hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. straight to the us. the pentagon has opened an inquiry into donald trump's former national security adviser. michael flynn is accused of accepting payments from foreign groups without permission. we'll be live in new york. the eu says it has a joint and final position on brexit negotiations. the point is, we are united, we have a clear line and we are ready. the eu says it is prepared. angela merkel hopes the uk is too. translation: unfortunately i get the feeling that some people in britain still have illusions — that would be a waste of time. syria has accused israel of causing a huge explosion near damascus airport. we'll talk to bbc arabic about that. and we'll be live in philadelphia to discuss donald trump's first 100 days in office. about an hour ago this newswire came

in from reuters telling us the inspector general of the pentagon has launched an investigation into whether michael flynn, trump's former national security adviser, accepted money from foreign entities without the required approval. you may remember the story as we have covered it many times on outside source. michael flynn left the trump administration earlier this year after it was revealed that he had misled the vice president about his communications with the russian ambassador. this is the leading democratic on the committee that exercises oversight for the federal government. i honestly do not understand why the white house is covering up for michael flynn. i don't get it. after

the president fired him for lying. so the president fired him for lying about communications with the russian ambassador. they should be bending over backwards to help us. it does not make any sense and it makes the american people think the white house has something to hide. the white house spokesman was asked about the investigation in his daily briefing just a short while ago. this was his reply. i think that is appropriate if they think there is wrongdoing that apartments and inspector general should look into it. he was issued security clearance under the obama administration in the spring of 2016. the trip and transactions you are referring to occurred in december 2015 from what i understand. obviously there is an issue that as you point out the department of defence inspector general is looking into and we welcome that. but all of that clea ra nce

welcome that. but all of that clearance was made during the obama administration and apparently with knowledge of the trip that he took. you may have noticed something a lot of people noticed who were at the briefing. thisjournalist of people noticed who were at the briefing. this journalist says this is new, spicer seems to be blaming the obama administration for michael flynn's security clearance. explain where the obama administration fits into this story. well, generalflame administration fits into this story. well, general flame used to administration fits into this story. well, generalflame used to be administration fits into this story. well, general flame used to be the director of the defence intelligence agency, a part of the department of defence and he was the director from 2012-2014 defence and he was the director from 2012—2014 under the obama administration but was fired from them. that's why the white house spokesman sean spicer is referring to their vetting of lieutenant general michael flynn who maintained a high security clearance after retiring from his career in the army after a 33 year career. can you help

me with this? i'm getting confused. we already have several other investigations going on into michael flynn. why is another one necessary from the pentagon? well, because he could have possibly broken us law. under the constitution and under the guidelines by the department of defence, any current or even retired military officer basically is barred from accepting gifts, salaries, travel expenses from a foreign entity. and that is if they haven't received prior approval or requested permission from the government. so basically we have heard the defence intelligence agency in a letter they have provided to the house oversight committee, another congressional committee, another congressional committee looking into michael flynn, that they don't have any records to show that general flame asked for permission or provided with any information of this event. i guess this isjust with any information of this event. i guess this is just one with any information of this event. i guess this isjust one more dimension into the complemented story of the alleged links between

donald trump and his team and russia —— any records to show that general flynn asked for permission. there are investigations going on across government, congress, the intelligence agencies, the department ofjustice intelligence agencies, the department of justice and intelligence agencies, the department ofjustice and now the department ofjustice and now the department ofjustice and now the department of defence looking at russian interference into the election is aiming to help the trump administration and also some key people in the trump administration that are being looked at. this has been a constant headache for president trump even before he took office and now we are approaching the 100 day mark when he is trying to show that he has some successes under his belt, that he is a precedent making good on his promises, and yet this is an issue thatis promises, and yet this is an issue that is still weighing on him past the 100 day mark. nada tawfik, thank you for taking us through that and we will talk to you next week, i am sure. let's switch to europe. this weekend the eu will sign off its negotiating position on brexit. today, angela merkel made a few things crystal clear. translation:

a third state, and that's what britain will be, cannot and will not have at its disposal the same rights as members of the european union. i must say this clearly here because i get the feeling that some people in britain still have illusions — that would be a waste of time. that was in berlin. meanwhile, in luxembourg ministers were putting finishing touches to the eu's negotiating guidelines. overseeing that was the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier. he spoke briefly. the point is we are united, we have a clear line and we are ready. we are ready. he wasn't giving much away as you can see. but we know these eu guidelines focus on three areas. residency rights for eu

nationals in the uk. also britain's ongoing financial obligations that britain will have to pay up front in order to leave. and how any future trade deal would be regulated. covering that gathering in luxembourg is the bbc‘s damian grammaticas. let me play you his analysis. what they are saying is they would be some simple principles they would be some simple principles the eu would follow and those are that the uk would have to settle all of its financial obligations, that's not described as any sort of punishment or tax, simply the projects the uk has agreed to fund so projects the uk has agreed to fund so far will have to be funded into the future and beyond brexit. the rights of citizens living in the uk and the other eu countries who have moved and settled will have to be preserved, and also the single

market, the access to that in future, for the uk will be more limited than it is today once the uk leaves. it cannot have the same sort of access to europe's market, and that reflects what chancellor angela merkel has said in berlin today. she talked about illusions that she said some on the uk side still had. she said she had to correct those. it appears what she's talking about are the ideas that the uk can negotiate the ideas that the uk can negotiate the same sort of level of access to europe's market as it today after brexit. interestingly too, we were told by the deputy team jean—claude juncker, frans timmermans, as he went into the meeting, that what happens in the uk election now will have no bearing on the position, the negotiating position, ta ken have no bearing on the position, the negotiating position, taken by the eu's 27 other countries. that simply won't be the case, those 27 other countries will form their own position based on their own needs

and principles. what happens in the uk election, he said, will have no bearing of that. we have heard from luxembourg, berlin, new york and washington. next let me show you what the beginning of the day looked like ina what the beginning of the day looked like in a part of syria today. that bright light isn't the sun coming up, it's an explosion that the syrian government blames on israel. israel hasn't denied it. it's said it's consistent with its policy of prevent iran smuggling advanced weapons to the lebanese militant group hezbollah. as far as we know it was near damascus international airport. we can highlight the fact here. local syrian reports say a fuel tank and warehouses were damaged along airport road. there you can see it looping away from the main airport complex. they we re from the main airport complex. they were hit. syrian rebel sources say it's an arms depot run by hezbollah. i asked bbc arabic editor edgard jallad if it's certain that israel is behind this attack. we cannot be 100% confident but at

least taking into consideration the precedents that happened before, that happens in line with several similar incidents that happened before. i have counted 20 s treks, israeli air strikes, inside syria since 2013 until now. and this year i've counted five so far in the first four months and this is concerning because the situation is developing in a certain direction. where does the tension between israel and hezbollah and iran fit into the broader syrian conflict? israel has security concerns regarding its own security and neighbouring countries. from this point they are monitoring what is happening inside syria, and more precisely they are concerned about the activities of hezbollah inside syria, while they are ok if

hezbollah is fighting inside syria, the opposition or not, this is not their concern. just before i came here to talk to you we spotted a newswi re here to talk to you we spotted a newswire saying the israelis had shot down something relatively close to the golan heights. what more can you tell us? it could be a drone and this is a message that israel is ready to shoot down any source of danger that could threaten its security, that the golan heights is a red line that no one fighting inside syria should cross. this is the israeli message. let's go back to venezuela and ongoing problems there. these are recent pictures of anti government protests in caracas — they've been going on for over a month. we have covered them extensively on outside source. at least 28 people have died. all of which meant the organisation of american states held a meeting on the crisis. that went down badly with the venezuelan government. it's pulled out of the oas. its foreign minister says its sovereignty, peace and the future of our country.

but it's notjust american countries that are concerned. the european parliament has condemned the "brutal repression" of the protests. i spoke to the bbc‘s daniel pardo in caracas a short while ago about this decision. it is significant in the international scene. i mean, it is significant in the internationalscene. i mean, it's the first time it has happened ever in this organisation, and obviously that generates all sorts of debates and impressions of what venezuela means, and for many people it means that venezuela is more and more isolated on the international scene. however, it doesn't really mean anything here in venezuela. not only because people are more concentrated in the economic crisis which makes them queue up for hours to be able to buy basic goods and medicines, but also because the international

community doesn't really have a good credibility here. venezuela ns community doesn't really have a good credibility here. venezuelans can do things that the international community has not been fair enough with venezuelans in the way they criticise the government. daniel, we have played your reports on the protests all week. have they carried on today? they have not carried on today that the tension is really high still and more protests are likely to come up in the following days. in fact, likely to come up in the following days. infact, i likely to come up in the following days. in fact, i was speaking today with an opposition leader and he told me the opposition is looking to protest massively on monday. tensions are still up and what remains to be seen really is what the government does in order to lower down the tension and start negotiating with the opposition to look for a solution, not only for the current political tension but

also to the massive crisis venezuelans have to deal with everyday. we will turn back to venezuela next week, i am sure. in a few minutes we will look at the north american free trade agreement, nafta, and how mexico and canada are trying to make the case that for donald trump to abandon it would hurt everyone. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been out campaigning in the general election in harlow today. he's been talking about housing. labour have pledged to build 1 million homes overfive years, half of which would be council houses. but the conservatives say they are the party with a clear plan for affordable housing. so how do the figures stack up? chris morris of reality check has been looking at the numbers. we can expect all the political parties to come out with pledges and targets on jaume parties to come out with pledges and targets onjaume houses they plan to build throughout the course of the next parliament but it's a notoriously difficult area of policy

to get right. as we know labour's pledged to build 1 million homes over the next five years, half of them affordable council and housing association homes to rent or buy. is that realistic? since the 19705 there have been on average 160,000 new homes built each year in england. la5t new homes built each year in england. last year 140,000 new homes built each year in england. la5t year140,000 in england. la5t year140,000 in england and the figure for the whole of the uk was england and the figure for the whole of the uk wa5168,000. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: the pentagon has opened an inquiry into donald trump's former national security adviser. michael flynn is accused of accepting payment from foreign groups without permission. now to some of the main stories from bbc world service. a man armed with several knives has been arrested near downing street in central london on suspicion of planning acts of terror. that's on the bbc world service.

bbc chinese reports that the us says it plans to activate its missile defence system in south korea ‘within day5‘. it will also tighten economic sanctions against north korea. thousands of you are reading this on the bbc news app. united airlines says it will offer up to $10,000 to passengers who give up seats on overbooked flights. the change comes after a man was dragged off a fully booked plane early this month. in the past hour the airline has said they've settled a lawsuit with that customer. no figure was revealed though. next i want to play you a report from the bbc‘s tulip mazumdar. every year, more than 100,000 women die from blood loss after childbirth. but new research has found a cheap and widely available drug — invented in the 19605 — could cut those numbers by a third.

the bbc‘s global health correspondent tulip mazumdar has more. having a baby can be extremely dangerous here in pakistan. for every 100,000 births in the country in 2015, 178 mothers died. every 100,000 births in the country in 2015,178 mothers died. in every 100,000 births in the country in 2015, 178 mothers died. in the every 100,000 births in the country in 2015,178 mothers died. in the uk that figure was nine. the leading cause of death, severe blood loss. this woman gave birth to a little girl two weeks ago. she is lucky to be alive. translation: girl two weeks ago. she is lucky to be alive. translationzlj girl two weeks ago. she is lucky to be alive. translation: i was bleeding so much, ifelt i be alive. translation: i was bleeding so much, i felt i would die, shoot domagala was given 41 bottles of blood. the doctor had to remove my uterus to save my life. but there could be another lifeline to mothers like nosheen. this hospital was part of a major international study which found that the cheap and easily accessible drug chamakh cynic acid which helps with

blood clotting could prevent a third of deaths from what is called a postpa rtu m of deaths from what is called a postpartum haemorrhage. of deaths from what is called a postpartum haemorrhagem of deaths from what is called a postpartum haemorrhage. it is being used for heavy menstrual bleeding, it has been used for surgeries were leading is a little more and being used for trauma patients but it was not really being useful postpartum bleeding. any drug that can be used to reduce it by 5%,10%, bleeding. any drug that can be used to reduce it by 5%, 10%, whatever, would be very, very welcome. hundreds of women die from preve nta ble hundreds of women die from preventable causes in pregnancy and childbirth every day around the world. sierra leone has the highest maternal mortality rate, more than 3000 mothers die per 100,000 births in 2015. -- 3000 mothers die per 100,000 births in 2015. "1300. that 3000 mothers die per 100,000 births in 2015. —— 1300. that compares with countries like colombia where it was 64 deaths, and in parts of europe including greece, poland and finland

it was three deaths. researchers hope this drug could now be used more widely to help stop so many women dying in childbirth. nobody should bleed to death after childbirth in the 21st—century. tranexamic acid is a cheap, safe, effective treatment and it could save effective treatment and it could save thousands of lives worldwide. de xa is sometimes used as a last resort for new mums who are haemorrhaging. the world health organisation says it is now updating that advice. —— tranexamic acid. but this discovery could easily not have happened. txa was created 50 years ago in post—warjapan. but they couldn't convince local doctors to perform a clinical trial for postpa rtu m perform a clinical trial for postpartum haemorrhage. it is only now after their deaths that their life—saving theory has been proven and their hopes that more mothers will live to see their babies grow because of their drug might finally

because of their drug might finally be realised. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. more on that story online as well. next to the efforts by mexico and canada to rescue the north america free trade agreement — of nafta as it's called. we've put together this reminder of donald trump's view of it. go to gotoa go to a ohio, pennsylvania, you go anywhere you want, secretary clinton, and you will see devastation where manufacturing is down 30, 40, sometimes 50%. nafta is the worst trade deal may be ever signed, navy anywhere, but certainly in this country. first i will announce my intention to totally renegotiate nafta, one of the worst deals our country has ever made. i'm going to start renegotiating nafta on immigration, and on security at the border. we have an outstanding trade relationship with canada. we will be tweaking it, we will be

doing certain things that will benefit both of our countries. a lot of border states in particular are not able to sell their dairy products into canada and this has been going on for a while. we're not going to up with it. we heard the president referring to the dairy trade. samira hussein has made a report all about it from both sides of the border. for the first time in my 40 years of dairyfarming for the first time in my 40 years of dairy farming it's hard to envision the future. if they want to have a level playing field then that might bea level playing field then that might be a discussion but until then i don't think there is much to talk about. so, what's the problem? we are now finding ourselves with the milk that was going north into canada flowing back into the now us and saturating an already oversatu rated and saturating an already oversaturated supply and saturating an already oversatu rated supply market. and saturating an already oversaturated supply market. they should be lobbying the government to look of a system like we have, control their supply, they've already lost their market in russia in 2014, china reduced imports last

year from the united states, their exports are having a hard time finding a home on the global market. 0k, finding a home on the global market. ok, so let's break it down. first there is just too ok, so let's break it down. first there isjust too much milk, canada, there isjust too much milk, canada, the us and even europe. canada dealt with by limiting production and making it super expensive to buy milk from abroad, including america. us dairy farmers don't like that one bit, saying it's not playing within the rules of the north american free trade agreement. but the us hasn't changed how much milk they produce and they still get a tonne of cash from the government in subsidies, much more than their fellow farmers in canada. so, is this dairy de megyeri spat the beginning of an all—out trade war? well, from the billy knott but it's also not going to make the task of renegotiating nafta very easy —— well, probably not. she used the word negotiating. here isa she used the word negotiating. here is a tweet from donald trump. samira

hussein is live from new york. i'm losing track of this. is nafta being ditched by donald trump or not? as of right now nafta is not being ditched by the trump administration and he has made it clear both to prime minister trudeau and to president nieto that he will renegotiate the trade agreement. but the big question is, when will that happen? from the american perspective in orderfor happen? from the american perspective in order for that negotiation to happen the trump administration needs to advise congress. congress apparently has not yet received that official notification. there was clarification asked today at the white house briefing by one of the white house briefing by one of the white house briefing by one of the white house reporters. the press secretary for the white house sean spicer made it seem as if the president is in fact talking to congress, has been in talks with congress, has been in talks with congress about that but whether that

signals official notification no one is really sure. has everyone involved —— as everyone involved in the brexit process is finding out, negotiating or renegotiating deals isa negotiating or renegotiating deals is a complicated and time consuming process. how would this be organised in terms of the three countries coming together? it would be really... it would be a very complicated affair, that's not to say there isn't always meetings happening between the three countries. in light of nafta, it's the meetings they call the meeting of the three amigos but negotiating these agreements is really tricky stuff. even if you look at the dairy industry and the kinds of fights you are having between american dairy farmers and canadian dairy farmers, the real rub has to do with the kind of protein enhanced milk that is being produced, the real my new shirt but that's the level of detail you get into in these trade agreements. —— minutiae. think about

that across several levels. samira hussein, live from new york, thank you. donald trump is heading fast towards his 100th day in office and we will look at it in more detail in the back half of outside source but let's look summer table —— at some of his high profile campaign promises. the war has not be signed off and there is no prospect of mexico paying for it any time soon that the process of finding designs and contractors is underweight. his health care, to repeal and replace obamacare, failed health care, to repeal and replace obamaca re, failed spectacularly. health care, to repeal and replace obamacare, failed spectacularly. but more successful has been the appointment of neil gorsuch to the supreme court. on immigration mr trump said he would be tougher and he has brought in tough measures. we will get into that in more detail in a few minutes time. hello. if you have been watching

this paul litten the last couple of days you will have heard us talking about the storms in the united states. the storms have proved intense in the last 12 hours. we have the classic springtime setup with humid aircoming have the classic springtime setup with humid air coming off the gulf of mexico meeting cold airfrom with humid air coming off the gulf of mexico meeting cold air from the rockies and where the two air masses meet a line of severe thunderstorms developed. in the last 12 hours this line of intense thunder storms moved through the mississippi valley states and across the south bringing tornadoes and also large hail. the system is continuing to weaken as it moves eastwards and eventually brings heavy rain to the eastern seaboard as it clears and things get quite on friday. we are starting to see another setup of severe weather into the weekend. that is because we have heatwave conditions across northern and eastern mexico, near record—breaking temperatures likely through the weekend across north—east mexico, but cold air across the rockies will move through, temperatures begin to drop

across texas and the north—east of mexico because active weather front will sweep across the region. that is an active squall line bringing a line of severe thunderstorms and a risk of large hail, and the system could potentially bring some intense tornadoes through sunday night and onto monday morning. across into africa, the last 24 hours, big thunderstorms had been raging through central and western areas, particularly around the gulf of guinea and into zaire but also in the east, some much—needed rain develops from friday onwards into parts of somalia that have seen a horrendous drought over the last year or so. horrendous drought over the last year or so. some of the rain could be heavy and falls in a short space of time and we could see flash flooding here because the ground is so dry. in europe we have a north—west, south—east split, warm air in the south and east, cold arctic air in the north and west and we have seen wintry showers. glorious conditions in the eastern mediterranean friday, 30 celsius for antalya and some lovely warm sunshine across greece but we have

an active weather front where those two air masses meet across italy and in the adriatic we will see some heavy and thundery rain and late season mountain snow across the alps as well. into southern spain and southern portugal the weather front will be active bringing heavy downpours. across the canary islands some warm sunshine and also some showers. the weather front is aligned across this part of europe right in towards the eastern parts of europe and western russia. to the north it remains chilly and in the south it remains warm. for the uk on friday it means temperatures will recover from what we've seen in the last few days, the risk of high pressure will kill off the showers. still quite cool in the north—east corner but warming up in the south. you can see a full uk weather forecast right here in about half an hour. an hour of international news of. the main stories. the pentagon has opened an enquiry into donald trump's former

national—security adviser. he is accused of accepting payment from foreign groups without permission. syria is accusing israel of causing a huge explosion near to damascus airport. ten days to go before the run—off for the french presidency, the front runner emmanuel macron took his campaign to the paris suburbs today. marine le pen has been in neath. james reynolds is there as well, we will hear from james reynolds is there as well, we will hearfrom him. we are nearly there for 100 days of the donald trump presidency, we will hear how some people in america feel about it in a few minutes.