0:00:07 > 0:00:13This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15The Palestinian group Hamas has called for a third "intifada" -
0:00:15 > 0:00:17following President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem
0:00:17 > 0:00:18as the capital of Israel.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21The UN Security Council is expected to meet on Friday for talks demanded
0:00:21 > 0:00:29by the Western powers.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31GUNFIRE
0:00:31 > 0:00:32There have been violent protests in Ramallah,
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37The leader of Hamas says the peace process has been "buried forever."
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Al Franken bows to the pressure of his Senate colleagues and says
0:00:40 > 0:00:43he's stepping down following a raft of allegations he touched
0:00:43 > 0:00:44women inappropriately.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Today, I am announcing that in the coming weeks I will be
0:00:47 > 0:00:51resigning as a member of the United States Senate.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53In California, dry weather and gusting winds are
0:00:53 > 0:00:54spreading wildfires further.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59Already 100,000 people have been driven from their homes.
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0:01:32 > 0:01:33Hello and welcome.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34I'm Christian Fraser in London.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Jane O' Brien is in Washington.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39The US State Department had warned its diplomats of the likely
0:01:39 > 0:01:41repercussions in the Middle East, if Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem
0:01:41 > 0:01:49as Israel's capital.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51And sure enough there were clashes today in Ramallah, Bethlehem
0:01:51 > 0:01:53and East Jerusalem, between Palestinians
0:01:53 > 0:01:54and the Israeli security forces.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Dozens of people have been injured.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58In Gaza the leader of Hamas called for a third intifada.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01The UN Security Council will meet on Friday.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Britain, France China and Russia have all expressed concern over
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Donald Trump's announcement.
0:02:05 > 0:02:11Our Middle East Correspondent Yolande Knell reports.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Palestinians today preparing their own message
0:02:12 > 0:02:16for President Trump, venting their anger over his
0:02:16 > 0:02:22recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
0:02:22 > 0:02:28Clashing with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Meanwhile in Gaza, the Islamist Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh,
0:02:32 > 0:02:39upped the ante - demanding a new uprising, or intifada.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44So far, fiery rhetoric hasn't ignited protests on a grand scale,
0:02:44 > 0:02:46but these Palestinians in Ramallah really fear their chances
0:02:46 > 0:02:49of having an independent state, with East Jerusalem as its capital,
0:02:49 > 0:02:56could now be stamped out.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58He's making it only one side, and they're taking
0:02:58 > 0:03:03the opinion of the Israelis.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06This has ended the two-state solution, you know, the dream
0:03:06 > 0:03:10for us as Palestinians.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Palestinians see the changes in US policy on Jerusalem
0:03:12 > 0:03:14as a huge setback.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Donald Trump may say he is still committed to helping
0:03:16 > 0:03:19them end their conflict with Israel, but here they say he is
0:03:19 > 0:03:22no broker for peace.
0:03:22 > 0:03:30Meanwhile in Jerusalem the Israeli prime minister was jubilant.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32TRANSLATION:President Trump on himself forever with the history of
0:03:32 > 0:03:36our capital.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38His name will now be proudly displayed among other names
0:03:38 > 0:03:43in this city's glorious history.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Many Israelis share his gratitude that the president has delivered on
0:03:46 > 0:03:48a long-time promise, recognising, he said,
0:03:48 > 0:03:53the reality on the ground.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56TRANSLATION:Trump is a man who was sent from heaven to say the right
0:03:56 > 0:04:05things at the right time.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06But there are also concerns about violence.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09On one hand I think he needed to do that.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13On the other, I am a realist.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16This contested city is at the heart of divisions between
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Israel and the Palestinians which President Trump
0:04:19 > 0:04:23insists he wants to mend.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26With more demonstrations planned, hopes of that seem remote.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Yolande Knell, BBC News, Jerusalem.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33For the latest we can speak to our correspondent Tom Bateman,
0:04:33 > 0:04:38who is in Jerusalem.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41TOM, THE SITUATION THAT MEN ARE PALESTINIANS FACE TODAY IN GAZA AND
0:04:41 > 0:04:47THE WEST BANK IS BAD, perhaps even worse than it was in the 1980s, but
0:04:47 > 0:04:50how likely is that they could or would even want to mount another
0:04:50 > 0:04:59intifada.Making predictions in what is such a volatile region is
0:04:59 > 0:05:03incredibly difficult, but I think the evidence we have to go on so far
0:05:03 > 0:05:06is after President Trump's declaration yesterday, what has
0:05:06 > 0:05:12happened the day have been serious clashes. However, at this stage, we
0:05:12 > 0:05:17are not at the scale of clashes that we saw, for example, over the
0:05:17 > 0:05:22summer, when there was a serious crisis over access to one of the
0:05:22 > 0:05:26very sensitive holy sites in the city of Jerusalem. That had been
0:05:26 > 0:05:30triggered after the killing of two Israeli policeman very close to that
0:05:30 > 0:05:37place. We will have to wait particularly until tomorrow, because
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Fridays are always big days when it comes to protest here, so that will
0:05:41 > 0:05:49be a key moment to watch and get a sense of how much this is inflaming
0:05:49 > 0:05:53ordinary people and see how prepared they are to go out and protest. All
0:05:53 > 0:05:57of the noise around this, particularly from Arab and Muslim
0:05:57 > 0:06:02countries in the region, has been that this is an unacceptable
0:06:02 > 0:06:06violation of international law, something of course that the
0:06:06 > 0:06:12Americans, the Israelis refute. But of course, because it focuses on
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Jerusalem, because there is that whole issue of the key holy places
0:06:16 > 0:06:21within that, we know that small changes on the ground in those
0:06:21 > 0:06:26places can lead to further violence. Tom, how are people preparing for
0:06:26 > 0:06:32tomorrow? Is never a lot of extra security evident yet?The Israeli
0:06:32 > 0:06:38military sent extra battalions into the West Bank today, so it looks as
0:06:38 > 0:06:43though that will continue. I think there is a sense that the warning
0:06:43 > 0:06:46from how mass is being taken seriously in terms of the
0:06:46 > 0:06:52preparations that are being made, but I think there is something, if
0:06:52 > 0:06:56you like, of a ritual to the way that these protests tend to work,
0:06:56 > 0:07:02and where they tend to be focused. So, I'm sure the Israeli security
0:07:02 > 0:07:06forces will be focusing on the usual areas. Today was interesting. I
0:07:06 > 0:07:11mean, you know, across towns and cities in the West Bank and on the
0:07:11 > 0:07:17Gaza border, there were clashes in the odd city. I was there around
0:07:17 > 0:07:21lunchtime, and there were protests, the armed border police dispersing
0:07:21 > 0:07:25people. Again, nothing like the scale that we saw, for example,
0:07:25 > 0:07:31during the summer. If the old city becomes more of a focus again, it
0:07:31 > 0:07:36has the potential to raise tensions and add to the sense of volatility.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Tom Bateman, in Jerusalem, thank you for joining us.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Let's get the thoughts of William Cohen, who served
0:07:40 > 0:07:42as the US Secretary of Defense during Bill Clinton's
0:07:42 > 0:07:44administration.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Thank you for joining me. How do you think that this decision will affect
0:07:49 > 0:07:55the peace process?Well, I'm not sure there is a process any longer.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59I had been in favour for years of having a two state solution,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02believing that the Palestinians were entitled to have their own state
0:08:02 > 0:08:06with their own form of Government and live side by side in peace with
0:08:06 > 0:08:12the Israelis. That may have been a mirage. Whatever it is, it is gone,
0:08:12 > 0:08:17in my judgment, because central to a final solution for the status of
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Jerusalem was whether or not the Palestinians would have east
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Jerusalem as their capital. That has been taken off the table now. At
0:08:24 > 0:08:31least, it appears to be, unless President Trump has something in
0:08:31 > 0:08:35mind for Jerusalem, and maybe he was only referring to West Jerusalem. I
0:08:35 > 0:08:45think it will be difficult to walk back. I think we had put our hand on
0:08:45 > 0:08:50the scale for the Israelis and not the Palestinians, so I am not sure
0:08:50 > 0:08:53they can sustain a third intifada. You have a difference of opinion in
0:08:53 > 0:08:55the Middle East in terms of the countries who are more concerned
0:08:55 > 0:09:00about Iran than they are about the plight of the Palestinians, so for
0:09:00 > 0:09:07me, it looks like a blues- lose proposition for the Palestinians and
0:09:07 > 0:09:11win- win for the Israelis, because the more they demonstrate in a
0:09:11 > 0:09:17violent way, the more the Israelis will say, that is the reason we need
0:09:17 > 0:09:20more settlements and push the Palestinians away so they don't
0:09:20 > 0:09:24threaten us. I think it is problematic for the Palestinians,
0:09:24 > 0:09:29and I think it will be troublesome going forward with a process. I
0:09:29 > 0:09:34think the recent one now.Work about the reaction from other countries in
0:09:34 > 0:09:39the reason? Is Palestine still a unifying force?Less so. The
0:09:39 > 0:09:43prospect of a round being a revolutionary country spreading its
0:09:43 > 0:09:49ideology and trying to destabilise other parts of the Middle East, that
0:09:49 > 0:09:52is a primary concern on the part of many Arab countries that I travel
0:09:52 > 0:09:57to. So I'm not sure that the Palestinian cause will be for most
0:09:57 > 0:10:04in their mind. I think they are working very closely with the
0:10:04 > 0:10:09Israelis against Iran.Secretary Cohen, we were just talking before
0:10:09 > 0:10:13the programme, Jane and I come about the last time the Western powers at
0:10:13 > 0:10:17effectively called an emergency meeting at the UN security council
0:10:17 > 0:10:21to scold the Americans, probably just before the Iraq war, right?
0:10:21 > 0:10:26Does it matter and will it make any difference, whatever they discuss on
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Friday?I don't think so. I think the United States has made its own
0:10:30 > 0:10:34policy decision. It was a political decision, obviously, not a
0:10:34 > 0:10:38diplomatic one. The president made a promise to the Christian
0:10:38 > 0:10:41evangelicals and to many of the Jewish population in the United
0:10:41 > 0:10:48States. Israel has a voice in our political process. The American
0:10:48 > 0:10:53people don't have a voice in Israeli politics. It is clear that President
0:10:53 > 0:10:58Trump is not going to be dissuaded at this point. He said, I am in
0:10:58 > 0:11:03favour of declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel. I don't think
0:11:03 > 0:11:06there is anything that can be done to make changes mind or to mitigate
0:11:06 > 0:11:10it.We talked yesterday about the role that Saudi Arabia would have
0:11:10 > 0:11:18played in this. Do you buy into this theory is that is doing the rounds
0:11:18 > 0:11:22that the Palestinian issue is an inconvenient issue for the Crown
0:11:22 > 0:11:27prince, and his issue is really the proxy war with Iran?At least
0:11:27 > 0:11:30verbally, the leaders of the Arab countries will be very much against
0:11:30 > 0:11:37this decision. On a practical level, again, the fear of a run and of the
0:11:37 > 0:11:40need to modernise Saudi Arabia and other countries is going to be the
0:11:40 > 0:11:44dominant thing. The thing to be concerned about going forward is,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48what kind of state will Israel become? Will it continue to be a
0:11:48 > 0:11:53democracy? If you have one state solution, do you have one man, one
0:11:53 > 0:11:57vote? If you don't have that, does that make you a democracy or
0:11:57 > 0:12:05something to a theocracy? That is something that will have to unfold
0:12:05 > 0:12:09to see whether United States stands in relation to Israel under those
0:12:09 > 0:12:14circumstances. We have had a former prime minister warning about having
0:12:14 > 0:12:19an apartheid country. It is pretty strong language. But you have a
0:12:19 > 0:12:22division of opinion inside Israel about what complications could be
0:12:22 > 0:12:27and where the conflict could be in future.Thank you very much for
0:12:27 > 0:12:32joining us, William Cumming. It is interesting, as he says, this is
0:12:32 > 0:12:36clearly a domestic decision. This is the president saying, I stick to my
0:12:36 > 0:12:41promises, don't follow convention. It is red meat to his base.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45It certainly is, and it begs the question of whether or not
0:12:45 > 0:12:49fulfilling a campaign promise is what the consequences. Also, how did
0:12:49 > 0:12:58the president come to this position? Who is influencing him? We have
0:12:58 > 0:13:02heard talk of a casino magnate who is campaigning very much on this
0:13:02 > 0:13:07issue, whispering in the era Donald Trump, and he has had dinners in the
0:13:07 > 0:13:11White House with him. We know he has been very much in favour of this
0:13:11 > 0:13:17decision. It raises the question. Then he spent $35 million on the
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Trump campaign, bought himself a seat on the stage at the
0:13:19 > 0:13:25inauguration?That's right, he did. And again, it raises the question of
0:13:25 > 0:13:30who the president is listening to. We know that he likes to surround
0:13:30 > 0:13:34himself with informal advisers, friends, family. Is this something
0:13:34 > 0:13:46that again he has decidedd -- he has decided to listen to?It comes down
0:13:46 > 0:13:50to the role of the State Department, doesn't it.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Hundreds of houses have been destroyed and 200,000 people have
0:13:52 > 0:13:55been forced to flee after fast moving wildfires continue to spread
0:13:55 > 0:13:56in southern California.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58The blazes have reached the Pacific Ocean and impacted
0:13:58 > 0:13:59the state's main coastal highway.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Firefighters have been working around the clock but with winds
0:14:02 > 0:14:04reaching 75 miles per hour the flames are spreading fast.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06The BBC's James Cook is in the communities impacted
0:14:06 > 0:14:14outside of Los Angeles and filed this report.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17The American west was never really tamed.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19The weather here was always wild and dangerous, and after years
0:14:19 > 0:14:21of drought it now seems worse than ever.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24This is the largest and most destructive of the blazes, in
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Ventura County north of Los Angeles.
0:14:28 > 0:14:38Last night it looked as if a volcano was erupting,
0:14:39 > 0:14:40the hillside glowing like lava.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42And with daylight the damage became clear.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43The tinder dry ground turned to ash.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Swathes of Southern California now look like
0:14:45 > 0:14:47this, the fire swept through here rapidly, charring
0:14:47 > 0:14:50everything in its path and turning this area into a wasteland.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51It only consumed vegetation here, down in
0:14:51 > 0:14:54the valley below now they are worried about homes.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55In the exclusive Los Angeles suburb of
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Bel-Air yesterday they attacked the fires
0:14:57 > 0:14:59aggressively, working hard to
0:14:59 > 0:15:03save scores of homes.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07The house will be on fire soon, unlike what are you
0:15:07 > 0:15:11talking about?
0:15:11 > 0:15:14You said it was far away last night.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16He was like, don't look outside, a whole mountain was
0:15:16 > 0:15:18on fire.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Celebrities such as the musician Lionel Richie and the
0:15:22 > 0:15:25socialite Paris Hilton were among those forced to flee.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Every firefighting aircraft in the United
0:15:28 > 0:15:32States has been summoned to California and they are making a big
0:15:32 > 0:15:35difference.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39We are not quite out of the woods yet but here in daylight
0:15:39 > 0:15:42we will do everything we can to hit it hard, fast and safely,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45and then we will look to see by the end of
0:15:45 > 0:15:48the day what we can do in terms of providing information.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52In times of crisis, extraordinary moments of
0:15:52 > 0:15:57compassion.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Here, a man runs to rescue a rabbit.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02He seems in distress but one little life has
0:16:02 > 0:16:06been saved.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09At least four major fires are burning across the state.
0:16:09 > 0:16:18More fierce winds are forecast and worst may be to come.
0:16:18 > 0:16:25And just moments ago I spoke with James in southern California.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30James, I guess all eyes are on the weather forecast - what forecast is
0:16:30 > 0:16:36there for relief from the winds? Actually, the weather forecast has
0:16:36 > 0:16:40improved. The National Weather Service here in the United States
0:16:40 > 0:16:43has said this morning here in California that its worst fears have
0:16:43 > 0:16:47not been realised, that the conditions that it had feared would
0:16:47 > 0:16:52materialise, which would have seen gusts of up to 80 mph in quite a
0:16:52 > 0:16:56number of places where the fires were burning, has not in fact
0:16:56 > 0:16:59happened because of the combination of air in the atmosphere. That
0:16:59 > 0:17:06doesn't mean that the danger is over. There is still a significant
0:17:06 > 0:17:08danger across large parts of Southern California, and there is
0:17:08 > 0:17:15the potential for the wind to increase later today. These dry,
0:17:15 > 0:17:20gusty winds that come down from the desert could whip up the fire
0:17:20 > 0:17:25through the canyons, and those are still forecast, just not at the same
0:17:25 > 0:17:29intensity as previously forecast. The pictures have been dramatic -
0:17:29 > 0:17:34can you give us an idea of how destructive this has been?It has
0:17:34 > 0:17:41been exceptionally disrupted. We are on the outskirts of a town in the
0:17:41 > 0:17:45valleys just north of Los Angeles, and the roads are all but deserted.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49The occasional car is coming past, but people are not going about their
0:17:49 > 0:17:58day-to-day lives. Ash is falling and making it quite unpleasant to stand
0:17:58 > 0:18:06here. You can see smoke in the sky behind me. Not just here, but even
0:18:06 > 0:18:10into Los Angeles itself, there are several major fires burning, at
0:18:10 > 0:18:14least four, in Southern California, one of them in the very exclusive
0:18:14 > 0:18:19suburb of Bel-Air in Los Angeles, where those who have had to flee
0:18:19 > 0:18:26include Lionel Richie and Paris Hilton. We have also seen vineyards.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31I watched yesterday as fire burnt in a vineyard owned by media mogul
0:18:31 > 0:18:36Rupert Murdoch. The helicopters were very quickly on top of that and
0:18:36 > 0:18:39prevented it reaching the property. The firefighters have done really
0:18:39 > 0:18:43very well, watching them over the last few days.James, thanks for
0:18:43 > 0:18:47joining us.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Germany's SPD Party has voted to enter into talks with Chancellor
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Angela Merkel's conservatives.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54They'll be looking at whether to renew their grand coalition
0:18:54 > 0:18:55that ended in September.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57The party's leader - Martin Schulz - had initially ruled out
0:18:57 > 0:18:59rejoining the alliance, but softened his stance
0:18:59 > 0:19:01after Mrs Merkel's attempts at building a coalition with two
0:19:01 > 0:19:04other parties collapsed.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07The first visit to Greece by a Turkish head of state for more
0:19:07 > 0:19:10than 60 years has got off to a tense start.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Turkey's President Erdogan and Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras
0:19:12 > 0:19:14swapped pointed remarks about their countries relations
0:19:14 > 0:19:15since World War One.
0:19:15 > 0:19:23But the two have agreed to confidence-boosting measures.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25The UN Security Council has expressed its concern about reports
0:19:25 > 0:19:27of migrants being sold into slavery in Libya.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Stories of slavery and abuse have been emerging in recent days.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Migrants trying to reach Europe have spoken of being held by smugglers
0:19:33 > 0:19:41and forced to work for little or no money.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45In the end, the pressure was too much.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Today Al Franken took to the Senate floor and announced he's
0:19:47 > 0:19:49retiring after allegations of sexual misconduct.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51But the lawmaker from Minnesota didn't go without defending his
0:19:51 > 0:19:53record and taking a swipe at the president.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56More than 30 Democratic senators - including almost all his female
0:19:56 > 0:19:59colleagues in the chamber - had called on him to step down.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Seven women have accused him of groping and sexual harassment.
0:20:01 > 0:20:11Here's some of what he had to say.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Today, I am announcing that in the coming weeks
0:20:13 > 0:20:14I will be resigning as
0:20:14 > 0:20:22a member of the United States Senate.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25I, of all people, am aware that there is some irony in the fact
0:20:25 > 0:20:28that I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his
0:20:28 > 0:20:34history of sexual assault sits in the oval office, and a man who has
0:20:34 > 0:20:39repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the
0:20:39 > 0:20:49full support of his party.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52And for more on Senator Franken's announcement we are joined now
0:20:52 > 0:20:54by our political analyst Ron Christie, who served
0:20:54 > 0:20:59as an advisor to George W Bush.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04Ron, thanks for coming in. He's not admitting anything, and he's making
0:21:04 > 0:21:09it very clear that he is resigning under pressure. Is this a rush to
0:21:09 > 0:21:16judgment or a turning point?I think it is a turning point. You found
0:21:16 > 0:21:19yesterday an overwhelming majority of colleagues saying it was time to
0:21:19 > 0:21:23step aside and move beyond what has become a distraction for the Senate.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28This is all about politics. Right now, the Democrats want to be in a
0:21:28 > 0:21:32position where they can take the moral high ground and say that John
0:21:32 > 0:21:39Connors has retired, Al Franken is leaving the Senate, and now the
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Republicans have Roy Moore in Alabama and Donald Trump in the Oval
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Office, but the Democrats are addressing these allegations
0:21:45 > 0:21:49seriously.Will it put pressure on the Republicans? At the moment, they
0:21:49 > 0:21:54can't do much about Roy Moore in Alabama.Not in the short term.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Listen carefully to what Mr Franken had to say today. He said he would
0:21:57 > 0:22:03retire within the next few weeks. We have an election in Alabama on shoes
0:22:03 > 0:22:06they, and Senate leadership has indicated that if Mr Moore wins, we
0:22:06 > 0:22:09will have a situation where the ethics committee will begin their
0:22:09 > 0:22:19investigation. I bet if Roy Moore wins on Tuesday, Franklin says --
0:22:19 > 0:22:24Franken says, I will stick around and have my day if he is having his.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28What do you think of Newt Gingrich's tweet saying the other day that
0:22:28 > 0:22:32Franken was voted by 1 million people from Minnesota. They picked
0:22:32 > 0:22:43him for the Senate in 2014. He's got a point, hasn't he? Everyone is
0:22:43 > 0:22:46innocent until proven guilty, why not let it take its course through
0:22:46 > 0:22:53the ethics committee?There are the political optics and illegal ones.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58Mr Franken did not get his day in court or get to face his accusers.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02He did not have that legal momentum to move forward one way or the
0:23:02 > 0:23:07other, but this is all about politics. The 2018 cycle is just
0:23:07 > 0:23:13around the corner. The Democrats are trying to retake the House of
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Representatives and in 2018, you begin the start of the 2020
0:23:17 > 0:23:21presidential election cycle. What the Democrats didn't need was a
0:23:21 > 0:23:26political albatross around their neck in the form of Senator Frank in
0:23:26 > 0:23:30-- Senator Franken. From a legal perspective, it looks that he was
0:23:30 > 0:23:35rooted out. From a political perspective, it was too much for the
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Democrats to handle.He didn't go down without a fight. He talks about
0:23:39 > 0:23:45the irony of Trump being in the Oval Office, and he has faced the
0:23:45 > 0:23:48allegations of Roy Moore, who could be elected to the Senate. He has
0:23:48 > 0:23:52made a point before he left.What you didn't hear in his farewell
0:23:52 > 0:23:56speech to the Senate was an apology. He talked about people from
0:23:56 > 0:24:02Minnesota, about one of his mentors, a former senator, but he didn't talk
0:24:02 > 0:24:05about addressing the allegations directly and apologising for the
0:24:05 > 0:24:09conduct that allegedly took place before he came to the Senate. So
0:24:09 > 0:24:13what we have is a day about politics. I would add that there was
0:24:13 > 0:24:16only one Republican member of the Senate on the floor as the speech
0:24:16 > 0:24:25was going out, and who was that but the outgoing senator from Arizona.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30The Republicans are taking a victory lap, if you will, and saying, now we
0:24:30 > 0:24:34have got one of our hardest detractors against the Republican
0:24:34 > 0:24:41party out of the Senate.Thank you for joining us. Just reading
0:24:41 > 0:24:44responses to the tweets he sent out last night. Lots of people did not
0:24:44 > 0:24:48want him to go. It was a different situation to the Harvey Weinstein
0:24:48 > 0:24:52allegations, which were of a much more serious nature.It is and it
0:24:52 > 0:24:57isn't. There is a process to go through here, and I think there are
0:24:57 > 0:25:01two mag distinct issues. We keep comparing Al Franken to avoid more.
0:25:01 > 0:25:07Roy Moore has not been elected yet, but Al Franken had been elected and
0:25:07 > 0:25:10was in the Senate. He was representing the institution of the
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Senate, and that is why the leadership and his colleagues had so
0:25:14 > 0:25:18much say over why he should step down, and calling on him to resign,
0:25:18 > 0:25:23because at the end of the day, they are concerned about upholding the
0:25:23 > 0:25:27integrity of the Senate. That is what makes this distinct.OK, Al
0:25:27 > 0:25:35Franken is gone. We focus on Alabama next week. This is Beyond 100 Days
0:25:35 > 0:25:37from the BBC.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News:
0:25:40 > 0:25:42We'll be live in Ramallah where there's been violent reaction
0:25:42 > 0:25:45to Trump's decision to move the US embasssy to Jerusalem.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47And who's that journalist first to a story about pizzas
0:25:47 > 0:25:49getting UNESCO recognition?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Yes, that's me ten years ago in Naples.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54That's still to come.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Storm Caroline still blowing hard in the far north of the country, but
0:26:15 > 0:26:19the winds are coming down now. We have had gusts in excess of 90 mph
0:26:19 > 0:26:24in the very far north of Scotland. In the lowlands, closer to 50-60
0:26:24 > 0:26:33mph. That storm is moving out into the Norwegian Sea. With the wind
0:26:33 > 0:26:37swirling around, on the backside of Caroline here, we will see winds
0:26:37 > 0:26:42coming out of the Arctic. This is very cold air, and with that comes
0:26:42 > 0:26:46the threat of snow. We have been talking about snow showers all day.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Over the next few days, we will be dealing with snow almost anywhere
0:26:50 > 0:26:55across the UK. Deceiving, already snow increasing across Scotland and
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Northern Ireland, the north-west of England, into Wales and parts of the
0:26:58 > 0:27:06Midlands as well. It could be a problem first thing in the morning.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11In areas close to the coast, it is more likely to be rain and sleet.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Take it steady first thing in the morning first thing, particularly
0:27:15 > 0:27:18across northern and western parts of the UK. In Scotland, in the north,
0:27:18 > 0:27:24which is often the case, that is where we will see most of the snow.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28All day, still blizzards across the hills of Scotland. Out to sea, gale
0:27:28 > 0:27:33force winds. You will see snow around Belfast, the north-west of
0:27:33 > 0:27:37England, Wales, parts of the Midlands as well. In the south-west,
0:27:37 > 0:27:42I think it will be mostly sleet. Across the moors, there will be
0:27:42 > 0:27:46snow. Close to the coast, Plymouth, more likely to be rain and sleet.
0:27:46 > 0:27:52Through the day, the showers will get heavier. Notice, not too many of
0:27:52 > 0:27:57them close to the east coast, the south-east and the South. 5-10
0:27:57 > 0:28:01centimetres in some spots, most of it across northern Scotland. I won't
0:28:01 > 0:28:06say which town or city will get the snow, but is it -- because it is
0:28:06 > 0:28:10virtually impossible to predict. Those could be 10-20 miles across
0:28:10 > 0:28:18town could hit -- 10-20 miles across and could hit one town and miss
0:28:18 > 0:28:23another. Barely above freezing in the north of the country on
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Saturday. On Sunday, a potentially larger area of snow across central
0:28:27 > 0:28:34Britain. Still some uncertainty about that. Stay June. -- stay
0:28:34 > 0:28:37tuned.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15This is Beyond 100 Days with Christian Fraser in London and Jane
0:30:15 > 0:30:21O'Brien in Washington. A mass call for a new intifada following
0:30:21 > 0:30:24President Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as president --
0:30:24 > 0:30:30capital of Israel. Senator Al Franken has resigned after admission
0:30:30 > 0:30:35see touched women inappropriately. In 2010, a bitcoin was worth 8
0:30:35 > 0:30:45cents. Today it would fetch you over one another than $75,000. Why is it
0:30:45 > 0:30:51currency you can't hold? It took Unesco eight years to agree there is
0:30:51 > 0:30:58an art to the pizza. Why is mine all thin? After five minutes of watching
0:30:58 > 0:31:01me have a go, they may just reconsider.
0:31:01 > 0:31:11Do let us back know your thoughts. Beyond 100 Days is the hash tag.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16There's been clashes in the Gaza Strip and across
0:31:16 > 0:31:20the occupied West Bank, following President Trump's
0:31:20 > 0:31:21recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25At least 31 Palestinians have been injured.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29Mr Trump's announcement reverses decades of US policy on the issue.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33Let's get more on this now from Omar Shakir.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42We can now crossed a Republican congressman in Virginia, formerly a
0:31:42 > 0:31:50Navy SEAL. Thank you for joining us. With your military experience in the
0:31:50 > 0:31:53middle East, really you know better more than anybody else, is it really
0:31:53 > 0:31:57worth risking the turmoil, the potential turmoil, in order to
0:31:57 > 0:32:05fulfil a campaign promise?It's not just a campaign promise. Past
0:32:05 > 0:32:10Presidents said this too. This is American policy. We should take
0:32:10 > 0:32:16every effort necessary to protect people, as should host nations
0:32:16 > 0:32:19around the Middle East. The reality is it is American policy. For those
0:32:19 > 0:32:25who want to do harm, those who are terrorists, they don't get a vote on
0:32:25 > 0:32:28American foreign policy. We should not be intimidated by that. Should
0:32:28 > 0:32:33we take all precautions to protect people? No question about that.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38There are some long-standing folks who agree. Some don't. I get that.
0:32:38 > 0:32:44But this is the right thing to do. This is what we believe. Folks who
0:32:44 > 0:32:48want to do harm, they don't get a vote on American foreign policy.Is
0:32:48 > 0:32:51this administration still committed to the peace process and brokering a
0:32:51 > 0:32:57deal, and more importantly, to a two state solution?I don't know exactly
0:32:57 > 0:33:00where they are. I know they are committed to getting a deal. It is
0:33:00 > 0:33:06important to understand that right now there is no deal. Who do you
0:33:06 > 0:33:10negotiate with? You mentioned Gaza and the West Bank. The Palestinian
0:33:10 > 0:33:16Authority control the West Bank. The fourth -- the folks in Gaza are
0:33:16 > 0:33:20controlled by Hamas. It is not a bilateral negotiation. It is
0:33:20 > 0:33:25trilateral. There is no deal. Quite frankly, something like this, an
0:33:25 > 0:33:29American position that has been taken, and I agree with the
0:33:29 > 0:33:32President, I'm glad he had the courage to do it, but this does
0:33:32 > 0:33:37create a shake-up, an opportunity to change the dynamic because the peace
0:33:37 > 0:33:40process has been stagnant for decades. We will continue to do the
0:33:40 > 0:33:46same thing and get the same results. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, the
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Minority leaders, they are going to the White House today. This was a
0:33:49 > 0:33:53meeting put off last week. Is it possible they can avoid a government
0:33:53 > 0:33:59shutdown?There is no question. I think a government shutdown should
0:33:59 > 0:34:03be and will be avoided. I think that is going to happen. Obviously there
0:34:03 > 0:34:08was a rift the last time they were supposed to be there. Let the
0:34:08 > 0:34:11viewers decide who's fault that was. The responsible thing to do is keep
0:34:11 > 0:34:16the government going. I'm confident we will get a deal.The deadline is
0:34:16 > 0:34:21the weekend. If it were to happen again, it would have serious
0:34:21 > 0:34:24ramifications for the Republicans, wouldn't it? Jabri congress, you
0:34:24 > 0:34:28have the White House, you were to blame in 2013, surely you can't let
0:34:28 > 0:34:34it happen again?I don't think it is good for anyone. In terms of who
0:34:34 > 0:34:38gets the blame, who knows? Who knows who the American people will blame?
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Either way it is irresponsible. It is not the right thing to do. I
0:34:41 > 0:34:45think we will come together, the president, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck
0:34:45 > 0:34:49Schumer, they will get a deal and continue to fund the government.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Nobody wants the government to shut down.
0:34:51 > 0:34:57Thank you. For more on the fallout regarding Jerusalem, we can speak to
0:34:57 > 0:35:01or Mercia Kear. -- Omar Shakira.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03He's the Israel and Palestine Director for Human Rights Watch,
0:35:04 > 0:35:05and joins us now from Ramallah.
0:35:05 > 0:35:10Can I get your reaction to what you have seen today in Ray Mallon and
0:35:10 > 0:35:18east Jerusalem?We have seen a degree of frustration from all parts
0:35:18 > 0:35:22of society. We have seen a generalised strike were businesses
0:35:22 > 0:35:26were shut in protest at the declaration by Trump. We also saw
0:35:26 > 0:35:32schools closed, demonstrations throughout the West Bank and Gaza,
0:35:32 > 0:35:37not just in big cities but smaller towns and villages. We expect more
0:35:37 > 0:35:43demonstrations tomorrow.What do you make of the call from the Hamas
0:35:43 > 0:35:48leader for a third intifada?I think we need to look at the underlying
0:35:48 > 0:35:54dynamics, what is taking place right now. You have Israel and its 51st
0:35:54 > 0:35:59year of the occupation. It has controlled east Jerusalem and the
0:35:59 > 0:36:04entire West Bank and Gaza Strip through repression,
0:36:04 > 0:36:06institutionalised discrimination, systematic rights abuse. When you
0:36:06 > 0:36:13look at Israeli policy, in Jerusalem it has been a two-tiered
0:36:13 > 0:36:16discriminatory system that treats Palestinians separately and unequal.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19What is significant about the announcement by the Trump
0:36:19 > 0:36:23administration is that for the first time, when no other country
0:36:23 > 0:36:28recognises Israel's annexation of east Jerusalem, which is occupied
0:36:28 > 0:36:33territory under international law, you see a decision which essentially
0:36:33 > 0:36:37epitomises a policy the Israeli government has had in Jerusalem. I
0:36:37 > 0:36:41think the root cause of frustration throughout the occupied Palestinian
0:36:41 > 0:36:47territory is the ongoing Israeli occupation and the human rights
0:36:47 > 0:36:53implications of its conduct in its 51st year.As you point out, Israel
0:36:53 > 0:36:57has controlled Jerusalem for a number of decades. What could
0:36:57 > 0:37:04actually change on the ground?This decision won't change really the
0:37:04 > 0:37:09underlying status quo on the ground. The reality you have today, while
0:37:09 > 0:37:13Israeli officials talk about a unified city of Jerusalem,
0:37:13 > 0:37:18effectively you have one set of rules for Jewish inhabitants and one
0:37:18 > 0:37:25set of rules for Palestinians. Israel explicitly set out as a
0:37:25 > 0:37:31policy goal maintaining a Jewish majority in the city. On one hand
0:37:31 > 0:37:36this doesn't change the status quo. But it does provide some
0:37:36 > 0:37:41legitimisation from a major global power for these unlawful practices.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Already today in the Israeli press you have reports a planned expansion
0:37:45 > 0:37:50of settlements, which is a war crime under international law, within East
0:37:50 > 0:37:54Jerusalem. The United States for many decades has failed to exercise
0:37:54 > 0:37:58a productive role in reining in Israeli human rights abuses and
0:37:58 > 0:38:02pressing Israeli leaders to put forward an agenda more focused on
0:38:02 > 0:38:05human rights. This may only give more impetus for a right-wing
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Israeli government to push forward with its unlawful practices.
0:38:08 > 0:38:14Thank you very much. Vice President Mike Pence is in
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Jerusalem in 11 days. It will be interesting to see if the
0:38:17 > 0:38:23Palestinians decide to meet him. It certainly will. All eyes on that
0:38:23 > 0:38:26meeting for sure. A lot riding on it and a lot of interesting where
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Donald Trump will go next with his policy on the Middle East.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Let's talk about bitcoin.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34The digital currency Bitcoin has broken the $16,000 mark,
0:38:34 > 0:38:35extending the online only currencies record-breaking surge.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40It's surged over the past week, jumping by more than 50% in value.
0:38:40 > 0:38:41The cryptocurrency began the year below $1,000,
0:38:41 > 0:38:44but continues to rise despite warnings by one economist
0:38:44 > 0:38:49who described it as a dangerous speculative bubble -
0:38:49 > 0:38:52fuelling worries there could be a crash.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Let's talk to our business correspondent, Samira Hussain,
0:38:54 > 0:38:59who is in New York.
0:38:59 > 0:39:07What is actually causing this surge? It is interest. People are becoming
0:39:07 > 0:39:11more interested in bitcoin. It is sort of gaining a little bit more
0:39:11 > 0:39:15legitimacy within the financial community. We have indexes like the
0:39:15 > 0:39:21Chicago Mercantile exchange giving out futures, which is giving it a
0:39:21 > 0:39:25bit more legitimacy. We see more financial institutions starting to
0:39:25 > 0:39:30pay attention to it. That, coupled with the fact that we have just seen
0:39:30 > 0:39:36this meteoric rise in the value of bitcoin... Today it went to 16,000
0:39:36 > 0:39:41500. At the beginning of the year it was less than a thousand. Those
0:39:41 > 0:39:49people who got it early hours pretty pretty. -- earlier are sitting
0:39:49 > 0:39:55pretty pretty.How useful is this currency? What can people do with
0:39:55 > 0:39:59it?Right now, in its infancy at the beginning there were thoughts about
0:39:59 > 0:40:06using it to be able to do regular transactions. We were even in
0:40:06 > 0:40:09conversation today in the office about how some of our local shops
0:40:09 > 0:40:13would accept bitcoin. But now it is not really used for that. You're not
0:40:13 > 0:40:20going to go in and buy a soft drink with a $16,000 note. Now people are
0:40:20 > 0:40:24really looking at it more as an investment peace. And in some
0:40:24 > 0:40:29instances people are thinking it is a better investment than gold. That
0:40:29 > 0:40:31said, there are some titans within the financial community that have
0:40:31 > 0:40:38expressed a lot of misgivings. One suggests it is a Ponzi scheme,
0:40:38 > 0:40:43another suggests it is another tech bubble and it is going to burst.I
0:40:43 > 0:40:48wonder how safe it is? There was a report today that $68 million of
0:40:48 > 0:40:53bitcoin was hacked open an account in Slovenia today. Surely
0:40:53 > 0:40:57governments are looking to regulate it and if they do surely the bubble
0:40:57 > 0:41:02will burst?Governments are looking to try and regulated, but on the
0:41:02 > 0:41:08flip side you could also say regular currency is often act as well. Other
0:41:08 > 0:41:12information is often hacked. Hacking is certainly an issue that crosses
0:41:12 > 0:41:18every single industry right now. The big thing with bitcoin is that it is
0:41:18 > 0:41:23not regulated in terms of it's not backed by a central bank. Each
0:41:23 > 0:41:27transaction actually has to go through each individual computer. So
0:41:27 > 0:41:31it's really lengthy and it's really involved. But that is really part of
0:41:31 > 0:41:36the reason why people like it. It is decentralise. It is more of this
0:41:36 > 0:41:39community idea. I think that is part of the attraction.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43Thank you very much for your thoughts. There is a collective
0:41:43 > 0:41:48dropping on heads on desks at the moment. Why didn't I buy some
0:41:48 > 0:41:53bitcoin? I was looking to the price in July 2010, it was 8 cents. That
0:41:53 > 0:41:59would have bought you, for a couple of copy, 12.5 bitcoins. Do you know
0:41:59 > 0:42:07how much they would be worth today? $220,000.My goodness. Why didn't
0:42:07 > 0:42:11you do it?I wish I had paid more attention in those IT classes. That
0:42:11 > 0:42:15would have done it. Move on.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18The European Union has set a deadline of Sunday, for Theresa May
0:42:18 > 0:42:21to make an acceptable offer on the Northern Ireland border ahead
0:42:21 > 0:42:22of the Brexit summit next week.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25In the last hour, we have seen reports that the Irish side think
0:42:25 > 0:42:26progress is being made.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29The European Council President, Donald Tusk, is to make a statement
0:42:29 > 0:42:31early tomorrow morning.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33The Prime Minister finds herself between a rock
0:42:33 > 0:42:35and a hard place at the moment.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has warned any Brexit deal must
0:42:37 > 0:42:40respect the promises made during the EU referendum campaign.
0:42:40 > 0:42:45I'm joined by Times columnist Iain Martin.
0:42:46 > 0:42:52It has been an interesting week. The DUP row is really focused attention
0:42:52 > 0:42:56within the party about a conversation many people think we
0:42:56 > 0:43:00should already have had?Yes, the incident on Monday where they were
0:43:00 > 0:43:05expected to get a deal and it collapsed at the last minute because
0:43:05 > 0:43:09Theresa May had not properly consulted the Democratic Unionists,
0:43:09 > 0:43:14which depends first surviving in government, that has provoked a
0:43:14 > 0:43:18conversation in the Conservative Party about whether she can release
0:43:18 > 0:43:25arrive -- really survive, even if possibly there may be a move before
0:43:25 > 0:43:28Christmas or maybe in January. What had been the established view that
0:43:28 > 0:43:34she would be the person to see through Brexit for all of her
0:43:34 > 0:43:38floors, that political mismanagement on Monday in Brussels, in relation
0:43:38 > 0:43:43to the DUP, has met Tories think again.It is a tricky issue because
0:43:43 > 0:43:50she has to keep the train on the tracks. The strategy she has picked
0:43:50 > 0:43:55his to keep the Cabinet together. She has not lost a major vote, she
0:43:55 > 0:43:59has not had a rebellion. In one sense she has played it right. In
0:43:59 > 0:44:02another sense she keeps moving from crisis to crisis purely because she
0:44:02 > 0:44:07has not had that conversation?Yes, it is very tough. Even people who
0:44:07 > 0:44:12are critics of Theresa May will admit she is a decent, honourable
0:44:12 > 0:44:16person, who has inherited this and is doing her level best to deal with
0:44:16 > 0:44:20it. But I think the problem is that if you think of politics on both
0:44:20 > 0:44:25sides of the Atlantic, you think of great deal makers like LBJ, or you
0:44:25 > 0:44:28think of how Thatcher would have handled this, Jim Callaghan in the
0:44:28 > 0:44:361970s. They have -- had political difficulties but they had a basic
0:44:36 > 0:44:39sense of political management, curiosity and an ability for
0:44:39 > 0:44:42deal-making that she doesn't seem to have. And the operation around in
0:44:42 > 0:44:48Number 10 is very depleted. Tory morale is very low. It looks as
0:44:48 > 0:44:52though they will probably progress to the next stage and the signs to
0:44:52 > 0:44:56neither optimistic, but it has once again got people thinking in Tory
0:44:56 > 0:44:59circles about whether they should make a change. It is not easy to
0:44:59 > 0:45:03make that change. They would have to remove her very quickly. Would they
0:45:03 > 0:45:08hold a Tory leadership election? All of that is moot and unknown at this
0:45:08 > 0:45:12stage.Could you make an argument for her that she gets all the
0:45:12 > 0:45:17criticism and the European Union gets non-? I have been banging the
0:45:17 > 0:45:21drum saying, look, if the DUP, with all the Unionist interest, wanted to
0:45:21 > 0:45:26stay close to the mainland, the European Union miss read Ed. If they
0:45:26 > 0:45:30Inc you can fix the Irish issue without sorting out what sort of
0:45:30 > 0:45:34relationship you have with the EU. They have put the cart before the
0:45:34 > 0:45:42horse macro -- horse?Yes, they have. The Irish border is not just
0:45:42 > 0:45:48an unusual border, it has been an unusual border since 1921, 90 23. A
0:45:48 > 0:45:51common travel area was agreed, then there were the troubles and then
0:45:51 > 0:45:57peace. It was an area the European Union struggles to understand. It
0:45:57 > 0:46:03will not fit a logical legal pattern. There is gone to have to be
0:46:03 > 0:46:10a compromise. I think the failure of Theresa May was to felt -- was to
0:46:10 > 0:46:13fail to communicate that. When her officials thought he had a deal, she
0:46:13 > 0:46:16didn't do the basic business of checking that the Unionists were
0:46:16 > 0:46:22squared. Ulster Unionists are very paranoid about being sold down the
0:46:22 > 0:46:28river, particularly by English politicians that they fear do not
0:46:28 > 0:46:30necessarily understand the nuances of Northern Ireland politics. You
0:46:30 > 0:46:34can understand them being jumpy. The mishandling of it, some of the
0:46:34 > 0:46:39details they learned from Twitter, spooked them. They pulled the plug
0:46:39 > 0:46:43on Monday. That is not a situation the Prime Minister should find
0:46:43 > 0:46:47herself in.Ian Martin, thank you. Come back and see us Maxim.
0:46:47 > 0:46:48This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:46:48 > 0:46:49Still to come...
0:46:49 > 0:46:51Neopolitan pizza gains world heritage status.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53So next time you take that slice, just consider it
0:46:53 > 0:46:59a cultural experience.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02And make sure you go for the real deal rather than Christian's
0:47:02 > 0:47:05version!
0:47:08 > 0:47:11It's the the largest and most expensive warship ever built
0:47:11 > 0:47:13for the Royal Navy, and today the Queen commissioned
0:47:13 > 0:47:15HMS Queen Elizabeth at a ceremony in Portsmouth.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18It cost more than £3 billion to build, and has become
0:47:18 > 0:47:20the flagship of the fleet, as Jonathan Beale reports.
0:47:20 > 0:47:30A day of pride for the Royal Navy and for the nation.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34The Queen has already named her.
0:47:34 > 0:47:38Today she made her first visit on board to commission
0:47:38 > 0:47:39HMS Queen Elizabeth into service.
0:47:39 > 0:47:43Almost lost in the cavernous hangar, still waiting for aircraft.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46But for the Queen, this ship already holds a special place in her heart.
0:47:46 > 0:47:53As the daughter, wife and mother of naval officers,
0:47:53 > 0:47:59I recognise the unique demands our nation asks of you,
0:47:59 > 0:48:04and I will always value my special link with HMS Queen Elizabeth,
0:48:04 > 0:48:09her ship's company and their families.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11The raising of the White Ensign means she's now legally recognised
0:48:11 > 0:48:13as a Royal Navy warship.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16Over the past few months, HMS Queen Elizabeth and her 700 crew
0:48:16 > 0:48:19have been testing her at sea.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22She's the first of two new carriers.
0:48:22 > 0:48:26Russia has already described her as a large convenient target,
0:48:26 > 0:48:28but the Government insists she will be a potent
0:48:28 > 0:48:33weapon and symbol of British military power.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36This isn't just the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy,
0:48:36 > 0:48:41it's also the most expensive, costing more than £3 billion.
0:48:41 > 0:48:44The F-35 jets that will eventually fly off her will cost billions more
0:48:44 > 0:48:50and this at a time when the defence budget is under severe pressure,
0:48:50 > 0:48:53with the prospect of further cuts.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56Today the only cuts being made were to the elaborate cake,
0:48:56 > 0:49:00made to mark the occasion, but the Navy is having to consider
0:49:00 > 0:49:03axing other ships in the fleet.
0:49:03 > 0:49:09They still believe it's worth it.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20You're watching Beyond 100 Days.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23Now many of us appreciate a great pizza, but now the pies crafted
0:49:23 > 0:49:26in Naples have been given world heritage status by Unesco.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28They join a distinguished list, which includes flamenco
0:49:28 > 0:49:31dancing and the tango.
0:49:31 > 0:49:36So what goes in to making the perfect slice?
0:49:36 > 0:49:40Before we came on the programme, I joined the expert pizza-maker
0:49:40 > 0:49:44Diego Liguori for a crash course.
0:49:44 > 0:50:03OK.The right shape. Kind of. Yeah. OK.Then you just flop it.Like
0:50:03 > 0:50:15this?Yeah.It has not it. How is that? There is a hole! There is a
0:50:15 > 0:50:36hole! Look!Never mind.Let me see yours. OK. OK. Why is mine thinly?
0:50:36 > 0:50:46Mine is oblong. -- thin.You have two treated like a girl, a little
0:50:46 > 0:50:51bit delicate.You Italians and the girls! The hole is getting bigger.
0:50:51 > 0:51:01It doesn't matter about the hole. OK. OK.One more. Put it down like
0:51:01 > 0:51:21that.OK. This one? OK.Another one here.OK. OK. Shall I get some
0:51:21 > 0:51:42flower this time?Like this. Then flip it up.Like that? And then flip
0:51:42 > 0:51:58it up.Get it into a pizza shape. Right. And now I spin it? OK.
0:51:58 > 0:52:02Getting better now. Much better than before.
0:52:05 > 0:52:19There we go.Hey, look at that.That is it.That is pretty good. I did
0:52:19 > 0:52:26quite a bit of that.That is so much better.Grade. If this doesn't work
0:52:26 > 0:52:29out on the show, I can come and work with you?
0:52:29 > 0:52:34Please! Don't give up the day job.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36Diego is with us in the studio.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39So too the owner the London pizzeria in which he works,
0:52:39 > 0:52:41Serena Sarnataro.
0:52:41 > 0:52:46What does it mean to have UNESCO recognition for the Neapolitan
0:52:46 > 0:52:54pizza?I will let Diego replies to this. It means a lot to him.
0:52:54 > 0:52:58Basically we are just very proud of it. After 300 years of history we
0:52:58 > 0:53:03made it. I do feel very happy. I think I speak for all the pizza
0:53:03 > 0:53:09chefs around the world. The Neapolitan Anna pizza chefs made it.
0:53:09 > 0:53:15They made it. It has been a renaissance. When I was in Rome ten
0:53:15 > 0:53:21years ago I went to Natalie to where it all started in 1889, and I made a
0:53:21 > 0:53:25pizza there. -- Napoli. This was ten years ago there were trying to get
0:53:25 > 0:53:30recognition. The reason was that you get so many pale imitations around
0:53:30 > 0:53:39the world. The robbery pizza.The pineapple!Jane likes pizza. What is
0:53:39 > 0:53:45it about the ingredients that make it such an incredible pizza?It is
0:53:45 > 0:53:48what is at the base of the Mediterranean food and what we
0:53:48 > 0:53:57actually eat every day. It is very simple. It is tomato, basil,
0:53:57 > 0:54:03mozzarella... And it is where it is sourced. It is in Italy, where we
0:54:03 > 0:54:09grow these very simple ingredients. Because of the sunshine, the
0:54:09 > 0:54:11location, the ground, everything, our ground is so fertile. It is so
0:54:11 > 0:54:22good. It is really simple and straightforward.I have to go here.
0:54:22 > 0:54:27I have to ask both of you as experts, what is wrong with putting
0:54:27 > 0:54:31pineapple on pizza? I believe the world is actually divided by this
0:54:31 > 0:54:40very issue.I thought it was the data when I first saw it on a pizza
0:54:40 > 0:54:4514 years ago in the UK. It is unthinkable because it is fruit, I
0:54:45 > 0:54:52think. It just doesn't go!Diego is grimacing. You only serve to Peter
0:54:52 > 0:55:01Senior restaurant. They queue out of the door. -- pizzas. Do you get a
0:55:01 > 0:55:06reaction from people when they come in?Yes, some people say, where is
0:55:06 > 0:55:16the pepperoni? Can I have some chicken? We only make margarita. The
0:55:16 > 0:55:21margarita was made by a chef who came to visit Naples.The colours of
0:55:21 > 0:55:27the Italian flag.The marinara was made for the sailors who came back
0:55:27 > 0:55:33from the sea. That was very simple. Put together very quickly.When you
0:55:33 > 0:55:44on mozzarella? See how puritanical I am now that I have spent time in
0:55:44 > 0:55:48Italy making one. Now I know my stuff. I know even what sort of
0:55:48 > 0:55:54cheese you put on it. Words fail me.
0:55:54 > 0:55:58Congratulations. Thank you both for coming in. We will be back at the
0:55:58 > 0:56:01same time on Monday. Thank you DJ-ing in Washington.