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0:00:08 > 0:00:12Washington and London - not such a special relationship after all.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15First Donald Trump retweets discredited far right videos,
0:00:15 > 0:00:18then he attacks the Theresa May on Twitter,
0:00:18 > 0:00:21then she calls him out on camera.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23This alliance is suffering.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26In an extraordinary transatlantic spat, he tells her to focus
0:00:26 > 0:00:28on her own problems.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32She tells him retweeting those videos was a bad idea.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35I'm very clear that retweeting from Britain First
0:00:35 > 0:00:39was the wrong thing to do.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Reports here suggest Rex Tillerson may be out within weeks
0:00:43 > 0:00:45as US Secretary of State - just more instability
0:00:45 > 0:00:52in an already precarious world.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Especially true in North Korea - after the latest missile test.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58The US warns Pyongyang's leadership will be "utterly
0:00:58 > 0:01:03destroyed" if war breaks out.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Also on the programme...
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Why fewer Europeans want to call the UK home -
0:01:07 > 0:01:11net migration to Britain sees its biggest fall on record.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14And all this airline wants for Christmas is...
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Some pilots.
0:01:16 > 0:01:23Why you might not be home for Christmas if you've
0:01:23 > 0:01:26bought an American Airlines ticket.
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0:01:32 > 0:01:36Hello, I am Katty Kay in Washington, Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Calmly, deliberately and very clearly, the British Prime Minister
0:01:38 > 0:01:42roundly criticised the American President today.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44I can't remember such a direct rebuff in this
0:01:44 > 0:01:50relationship in modern history.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Mrs May, on camera, told the American president he'd done
0:01:53 > 0:01:54the wrong thing in retweeting far right videos.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59Her decision to speak out followed his decision
0:01:59 > 0:02:01to attack her on Twitter late last night.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03"@Theresa-May, don't focus on me," he wrote,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05"focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism
0:02:05 > 0:02:07that is taking place within the United Kingdom.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09We are doing just fine!"
0:02:09 > 0:02:14But London was focusing on him.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18In the UK parliament they postponed normal business for an urgent debate
0:02:18 > 0:02:20on the President's tweets - and what the diplomatic
0:02:20 > 0:02:22response should be.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23There were calls for President Trump's state visit
0:02:23 > 0:02:25to the UK to be cancelled.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports.
0:02:30 > 0:02:36This was a trip focused on building relationships around the world,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39but while Theresa May was meeting kings and ministers in Jordan...
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Yes, there are many challenges...
0:02:41 > 0:02:45..A major diplomatic row was brewing elsewhere.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49President Trump had been personally rebuked by Downing Street
0:02:49 > 0:02:52for sharing far right videos online.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55His response to Theresa May - on Twitter, of course -
0:02:55 > 0:02:57"Don't focus on me, focus on the destructive radical
0:02:57 > 0:03:05Islamic terrorism that's taking place in the UK."
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Her tour of the Middle East suddenly required diplomacy
0:03:07 > 0:03:10of a different kind.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15The fact that we work together does not mean that we are afraid to say
0:03:15 > 0:03:17when we think the United States has got it wrong,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19and be very clear with them.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22And I'm very clear that retweeting from Britain First
0:03:22 > 0:03:25was the wrong thing to do.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28He tweeted, effectively telling you to stay out of his business.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Is that acceptable behaviour from a supposed ally?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34It's an enduring relationship that's there because it's
0:03:34 > 0:03:37in both our national interests.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40So what of the much anticipated state visit to the UK
0:03:40 > 0:03:42by President Trump?
0:03:42 > 0:03:47An invitation for a state visit has been extended and has been accepted.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49We have yet to set a date.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Thank you.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54In her speech here, Theresa May had little choice
0:03:54 > 0:03:56but to respond to this tweet.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58It was aimed directly at her.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01This, another test of her leadership, how
0:04:01 > 0:04:05to maintain authority, yet de-escalate a potential row
0:04:05 > 0:04:07with a friend.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10The US president forging friendships of his own...
0:04:10 > 0:04:13You have been a great friend and we appreciate it very much...
0:04:13 > 0:04:15..Has so far shown little regret for his original tweet sharing
0:04:15 > 0:04:18videos from the far right group Britain First.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Thank you very much, everybody, thank you.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24The Communities Secretary said he'd endorsed the view of a vile,
0:04:24 > 0:04:30racist organisation and he'd refused to let it go and say nothing.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34And he wasn't the only politician to express a view.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36She should never have invited him within a few weeks
0:04:36 > 0:04:37of him being elected.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Every other American president has had to wait for years.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43They have to settle down and we've had to be sure about who it is
0:04:43 > 0:04:45that we are inviting.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47It's very difficult to see how you can continue to rely
0:04:47 > 0:04:50on the goodwill of somebody who is fundamentally evil,
0:04:50 > 0:04:54racist, completely contrary to our own set of values.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56So while the Prime Minister practised diplomacy
0:04:56 > 0:04:59in the Middle East, relations elsewhere were tested.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Theresa May, once again under scrutiny, not just at home
0:05:02 > 0:05:05but around the globe.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10Alex Forsyth, BBC News, Jordan.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12With me is the former British Ambassador to
0:05:12 > 0:05:16the United States Sir Christopher Meyer.
0:05:16 > 0:05:24Good to have you with us.Thank you. Said Kim Darragh has made a formal
0:05:24 > 0:05:27and led to the White House. How would he go about that and who is he
0:05:27 > 0:05:31speaking to?It is essential that the government backs him up on
0:05:31 > 0:05:35something like this. If I was in Washington I would expect to see the
0:05:35 > 0:05:41chief of staff may be, in that case General Kelly or maybe the National
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Security adviser, General McMaster. I would not ask to see the president
0:05:44 > 0:05:50himself. Maybe Kim did try to see the president. I would be some
0:05:50 > 0:05:55prized. That is how he would feed it into the White House machine, so
0:05:55 > 0:05:58they understand, they clock that this is a serious matter that needs
0:05:58 > 0:06:02to be dealt with.The concern there and here is those people might not
0:06:02 > 0:06:07seem to have his ear. They do not seem to be listening to anyone.The
0:06:07 > 0:06:11White House is like everyone else around the world, you either try to
0:06:11 > 0:06:17work with Trump or a round trump. It is a problem for them and it is a
0:06:17 > 0:06:20problem for us. It is a problem for other countries. There is nothing
0:06:20 > 0:06:25novel about this. I think whether this comes as a tiny blip on the
0:06:25 > 0:06:27backside of the British American relationship, or whether it
0:06:27 > 0:06:33continues to be a difficult issue and depends entirely on how much
0:06:33 > 0:06:36rancour, how much irritation there is inside the strange personality
0:06:36 > 0:06:40that is Donald Trump. If he wants to continue this, he will continue
0:06:40 > 0:06:45this. If he doesn't, he will bring it to a halt. Today you are his
0:06:45 > 0:06:49friend, tomorrow you are his enemy and vice versa.In practical terms,
0:06:49 > 0:07:01what suffers when you have a
0:07:13 > 0:07:15spat diplomatic relations. In my time living in Washington, I do not
0:07:15 > 0:07:17remember a British Prime Minister calling out an American president
0:07:17 > 0:07:20like this on camera so clearly and so directly. What are the downsides?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23To be frank with you, I think Theresa May has played this exactly
0:07:23 > 0:07:25right. She has struck a Thatcher like to, standing up for everybody
0:07:25 > 0:07:29and reminding everyone of the important role at the heart of this
0:07:29 > 0:07:33relationship. If you go back to 1945 you will see these that's happening
0:07:33 > 0:07:38all the time. The water is usually close over them pretty fast. The
0:07:38 > 0:07:42difference this time is that this bat has been fought out, if I can
0:07:42 > 0:07:46use this word, in public. Previously, we have got out of them
0:07:46 > 0:07:52pretty fast because they have tended to be in private. But now in the age
0:07:52 > 0:07:56of social media Trump and his 45 million followers had seen his
0:07:56 > 0:08:01tweets. The Prime Minister has been obliged to rebuke him in public. I
0:08:01 > 0:08:07cannot remember any time in my career as a diplomat, a British
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Prime Minister calling out an American president in public. It is
0:08:10 > 0:08:15unusual but it is the way things are done today. She has struck the right
0:08:15 > 0:08:21balance between striking a balance between firmness and reminding
0:08:21 > 0:08:25everybody that there are common interests at stake.Sir Christopher,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27good to see you. Come back soon.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30The recently arrived US ambassador, Robert Woody Johnson is settling
0:08:30 > 0:08:32in to his new home here in London.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35And like all good ambassadors, currently getting a feel
0:08:35 > 0:08:38of what his adopted country is like, what the people are thinking.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41So on his Twitter feed he has invited people to get in touch
0:08:41 > 0:08:43#askwoody with their questions which he is going to answer
0:08:43 > 0:08:49live on Periscope next week, take a look.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I think it is important to get all the points of view that you can and
0:08:52 > 0:08:55find out what people are thinking across this country. I am willing to
0:08:55 > 0:09:01listen to what you have to say. I am interested in your point of view,
0:09:01 > 0:09:05particularly the people outside of London. Send me your questions using
0:09:05 > 0:09:13hashtag ask Woody.Of course, perhaps he did not anticipate was
0:09:13 > 0:09:20the events of this week, cue a barrage of sarcastic tweets.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Yes, here are a couple that are fit for family viewing.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Paul O'Reilly asks the ambassador: "How can the country
0:09:24 > 0:09:27of Lincoln, Twain, FDR, MLK, Edison, JFK, Steinbeck et al
0:09:27 > 0:09:30have such an inarticulate and unintelligent POTUS?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Meanwhile Nicolas Jones wonders, "Do you find it easier,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36in the current climate, to pretend you're a Canadian?
0:09:36 > 0:09:37#AskWoody."
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Ambassador Johnson seems to have taken it in his stride.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42This is his response.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44"Thank you for your questions and feedback.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46I have relayed your concerns to Washington.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49The US & UK have a long history of speaking frankly with each other,
0:09:49 > 0:09:51as all close friends do.
0:09:51 > 0:10:00Our relationship is strong, vital and enduring."
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Interesting he did not use the word special.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Heather Conley is a former State Department Official
0:10:05 > 0:10:06for European Affairs.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08She is now at the Center for Strategic and International studies.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14She joins me now. Is there any upside you can see with the
0:10:14 > 0:10:18president picking this fight with Britain and re-tweeting these
0:10:18 > 0:10:24anti-Islamic far right videos?Are absolutely none. He is putting into
0:10:24 > 0:10:28question one of our most valuable relationships, and he is spreading
0:10:28 > 0:10:33hate, whether that comes from Britain First, or whether it comes
0:10:33 > 0:10:38from within our own country. As leaders, we have to stand up against
0:10:38 > 0:10:41hate and incitement to violence, and unfortunately, the president does
0:10:41 > 0:10:46not view his role in that way. What shocks me the most in some ways, not
0:10:46 > 0:10:51that we are having this back and forth, he attacks and
0:10:51 > 0:10:54counterattacks, whether you are Kim Jong Un or Theresa May. But what
0:10:54 > 0:10:58shocks me is there is not the outrage by all members of Congress,
0:10:58 > 0:11:05by members of the Cabinet, to say this is not right. We protect
0:11:05 > 0:11:08speech, even hate filled speech, but we have to speak out when we say it
0:11:08 > 0:11:13is not right. That is what is missing here in Washington and the
0:11:13 > 0:11:17president does not suffer political consequences.And here is what is
0:11:17 > 0:11:21confusing, there are plenty of people on Capitol Hill who have
0:11:21 > 0:11:24extensive background in foreign affairs, they know the damage
0:11:24 > 0:11:28something like this does needlessly to the United States. At what point
0:11:28 > 0:11:36does the party or someone close to the president, Mattis, Kelly or
0:11:36 > 0:11:39McMaster, stand up and say the price that you are paying for these tweets
0:11:39 > 0:11:43is not worth it?I think there was an expectation at the beginning of
0:11:43 > 0:11:45the administration that the generals, as we like to call them,
0:11:45 > 0:11:50would be the stabilising force that would bring the gravitas and
0:11:50 > 0:11:56intelligence to this, and it seems that force cannot be the stabilising
0:11:56 > 0:12:00presence we wanted. The president is going to use that Twitter account,
0:12:00 > 0:12:04not what time, no matter what subject, and they can't control it,
0:12:04 > 0:12:08but what they do need to be reminded of, and I think Prime Minister may
0:12:08 > 0:12:13understand that, others need to do it as well, there is continued
0:12:13 > 0:12:17damage to US relationships. The most important military relationships we
0:12:17 > 0:12:22have as he keeps doing this. This is a pattern. The Manchester tweets,
0:12:22 > 0:12:27the London tweets, this is an area where the president continues to do
0:12:27 > 0:12:30damage to our valuable relationships.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Heather, while we have got you with your state department hat on, let me
0:12:34 > 0:12:39talk about another person he has a difficult relationship with,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42seemingly so, that is the Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. There is
0:12:42 > 0:12:48speculation that he is going to be replaced by the CIA director. He was
0:12:48 > 0:12:55asked about this today at a press briefing. Let's see what he had to
0:12:55 > 0:13:05say.Thank you very much everybody. Thank you.I think Rex Tillerson has
0:13:05 > 0:13:12cancelled an event. The speculation cannot do him any good. But it
0:13:12 > 0:13:22undermines him.There has been speculation about Rex Tillerson's
0:13:22 > 0:13:29longevity for some time. As Katty knows this is a city with lots of
0:13:29 > 0:13:34rumours. It is ironic because Rex Tillerson just delivered a speech on
0:13:34 > 0:13:39the US UK special lotion ship again. They cannot get more ironic against
0:13:39 > 0:13:45the backdrop of questions about how long secretary Tillerson can remain
0:13:45 > 0:13:51in power -- the US UK special relationship. After a year in
0:13:51 > 0:13:54administration of thing has settled down. We do not have clear policies
0:13:54 > 0:13:59on pressing issues and potentially we have another leadership change.
0:13:59 > 0:14:06Morale in the State Department is extremely low. Secretary Tillerson
0:14:06 > 0:14:10had a contentious relationship with the president. Once again, we are
0:14:10 > 0:14:13thrown into great uncertainty at a time of extraordinary global
0:14:13 > 0:14:19instability. Again, our hearts sink for our colleagues at the State
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Department but again, US foreign security policy is not as strong as
0:14:23 > 0:14:27we need it to be today.Heather Connolly, thank you for coming in.
0:14:27 > 0:14:33We will keep watching Rex Tillerson. The talk is weeks, but why would you
0:14:33 > 0:14:36sit in office for weeks when you know your successor is being lined
0:14:36 > 0:14:42up around the?As Heather said it is such a critical time when you are
0:14:42 > 0:14:47dealing with North Korea. I have been looking on Twitter today and
0:14:47 > 0:14:50there has been all sorts of reaction to the re-tweeted videos. Let me
0:14:50 > 0:14:59show you one. This is from a senior general. He was the commanding
0:14:59 > 0:15:03general of the US Army Europe.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21It is extraordinary that he felt he had to tweak that and someone else
0:15:21 > 0:15:26had to get in contact. It is pulling up the strings of the relationship.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30On one side you could set where are all those people on Capitol Hill and
0:15:30 > 0:15:33the Senators, and in the administration even, who are calling
0:15:33 > 0:15:37the president out on this. I have to say I was at a meeting early this
0:15:37 > 0:15:42morning and I bumped into two Senators and one congresswoman and
0:15:42 > 0:15:47the first thing they asked me, is President Trump still going to be
0:15:47 > 0:15:50invited to the UK and you could see the look of shock and sadness on
0:15:50 > 0:15:53their faces. They are dismayed. There are plenty of people in this
0:15:53 > 0:15:57town who are dismayed by what is happening and what has happened in
0:15:57 > 0:16:01the last 24 hours.Interesting. Let's move on and look at some other
0:16:01 > 0:16:03stories.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Dutch authorities are investigating how a lethal chemical was smuggled
0:16:06 > 0:16:08into a court in The Hague - enabling a Bosnian Croat
0:16:08 > 0:16:10war criminal to kill himself.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Slobodan Praljak drank the small vial of liquid
0:16:12 > 0:16:13during a televised court appearance.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16He had just learned that his appeal against a 20-year sentence for war
0:16:16 > 0:16:17crimes in Bosnia had been rejected.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Pope Francis has thanked Bangladesh for its humanitarian response
0:16:19 > 0:16:21to Muslim refugees fleeing Myanmar but again avoided
0:16:22 > 0:16:24using the term Rohingya.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27The Pope was criticised for not using the term
0:16:27 > 0:16:30on his visit to Myanmar - where they do not recognise Rohingya
0:16:30 > 0:16:34as an ethnic group - but he said it's a grave crisis.
0:16:34 > 0:16:40And Disney has cast the Chinese actor Liu Yifei in a leading role
0:16:40 > 0:16:43in one of its upcoming films, in response to widespread
0:16:43 > 0:16:46criticism of Hollywood that studios are "whitewashing".
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Thousands took part in an online campaign calling for an
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Asian actress to take the role of the Chinese heroine Hua Mulan -
0:16:53 > 0:17:01a young woman who dresses up as a man to join the army.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Ireland says it needs "significantly more clarity" from the British
0:17:04 > 0:17:06government on the future of the Northern Ireland border,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09before it will allow Brexit talks with the EU to move forward.
0:17:09 > 0:17:15The Republic wants free movement to continue between North and South.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17However Theresa May's coalition partners - the DUP -
0:17:17 > 0:17:19say there can be no special deal to keep Northern Ireland
0:17:19 > 0:17:21in the single market.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Our Ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports
0:17:22 > 0:17:27from the Irish border.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32On the island of Ireland, culture does not recognise borders,
0:17:32 > 0:17:36and neither do people.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Uilleann pipes are one of the traditional sounds
0:17:39 > 0:17:43of this land, and in his workshop that sits just a mile
0:17:43 > 0:17:45from where Northern Ireland meets the Republic,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Martin Gallen makes the pipes.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51He's closely watching the slow negotiations to try to carve out
0:17:51 > 0:17:55a deal that will see the UK leave the EU,
0:17:55 > 0:18:01and he fears it will mean a return of checks on the Irish border.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03They're promising that there would be no
0:18:03 > 0:18:05hardening of the border, but I honestly can't see how they're
0:18:05 > 0:18:10going to stand by that promise.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14The European Union doesn't want a return of customs posts
0:18:14 > 0:18:16on the border, bridges and roads that connect
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Northern Ireland and the Republic.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23It's been offering the chance for Northern Ireland to stay
0:18:23 > 0:18:26inside the customs union and single market, even if the rest
0:18:26 > 0:18:28of the UK leaves.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31That's to the fury of unionists, whose support the Conservatives
0:18:32 > 0:18:34rely on Westminster.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38If there is any hint that, in order to placate Dublin and the EU,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41they're prepared to have Northern Ireland treated differently
0:18:41 > 0:18:45than the rest of the United Kingdom, then they can't rely on our vote
0:18:45 > 0:18:49because they have undertaken an agreement with us -
0:18:49 > 0:18:55our votes for their support for the union.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57That's a fear of a move towards a united Ireland,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59and it would probably mean new checks for ships
0:18:59 > 0:19:02crossing the Irish Sea, effectively creating a border
0:19:02 > 0:19:05between two parts of the UK.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10But there could be benefits for Northern Ireland's troubled economy.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13This border business park was opened in 2013
0:19:13 > 0:19:17using £6 million of public money.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22Four years on, all 22 acres lie largely empty.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26Last month one firm did finally sign up to take a site here.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29And others might be more likely to follow after Brexit,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32if being based here means you can trade either within the EU
0:19:32 > 0:19:36or as part of the UK.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Just as we have for our people, we can choose identity,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41whether it be British or Irish, our products can be
0:19:41 > 0:19:42exactly the same.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45And if we take this opportunity, we become probably one of the most
0:19:45 > 0:19:49attractive and best locations anywhere in the world.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53No-one wants new barriers in the cities and towns that sit
0:19:53 > 0:19:55all along this border,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58and the Irish government are still prepared to stand
0:19:58 > 0:20:01in the path of trade talks to ensure that.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04This is an historic moment and we are not going to allow
0:20:04 > 0:20:08the re-emergence of a physical border on this island.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11And the European Union will support us on that,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13so there's going to be no need to use a veto.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16That does sound, though, that if you had to use a veto,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18you would be prepared to use it.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21The EU side, in my view, will not progress phase two
0:20:21 > 0:20:26unless we make sufficient progress in all three areas.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28And it's the border that's the sticking point?
0:20:29 > 0:20:33The border's the sticking point.
0:20:33 > 0:20:39Ireland's uilleann pipes were once known as the union pipes, but no one
0:20:39 > 0:20:43is sure of the consequences once this island is at the edge of two
0:20:43 > 0:20:47unions, both the EU and the UK.
0:20:47 > 0:20:55Chris Buckler, BBC News, at the Irish border.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00Our correspondent Chris Page is on the Irish border.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05Chris, there are reports in the Times newspaper today that the UK
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Government is considering devolving a package of measures to Stormont to
0:21:09 > 0:21:14enable them to converge their custom systems with the South. How would
0:21:14 > 0:21:20that help solve the problem?That report in The Times has certainly
0:21:20 > 0:21:24sparked debate once again about the future of the international frontier
0:21:24 > 0:21:27which is just behind me here. It might not look like a border but
0:21:27 > 0:21:32that is what it is. Northern Ireland is on that side of the river. Here
0:21:32 > 0:21:36we're just about inside the Irish Republic. No checkpoints, no
0:21:36 > 0:21:41barriers, no passports being shown to guards. What all sides of the
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Brexit negotiations says they all want the border to remain that way,
0:21:45 > 0:21:49without any physical checkpoints, but there is disagreement about how
0:21:49 > 0:21:53that happens. According to the story in The Times this morning, as you
0:21:53 > 0:21:57say, British negotiators are posing to allow Northern Ireland an option
0:21:57 > 0:22:02to continue to follow the rules of the European customs union, even if
0:22:02 > 0:22:06the UK doesn't. That would mean devolving more powers to the
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Northern Ireland assembly, Northern Ireland's regional governments, so
0:22:09 > 0:22:13they could continue to line themselves with Customs regulations
0:22:13 > 0:22:17in the Republic of Ireland, which would be in line with European Union
0:22:17 > 0:22:21regulations. A few problems with that. The government department in
0:22:21 > 0:22:24London which is responsible for the Brexit negotiations has not
0:22:24 > 0:22:28commented on this story. Some other sources have said they should be
0:22:28 > 0:22:32cautious about that story. But perhaps the biggest issue is the
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Democratic Unionist Party, the party which as used or an Chris Buckler's
0:22:36 > 0:22:40report, is propping up the Conservative government at
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Westminster. They hold the balance of power in the UK Parliament and
0:22:43 > 0:22:49they have said they will not tolerate anything which would create
0:22:49 > 0:22:51trade barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. If
0:22:51 > 0:23:00you did have that situation unfolding where the -- there would
0:23:00 > 0:23:05be effectively a Customs border in the Irish Sea. The DUP have said
0:23:05 > 0:23:10they might prepare to withdraw their support for the government on that
0:23:10 > 0:23:17basis.It is a tricky one, thank you.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21OK, Christian, I may not be the sharpest knife in the toolkit or as
0:23:21 > 0:23:25our Australian producer would say, the coldest beer in the fridge, but
0:23:25 > 0:23:31how does passing this problem on to Stormont Fixit? That is not fixing
0:23:31 > 0:23:36it it is saying it is too compensated for us to fix, please
0:23:36 > 0:23:41can you do it? It is not a solution to a problem?No, I then think it
0:23:41 > 0:23:47is. If the North converges with the South, used to have a problem moving
0:23:47 > 0:23:49goods from the UK mainland effectively into Northern Ireland.
0:23:49 > 0:24:00They would still have to put a border in the Irish Sea.Just
0:24:00 > 0:24:03passing the buck on the decision-making?Guess, but in some
0:24:03 > 0:24:06point in this, the Irish have a veto when it comes to the European
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Council meeting in two weeks' time and we will take the programme
0:24:08 > 0:24:10therefore that, they are in a relatively powerful position that
0:24:10 > 0:24:13the Taoiseach knows they do not want to push the UK too far them if they
0:24:13 > 0:24:18push them away from the table then the UK goes to WTO rules and we
0:24:18 > 0:24:21still have the same problem. I think when it comes down to it, at the end
0:24:21 > 0:24:24of the day, it is like the First Minister of Gibraltar said to us,
0:24:24 > 0:24:36they have a
0:24:37 > 0:24:39very difficult border between Gibraltar and Spain, that have to be
0:24:39 > 0:24:42a lot of goodwill on both sides, and it remains to be seen whether they
0:24:42 > 0:24:45can find that goodwill and, my is within the European Council and move
0:24:45 > 0:24:47onto the next stage.I think a message to people in the future if
0:24:47 > 0:24:50you hold a referendum then to think about this as they learned in
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Catalonia.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Now, December is upon us, people looking ahead to their plans
0:24:54 > 0:24:57for the Christmas break, and many around this country have
0:24:57 > 0:24:58already booked their flights home.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00But - spare a thought for those who've bought a ticket
0:25:00 > 0:25:02with American Airlines.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04A glitch in the airlines computer system has meant that too many
0:25:04 > 0:25:07pilots have been given time off between the 17th and
0:25:07 > 0:25:08the 31st of December.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10It is believed 15,000 flights don't have sufficient crew assigned.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Pilots are now being offered more money to cancel
0:25:12 > 0:25:15their holiday plans.
0:25:15 > 0:25:23The note -- do you know, that never happens at the BBC.Know, everyone
0:25:23 > 0:25:32is queueing up to cover the Christmas shifts! I would never say
0:25:32 > 0:25:38I will come back to fill the shifts. Imagine cancelling your holidays and
0:25:38 > 0:25:42imagine working on Christmas Day, Mrs Fraser! Yes, I am working on
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Christmas Day!
0:25:45 > 0:25:47This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News -
0:25:50 > 0:25:53this North Korean missile went farther than any before it -
0:25:53 > 0:25:55what Pyongyang's latest test tells us about its nuclear capacity.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57And why fewer people are moving to the UK.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00The latest figures show the biggest fall in net
0:26:00 > 0:26:02migration on record - what impact, in any,
0:26:02 > 0:26:03will have it on the economy?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05That's still to come.
0:26:13 > 0:26:20Hello once again. We are about to write another page in this Winter 's
0:26:20 > 0:26:28tale across the British Isles. Across the Highlands it could dip
0:26:28 > 0:26:31down to minus eight degrees. In one of the towns and cities you will be
0:26:31 > 0:26:36close to freezing. For some, there is a decidedly wintry look about
0:26:36 > 0:26:39proceedings. Through this evening and overnight, we will keep the
0:26:39 > 0:26:45wintry showers coming across the eastern parts of the British Isles.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Out towards the West, certainly in the countryside, it will be a really
0:26:49 > 0:26:55chilly night. A widespread frost here, but the cloud and the Brive
0:26:55 > 0:26:59will just generate those showers out towards the east, and there could be
0:26:59 > 0:27:03a bit of a nice problem. More likely here than out towards the west,
0:27:03 > 0:27:08where it will be a decidedly frosty start. Nothing too frosty across the
0:27:08 > 0:27:14northern and western Isles. Here, the first signs of something milder
0:27:14 > 0:27:21will stop away from eastern side of the British Isles, much of central
0:27:21 > 0:27:26and western England and Wales, dried, fine crisp start. A cold one
0:27:26 > 0:27:31again. Out towards the east, seeing the first signs of something that
0:27:31 > 0:27:35had milder creeping into the mix. Many of the showers on Friday, more
0:27:35 > 0:27:41likely at the lower levels, to be watery rather than wintry. All the
0:27:41 > 0:27:48while the best of the sunshine out to western areas. Anywhere near the
0:27:48 > 0:27:53Irish Sea coast, there are showers drifting down an unusable north sea
0:27:53 > 0:27:57breeze. The temperatures are a little bit higher than was the case
0:27:57 > 0:28:01through Thursday. As we get on towards the weekend, so we have cut
0:28:01 > 0:28:05off the supply of North and easterly breezes. We are beginning to see a
0:28:05 > 0:28:11waft of slightly milder air coming in from the Atlantic to submerge
0:28:11 > 0:28:14eventually the greater part of the British Isles. That will not mean we
0:28:14 > 0:28:18will see an awful lot of sunshine, it has to be said. It will break
0:28:18 > 0:28:22times to the eastern side of the Pennines, but at least underneath
0:28:22 > 0:28:26that blanket of cloud, at least by day and night, the temperatures will
0:28:26 > 0:28:31be that little bit higher, especially so as we into Sunday.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09This is Beyond 100 Days, with me Katty Kay in Washington.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Christian Fraser is in London.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Our top stories:
0:30:12 > 0:30:14The British Prime Minister says the posting of inflammatory videos
0:30:14 > 0:30:16by President Trump will not undermine the relationship
0:30:16 > 0:30:20between the two countries.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Reports in the US suggest Secretary of State Rex Tillerson could be out
0:30:23 > 0:30:25of his post within weeks.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Coming up in the next half hour:
0:30:28 > 0:30:31A breakthrough for migraine sufferers - the new drugs that
0:30:31 > 0:30:35appear to help those who get them.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37From boys to men - the British brothers reunited more
0:30:37 > 0:30:43than 20 years after they last saw each other as children.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag @beyond100days.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Now Russia has joined in the diplomatic row
0:30:57 > 0:30:59surrounding North Korea, as it blames America
0:30:59 > 0:31:02for provoking Kim Jong-un "to snap" and possibly step
0:31:02 > 0:31:05up his nuclear missile programme.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected a call
0:31:08 > 0:31:11by the American envoy to the UN Security Council to sever ties
0:31:11 > 0:31:17with the North after its latest ballistic missile test on Wednesday.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Mr Lavrov is calling for the US to attend new talks to review
0:31:20 > 0:31:22the situation as the effectiveness of the current sanctions has come
0:31:22 > 0:31:25to an end, but he says America has ignored these requests.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30Our correspondent Paul Adams reports from Seoul.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42North Korea says it is now a nuclear power.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Yesterday's launch hailed by Pyongyang is a milestone.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49But what do the pictures, released a day later, actually tell us?
0:31:49 > 0:31:54The rocket is huge.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Look at Kim Jong Un in the black coat.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58He's five seven.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00Experts say the engine technology is new,
0:32:00 > 0:32:03and the transporter, longer than ever.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06But it's what we can't see that really matters.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Was the tip heavy enough to simulate a nuclear warhead?
0:32:09 > 0:32:11North Korea says it was.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Donald Trump has made thwarting the North Korean
0:32:13 > 0:32:15leader a top priority.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18It's not going so well.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23Little rocket man...
0:32:23 > 0:32:28Is a sick puppy.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31At the UN last night, fresh condemnation and more dire warnings.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34The dictator of North Korea made a choice yesterday that brings
0:32:34 > 0:32:37the world closer to war.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40And if war comes, make no mistake, the North Korean regime
0:32:40 > 0:32:45will be utterly destroyed.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48The North Korean leader seems less than intimidated.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51His latest rocket flew longer and higher than ever,
0:32:51 > 0:32:56with a range thought to be in excess of 8000 miles.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Kim Jong Un says he's achieved his nuclear ambitions.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Most experts believe there is lots of difficult
0:33:01 > 0:33:05testing still to be done.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08But it's just possible that in the next 12 months or so,
0:33:08 > 0:33:10everybody, including Donald Trump, is going to have to get used
0:33:10 > 0:33:13to the fact that North Korea does indeed have usable nuclear weapons.
0:33:13 > 0:33:20Paul Adams, BBC News, Seoul.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Let's get the thoughts of Bill Richardson.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24He's the former Governor of New Mexico and a former
0:33:24 > 0:33:32ambassador to the United Nations.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37You have dealt with North Korea on several occasions. Why do you think
0:33:37 > 0:33:42that Kim Jong-un suddenly decided to launch another missile?I think he
0:33:42 > 0:33:47was upset. A little diplomacy was going on. Don't should miss out for
0:33:47 > 0:33:52a 60 days and we will talk, then instead the US administration puts
0:33:52 > 0:33:57him on the terrorism list, which I don't think was a smart move. They
0:33:57 > 0:34:04could do that later. Throw him a fig leaf, a little diplomacy. I'm not
0:34:04 > 0:34:07condoning his behaviour, but I think the president and the administration
0:34:07 > 0:34:13gets there are mixed messages. Pre-emptive military strike, utter
0:34:13 > 0:34:20destruction, sick little puppy. Then secretary Rex Tillerson, the State
0:34:20 > 0:34:24secretary and the Defence Secretary are moderate, they are restrained,
0:34:24 > 0:34:31saying that have diplomacy. Mixed messages. We are escalating again I
0:34:31 > 0:34:35think unnecessarily.Are we escalating at a time when North
0:34:35 > 0:34:39Korea say, look, we have done our testing, we know we are a nuclear
0:34:39 > 0:34:44power, some people would suggest that they would be ready to
0:34:44 > 0:34:51negotiate now. Is there a risk we miss this signals, missed the
0:34:51 > 0:34:56moment?I'm not condemning their activity but North Korea has always
0:34:56 > 0:35:00said that once we achieve a level of being able to head the United
0:35:00 > 0:35:06States, then we are ready to talk. We have reached the point where Kim
0:35:06 > 0:35:11Jong-un has announced that. I have always said that Kim Jong-un has an
0:35:11 > 0:35:15endgame, and his endgame is when he will be ready to negotiate. We
0:35:15 > 0:35:19should have taken advantage of that. The fact that 474 days he didn't
0:35:19 > 0:35:24shoot a new killer missile at all or an intercontinental ballistic
0:35:24 > 0:35:27missile, then we put on the terrorism list and the president
0:35:27 > 0:35:36goes to Asia and calls him fat and small. Name-calling doesn't work in
0:35:36 > 0:35:41diplomacy. It might work in real estate deals and in reality TV, but
0:35:41 > 0:35:48here we are escalating again. Diplomacy has not worked and the
0:35:48 > 0:35:54very reason they have proceeded with this programme, despite all the
0:35:54 > 0:36:00pressure he has been under, is because they see the missiles as an
0:36:00 > 0:36:03assurance from the existential threat that they face. To give them
0:36:03 > 0:36:09up, why go all through the pain they have been to?You need to make an
0:36:09 > 0:36:14extra effort at diplomacy. But maybe we'll work his you say that the
0:36:14 > 0:36:18North Koreans, all right, don't should miss out for a certain period
0:36:18 > 0:36:24of time, 30 days, and we talk and maybe reduce our military activity
0:36:24 > 0:36:29with South Korea. Some variation of that, but when the Secretary of
0:36:29 > 0:36:32State is not allowed to negotiate and he is diminished by the
0:36:32 > 0:36:37president who says you are wasting your time negotiating, if you are a
0:36:37 > 0:36:42North Korean families you say, they don't want to negotiate so we will
0:36:42 > 0:36:47continue our efforts to restore nuclear capability.The one thing
0:36:47 > 0:36:50you do notice about the large side of this missile is that it is closer
0:36:50 > 0:37:01to pay on your -- a lot closer to the North Korean capital.There are
0:37:01 > 0:37:0525 million South Koreans that are vulnerable to artillery and other
0:37:05 > 0:37:14operations. There are a Americans in South Korea. 50,000 in Japan. Yes,
0:37:14 > 0:37:18we would win a fight with North Korea, but at what cost? The
0:37:18 > 0:37:23collateral damage would be huge. What are the options? Sanctions
0:37:23 > 0:37:28aren't working too well, so move to another option, it is called
0:37:28 > 0:37:32diplomacy. Explore every possible avenue to cool things down and start
0:37:32 > 0:37:42talking.Ambassador Bill Richardson, I'm sorry for you that we had to
0:37:42 > 0:37:46graduate of New Mexico, sorry for you but happy for us.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Net migration in the UK, the difference between the numbers
0:37:48 > 0:37:51of people arriving and leaving, has fallen sharply in the year
0:37:51 > 0:37:52after the Brexit referendum.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54The figures have fallen by around a third compared
0:37:54 > 0:37:55to the previous year.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57That's because there are fewer people coming from Europe.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Our correspondent Tom Symonds looks at why the numbers are going down
0:38:00 > 0:38:02and what it could mean for the UK economy.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Is this the start not of an exodus but of a Brexodus?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07We are now getting some numbers.
0:38:07 > 0:38:12French business consultant Cyril is planning to go,
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Polish mathematician Dominika Czerniawska had already
0:38:14 > 0:38:19gone back to Warsaw.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21London still is the best city of the European Union
0:38:21 > 0:38:31but when it is not in the European Union it loses so much
0:38:34 > 0:38:36appeal Berlin, Amsterdam, and for some people Warsaw
0:38:36 > 0:38:37are far more attractive.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Investment has dried up and I work in financial services and my clients
0:38:40 > 0:38:43have started to move jobs and because I am their consultant,
0:38:43 > 0:38:46the jobs will be elsewhere.
0:38:46 > 0:38:53They are among thousands who have spent the months since that night
0:38:53 > 0:39:00calculating their future is in a post-Brexit Europe.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Descisions which are reflected in the biggest to date.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Since the vote, 572,000 people have arrived to live in the UK
0:39:05 > 0:39:07but 342,000 have left.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09The difference is that crucial net migration figure,
0:39:09 > 0:39:14230,000 more people living in the UK than a year ago.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16But following the Brexit vote, that figure has fallen sharply
0:39:16 > 0:39:23by 106,000, the biggest fall since records began.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Many employers are deeply worried about the loss of potential workers
0:39:27 > 0:39:32but not Ken Beswick who runs a stationery firm in South Wales.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34This has been a land of milk and honey.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38The people of Great Britain have suffered because of it for far too
0:39:38 > 0:39:41long and so the drop to a quarter of a million we welcome
0:39:41 > 0:39:44but after having said that, a quarter of a million extra people
0:39:44 > 0:39:46is like another city of people being added to the country
0:39:46 > 0:39:51and straining resources.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54So some professional Europeans in office jobs are leaving
0:39:54 > 0:40:01and there has also been a fall in the number of people coming
0:40:01 > 0:40:04here looking for work, but a Brexodus, it is still the case
0:40:04 > 0:40:09that 107,000 more Europeans came to Britain in the last year than left.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11The numbers today are quite dramatic but you have to put
0:40:11 > 0:40:12them in perspective.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16We are only back to levels of net migration we saw in 2014
0:40:16 > 0:40:19so it is not a historical anomaly and the vast majority of EU citizens
0:40:19 > 0:40:23in the UK are not going anywhere, they have been here for a long time
0:40:23 > 0:40:28and emigration does not qualify as a Brexodus at this point.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Some businesses like hotels depend on foreign workers.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37Francesca came from Italy after the Brexit vote.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41I can see that as soon as I came here in London I applied for a job
0:40:41 > 0:40:44and had the chance to start work here and I think it is amazing
0:40:44 > 0:40:51and not all the cities can give you this opportunity.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54As for the government, it wants to cut net migration
0:40:54 > 0:40:55by more than half again.
0:40:55 > 0:41:04Tom Symons, BBC News.
0:41:04 > 0:41:10I guess that is the issue about your response to that headline figure.
0:41:10 > 0:41:15That is exactly why people who voted to leave the European Union voted to
0:41:15 > 0:41:23leave the European Union. One of the big reasons is that they didn't want
0:41:23 > 0:41:29that figure to be as high.There are lots of reasons where people voted
0:41:29 > 0:41:32for Brexit under immigration is one of them. It is the reason why Labour
0:41:32 > 0:41:35have had such an issue with that over the years. People did want to
0:41:35 > 0:41:40see that figure coming down. Grace is a concern for the government and
0:41:40 > 0:41:45has expressed a lot by people on both sides, if you reduce the
0:41:45 > 0:41:49numbers do you reduce the skills coming into the country? Justine
0:41:49 > 0:41:53Greening today was at the school summer that the Department for
0:41:53 > 0:42:01Education and she was talking about new kind of apprenticeships. People
0:42:01 > 0:42:05used to be able to get a really good apprenticeship places like
0:42:05 > 0:42:09Rolls-Royce, near where I lived. These days the edges between 16 and
0:42:09 > 0:42:1318 the skills are just not there, and that is the reason why
0:42:13 > 0:42:18businesses have been keen to employ from overseas.It makes me think of
0:42:18 > 0:42:24our conversation yesterday about robots taking jobs anyway. Better
0:42:24 > 0:42:32make sure we are teaching people the right skills, right?
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Migraines affect one in seven people across the world
0:42:34 > 0:42:37and they are crippling.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Sometimes the symptoms will last several days.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44But now, a new approach in treatment, discovered
0:42:44 > 0:42:47in two clinical trials, has shown the number and severity
0:42:47 > 0:42:49of attacks can be cut significantly.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51In recent trials, two new antibodies have been used to neutralise
0:42:51 > 0:42:53the chemical in the brain which causes the pain
0:42:54 > 0:42:55associated with a migraine.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59Our health correspondent James Gallagher has the story.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Tania Dutton was just 11 when she started having
0:43:01 > 0:43:05devastating migraines.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07They interfere with her passion for music, causing immense
0:43:07 > 0:43:11pain for days, speech problems and blackouts.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Tania has to wear special glasses even indoors, as bright light
0:43:13 > 0:43:14can trigger an attack.
0:43:14 > 0:43:19They can be debilitating.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22For me, it feels like someone is taking a knife
0:43:22 > 0:43:26and stabbing my head repeatedly.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29The pain is so bad that you can't open your eyes,
0:43:29 > 0:43:31you can't move, you can't speak.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35Migraines are complex and poorly understood.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37But discovering what is changing in the brain
0:43:37 > 0:43:40is leading to new treatments.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42Scientists at Kings College London have been investigating one
0:43:42 > 0:43:45chemical in the brain.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47It's been implicated in both the pain and sensitivity
0:43:47 > 0:43:50to light in migraine.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53Now antibodies have been developed that neutralises that chemical
0:43:54 > 0:43:56to prevent an attack.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58Trials on two new antibodies have been published.
0:43:58 > 0:44:04The first was on nearly 1,000 people.
0:44:04 > 0:44:0750% of patients given the therapy had their migraines cut in half.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10A second antibody was tested on more than 1100 people.
0:44:10 > 0:44:16It helped 41% of people halve their migraines.
0:44:16 > 0:44:20It is hoped the drugs could give some patients their lives back.
0:44:20 > 0:44:25These treatments are the first migraine specific preventive ever.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27For the most substantial neurological cause of disability
0:44:27 > 0:44:35on the planet, that is a huge advance for all of us.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37For Tania, that could mean freedom from the constant worry
0:44:37 > 0:44:42of a migraine attack.
0:44:42 > 0:44:46To have a medication or a treatment that is specifically designed
0:44:46 > 0:44:50to help migraine is going to help a lot of people.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53The drugs could be available next year if they are approved.
0:44:53 > 0:45:02James Gallagher, BBC News.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04Those medicines that cannot come soon enough.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Those medicines that cannot come soon enough.
0:45:06 > 0:45:07This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09Still to come: The investigation into alleged Russian meddling
0:45:09 > 0:45:12in the US election just got a little more personal for the president as
0:45:12 > 0:45:15his son-in-law faces more questions.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22One of the so-called Chennai Six who was released from an Indian
0:45:22 > 0:45:25prison on Monday has spoken of his relief and delight
0:45:25 > 0:45:26at regaining his freedom after four years.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29Nick Dunn, a former soldier, was among six Britons
0:45:29 > 0:45:31acquitted of weapons charges by an Indian court.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34He's been speaking to our India correspondent Sanjoy Majumder.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36Former paratrooper Nick Dunn has just been released
0:45:36 > 0:45:39from an Indian prison, one of six Britons arrested four
0:45:39 > 0:45:42years ago and charged with smuggling weapons.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45You have got to do a proper investigation.
0:45:45 > 0:45:50You have got to know that person is guilty.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52This wasn't like that.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55It was, "we don't care, you're guilty."
0:45:55 > 0:46:00He's now traded his cramped, squalid prison cell for a plush hotel room.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03His sister, Lisa, has come out to India to take him back home.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07And he just can't wait.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09It's going to be like four Christmases that I've
0:46:09 > 0:46:13missed rolled into one.
0:46:13 > 0:46:17It's going to be the best Christmas my family could ever wish for.
0:46:19 > 0:46:25It's been a long, desperate wait for justice inside this Chennai prison.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28Nick and his mates were part of a crew of 35 on board an American
0:46:28 > 0:46:31ship seized off the Indian coast.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35On Monday, an Indian court threw out all the charges.
0:46:35 > 0:46:39The men were finally free.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41I was out training, one of the guys shouted us over.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45I could hear it in his voice, it was excitement.
0:46:45 > 0:46:46And he went, "full acquittal."
0:46:46 > 0:46:48And I...
0:46:48 > 0:46:51Stopped in my tracks and it was like someone just slapped
0:46:51 > 0:46:54us, because it was like a shock, you know, and it was
0:46:54 > 0:47:00an amazing feeling.
0:47:00 > 0:47:04While they were in prison waiting to learn their fate,
0:47:04 > 0:47:06the men's families led a massive campaign back home to
0:47:06 > 0:47:16press for their release.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28You are watching Beyond 100 Days.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31Donald Trump is never happier than when he is in a fight,
0:47:31 > 0:47:33but even by his standards this has been a particularly
0:47:33 > 0:47:36volatile few weeks.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38He has picked a long running fight with Levar Ball,
0:47:38 > 0:47:41father of a basketball player, he has defended the Alabama
0:47:41 > 0:47:46candidate Roy Moore against allegations of sexual abuse.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48There was the tweet that Time magazine was planning
0:47:48 > 0:47:51to award him Person of the Year - they weren't.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53The throw-away remark about Pocohontas at a ceremony
0:47:53 > 0:47:55for Navaho veterans.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58The spat with the minority leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi,
0:47:58 > 0:47:59and now the re-tweeted videos.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01Media commentators here detect an acceleration.
0:48:01 > 0:48:07But why?
0:48:07 > 0:48:09Is the President reacting to the pressure he is under?
0:48:09 > 0:48:11There's North Korea, there's tax reform and,
0:48:11 > 0:48:15of course, there is always the Russia investigation.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17Katie Bo Williams is the national security reporter for the Hill
0:48:17 > 0:48:26and joins me here in the studio.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29Katie, we haven't talked about the Russian investigation a lot recently
0:48:29 > 0:48:33because there has been so much other news, but it does seem to be getting
0:48:33 > 0:48:38closer to the White House in the last day or two.The house
0:48:38 > 0:48:41intelligence committee is interviewing a number of central
0:48:41 > 0:48:45figures that are very close to the president, either within his
0:48:45 > 0:48:53administration or his family. The committee just interviewed Attorney
0:48:53 > 0:48:56General Jeff Sessions in a closed-door setting. Next week they
0:48:56 > 0:49:03are going to Doctor Donald Trump Jr, the President's eldest son. He
0:49:03 > 0:49:06doesn't have a position in the administration, obviously, but he
0:49:06 > 0:49:10has been a keen interest investigators for a long time
0:49:10 > 0:49:14because of this 26th of June meeting that he took with the woman who
0:49:14 > 0:49:17purported to be a Russian government lawyer offering dirt on Hillary
0:49:17 > 0:49:23Clinton.Meanwhile, temp three has been speaking to Bob Miller's team.
0:49:23 > 0:49:31We are seeing reports that that communication is ongoing. It is not
0:49:31 > 0:49:34unusual for prosecutors to be in communication with defence attorneys
0:49:34 > 0:49:39when there is an active investigation.How close is this
0:49:39 > 0:49:44getting to the President?That is the million dollar question. If
0:49:44 > 0:49:48Robert Muller's team is able to uncover some evidence of
0:49:48 > 0:49:54coordination or collusion between the President's campaign and Moscow,
0:49:54 > 0:50:00the question is what the president and when did he know what? Was their
0:50:00 > 0:50:03direction from the principal? Was this something that these peripheral
0:50:03 > 0:50:08characters that we have seemed like Manna fought potentially
0:50:08 > 0:50:15orchestrated?We are just looking at pictures of Jared Kushner. He has
0:50:15 > 0:50:20changed his personal statement two or three times under pressure. The
0:50:20 > 0:50:25Fed is that he know a lot. When they are talking to him about his
0:50:25 > 0:50:28relationship with Michael Flynn in particular, he will have to be
0:50:28 > 0:50:31really careful what he says this time because they probably no more
0:50:31 > 0:50:37than him.Well, certainly whenever you have an individual who is
0:50:37 > 0:50:42talking to federal investigators, you want to be very cautious to make
0:50:42 > 0:50:46sure that your story is consistent because we have already seen an
0:50:46 > 0:50:54indictment... Sorry, I guilty plea out of this investigation, George P.
0:50:54 > 0:51:01Plus, I young campaign aide reached a guilty plea with the Robert
0:51:01 > 0:51:04Muller's team, saying he liked to federal investigators about his
0:51:04 > 0:51:11nature of contacts with Russia. That is something Jared Kushner's defence
0:51:11 > 0:51:17attorneys will be counselling him very carefully on.This may be one
0:51:17 > 0:51:21thing that is causing a certain amount of stress in the White House,
0:51:21 > 0:51:25and North Korea. There is a lot going on for this president and it
0:51:25 > 0:51:29seems that there has been a flurry of tweets that can only fairly be
0:51:29 > 0:51:33described as in century.We keep asking when it is all going to end
0:51:33 > 0:51:38but it is starting to fit together, or maybe it's not. We will see.
0:51:38 > 0:51:39We will see.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42When Roy Aspinall spotted a man who looked down on his luck
0:51:42 > 0:51:45as he walked through a churchyard in Wigan, here in England,
0:51:45 > 0:51:47he decided to stop and chat to him.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49After a few minutes, he realised, to his astonishment,
0:51:49 > 0:51:52that the stranger was in fact his brother, who he had last seen
0:51:52 > 0:51:54as a child over 20 years ago.
0:51:54 > 0:51:55Judith Moritz has the story.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57This is Roy Aspinall, former infantryman with
0:51:57 > 0:51:59the Queen's Regiment and this is Billy White, until
0:51:59 > 0:52:03recently sleeping rough on the streets of Wigan.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05They were strangers until on Remembrance Day they found
0:52:05 > 0:52:09themselves in the same churchyard.
0:52:09 > 0:52:13Billy was sitting outside on the wall when Roy approached him.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15I saw a gentleman over there in the corner.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18He seemed like he was on the streets.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21I was hanging about here in the churchyard because this
0:52:21 > 0:52:22is where I slept sometimes.
0:52:22 > 0:52:28He looked very familiar, the facial features were similar to mine.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30When he got over to me, he started asking loads
0:52:30 > 0:52:33of questions, what's my name, who is my sister.
0:52:33 > 0:52:35He turned round and said, "I am Roy Aspinall,
0:52:35 > 0:52:40and I'm your brother."
0:52:40 > 0:52:42Roy grew up without knowing his siblings.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46Billy knew he had a brother but didn't know where to find him.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48After they met, they compared birth certificates.
0:52:48 > 0:52:58Roy says knowing his brother has made him feel complete.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01Like a massive jigsaw, best to put it, but I couldn't find
0:53:01 > 0:53:06that one piece to make a pretty picture.
0:53:06 > 0:53:10And it feels like I have found that piece again.
0:53:10 > 0:53:12Life-changing?
0:53:12 > 0:53:14Life-changing completely, yes.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17Billy is no longer homeless, just in time for Christmas he's
0:53:17 > 0:53:27moved in with his big brother.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31I hear, Christian, you've had some snowflakes in London today.
0:53:31 > 0:53:36How many?
0:53:36 > 0:53:43Five or six! And the trends are still running! -- trains.
0:53:43 > 0:53:44-- trains.
0:53:44 > 0:53:51Well, we are also gearing up for the festive season.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54They have been turning on the lights at the Rockefeller
0:53:54 > 0:53:58Center in New York.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00All very Christmassy.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03This is also the time of year when the diary fills up
0:54:03 > 0:54:06with Christmas parties and usually I go to the one the White House
0:54:06 > 0:54:11throws for the press pool.
0:54:11 > 0:54:14It's a pretty low key affair, but it's a good chance to meet up
0:54:14 > 0:54:16with the politicians and fellow journalists.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18At least it has been.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20This year, there are some organisations choosing not to go,
0:54:20 > 0:54:22there are others who simply haven't been invited.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24And I am one of them.
0:54:24 > 0:54:26No invite this year.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30And I have been to quite a few.
0:54:30 > 0:54:36Here's a picture of me and dad with President Obama.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39I have been with other family members in the past we did
0:54:39 > 0:54:41one with George W Bush.
0:54:41 > 0:54:44I should say I am not the only one not invited.
0:54:44 > 0:54:45No quite.
0:54:45 > 0:54:49In fact, one of the more surprising ones not on the list is the veteran
0:54:49 > 0:54:52White House correspondent April Ryan who has been to this event
0:54:52 > 0:54:54for the last 20 years.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57She is the correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00She is also a CNN contributor.
0:55:00 > 0:55:04As for CNN themselves, they have said no to the invite
0:55:04 > 0:55:05"in light", they said, "of the President's
0:55:05 > 0:55:15continued attacks on them and freedom of the press".
0:55:21 > 0:55:27No, I'm not going to the White House. Either is Jon Sopel. You
0:55:27 > 0:55:33normally go in there are tonnes of people, lots of nice food. Lovely
0:55:33 > 0:55:38decorations. Then you get given a little number and to go downstairs
0:55:38 > 0:55:41and you get 20 seconds with the president and somebody takes of
0:55:41 > 0:55:44Rhoda Grant. From my understanding it is not clear that Donald Trump
0:55:44 > 0:55:51will do the photo light.He might not even be there. It would be
0:55:51 > 0:55:54strange, these people who are criticising him all year for stuff
0:55:54 > 0:55:59just looking at my invites this year. Their Sandringham, Jools
0:55:59 > 0:56:03Holland, yes, filling up!Show us the