tv Outside Source BBC News June 12, 2017 9:00pm-9:31pm BST
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hello and welcome to outside source. theresa may has been saying sorry after the disastrous election result, telling conservative mps, i've got us into this mess, i will get us out of it. and with brexit negotiations bearing down, the queen's speech, the occasion when government set out it is agenda, is expected to be delayed. we are in talks with the dup to see if the deal we can put together an optimistic that will happen but until we have that we can't agree the final details of the queen ‘s speech. we will hit about russian police detaining hundreds of people after anti—corruption police detaining hundreds of people after anti—corru ption demonstrations including the leading opposition figure, alexei navalny. the press secretary for donald trump says a lawsuit over claims the president accepted payments from foreign governments by his biggest empire is politically motivated. and emmanuel macron keeps marching on, having taken the presidency, his party is now on course for a landslide in
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parliamentary elections. prime minister theresa may said of the weekend there was work to do and on that we can all agree. the uk continues to career towards the exit negotiations with seven days to go and this is where we have got to. it remained unclear what type of brexit the government will seek, no details on the deal the tories intend to do with the dup in order to pass laws and the queen speech, where the government lays out its legislative agenda, may be delayed. this is why that has happened. obviously we are in talks with the democratic unionist party to see that the deal we can put together and are optimistic that will happen but until we have that we can't agree the final details of the queen's
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speech. as soon as we have we will be able to say when the queen speech will be. the prime minister is only in thejob because will be. the prime minister is only in the job because the tory party neither wants another election nor a leadership contest. that time may come, whether the party likes it or not. for now, this was a downing street earlier as the ministers were arriving for the first cabinet meeting since the election and they wa nted meeting since the election and they wanted this to look like business as usual. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, wrote in the sun today, trying to fend off speculation that he was angling for the top job. and this was david davis being similarly supportive. have the same i view this talk about the leadership at the height of self—indulgence —— i have too safe. the british people have too safe. the british people have given as a result we would not have given as a result we would not have chosen but an instruction and it is ourjob to get on with the
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work of government and organise arrangements to get business pretty the house of commons and run the country. she is very good at that. she is an extremely good prime minister. at the moment it suits these big players in the tory party to keep theresa may as prime minister but let's be clear, they hold the cards. the primers to also met a hold the cards. the primers to also meta group hold the cards. the primers to also met a group of influential backbenchers called the 1922 committee. that may be easier said than done. this was from laura kuenssberg, our political editor. earlier i spoke to them right for his latest analysis on the predicament of the prime minister. she is clearly a prisoner of her party and the cabinet and
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dependent on their support for her continuation in office but she is looking less precarious than she did on saturday. if there was going to be any move against her it would have happened in the hours after the election humiliation. it hasn't because, as you said, the tory party does not want a leadership contest days before brexit begins, they don't want another general election which would surely follow if they we re which would surely follow if they were to be a leadership contest. it is coming down and theresa may, humbled, talked to tory backbench mps and was contrite, apologetic about the election result and said she accepted the fact that she was the one who called it and she took responsibility for it. i think she gave reassurances that she would change the way she governed with a more open, collaborative cabinet and that has done a lot to calm the mood down. some of the anger will have
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dissipated a bid among tory mps. this is the new reality and they await the confirmation that a deal has been done between the conservatives and the dup to allow the formation of a minority government and we expect that to come in the next day or so. remember how theresa may said this election was essential to providing strong and stable leadership going into brexit negotiations? and how on friday in downing street she addressed the country by saying she was creating any government to provide the uk with certainty. stability and certainty are in short supply at the moment. in a week's time brexit negotiations begin and it is still not clear exactly what the uk wants from them. this was a senior conservative mp, anna soubry. a hard brexit means leaving the eu single market and its free movement of labour. a different account from sir michael farnham... of labour. a different account from sirmichael farnham... —— of labour. a different account from
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sir michael farnham... —— sur michael fallon. and then this perspective from nicola sturgeon, he scottish first minister, who very much back to the remain campaign. she wants a spores in the brexit process. —— a pause. -- a pause. i think the approach the government was taking is dead in the water and i government was taking is dead in the waterand i am government was taking is dead in the water and i am calling for a process opened up to include more voices that all parties and all four nations of the uk and an approach that has continued membership of the single market at its heart. the prime minister has to recognise she asked for a strengthened mandate for asked for a strengthened mandate for a hard brexit and voters across the country refused to give that and she cannot simply carry on as if nothing has changed. jackie davis is anne aly list based in brussels and an expert in the eu —— and analyst. i wa nted expert in the eu —— and analyst. i wanted to know if leaders in brussels were clear on what the uk wa nts. brussels were clear on what the uk wants. i don't think they are. they say they are clear about their negotiating position and are ready
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to go as soon as the uk is that there is a certain amount of astonishment in brussels at the mess that the uk seems to have got itself into. and a lot of bemusement because when you see these big elation swirling around westminster that this increases the chances of a softer brexit, perhaps a move toward staying in the single market, some of the things those who did not want to leave were hoping for, and others saying that now theresa may is so wea k saying that now theresa may is so weak she will have no room for manoeuvre, that increases the chances of a message brexit with no deal. people are watching in astonishment but the line from boston is clear, we are ready, the ball it in your court, we waiting to hear from you and we will start when you want to but remember that the clock is ticking and you still only have until march 2019 to do a deal. take your time if you need to but don't forget you're up against a deadline. i guess there is a risk that we see this as a contest with a winner and a loser but for the
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european union it need a healthy uk and a partner in the uk that can contribute economically and politically? absolutely. most people in brussels are very sorry the uk is going, they did not want to see it, they think it is bad for the eu as well as for the uk and they would say worse for the uk than the eu but nevertheless bad for everyone and they would like a good deal. but they would like a good deal. but they are clear that this is not about doing a deal that makes life easierfor about doing a deal that makes life easier for theresa may about doing a deal that makes life easierfor theresa may or about doing a deal that makes life easier for theresa may or whoever is prime minister by the time these negotiations end. it is about preserving the club, the other 27 countries, who are determined to stay together and don't want to send the wrong signal to any of the country who might be tempted to go down the same road as the uk. in that sense the election has not changed anything. the eu has always said that we are open to talk but we have certain fundamental principles, four example you can't not be a member of the club and have the
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benefits, they will stick by those principles and you can't cherry pick them, at the bits you like. and there i is on public opinion in the 27 countries who are staying in and not public opinion in the uk. they watched this with amusement but they wa nt watched this with amusement but they want clarity soon because the chances of getting a good deal that works for everyone to get slimmer the longer this delay goes —— watching with amusement. —— bemusement. these senior people in brussels think it is not going to happen behind closed doors?” brussels think it is not going to happen behind closed doors? i think they thought that for a long time and over the last few months everybody believed it would. they could not see a scenario under which there might be a second referendum, where britain might change its mind. but based on these big elation coming out of certain people in westminster and london, they do think there is a possibility —— on the speculation. i think for most of them here they feel strongly now that the eu faces a lot of other
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challenges and they need to get on with those. they feel a bit revived, the franco german axis is used to be working with president macron doing well in france and there is a sense of optimism over all that they might be on of optimism over all that they might beona of optimism over all that they might be on a better path and that brexit is dragging them down. the primary feeling is, let's get this done one way or another. in a few minutes on outside source we will turn to the business side of the brexit debate. we have a report from simonjack on how businesses are viewing these last—minute manoeuvres ahead of the beginning of the negotiations. more on theresa may's apology to her mps over the election result. as we heard earlier, she met with the 1922 committee and said she would serve them as long as they wanted her to.
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early at the considerate mp charles walker said she was well received for taking responsibility for her role in the result of the party still needs to establish exactly what went wrong. there were a lot of searching questions asked at that meeting and we are going to have to find the answers to those questions. there was no sense of euphoria. of course we would have liked to have done better in the campaign, there is not a single conservative mp who would not have liked to have done better but the fact is we didn't. we are where we are, we have some difficult questions to ask ourselves but we also have to get on with the business of governing. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom and the lead story is from westminster where, after losing
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a parliamentary majority in the election last week, prime minister theresa may has told mps she got them into this mess and she will get them into this mess and she will get them out of it. some main stories from the world service, firstly an investigation is underway after huge hole in china eastern airlines plane forced it to make an emergency landing in sydney. it had just taken off en route to shanghai and passengers noted a burning smell and a loud noise. bbc arabic reports that saudi arabia had introduced what is known as a sin tax on cigarettes and the drinks, part of a wide—ranging plan not just cigarettes and the drinks, part of a wide—ranging plan notjust there but across states in the gulf to find ways to make up for a sharp drop in oil revenues. and a lot of people are reading about this, melania trump has posted this image shortly after moving into the white house. donald trump has been living there for nearly five months but melania and their son barron havejust for nearly five months but melania and their son barron have just moved in after they stayed in new york until barron completed his school
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year. next to russia because that of people are taking part in anti—corruption people are taking part in anti—corru ption protests all over the country will stop the biggest rallies were in moscow and st petersburg. the whole thing was organised by the opposition leader, alexei navalny. this was on twitter, this was him being taken into a police car in moscow earlier. we also have these pictures from one of the demonstrations in moscow, this was in the city centre am not at the venue was in the city centre am not at the venue that the authorities had sanctioned. that upset the head of the russian security service who said the move was a provocation. we believe hundreds of people were arrested. sarah rainsford was there. there have been dozens of people detained here and police are moving into the crowd and it seems that are pulling people out pretty much at random. we have seen quite a lot of young people being detained but it
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seems fairly random. they are trying to clear this main street here where thousands of people came out to protest against corruption. they we re protest against corruption. they were heeding a call from the opposition leader, alexei navalny, who called on them to take part in this protest. it did not have permission, it is an illegal rally and that is why so many people have been pulled out and taken away by police. the police have been announcing and making loudspeaker announcements saying this is an illegal rally and they will be taking measures and there is a huge police presence as you can see. the right place, interior ministry troops as well. this is russia day, a national holiday, and this street was closed off for people to celebrate and there were families and children here and then the protesters turned out in huge numbers. they said they were hit to make their voices heard against corruption and were shouting against the authorities but it was a peaceful protest and this is how it
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is ending with dozens and dozens of people being dragged away by riot police. next on this story is our course pondered from russia on why these protests happened. course pondered from russia on why these protests happenedm course pondered from russia on why these protests happened. it is a state holiday in russia and mr navalny decided to use this opportunity to call people to demonstrate. he called for massive protests in march and they proved to be successful for protests in march and they proved to be successfulfor him. protests in march and they proved to be successful for him. he decided to keep this going which is why he asked people to come and it was convenient because it was a day off. he asked people to dump the trick is he was allowed to go to another street. that was sanctioned but he decided to switch and use one of the central street and asked people to come there and this part of the rally is illegal and that is the reason there were so many arrests and people detained. how does the scale of these protests compare with the ones in the last few years? the
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ones in march were the biggest in the last five years. it is hard to really understand how many people came to the streets of moscow and st petersburg today because this was combined, some people werejust protesting but others were just taking a walk. it is hard to differentiate but we are still talking about thousands of people in moscow and hundreds in several other russian cities all across the country from vladivostok in the far east to the very western cities like kaliningrad. and what is the primary target of these protests? vladimir putin or something broader? one of the reasons that la republique en marche is successful is because he manages to accumulate the protest potential —— one of the reasons that navalny is successful. in moscow it
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is mostly concentrated around corruption and the need for reform in the economy and social sphere but the main topic is corruption. 17 minutes in and it is rare we get that far without mentioning donald trump who has one more thing to think about because the attorney generals for maryland and the district of columbia have filed a lawsuit against him, saying payments made to his businesses violate anti—corruption made to his businesses violate anti—corru ption clauses in made to his businesses violate anti—corruption clauses in the us constitution. first of all he is the attorney general in dc. the suit alleges that president trump is flag ra ntly alleges that president trump is flagrantly violating the constitution, which exquisitely bars presidents from receiving guests or inducements from foreign or domestic government entities. never in the history of this country have we had a president with these kind of extensive business entanglements and ora extensive business entanglements and or a president who refused to adequately distance themselves from
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their holdings. president trump's businesses and his dealings violate the constitution is anti—corruption revisions known as the emoluments clause is. that is one perspective, here is another, sean spicer is the white house press secretary. here is another, sean spicer is the white house press secretarym here is another, sean spicer is the white house press secretary. it is not hard to conclude that partisan politics may be one of the motivations behind the scene, the suit was filed by two democratic attorney generals and the lawyers driving the group have partisan ties and it started with a press conference at the post to filing it which is interesting and be sued challenges the sort of business transaction that everyone from some of the last administration and others have engaged in. we will continue to move to dismiss this case in the normal course of business. more details on this, and from washington, —— anthony. how will this progress? the attorney generals are filing the suit, similarto
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generals are filing the suit, similar to others that have already been filed that will be considered bya been filed that will be considered by a federal court, a district court which is the lowest level in the chain of federal courts. it could get up to the us supreme court. this is an unknown area of the law, there has not been a president like donald trump so there has not been a lawsuit like this. the emoluments clause does specifically say that a president or anyone in office cannot ta ke president or anyone in office cannot take a title from the queen or a gift from a foreign leader, but it is more vague on is someone who has business interests, if they can take money from foreign leaders not as an exchange of services. it is reasonable for sean spicer to say that these attorney generals are political operators? they are political operators? they are political operators? they are political operators and it is reasonable to say that they are probably bringing this suit in part because they have political
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differences with donald trump and to highlight the fact that he has promised to separate himself from his businesses but, in their view, has not done a good enoughjob of doing that. before they can even get a hearing on the merits, they will have to prove they have standing to bring the case and that might be a big pitfall that everybody bringing these suits might have to deal with. the court has determined that they have grounds to show they were harmed by the president and say that their state as business that have been hurt caused foreign companies are going to donald trump's hotels and not ours. that will be a challenging case for them to make. and some copy sure you have seen filed from the newsroom in washington... i have an impression, correct me if i'm wrong, that this is going to the supreme court and everything before thatis supreme court and everything before that is to some degree in relevant?
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—— irrelevant. that is to some degree in relevant? -- irrelevant. there is a general consensus that the supreme court will decide this, we have already have one appellant court issue its decision upholding a state of the travel ban and stopping it from taking it bent and now another has said this. i was talking to some law expert last week who are not so certain that the supreme court will step in. if there is a consensus among the lower courts that the travel ban is unconstitutional, or should be tried on its merits and are not allowed to go into effect before that, the court might decide to hold off and let this play itself out in the lower courts and that would be the least controversial weight of a court handling it but there is so much attention on it i personally think the court has to come in and say one way or the other and put this to bed. thank you, we will talk tomorrow. back to our lead story, the fallout from the uk
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election and we will look at it from a business point of view with our business editor, simon jack, a business point of view with our business editor, simonjack, who has written an excellent article online which you can find now. it refers to the fact that some businesses are hoping this new government led by theresa may might be more sympathetic to their demands ahead of brexit. this article also points toa of brexit. this article also points to a survey showing that businesses that are hard brexit, ie leaving the single market, will be damaging whether new trade are successfully negotiated or not. here is anne—marie martin, chief executive of the british chambers of commerce in europe. the government has been consulting with business over the last few months, quite rigorously, and there is a huge amount of data and there is a huge amount of data and evidence —based data about what the impact on business is and not just uk businesses but european businesses as well. the hard stance asa businesses as well. the hard stance as a starting point for negotiations
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took place and it is quite understandable but actually where we would have reached may have been a softer place anyway but it would be good for business for our expectations to be managed in this case. worth adding that the minister for brexit david davis has repeatedly argued that leaving the single market would benefit uk businesses, they can operate through trade deals with the european union but also through new trade deals with a lot of other countries around the world. now to tech companies in us markets, quite a story, apple is down 3%, amazon and facebook have been struggling at on friday the top five tech companies in the us lost nearly $100 billion in market value. samir hussein is in new york. a few people might have missed this with the election results coming through but what is going on? not really the best time in the world to be holding a whole lot of tech stock but if you
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don't have any, it might be a good time to leap in there! what is the reasoning? firstly we are already seeing that tech stocks in general we re seeing that tech stocks in general were really hot so they needed to come down a bit. some believe this is just the market correcting itself. but the impetus for that, there is still some debate, no clear reasoning right now why this has happened. as ever, markets are fickle but one wise person suggested that it fickle but one wise person suggested thatitis fickle but one wise person suggested that it is perhaps there are more buyers than sellers. i'm sure that it but is it a case that these companies have just got very valuable, after all some of the biggest companies in the world? that is exactly right and there is no question among market watchers that the is a need for a correction, even looking at the market as a whole that we have been breaking record
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after record after record. it is clear the us markets need some sort of correction so these kinds of gyration, while significant to some people and their port vila —— and their portfolios, in the grand scheme of things probably make sense in terms of the market temperature. thank you. we will be continuing our coverage of the fallout from the uk election and bringing you right up to what we know about those negotiations between the conservatives and the dup, and also what we know about the new government's ambitions for the kind of laws it will be able to get through the house of commons. a lot more to come from if you have any questions, send them in. hello it is that time when we take a journey across the world to see what
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stories have developed in the past day or so and what is to come in the next 48 hours. through the weekend we kept a close eye on these big storms as they rumbled across the northern states of the usa, but not quite the end of the story, notjust a feature at the weekend because there is an ongoing battle between there is an ongoing battle between the warm air moving out of the gulf of mexico and something cooler and fresher coming into this high—pressure in the border between canada and the us. and where those meat, they tend to go up in the atmosphere and produce big storms. but there are more to come in the coming days and that could be an issue as the us open golf start in wisconsin in the second half of the week. further west, things are fairly cool in western canada and the pacific northwest, then the storm systems as the heat surges across the east of the country and eastern canada but further south we are keeping a close eye on
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developments near to acapulco because this is another tropical system following hard on the heels a few days ago of tropical storm beatriz. it is the jubilation of rainfall —— the accumulation of rainfall —— the accumulation of rainfall and we could see more in the coming days. something we have watched for a few days is the development of the south asian monsoon with these moist southwest police driving clout in the bay of bengal and towards chittagong where it is very wet, exceptionally so in the past 24—hour with about a third of months worth falling in 24 hours. the monsoon prof is making slow progress at the moment, pushing the mumbai area and then through the bay of bengal and into the north—east india and into bangladesh. this is how it should progress as it is a bit behind the curve at the moment and that is why the areas that have seen the monsoon thus far are having
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some 16% at the average above what would we expect. the story further north and west is one of pre—monsoon heat, with temperatures at least 40 degrees and the number of locations in the north—west of india and also into pakistan. coming closer to home, no worries about high temperatures while that low—pressure delivers quite a lot of disturbed weather through the baltic states and western russia. for the heat you have to come back towards iberia, 36 degrees in madrid but if any of that coming to the uk? maybe in the midweek. louise as the details in a few minutes. —— has the details. welcome to outside source. in may has been saying sorry of worsley‘s disastrous election result, telling
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mpsi disastrous election result, telling mps i got us into this mess, and i will get us out of this. it is certainly complicated at the moment. brexit negotiations coming down, the queen's speech and setting the agenda, expected to be delayed. theresa may hoping to get an alliance with the dup, but what could that mean for the rest of the united kingdom? and we are going to talk about the manual macron. on course for a landslide in the regional elections.
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