:00:15. > :00:17.Welcome to Reporters. I'm Philippa Thomas.
:00:18. > :00:19.From here in the BBC newsroom, we send out correspondents to bring
:00:20. > :00:24.you the best reports from across the globe.
:00:25. > :00:27.In this week's programme: Defectors from Daesh.
:00:28. > :00:31.Quentin Somerville gets exclusive access to a Syrian camp for former
:00:32. > :00:34.so-called Islamic State jihadists and their families
:00:35. > :00:38.TRANSLATION: They use people like human meat.
:00:39. > :00:43.I hope I can get out soon and live my life normally.
:00:44. > :00:46.Hello, my name is Cathy Ingram, and I'm voting for Hillary Clinton.
:00:47. > :00:52.I am Jay Ingram and this is my son Cade, and we are voting for Trump.
:00:53. > :00:56.With less than four weeks to go until the US election,
:00:57. > :00:59.Rajini Vaidyanathan meets one of many families divided
:01:00. > :01:09.Poppy Delevingne reports from Ethiopia on a global trade
:01:10. > :01:13.in which a girl under the age of 15 gets married every seven seconds.
:01:14. > :01:16.I have a 13-year-old cousin, and the idea of her getting
:01:17. > :01:20.married and then, even next year, having a baby...
:01:21. > :01:26.to me, is just totally incomprehensible.
:01:27. > :01:30.Chris Buckler visits Londonderry in Northern Ireland and asks,
:01:31. > :01:33.could there be some truth in the legend?
:01:34. > :01:35.Do you object to being called a giant?
:01:36. > :01:37.No, not at all, people call me what they like,
:01:38. > :01:45.As the Formula E motor racing championships get
:01:46. > :01:49.going in Hong Kong, Mike Bushell finds out what all the fuss
:01:50. > :01:58.Actually, the breeze seems noisier than the car!
:01:59. > :02:04.It's a very eerie, but a special feeling.
:02:05. > :02:07.They're jihadist fighters, many who have come from all over
:02:08. > :02:09.the world, that share one thing in common.
:02:10. > :02:12.They have defected from the so-called Islamic State.
:02:13. > :02:16.The BBC has had exclusive access to a secret internment camp
:02:17. > :02:20.for around 300 former IS militants and captured fighters,
:02:21. > :02:23.including French, Dutch and Polish nationals
:02:24. > :02:29.They are being held at the prison, operated by a rebel group that
:02:30. > :02:33.claims it is trying to rehabilitate them, and in some cases,
:02:34. > :02:36.then release them, and as Quentin Somerville reports,
:02:37. > :02:47.Where do jihadists go when their beloved Islamic State
:02:48. > :02:57.Some are being held here, at a secret camp in northern Syria.
:02:58. > :02:59.The men are from Europe, across the Middle East,
:03:00. > :03:04.They are defectors and prisoners of war, so few want
:03:05. > :03:13.In retreat, many have brought their families with them.
:03:14. > :03:19.He joined the so-called Islamic State from Holland.
:03:20. > :03:23.Now a captive, he renounces the group.
:03:24. > :03:25.TRANSLATION: They use people like human meat.
:03:26. > :03:29.You give your life to them, so they are going to start to take
:03:30. > :03:36.I know I will get into trouble, that this is what I choose,
:03:37. > :03:39.I know I will get into trouble, but this is what I choose,
:03:40. > :03:43.I hope I can get out soon and live my life normally.
:03:44. > :03:44.These are Egyptians, Tunisians, Holland...
:03:45. > :03:47.The camp is run by the rebel group Jaish Al Tahrir.
:03:48. > :03:52.Its commander showed me the details of dozens of prisoners.
:03:53. > :03:55.Some will be returned to Europe if the authorities promise to jail
:03:56. > :04:00.them, but others will face Syrian justice.
:04:01. > :04:02.TRANSLATION: We refer them to courts and they roll according
:04:03. > :04:09.If they have committed murder, then they might be executed.
:04:10. > :04:12.Some are jailed just because they still hold
:04:13. > :04:19.The Islamic State's core is collapsing.
:04:20. > :04:22.They are losing territory, and an increasing number of people
:04:23. > :04:30.Joining IS was relatively easy, but leaving is difficult.
:04:31. > :04:33."It was hard, really hard," says this defector,
:04:34. > :04:43.We have also learned that European intelligence agencies
:04:44. > :04:47.are on a mission in northern Syria to find, capture
:04:48. > :04:52.They are working alongside some rebel groups to create a kind
:04:53. > :04:56.of underground railroad which will bring IS group supporters
:04:57. > :05:02.For now, they are held in Syria, but these European jihadists
:05:03. > :05:12.Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, Istanbul.
:05:13. > :05:14.In four weeks' time, Americans will finally vote
:05:15. > :05:17.in their presidential election, which makes the fact that
:05:18. > :05:20.Donald Trump is waging war on his own Republican party
:05:21. > :05:26.But it's not just the Republicans who are divided.
:05:27. > :05:28.Many families are finding themselves at odds, some siding
:05:29. > :05:32.with Hillary Clinton, others with Donald Trump.
:05:33. > :05:34.Rajini Vaidyanathan has gone to meet one such
:05:35. > :05:37.family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, facing
:05:38. > :05:44.In the key battleground state of Pennsylvania, the Ingram family
:05:45. > :05:50.Hello, my name is Cathy Ingram, and I'm voting for Hillary Clinton.
:05:51. > :05:55.I'm Jay Ingram, this is my son Cade, and we're voting for Trump.
:05:56. > :05:58.I think she's totally crazy because she's voting for Hillary,
:05:59. > :06:01.and she thinks I'm totally crazy because I'm voting for Trump.
:06:02. > :06:04.And obviously one of us is right.
:06:05. > :06:13.These questions are all attacks on Trump.
:06:14. > :06:14.At dinner, talk of politics is unsurprisingly lively.
:06:15. > :06:17.Jay's vote for Donald Trump is as much a vote against
:06:18. > :06:19.Hillary Clinton, the candidate his wife Cathy is supporting.
:06:20. > :06:22.She wants to do the best for the country, so even though
:06:23. > :06:28.she has a little bit of a storied past, and she has some ideas that
:06:29. > :06:32.really need to be pushed through that on the Democratic side
:06:33. > :06:34.she hasn't been able to push through...
:06:35. > :06:36.You believe she comes off as a good person,
:06:37. > :06:49.She reminds me of the evil school ma'am, the schoolteacher.
:06:50. > :06:51.I mean, you know, she's old, she's overweight, just like...
:06:52. > :06:57.No, he is, what, he's 230 and hits a golf ball 280, so he's fine.
:06:58. > :07:01.A self-confessed liberal, Jay backed Bernie Sanders
:07:02. > :07:04.in this year's primaries and voted for Barack Obama
:07:05. > :07:09.I really believed he was going to do things.
:07:10. > :07:15.I believed what he said, fool that I am.
:07:16. > :07:18.He seemed to like to just sit around and tell jokes and look pretty.
:07:19. > :07:21.Their elder son Cade is getting ready to cast his ballot
:07:22. > :07:23.for the first time, and he's with his dad.
:07:24. > :07:28.I could not bring myself to vote for Hillary,
:07:29. > :07:29.there's just too many strikes against her.
:07:30. > :07:32.A lot of people like to make excuses for what happened, but...
:07:33. > :07:34.She'll literally say anything to get elected.
:07:35. > :07:37.We never threw one attack at Hillary and you think...
:07:38. > :07:52.The table's as split as this state, where it is looking close
:07:53. > :07:54.between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
:07:55. > :07:57.I golf every day of the week, and I meet a lot of people,
:07:58. > :07:59.and nobody comes out and goes "I'm voting for Trump."
:08:00. > :08:02.But, they'll come up to me after I've made a putt,
:08:03. > :08:07.I just don't think the passion is out there behind anyone,
:08:08. > :08:11.The undecided voters in Pennsylvania are key this election.
:08:12. > :08:14.Whatever the outcome, expect sparks to fly in this house
:08:15. > :08:30.Rajini Vaidyanathan, BBC News, Lancaster.
:08:31. > :08:33.Thousands of people are being trafficked across the world
:08:34. > :08:35.and forced into a life of prostitution or domestic slavery.
:08:36. > :08:37.Most come from a handful of countries.
:08:38. > :08:39.One of them is Romania, where sex trafficking
:08:40. > :08:41.Naomi Grimley has travelled there to investigate
:08:42. > :08:44.Mihaela, who's 26, is a survivor of human trafficking,
:08:45. > :08:47.and here in a women's shelter in Bucharest, she's trying
:08:48. > :08:57.Looking on is her baby girl, fathered by her last trafficker.
:08:58. > :08:59.She was trafficked not once, not twice, but three
:09:00. > :09:05.TRANSLATION: When crossing the border, I had a gun to my head,
:09:06. > :09:08.and they told me to give them the ID and to smile.
:09:09. > :09:12.In the mornings and afternoons, I'd have 15 clients,
:09:13. > :09:14.then in the evenings through to the next morning,
:09:15. > :09:24.In the end, it was a client racked with guilt who helped her to escape.
:09:25. > :09:28.Many of the victims of trafficking come from remote villages.
:09:29. > :09:33.This village in eastern Romania appears stuck in a bygone era.
:09:34. > :09:37.Many of the houses don't have running water.
:09:38. > :09:40.The traffickers have targeted this place, and the British person
:09:41. > :09:43.who runs the local community centre says a girl goes
:09:44. > :09:55.The girls fall for the "loverboy" scheme.
:09:56. > :09:57.They are mostly young, vulnerable teenagers,
:09:58. > :10:00.who fall in love with the pimps, who are normally older guys.
:10:01. > :10:02.The girls are very attracted by the Mercedes and the Audis that
:10:03. > :10:10.Juana was trafficked to Germany for prostitution.
:10:11. > :10:13.Now with her life back on track, she's come to the community
:10:14. > :10:17.centre to warn the local kids of the dangers.
:10:18. > :10:22.I tell the girls not to trust the guys so easy.
:10:23. > :10:27.Juana hopes she'll make the village's teenagers think twice.
:10:28. > :10:31.A village like this really struggles to offer its younger people the jobs
:10:32. > :10:33.and the opportunities that they might want
:10:34. > :10:45.in the 21st century, and the traffickers exploit that.
:10:46. > :10:49.They act, in effect, like real-life pied pipers.
:10:50. > :10:52.We went to a jail an hour north of Bucharest to meet a man
:10:53. > :10:54.who trafficked women into Italy for five years.
:10:55. > :10:57.TRANSLATION: I don't know if it's exploitation,
:10:58. > :11:03.but when a girl agrees, I don't think that this is exploitation.
:11:04. > :11:06.But how would you feel if it was your sister
:11:07. > :11:14.You really don't think that it's someone's daughter, you think just
:11:15. > :11:32.After all I've done, they have taken everything from me.
:11:33. > :11:34.I've got nothing, I have to start again from scratch,
:11:35. > :11:36.so I wouldn't be sorry to do it all again.
:11:37. > :11:39.Back in the village, the worry is that another three
:11:40. > :11:42.Some may go willingly to escape their poverty,
:11:43. > :11:45.but the life that awaits them - no one could ever
:11:46. > :11:54.Naomi Grimley, BBC News, eastern Romania.
:11:55. > :11:57.One girl under the age of 15 is married every seven seconds.
:11:58. > :12:00.That's the shocking conclusion of a new report by the charity
:12:01. > :12:06.The study says girls as young as ten are forced to marry much older men,
:12:07. > :12:11.in countries including Afghanistan, Yemen, India and Ethiopia.
:12:12. > :12:14.The British model Poppy Delevingne recently went to Ethiopia to see
:12:15. > :12:27.the problem first-hand, and this is her video diary.
:12:28. > :12:31.So, we've just arrived in a small village.
:12:32. > :12:34.This is where they run the Save the Children Keep It Real
:12:35. > :12:36.programme, and I'm going to be speaking to some young girls
:12:37. > :12:40.Pleased to meet you, how are you?
:12:41. > :12:48.OK, so right now I am with this girl.
:12:49. > :12:51.We are at her school, and she's just been telling me
:12:52. > :12:53.all about her stories about child marriage.
:12:54. > :13:01.She was 11 years old when she was propositioned to be married.
:13:02. > :13:03.And with the help of Save the Children's Keep it Real
:13:04. > :13:05.programme, she learned about all the problems within child
:13:06. > :13:08.marriage, and with the help of her brother and sister,
:13:09. > :13:10.they managed to persuade her parents that child marriage
:13:11. > :13:14.She is now at school, and is number one...
:13:15. > :13:21.And she even told me that I should ask the teacher if that
:13:22. > :13:30.I hear that you were married as a child.
:13:31. > :13:34.Would it be OK for me to come to your home and hear all about it?
:13:35. > :13:47.So, I spent my afternoon with this girl, who was a victim
:13:48. > :13:50.When she was just 13 years old, she was married.
:13:51. > :13:56.By the time she was 14 she was pregnant with her first
:13:57. > :13:58.child, but when she was nine months pregnant, she left her husband
:13:59. > :14:01.as he was physically abusive, and moved back in with her family.
:14:02. > :14:04.But not only that, when she was engaged to him,
:14:05. > :14:09.he promised her that she would still have an opportunity
:14:10. > :14:11.to have an education, something he totally went back on,
:14:12. > :14:15.and instead, she did house chores and had to work unbearable hours,
:14:16. > :14:18.something a 13-year-old really shouldn't have to do.
:14:19. > :14:24.I have a 13-year-old cousin, and the idea of her getting married
:14:25. > :14:29.and then even next year having a baby, to me, is just...
:14:30. > :14:34.totally incomprehensible, and something that I can't believe
:14:35. > :14:38.is happening in this world today still.
:14:39. > :14:45.But she has got a bright future ahead of her,
:14:46. > :14:51.and it was truly an honour that she shared her story with me.
:14:52. > :14:54.It has long been known for its welcoming Scandinavian
:14:55. > :14:56.attitude to foreigners, but Norway is getting
:14:57. > :15:02.The number of people seeking asylum has fallen dramatically this year,
:15:03. > :15:05.some deterred by strict new entry rules.
:15:06. > :15:09.Norway is also putting up a steel fence along its border with Russia.
:15:10. > :15:11.That follows an influx of 5,000 migrants, mainly
:15:12. > :15:18.Most cross from Russia at the Storskog border point,
:15:19. > :15:22.one of the most northerly outposts of the Schengen zone,
:15:23. > :15:38.from where Howard Johnson sent us this report.
:15:39. > :15:41.This is Norway's new and controversial border
:15:42. > :15:48.It's being built next to the Storskog border point,
:15:49. > :15:50.the northernmost road crossing into Europe's Schengen
:15:51. > :16:00.Last year, around 5,500 asylum seekers, many from Syria,
:16:01. > :16:03.crossed from Russia into Norway here, taking the so-called
:16:04. > :16:10.The flow of refugees has since come to a halt, but officials say
:16:11. > :16:14.the 200-metre-long fence will help secure the checkpoint in the event
:16:15. > :16:20.So, I'm on the Norwegian side of the fence here,
:16:21. > :16:22.and just over there, around 100 meters away,
:16:23. > :16:27.I'm not allowed to film in that direction because of security
:16:28. > :16:36.restrictions, but here is the new fence.
:16:37. > :16:38.It's four metres tall and around three millimetres thick, and it
:16:39. > :16:42.In the nearby town of Kirkenes, there's been a lukewarm reception.
:16:43. > :16:45.Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, authorities here have worked
:16:46. > :16:47.to improve ties with Russia, including visa-free travel
:16:48. > :16:49.for residents on both sides of the border.
:16:50. > :16:56.Leaders of the local municipality say the fence is a backward step.
:16:57. > :16:59.It's really embarrassing for us, as locals, so near Russia.
:17:00. > :17:07.We want to build bridges to Russia, not build fences.
:17:08. > :17:10.But what do Russians make of the fence?
:17:11. > :17:12.These market traders cross into Kirkenes every week
:17:13. > :17:18.to sell Russian goods to Norwegians and tourists.
:17:19. > :17:21.TRANSLATION: If the Norwegian authorities are building fences,
:17:22. > :17:25.they must need it, and it's right, too, because it's not just Syrian
:17:26. > :17:33.Norway's capital, Oslo, is nearly 2,000 kilometres away
:17:34. > :17:37.from the border crossing, but it was here that the decision
:17:38. > :17:42.According to the State Secretary for the Ministry of Justice,
:17:43. > :17:49.the debate about the fence has become a storm in a teacup.
:17:50. > :17:51.We have a very good working dialogue with the Russian authorities,
:17:52. > :17:54.and we also have to remember that the fence on the Russian side
:17:55. > :17:57.If I remember correctly, it's 200 kilometres,
:17:58. > :18:00.which means that this is nothing compared to what we already have.
:18:01. > :18:03.The fence is due for completion by the end of this month,
:18:04. > :18:11.but in the last week, a setback for construction.
:18:12. > :18:18.Border officials say a section of the barrier has been erected ten
:18:19. > :18:19.centimetres too close to Russia and will have to be dubbed...
:18:20. > :18:23.INTERFERENCE. Ireland is rich in mythical tales
:18:24. > :18:25.about giants, and now there is a thought that those
:18:26. > :18:28.legends may be built more Scientists are working to identify
:18:29. > :18:37.people carrying what Researchers have found it is more
:18:38. > :18:43.commonly carried people Researchers have found it is more
:18:44. > :18:45.commonly carried by people in County Londonderry
:18:46. > :18:47.in Northern Ireland. Chris Buckler has been
:18:48. > :18:49.there to find out, is there any These stone circles are not the only
:18:50. > :18:54.link to history here in Mid Ulster. This is a land of giants,
:18:55. > :18:57.and that's a title that comes not Among those strolling these shopping
:18:58. > :19:08.streets are a select group of people who carry what has become known
:19:09. > :19:13.as the giant gene. That's me when I was
:19:14. > :19:17.seven, eight years old. At his height, he stood almost six
:19:18. > :19:24.feet 11 inches tall, and it's likely he would have grown
:19:25. > :19:27.to well over seven feet tall if he hadn't been treated
:19:28. > :19:30.for a genetic disorder Do you object to being
:19:31. > :19:34.called a giant? No, not at all, people can
:19:35. > :19:36.call me what they like, However, gigantism is a condition
:19:37. > :19:42.that can be life-threatening. My mother passed it to me,
:19:43. > :19:46.and she never knew that. And many people still, to this day,
:19:47. > :19:50.are passing the gene on without knowing it,
:19:51. > :19:55.and that will continue. DNA evidence shows Brendan
:19:56. > :19:58.is related to Charles Byrne, whose skeleton is on display
:19:59. > :20:02.in a London museum. He was more than seven
:20:03. > :20:05.and a half feet tall. Born in Mid Ulster in the 1700s,
:20:06. > :20:09.he became famous in London But it's only a decade
:20:10. > :20:14.since scientists worked out a genetic link to the condition,
:20:15. > :20:18.which affects the pituitary gland, causing abnormal growth and many
:20:19. > :20:23.other medical problems. 20% of people who carry the gene
:20:24. > :20:27.will develop the disease, so people could develop blindness,
:20:28. > :20:31.severe headaches and die prematurely, but with effective
:20:32. > :20:36.therapy, I think that problem can be alleviated quite substantially,
:20:37. > :20:38.said the emphasis is really on early Irish folklore is full of tales
:20:39. > :20:49.of giants, not least Finn McCool, who is claimed to have built
:20:50. > :20:54.Antrim's famous Giant's Causeway. Researchers believe in at least some
:20:55. > :20:57.of the many stories, And with the gene still present
:20:58. > :21:05.in the population here, they have been carrying out tests
:21:06. > :21:07.to try to identify There's clearly a giant hotspot
:21:08. > :21:17.in the middle of Northern Ireland. We were surprised as well,
:21:18. > :21:20.because a lot of people we found really are no
:21:21. > :21:27.different than anybody else, they are normal height,
:21:28. > :21:29.stature and so on, but of course, it's the complications that maybe
:21:30. > :21:32.one or two generations down the line, in their children
:21:33. > :21:34.or grandchildren - that's what we're hoping
:21:35. > :21:36.to prevent with this. There was probably at least some
:21:37. > :21:38.truth in the centuries of stories told about giants,
:21:39. > :21:41.but it's likely that at their heart was a gene that caused
:21:42. > :21:47.considerable pain and problems. That's why many want the idea
:21:48. > :21:50.of generations of giants to be Chris Buckler, BBC News,
:21:51. > :21:58.Mid Ulster. Now, you've no doubt
:21:59. > :22:00.heard of Formula 1, Well, it's the race
:22:01. > :22:05.series for electric cars, and the new season started this week
:22:06. > :22:08.in Hong Kong. There are three British drivers
:22:09. > :22:10.competing this year, including Sam Bird, who finished
:22:11. > :22:14.fourth last season. Before he left for his first race
:22:15. > :22:17.in Hong Kong, Mike Bushell took his car for a spin,
:22:18. > :22:20.and discovered why, in this sport, the fans can directly
:22:21. > :22:26.influence the outcome. Batteries supply the only juice
:22:27. > :22:30.that this car needs. The electric car has come a long way
:22:31. > :22:50.since it was a bit of a novelty. The mechanism is so simple that even
:22:51. > :22:53.a child could drive it. Now they claim to be the future,
:22:54. > :22:56.and the glitz and glamour of the third Formula E World
:22:57. > :22:59.Championship gets back on the road this weekend, and these machines
:23:00. > :23:01.are not as easy to drive. This car's so tricky to drive,
:23:02. > :23:07.it's so intricate, and requires I think it's the toughest category
:23:08. > :23:12.I've ever done, including Formula 1, One thing that hasn't
:23:13. > :23:16.changed, really, is how If this was a Formula 1 pit lane,
:23:17. > :23:19.we wouldn't be able Almost half the noise
:23:20. > :23:23.of a Formula 1 car. It can reach speeds of 140 mph,
:23:24. > :23:26.but it is this sudden acceleration and take-off speed, if you like,
:23:27. > :23:34.that makes them stand out, The batteries that provide this
:23:35. > :23:38.speed could soon be able to last At the moment, the drivers swap
:23:39. > :23:42.cars halfway through. The batteries are charged
:23:43. > :23:44.by generators powered by glycerin, part of the sport's drive to be
:23:45. > :23:47.the environmentally friendly future Now we can quite easily make
:23:48. > :23:51.electric cars practical for 90% of people, for most of their needs,
:23:52. > :23:55.so I think half the job of Formula E is not only to develop the tech,
:23:56. > :24:03.but also to change perceptions. This is the future whether we like
:24:04. > :24:05.it or not. This is high-tech,
:24:06. > :24:07.innovative technology, and we are at the forefront of it,
:24:08. > :24:10.and long may that continue. And if Sam is to be at the forefront
:24:11. > :24:15.this season, he will need his car back in one piece after handing me
:24:16. > :24:18.the keys so I could get an exclusive I feel quite hemmed in,
:24:19. > :24:23.especially around the gills, but this electric go-kart,
:24:24. > :24:26.if you like, is worth a cool Suddenly your stomach
:24:27. > :24:29.is left behind you, It is the torque, that acceleration,
:24:30. > :24:40.it just feels very different. Actually, the breeze seems noisier
:24:41. > :24:45.than the car! It's a very eerie,
:24:46. > :24:48.but a special feeling. I was taking it easy,
:24:49. > :24:51.nudging 70 mph, but if I wanted extra speed in a race,
:24:52. > :24:54.I could turn to the fans. The drivers receiving most votes
:24:55. > :24:57.online get a three-second power It's just a way of
:24:58. > :25:04.communicating with the fans. Do you have any other sport
:25:05. > :25:07.where a fan can actually Not even the fan-boost scheme,
:25:08. > :25:14.though, could help my speed. But at least the car
:25:15. > :25:16.got back safely. Yes, back in one piece,
:25:17. > :25:25.I can breathe again! And that's all from
:25:26. > :25:27.Reporters for this week. From me, Philippa Thomas,
:25:28. > :25:49.goodbye for now. We have seen different sides to
:25:50. > :25:53.Orton today, a huge contrasts in the weather.