:00:00. > :00:15.Well, now on BBC News, it is time for Reporters.
:00:16. > :00:20.From here in the BBC newsroom we send out correspondents to bring
:00:21. > :00:34.you the best stories from across the globe.
:00:35. > :00:36.In this week's programme: Defectors from Daesh.
:00:37. > :00:40.access to Syrian camps for former jihadists and their families
:00:41. > :00:47.TRANSLATION: They use people like human meat.
:00:48. > :00:51.You give your life to them and I hope I can get out soon
:00:52. > :01:03.I am Jay, this is my son, Kane, and we are voting for Donald Trump.
:01:04. > :01:07.With less than four weeks to go to the US election,
:01:08. > :01:10.we meet one of the many families divided over who to vote for.
:01:11. > :01:15.We report from Ethiopia on a global trade in which a girl under the age
:01:16. > :01:17.of 15 gets married every seven seconds.
:01:18. > :01:20.I have a 13-year-old cousin and the idea of her getting married
:01:21. > :01:27.and having a baby the next year is incomprehensible.
:01:28. > :01:35.Chris Buckler visits Londonderry in Northern Ireland and asks
:01:36. > :01:37.if there could be proof in the legend.
:01:38. > :01:42.People can call me whatever they like.
:01:43. > :01:51.As the Formula E motor racing championships get
:01:52. > :01:54.going in Hong Kong, we find out what all the fuss
:01:55. > :02:03.Actually, the breeze seems noisier than the car.
:02:04. > :02:05.It's a very eerie but a special feeling.
:02:06. > :02:07.They are jihadist fighters, many who have come
:02:08. > :02:19.They have defected from the so-called Islamic State.
:02:20. > :02:22.The BBC has had exclusive access to a secret internment camp
:02:23. > :02:24.for around 300 former militants and captured
:02:25. > :02:26.fighters including French, Dutch and Polish nationals
:02:27. > :02:38.They are being held at the prison, operated by a rebel group that
:02:39. > :02:41.claims it is trying to rehabilitate them, and in some cases
:02:42. > :02:48.As we report, many of them to want to go home.
:02:49. > :02:50.Where do jihadists go when their beloved Islamic State
:02:51. > :02:59.Some are being held here at a secret camp in northern Syria.
:03:00. > :03:02.The men are from Europe and across the Middle East
:03:03. > :03:07.They are defectors and prisoners of war,
:03:08. > :03:10.so few of them want to show their faces.
:03:11. > :03:23.In retreat, many of them brought their families with them.
:03:24. > :03:25.In the headscarf is one man who joined the so-called
:03:26. > :03:28.Now a captive, he renounces the group.
:03:29. > :03:30.TRANSLATION: They used people like human meat.
:03:31. > :03:34.You give your life to them so they start to control your life.
:03:35. > :03:37.I know I will get into trouble but this is what I choose
:03:38. > :03:48.I hope I can get out soon and live my life normally.
:03:49. > :03:51.These are Egyptians, Tunisians, Holland.
:03:52. > :03:56.Its commander showed me the details of dozens of prisoners.
:03:57. > :03:59.Some will be returned to Europe if the authorities promised
:04:00. > :04:09.TRANSLATION: We refer them to courts and they go according to the gravity
:04:10. > :04:13.If they have committed murder then they may be executed.
:04:14. > :04:16.Some are jailed just because they still hold
:04:17. > :04:28.The Islamic State's order is collapsing.
:04:29. > :04:31.They are losing territory and an increasing number of people
:04:32. > :04:35.Joining IS was easy but leaving is difficult.
:04:36. > :04:38.It was hard, really hard, says this defector who is held
:04:39. > :04:49.We have also learnt that European intelligence agencies
:04:50. > :04:51.are on a mission in northern Syria to find, capture
:04:52. > :04:58.They are working alongside some rebel groups to create a kind
:04:59. > :05:01.of underground railroad which will bring IS group supporters
:05:02. > :05:09.but these European jihadists want to come back.
:05:10. > :05:17.In four weeks' time Americans will finally vote
:05:18. > :05:21.Which makes the fact that Donald Trump is waging war
:05:22. > :05:24.on his own Republican Party all the more remarkable.
:05:25. > :05:28.But it's not just the Republicans who are divided.
:05:29. > :05:30.Many families are finding themselves at odds.
:05:31. > :05:34.Some siding with Hillary Clinton, others with Donald Trump.
:05:35. > :05:37.We have gone to meet one such family in Lancaster,
:05:38. > :05:48.In a key battleground state of Pennsylvania,
:05:49. > :05:50.the Ingram family are facing their own conflict.
:05:51. > :05:54.My name is Cathy Ingram and I am voting for Hillary Clinton.
:05:55. > :05:58.I am Jay and this is my son Kane and we are voting for Donald Trump.
:05:59. > :06:02.I think she is totally crazy because she is voting for Hillary.
:06:03. > :06:05.She thinks I'm totally crazy because I'm voting for Trump.
:06:06. > :06:14.His questions were all attacks on Trump.
:06:15. > :06:17.At dinner, talk of politics is unsurprisingly lively.
:06:18. > :06:20.Jay's vote for Donald Trump is a vote against Hillary Clinton,
:06:21. > :06:22.the candidate his wife Cathy is supporting.
:06:23. > :06:32.So even though she has a little bit of a storied past and ideas
:06:33. > :06:39.that really need to be pushed through that the Democratic
:06:40. > :06:41.side hasn't been able to push through...
:06:42. > :06:43.She comes off as a good person, seriously?
:06:44. > :06:46.She reminds me of an evil school teacher.
:06:47. > :07:03.He's 230 and hits the golf ball 280, so he is in fine shape.
:07:04. > :07:08.A self-confessed liberal, Jay backed Bernie Sanders
:07:09. > :07:13.in the primaries this year, and he voted for Barack Obama twice.
:07:14. > :07:21.I really believed what he said, the fall that I am. He seemed to just
:07:22. > :07:21.sit around, tell jokes and look pretty.
:07:22. > :07:24.Their older son is getting ready to cast his ballot
:07:25. > :07:30.I could not bring myself to vote for Hillary.
:07:31. > :07:32.There are too many strikes against her.
:07:33. > :07:39.A lot of people like to make excuses for what happened but she will
:07:40. > :07:43.literally say anything to get elected.
:07:44. > :07:46.The tables are as split as this state where it looks close
:07:47. > :07:50.between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
:07:51. > :07:56.I met a lot of people and nobody comes out and says I'm
:07:57. > :08:03.But they'll come to me after I have made a putt and say,
:08:04. > :08:04.I'm voting for Trump.
:08:05. > :08:09.I don't think the passion is out there for either candidate
:08:10. > :08:12.The undecided voters in Pennsylvania are clear to this election.
:08:13. > :08:17.The undecided voters in Pennsylvania are key to this election.
:08:18. > :08:21.One thing is certain, whatever the outcome,
:08:22. > :08:24.expect sparks to fly in this house after polling day.
:08:25. > :08:26.Thousands of people are being trafficked across the world
:08:27. > :08:29.and forced into a life of prostitution or domestic slavery.
:08:30. > :08:31.Most come from a handful of countries.
:08:32. > :08:36.Sex trafficking has become widespread there.
:08:37. > :08:45.We have travelled there to investigate this ruthless trade.
:08:46. > :08:55.Hila is 26 and a survivor of human trafficking.
:08:56. > :08:57.Here in a women's shelter in Bucharest she is trying
:08:58. > :09:02.Looking on is her baby girl, fathered by her last trafficker.
:09:03. > :09:04.She was trafficked not once, not twice but three times around
:09:05. > :09:10.TRANSLATION: When crossing the border I had a gun to my head
:09:11. > :09:13.and they told me to give them the ID and to smile.
:09:14. > :09:17.In the mornings and the afternoon I would have 15 clients and then
:09:18. > :09:20.in the evening through to the next morning they would bring another 20.
:09:21. > :09:26.In the end it was a client racked with guilt who helped her to escape.
:09:27. > :09:34.Many victims of trafficking come from remote villages.
:09:35. > :09:37.Nicharest in Eastern Romania appears stuck in a bygone era.
:09:38. > :09:45.Many of the houses do not have running water.
:09:46. > :09:48.The traffickers have targeted this place and the British woman who runs
:09:49. > :09:57.the local community centre says a girl goes missing every month.
:09:58. > :10:02.They are young vulnerable teenagers who fall in love with the pimps
:10:03. > :10:05.who are normally older guys and they are attracted
:10:06. > :10:07.by the Mercedes and the Audis that the pimps are
:10:08. > :10:12.One was trafficked to Germany for prostitution.
:10:13. > :10:15.Now with her life back on track she has come to the community centre
:10:16. > :10:18.to warn the local kids of the dangers.
:10:19. > :10:25.I tell the girls to not trust the guys so easily.
:10:26. > :10:28.She hopes she can make the teenagers of the village think twice.
:10:29. > :10:31.A village like Nicarest really struggles to offer its young
:10:32. > :10:34.and the jobs and the opportunities that they may want in
:10:35. > :10:49.They act in effect like real-life Pied Pipers.
:10:50. > :10:52.We went to a jail hour north of Bucharest to meet a man
:10:53. > :10:55.who trafficked women and girls to Italy for five years.
:10:56. > :11:06.TRANSLATION: I don't know if this is exploitation but when the girl
:11:07. > :11:08.agrees I do not think this is exploitation.
:11:09. > :11:11.How would you feel if that was your sister,
:11:12. > :11:16.You really don't think that it is someone's daughter.
:11:17. > :11:20.You think just that you have to make money and that is it.
:11:21. > :11:31.After all I have done, they have taken everything from me.
:11:32. > :11:41.I have to start again from scratch, so I would not be sorry to do
:11:42. > :11:45.In the village, the worry is another three girls may be
:11:46. > :11:49.Some may go willingly to escape their poverty but the life
:11:50. > :11:53.that awaits them, no-one could ever knowingly wish for it.
:11:54. > :11:56.One girl under the age of 15 is married every seven seconds.
:11:57. > :11:59.That's the shocking conclusion of a new report by the charity
:12:00. > :12:06.The study says girls as young as ten are forced to marry much older men
:12:07. > :12:15.in countries including Afghanistan, Yemen, India and Ethiopia.
:12:16. > :12:18.The British model Poppy Delevingne recently went to Ethiopia to see
:12:19. > :12:31.We have just arrived in a small village.
:12:32. > :12:38.This is where they run the Save the Children programme
:12:39. > :12:40.Keep It Real and I will speak to some young girls
:12:41. > :12:49.So right now I am with this beautiful girl.
:12:50. > :12:53.We are at her school and she has been telling me about her stories
:12:54. > :13:00.She was 11 years old when she was propositioned to be married.
:13:01. > :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
:13:06. > :13:09.With the help of her brother and sister, they managed
:13:10. > :13:12.to persuade her parents that child marriage was not a good thing.
:13:13. > :13:18.She is now at school and is number one, number one in her class.
:13:19. > :13:23.And she even told me that I should ask the teacher if that was true.
:13:24. > :13:31.I hear that you were married as a child.
:13:32. > :13:38.Would it be OK for me to come to your home and hear all about it?
:13:39. > :13:46.So I spent my afternoon with the lovely Salam
:13:47. > :13:52.She was married at 13 years old and by the time
:13:53. > :13:56.she was 14 she was pregnant with her first child.
:13:57. > :13:58.When she was nine months pregnant, she left her husband
:13:59. > :14:02.because he was physically abusive, and moved back in with her family.
:14:03. > :14:04.But not only that, when she was engaged to him
:14:05. > :14:07.he promised her that she would still have an opportunity
:14:08. > :14:11.Something that 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.that a 13-year-old should not have to do.
:14:19. > :14:22.I have a 13-year-old cousin, and the idea of her getting married
:14:23. > :14:25.and then the next year having a baby, to me,
:14:26. > :14:35.It is something that I cannot believe is happening in this
:14:36. > :14:46.But the lovely Salam has a bright future ahead of her.
:14:47. > :14:50.And it was truly an honour for her to share her story with me.
:14:51. > :14:54.It's long been known for its welcoming Scandinavian
:14:55. > :14:58.attitude to foreigners but Norway is getting tough on immigration.
:14:59. > :15:01.The number of people seeking asylum has fallen dramatically this year.
:15:02. > :15:05.Some deterred by strict new entry rules.
:15:06. > :15:10.Norway is also putting up a steel fence along its border with Russia.
:15:11. > :15:12.That follows an influx of 5000 migrants, mainly
:15:13. > :15:25.Most crossed from Russia at the Storskog border point,
:15:26. > :15:40.This is Norway's new and controversial border
:15:41. > :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. > :15:59.Last year around 5,500 asylum seekers, many from Syria,
:16:00. > :16:02.crossed from Russia to Norway here, taking the so-called Arctic route
:16:03. > :16:08.The flow of refugees has since come to a halt,
:16:09. > :16:13.the 200m-long fence will help to secure the checkpoint
:16:14. > :16:17.in the event of any future mass migration.
:16:18. > :16:20.I'm on the Norwegian side of the fence, and just
:16:21. > :16:23.over there, around 100m away, is the Russian border.
:16:24. > :16:26.I'm not allowed to film in that direction
:16:27. > :16:29.because of security restrictions, but here is the new fence.
:16:30. > :16:33.It is four metres tall and around three millimetres thick and it costs
:16:34. > :16:39.In the nearby town of Kirkenes, the new fence has had
:16:40. > :16:44.Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, authorities here have worked
:16:45. > :16:47.to improve ties with Russia, including visa-free travel
:16:48. > :16:50.for residents on both sides of the border.
:16:51. > :16:59.Leaders of the local municipality say the fence is a backward step.
:17:00. > :17:02.It's really embarrassing for us, us local, so near Russia.
:17:03. > :17:06.We want to build bridges to Russia, not to build fences.
:17:07. > :17:11.But what do Russians make of the fence?
:17:12. > :17:13.These market traders cross into Kirkenes
:17:14. > :17:16.every week to sell Russian goods to Norwegians and tourists.
:17:17. > :17:19.TRANSLATION: If the Norwegian authorities are building fences,
:17:20. > :17:25.It is right, too, because it's not just the Syrian
:17:26. > :17:32.Norway's capital Oslo is nearly 2,000km away from the border
:17:33. > :17:35.crossing but it was here that the decision to build
:17:36. > :17:42.According to the State's secretary for the Minister of Justice,
:17:43. > :17:45.the debate about the fence has become a storm in a teacup.
:17:46. > :17:48.We have a very good working dialogue with
:17:49. > :17:51.the Russian authorities and you also have to remember that the fence
:17:52. > :18:00.It is nothing compared to what we already have.
:18:01. > :18:04.The fence is due for completion at the end of this month
:18:05. > :18:14.but in the last week, a set back for construction.
:18:15. > :18:17.Border officials say a section of the barrier that's been erected
:18:18. > :18:22.ten centimetres too close to Russia and it will have to be dug out.
:18:23. > :18:26.Ireland is a land rich in mythical tales about giants.
:18:27. > :18:29.Now there's a thought that those legends might be built more
:18:30. > :18:34.Scientists are working to try and identify people carrying
:18:35. > :18:39.Researchers are finding it's more commonly carried by people
:18:40. > :18:41.in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
:18:42. > :18:45.Chris Buckler has been there to find out, is there any truth
:18:46. > :18:52.These stone circles aren't the only link to history here in Mid-Ulster.
:18:53. > :19:00.That's a title that comes not just from myths and Legends.
:19:01. > :19:08.Among those strolling these shopping streets are a select group of people
:19:09. > :19:12.who carry what's become known as the giant gene.
:19:13. > :19:17.That's me when I was seven, eight years old.
:19:18. > :19:25.At his height, he stood almost six feet 11 inches tall and its likely,
:19:26. > :19:28.he would have grown to almost seven feet tall if he hadn't been treated
:19:29. > :19:32.for a genetic disorder that caused gigantism.
:19:33. > :19:38.No, not at all, people can call me what they like and most
:19:39. > :19:43.However, gigantism is a condition that can be life-threatening.
:19:44. > :19:46.My mother passed it to me, and she never knew that.
:19:47. > :19:50.Many people still to this day are passing the gene
:19:51. > :19:55.on without knowing it, and that will continue.
:19:56. > :19:58.DNA evidence shows Brendan is related to
:19:59. > :20:02.Charles Byrne, whose skeleton is on display in a London Museum.
:20:03. > :20:07.Born in Mid-Ulster in the 1700s, he became
:20:08. > :20:15.It is only a decade since scientists worked out a genetic link
:20:16. > :20:17.to the condition, which affects the pituitary gland,
:20:18. > :20:24.causing abnormal growth and many other medical problems.
:20:25. > :20:27.20% of people who carry the gene will develop the disease.
:20:28. > :20:29.People could develop blindness, severe headaches
:20:30. > :20:37.and die prematurely, but with effective therapy,
:20:38. > :20:40.I think that problem can be alleviated
:20:41. > :20:43.quite substantially, so the emphasis really is on early
:20:44. > :20:48.Irish folklore is full of tales of giants, not least Finn MacCool
:20:49. > :20:55.who it's claimed built Antrim's Giant's Causeway.
:20:56. > :20:57.Researchers believe in at least some of the many stories,
:20:58. > :21:04.With the gene still present in the population here,
:21:05. > :21:07.they have been carrying out tests to try to
:21:08. > :21:16.There is clearly a giant hotspot in the middle of Northern Ireland.
:21:17. > :21:18.We were surprised as well because a lot
:21:19. > :21:22.of the people we found really are no different than anybody else.
:21:23. > :21:26.They are normal height, stature, and so on.
:21:27. > :21:30.Of course, it's the complications that maybe one or two
:21:31. > :21:33.generations down the line in their children or grandchildren,
:21:34. > :21:35.that's what we are hoping to prevent with this.
:21:36. > :21:38.There was probably at least some truth in the centuries of stories
:21:39. > :21:43.But it is likely that throughout their heart was a gene
:21:44. > :21:47.that caused considerable pain and problems.
:21:48. > :21:50.That's why many want the idea of generations of giants to be
:21:51. > :22:01.Now, you have no doubt heard of Formula 1
:22:02. > :22:08.It's the race series for electric cars and the new season started this
:22:09. > :22:11.There are three British drivers competing this year,
:22:12. > :22:14.including Sam Bird, who finished fourth last season.
:22:15. > :22:17.Before he left for his first race in Hong Kong, Mike Bushell
:22:18. > :22:20.took his car for a spin and discovered why in this sport,
:22:21. > :22:26.the fans can directly influence the outcome.
:22:27. > :22:30.FILE VOICEOVER: Batteries supply the only juice that this car needs.
:22:31. > :22:35.The electric car has come along some way
:22:36. > :22:37.since it was a bit of a novelty in the 1960s.
:22:38. > :22:40.The mechanism is so simple, a child could drive it.
:22:41. > :22:44.Now they claim to be the future, and the glitz and glamour
:22:45. > :22:47.of third Formula E World Championship gets back on the road
:22:48. > :22:52.and these machines are not as easy to drive.
:22:53. > :22:56.The car is so tricky to drive, it's so intricate and requires
:22:57. > :23:01.I think it's the toughest category I have ever done
:23:02. > :23:05.including Formula 1, including GP2, Formula 3.
:23:06. > :23:13.One thing that hasn't changed is how eerily quiet they are.
:23:14. > :23:17.If this was a Formula 1 pit lane, we wouldn't be able
:23:18. > :23:21.Almost half of the noise of a Formula 1 car.
:23:22. > :23:24.They can reach speeds of 140mph, but it is their sudden acceleration,
:23:25. > :23:27.their takeoff speed if you like, that makes them stand out.
:23:28. > :23:33.The batteries that provide this speed could soon be able to last
:23:34. > :23:38.At the moment, the drivers swap cars halfway through.
:23:39. > :23:42.The batteries are charged by generators powered by glycerine.
:23:43. > :23:45.Part of the sport's drive to become the environmentally-friendly future
:23:46. > :23:52.Now we can quite easily make an electric car that's practical
:23:53. > :23:55.for 90% of people for their transportation needs,
:23:56. > :23:59.so I think half of the job of Formula E is not only to develop
:24:00. > :24:01.the tech but also change perceptions.
:24:02. > :24:04.This is the future, whether we like it or not.
:24:05. > :24:05.This is high-tech, innovative technology
:24:06. > :24:07.and we are at the forefront of it
:24:08. > :24:10.ANNOUNCER: Bird takes victory in Argentina!
:24:11. > :24:15.But if Sam is to be at the forefront this season, he will meet his car
:24:16. > :24:19.back in one piece after handing me the keys so I could get an exclusive
:24:20. > :24:23.I feel quite hemmed in, especially around my jowls.
:24:24. > :24:26.But this electric go-kart is worth a cool $1 million,
:24:27. > :24:32.Suddenly your stomach is left behind you, more so than in a fuel car.
:24:33. > :24:40.It's the torque, that acceleration, it feels very different.
:24:41. > :24:44.The breeze seems noisier than the car!
:24:45. > :24:49.It's a very eerie but a special feeling.
:24:50. > :24:53.I was taking it easy, nudging 70mph, but if I wanted extra
:24:54. > :24:57.speed in the race, I could turn to the fans.
:24:58. > :24:59.The drivers receiving most votes online get a three-second power
:25:00. > :25:07.It's just a way of communicating with the fans.
:25:08. > :25:10.Do you know of any other sport where a fan can
:25:11. > :25:15.Not even the fan boost scheme could help my speed but at least
:25:16. > :25:20.Yeah, back in one piece, I can breathe again.
:25:21. > :25:24.That's all from Reporters for this week.
:25:25. > :25:30.From me, Philippa Thomas, goodbye for now.