or as this twitter user put it: this is the presenter of outside source, ros atkins.watch. how difficult was this when you started doing it? that was back in 2016. back in 2016 i was looking at what you have alluded to, that there are more men in news programmes than women. i should say the bbc doesn't particularly have a gender problem, news media more broadly has an issue it needs to take on. my challenge was before talking about other programmes i needed to prove this was possible so i said to the team who make outside source, why don't we try to do this? and the core idea of the proposal, to them, was that we would measure the people coming on to our programme every day, immediately after broadcast, we would share that data, and i was convinced that seeing that data would inform us better about the challenge, it would engage us better about the issue and it would increase motivation which in turn would help our approach to it. and to my immense excitement we went from 39% of women injanuary and by april the next year we reached 51% of women. how difficult was that

or as this twitter user put it: this is the presenter of outside source, ros atkins.ly have a gender problem, news media more broadly has an issue it needs to take on. my challenge was before talking about other programmes i needed to prove this was possible so i said to the team who make 0utside source, why don‘t we try to do this? and the core idea of the proposal, to them, was that we would measure the people coming on to our programme every day, immediately after broadcast, we would share that data, and i was convinced that seeing that data would inform us better about the challenge, it would engage us better about the issue and it would increase motivation which in turn would help our approach to it. and to my immense excitement we went from 39% of women injanuary and by april the next year we reached 51% of women. how difficult was that to do? quite difficult, part of it was a mindset where we went from sometimes thinking about the issue to everyday thinking about it, that made a difference. we also studied the subject areas where we found we always spoke to men

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. israel's prime minister reveals what he says is "new and conclusive proof" that iran had a secret nuclear weapons programme. incriminating presentations, incriminating blueprints, incriminating blueprints, incriminating photos, incriminating videos and more. the iranians are saying that is all propaganda aimed at donald trump. the fate of a caravan of migrants seeking asylum in the us remains unknown, as dozens are stopped by authorities at the mexico border. militant attacks in afghanistan target the intelligence service and nato — and journalists, the deadliest day for journalists in the and journalists, the deadliest day forjournalists in the country since the taliban fell in 2001. and a huge new project aimed at understanding what is happening to another largest glaziers in the world and how quickly it is melting. —— one of the largest glaciers in the world. israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu has just given a presentation on prime time television laying out his claims that

hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. french railway workers begin their three—month rolling strike, testing president macron‘s resolve to reform the economy. president trump says he will send the troops to stop illegal immigration from mexico. until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military. russia and turkey continue to show off their new alliance, presenting their united front on syria. spotify has just made its debut on the new york stock exchange. it did so in an unusual way. we will tell you how it did it and how the traders are valuing its shares. this is what greeted customers on the website of the french rail network sncf, saying "very disturbed train traffic." that's putting it mildly. 77% of train drivers are on strike. 4.5 million passengers are affected. and earlier in paris, there were 420km of trafficjams. at the heart of this is president's macron‘s desire to reform the public sector. the leaders of these strikes say "we're at a pivotal moment. we're th

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. a van has struck pedestrians at a busy intersection in toronto, at least two people are reported to have died. eyewitnesses have given devastating accounts. disguise going 7080, just hitting people one by one going down, it was, it was a nightmare. president macron of france arrives in the us, it's the first state visit for any leader since president trump took office. they do not agree on iran, but they'll talk about syria and tariffs. it's a boy, a third royal baby for the duke and duchess of cambridge, the new arrival is fifth in line to the throne. and the highs and lows of being a sports fan, does cheering for your favourite side enhance your life or make you unhappy, could it be time to hang up that team scarf for good. let's start in toronto. let me bring some of the more important elements of the story so far, we know several people have been injured after a van hit pedestrians in the city's centre. we have this update from sunnybrook hospital. it has received seven patients f

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. nearing the end of the castro era in cuba as raul is about to step down. members of the national assembly name the next president, it's miguel diaz—canel. turkey's president erdogan brings forward by more than a year elections that are expected to consolidate his power. we will be in istanbul to hear about that. we'll be live in westminster. the british government has suffered its first defeat in the house of lords over the centrepiece of its brexit legislation — we'll get the details from westminster. one of the suspects behind iceland's big bitcoin heist escapes prison, and boards a plane with the prime minister. we'll tell you all about that story. we bring together the most important information on the biggest global stories, we will learn about cuba's next president first of all. cuba's next president will not be a castro for the first time in almost 60 years. instead, cuba's parliament has proposed miguel diaz—canel. he's was the only candidate to replace raul castro — and he's

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. britain's accused of exaggerating evidence that russia was responsible for the salisbury attack. it comes after the uk government's own research centre said it couldn't determine where the nerve agent was made. an emergency meeting of the international chemical weapons watchdog has denied russia's request for a new inquiry. will bring you up—to—date on all of that. also in the programme, china says a trade war with the us is "a no—win situation" as it imposes retaliatory tariffs on more than 100 us goods. and facebook says up to 87 million people's data may have been accessed by cambridge analytica. we'll be live in new york. russia has lost its attempt to get a new inquiry into the poisoning in salisbury in southern england. the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons already has one inquiry under way, led by the uk. russia called a meeting today of the opcw in the hague to try to get a second inquiry, with its agents involved. but they lost a vote on the issue with 15 a

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source.er has been speaking to the bbc. he says that relations between russia and the west are worse than during the cold war. the context for this exclusive interview was as western attacks on syrian positions, in response to an alleged chemical attack in douma, but mr lavrov doesn't believe that happen. there is no proof that on 7th of april chemical weapons were used in douma. in his first tv appearance since being sacked as fbi chief, james comey says president trump is a serial liar, who's morally unfit for office. and he said more besides.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroomrussia says they have. when they do, they'll be looking for evidence, ten days after the alleged gas attack. the porn actress stormy daniels gives another tv interview about her alleged sexual relationship with president trump. what i do for a job doesn't impact my ability to know right from wrong, or to tell the truth. president trump welcomes japan's prime minister shinzo abe at his resort in mar—a—lago, we're there live to get more on what's being discussed. every day, outside source features bbc journalists working in over 30 languages. your questions are always welcome. president trump is holding talks with the japanese prime minister shinzo abe at his mar—a—lago resort in florida. here are the latest images of their meeting. north korea's on the agenda. remember, donald trump is due to meet soon. and before that, there's a meeting between the leaders of north and south korea. all of which is very relevant to japan. last year, residents of hokkaido were twice warned to seek shelte

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom husband nelson mandela. people have gathered at her home to mourn a woman who was known as "the mother of the nation". three months of strikes on french railways have started. emmanuel macron is taking on a labour reform challenge his predecessors have avoided. violence has broken out again in kashmir, 20 people have died in clashes between security forces and separatist militants. we get some analysis on the situation there. every day on outside source, we pull together the most important information on the biggest global stories. and we connect you to bbc journalists from around the world. we will do that over the next half an hour. winnie mandela has died at the age of 81 after a long illness. for many years she was one of leading voices of the anti—apartheid movement in south africa. but while her former husband nelson mandela united south africa — the same can't be said for winnie. andrew harding reports. he was the icon, but she was larger—than—life. heroic, flawed, defiant, win

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source., incriminating blueprints, incriminating photos, incriminating videos and more. the iranians are saying that is all propaganda aimed at donald trump. the fate of a caravan of migrants seeking asylum in the us remains unknown, as dozens are stopped by authorities at the mexico border. militant attacks in afghanistan target the intelligence service and nato —

hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. we begin in washington. east, you see the fingerprints of iran behind problems. the driver who killed 10 people in toronto is charged with murder. authorities say they don't suspect terrorism, but a facebook post has emerged. it was put online minutes before the attack happened. there's a pause in armenia's political revolution as the country commemorates the people killed by ottoman turkish forces in 1915.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. made. an emergency meeting of the international chemical weapons watchdog has denied russia's request for a new inquiry. will bring you up—to—date on all of that. also in the programme, china says a trade war with the us is "a no—win situation" as it imposes retaliatory tariffs on more than 100 us goods. and facebook says up to 87 million people's data may have been accessed by cambridge analytica. we'll be live in new york.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source.t's miguel diaz—canel. turkey's president erdogan brings forward by more than a year elections that are expected to consolidate his power. we will be in istanbul to hear about that. we'll be live in westminster. the british government has suffered its first defeat in the house of lords over the centrepiece of its brexit legislation — we'll get the details from westminster. one of the suspects behind iceland's big bitcoin heist escapes prison, and boards a plane with the prime minister.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the russian foreign minister has been speaking to the bbc. he says that relations between russia and the west are worse than during the cold war. the context for this exclusive interview was as western attacks on syrian positions, in response to an alleged chemical attack in douma, but mr lavrov doesn't believe that happen. there is no proof that on 7th of april chemical weapons were used in douma. in his first tv appearance since being sacked as fbi chief, james comey says president trump is a serial liar, who's morally unfit for office. and he said more besides. we will also hear from cape and he said more besides. we will also hearfrom cape canaveral in florida, because nasa has a new mission that will turn vibrations from stars into sound, and that in turn will help us understand space. a number of developments after those western airstrikes in syria. first, this exclusive interview with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov, for the bbc‘s hardtalk programme with stephen sack

hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source.m mexico. until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military. russia and turkey continue to show off their new alliance, presenting their united front on syria. spotify has just made its debut on the new york stock exchange. it did so in an unusual way. we will tell you how it did it and how the traders are valuing its shares.

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> 2147483051:36:44,715 i'm 2147483051:36:44,715 --> 3221224577:25:07,072 ros 3221224577:25:07,072 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 atkins. this is outside source. we begin in washington. macron‘s state visit is in full swing. nuclear deal with iran. you see the fingerprints of iran behind problems. the driver who killed 10 people in toronto is charged with murder. has emerged. it was put online minutes before the attack happened. ottoman turkish forces in 1915. but this is just a pot. but this isjust a pot. the politics will return soon. will return soon. reports there —— but this is just a pot. its advertising. information onto the‘s global stories. stories. president macron‘s travel to washington. it's in full swing. they visited the oval office. visited the oval office. mr macron got the full tour. there was a full military ceremony on the white house lawn. and welcome speeches. for a full bilateral meeting for the two presidents and their advisers. two presidents and their advisers. and then after that, a break. was a press conference in the east room of the white house. a number of important moments during that pre