hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. donald trump has arrived at the world economic forum in davos, where he'll be pushing his america first message. the us said they'd keep their troops in syria to make sure the so—called islamic state don't come back. the syrian foreign minister tells us they're not happy with the idea. long—term presence of the american troops on syrian soil will be considered as an aggression against the sovereignty of syria. "lacking moral leadership": harsh words to describe myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi. but that's what one us diplomat did. we find out why. and is there a better way to warn against tsunamis? a group of welsh scientists say yes. let's start at the world economic forum in davos. no doubting the most

high profile guest. there would appear to be a tension between mr trump's "america first" message and the globalisation favoured by the rich and powerful who come to davos. none of that was putting the president off his stride. what's your message to davos, mr president? peace, and prosperity. he also talked about the middle east. during a meeting with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, mr trump was asked if talks can resume with the palestinians. this was his answer. when they disrespected us a week ago by not allowing our great vice president to see them, when we give them hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and support, tremendous numbers, numbers that nobody understands, that money is on the table.

that money is not going to them unless they sit down and negotiate peace, because i can tell you that israel does want to make peace. and they're going to have to want to make peace too, or we will have nothing to do with it any longer. donald trump also met theresa may. it hasn't been plain sailing for them. when donald trump retweeted a british far—right group in november, the prime minister said this. i'm very clear that retweeting from britain first was the wrong thing to do. to which donald trump replied "@theresa—may, don't focus on me, focus on the destructive radical islamic terrorism that is taking place within the united kingdom. we are doing just fine!" also, the president cancelled a visit to london to open the new us embassy in london. he said he didn't like the location. some thought it was because he knew londoners may not be overly welcoming. well, things seemed cordial earlier.

there is a false rumour out there. i wanted to correct it. i have great respect for everything you're doing. we love your country. we think it's really good. we are working on transactions in terms of economic reality, trade and most importantly, military. we are very much joined at the hip when it comes to the military. president trump will deliver a speech in davos on friday. bob corker is a republican senator who's been very critical of the president, suggesting he needs supervision. he's been talking to katty kay. many of the statements that have been made, many of the actions have caused people to wonder whether we're a reliable ally, reliable friend. i hope that when he comes and speaks tomorrow, that he does so in a manner to re—establish or at least build back some of the trust

that our nation has had. you have to wonder what donald trump's motivation is. i have been talking to katty kay about that.” talking to katty kay about that.|j think talking to katty kay about that.” think he has come for a bit of a victory lap. there is certainly quite a bit of goodwill towards him from the business community, because these are the people who are benefiting from the global economy doing so well, from the stock market thatis doing so well, from the stock market that is booming, and they are giving donald trump credit for that. i have even spoken to democrats who say he does deserve credit for the deregulation and the tax cuts helping the markets. business leaders like that a lot, so there is a slightly schizophrenic attitude. they don't like what he says about a lot of things. they don't like his tone. they don't like the way he talked about africa recently, and they are nervous about the idea that

there could be a protectionist movement coming. on the other hand, they like the way the economy is going and our prepared to give him a warm welcome because of that. and in terms of those terrorists, it presumably wasn't a coincidence that we had about the new tariffs on washing machines and solar panels before he came here. has that dominated in the way we thought it would earlier in the week? no. i have asked a couple of people about that, and bob corker, the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, said the reaction has not been as severe as it might have been from china and south korea over those tariffs. there is nervousness that this could just be the beginning. the treasury secretary today said, we do want fair and free trade. i think the global community is asking how far america is prepared to go to get what it would call fair trade. i also wanted to

talk about president trump and what he said as he was getting on the plane to fly to davos. in impromptu remarks, he told reporters he is prepared to be questioned by robert mulder is part of the investigation into alleged russian interference in the us election. mr mueller‘s investigation has been inching closer to the president. last week, attorney generaljeff session was interviewed. he was an advisor on the trump campaign. next week, former chief strategist steve bannon is scheduled to be questioned. more than 20 other white house personnel have voluntarily given interviews to the team. but there are a number of different

ways be mueller investigation can speak to people of interest, as katty explains. listen to the language that he used. he said "i would love to do this". since he made those remarks before coming here to davos, his legal team has been slightly rowing that back or qualifying it and saying he will of course take legal counsel over this issue. that will be the big issue. does he testify under oath? is it a one—on—one interview with the special counsel's team? is some of it done through written answers? that is what we don't have answers to yet. the president was speaking, as his lawyers said, speaking hurriedly before he left for davos on this trip. they will be going through this with a fine comb and making sure that any interview that takes place with bob mueller is on the most favourable possible terms to the president and his legal team. katty, while i've got you, can i ask you what it's like there? we see the mountains, the fireside chats and the press conferences, but what is it like, the bits we don't see?

my wet feet, my pocket full of tissues and my pocket full of fisherman's friends because i'm struggling with a cold here! look, i've been struck by the degree to which the antipathy that you might expect from the global elite towards donald trump, frankly, is not really there. they're prepared to give him a fair hearing tomorrow. they like what he's doing for the economy. they have slightly learned to live with some of the tweets, and yet america is still clearly dominating this conference. we talk about america retreating from the world and its president pulling back from issues like trade and climate change, but when the white house, when president trump and the united states of america wants to throw its weight around and make its presence felt, it can absolutely do so and it's doing it in switzerland this week. as ever, we are bringing you the

biggest global stories. let's move to damascus. a syrian minister has told the bbc that both turkey and the us are guilty of aggression. in america's case, it's because last week us secretary of state rex tillerson said "the united states will maintain a military presence in syria, focused on ensuring isis cannot re—emerge". this is syria's deputy foreign minister with the bbc‘s lyse doucet. this is a very serious issue. a long term presence of american troops on syrian soil would be considered as an aggression against the sovereignty of syria. it would be considered a violation of the united nations security council resolution. but what can you do about it?

which always talks about the territorial integrity of the syrian people and their country. what we are going to do is a different issue. but when you consider such a presence as hostile, as aggressive, as against the territorial unity of as against the territorial unity of a country, then a lot of options are open before the syrian people and their government. the criticism for turkey is because of its offensive against kurds in afrin in north—western syria. these are the latest pictures we have. these are members of the free syrian army advancing into the area — they're rebels fighting the syrian government. but about 25,000 of their fighters are joining the turkish forces. here's the minister with lyse again. the turkish invasion is an open violation of the sovereignty of

syria. it is an aggression against the sovereignty of syria. russia gave the green light for that. we don't think russia can act on behalf of the syrian government or against its principles which russia has a lwa ys its principles which russia has always defended in syria. so it is turkish aggression against the sovereignty of syria, and syria has every right to answer such an aggression. i should also tell you about syrian peace talks which started today in vienna. they're brokered by the un, but this is an early stage — the two sides are not meeting face—to—face. here's an opposition figure earlier. our main goal is to see the commitment of all the sides to the implementation of un security council resolution to 254 —— 2254. this session was described by the un

special envoy to be a crucial one, and we believe that it is. on our behalf, we are committed to a free syria, to a democratic one, to a country syria, to a democratic one, to a cou ntry safe syria, to a democratic one, to a country safe for its people to go back home. and lyse has been following those talks in damascus. i think the syrians would not talk about it as their last hope, and certainly not the syrian government, who continue to say they will continue to do what they can to find a solution. the opposition, of course, are dedicated to trying to achieve what they regard as a political transition, in other words, a syrian future without presdent assad. but if the truth be told, the mantra from the syrian government now is that the war is over. look at the map. they feel they are prevailing on the battlefield and what matters to them now is not negotiating table is far away from syria, it's what's

happening on the ground. they are continuing their offensive against the last pockets held by the rebels. next, an extraordinary statement from us diplomat bill richardson on aung san suu kyi. he says the international panel that she set up on the rohingya crisis in myanmar is a "whitewash" — and that she lacks "moral leadership." given that they consider themselves friends, this is quite something. the quotes come in this article in the new york times. he also says aung san suu kyi has "developed an arrogance of power." and she's "basically unwilling to listen to bad news," and "this board was being used as a cheerleading squad for the government." myanmar‘s already responded, saying richardson has an agenda. all of this is connected to the rohingya crisis in which over 600,000 people have crossed from myanmar into bangladesh. they're living in camps like these, though there are plans to try and get them home

in the next two years. jonathan head has more on this in yangon. bill richardson clearly felt that the panel he was part of was ineffective. he has described how he felt it didn't have a mandate to address the real issues. he could have resigned more quietly. he used to visit aung san suu kyi as far back as the early 1990s, when she was under house arrest, and has remained deeply engaged in myanmar, with a lot of projects here. it's a very detailed statement. he describes her as having an arrogance of power, of being trapped in a bubble, surrounded by sycophants and psychopaths, telling her what she wa nts to psychopaths, telling her what she wants to hear. he said he was taken aback by the

hostility that she and other officials showed towards international organisations, the media, the un and human rights groups, blaming them for the troubling rakhine state and he felt he could not continue in his role. he has said that she is in effect parroting the generals, speaking their language and not speaking up for the things that she once said she believed in. that is why he says he is so disappointed, that he expected her to show moral leadership. he accepts that she is ina leadership. he accepts that she is in a difficult position, but said thatis in a difficult position, but said that is no excuse for not showing any leadership. the picture he paints is of an isolated leader, somebody stubbornly sticking to her views and parroting the military. he referenced those reuters journalists. he came here perhaps mistakenly believing that his influence would get them released. he raised their case consistently with aung san suu kyi. a lot of people feel they were targeted by the military for their investigations into rakhine state. he said her response was to insist that they had broken the official secrets act and to get so angry that he felt that at one point, she might hit him. in a few minutes, we will

report on a story from el salvador. a teenage girl has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after having what she claims was a miscarriage. the prosecution say she killed her baby. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story comes from switzerland. donald trump has arrived at the world economic forum in davos, where he'll be pushing his america first message. he gives a major speech tomorrow. let's turn to some of the main stories on bbc world service. the new leader of south africa's governing anc party has told the bbc that the country has been badly affected by corruption and that the state had been captured by people purporting to be close to president jacob zuma. the president of michigan state university has resigned over the scandal surrounding years of sexual abuse by the former usa gymnastics team doctor, larry nassar. nassar used to work at the university. and jose mourinho has

extended his contract as manager at manchester united until 2020, with an option for another year. mass vaccination campaigns are getting under way in nigeria and brazil against yellow fever. this is a mosquito—borne disease. the world health organisation says approximately 45,000 people died of yellow fever globally in 2013. in nigeria, it's hoped 25 million people will be immunised this year. and in brazil, the mass vaccination programmes will start in sao paulo and rio dejanerio before moving north to bahia next month. let's speak to julia carneiro let's speak tojulia carneiro in rio dejaneiro. let's speak tojulia carneiro in rio

de janeiro. it sounds let's speak tojulia carneiro in rio dejaneiro. it sounds like a huge undertaking. yes, it is. we have had yellow fever over the years in brazil, but cases have started to spread and the authorities are under alert because new cases are appearing in areas in the south—east of brazil that didn't have yellow fever yet. the fear is that it may reach urban centres like the big cities of rio dejaneiro and sao paulo. so far, we have seen yellow fever cases in smaller cities and in rural areas, but if it gets too big cities, it will be hard to control. so their anticipated this campaign to start in almost 150 cities to vaccinate people, responding as well toa vaccinate people, responding as well to a rush to health centres that we have seen over the past weeks, with huge queues forming for people to get their vaccines. so vaccines are one way of defending people against yellow fever, but presumably there

are broader strategies as well? vaccines are the main strategy. by focusing on rio and sao paulo, they are trying to keep the areas that we re are trying to keep the areas that were still unharmed by the virus from being affected. it is like they are building a cordon of immunisation to protect areas from the virus. here in rio and in sao paulo, we have seen cases of monkeys which are carriers of the virus. they are not the ones that transmit the virus. it is transmitted by mosquitoes, so they are victims as well. and when the monkeys start buying, it's a sign that the disease is approaching. so here in rio and sao paulo, there has been lots of alarm, with the monkeys appearing. that is a sign that the disease could be approaching. but the authorities here are campaigning to protect the animals. because of this

fear, there are signs that people might be poisoning or harming animals, thinking that they are the culprits. they are not, they are victims as well. this is one more mosquito borne disease that brazil is trying to cope with, yet another summer after the zika epidemic, the dinky —— dengue fever as well. perhaps we can catch up with you later and find out how that vaccination programme is going. president trump's at the world economic forum in davos. he's been talking about uk—us trade. trade discussions will be taking place and are going to lead to tremendous increases in trade between our countries, which is great for both in terms ofjobs. we

look forward to that and we are starting that process as we speak. now to a story that theresa may and donald trump will be paying attention to. samira hussainjoins me. we have been exchanging messages and you were telling me there was a big moment coming for bombardier tomorrow? exactly. the international trade commission is going to weigh in in a dispute between the beer, the canadian plane—maker, and boeing, the us plane making giant. this is a dispute we talked about last year. boeing says that bombardier has made this whole fleet of planes, but they have done at below cost and that is a no—no in international trade. so the us has slapped a 300% tariff on any of the specific bombardier planes coming into the united states, which basically cuts of these bombardier planes from the us market. why is

theresa may getting involved in this dispute? well, it is because there area dispute? well, it is because there are a lot ofjobs in northern ireland that are at risk. bombardier is the largest private employer in northern ireland, some 4000 jobs. so if they are no longer able to sell these planes to the united states, a lot of those jobs could be in jeopardy. we often talk about rulings and i sometimes wonder if they are the end of the matter. could it continue beyond that decision? of course it's not the end of the matter! there are many more avenues for this to go. canada has said that if it doesn't rule in their favour, they will want to take this to other avenues. they could ta ke this to other avenues. they could take it to the world trade organisation. prime ministerjustin trudeau has said he will take it to the nafta tribunal. those are the trade mechanisms that have been put in place by the north american free trade agreement. but those dispute resolution mechanisms are actually

something that president trump wants to get rid of altogether. thank you. now, we are being told we are 30 seconds closer to the end of the world. this message is coming courtesy of the doomsday clock. here it is — it's a symbol designed to give an assessment of how unstable the world is — the closer it gets to midnight, the worse things are. it's run by a team of science leaders, and now they've moved us to two minutes to midnight. they say the world is a more dangerous place because of nuclear concerns and because of how world leaders are handling the crisis — that's a reference to trump and kimjong un. the last time the clock was so close to midnight was in 1953 — that's when the us and soviet union were testing hydrogen bombs. here are two of the scientists. in 2017, we moved the clock from three to two and a half minutes to

midnight, an unprecedented step that reflected a darkening security landscape, characterised by an increasing recklessness around nuclear rhetoric and the increasing attacks on expert and expertise worldwide, at the exact moment when such expertise is needed. for the first time in many years, no us— russian nuclear arms negotiations are under way. if the draft us nuclear past review is any guide to us policy, there will be no us — russia nuclear arms control negotiations for the foreseeable future. instead, we could see a return to a nuclear arms race. thank you for watching the first half of outside source. we will be back with you in a couple of minutes. if you want to see that speech by donald trump at davos, whether you are watching in the uk on the new channel or elsewhere on bbc world news, you will of course see it live. welcome to a look at the weather

elsewhere around the globe. real contrast in the temperatures showing up contrast in the temperatures showing up across contrast in the temperatures showing up across asia, from the —4 to start the morning on thursday in tokyo. that is the coldest it has been in tokyo for 48 years, almost record—breaking, with a lot of snow on the ground. it will stay cold and the north—westerly wind will continue to blow across the sea of japan and deposit more snow across parts of japan. it japan and deposit more snow across parts ofjapan. it is also japan and deposit more snow across parts of japan. it is also bitterly cold across the korean peninsula. drier here. the highs on friday are about —10 celsius. the chill is across parts of china as well. we could see more snow around yangtze and shanghai. in contrast, we are on track for the warmest january on record in parts of new zealand. 37 was the highest average we have seen ina was the highest average we have seen in a significant amount of time, seven yea rs, in a significant amount of time, seven years, and that was in north canterbury. the heat is notjust happening in new zealand, it is also with us across australia.

temperatures continue to rise for adelaide and melbourne, pushing its way east with those interior winds, picking on sunday. pretty hot for the men's tennis final on sunday. then it will all culminate in some nasty stormy weather because of this weather system. you have the interior winds, the heat building ahead of it and then storms to follow. we could have a tropical low with us across northern territories. it has been a quiet rainy season in northern territories so far, and we are expecting much wetter weather to come which could result in flash flooding. unfortunately, we need the rain in cape town and other parts of south africa, but there is no sign of it at the moment. there will be some further east towards pretoria, but it is looking dry and warm. the warmth that is building with these southerly winds later in the week across the usa's southern states and later central and eastern states gives concern for flooding because

it has been so cold. we will see the snow melting on top of heavy rains, so there is concern for flash flooding in this part of the world. and the flooding risk remains high across parts of europe. we have seen the river seine break its banks. we have further rain to come here and snow across the alps. the weather fronts will continue to blow across norway and denmark, with yet more snow through friday to saturday across the pyrenees and the alpine regions. temperatures will fluctuate, meaning the avalanche risk will remain high if not very high at times. the unprecedented season continues with more snowfall to come, and significant amounts as well. in the uk, darren will have more for you in half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom donald trump has arrived at the world economic forum in davos — where he'll be pushing his pushing

his america first message. the us said they'd keep their troops in syria to make sure the so—called islamic state don't come back. the syrian foreign minister tells us they're not happy with the idea. long—term presence of the syrian foreign minister tells us they're not happy with the idea. long—term presence of american the syrian foreign minister tells us they're not happy with the idea. long—term presence of american troops the syrian foreign minister tells us they're not happy with the idea. long—term presence of american troops on the syrian foreign minister tells us they're not happy with the idea. long—term presence of american troops on syrian the syrian foreign minister tells us they're not happy with the idea. long—term presence of american troops on syrian soil the syrian foreign minister tells us they're not happy with the idea. long—term presence of american troops on syrian soil will the syrian foreign minister tells us they're not happy with the idea. long—term presence of american troops on syrian soil will be considered as an aggression against the sovereignty of syria. in el salvador, a teenage girl has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after having what she claims is a miscarriage. the prosecution say she killed her baby. and is there a better way to warn against tsunamis? a group of welsh scientists say yes. i want to return to our top story.

there have been clashes between hardline hindus and police in northern india. the hindus are angry about a bollywood film — and they've been threatened cinema—goers too. these pictures show the police guarding indian cinemas today — this involved thousands of them across the country. the film is called padmaavat — the protestors are upset by what they believe is a romance between a hindu queen and muslim ruler — though many people who watch the film say there is no romance. these protests have been going for weeks. vehicles have been burned, a school bus was attacked, some cinemas have refused to show the film. more serious still — the actress who plays the queen is deepika padukone — massive star — and she's been receiving death threats. here she is talking about this. as i was saying, this

is a confusing story, but a romance is not depicted in the film. pratiksha ghildial in dehli can help us with this. i'm outside a popular cinema complex in central delhi where the controversial film is in central delhi where the controversialfilm is being screened right now. as you can see, there is heavy security presence outside the theatre to ensure that there is no violence. for months now, this film has been at the centre of violent protests, and this week marks clashes with police across the country. they have set vehicles on fire and randomised cinema halls. schools have been shot in certain areas outside delhi because a school bus was attacked, and its windows smashed. i did not find anything

controversial in the movie. all the rock going on now is uncalled for. there is nothing controversial in the film except the scene where she comes outside, nothing else, everything is fine in the movie. so why is this done so controversial? hindu hardline groups allege the film is disrespectful of their culture because at a betrays a romantic relationship between hindu queen and a 14th century muslim ruler. according to them, that is historically inaccurate. however, here's the thing. while historians agree that the ruler and existed, there is little proof of the hindu queen's existence. still all this unrest, quite extraordinarily, over a film. a teenage girl in el salvador has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after having what she claims is a miscarriage. the prosecution allege she killed her baby. abortion in all forms is banned in the country — and cases of miscarriages

and still births are often considered abortions since 1998 over 600 women have been imprisoned under these laws. evelyn hernandez told the bbc she didn't even realise she was pregnant. well, evelyn's mother also spoke to the bbc. here she explains how the police got involved. but not everyone in the country has sympathy for the teenager's situation. here's a politician who thinks her punishment should be harsher. i don't see the difference between killing a kid and killing a baby inside the womb of his mother. evelyn was sentenced because of a homicide? yes, homicide. she did not know she was pregnant, she gave birth, a stillbirth? she killed the

baby. she did not know that she was pregnant? for real? that is the argument? have you ever been pregnant? no, i am a man. there are cases where women do not know they are pregnant. there are cases, go read the file. let's speak to beatriz diez from bbc mundo in los angeles. i'm interested to ask you what public opinion is on these laws, doesn't support them? actually, this case has been very controversial, because there is some support in the public opinion and also even in the medical sector of trying to make amends to the law, because they say abortion should be allowed in certain cases. in this case, public opinion is supporting evelyn hernandez, and not only help the of many women that find themselves wet

miscarriages are considered abortions, and there is no way for them to be taken into account. in terms of the political dialogue in el salvador, is this a live political issue or is there consensus that the laws are generally correct? actually, there is an initiative trying to reform the law. there was a proposal in october 2016 where they want to make it easier, for example in cases of rape, or danger for the health it easier, for example in cases of rape, or dangerfor the health of the mother, or even in cases of an unviable foetus, but the problem is that law, that proposal has not seen any advancement. it has laid there, it has not even left the committee where it has been discussed. it is now a year and a half later and there is no new advances. you cover

countries across southern and central america, how does el salvador compare with the other countries you report on? actually, if we think about central america, it's very similar, because there are only five countries in the world where abortion is completely banned. there are many of those countries in south america, el salvador, honduras, nicaragua and the dominican republic. in that area it very similar. it compares very well to the situation in all the other countries, because chile for example was also in the same situation recently, where last august abortion was analysed in some circumstances. now we see mostly countries in the world that are so strict in art in central america. —— abortion was penalised. we are indebted to the

bbc‘s language ‘s sources, we have amazing journalists working all over the world in over 30 languages. you can get news in spanish, news and pharmacy, news in arabic and so on. you can find them all online. the issue of cancer has been thrust into the spotlight today after former government minister tessa jowell, now baroness jowell,s spoke in the house of lords. she has a brain tumour known as glioblastoma — or gbm. there's less than 3,000 people diagnosed with this every year in the uk. and it generally has a poor prognosis. despite that less than 2% of cancer research funding goes to brain tumours.

and it's been 50 years since new drugs have been produced. well, now baronessjowell is calling for new cancer treatments and trials to be available on the nhs. this is what she had to say. seamus heaney‘s last words were, do not be afraid. i am not afraid. i am fearful that this new and important approach may be put into the "too difficult" box. but i also have such great hope, so many cancer patients collaborate and support each other every day, they create that community of love and determination.

that they find each other every day. all we now ask is that doctors and health systems learn to do with the same. and for us to work together. to learn from each other. in the end, what gives a life meaning is not only how it is lived, but how it draws to a close. i hope that this debate will give hope to other cancer patients, like me, so that we can live well together with cancer. notjust dying of it. all of us for longer. scientists at cardiff university in wales are developing a more

advanced ea rly—warning alarm system for tsunamis. it uses sound waves, here's how it works. you can see the sea bed shaking with an earthquake. the current early warning system for a tsunami uses a worldwide network of buoys — here you see it, it relies on the tsunami physically reaching the buoy before triggering the alarm. now here's how the new system will work... it's based on measuring underwater sound waves — these ‘acoustic gravity waves‘ travel more than ten times faster than the tsunami, the waves are picked up by an underwater hydrophone triggering the warning in minutes. this study of sound waves to monitor an incoming tsunami dates back to the 805. because an incoming t5unami dates back to the 805. because sound waves travel so much faster than the waves

actually do, there has been a lot of interest in whether we can use this for a interest in whether we can use this fora t5unami interest in whether we can use this for a tsunami warning system. what the5e 5cienti5ts for a tsunami warning system. what the5e scientists have done in a new research is to generate information from that sound wave in terms of how much the sea floor has been displaced. what you need to know is basically, if you think of a fault i5 collapsing at the point of an earthquake, that up pu5h, i5 collapsing at the point of an earthquake, that up push, that displacement, that gives you the volume of the wave, that gives you the way. they have studied for a long time the properties of that sound wave, and now they have figured out a way to mathematically break that down and they what they can work out from the information that tells them just how big and destructive that wave will be. that's the thing they need to factor in to build this into a tsunami warning system. given the boxing day t5unami over ten years ago, i'm 5urprised we were talking about this technology earlier. it is such a

huge offence, 230,000 killed in 11 countries, this is a hugely destructive potential i55ue. countries, this is a hugely destructive potential issue. but they are very difficult to study. what the5e 5cienti5ts they are very difficult to study. what the5e scientists from cardiff had to do was with a series of underwater microphones, waiting for a woa kes to underwater microphones, waiting for a woake5 to happen in order to get their data that they can then pull apart. then figure out how big that wave will be. in order to create this model that they build into analytics, they needed t5unami5. they have to wait for all these unpredictable sei5mic they have to wait for all these unpredictable seismic events to happen to get their science done, so that's why it takes a long time to study this. assuming this new system i5 study this. assuming this new system is better and everyone agrees, how practical i5 is better and everyone agrees, how practical is it to have it in position and all the places in the world where we might need to measure the5e world where we might need to measure these kinds of things? actually, very practical, and much cheaper potentially than this relay network of boys that we have at the moment. that looks for the displacement of

the actual wave, because itju5t u5es the actual wave, because itju5t uses microphones. that's what's exciting about this study. because they have drilled down the maths to get the information from the way, thatis get the information from the way, that is the missing link. we have the microphones and the events, what we need is that in between bit5 the microphones and the events, what we need is that in between bits to be able to plug in and say yes, we have a sin army coming that could potentially be disastrous so we trigger the warning and set the alarm. —— we have a umami coming. the headline benefit is that we find out soon and have more information coming as well. those sound waves coming as well. those sound waves coming from the event itself travel so much faster than the wave. donald trump in davos has spoken about the middle east. he was meeting with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu when he was asked if talks can resume with the palestinians. let's hear his answer again. when they disrespected u5

when they disrespected us a week ago by not allowing our great vice president to see them, and we give them hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and support, tremendous numbers. numbers that nobody understands. that money is on the table and i5 understands. that money is on the table and is not going to them, u nless table and is not going to them, unless they sit down and negotiate peace. i can tell you, israel doe5 wa nt to peace. i can tell you, israel doe5 want to make peace. they will have to wa nt want to make peace. they will have to want to make peace, too, or we will have nothing to do with it any longer. the state department has now confirmed all us assistance to the palestinians is being reviewed. that announcement was followed by this from us ambassador to the un, nikki haley: "the united states remains deeply committed to helping the israelis and palestinians reach a historic peace agreement," she said. "but we will not cha5e after a palestinian leadership that lack5 what is needed to achieve peace. to get hi5toric result5, we need courageous leaders." well, for reaction to those comments, i am joined by the palestinian ambassador to the united states, dr husam zomlot. thank you for your time. what do you

make of what the president has said? very shocking indeed. it's shocking the statement itself and the state of affairs of international relations altogether. number one, about the palestinian people and the leadership being disrespectful, we we re leadership being disrespectful, we were not disrespectful. we were just respectful of our rights and defending our internationally endorsed rights, we were respectful of our people, a people that have been struggling for many many years for their birthright5. we were respectful for the international community, international resolutions and consensus. but the vice president mike pence would have liked to have met the palestinians and you did not want to. in that specific moments, you did turn away from the americans? in that specific moment, we wereju5t

from the americans? in that specific moment, we were just saying meetings are not for the sake of meetings. the decision taken by this administration regarding jeru5alem was a decision that effectively shut down the conversation, the5e was a decision that effectively shut down the conversation, these are the peace pro5pect5. we have never ever negotiated principles, jeru5alem peace pro5pect5. we have never ever negotiated principles, jerusalem and the un security council resolutions and the commitment of the us over the last 46 years has been firm in writing, and therefore we needed to make sure our rights are very well—known and nobody would actually ta ke well—known and nobody would actually take off our legitimate issues. any table, iju5t take off our legitimate issues. any table, i just want to say... take off our legitimate issues. any table, ijust want to say... let me be clear on this because it's important, do you consider the decision to recognisejeru5alem a5 israel's capital to have shot down the talks, ie without a reverse that decision, the talks cannot possibly begin? talks about what, my friend? we have been engaged in talks since

1991 on very firm international basis, con5en5u5, including the us, they led the international efforts. the5e talks were about to enter israel's occupation began in 1967, including injuries and. these talks we re including injuries and. these talks were clearly not about recognising by america or the rest of the world israel's control or annexation.” understand your border concerns about what has happened over the last few decades but you seem to be 5aying, without a reverse of that decision, there cannot be talks. the americans 5eem decision, there cannot be talks. the americans seem to say unless you change your position, you will not be getting a lot of money you currently receive. are you concerned about what consequence that will have for many hundreds of thousands of palestinians? yes, of course we are concerned. this will directly affect hundreds of thousands, if not million5 affect hundreds of thousands, if not millions of innocent people, vulnerable people, refugees, all over the region, not only in palestine, but in jordan, over the region, not only in palestine, but injordan, lebanon and syria. it is extremely u nfortu nate and syria. it is extremely unfortunate the state of affairs is

at this level. let me say this clearly. financial pressure for coercive political agendas doe5 clearly. financial pressure for coercive political agendas does not work. it does not work when a dignified nation like ours, it does not work, especially when our position is supported by the international community, and for a very well rooted, ancient nation like ours. when you offer a choice like ours. when you offer a choice like this between their very legitimate rights, to have a state of their own, to their own city, ea5t of their own, to their own city, eastjeru5alem i5 of their own, to their own city, eastjeru5alem is a city we own. of their own, to their own city, east jerusalem is a city we own. let me ask you this finally, then. i hear your passion. there is no possibility donald trump i5 hear your passion. there is no possibility donald trump is going to change his mind about recognising jerusalem, he has onlyju5t done it. what happens now? well, the most important thing is that we solidify, strengthen our commitment as palestinians and the palestinian president has been clear we remain absolutely committed to the two state solution from 1967, we remain

committed to international consensus and we remain committed to nonviolence and our adherence to a genuine peace process, and that requires international intervention for many years. we remain the exception in all other conflicts, it was only international mechanisms for implementing international principles that delivered success. now we say, no way. we need an international table. president trump has not taken jerusalem international table. president trump has not takenjerusalem off international table. president trump has not taken jerusalem off the table, he has taken the table altogether. we need to establish a genuine table that can take us where we wa nt genuine table that can take us where we want to go. thank you very much for joining we want to go. thank you very much forjoining us. we're not trying to be funny here, but do you see a likeness between these two pictures? left, a mummified woman from the 18th century. right, the uk‘s foreign secretary, borisjohnson. scientists have just found out they're related. her body was discovered in 1975 buried in switzerland in basel cathedral and they've been trying to identify ever since.

only now thanks to dna techniques they finally know she is anna catharina bischoff, here's an artists impression of her, they also discovered she's boris johnson's great—great—great—great—great—great— —great grandmother. imogen foulkes, basel. back in 1975 workmen were renovating this church in basel and they made an unusual discovery. the body of a mummified woman. she had been buried right in front of the altar and was wearing good—quality clothes. she was also quite plump. that indicates a wealthy lady. but although there are many clues as to basel‘s historic merchant families around here, there didn't seem to be anything to indicate who this lady was. there were a couple of hints. for one thing, the body

was riddled with mercury. mercury was a common treatment for syphilis in the 18th century. what's more, basel‘s historians knew that members of the bischoff family had been buried around here. but it wasn't until the 21st century, and dna testing from the mummy‘s big toe and from a living member of the family that the mystery was finally solved. anna catarina bischoff, she married a church minister. she contracted syphilis, it's believed, while tending to patients with the disease. her mercury treatment finally killed her. there is one big twist to this story, anna had a daughter, also called anna, and she married a man. and they are the distant relatives of borisjohnson. that ends outside source this week.

further coverage from the world economic forum in davos, including that speech by donald trump online. it will be interesting to hear what he says. see you monday. high pressure and the position of high pressure will play a crucial role in the forecast for the next ten days. on thursday it was low pressure that gave us a few showers across the uk, some heavy and thundery. that low pressure is moving away, we have a bomb of high pressure coming in, settling things

down ahead of everything, beginning to come in from off the atlantic. the upshot is that friday should be decent, very few showers left by morning, the cloud a bit more relu cta nt to brea k morning, the cloud a bit more reluctant to break but otherwise a fine, dry day with light winds and good spells of sunshine. probably clouding over a bit more in northern ireland later on the head of rain from the atlantic. temperature is not bad, seven, eight, nine, chilly in scotland because of frost. that rain coming in from the atlantic, fizzling out. it gets swamped by a big low coming in the south of iceland. more active weather front, that warm front there, this will bring most of the rain. that arrives on saturday, could be heavy rain together with strong winds, particularly across the western hills of the of rain becomes lighter and patchy as it pushes east. eventually some sunshine are particularly across scotland and northern ireland but it will be windy. temperatures on saturday will be higher, some mild air drawn in.

windy weather across the north, low— pressure windy weather across the north, low—pressure moving close by. then another system coming in from the atlantic, a very flat, wave. most of the rain will be across the west of scotland, some hills could see rain and drizzle. lots of cloud, it will be windy as well. if you break up the cloud, temperatures could be higher, possibly 14 or 15. the cloud, temperatures could be higher, possibly 14 or15. even the cloud, temperatures could be higher, possibly 14 or 15. even in the cloud it's a mild and rather windy day. staying windy overnight, the low—pressure takes the rain away from scotland and this cold front moves southwards during monday. we will see some rain spelling slowly south into england and wales. behind it, we will get into slightly colder air, some sunshine around. stronger winds across northern scotland, maybe one or two showers. still lacking across the south, could be affecting southern parts of england even on tuesday. uncertainty there.

more rain arriving in the north—west later in the day. into the middle pa rt later in the day. into the middle part of next week, it looks like an area of low pressure will trundle across the uk, pushing rain eased and picking up the winds. change in wind direction, so we will start to draw ina wind direction, so we will start to draw in a colder, chillier northwestern wind. mild air not too far away. we have this scenario with high pressure building up, more across the west. allowing us to get into some colder winds. that scenario is less likely, what is more likely is for the high pressure to build on a slightly different way. it will be more flat, a flatter high—pressure, allowing areas of low pressure to get steered to the north. what does that mean? as we head into the outlook across the south, it will be drier close to high pressure but with light winds there may be a summer frost and fog. for the north, styles of rain and

showers, much more changeable because it is often going to be windy with the chance of some gales. tonight at ten: building bridges in davos as theresa may and donald trump hold talks at the world economic forum. the president flies in to join the world's political and business elite, predicting a "tremendous increase" in trade between the uk and usa. and he moved to reject talk of growing differences between britain and america — not least on the global terror threat. i have tremendous respect for the prime minister and the job she's doing. i think the feeling is mutual from the standpoint of liking each other a lot. we had a great discussion today and we continue to have that really special relationsohp between the uk and the united states. standing shoulder to shoulder because we're facing the same challenges across the world. we'll have the latest from davos as plans are now being made for a visit by president trump

to the uk later this year.