeal in Michigan.
:07:21. > :07:25.Won from bartenders, union workers, people, every day Joes coming
:07:26. > :07:31.together who possibly did not think there were issues before, they have
:07:32. > :07:36.to admit they have always voted Democrat yet another. With a party
:07:37. > :07:41.and they feel that Donald Trump is a businessman who can make a
:07:42. > :07:44.difference. Here in Detroit, Michigan, and across America,
:07:45. > :07:48.manufacturing has declined. People have lost their jobs and homes and
:07:49. > :07:53.they feel abandoned by the political class. The Republican party
:07:54. > :07:58.establishment might be hoping that anyone that Donald Trump can succeed
:07:59. > :08:03.but many voters say they want anyone but a politician. And on the other
:08:04. > :08:07.side of town, and the other side of the political divide, that sentiment
:08:08. > :08:10.is valid as well. I can see the appeal of an outsider because I see
:08:11. > :08:14.the appeal of Bernie Sanders. We've been on the decline for too long, we
:08:15. > :08:18.need something from outside the system. If your Mac I live in
:08:19. > :08:22.Detroit which has seen its troubles yet is full of hard-working real
:08:23. > :08:27.people and we are looking for a hard-working real person to lead our
:08:28. > :08:31.nation. The patrons in the body not see Donald Trump as bad person
:08:32. > :08:35.although others in the state to do. This promised to be the voice of the
:08:36. > :08:40.underdog has resonated with many who say they are fed up with politicians
:08:41. > :08:46.don't listen. Rajini Vaidyanathan, BBC News, Detroit. The Swedish car
:08:47. > :08:50.maker Volvo is about to recruit 100 people to commute to work next year
:08:51. > :08:57.in driverless cars. They will be asked to read a book, send texts and
:08:58. > :09:01.read e-mails while behind the wheel. Our transport correspondent Richard
:09:02. > :09:03.West Court has been given permission to try it out. This report contains
:09:04. > :09:05.flashing images. Home of Volvo, a place where drivers
:09:06. > :09:18.need to beware of the elks. On a test track, the company
:09:19. > :09:21.is showing me its unique experiment. And they will need members
:09:22. > :09:23.of the public to help. It is an autonomous car.
:09:24. > :09:32.people to commute in a car, So perhaps they'll
:09:33. > :09:35.want to send an e-mail. From the track, to
:09:36. > :09:38.the evening commute. When next year Gothenburg's 100
:09:39. > :09:40.volunteers will be driverless That's roads with no
:09:41. > :09:46.cyclists or pedestrians, and bearing in mind
:09:47. > :09:48.it is Sweden, no snow. The computer needs to
:09:49. > :09:53.see the white lines. The man in charge of the technology
:09:54. > :09:58.told me what would If something unexpected happens,
:09:59. > :10:01.the car needs to be able We cannot count on a driver
:10:02. > :10:05.to immediately take over. So the car will be able to detect it
:10:06. > :10:09.and it will slow down in order It is not going to suddenly shove
:10:10. > :10:15.control back to the driver? No, the driver may be
:10:16. > :10:17.sitting, relaxing, reading, we cannot count on him
:10:18. > :10:19.or her to intervene immediately, Things look a bit different
:10:20. > :10:23.in the UK. In Milton Keynes, public-transport
:10:24. > :10:29.pods will eventually use the pavements to shuttle people
:10:30. > :10:32.between the shops and the station. Would you happily share a pavement
:10:33. > :10:35.with one of those, The choices, it has to decide,
:10:36. > :10:44.it has to decide in an instant whether it has got to stop or it has
:10:45. > :10:48.got to carry on going for the safety of who's in it or who
:10:49. > :10:50.is on the outside. You don't worry about
:10:51. > :10:52.it bumping into you? No, you can easily
:10:53. > :10:54.move out of the way. In the US, Google is leading the way
:10:55. > :10:57.in driverless testing, But they have just had their first
:10:58. > :11:01.crash, where the computer Experts describe a future straight
:11:02. > :11:11.out of a science-fiction novel. You're going to see this
:11:12. > :11:13.technology in forklift trucks, And that, for me, is
:11:14. > :11:17.extremely interesting. That this technology is not
:11:18. > :11:19.just about transport, Back on the test track,
:11:20. > :11:39.time to enjoy a drama on the telly. It could still take a decade or even
:11:40. > :11:42.two, but eventually children will marvel at the idea that people
:11:43. > :11:51.actually used to There are increasing concerns that
:11:52. > :11:55.drones are used around the world to commit crimes. Now the Dutch police
:11:56. > :11:59.are believed to be the first force to train eagles in the fight against
:12:00. > :12:01.them. We have had special access to an airbase in the Netherlands with
:12:02. > :12:04.the birds are being trained. She's been trained to join an elite
:12:05. > :12:08.squad of airborne crimefighters, and this is their mission -
:12:09. > :12:11.to bring down hostile drones. Her talons go into the propellers,
:12:12. > :12:19.and it's instantly disabled. The people who train these birds
:12:20. > :12:22.describe it as a low-tech So, you are tapping
:12:23. > :12:31.into the eagles' killer instinct. It's not interested
:12:32. > :12:37.in people or other animals, it's interested only
:12:38. > :12:42.in catching that drone. These drones are increasingly
:12:43. > :12:44.being used by criminals. They have been used to smuggle sim
:12:45. > :12:47.cards, mobile phones and drugs And there are concerns they could be
:12:48. > :12:54.used by terrorists, too. The police already
:12:55. > :12:56.use radio intercepts This bird's unique selling point
:12:57. > :13:06.is its eagle-eyed vision. His vision is five times
:13:07. > :13:08.better than a human. Animal welfare charities have
:13:09. > :13:19.raised some concerns. The police say they are researching
:13:20. > :13:25.ways to protect these talons, and we have been assured no birds
:13:26. > :13:27.have been harmed during training. We are just approaching
:13:28. > :13:34.this baby eagle. What do you have to do in order
:13:35. > :13:39.to recover this drone? We always try to keep it safe,
:13:40. > :13:58.because it could be a member of the public looking
:13:59. > :14:02.at what is going on. Or if he doesn't know
:14:03. > :14:14.you he flies off. I show him some meat,
:14:15. > :14:18.and he is protecting the drone, but then I have something better
:14:19. > :14:21.and then it will jump to me. A huge chunk of fleshy
:14:22. > :14:23.meat in exchange. London's Scotland Yard
:14:24. > :14:27.are so impressed it is looking into emulating this
:14:28. > :14:32.innovative use of nature. T used to be one of the most popular
:14:33. > :14:34.drinks in Taiwan over these days it has fallen out of favour coffee and
:14:35. > :14:40.soft drinks. Now some businesses are trying to breathe new life into a
:14:41. > :14:44.pastime once regarded as an integral part of society. This report from
:14:45. > :14:48.Taipei. These pills used to be covered with key farms, when it was
:14:49. > :14:55.a prized commodity and a central part of life in Taiwan. Now only
:14:56. > :15:00.small plots remain, mostly aged and elderly farmers tend the fields.
:15:01. > :15:05.This is how most Taiwanese people used to drink tea. It is carefully
:15:06. > :15:10.brewed and enjoyed one sip at a time from tiny cups. Nowadays it is hard
:15:11. > :15:15.to find in people drinking TV and traditional way. They call this old
:15:16. > :15:21.people Steve. This is what is popular today especially among young
:15:22. > :15:24.people. Cold drinks including Taiwan's world famous bubble tea.
:15:25. > :15:29.They can be found everywhere and they make up two thirds of total
:15:30. > :15:37.earnings in the tea industry. They contain very little tea, and sugar
:15:38. > :15:43.is almost always added. Bottled TE brings in a 20% and tea leaves only
:15:44. > :15:47.13% of total revenue. Some tea lovers are trying to reverse this
:15:48. > :15:57.trend. This cafe does not serve coffee, only tea. It also serves tea
:15:58. > :16:01.flavoured desserts. When I was in Europe I noticed Europeans really
:16:02. > :16:04.enjoyed drinking tea but one I came back to Taiwan I found our young
:16:05. > :16:08.people think drinking it is old-fashioned. I want to make it
:16:09. > :16:12.trendy again. Third-generation farmers like this one are also
:16:13. > :16:20.trying to repackage tea to make it more appealing. By selling side
:16:21. > :16:24.products made from tea I make 50% more revenue Dexter I still focus on
:16:25. > :16:30.tea in my business. It is a part of Chinese people's culture. Tea farms
:16:31. > :16:36.are also turned into tourist attractions to boost earnings for
:16:37. > :16:41.the industry and raise interest, brightening the horizon for the
:16:42. > :16:46.island's home-grown brew. BBC News, Taipei. Five years ago and
:16:47. > :16:52.earthquake caused a powerful tsunami that devastated swathes of Japan's
:16:53. > :16:57.coast, triggering a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. About
:16:58. > :17:02.160,000 people were moved from surrounding pillagers, most still
:17:03. > :17:05.unable to return home, fearing continuing high levels of radiation.
:17:06. > :17:10.Rupert Wingfield Hayes sent this report from inside the exclusion
:17:11. > :17:14.zone. Five years after the nuclear disaster of figure she mother are
:17:15. > :17:20.still large areas where people are not allowed to return home -- of
:17:21. > :17:24.figure Shima. This village is ten kilometres from the plant and there
:17:25. > :17:27.is still the plan for people to be able to return here for the
:17:28. > :17:33.foreseeable future because this has been declared a high radiation zone.
:17:34. > :17:37.This used to be a village famous for its pottery. And this has been long
:17:38. > :17:50.is to the family who have lived here for 300 years. Track this house
:17:51. > :17:56.belongs to them. He tells me that this point is especially high, the
:17:57. > :18:00.rain washes the radiation of the roof and it collective. Even if
:18:01. > :18:04.radiation levels to this place is cleaned it is not clear if people
:18:05. > :18:09.like him will want to come back and this is the reason. Five years has
:18:10. > :18:18.done tremendous damage to the houses here. This is the interior of the
:18:19. > :18:24.house, you can see it's chaos. It was not like this when they left.
:18:25. > :18:30.Animals have started getting into the house, including wild boar, and
:18:31. > :18:31.they are causing all sorts of destruction. Let's go in the kitchen
:18:32. > :18:47.and see. He thinks a wild boar has got
:18:48. > :18:50.in and turned the place upside down. Seeing all this rekindles his
:18:51. > :19:02.feelings of anger about what has If anyone came back here, they would
:19:03. > :19:04.have to start from scratch. They would have to knock this house down
:19:05. > :19:31.and start again. Inside the house is more chaotic
:19:32. > :19:35.every time he returns. So this is part of his
:19:36. > :19:36.pottery workshop. These were the shelves
:19:37. > :19:39.where he would stack the pots and cups, ready to go
:19:40. > :19:42.to the kilns to be fired. These are the kilns
:19:43. > :19:44.where he fired his pots. His family have lived
:19:45. > :19:55.here for 18 generations, These kilns lost hundreds of dollars
:19:56. > :19:56.and he has had to replace them. His family have lived here for 18
:19:57. > :20:16.generations, more than 300 years. Daniel McIntyre is the top Shia in
:20:17. > :20:20.Australia, he won the record, beating his nearest rival by three
:20:21. > :20:27.or four minutes. This is his story in his own words. My name is Daniel
:20:28. > :20:30.McIntyre, I am the current Australian national shearing
:20:31. > :20:36.champion. I began cheering when I was 17, I grew up on a farm and
:20:37. > :20:40.ended up falling in love with it. The shearing position, the way that
:20:41. > :20:50.you hold the sheep, the technique, you need a wider selection, there
:20:51. > :20:53.are all kinds of different chips are having a bag of columns is good.
:20:54. > :21:00.Daniel McIntyre, the reigning champion. Before the start I would
:21:01. > :21:22.take a deep breath and fill my lungs are there and try to relax.
:21:23. > :21:25.If you go in there tense the sheep will tense up.
:21:26. > :21:28.You need this sheep in a relaxed state and you can
:21:29. > :21:33.We are trained to see the flat surfaces of the sheep.
:21:34. > :21:36.Position the sheep in a way that the sheep flattens out.
:21:37. > :21:38.You start with the belly, the leg, up the neck,
:21:39. > :21:42.You have to find the right balance between speed and quality.
:21:43. > :21:58.It perfectly shorn sheep would look like a hard-boiled egg,
:21:59. > :22:14.after you've taken the shell of it, no ridges, no cuts.
:22:15. > :22:18.When you get to the top, the feeling for yourself,
:22:19. > :22:26.it's more about bettering yourself than beating the block beside you.
:22:27. > :22:42.That is it from Reporters this week. Goodbye.
:22:43. > :22:49.Hello, in the winter it is hard enough to get one try day but we
:22:50. > :22:53.have a week of fine weather in the UK as high pressure becomes
:22:54. > :22:54.established, benign scenes like this will become