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In London, the politicians debate whether Donald Trump

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really is deserving of a state visit to the UK.

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In Washington, it is President's Day,

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since Donald Trump moved into the White House.

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Nearly two million people signed a petition

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opposing Donald Trump's state visit to Britain.

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Tonight there are nationwide protests,

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this is the scene outside the Houses of Parliament.

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The US Vice-President seeks to reassure Europe,

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but for Nato members who are lagging behind on their spending

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- these are my words, not his - get one.

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Hundreds of people have been arrested

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in immigration raids across the US in recent days.

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We speak to migrants preparing to deal

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Last night in Sweden, Twitter has fun at Donald Trump's

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expense, but what was the President referring to?

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I'm Christian Fraser in London, Jon Sopel is in Washington.

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a majority of British people are in favour

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of Donald Trump coming to the UK on a state visit.

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But there's a sizeable number of people who stand opposed.

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Almost two million people signed a petition

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calling for the invitation to be withdrawn.

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That petition - in line with the law -

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currently under way in Westminster Hall.

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We are in a position unlike any faced by any previous parliament,

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where we have a person of a unique personality

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in attempting to give him the best accolade we can offer anyone,

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only been offered twice before, of a state visit.

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This would be terribly wrong, because it would appear

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that the British Parliament, the British nation,

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the British sovereign is approving of the acts of Donald J Trump.

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Outside that debate - in Westminster,

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in Parliament Square, there's a demonstration under way tonight.

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Let's get more now from our correspondent Nick Beake,

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The Prime Minister has made it very clear the visit is going to go

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ahead, so the invitation stands. I suppose the point to make to the

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international audience is that this demonstration will not make much

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difference. Yeah, absolutely, good evening from Parliament Square, a

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place for protest of the people for years and years. You have the

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statues of various Prime Ministers looking down on this scene unfolding

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tonight, probably 2000 people here complaining about the prospect of a

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visit, a state visit from Donald Trump. There is a statue of Abraham

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Lincoln, immortalised here, the 16th American president, but the current

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American president is why people like here tonight. They are unhappy

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with the way he has treated migrants in his country. We heard from some

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of the politicians in Parliament today, there was some balance there,

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people talking about the benefits of President Trump being able to enjoy

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a state visit, others vehemently against it. If you listen to the

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singing tonight, if you look at the placards and hear the voices of

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people here, they are unanimous, they do not want President Trump to

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be coming here later in the year. Some people, interestingly, are

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equating his stance in the last few weeks with that of Brexit, bringing

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the two things together, talking about a sense of intolerance that

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has emerged from Brexit, and also they seem the presidency as being

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one characterised by intolerance. We expect more speeches and more

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singing for the next few hours or so. I should say, there have been

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other protests in London and other British towns and cities since it

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was announced that there will be a state visit, but to return to your

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first point, Christian, it seems that there is little the people here

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can do to stop President Trump enjoying a state visit in London

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later in the year. OK, Nick, for the moment, thank you very much.

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Today, Mike Pence was in Brussels to meet EU leaders

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and also the Nato Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg.

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Today Mike Pence was in Brussels to meet EU leaders.

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The President of the United States and the American people

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and to do more in our common defence.

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And the President expects real progress by the end of 2017.

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said here in Belgium just a few short days ago,

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if you're a nation who meets the 2% target, we need your help,

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encouraging other nations to do likewise.

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as he said, our alliance needs you to accelerate.

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- these are my words, not his - get one.

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Vice president Mike Pence speaking in Brussels today.

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Let's bring in the Republican strategist

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Thank you so much for giving us your time, starting with those

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demonstrations, I wonder what they were make of it in the White House,

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that people are protesting about the democratically elected US president?

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I don't think they'll make much of it, they are used to it, frankly!

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There have been many protests since the President's election, since his

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inauguration, but they haven't slowed him down. He made certain

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promises, among them to work with other country to spread the cost

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around more, and his mind has not changed. In terms of a state visit

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to the UK, he wants to work with the UK and trade issues, and on limiting

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the effects of Islamic terror, and a number of other issues, of course,

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there is far more that unites our countries than divides them. I am

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sure he will take these protests in his stride and just, you know, full

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speed ahead, as he has been. And you said about the pledges he made

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during the election - he made it clear he wanted Nato countries to be

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spending more on their own defence, 2% of GDP, smart move to centre the

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vice president over to meet EU leaders, Giamatti is, Defence

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Secretary is well? Absolutely. -- GM -- Jim Mattis. A very smart move at

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a time when some world leaders may be an easy because he is such an

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unconventional politician, sending leaders from the administration over

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to reaffirm the relationships and to outline the goals going forward is

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absolutely a good way to manage expectations. Brian, we should mark

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the day, one month since Donald Trump walked into the White House. I

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was looking back to see what President Obama had achieved by this

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point, he and signed into law a stimulus package, expanded health

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care for children, and they bill on equal pay for women. Donald Trump

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has signed 23 executive orders, but it doesn't feel as if an awful lot

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is happening. Well, that is odd, because it has been a fire hose at

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the White House, just generating news and information and plans. He

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has rolled back a number of regulations related to the coal

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industry, he has rolled out a new Supreme Court justice nominee, he

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has instituted a number of policies aimed at, of course, bedding

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refugees and other programmes. These working with Congress now, a new

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health care programme. And of course getting his cabinet through. It has

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been a very busy month, I don't think there has been a shortage of

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news. In tens of legislation, Congress has rolled out a 200 day

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plan, whereas normally it might be a 100 day plan, but that indicates

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there is a lot of legislation coming through the pipeline that will be

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moving probably later this year. Date with us.

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While we are discussing strategy, Jon,

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we should talk about his attitude to the press.

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The media is the enemy of the American people

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You were on the receiving end of it on Thursday.

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Let's just remind ourselves of how that went.

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Here is another beauty. It's a good line.

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Yeah, sure. Mr President...

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On the travel ban... We could banter back and forth.

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On the travel ban, would you accept that

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that was a good example of the smooth running of government?

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Yeah, I do, let me tell you... Were there any mistakes in that?

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Wait! Wait! I know who you are, just wait.

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We had a very smooth roll-out of the travel ban.

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I love that! I know who you are! What you make of the strategy, Jon?

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I think that if you look down the ages, every president has tried to

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communicate directly with the electorate without the mediation of

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newspaper journalists or people like us. You go back to the Second World

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War, it was Roosevelt with his fireside chats. Today, Donald Trump

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as 25 million followers on Twitter, he wants to go to rallies where he

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can address the crowds, like we saw over the weekend. I think that part

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of the strategy absolutely makes sense. The other thing about Donald

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Trump is your loves to have an enemy. When he was running for the

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Republican nomination, it was lying Ted, low-energy Jeb, then Krug and

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Hillary. He needs an enemy now, and he's determined to make the enemy

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us, and we must resist the temptation to fall into the trap of

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thinking we are the opposition. But there are people on both sides of

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the house, John McCain was saying this weekend, if you want a free

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democracy, you need an adversarial press, and people on both sides are

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concerned about the tone. Yeah, and there are people who would want him

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to dial it back. The idea of saying that journalists are the enemy of

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the people, I think that went too far for some people, but broadly

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speaking, I think a lot of trump supporters believe that we are the

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bad guys in all of this, that Donald Trump is the purveyor of truth, and

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sometimes it will be our job to say, do you know what, what he said is

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not as truthful as first appears. But it will be contentious, I think

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it is there to say. The Russian ambassador

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to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, has died suddenly

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while at work in New York. The veteran diplomat had been

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ambassador to the UN since 2006. President Putin is said to be

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deeply upset by his death. The Russian leader said he valued

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Mr Churkin's professionalism The cause of death wasn't

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immediately known. He was one day short

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of his 65th birthday. US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis

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arrived in Baghdad this morning on an unannounced visit

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to assess the war effort. US-backed Iraqi forces

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have launched a new push from their remaining stronghold

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in the city of Mosul. the US military is not in Iraq

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"to seize anybody's oil", distancing himself from previous

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remarks by President Trump. Russia's decision over the weekend

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to recognise passports issued by separatist authorities in eastern

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Ukraine has been denounced today They say the action is not in line

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with the Minsk peace accord. But President Putin's

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spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said it was a humanitarian move

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to help struggling residents in the rebel regions,

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who have faced a transport blockade imposed by Ukrainian nationalist

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volunteer battalions. The North Korean ambassador to

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Malaysia has denounced the country's investigation into the death of Kim

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Jong-nam as politically motivated and has called for a joint probe.

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Malaysia responded with a statement saying the Commons were culled from

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delusions, lies and half-truths. -- the comments. Earlier Malaysia said

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it was recalling its ambassador to Pyongyang amid increasing tension

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between the two nations. Here in the UK, the Upper

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House of Parliament, the House of Lords,

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is debating the legislation that will give the Government

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a green light to begin The Government does not have

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a majority in the upper chamber, and there are many peers who oppose

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Britain's withdrawal. to speak over the two days

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of debate. So this Bill is the legal means

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by which to give the Prime Minister power to commence withdrawal

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negotiations and nothing more. My Lords, this Bill is not

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the place to try and shake the terms of our exit,

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restrict the Government's hand before it enters

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into complex negotiations, This Bill is the beginning

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of a process and a discussion we will be having in this House

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and the other place "Brexit means Brexit" was perhaps

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the most unwise of statements It just served to

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highlight that void. But, my Lords, until the two years

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of negotiation have ended, and until the pompously

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and hopelessly inaccurately named Great Repeal Bill and consequently

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gestation has been completed, none of us know what

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Brexit will look like. And that has created

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and fuelled uncertainty for business, for science

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and for environmentalists. And worryingly for both EU citizens

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living and working in the UK and UK citizens living and working

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in other EU countries. We got used to Theresa May Saint

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Brexit means Brexit, we just heard that clip from Baroness Smith in the

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House of Lords, code of lords, could the Lords make it that Brexit does

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not mean Brexit? They will not stop it, and I don't think they want to

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stop it, so I think you'll some early contradictory things

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happening. There will be vigorous opposition from the piers, because

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they Amour Propre European. Many of them are longer in years, and of

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course their philosophy is based in Europe. -- they are more

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pro-European. I think you will see amendments put forward, and the

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Government may suffer some defeats because they have no majority in the

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House of Lords. The Prime Minister was sitting on the sidelines, daring

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them to put amendments forward. But it would be in Congress for a house

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which is not selected to stop the will of the people, to get in a way

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of a democratic decision? You might see a bit of ping-pong as the Bill

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goes backwards and forwards, but the Prime Minister will comfortably meet

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that deadline by the end of March to serve Article 50, the formal process

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to exit the European Union. So a bit of a delay, but nothing much more

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than that. There have been a series

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of immigration raids in cities across the US in recent weeks,

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as President Trump makes good on his election promise to increase

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the deportation of illegal migrants. Whether the number of raids

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is actually higher than under the previous administration isn't

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yet clear, but there is concern in many immigrant communities

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about how they should respond as Rajini Vaidyanathan

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found out in Maryland. President Trump's crackdown

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on illegal immigration has seen hundreds arrested

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in raids in recent weeks. The government says

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they're only targeting people but some of those detained don't

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even have criminal records. There are fears the net

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is being cast much wider. Oscar is handing out leaflets

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to educate people on what to do if an immigration officer

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knocks on the door. Many residents here are

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undocumented immigrants, and after recent raids

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in the area, they are on edge. I'm scared, because I've got

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family here, I've got my son, I've got my brothers,

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and I've got my wife. We came here to live more better

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and eat food on the table. President Trump's pledge

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to increase deportations because they think that it might be

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the immigration department. This mother of four,

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who didn't want to be identified, When someone knocks on the door,

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I ask you it is first, and if I recognise the person's

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voice, then I open the door. One of my friends' husbands

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was arrested by immigration. and they surrounded

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them and arrested them. Nationwide, there have been protests

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against President Trump's deportation policies,

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but many argue that they're not that different

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from those his predecessor. President Obama was nicknamed

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the deporter-in-chief for the high that his administration

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removed from the US. The President of

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the United States... President Trump stressed the need

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to deport serious criminals. I said it, day one,

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they are going out, But for the most part,

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get them the hell out of here, bring them back

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to where they came from. But recently leaked memos suggest

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his team are considering wider policies which could affect greater

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numbers of undocumented immigrants. Many support tougher

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deportation policies. Most people come in here wanting

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to have a better lifestyle, or better standard of living,

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but the fact is there are others who come with them who mean us harm

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or just are bad people. And the only way to stop those

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is to stop everyone. undocumented immigrants

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already in the US, the impact of President Trump's

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policies on their future is unclear. For some, that uncertainty

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is creating anxiety. Rajini Vaidyanathan,

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BBC News, Maryland. President Trump caused some

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confusion at his Florida rally on Saturday when out of the blue

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he said, "Look what happened

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last night in Sweden." Well, yesterday he qualified

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the comments, he was referring he said to a story

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that was broadcast on Fox News about immigrants in Sweden

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on Friday night. And he's been tweeting

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about it again today. "Give the public a break,

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the fake news media is trying to say that large-scale

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immigration in Sweden is working out just beautifully.

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NOT!" But he hasn't been

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the only one His comments sparked a huge

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social-media reaction, many using the hashtag

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#lastnightinsweden. MUSIC: "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

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(A Man After Midnight)" by ABBA # And I'm watching the late show

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in my flat all alone # How I hate to spend

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the evening on my own # Blowing outside the window

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as I look around the room # And it makes me so

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depressed to see the gloom # Gimme, gimme, gimme

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a man after midnight # Won't somebody help me

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chase the shadows away... # Rather tragically, I will be humming

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that for the rest of the day! Let's bring in Brian Morgenstern

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again, a Republican strategist. Thank you for listening to ABBA with

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us! Was that effective trolling of Donald Trump, or are we missing the

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point of what he is saying? Well, the trolling of the president can be

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hilarious, I think there is a issue here, and it is that Sweden has, in

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fact, based on a report this week, has had problems assimilating

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refugees, and it has resulted in Sanogo zones where police have

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trouble, and there have been attacks by refugees, as well as attacks upon

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refugees. There have been some crimes committed, and so there are

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problems there, and that was the main issue. He was imprecise with

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his words, which has blown up into the story. But the voters, the

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electorate, see something much more important there and sees the

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president being attacked in this way, rather than having the issue

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elevated. You say imprecise with his words - his fiercest critics would

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say he has a casual association with the truth, and they would point to

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the comment about electoral college votes on Thursday and this. How can

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they trust their president if he doesn't get his facts right? Well,

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look, it is always better to be clear, to be prepared, and having to

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clean things up afterwards has been an unfortunate by-product of his

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style, but the way he is so off-the-cuff, the way he is genuine,

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just tells everybody exactly what he thinks, that is one of the very

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appealing qualities that got him elected in the first place. And so

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taking the good with the bad, understanding that there is always

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going to be a little bit of clean up work to make things as accurate as

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possible after he makes comments and brings an issue to the fore. Brian

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Morgenstern, thank you for staying with us through the programme, thank

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you for your insights on all of that and putting up with ABBA too! We owe

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you a huge thank you. When we look at what is unfolding over the Sweden

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thing, he is very effective at communicating and starting a debate

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and getting people talking, and that is kind of... Everybody feels they

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are participating in this debate with the new president. In fairness,

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you does touch on something that has affected a lot of people in Europe,

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and that is the sort of an buzz of refugees and migrants coming to

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European countries, and he is certainly right that Sweden were

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greatly concerned in recent months, so much so that they said they

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needed a break from the refugees coming. They have taken 200,000 in

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the last two years, and for a population of 10 million that is

:24:38.:24:41.

quite a lot. In terms of the problems, well, officially, the

:24:42.:24:46.

crime rate has gone down since 2005. But they have had a disproportionate

:24:47.:24:50.

number of people who have gone to Syria, 300, which is up there with

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Belgium and Denmark, who we know had a particular problem. And I suppose

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the people who are really thrilled about all of this our Twitter. You

:24:59.:25:03.

know, you kind of want to see on your Twitter feed what is being

:25:04.:25:06.

said, and you want to see the reaction. It is like you are part of

:25:07.:25:10.

this gigantic conversation that is going on between the president and

:25:11.:25:16.

people around the world. Millions of people participating in all of this

:25:17.:25:21.

discussion, quite extraordinary. And not just the people, the politicians

:25:22.:25:26.

are picking it up, alternative facts and fake news, he has got the

:25:27.:25:28.

catchphrase is going, people are picking up on it.

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You're watching 100 Days from BBC News.

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Still to come for viewers on the BBC News Channel

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and BBC World News, Iran's message to President Trump,

:25:36.:25:38.

the Foreign Minister defends a deal his country

:25:39.:25:40.

made with the Obama administration, and it comes with a warning.

:25:41.:25:44.

And how is the science world responding

:25:45.:25:46.

Are academics out of touch with America's heartland?

:25:47.:25:52.

That's still to come on 100 Days from BBC News.

:25:53.:26:11.

No doubt a fair few spring bulbs burst into life this afternoon, what

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an afternoon for some, temperatures close to what they should be in May,

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rather than the middle part of their brewery. 18 Celsius around London,

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64 Fahrenheit. -- the middle part of February. Notice those same places

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by the time we get to Friday, colder air is on its way back. Not too much

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tonight, a chill across northern areas, but the breeze will keep

:26:43.:26:46.

temperatures up for many. Patchy rain and drizzle, heavy at times

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across Wales, the Midlands, but Bridges will hold up throughout, not

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dropping much below eight or nine Celsius. -- temperatures. There will

:26:58.:27:04.

be showers in the north-west Highlands and Islands, mostly dry,

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right in the far north-west of England. Across the Midlands, Wales,

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southern England, a damp start, outbreaks of rain and drizzle

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throughout, misty across Wales and south-west England, rain turning

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heavier in the West. A bright start in Northern Ireland, turning wet

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across western parts of Scotland. The best of the brighter breaks in

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the east, the northern half of the UK finishes with wet and windy

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weather to get you home and take you into the evening. Take a look at the

:27:39.:27:41.

charge through Tuesday night and into Wednesday, deep area of low

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pressure passing to the north of the country, strengthening winds UK

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wide. The strongest winds will be in the north of Scotland, 70 mph gusts

:27:52.:27:56.

are possible. Some wintry showers. Further south, cloud and outbreaks

:27:57.:28:00.

of rain across England and Wales, confined to southernmost counties.

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By this stage already, temperatures back to where they should be for

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this time of year, eight or 9 degrees for the vast majority. Then

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one to watch later on, Wednesday into Thursday, stormy area of low

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pressure pushing eastwards across the UK, the strongest winds on the

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southern flank. On the northern edge, some sleet and snow, an

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indication of getting rid of the mild air, introducing cold polar air

:28:26.:28:26.

to end the week. Bye for now. British politicians debate

:28:27.:30:10.

whether Donald Trump really is deserving of a state visit

:30:11.:30:17.

to the UK as protests take Coming up: Students and lecturers

:30:18.:30:20.

at America's top science university vow to fight what they say

:30:21.:30:26.

is Donald Trump's threats Relations between the US and Iran

:30:27.:30:29.

have never been good. But they are an awful lot cooler

:30:30.:30:43.

under this administration. The US President has made it pretty

:30:44.:30:50.

clear what he think of the nuclear deal signed by his predecessor

:30:51.:30:54.

Barack Obama - Well in an interview with the BBC,

:30:55.:30:56.

the Iranian Foreign Minister has hit back, telling the United States

:30:57.:31:15.

to stop threatening his country. Javad Zarif was talking

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to our Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet

:31:18.:31:19.

who is back here in The Americans have but Iran on

:31:20.:31:28.

notice, they are threatening new sanctions so how is the Foreign

:31:29.:31:32.

Minister feeling about it? As you know, it is a volatile region and

:31:33.:31:36.

when there is such an escalating war of words, the concern always is is

:31:37.:31:43.

it going to result in some kind of confrontation in the region there.

:31:44.:31:49.

The vessels grow through the waters, there's a lot of aircraft over

:31:50.:31:54.

Syria, forces on the ground, could this possibly result in a military

:31:55.:31:58.

confrontation and indeed this year began with two think tank in

:31:59.:32:02.

Washington saying there could possibly. Of late they are playing

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this down, but when I spoke to Zarif, I asked if he was concerned.

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I hope prudence will prevail because Iran is not an easy target. We are

:32:18.:32:23.

not going to provoke anybody, we are not going to instigate any

:32:24.:32:27.

hostility. We have never started the hostility and we are not planning

:32:28.:32:33.

it, but we will defend ourselves. I do not believe people looking at our

:32:34.:32:39.

history, at our capabilities, will ever make the decision to engage in

:32:40.:32:50.

that misadventure. The Americans would say, when he says we are not

:32:51.:32:54.

going to broker anyone, what about the proxies destabilising Syria,

:32:55.:32:59.

what about their influence in Yemen, they are causing havoc all over the

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Middle East and Saudi Arabia are pretty angry about it. Why for

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instance with a fire a ballistic missile within the first few days of

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the Trump Administration? You wonder whether it was a provocative gesture

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and it is said it was carried out a gesture by the revolutionary guard

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which is as much against the moderate side of the Iranian regime

:33:21.:33:28.

that job -- Javad Zarif represent. Your point on proxies is

:33:29.:33:33.

interesting. What the Saudis and Americans see as rogue state,

:33:34.:33:37.

meddling, moving in with their militias in Iraq and Syria and

:33:38.:33:43.

Lebanon, meddling, stoking up discontent with Shia communities in

:33:44.:33:47.

Bahrain, the Iranians see as governments inviting them in. The

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Iraqis say we have been invited, why are you saying this is somehow

:33:53.:33:57.

illegal. Similarly with the missile test there is a UN resolution say

:33:58.:34:00.

you cannot carry out tests of missiles capable of carrying out

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nuclear warheads. Javad Zarif says they were conventional warheads so

:34:08.:34:11.

they have every right to carry out a missile test, he said it is nobody

:34:12.:34:16.

else's business. It is very good to talk to you.

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There is a huge difference in the tone between Barack Obama and Donald

:34:24.:34:27.

Trump but what about substance? Although there's been a lot of

:34:28.:34:31.

bluster, there hasn't been anything Donald Trump has done to undercut

:34:32.:34:39.

the nuclear deal? It's quite extraordinary because you will

:34:40.:34:44.

remember he called it the dumbest deal ever but people are not talking

:34:45.:34:52.

about that deal now. It is laminated, the Europeans and

:34:53.:34:56.

Russians wanted to stay and frankly Iranian intelligence want it to stay

:34:57.:35:00.

because if it goes, what will be left in its place? It would open up

:35:01.:35:08.

a Pandora's box so let that be left to the side but they want to focus

:35:09.:35:13.

on Iran's behaviour in the region. There was a UN Security Council

:35:14.:35:17.

resolution and secretary Kerry had to defend it time and time again

:35:18.:35:21.

which only dealt with nuclear issues but still, by neglect and

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undermining the deal, the deal in effect could be destroyed simply by

:35:26.:35:32.

it not working. I asked Javad Zarif whether he felt the deal was in

:35:33.:35:33.

jeopardy. The nuclear agreeement

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is a reasonable agreement. It's not everything they wanted nor

:35:58.:35:58.

was it everything we wanted but it's a reasonable middle ground

:35:59.:36:02.

and I believe if the previous administration had other options

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they would have exercised it. So not as if we're moving

:36:05.:36:06.

from friendly relations US policy towards Iran has never

:36:07.:36:08.

been friendly for the last 38 years it's always been hostile

:36:09.:36:12.

and our people have shown that hostility doesn't receive a positive

:36:13.:36:15.

response from the Iranians. As the Foreign Minister of Iran

:36:16.:36:17.

though you must be a worried man, given the war of words

:36:18.:36:20.

you hear around you. No, I'm not as the Foreign Minister

:36:21.:36:34.

of Iran and as an Iranian we've heard so much of it but we rely

:36:35.:36:37.

on our people and those people make us proud because they have stood

:36:38.:36:41.

bravely against any threat. Before we came back on air, we were

:36:42.:36:52.

talking about a line-up on Sunday morning that took some organising.

:36:53.:36:57.

Yes, all the main players in the Middle East were represented on the

:36:58.:37:06.

last day of the Munich Security form, the foreign ministers who

:37:07.:37:10.

could start making progress on difficult issues except they

:37:11.:37:13.

wouldn't agree to appear with each other so they each appeared

:37:14.:37:18.

separately. There had to be a pause in between each of them so there was

:37:19.:37:27.

no awkward moments where they bumped into each other on stage. It shows

:37:28.:37:32.

how far diplomacy has to go to reduce these tensions. The tensions

:37:33.:37:42.

are not going to go away. Lyse Doucet Nobel Peace Prize winner at

:37:43.:37:50.

some future date! Just on the news we have today of the Russian

:37:51.:37:58.

ambassador the on leader announced, he was a significant figure on the

:37:59.:38:01.

world stage and it seemed quite respected by his counterparts who he

:38:02.:38:06.

worked with in the United Nations. That is a big loss for Russia and

:38:07.:38:10.

possibly the international community as a whole. Yes, it was interesting

:38:11.:38:14.

to see the British ambassador to the United Nations, you have to be

:38:15.:38:17.

honest they screamed behind the scenes against Russia, they briefed

:38:18.:38:25.

against each other -- they schemed. It seemed there was no love lost,

:38:26.:38:29.

but at this moment he played great tribute to a diplomat of great

:38:30.:38:34.

character and great skill, and he was. I often sat down with him and

:38:35.:38:38.

wanted to know what he thought about Russia's role in the region because

:38:39.:38:43.

you cannot understand what is happening in Syria, she will

:38:44.:38:46.

understand Russia and he had a very sharp analysis as well as a really

:38:47.:38:52.

colourful turn of phrase, a wicked sense of humour, and it was those

:38:53.:38:56.

turns of phrase is that he often described the mayhem in the Security

:38:57.:38:59.

Council that were memorable but he knew Russia's interests and

:39:00.:39:04.

represented them well. I think the world has also lost a very strong

:39:05.:39:09.

diplomat, friend or foe, he knew his diplomacy and he did it well. Lyse

:39:10.:39:14.

Doucet, great to talk to you. Scientists are not the type

:39:15.:39:17.

to let their emotions get the better of them but it's

:39:18.:39:21.

fair to say that when it come to President Trump a lot

:39:22.:39:24.

of them are pretty worked up. In fact, those who belong

:39:25.:39:27.

to the world's largest scientific group have thrown their weight

:39:28.:39:29.

behind a planned protest by researchers in Washington,

:39:30.:39:31.

against the new The President's supporters say

:39:32.:39:33.

the academics are out of touch with America's heartlands

:39:34.:39:45.

and the voters. Our science correspondent

:39:46.:39:46.

Pallab Ghosh reports from Boston. On their backs, the university in

:39:47.:39:59.

the shape of a clenched fist, on their wrist the symbol of

:40:00.:40:05.

resistance. Science has taken a political beating, it has been drawn

:40:06.:40:10.

into a realm where we have to stand up for the necessity of science in

:40:11.:40:15.

informing public policy, contributing to advancements in

:40:16.:40:17.

technology and health and potentially averting the global

:40:18.:40:21.

crisis we have seen in environmental and climate change. We are going to

:40:22.:40:28.

cancel the Paris climate agreement. MIT is one of the leading science

:40:29.:40:33.

universities in the world. Feelings among the staff and students are

:40:34.:40:36.

running high, they are worried about what the Trump presidency might mean

:40:37.:40:41.

for science and concerned about a White House they feel has little

:40:42.:40:44.

regard for evidence when it comes to policy making. More than 600 MIT

:40:45.:40:51.

professors signed an open letter opposing Donald Trump's presidency

:40:52.:40:57.

just before he took office. Nancy helped organise the petition. The

:40:58.:41:01.

President-elect has appointed individuals to positions of power

:41:02.:41:06.

who have endorsed racism, misogyny and religious bigotry. Science is

:41:07.:41:10.

not a special interest, it is not optional, it is a foundational

:41:11.:41:14.

ingredient in how we as a society analyse, understand and solve the

:41:15.:41:21.

most difficult challenges we face. We are paying billions and billions

:41:22.:41:24.

and billions of dollars, we are going to fix our own environment.

:41:25.:41:31.

This professor is a brain researcher and she is angered by the

:41:32.:41:34.

president's statement that climate change is a hoax, and the setting up

:41:35.:41:41.

of a commission to investigate whether vaccines cause autism. This

:41:42.:41:48.

is the most frightening and serious threat we have faced in my lifetime.

:41:49.:41:53.

The political tactic of denying scientific fact is a huge threat to

:41:54.:41:56.

the health of our people and to our planet. And stop all payments of the

:41:57.:42:06.

United States tax dollars to UN global warming programmes. President

:42:07.:42:10.

Trump's supporters say the academics are an out of touch elite. The

:42:11.:42:15.

people in the heartland of America who make stuff, dig up stuff and

:42:16.:42:20.

grow its tough for a living elected Donald J Trump as president. The

:42:21.:42:26.

people living in New York City and working in the university towns

:42:27.:42:32.

across America, they did not vote for him. They lost the election and

:42:33.:42:37.

will have to get used to it. There is no sign of that happening though,

:42:38.:42:43.

as scientists all across the country are planning a march on Washington

:42:44.:42:45.

in April. From Jon

:42:46.:42:49.

Sopel in Washington, and me Christian Fraser

:42:50.:42:55.

in London - goodbye.

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