0:00:07 > 0:00:08You're watching Beyond 100 Days.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13The one-time wild child of Britain's royal family is a bachelor no more.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Prince Harry will marry his American girlfriend Meghan Markle
0:00:15 > 0:00:19in the spring of next year.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21He's the 33-year-old grandson of the Queen.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24She's a 36-year-old actress and divorcee.
0:00:24 > 0:00:32They revealed they got engaged in secret earlier this month.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37I could barely let him finish proposing.And then there were hugs
0:00:37 > 0:00:41and I have the ring on her finger and I was like, can I give you the
0:00:41 > 0:00:43rink was my goal, yes, the ring!
0:00:43 > 0:00:45As for the royal rock - the prince included stones
0:00:45 > 0:00:48from his mother Diana's collection and designed the ring himself.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51In Washington, Congress is back in town with a full to-do list,
0:00:51 > 0:00:52but it's allegations of sexual misconduct
0:00:52 > 0:00:55which dominate the political news.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Also on the programme:
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0:01:01 > 0:01:06Britain wants a trade deal first.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08A major eruption looms on the Indonesian island of Bali,
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0:01:25 > 0:01:27Hello and welcome - I'm Katty Kay in Washington
0:01:27 > 0:01:29and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31She looked nervous, he was rather awkward -
0:01:31 > 0:01:32it was a typical engagement announcement.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Except that he's a British prince and she's an American actress.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39All of which excites Americans who can't get enough today
0:01:39 > 0:01:43of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announcing they're getting married.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46They made their first official engagement appearance this afternoon
0:01:46 > 0:01:49She wore a ring he had designed.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51The diamond by the way comes from Botswana.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53And it's surrounded by two diamonds
0:01:53 > 0:01:56from his late mother's personal collection.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59The statement from Harry's father, Prince Charles, said:
0:01:59 > 0:02:01His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is delighted to announce
0:02:01 > 0:02:04the engagement of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09The wedding will take place in spring 2018.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11The Queen and Prince Phillip said they were
0:02:11 > 0:02:14"delighted for the couple and wished them every happiness."
0:02:14 > 0:02:16The new Royal couple have just given their first interview
0:02:16 > 0:02:23to our colleague Mishal Hussein.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24How did you first meet?
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Er...
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Yes, we first met.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29We were introduced, actually, by a mutual friend, who we will...
0:02:29 > 0:02:30We should protect her privacy.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Protect her privacy, yeah.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33A little too much of that.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36And, but, it was literally through her, and then we met once
0:02:36 > 0:02:41and then twice back-to-back, two dates, in London last July,
0:02:41 > 0:02:45beginning of July, and then it was I think about three,
0:02:45 > 0:02:49maybe four, weeks later that I managed to persuade her to come
0:02:49 > 0:02:54and join me in Botswana, and we camped out with each other
0:02:54 > 0:02:56under the stars, and we spent...
0:02:56 > 0:02:58She came and joined me for five days out there,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00which was absolutely fantastic.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02So, then we were really by ourselves, which was crucial,
0:03:02 > 0:03:07to me, to make sure that we had a chance to get to know each other.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Your friend who introduced you - was she trying to set you up?
0:03:10 > 0:03:11Yes, it was definitely a setup.
0:03:11 > 0:03:12It was a blind date.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14It was a blind date, for sure.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17And it's so interesting because we talk about it now,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19and even then, you know, because I'm from the States,
0:03:19 > 0:03:23you don't grow up with the same understanding of the Royal Family,
0:03:23 > 0:03:28and so, while I now understand very clearly there is a global interest
0:03:28 > 0:03:32there, I didn't know much about him, and so the only thing I had
0:03:32 > 0:03:36asked her when she said she wanted to set us up was one question -
0:03:36 > 0:03:37I said, is he nice?
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Because if he wasn't kind, it didn't seem like it would make sense,
0:03:41 > 0:03:41so we went and met for a drink, and I think very quickly into that,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51In the case of your relationship, unlike for most people,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54there's this whole layer of what it means to get involved with someone
0:03:54 > 0:03:55from the Royal Family.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58How much of a sense did you have, Meghan, of the enormity
0:03:58 > 0:04:01of what you were getting into and what it might
0:04:01 > 0:04:02mean for your life?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05I think I can very safely say, as naive as it sounds now,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08having gone through this learning curve in the past year and a half,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11I did not have any understanding of just what it would be like.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13I don't think either of us did.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14We've both said that.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Even though we knew that it would be...
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I tried to warn you as much as possible, but I think both of us
0:04:19 > 0:04:22were totally surprised by the reaction after the first five
0:04:22 > 0:04:25or six months that we had to ourselves of what would actually
0:04:25 > 0:04:28happen from then, so you can have as many conversations as you want
0:04:28 > 0:04:31and try and prepare as much as possible, but we were totally
0:04:31 > 0:04:32unprepared for what happened after that.
0:04:32 > 0:04:33The scrutiny.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Well, all sorts.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40I think also because...
0:04:40 > 0:04:42There's a misconception that, because I worked
0:04:42 > 0:04:44in the entertainment industry, that this would be something
0:04:44 > 0:04:45I would be familiar with.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Even though I'd been on my show for six years at that point,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51and working before that, I've never been part of tabloid
0:04:51 > 0:04:53culture, never been in pop culture to that degree,
0:04:53 > 0:04:58and lived a relatively quiet life, even though I focused so much
0:04:58 > 0:05:04on my job, so that was a really stark difference out
0:05:04 > 0:05:06of the gate, but...
0:05:06 > 0:05:10And I think we were just hit so hard at the beginning with a lot
0:05:10 > 0:05:13of mistruths that I made the choice to not read anything.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Positive or negative, it just didn't make sense.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Instead, we focused all of our energies just
0:05:16 > 0:05:17on nurturing our relationship.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19On us, yeah.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20On us.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23And some of that scrutiny - and you ended up making a very
0:05:23 > 0:05:24public statement about it -
0:05:24 > 0:05:27some of that scrutiny was centred around your ethnicity, Meghan.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30When you realised that, what did you think?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Of course it's disheartening, you know.
0:05:32 > 0:05:38It's a shame that that is the climate, in this world,
0:05:38 > 0:05:42to focus on that, or be discriminatory in that sense.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46But I think, at the end of the day, I'm really just proud of who I am
0:05:46 > 0:05:50and where I come from, and we have never put
0:05:50 > 0:05:52any focus on that.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55We've just focused on who we are as a couple, and so,
0:05:55 > 0:05:59when you take all those extra layers away, and all of that noise,
0:05:59 > 0:06:03I think it makes it really easy to just enjoy being together,
0:06:04 > 0:06:12and tune all the rest of that out.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14What was it like introducing Meghan to your
0:06:14 > 0:06:15father and your brother?
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Um...
0:06:16 > 0:06:17What was it like?
0:06:17 > 0:06:18It was exciting.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21I mean, I'd been seeing her for a period of time when I literally
0:06:21 > 0:06:23didn't tell anybody at all, and then William was
0:06:23 > 0:06:25longing to meet her, and so was Catherine,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28and being our neighbours, we managed to get that
0:06:28 > 0:06:32in quite a few times now, and Catherine's been
0:06:32 > 0:06:33absolutely amazing.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35She's been wonderful.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37As has William as well.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38They've been fantastic support.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40And then my father as well, we've had a couple...
0:06:41 > 0:06:42No, more than that.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46A handful of teas and meetings and all sorts of gatherings over at
0:06:46 > 0:06:51his place as well, so the family together have been absolutely solid
0:06:51 > 0:06:56support, and my grandparents as well have been wonderful throughout this
0:06:56 > 0:07:04whole process.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05And you met the Queen?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Yes, I have a couple of times.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08What's that like?
0:07:08 > 0:07:09It's incredible.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11First, to be able to meet her, through his lens, not just
0:07:11 > 0:07:15with his honour and respect for her as the monarch but the love he has
0:07:15 > 0:07:21for her as his grandmother, those layers have been important for me so
0:07:21 > 0:07:24when I met her I had a deep understanding and of course
0:07:24 > 0:07:26incredible respect for having that time with her.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27We've had a really...
0:07:27 > 0:07:35She's an incredible woman.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37And the corgis took to you straight away!
0:07:37 > 0:07:39The last 33 years of being barked at, this
0:07:39 > 0:07:41one, walking in, the corgis.
0:07:41 > 0:07:50Tell us about the ring.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54The ring is obviously yellow gold, because that's her favourite,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56and the main stone itself I sourced from Botswana,
0:07:56 > 0:07:58and the little diamonds either side are from my mother's
0:07:58 > 0:07:59jewellery collection, to make sure
0:07:59 > 0:08:02that she is with us on this crazy journey together.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03It's beautiful.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04And he designed it.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05It's incredible.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Yeah.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Make sure it stays on that finger!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Of course.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12What does it mean to you, Meghan, to have
0:08:12 > 0:08:16those stones on your finger that once belonged to Princess Diana?
0:08:16 > 0:08:23I think everything about Harry's thoughtfulness and the inclusion of
0:08:23 > 0:08:27that, and obviously not being able to meet his mom, it's so important
0:08:27 > 0:08:35to me to know that she's a part of this with us,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38What do you think your mother would have thought of Meghan,
0:08:38 > 0:08:39or said about Meghan?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41They'd be thick as thieves, without question.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46I mean, she would be over the moon, jumping up and down,
0:08:46 > 0:08:50so excited for me, but then, would probably have
0:08:50 > 0:08:55been best friends with Meghan, so it is days like today when I really
0:08:55 > 0:08:58miss having her around and being able to share the happy news,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00but with the ring and everything else that's going on,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02I'm sure she's with us,
0:09:02 > 0:09:06you know, jumping up and down somewhere else.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, thank you both very much.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Thank you so much.
0:09:10 > 0:09:19Thank you.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Christian, I know you are a big romantic. Tell me you didn't love
0:09:22 > 0:09:22that!
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Let's get some stateside reaction to today's announcement
0:09:24 > 0:09:25from Charlotte Triggs.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28She's a Senior Editor at People Magazine and joins
0:09:28 > 0:09:29us now from New York.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Charlotte, listening to Meghan Markle, she is articulate, poised,
0:09:33 > 0:09:37seems very confident, her life is about to change dramatically. How
0:09:37 > 0:09:42much does it change the whole equation that she is an American?
0:09:42 > 0:09:47You know, I think it just makes it even more of a dramatic story. Kate
0:09:47 > 0:09:51first met William when they were students together, people knew her
0:09:51 > 0:09:55for years and years. Meghan is really quite unknown and the fact
0:09:55 > 0:09:58that she is an American who is having this fairy tale experience, I
0:09:58 > 0:10:02think all the women out there are able to project their own kind of
0:10:02 > 0:10:09fantasy onto her of meeting a prince of foreign lands and getting married
0:10:09 > 0:10:13and becoming Royal.There was a huge amount of attention here paid to
0:10:13 > 0:10:18Diana when Kate and William got married, that was a big story here
0:10:18 > 0:10:21in the United States. For your readers, is this going to be as big
0:10:21 > 0:10:27a deal?Yes, I think this is a huge deal because, you know, it is not
0:10:27 > 0:10:31everyday that you have someone like this, an American actress, from
0:10:31 > 0:10:37relatively humble beginnings he gets to become if not a princess, a
0:10:37 > 0:10:41duchess. Part of the family. It is something that really captivates
0:10:41 > 0:10:46this country. People are really not... We don't have the culture of
0:10:46 > 0:10:50royalty in United States ourselves. The closest we had was probably the
0:10:50 > 0:10:56Kennedys and saw people love to imagine this life of Cassells and
0:10:56 > 0:10:59diamonds and royals that is not something you get to see here every
0:10:59 > 0:11:03day so I think it is a big deal as people, you know, has covered the
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Royals for years and years. We had Diana on our cover 58 times, she was
0:11:07 > 0:11:11on our cover more than anyone else, so I think there is a great addition
0:11:11 > 0:11:15in this country of royal watching, as it were.Do you think your
0:11:15 > 0:11:19magazine and others will start to look at the history of its? The last
0:11:19 > 0:11:25time an American marries a Royal was when Edward VIII was forced to
0:11:25 > 0:11:29abdicate after marrying Wallis Simpson. Times are very different
0:11:29 > 0:11:34now and so I wonder if the Americans would say this is really the Royal
0:11:34 > 0:11:38family coming into the modern age? Right, I think that is totally true.
0:11:38 > 0:11:44The fact of the matter is that she is not your traditional candidate to
0:11:44 > 0:11:48be someone marrying into the family. She is divorced which was previously
0:11:48 > 0:11:51something they didn't really go for but the fact of the matter is that
0:11:51 > 0:11:55it is a new age, a new generation and both William and Harry have
0:11:55 > 0:12:00decided that they want to kind of take control of their lives and
0:12:00 > 0:12:03marry who they want to marry and I think it has really shown how much
0:12:03 > 0:12:06the Royal family has changed since those days that people would be
0:12:06 > 0:12:09forced to abdicate the throne. Charlotte Triggs, thank you very
0:12:09 > 0:12:14much for coming in. And you can see the full interview on the BBC News
0:12:14 > 0:12:19Channel and BBC World News from 8:30pm GMT in about an hour and 20
0:12:19 > 0:12:20minute's time.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Al Franken, the Democratic Senator from Minnesota,
0:12:22 > 0:12:26says he's embarrassed and ashamed by his behaviour towards women.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Four women have now accused him of sexual misconduct
0:12:28 > 0:12:32and he'll be the subject of an ethics investigation.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Just a short time ago, Franken spoke outside his Senate office
0:12:35 > 0:12:38saying he has been doing a lot of reflecting and he again
0:12:38 > 0:12:43apologized for his actions.
0:12:43 > 0:12:50I know that I've let a lot of people down, the people of Minnesota, my
0:12:50 > 0:13:00colleagues, my staff, my supporters and everyone who has counted on me
0:13:00 > 0:13:09to be a champion for women. To all of you, I just want to again say I
0:13:09 > 0:13:09am sorry.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Senator Franken isn't the only elected official in the US having
0:13:12 > 0:13:13to answer allegations against him.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16On Sunday, congressman John Conyers stepped down as the ranking Democrat
0:13:16 > 0:13:17on the House Judiciary Committee.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20The civil rights hero had to give up his powerful position
0:13:20 > 0:13:24pending an investigation into sexual misconduct.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27All this as Roy Moore continues his run to become
0:13:27 > 0:13:30a US Senator from Alabama after multiple women have come
0:13:30 > 0:13:38forward alleging sexual harassment, some while they were minors.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Joining us now is journalist Jay Newton Small,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42who has covered congress and is author of
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Broad Influence: How Women Are Changing The Way America Works.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Thank you for coming in. What is interesting, I think about the Al
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Franken case is it has raised here in the States at least the whole
0:13:52 > 0:13:57issue of relativity around sexual harassment. Are some allegations
0:13:57 > 0:14:01worse than others? XL apologises profusely, does that somehow
0:14:01 > 0:14:08exonerate them later on? Is Al Franken is sort of sign of the
0:14:08 > 0:14:11evolving to meet all sexual harassment?I think there should be
0:14:11 > 0:14:17two categories. One should be for Roy Moore. Aged to be a bipartisan
0:14:17 > 0:14:20issue where Americans would say abusing a child was very different
0:14:20 > 0:14:23than just has the state make sexually harassing women or other
0:14:23 > 0:14:30people versus people like Al Franken or really the president himself,
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Donald Trump, and any number of other politicians who have been
0:14:33 > 0:14:37accused of this. Those are people who have been accused of potentially
0:14:37 > 0:14:41groping or touching inappropriately women and, yes, there are definitely
0:14:41 > 0:14:46different kinds and different levels of rate so some people have been
0:14:46 > 0:14:52accused of using power to abuse women, saying too much younger
0:14:52 > 0:14:55women, 19 or 20 rows just beginning their careers that they would have a
0:14:55 > 0:14:58career as they sleep with him, that sort of thing.But there is a
0:14:58 > 0:15:02question of whether there should be a different standard for a sitting
0:15:02 > 0:15:06senator like Al Franken and if you have been elected to office, you to
0:15:06 > 0:15:10hold yourself to a higher standard. No doubt, it is a huge debate in
0:15:10 > 0:15:16America today I do not know. You look at Hollywood and the media, no
0:15:16 > 0:15:19question, the minute these accusations come out, you are out.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23This is not what we do, it is not good for business. In politics,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26things are much murkier because there are questions about
0:15:26 > 0:15:30allegations being politically motivated, someone potentially being
0:15:30 > 0:15:33paid to say these things coming into play and that is why there is an
0:15:33 > 0:15:37investigation and are the steps where you can go to ethics
0:15:37 > 0:15:41committees to have an arbitrator to understand who is at fault here and
0:15:41 > 0:15:45whether these people should step down, whether they should be
0:15:45 > 0:15:49penalised or not.Christian, I hear this is much more widespread than
0:15:49 > 0:15:52you might imagine on Capitol Hill. I wonder if perhaps one of the
0:15:52 > 0:15:56problems might be how they have historically been investigated. I
0:15:56 > 0:16:01read about an archaic law that said later had of confidentiality and
0:16:01 > 0:16:05more than that the boy is going to be settlements, the sect sick bag
0:16:05 > 0:16:12settlements are kept -- the settlements are kept confidential.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15We have a gruff year of settlements from the last ten years. This is the
0:16:15 > 0:16:21amount of money that had been paid out to various women. The figure is
0:16:21 > 0:16:26$934,000 paid out in 2017. I am trying to think what would happen
0:16:26 > 0:16:33here in the UK taxpayers were told that there was a slush fund for
0:16:33 > 0:16:38paying out to sexual harassment victims.It is absolutely
0:16:38 > 0:16:41unquestionable that this process needs to be completely overhauled
0:16:41 > 0:16:44and I think there is agreement on Capitol Hill but not enough is being
0:16:44 > 0:16:48done. There is a huge amount of outrage that taxpayer money would be
0:16:48 > 0:16:52involved, these agreements were kept secret and that is both sides of the
0:16:52 > 0:16:56aisle. You hear it from everybody including leadership, even the
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Republicans, so there is no question that there will be a very close
0:17:00 > 0:17:03examining of this process and it will be overhauled but the question
0:17:03 > 0:17:09as to what extent and that remains to be seen.Thank you for coming in.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13That is an extraordinary point that she was making, you could make a
0:17:13 > 0:17:16complaint against someone you're working for, a senator or
0:17:16 > 0:17:20congressman and then you would be sitting in the same office while
0:17:20 > 0:17:22this 30 day period elapsed and you were talking to the lawyers and you
0:17:22 > 0:17:25would still have to work with this person and there would be no person
0:17:25 > 0:17:30in between you and a senator or congressmen that you could talk to.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Yes, I went through the steps that it took to file a complaint of
0:17:33 > 0:17:38sexual harassment in the US Congress and it is still identifying and Cobb
0:17:38 > 0:17:42located and lengthy, the whole process, that in all wonder women
0:17:42 > 0:17:46don't apply. Not only is there at the time of working in the office of
0:17:46 > 0:17:49someone you have already accused of sexual harassment but you're not
0:17:49 > 0:17:52allowed to talk to anyone, not your lawyer and not your therapist
0:17:52 > 0:17:55potentially about what is going on so really it is a process that is
0:17:55 > 0:18:00almost made to feel and made to me that the accusers never come forward
0:18:00 > 0:18:05and file complaints against men who are very powerful and this is the
0:18:05 > 0:18:08complaint about Capitol Hill and Westminster, it is an institution
0:18:08 > 0:18:12where there are a lot of men, a disproportionate number of men in
0:18:12 > 0:18:15powerful positions and young women who depend on those men for their
0:18:15 > 0:18:17careers. Yes, it is about getting the system
0:18:17 > 0:18:19in place that works.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21This week is a critical one for the Brexit negotiations
0:18:21 > 0:18:24and right now the issue of Ireland is the biggest obstacle to progress.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27The Irish government says it won't accept any Brexit outcome
0:18:27 > 0:18:30that leads to a hard border between north and south.
0:18:30 > 0:18:36The Irish hold a veto if they don't like the way the talks are going.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38An added complication is a corruption investigation
0:18:38 > 0:18:41in Ireland that threatens to bring down the minority government
0:18:41 > 0:18:43of Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45There is a confidence vote in parliament tomorrow.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48If it goes the wrong way for Mr Varadkar we could be looking
0:18:48 > 0:18:50at a snap election before Christmas?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52We're joined now from Dublin by the Irish Minister
0:18:52 > 0:18:55for Local Government and Electoral Reform
0:18:55 > 0:19:00John Paul Phelan.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04Very good to see you, thank you for coming on the programme. I know that
0:19:04 > 0:19:09you have put the onus for this on the British Government. Brexit is
0:19:09 > 0:19:13there doing, so they have to come up with a solution, but what would be a
0:19:13 > 0:19:16solution that would work for the Irish Government?Well, the most
0:19:16 > 0:19:23important thing from the point of view of the people in socially
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Republic of Ireland and I would say in the North of Ireland two is the
0:19:26 > 0:19:33protection of peace. I am of an age that I grew up, growing up and going
0:19:33 > 0:19:38to school were at the discussion in the news was what has happened in
0:19:38 > 0:19:40the North of Ireland and our relationship in the North of Ireland
0:19:40 > 0:19:43the previous night normally by way of someone or a number of people
0:19:43 > 0:19:48dying. We have a peace process which has been successful for 20 years,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51very successful, but anything that might impinge on impact and that
0:19:51 > 0:19:55obviously is priority number one for the Irish Government.You wield
0:19:55 > 0:19:59extraordinary power at the moment with this veto, but if you were to
0:19:59 > 0:20:04exercise a veto within the European Council when they meet in a couple
0:20:04 > 0:20:09of weeks, you could push Britain to wards WTO rules and that if that
0:20:09 > 0:20:13were the case, there would be a hard border between North and South and
0:20:13 > 0:20:16that is something you are keen to avoid.It is, but it is something
0:20:16 > 0:20:22that so far the British Government at least have been emphasising that
0:20:22 > 0:20:25they are keen to avoid too. The problem from our perspective is that
0:20:25 > 0:20:31there is a summit on the 13th or 14th of December and while
0:20:31 > 0:20:34sufficient progress has to be recorded at that stage to advance to
0:20:34 > 0:20:40the next stage of the negotiations, no real, I suppose, hard to detail
0:20:40 > 0:20:44has been produced yet by the British Government as to how the issue of
0:20:44 > 0:20:47the Irish question might be resolved. There has been movement on
0:20:47 > 0:20:51the cost of the divorce settlement, if you like, and indeed on the
0:20:51 > 0:20:55rights of EU citizens in Britain and, indeed, British citizens in the
0:20:55 > 0:20:59EU but the third piece, the Irish peace, hasn't seen any movement yet
0:20:59 > 0:21:04other than both sides stating their position that they don't want to be
0:21:04 > 0:21:07hard border to exist on the island of Ireland but no concrete proposals
0:21:07 > 0:21:13to as to how that can be avoided.As you said, the Prime Minister and
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Liam Fox has reiterated again that they do not want any physical
0:21:16 > 0:21:21structures along a 300 odd mile border, but you are demanding that
0:21:21 > 0:21:25there is some kind of written confirmation of that or declaration
0:21:25 > 0:21:29of that. It sounds like you don't really trust them, is that the case?
0:21:29 > 0:21:33It is not that we don't trust them,...Why do you want it in
0:21:33 > 0:21:37writing them?Because up to this point, there have been a lot of
0:21:37 > 0:21:42words but not a lot of detail and I do not think it is unreasonable. The
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Irish Government's first responsibility is to the people of
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Ireland. We have a close relationship with Britain, closer
0:21:47 > 0:21:50than it has been in the history of our state, but it is also fair to
0:21:50 > 0:21:55say that we have a responsibility to the citizens who we represent here
0:21:55 > 0:21:59to ensure that there is concrete proposals before the next stage of
0:21:59 > 0:22:03negotiations is entered into.Can you tell us what you are hearing
0:22:03 > 0:22:07from the other members of the European Union, whether they are
0:22:07 > 0:22:12giving new support for your position on the border?The European union
0:22:12 > 0:22:16right from the start in its first documents last June outlined, I
0:22:16 > 0:22:20suppose, that the Irish issue was one of the three main issues that
0:22:20 > 0:22:26had to be considered throughout these negotiations and that view has
0:22:26 > 0:22:31not changed from the European Union. What happens if the vote of
0:22:31 > 0:22:34confidence goes against you tomorrow and there is a snap election? That
0:22:34 > 0:22:39will put Leo Varadkar in a very difficult position. He is probably
0:22:39 > 0:22:44going to dig in, isn't he? It would be worse for him at the polls if he
0:22:44 > 0:22:50didn't.The one thing on the Irish side of this whole debate that has
0:22:50 > 0:22:52been clear is that there is no political division between any of
0:22:52 > 0:22:57the parties, be it the ones that are in Government or the ones in
0:22:57 > 0:23:00opposition, on the need to avoid the hard border between the North of
0:23:00 > 0:23:05Ireland and the Republic. That in itself wouldn't be much of an issue,
0:23:05 > 0:23:11I think.Pretty chaotic though. Well, we have minority governments
0:23:11 > 0:23:14everywhere including in Britain and we are actually used to them in a
0:23:14 > 0:23:18sense in the Republic of Ireland. We have had many of them before,
0:23:18 > 0:23:23several in my lifetime, but there is, as you pointed out at the start,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26there are negotiations going on tonight between Leo Varadkar and the
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Leader of the Opposition and their two main advisers. I am not party to
0:23:29 > 0:23:37them but the discussions have advised snick happens over the last
0:23:37 > 0:23:40few nights. Nobody fancies the idea of a general election in the
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Republic of Ireland before Christmas.Good to talk to you,
0:23:44 > 0:23:56thank you very much for coming on. Thank you.Incredible pictures
0:23:56 > 0:24:02showing from Bally. The island's Orly airport is closed, thousands of
0:24:02 > 0:24:05tourists are stranded. People will be forced to leave their homes if
0:24:05 > 0:24:09necessary.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11A giant cloud of rocks, glass, crystal and gas spews out
0:24:11 > 0:24:14of Bali's tallest volcano.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Life near Mount Agung goes on, even as the authorities
0:24:18 > 0:24:22urge locals to leave.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25The hope - that there won't be the death and destruction wrought
0:24:25 > 0:24:30by the volcano last time around.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33That was in 1963.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36In a country with a history of volcanic eruptions,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38this was one of the worst.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40More than 1,000 died.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44The orange glow today, magma visible at the top of the volcano.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49A clue that a full-scale eruption could come soon.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51As the magma has moved up through the volcano,
0:24:51 > 0:24:56it's heated water inside, creating steam and pressure,
0:24:56 > 0:25:02hurling fragments of rock thousands of metres into the air.
0:25:02 > 0:25:07In villages, some have no choice but to stay put.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11"I'm scared but I don't have the money to leave," says this woman.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15But some tourists are still there, as even experts struggle to predict
0:25:15 > 0:25:23what this volcano will do next.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Incredible pictures there.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News -
0:25:31 > 0:25:34from actress to princess - we've more on the woman
0:25:34 > 0:25:35who'll marry Prince Harry.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37And incredible new details about Mugabe's downfall
0:25:37 > 0:25:40and the moments leading up to his resignation.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Did China have a role to play?
0:25:42 > 0:25:53That's still to come.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Briefly, we have had milder air across the UK today that
0:26:14 > 0:26:17temperatures are going to fall over the next few days. Cold air is due
0:26:17 > 0:26:20to return from the North with northerly wind replacing this mild
0:26:20 > 0:26:24west to south-westerly winds that we had to date together with all this
0:26:24 > 0:26:29cloud. The cloud has brought us some outbreaks of rain which is sinking
0:26:29 > 0:26:32southwards out into the endless channel. Clear skies and showers
0:26:32 > 0:26:37following overnight, most of them in Northern Ireland, Wales, wintry
0:26:37 > 0:26:41showers across the northern half of Scotland as well. Cold tonight,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45still not that holds just yet. A patchy frost across the North and
0:26:45 > 0:26:47perhaps icy patches in northern Scotland where we have those
0:26:47 > 0:26:51showers. There will be wintry missing the show was here as well,
0:26:51 > 0:26:54particularly over Highland and Grampian, maybe sleet and snow as
0:26:54 > 0:26:58well for the Southern uplands around the borders. A number of showers
0:26:58 > 0:27:00packing in all those cold winds across from Northern Ireland,
0:27:00 > 0:27:06pulling them over the Irish Sea. Further North of England, most
0:27:06 > 0:27:10showers initially near the coast and many inland areas will start dry,
0:27:10 > 0:27:15sunny and cold. Towards the south-east of England, the Southwest
0:27:15 > 0:27:18will see some showers, frequent showers during the day across the
0:27:18 > 0:27:21western side of Wales, lots of showers for Northern Ireland is as
0:27:21 > 0:27:26well. Wintry showers continue for Scotland and those showers get blown
0:27:26 > 0:27:29inland through the morning, down towards the Midlands and East Anglia
0:27:29 > 0:27:34in the afternoon. That is a change is the day goes on. It will be a
0:27:34 > 0:27:37cold day than today, will feel colder today especially with some
0:27:37 > 0:27:40stronger winds, too. This is the general pressure pattern that we
0:27:40 > 0:27:43will have over the next few days. High pressure over to the west of
0:27:43 > 0:27:48the UK, low pressure to the east, the isobars coming all the way down
0:27:48 > 0:27:54from the North still another cold day on Wednesday, more frost rounds,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57fewer showers over Northern Ireland, Wales and the Southwest. A few
0:27:57 > 0:28:01showers still for Scotland but more showers down the eastern coastal
0:28:01 > 0:28:05counties of England. Many places inland will be dry, quite sunny but
0:28:05 > 0:28:09also pretty cold out there as well. Similar sort of look to the weather
0:28:09 > 0:28:13as we move from Wednesday into Thursday. Pressure pattern is not
0:28:13 > 0:28:16really changed at all. Wind direction is crucial so we are
0:28:16 > 0:28:20getting more of wind coming in off the North Sea, hence more showers
0:28:20 > 0:28:26down the eastern side of England and fewer showers for Northern Ireland,
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Wales and the Southwest. In between, lots of sunshine but another cold
0:28:29 > 0:28:31day.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10This is Beyond One Hundred Days, with me Katty Kay in Washington -
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Our top stories - Britain's Prince Harry
0:30:13 > 0:30:16announces his engagement to the American actress Meghan Markle -
0:30:16 > 0:30:19the royal wedding is next Spring.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22The royal pair will set up home in Kensington Palace after the wedding.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Harry's grandparents, the Queen and Prince Phillip,
0:30:25 > 0:30:28are said to be delighted.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Coming up in the next half hour - The German business leaders
0:30:31 > 0:30:34who believe Britain can reverse Brexit - but at what cost?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37And will those who voted for it, stand for it?
0:30:37 > 0:30:40The water crisis in Flint, Michigan exposed an ugly truth
0:30:40 > 0:30:42about what Americans are drinking - and the concern is it's
0:30:42 > 0:30:47not an isolated case.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Scientists are worried that millions of Americans in other parts
0:30:49 > 0:30:52of the country are being poisioned by the water
0:30:52 > 0:30:56in their homes and don't know it.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag...
0:30:58 > 0:31:08'Beyond-One-Hundred-Days'
0:31:08 > 0:31:12If some reason you HAVEN'T heard - we learned today that
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Britain's Prince Harry is to marry the American actress Meghan Markle.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17So what do we know about her?
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Well, she is 36, divorced and describes herself as a "strong,
0:31:20 > 0:31:24confident, mixed-raced woman".
0:31:24 > 0:31:27She grew up in Los Angeles and until she met Prince Harry
0:31:27 > 0:31:31was best known for playing Rachel Zane in the US
0:31:31 > 0:31:33TV drama Suits.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36She's also campaigned for gender equality and a variety
0:31:36 > 0:31:38of humanitarian causes - as our Royal Correspondent
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Daniella Relph explains.
0:31:41 > 0:31:42Have you heard?
0:31:42 > 0:31:44There is breaking news out of London this morning.
0:31:44 > 0:31:45Drum roll, please.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle
0:31:47 > 0:31:49are engaged - yay!
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Congratulations, Harry and Meghan.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53We don't know you, but congratulations!
0:31:53 > 0:31:56But we will all get to know Meghan Markle much better
0:31:56 > 0:31:57over the next few months.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01She is no ordinary royal fiancee.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Her early acting career was made up of small
0:32:03 > 0:32:07television and film parts and adverts.
0:32:07 > 0:32:08There was also a stint opening the boxes
0:32:08 > 0:32:11on the TV programme Deal Or No Deal.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13It's Meghan Markle!
0:32:13 > 0:32:14Wow, you're pretty.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15Good, you've hit on me.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18We can get it out of the way that I am not interested.
0:32:18 > 0:32:19No, I'm sorry...
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Before her big break in the legal drama Suits.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26But she sometimes took issue with the way her character,
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Rachel Zane, was portrayed.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31This season, every script seemed to begin with
0:32:31 > 0:32:33"Rachel enters wearing a towel."
0:32:33 > 0:32:36And I said, "Nope, not doing it any more."
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Not doing it, and I called the creator and I was like,
0:32:39 > 0:32:40"It's just gratuitous."
0:32:40 > 0:32:42We get it, you've already seen it once,
0:32:42 > 0:32:44so I think that at a certain point,
0:32:44 > 0:32:50you feel empowered enough to just say no.
0:32:50 > 0:32:51Meghan Markle will bring something different
0:32:51 > 0:32:57to the British Royal family.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Born and brought up here in the United States, she is a
0:33:00 > 0:33:02proud American but she's also a campaigner with strong
0:33:02 > 0:33:04opinions and, if possible, she won't want her marriage
0:33:04 > 0:33:12to limit that side her life.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Her humanitarian work has taken her around the world,
0:33:14 > 0:33:15here in Rwanda.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19She's focused on gender equality.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Particularly as an advocate for United Nations women.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27It's really hands-on, being part of this.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30It feels really nice.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32I think her passion for other people and wanting
0:33:32 > 0:33:35to create social change is something, with that platform, can
0:33:35 > 0:33:38only be positive.
0:33:38 > 0:33:45I bet she'll be fine, she'll be great in fact!
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Meghan Markle grew up in this affluent neighbourhood of Los
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Angeles and went to a private Catholic school.
0:33:51 > 0:33:57She's mixed race, the daughter of divorced parents.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Her mother, a yoga teacher and her father, a TV
0:34:00 > 0:34:03lighting director.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06In the early days of her relationship with Prince Harry some
0:34:06 > 0:34:08of the media coverage unsettled them,
0:34:08 > 0:34:09Prince Harry releasing a
0:34:09 > 0:34:13statement suggesting coverage had racial undertones.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16It felt racist to me, like there was an attempt to
0:34:16 > 0:34:21make her seem like an outsider.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23So, yeah that was pretty startling.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26This will be a whole new world for Meghan
0:34:26 > 0:34:27Markle.
0:34:27 > 0:34:37Swapping the small screen for a far bigger stage.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Ms Markle's parents Thomas Markle, a lighting director,
0:34:40 > 0:34:44and Doria Ragland, a social worker and yoga instructor have welcomed
0:34:44 > 0:34:53the news: "We are incredibly happy for Meghan and Harry.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Our daughter has always been a kind and loving person.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58To see her union with Harry, who shares the same qualities,
0:34:58 > 0:35:08is a source of great joy for us as parents."
0:35:08 > 0:35:13In been being slightly bookish about the story and then the interview
0:35:13 > 0:35:17started and you were totally riveted. You have outed me on live
0:35:17 > 0:35:19television. I thought it was a good interview. It was interesting
0:35:19 > 0:35:20television. I thought it was a good interview. It was interesting to see
0:35:20 > 0:35:26her because he is very impressive and to hear from her was the most
0:35:26 > 0:35:33interesting part.Super articulate and confident. Let's move on.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36A group of German business leaders wants the Brexit vote reversed
0:35:36 > 0:35:38in exchange for a comprehensive deal on immigration and free movement.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41They've even got a catchy slogan - "Exit from Brexit" -
0:35:41 > 0:35:42but is it remotely realistic?
0:35:42 > 0:35:45The group of seven influential figures is warning that Germany must
0:35:45 > 0:35:48do more to prevent losing "its most valuable partner within the EU".
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Not a view you hear expressed from Europe very often.
0:35:50 > 0:35:59I'm joined now by one of the leading voices from the group.
0:35:59 > 0:36:06Good to see you, thank you for joining us. Exit from Brexit, that
0:36:06 > 0:36:12is not really going to float. 70 million people in Britain are
0:36:12 > 0:36:18committed to it.Our call is not addressed to Britain, it is
0:36:18 > 0:36:21addressed to Brussels because we have seen the effects of Brexit and
0:36:21 > 0:36:25not only bad for Britain, this is quite obvious if you look at the
0:36:25 > 0:36:32economic results. It is long-term also bad for Europe because with
0:36:32 > 0:36:37Britain the last nation with common sense in my opinion leaves the
0:36:37 > 0:36:42European Union we need these advocates for freedom and self
0:36:42 > 0:36:46responsibility and autonomy. The second reason is it is our opinion
0:36:46 > 0:36:52and conviction that Brexit is not only the fault if you wish of the
0:36:52 > 0:36:59British, I think it is the fault of Brussels. Brussels has always done
0:36:59 > 0:37:04much to much centralisation and harmonisation. It is like Britain
0:37:04 > 0:37:06having joined a football club and then the club management decided to
0:37:06 > 0:37:12play golf. Then I asked myself who has really left him? We are
0:37:12 > 0:37:17addressing Brussels and what Brussels to give a deal to Britain
0:37:17 > 0:37:21which Cameron wanted and they quit sure with such a new deal the
0:37:21 > 0:37:27situation in Britain would also change.That ship has sailed. I was
0:37:27 > 0:37:30at that conference before the referendum and David Cameron urged
0:37:30 > 0:37:34people in the remit to give him a deal that he could sell back at home
0:37:34 > 0:37:37but the problem has always been that Federalists within the room did not
0:37:37 > 0:37:44want to play ball. And now Britain has chosen the path that he wants to
0:37:44 > 0:37:50go down. There is no deal turning back?This is not the first time
0:37:50 > 0:37:55that any European Union referenda took place and the situation changed
0:37:55 > 0:37:59and a new deal was put on the table. Then the country decided otherwise.
0:37:59 > 0:38:05Let's not forget and you alluded to it, the European Union was not ready
0:38:05 > 0:38:12at that time to give Cameron the necessary autonomy which Cameron
0:38:12 > 0:38:18believed rightfully he needed. Add in the meantime most European
0:38:18 > 0:38:21countries think that kind of autonomy to control its own
0:38:21 > 0:38:26aggression is necessary for all other countries. -- control its own
0:38:26 > 0:38:34immigration. Even Angela Merkel has changed their policy of 180 degrees
0:38:34 > 0:38:39solicit US is different and if I see two trains running on the same track
0:38:39 > 0:38:42against each other I think it is irresponsible not to try to stop
0:38:42 > 0:38:49them.Let's be realistic, it is not up to Brussels to decide whether
0:38:49 > 0:38:53Brexit and will be reversed. That was a referendum taken by the
0:38:53 > 0:38:57British people had voted in favour of it so realistically, you said
0:38:57 > 0:39:03that effort is now Brexit, if that is the should be a better deal, what
0:39:03 > 0:39:08can the EU offer Britain that would constitute a better deal?You are
0:39:08 > 0:39:12quite right. It needs a strong better deal. In needs a deal which
0:39:12 > 0:39:17Cameron wanted at that time. For instance a clear and own
0:39:17 > 0:39:21responsibility for immigration. Europe was not ready to do that at
0:39:21 > 0:39:26that time. I am quite convinced there are many national governments
0:39:26 > 0:39:31who are ready to do that and when you say it is a realistic, we now
0:39:31 > 0:39:38that the majority of Europe Parliament can consider to be
0:39:38 > 0:39:45remainders and I was always attacking the European negotiation
0:39:45 > 0:39:48strategy in regards to your country because the behaved absolutely and
0:39:48 > 0:39:54arrogantly.You have a group of business leaders behind you but you
0:39:54 > 0:39:57do not actually have the support of any political parties for this
0:39:57 > 0:40:07position?We have absolutely no illusions. Berlin would say this is
0:40:07 > 0:40:11the responsibility of Mr Barnier and Brussels and Brussels would say it
0:40:11 > 0:40:15is up to Britain to make the next move and Britain would see exactly
0:40:15 > 0:40:19what you said. However the situation is so obviously wrong for both that
0:40:19 > 0:40:27it is necessary to try to change the situation and that is what we are
0:40:27 > 0:40:35trying to do.On that point, would it be damaging for Germany? We keep
0:40:35 > 0:40:39saying the no deal scenario is very damaging for the German car industry
0:40:39 > 0:40:44and manufacturing, do you agree?I absolutely agree. Whether a deal or
0:40:44 > 0:40:51no Deal, it is both bad for Germany. Think of the current situation,
0:40:51 > 0:40:55sales of German cars have dropped by 20% in the UK. That is about the
0:40:55 > 0:41:00same amount we experience when we had the financial crisis. Look at
0:41:00 > 0:41:07the Ukip, the British pound has collapsed, you have inflation of 3%.
0:41:07 > 0:41:13I didn't think that is good for you us. It is not so unrealistic and
0:41:13 > 0:41:20there can only appeal to all those British people remain and exit who
0:41:20 > 0:41:27discover how difficult it is, try to register and to our platform which
0:41:27 > 0:41:31is called new deal for Britain and I am quite sure if we all get together
0:41:31 > 0:41:38and ask these politicians to admit they made mistakes, they may perhaps
0:41:38 > 0:41:41come to their senses and come up with a new deal for Britain which
0:41:41 > 0:41:52would also be a new deal for Europe. Thank you for joining us.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says the UK's decision
0:41:54 > 0:41:57to leave the European Union has left the EU 'entirely confused'.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59In London, Mr Yildirim told reporters the EU would need
0:41:59 > 0:42:01to revisit its vision on the future.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Despite that message, the Prime Minister made it
0:42:03 > 0:42:06clear his country still wishes to be a part of the EU.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10Pope Francis has met with Myanmar's army chief on the first day
0:42:10 > 0:42:13of his visit to the country, which has been accused
0:42:13 > 0:42:15of 'ethnic cleansing' against its Muslim Rohingya minority.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18He's due to give a speech in the capital on Tuesday.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20And he's been urged not to use
0:42:20 > 0:42:23the word 'Rohingya' - a term not recognised by Myanmar -
0:42:23 > 0:42:27to avoid future persecution of Christians in the country.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Two pharmaceutical firms - one American, the other German -
0:42:29 > 0:42:33have said they will invest more than a billion dollars in the UK -
0:42:33 > 0:42:34creating more than 1,800 jobs.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37The deals coincide with the launch of the government's industrial
0:42:37 > 0:42:39strategy white paper, which is aimed at supporting more
0:42:39 > 0:42:42research and development, encouraging firms to embrace
0:42:42 > 0:42:52new technology, and boosting the economy.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53Robert Mugabe was a wily old politician.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56For 37 years he'd hung on as President in Zimbabwe
0:42:56 > 0:42:57by eliminating opponents and rewarding his most
0:42:57 > 0:42:59loyal henchmen.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01But now we discover from leaked intelligence documents,
0:43:01 > 0:43:03that for several weeks before the coup, the President's former
0:43:03 > 0:43:06allies were plotting against him.
0:43:06 > 0:43:12The 93-year old WAS aware plans were afoot but he couldn't stop them.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15The chief of the army General Chiwenga decided weeks ago
0:43:15 > 0:43:20that Grace Mugabe must be stopped.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23On a recent visit to Beijing he was given the support of the Chinese.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26AND on his return to Harare, the General managed to evade capture
0:43:26 > 0:43:28- only because his soldiers outnumbered Mugabe's secret police
0:43:28 > 0:43:30who were waiting at the airport.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33Some of his soldiers were disguised as baggage handlers.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36All these details were gathered by the Reuters News Agency,
0:43:36 > 0:43:46Ed Cropley is their bureau chief in sub-Saharan Africa.
0:43:46 > 0:43:52We kind of knew for some time that whether these divisions within Zona
0:43:52 > 0:43:58PF but it was not abundantly clear that they were trying to bring in
0:43:58 > 0:44:04Beijing to not stop the coup. What you say is correct. We have known
0:44:04 > 0:44:10for more than a year that it had been these massive rifts between the
0:44:10 > 0:44:18factions loyal to Robert Mugabe's wife and factions loyal to the no
0:44:18 > 0:44:23president was backed by the military. The temperature has been
0:44:23 > 0:44:26rising, increasing between these two sides and most recently in the
0:44:26 > 0:44:34run-up to the punch by Robert Mugabe which now appears to be the moment
0:44:34 > 0:44:40that really did launch the crew. What's fascinating about these
0:44:40 > 0:44:47documents is what grace was up to an innately crew was unfolding. She was
0:44:47 > 0:44:54tried to get help.People inside Zimbabwe were desperately trying to
0:44:54 > 0:45:01know and discover what was going on. We have been reporting them are not
0:45:01 > 0:45:04personnel characters heading towards the capital and the afternoon, one
0:45:04 > 0:45:10of them broke down beside it would you have to pity the driver this
0:45:10 > 0:45:16armoured vehicle on the day of the coup has tanked breaks down. But
0:45:16 > 0:45:20people in Johannesburg like myself were furiously trying to call anyone
0:45:20 > 0:45:25be good to find out...She was trying to get social media taken off
0:45:25 > 0:45:34here.That is exactly right. Where we were confused, so was Grace
0:45:34 > 0:45:40Mugabe. She called ministers and supporters who tries to get social
0:45:40 > 0:45:44media shuts down because of the photographs of armoured personnel
0:45:44 > 0:45:47carriers and troop carriers converging on the capital. They
0:45:47 > 0:45:51thought it was a major security risk and assumed that the way to shore up
0:45:51 > 0:45:55their position was to shut down the media. One of the most telling
0:45:55 > 0:46:02details is the defence Minister who puts on a call to the journal who we
0:46:02 > 0:46:08know was leading the coup from headquarters and the defence
0:46:08 > 0:46:12Minister calls and says, can you tell us what is going on, we hear
0:46:12 > 0:46:16them may be a coup, do you have any information? From what we are told
0:46:16 > 0:46:21he replied to him, thank you I will look into it and get back to you.
0:46:21 > 0:46:26Now we know he never got back to him at all.We mentioned the extent with
0:46:26 > 0:46:37the general came back from China and arrived and allow the Secret Service
0:46:37 > 0:46:40forces, describe that incident a bit more. It is telling of how far the
0:46:40 > 0:46:48military was compared to go.It is an extraordinary incident that
0:46:48 > 0:46:52crystallises the highest extension of the game. Robert Mugabe's spies
0:46:52 > 0:47:03had got wind of meetings in China according to information we have
0:47:03 > 0:47:12received and after the purge, we do not yet know exactly what they
0:47:12 > 0:47:16discussed in China but certainly on the Mugabe side of things they put a
0:47:16 > 0:47:21and B together and came up with see
0:47:25 > 0:47:29he called the chief of police who are told to pick up at the airport.
0:47:29 > 0:47:33We understand the former chief of the intelligence services had been
0:47:33 > 0:47:40commissioned to drop treason charges against the general survey was
0:47:40 > 0:47:44walking right into essentially a trap, illegal trap that would put
0:47:44 > 0:47:48him away for later he was convicted and that of course is a few actually
0:47:48 > 0:47:55lived to tell the tale. He gets on the phone because like everything
0:47:55 > 0:48:02and Zimbabwe have legs like cases so he says we're up against 100 secret
0:48:02 > 0:48:07policeman at the airport and needs to double that. The information we
0:48:07 > 0:48:13have is that as many as 250, 300 special forces troops and six at
0:48:13 > 0:48:17service agents are in the airport disguise as baggage handlers and
0:48:17 > 0:48:29security guards.... Amazing story. The reporting is fantastic. So glad
0:48:29 > 0:48:33everyone leaked that information to you. Thank you.
0:48:33 > 0:48:34This is Beyond One Hundred Days.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38Still to come - Deck the Presidential halls
0:48:38 > 0:48:40as the White House turns into Tinsel Town and Melania Trump
0:48:40 > 0:48:48gives her Twitter followers a tour of this year's decorations.
0:48:48 > 0:48:51West Yorkshire Police say the five victims of a fatal car crash
0:48:51 > 0:48:53in Leeds over the weekend, were all in the vehicle
0:48:53 > 0:48:55when it hit a tree.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58Two men and three boys died in the incident on Saturday night
0:48:58 > 0:48:59in the Meanwood area of the city.
0:48:59 > 0:49:00Danny Savage reports.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02The scene of Saturday night's terrible crash
0:49:02 > 0:49:06remains sealed off today.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08The search for evidence to establish how and why a stolen car
0:49:08 > 0:49:12careered off a straight road.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14The tree it hit is scarred,
0:49:14 > 0:49:17as are some of the people who were first on the scene.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20When I arrived here in the early hours of Sunday morning,
0:49:20 > 0:49:23this was a catastrophic scene.
0:49:23 > 0:49:27All the witnesses, all the police officers,
0:49:27 > 0:49:30all the emergency services that were here would have seen
0:49:30 > 0:49:32absolutely a scene of total carnage.
0:49:32 > 0:49:36Named locally, the youngest victims were
0:49:36 > 0:49:40Ellis and Elliott Thornton, who were brothers aged just 12 and 14.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43Also in the car was 15-year-old Darnell Harte
0:49:43 > 0:49:46along with 24-year-old Robbie Meerun
0:49:46 > 0:49:52and father of two Anthoney Armour who was also 24.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55The Renault Clio was stolen and some of the people in it
0:49:55 > 0:49:58were known to police.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01It's also understood there were six people in the car at the time
0:50:01 > 0:50:05which is designed to take a maximum of five passengers.
0:50:05 > 0:50:10The one survivor, aged 15, was arrested on Saturday night.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12He remains in custody as the families of those who died
0:50:12 > 0:50:20struggled to deal with the aftermath.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23Six former British soldiers, who've been in prison in India
0:50:23 > 0:50:24since 2013 are to be released.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27The so called "Chennai Six" were arrested along with 29
0:50:27 > 0:50:29others on weapons charges, while working as security guards
0:50:29 > 0:50:32on ships in the Indian Ocean.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34Their families are now waiting to hear when they'll
0:50:34 > 0:50:37be returning home.
0:50:37 > 0:50:39In Cricket - England have lost the first Ashes Test
0:50:39 > 0:50:41in Brisbane by ten wickets.
0:50:41 > 0:50:48Australia needed just 56 runs to win on the final day -
0:50:55 > 0:50:57You're watching Beyond One Hundred Days...Almost two years ago a state
0:50:57 > 0:51:00of emergency was declared in Flint, Michigan when it was found
0:51:00 > 0:51:03the city's water supply was contaminated with lead.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05What had started as a cost cutting measure resulted in multiple
0:51:05 > 0:51:07illnesses and an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease that killed
0:51:07 > 0:51:10at least 12 people.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13Flint got a lot of attention but water quality is still a real
0:51:13 > 0:51:15concern across the US.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17Analysts have found that more than 1,000 water systems serving
0:51:17 > 0:51:203.9 million Americans, have water that fails
0:51:20 > 0:51:25the safety standard for lead.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28As part of his America First series - the BBC's Aleem Maqbool has
0:51:28 > 0:51:36travelled to Flint for this report.
0:51:36 > 0:51:41The only thing unusual about what happened in Flint is the agencies
0:51:41 > 0:51:48responsible got caught.
0:51:54 > 0:51:59Before she even knew about the lead poisoning, Kerry Webber recalls her
0:51:59 > 0:52:03shock when she took a daughter to the hospital.They should meet pass
0:52:03 > 0:52:08tougher skin that you could see the bone in her wrist and there was
0:52:08 > 0:52:16literally a line that was not calcified bone, it was late. -- it
0:52:16 > 0:52:24was led.It is not...
0:52:32 > 0:52:34The crisis either Flint became national news because of the number
0:52:34 > 0:52:39of people affected in such an extreme and shocking way. But
0:52:39 > 0:52:43scientists are worried that millions of Americans and other parts of the
0:52:43 > 0:52:46country are also being poisoned by the water in their homes but of the
0:52:46 > 0:52:52do not know it. And fact what has been found to contain even more
0:52:52 > 0:52:55poisonous lead levels than in Flint and dozens of towns around the
0:52:55 > 0:53:01country and it is happening like a dead in Flint because of money.We
0:53:01 > 0:53:05have not accepted in this country that water, affordable safe cooking
0:53:05 > 0:53:12water is a basic human right. If you cannot afford to get clean, safe
0:53:12 > 0:53:15water that is just your tough luck.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23The mayor of Flint was told it was safe because the state wants to save
0:53:23 > 0:53:28money.I needed to do more that the local level to bring an independent
0:53:28 > 0:53:32expertise, people who did not have an adherence to these old standards.
0:53:32 > 0:53:37And families have toxic water most impunity is where so many do not
0:53:37 > 0:53:44have a voice. -- in communities were so many do not have a voice.Flint
0:53:44 > 0:53:51is poor. The we did not matter. You are looking at your children go
0:53:51 > 0:53:59through this 100,000 people and knowing that none of them matter
0:53:59 > 0:54:06enough, that is hard to take.It was a big issue during the election
0:54:06 > 0:54:10campaign and those people are still without access to clean water. One
0:54:10 > 0:54:15woman who counted how many bottles of water took to cook a Thanksgiving
0:54:15 > 0:54:24meal, she eagle and Flint having to use 15 bottles of water to cook
0:54:24 > 0:54:30their meal. It is a real issue for people clearly not just in Flint but
0:54:30 > 0:54:35adding the country. It is a question of how much costs will be cut, make
0:54:35 > 0:54:39savings with services to people and we're having this discussion as
0:54:39 > 0:54:44America is about to a big tax cut plan which will not help with
0:54:44 > 0:54:49revenue. That has been a good CDs that, we should get him on to talk
0:54:49 > 0:54:53about that.
0:54:53 > 0:54:54It's a time-honoured tradition here in Washington -
0:54:54 > 0:54:57regardless of who occupies it - the White House turns
0:54:57 > 0:54:59into tinsel-town.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01It was a first for Melania Trump who unveiled the Christmas
0:55:01 > 0:55:06decorations to a group of children from a nearby military base.
0:55:06 > 0:55:10Afterwards, she took part in an arts and craft session,
0:55:10 > 0:55:15which appears to have won the approval of those involved.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18Mrs Trump tweeted about the festive frills -
0:55:18 > 0:55:20posting a video to her @FLOTUS account, showing off
0:55:20 > 0:55:23the Christmas colours.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25The White House says she designed it all herself.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27This year's theme -"Time-Honored Traditions" -
0:55:27 > 0:55:30aims to pay respect to 200 years of holiday traditions
0:55:30 > 0:55:33at the White House.
0:55:33 > 0:55:34And the centrepiece?
0:55:34 > 0:55:44160-kilos of gingerbread shaped into a replica of the White House.
0:55:46 > 0:55:50I think viewers will look just like that when you make your post
0:55:50 > 0:56:03gingerbread will stop. I have delegated to Mrs Fraser. Forget