hello, i'm christian fraser, this is outside source. they control both houses of congress and the white house, yet still republicans can't find agreement on how to replace obamacare. i am very disappointed, because again, even as a civilian, the seven years, i've been hearing about health care. and i've been hearing about repeal and replace. and obamacare is a total disaster. six decades of violence and sexual abuse at a choir school in germany. the choir master accused of looking the other way, was the elder brother of pope benedict. the critically endangered madagascan lemur is under threat, from illegal sapphire mining. this is the biggest rush in madagascar for this is the biggest rush in madagascarfor more this is the biggest rush in madagascar for more than 20 years, tens of thousands of people have moved here to clear the land and dig for gems. we'll play you that full report from angus crawford. and in os sport, we'll get the latest on spanish football corruption charges.

this time it goes right to the top of their association. get in touch at #bbcos. welcome to outside source. the latest attempt by republicans in the us congress to fulfil a long—standing promise to scrap the healthcare system set up by barack 0bama is on course to collapse. what happens next isn't clear because the republicans can't agree on how to replace 0bamacare, and they've only got a small majority in the senate. it's a complicated story. here's nick bryant to wrap it up. for seven years, republicans have been going to repeal 0bamacare, a central pledge of donald trump's election campaign was to do it immediately. but getting rid of that landmark reform and coming up with a replacement is proving politically impossible.

two republican senators announced they weren't prepared to vote, even for the bill to be debated, they didn't think it went far enough in dismantling 0bamacare. but other moderate republicans have been opposed because millions of americans could lose their health coverage. the numbers simply aren't there. even though republicans have a majority in the senate. it's a huge blow to donald trump. the second time since he became president, the republican—controlled congress has failed to deliver on his slogan, repeal and replace. he's tweeted that republicans should simply repeal 0bamacare. and then begin work on a new health care plan. but that could strip 18 million americans of their health coverage. a potentially politically disastrous path. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. no easy answers for the republicans. this woman here is a north korean defector. lim chi hun.

she escaped north korea three years ago, and then became a tv personality in south korea. but recently she disappeared, and it is feared she may have been kidnapped and returned to pyongyang. on sunday, a woman looking very much like her, appeared in this propaganda video on youtube. in the video, she says she was lured away and forced to slander the north. sitting here next to another defector that returned to north korea. here's karen allen with more from seoul. former art student come tv personality was better known by her alias here in south korea as lim chi hun. she defected in 2014, and became something of a personality here, engaging in panel discussions, but also a reality show, which pitted men and women from north and south korea together in a light—hearted way, as a kind of dating competition.

nevertheless, she's now appeared in what looks like a north korean propaganda site. in it, she seemed to be interviewed, in which she says she was leered by the fantasy of being able to make money in south korea, and that she was forced when she was here to slander her leader. it's been taken seriously by the intelligence services here in south korea, because of concerns that she may have been kidnapped. just to give you some perspective, since 1998, some 30,000 north koreans have defected here to south korea. but over the past five years, just 25 returned. majorfires are burning out of control across several european countries. dry conditions and hot weather are making it difficult for firefighters to contain them. a state of emergency has been declared in several regions of portugal, while montenegro has appealed for international help. simon cullen reports. thousands of firefighters battling

dozens of major fires across several countries. with hot, dry weather across large parts of europe, it didn't take much for the flames to take hold. in croatia, authorities believe they've now got the upper hand on a blaze which had been threatening the coastal city of split. translation: we were here all night. we defended these houses as much as we could. if it wasn't for firefighting planes and fireman, it would've been very bad here today. as the fire drew nearer, many residents and tourists were forced to flee. the ominous glow a warning of the impending danger. authorities believe the fire started in a pine forest. it has now burnt out four and a half thousand

hectares of land, leaving a trail of destruction. in neighbouring montenegro, the government has appealed for international help to bring several fires under control. evacuations began on monday as water bombers tried to protect homes and businesses in the usually busy tourist villages. a state of emergency has been declared in several regions of portugal, as battle weary firefighters struggle against forest fires burning in the country's north. these latest fires come just a month after the country was ravaged by a major blaze that left 64 people dead. in france, hundreds of firefighters were deployed to control a fire that broke out near nice late on monday. translation: we had three firefighters slightly injured. so at one point, we had a very difficult moment. it was a very difficult fire because there were many residents. the fire tore through about 100 hectares of land, threatening homes. while in italy, a forest fire south of rome sent large plumes

of smoke into the air, forcing several roads to be closed. the blaze was believed to be deliberately lit. it was just one of a thousand wildfires that authorities were called to respond to. simon cullen, bbc news. fires all across europe. now for the sport. this man here is one of the most senior figures in spanish football. but he has just been arrested on charges of corruption and embezzlement. angel maria villar has served on the council of football's world governing body fifa for the past 29 years. while overseeing, in spain, one of the most successful periods in the national side's history; a world cup, and two european championships. mr villar's son gorka, who was formerly a director general of the south american confederation was also arrested. one more thing to mention, when fifa was conducting its own

investigation into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 world cups, the person investigating wanted to question mr villar. he said mr villar told him, "well, you really have balls" and then to drop the investigation "for your own good". let's get thoughts on that from mark edwards. we will get there eventually! mr villar, tried to stop the investigation before, what are fifa saying? perhaps no surprises, christian, fifa during the day said they take a note of media reports that the matter seemed to be linked to internal affairs at the spanish football association. for the time being, they want us to refer to them. about an hour and a half ago,

a statement was issued on the half of the investigatory chamber of the independent ethics committee, so can be attributed to fifa saying: in many respects, it is worth saying that spanish media has been reporting that the force of vocation of documents and skimming profits from international football matches, but let's refresh ourselves on how powerful a figure he is. he is a former spain international footballer, has been president of the spanish fa since 1988, and was re—elected unopposed in may. he has been on the fifa council for almost three decades, he is the vice president of fifa, acting president of uefa, europe's governing body. he

lost out on the presidency in an election last year. in many respects, showing the higher echelons of spanish football and world football. richard conway tweeted earlier, i have pulled this out: thatis that is really the point. very incisive in some respects. public perception is nothing really changes. in some respects, almost desensitisation. this year volume of scandals and corruption, embezzlement, and perhaps v0 paik wavy world cup bids have gone. it is a sad indictment of world football and its image. iam a sad indictment of world football and its image. i am guessing people will still continue to watch football in any case. it registered

on our news football in any case. it registered on oui’ news agenda. football in any case. it registered on our news agenda. thank you for the moment. onto tennis now. johanna konta has told bbc sport that she can significantly improve her game despite reaching the wimbledon semi—final and fourth in the world rankings. she has had quite a year. she made headlines after she became the first british woman in 39 years to reach the wimbledon last four. here she is explaining how these two weeks felt like. i think, interestingly, ithink, interestingly, these tamplin ships and this time around, where i managed to get far in a grand slam, like i did at wimbledon, i felt i grand slam, like i did at wimbledon, ifelt i did grand slam, like i did at wimbledon, i felt i did a reasonable grand slam, like i did at wimbledon, ifelt i did a reasonablejob grand slam, like i did at wimbledon, i felt i did a reasonable job with my team and also myself on almost die jesting my team and also myself on almost diejesting it as it my team and also myself on almost die jesting it as it went along with each match. i really appreciated each match. i really appreciated each day, and each experience i got. i was fortunate to get such great matches, and the few battles during this year's wimbledon. i think i've almost, once it finished, i had almost, once it finished, i had almost digester did. stay with us on bbc world news,

we'll have more later. we have the wrong pictures, we will tell you about lemurs anyway. mining russian madagascar is threatening them. —— rush in madagascar multiple fire crews are in coverack, water has swept through. the main river burst its banks. we are not able to touch base

with the centre of the village because the main road into coverack has been blocked, just by one of the largest rivers bursting its banks, coming straight across the road and washing the sides of the road away, and carrying with it large boulder is the size of a man's head. so very dangerous, and a couple of feet of water are going straight across the road. the amount of water that has come from the land, carrying huge amounts of soil with it, is making the sea waters for the first half a mile out where i am looking brown. further than that, it is a wonderful bright blue that we expect here in cornwall. this all follows very heavy rainfall during the afternoon, is that right? enormously heavy rainfall. it was a tropical type

downpour. having worked in the tropics, i know what it is like there. with huge hailstones in it about an inch across. we were worried about the glass in the house. one of the panes of glass in my greenhouse has been brokenjust by the size of the hailstones. give us an by the size of the hailstones. give us an idea of the size of the village, how many people would be affected by this? there are about 250 houses in total in the village. i can't say exactly who is affected by it, cause the village has been effectively cut in half. you cannot ci’oss effectively cut in half. you cannot cross the river is, either where they normally go underneath the road, they are now flowing across the top of the road. the rivers further inland, of course, are flooded as well. they have broken their banks right throughout. this is outside source live

from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: donald trump promised to repeal and replace obamacare — but despite the republicans controlling both houses of congress, they haven't got the numbers to pass their healthcare bill. let's give you what is being reported, bbc arabic says a sniper ca ptu red reported, bbc arabic says a sniper captured by iraqi troops in mosul could be a 16—year—old german girl that went missing last year. reports in germany say the girl was radicalised online and travelled to syria to find turkey using her mother's tidy. abc peugeot report the united states is to impose further sanctions against iran over its ballistic missile programme. one of the most viewed stories online is the firing of the man who was four—year the voice of kermit the frog. muppet studio said stephen whitmore was released for poor

business conduct. judges in turkey have remanded in custody six human rights activists, including the local director of amnesty international, who is charged with "assisting a terrorist organisation". amnesty, in response, released this poster, drawing attention to the fa ct poster, drawing attention to the fact that in 1988, activists campaigned for the release of the 110w campaigned for the release of the now president erdogan, who was in prison at the time. here's the view of one researcher at amnesty international turkey. it is decriminalising all the work we have done. it is a threat against all of us as a human rights movement in turkey. it is a very, very dark day. a dark day for the turkish justice system. it has again proved that the law is not being followed.

this is a political case. it doesn't have any standing in law. and i think it is a warning to all of us that we have no safety, no security. this is the background to the case. ten human rights defenders have been detained in turkey on fifthjuly during a raid in istanbul. they say they were making a routine meeting, whereas turkey's president said they we re whereas turkey's president said they were a coup. last summer, in turkey, there was a coup attempt, which is a serious allegation. yesterday, six of them would be remanded in custody, and four of them were released underjudicial control. the prosecutors have 12 days to look into the case, what did they produce

in terms of evidence? we don't know much because it is a closed file, but what we can understand from what lawyers say, there is not much evidence, and amnesty international says there is no evidence, actually. the accusations are based on an anonymous testimony, and also based on human rights defenders communications, excess. people they have been in touch with before. as a human rights activist, you would imagine they were in contact with groups and people that have been through the courts. exactly. one of the lawyers earlier told me that, for example, one of the human rights to fenders had received an e—mail and she was accused of being in touch with these people because she received an e—mail or a phone call, for example. lots of concerns at the moment in europe about the way

turkey, in the eyes of europeans, is going backwards with regard to freedom of speech and abuse of human rights, and this will play to that sort of idea. yeah, and turkey has been, actually, harshly criticised with regards to its human rights records, after the coup attempt last summer. records, after the coup attempt last summer. 50 people have been arrested. long before that, especially after anti—government protests in 2013, turkish government has been criticised by human defenders regarding freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, woman writes and minority rights. and last year, for example, amnesty international published a report

saying that turkish government, during its operation against kurdish armed group had used excessive force, and punished collectively civilians, and into the four hour cu rfews, and forced civilians, and into the four hour curfews, and forced half a million people to migrate inside the country. let's go to madagascar now. we are bouncing around the globe. since late last year, more than 40,000 miners have invaded a remote area of rainforest in east of the country. they're looking for sapphires. but the illegal mining is destroying the home of the madagascan lemur, which is already critically endangered. here's angus crawford. in the forests of madagascar there's a new sound, the sound of men working, poor men who want to get rich. they're here because of sapphires. this is the biggest rush in madagascar for more than 20 years. tens of thousands of people

have moved here to clear the land and dig for gems. once virgin rainforest, felled and burned now, look, mine shafts and spoil heaps stretch across the valley. meet bruno and his sapphires, he's travelled 1,000 miles, invested all his money, for this. each morning, the work takes him down into the dark. the pits are deep, very deep. thejob is cramped, back breaking and dangerous. in this, one of the poorest countries on earth, that's the dream

that keeps them coming, men desperate to feed theirfamilies. see the damage it causes, threatening the habitat of one of the world's rarest animals, the indri lemur. can you hear that? that's the sound of indri singing. they're on that side of the valley and they're singing across to the indri this side. they're known as babakoto here. they're critically endangered and they only live in a very small area of madagascar. they can't survive in captivity, so when they're gone from here, they're gone for good. they spend their lives in the trees eating leaves and fruit and breeding only once every three years. there may be as few as 2,000 left in the wild. jonah ratsimbazafy is a world authority on the indri, he's horrified by the effects of the mining. thousands of people.

when people buy sapphires, they kill indri. so today i'm telling you, stop buying precious stones from illegal mining from madagascar. but how can buyers know, the gems go from mine to capital city, are cut and polished in back street workshops before being exported to dealers abroad. illegal legal mined sapphires are then anonymous and completely untraceable. so for now the miners keep working. great riches lie beneath this soil, unique wildlife in the trees above, but how does madagascar extract one without destroying the other. angus crawford, bbc news, madagascar. just before we go, i want to show

you some pictures, these are coming from poland, thousands of protest is taking to the streets over the last few days over controversial court reforms. these pictures came in early from the capital, warsaw. the protesters are outside the supreme court, which isjust opposite protesters are outside the supreme court, which is just opposite where donald trump spoke a few weeks ago. a bill was passed last week that gives the parliament more power in the pointing judges. the public and opposition say it violates the constitutional separation of powers. the protests there in poland. thank you for being us this evening on outside source. back same time tomorrow, join us for that. goodbye. hello. our weather is in the process

of changing. already, the change has brought something quite dramatic in places, thunderstorms creeping up from the south. tuesday started off innocuously enough with blue skies. but look at the cloud that turned up in plymouth. unduly ting patterns in the cloud structure, showing you how u nsta ble the cloud structure, showing you how unstable the atmosphere became. those storm clouds eventually delivered some thunder, lightning and a lot of rain in places. during wednesday, this weather front is going to continue to bring some thundery downpours, northwards across the country. a cold front out west will complete the change, and leave us all with some fresh air. we still going through the transition during the day on wednesday. a messy day, fans of thundery downpours across the country. eastern areas still warm, quite humid, 30, 31,

maybe 32 across east anglia. more cloud in the west of england. wales could see further thunderstorms, maybe eventually north—west england through the afternoon. a scattering of showers and thunderstorms across scotla nd of showers and thunderstorms across scotland and northern ireland will see increasingly wet conditions spreading from the west. thunder and lightning mixed in. this rain is associated with that cold front that i showed you a moment ago. and as these rain bands work erratically eastwards during wednesday night and thursday, or eventually we will see the fresh air sweeping from the west. dry weather around on thursday, but look at the temperatures, way down where they have been, 17 in glasgow, perhaps up to 22 there in london. from thursday night into friday, the low pressure will move across the british jobs. this band of rain working through some of the rain, which is on the heavy side. even once it has

cleared, sunshine, yes, but showers pushing into the north west, 16—21. low pressure stays with us into the start of the weekend, just pivoting around on top of the british isles, further showers through the day on saturday. spells of sunshine as well. the temperatures around 15—21. for the end of the weekend, low— pressure for the end of the weekend, low—pressure essentially stays in charge. it drifts eastwards and allows high—pressure to try to build its way in from the west. high—pressure would change things back to more settled weather set up. is that going to happen? yesterday, i showed you the jet stream. i showed you the bend in the jet stream, the jet stream showed you the bend in the jet stream, thejet stream bending northwards. this is where the high—pressure sits, to the south of the jet. if it worked its way in across the british isles, the high pressure would build. but through next week, it does not look like that will happen. the jet stream

will stay, essentially, right across the country, keeping us very close to areas of low pressure. and on balance, it looks most likely low— pressure and on balance, it looks most likely low—pressure will remain the dominant feature. what does that mean next week? it means spells of rain. some drier intervals as well. i pressure not to far away, fairly cool and often breezy. how will the weather change next? join me this time tomorrow. tonight at ten: there's a stark warning from the chief inspector of prisons that not a single youth custody centre in england and wales is safe. he says staffing levels are too low to keep order. campaigners believe conditions in some institutions are dangerous for young people. they are more afraid to be inside the prison than outside, because of the gang rivalry within the prison, and they feel they're not protected enough inside the prison. the chief inspector says

conditions are so terrible, a tragedy is inevitable, and he attacks the state of most men's jails too. also tonight... president trump says he'll just let obamacare fail, after the collapse of his latest attempt to repeal and replace the legislation. heavy rain has caused serious flash flooding in parts of cornwall. the madagascan lemur, already endangered, faces a new threat from illegal sapphire mining.