hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. top us intelligence officials have been giving evidence on claims of russian interference in the us election. they say russia has an advanced cyber programme that poses a major threat to a wide range of us interests. another terror attack in turkey. this time in the city of izmir. two people have been killed. a bbc investigation has found that illegal drugs are being bought online and delivered by mail all over the uk. we'll bring you that report. apple has withdrawn the new york times from its china app store, following a request from chinese authorities. michelle fleury in new york has been looking in this for us. and if you want to get in touch we're on #bbcos. asi

as i talked to you, the outside source screen is as i talked to you, the outside source screen is blank so i'm going to try and present the programme from here, and i'm going to begin with what the american director of national intelligence has said about russian involvement in the us presidential election. this was a multifaceted campaign. so the hacking was only a part of it. it also entailed classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news. does that continue? yes. these activities are ongoing now in europe, as europe prepares for elections, is that a fair assumption? it is. yesterday the wall street journal

indicated that the president—elect is considering changes to the intelligence community. have you, as the experts in this field, been engaged in these deliberations, and vice?: no, we have not. that was at a senate hearing. to reinforce the point, we have a joint statement from us intelligence chiefs. it reads "russia is a full—scope cyber actor that poses a major threat to us government, military, diplomatic, commercial and critical infrastructure. this next bit is significant too. "we assess that only russia's senior—most officials could have authorised the recent election—focused data thefts and disclosures." vladimir putin, in other words. gordon carreras gave me his assessment of what we have learned. ina way assessment of what we have learned. in a way it was a preview for what i

think will be the main event, when we get the report we are expecting next week from intelligence officials about the evidence of russian hacking and interference in the election. they skirted around the election. they skirted around theissue, the election. they skirted around the issue, touching it on it at various points but they were careful about giving away too much detail. you got the broad outlines, they are confident with the assertion that russia was responsible for trying to interfere with the election. will we see the report? i did an interview with the russian ambassador to the eu and he said that the americans are saying this and he went, show me the evidence. where is the detail? that's what everyone is waiting for, we are expecting some kind of report in detail. there will be different levels of classification. there will bea levels of classification. there will be a public report. there will be a secret report, possibly more than one with more detail. a lot of the evidence pointing towards why the us is so confident the kremlin was

behind it may well be very sensitive. it may be that the cia has an agent in moscow telling them that and they won't want to put too much detail in a public report. that's possible. they know they are under pressure, not least from donald trump and others, to produce evidence to show as much as they can to back up the assertion that the kremlin was behind this alleged interference. interesting that europe was mentioned. that was interesting, a question from a senator, do you think this kind of interference extends to europe and is ongoing? the intelligence official said yes. we've heard it from some european countries. i spoke to the body area and president before their recent elections where he was standing down and he said that we have seen russian attempts to manipulate the election. we've heard germany talking about it, german officials sounding a warning about cyber attacks. information

operations, influence operations to try and affect politics. there may be people watching thinking, hold on, hasn't america been interfering in elections since the second world war? on one levelyou are right. there was the interesting question, the chinese hacked into the american system to steal data, was that something equivalent to what russia did? american officials say that was espionage, different from interfering with an election. they are saying that espionage is standard and that they do that, so they won't kick up as much of eight fast. but people may point to history —— a fuss. america intervened in iraq, but they may say that they don't do this any more —— in iran. quick word about donald trump, he's a hard man to predict but you would expect him to make

some changes in us intelligence based on his twitter activity?l some changes in us intelligence based on his twitter activity? a lot of nervousness in us intelligence. fascinating meeting, when he sits down to talk about the evidence with them. they will wonder if he's going to do them. they will wonder if he's going todoa them. they will wonder if he's going to do a clear out, whether he will change the direction, whether he will take some kind of retaliation for the sense that they have been criticising him and that he has been engaging in this spat over the election. interesting to watch. we will talk to our correspondent in about 20 minutes about those issues. a car bomb and gun fire involved in a terrorist attack in turkey. the first week of 2017 isn't over and yet there have been two terror attacks in turkey. the second was in the city of izmir, the courthouse

was targeted, the police approaching a car outside to search it and then the attackers inside the car shot and tried to attack a policeman with and tried to attack a policeman with an explosive device, a car bomb was detonated and in the mayhem one of the policemen was killed. a member of the court staff was killed and the two attackers were shot dead as well. the third attacker we believe is still at large, wearing a black jacket and a white beret. 0fficials say they expect that the pkk kurdish militant group were behind the attack and may believe a much larger attack and may believe a much larger attack was foiled given the number of weapons found including machine guns and grenades. it's a few days after the new year's eve attack on the reina nightclub, that gunman is still at large. arrests have been made in istanbul but not the gunmen,

leaving people feeling nervous. it has shown how difficult it is to secure turkey. how to keep the country secure turkey. how to keep the cou ntry safe. secure turkey. how to keep the country safe. 80 million people, bordering syria and iraq, it has the kurdish insurgency in the south—east, and it has the pkk and so—called islamic state. more police alone is clearly not the answer, they must have better intelligence. some attacks are being foiled but others are happening and that shows intelligence gaps and it is making this country feel extremely worried going into 2017. mark mentioned the istanbul attack, we had a development on that today. but today several men connected to him have been arrested, and all are reported to be uighurs from xinjiang province in china. uighurs are a mainly muslim minority, and they have a troubled relationship with china's central government. uighur separatists are often accused of terrorism in china. the government is accused of discriminating against uighurs.

here's bbc chinese's howard zhang. the modern grievances are two fold, firstly some of them consider, they wa nt firstly some of them consider, they want a brief government of their own, they country called east turkistant which own, they country called east turkista nt which vanished own, they country called east turkistant which vanished after the coming is to over in china, and some of them want to go back to the days of them want to go back to the days of east turkistan. also they've complained about the millions of ethnic chinese moving in from other provinces into the province where they mainly live, making them a minority. that is the ethnic tension side of the complaint. in terms of the radicalisation, the chinese government has made claims for many yea rs, government has made claims for many years, from the taliban time because

ten free mac is near afghanistan. claims that the taliban worth training them —— because xinjiang is near afghanistan. the exact percentage, i doubt any can calculate that but to safely say, there is a degree of... a bbc investigation has found that large amounts of illegal drugs are being delivered by post in the uk. the drugs are being bought on the dark web. that's an area of the internet where a large amount of illegal material and products are shared and sold. jim connolly from bbc newsbeat has the story. it is an illegal trade worth millions but your local postman could an wichary —— good unwittingly be delivering drugs. more and more people are buying drugs on the dark

web. what was in there? it's not of cannabis. you smell it and then what? you tell the managers and they say that you must deliver it, tell them to be more careful. really? the royal mail says that it does not knowingly carrying illegal items in the network. getting drugs online is becoming more popular with people like steve who would only talk to us if we protected his identity. like steve who would only talk to us if we protected his identitym like steve who would only talk to us if we protected his identity. it was cheaper and you had less chance of getting skanked. we found it funny how she handed it over and said thank you very much, she was com pletely thank you very much, she was completely unaware that she was part of the drugs trade. this part of london news to be home to lots of shots where you could purchase legal highs. the government say that new laws to tackle this mean that the shops have closed down but we managed to get these drugs on the

dark web, getting around the issue. we asked the government to speak to us we asked the government to speak to us about this but they declined. they say they are spending £1.9 billion over the next five years on cyber security. how easy was it to buy the drugs on the dark web? we met chris, an independent security expert. everything about it is pretty much like ebay but it looks a bit more amateurish? the technology is not as mature in many cases but you are accessing a very is not as mature in many cases but you are accessing a very anon is not as mature in many cases but you are accessing a very anon i website which is hard to track down. we purchased ecstasy, marijuana and a drug known as spice. a few days later, all three parcels are wired. we took them to this government approved testing lab. these don't look suspicious, there's no way that every single bike can be opened, we would never get our post. there

would never get our post. there would be backlog is. we are looking for things that look suspicious, and these don't. it may have only been three samples but the testing proved everything we bought on the dark web was as described, raising the question of what needs to be done to stop this deadly trade. how will authorities tackle a global issue where every time a marketplace is closed down, another appears to replace it? inafew in a few minutes we are going to be talking about global warming. it is often stated that the speed of global warming has been slowing but new data suggests it isn't. we will get into that. the uk service sector grew at its fastest pace for 17 months in december, a closely—watched survey has indicated. bbc‘s economics editor kamal ahmed explained what's behind the new figures. andrew haldein, the chief economist

at the bank of england, he welcomed the figures and was optimistic that 2016 had been stronger in terms of growth than many people predicted, including the bank, that maybe it had been too pessimistic. these good figures are based on the great british shopper who has kept spending despite the warnings of what the brexit vote may bring. but mr haldein sounded a note of caution when he said that this fall of the value of sterling since the referendum means that food imports and fuel imports are more expensive, which is going to feed through to consumers who may see higher prices, meaning lower spending, which means possibly some tougher headwinds for the economy this year and next year. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is: us intelligence chiefs have renewed accusations that

russia disrupted the presidential election, and that it posing a threat to a swathe of american interests. 0n the bbc world service: the trial of the woman at the centre of a scandal involving south korea's president has got under way. choi soon—sil appeared in court in seoul. she's facing charges of abuse of power and attempted fraud. it's alleged that president park allowed ms choi to exploit their close relationship. four people have been arrested in chicago over a live stream on facebook in which a bound and gagged man was tortured. his assailants are heard making derogatory statements against white people. the latest on syria now. un officials have been speaking on the progress of a recent ceasefire brokered by russia and turkey. 0pposition groups have complained

of violations including air strikes from the government in wadi barada, a village northeast of damascus. the government says it is targeting terror groups not included in the cessation of hostilities. meanwhile in geneva the un envoys for syria have both been speaking on the upcoming peace talks in kazakhstan, and on water shortages that have arisen around damascus. there are incidents, we know about them, we are involved and we are trying and hoping that the two actors will secede in overcoming them and richard the point —— reached the point where facilities will recover. 5.5 million people have had their water supplies cut or minimised. to sabotage and the night

water is a war crime. it is civilians who drink it and who will be affected bash mac and to deny water supplies —— and to deny water supplies. police in austria say they are looking for six men suspected of sexually assaulting 18 women during new year's eve celebrations in the city of innsbruck. the men are thought to be from asia or north africa and the allegation is that they groped and kissed women as they watched a fireworks display. the assaults are a year after hundreds of women were attacked in cologne during the 2015 new year's eve celebrations. new year's eve celebrations. new year's eve celebrations in innsbruck. it was here in this crowd that 18 young women who had come to dance and

watch the fireworks were sexually assaulted. police say it was done by assaulted. police say it was done by a group of five or six men. translation: the offenders surrounded the women dancing and touched them inappropriately. the person leading the investigation told the bbc that the number of the assaults and the fact they were carried out by a group is unprecedented for innsbruck. the police are checking cctv footage. the suspects are believed to be between 25—30 years old, possibly from asia or north africa. the nationalities are unclear. it is thought they in innsbruck. police say that the surgeon includes refugee shelters. the assaults happened despite heightened security in the city. last year in neighbouring germany, hundreds of women were assaulted in new year at cologne and anti—immigrant sentiment in austria has grown after the refugee and migrant crisis in 2015, when the country took in about 1% of

its population. a couple of you asking why i not using the outside source screen. it isn't using and we are working to fix it. we will carry on with our coverage of the main stories. back to the us now. president—elect donald trump makes no secret of his disdain for us companies who create jobs outside the us. today, toyota was the target. it said it would have to pay a new tax if the new car plant it is making is not built in the us. if you want a measure of the importance of his tweets, the share price of toyota went down. it recovered but it shows the impact he is having. chief executives and people who have shares in these companies want to know what the president is saying because it may affect the value of their shares. 0ne

shares. one of them is sa naa them is sanaa the same joins us from new york. this is an existing app and it is adding a new feature. new york. this is an existing app and it is adding a new featurem will be available on the app store and they say that as soon as the president elect mentions a company, and we've seen it happening with toyota and in the past when he talks about lockheed martin or boeing, we've seen a big impact on their share price. this app will give you real time information about stocks that you own with regards to comments by the president—elect. for example, today if you own shares in toyota, you would have had an alert saying the president—elect has spoken about a company that you own. best have a look at the news. spoken about a company that you own. best have a look at the newslj guess that it's inevitable that when

the president speaks it will have an impact on the value of companies but i can't recall 0bama being as specific in his messages to particular companies. this is somewhat unprecedented which is why there is a lot of discussion about it. if you look at social media and how people have reacted, there's been a lot of scepticism when it comes to the president—elect singling out companies like this. but it is in line with what mr trump has always said on the campaign trail, that he's going to fight for the little guy, which he feels he is doing by calling out companies that are creating jobs overseas and then selling products in the united states or with regards to boeing and lockheed martin, when they see cost ove rru ns lockheed martin, when they see cost overruns for government contracts. thank you forjoining us. as you can see, while i was talking till we have got the screen fixed. how's this for cashing in. a year ago australian company

bririmian limited bought a lithium mining project in mali forjust $110,000. it just sold that same project for around $78 million. partly because of this. the growing popularity of electric cars. lithium is a key component in their batteries. francis browne is a mining and metals expert at the commodities analysts s&p platts global. here is his analysis. it is an extraordinary deal and it shows the huge interest in lithium as an as to invest in. will it affect price? it should but the scale of production and technology is going so fast that the unit cost is coming down. lithium, although vitally important, is only a component of that technology. the capacity increases in this particular commodity are

actually quite slow, a lot of work needs to be done to bring lithium to market. we are looking possibly at a disconnect between supply and demand going forward. why would save 5—10 year horizon. the consumer electronics show is on in las vegas. there's a range of products designed for the home, which claim to use artificial intelligence. here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. in a penthouse suite at a ritzy las vegas hotel, smart home exhibits are on show. there's a smart speaker for children, where each toy is a playlist. # everybody was kung—fu fighting...# alexa, trigger lock. a voice—activated door lock. and upstairs... snoring. ..there's even nora, described as a smart snoring solution. this little device is paired with a pad under the pillow which detects me snoring and moves just enough to stop me, without waking me up.

the big theme this year is turning the advances in artificial intelligence into products. there are robots of course. this one's meant to be a shop assistant, while this one is designed as a companion for children or elderly people. but ai seems to get everywhere, even into this toothbrush, which learns how you brush your teeth. artificial intelligence is not just gathering the data, it's being able to use the data. then you learn where your weaknesses are, where your strengths are and the purpose is to become better at taking care of your oral health. this walking stick is also smarter than it looks. an in—built mobile phone sim card means it can help if there's an accident. it will detect the fall of its user and when it detects it it will alert the family or the neighbour, so they can come and help these people. and this clever mirror helps anyone to try out make—up. bienvenue a las vegas!

out on the las vegas strip, danny manu, a young entrepreneur from manchester, hasjust flown in. welcome to las vegas. his instant translation headphones aren't quite ready. they will eventually be tiny earbuds, but he's still looking forward to ces. this is important because we will be able to showcase what we've been working on to the world, to show this is something we started years ago as a small team, as a small start—up, with dedication and passion. the odds are against danny, a one—man band taking on giants like apple and google, but like plenty of people here this week, he's betting that he has the product that can change the world. rory cellan—jones, bbc news, las vegas. that's it for the first half of 0utside source. see you in a couple of minutes. if you're going to the west coast of

the united states in the next couple of days, there may be some severe rain, and mountain snow. 0n of days, there may be some severe rain, and mountain snow. on friday things are looking fairly quiet across north america. bitterly cold, the arctic air is slowly moving south towards the gulf states and florida. 0n south towards the gulf states and florida. on friday we will see heavy and potentially thundery rain developing. you will notice the cold across southern areas. freezing in dallas, only four or 5 degrees in atla nta. dallas, only four or 5 degrees in atlanta. as the cold air moves south, so will be rain and some of it could be pretty intense as it moves towards florida and western cuba. to the west, the pineapple express setup developing, a series of low pressure systems coming from the pacific producing heavy rain in california and snow over the higher ground, much needed over the sierra nevada. the cold air is across

europe and it really is penetrating further south over the next few days, as far south as north africa and the eastern mediterranean. the winds have been exceptionally strong in places, we've seen coastal flooding over parts of northern germany, and eight storm surge submerging cars. heavy snow has been pushing south across much of germany, towards poland, the ukraine. this low pressure developing on thursday and friday in the eastern mediterranean is going to bring very severe weather, not just heavy rain and snow but very strong winds. warnings are in force for friday across parts of italy, because of the cold weather and also across the adriatic sea for the wind which will be damagingly strong at times. potentialflooding in southern grace and towards turkey —— greece. the rain moving towards

hungary, budapest and towards the ukraine. significant snow. daytime temperatures well below freezing on friday. 12 degrees in athens but by the time we reach the weekend the cold air will have reached southern greece, with some snow flurries. —20 in moscow over the weekend. with daytime values around —10 across south—east europe, a huge contrast to what's going on across the north—west of europe. looking pretty mild back home, 10 celsius perhaps as we head to the weekend because we pick up mild south—westerly is from the atlantic so it will turn milder. with it, some patchy drizzle and cloud as well. stay tuned for the full uk weather forecast in about half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. let's look through some of the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. top us intelligence officials have given evidence on claims of russian interference in the us election. they warned of cyber attacks as well as other

methods of espionage. the hacking was only one part of it. it also entails classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news. in recent years, many scientists have been saying that there has been a slowdown in global warming. new data suggests that is full. —— false. 0ur environment correspondent will talk us through that.