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0:00:16 > 0:00:19Polls have closed in Catalonia where people are voting again on the issue
0:00:19 > 0:00:20of independence from Spain.
0:00:20 > 0:00:2370% of the region's electorate turned out to vote after Madrid
0:00:23 > 0:00:25dissolved the previous government.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28The campaign has been bitter as Catalans wonder if this
0:00:28 > 0:00:33will decide the independence question once and for all.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38TRANSLATION:Turnout has been high. The big question is now, can either
0:00:38 > 0:00:44side form a coalition with a ha yort in the regional parliament in
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Lots of good economic news for President Trump as he heads
0:00:47 > 0:00:50to Florida for Christmas, but his new tax plan already prompts
0:00:50 > 0:00:53international concern.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56And the translator arrested in Ukraine,
0:00:56 > 0:01:04accused of spying for Russia, but not before he had incredible
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0:01:43 > 0:01:44Hello and welcome, I'm Katty Kay in Washington
0:01:44 > 0:01:55and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04The people of Catalonia have been voting again today -
0:02:04 > 0:02:07two months after a failed attempt to break away from
0:02:07 > 0:02:08the rest of Spain.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10The polls closed just a few minutes ago.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Today's election was called after the Spanish government sacked
0:02:12 > 0:02:14the former regional Government and imposed direct rule.
0:02:14 > 0:02:22Today the anti-independence newspaper El Pais
0:02:22 > 0:02:29called on voters to "end the chaos and staunch the wounds,"
0:02:29 > 0:02:31But will it put an end to the divisions in Spain's
0:02:31 > 0:02:32most prosperous region?
0:02:32 > 0:02:42From there, our correspondent James Reynolds reports.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47After months of crisis, the people of Catalonia,
0:02:47 > 0:02:48all of them, got to vote.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50No one, it seems, wanted to miss out.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52In October's disputed independence referendum this polling station
0:02:52 > 0:02:54was a scene of chaos, the Spanish police used force
0:02:54 > 0:02:55to confiscate ballot boxes.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57By contrast, this election is organised and orderly, everyone
0:02:57 > 0:02:59is getting the chance to vote.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01For some, this is a chance to get even.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Spanish police violence in October has turned Marta
0:03:03 > 0:03:04into a pro-independence voter.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07TRANSLATION:I want them to listen to us out there in the world.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10For them to listen to us in Spain, in Europe.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12For them to know that the Catalan people and Catalan sentiment exists
0:03:12 > 0:03:14and that we've been forgotten.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15We've been treated like nobodies.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17In Barcelona's old city, families queued to vote.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19These three sisters split two to one in favour
0:03:19 > 0:03:20of pro-independence parties.
0:03:20 > 0:03:26"We haven't tried to convince one another", Amena admitted.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Retired maintenance man Jordi wants Catalonia to become a republic.
0:03:29 > 0:03:36Raquel said that she was voting for freedom from Spain.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Marta says she wants deposed pro-independence leader
0:03:39 > 0:03:46Carles Puigdemont to return.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50But in working-class districts, many voters take the opposite view.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52TRANSLATION:If they want independence, they should look
0:03:52 > 0:04:02for an island and go there, there is Spain.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04for an island and go there, this is Spain.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Catalonia is Spain.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08TRANSLATION:I want to see a government that is
0:04:08 > 0:04:10anti-independence because I believe that if the others win our
0:04:10 > 0:04:11economy will get worse.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12This election may reveal Catalonia's divisions,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14but it won't bring them to an end.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19James Reynolds, BBC News, Barcelona.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Let's speak to the BBC's Tim Willcox who will bring
0:04:21 > 0:04:27us the results this evening from Barcelona.
0:04:27 > 0:04:3090% went for independence, but less than the electorate came out to
0:04:30 > 0:04:40vote. So I imagine the gain game today is turnout?Maybe 75%-80%.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44That first referendum those people who wanted to stay united with Spain
0:04:44 > 0:04:48said - we are not making part it's an illegal referendum going along
0:04:48 > 0:04:52with the line that Madrid took of course which led to that process of
0:04:52 > 0:04:56direct rule and the elections today. Bear in mind also this is the most
0:04:56 > 0:05:01extraordinary election. I mean, unprecedented modern European
0:05:01 > 0:05:07history. The two leaders of the opposition, the former President
0:05:07 > 0:05:16Carles Puigdemont is in self of-imposed ex-compile he has been
0:05:16 > 0:05:21campaigning by a hologram. And another is in prison in Madrid. He
0:05:21 > 0:05:26has been trying to mastermind from events from his prison cell. The key
0:05:26 > 0:05:30question in the next four few hours will be - which side, which block,
0:05:30 > 0:05:36can form a working coalition to get a majority in the 135 seats Catalan
0:05:36 > 0:05:41parliament. They need 68 to do that. If the independence groups get that,
0:05:41 > 0:05:55that can only be seen as a defeat for the Prime Minister who tried to
0:05:55 > 0:06:00get the pro-Spanish voter on the streets. If the independents win
0:06:00 > 0:06:05they say it's a referendum on the fist referendum on October 1st. This
0:06:05 > 0:06:17is just agrees what was in that first referendum.Campaigning by
0:06:17 > 0:06:20hologram, it's the future.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23We will be speaking to two Catalans with very different views,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25who voted today, later in the programme.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30Stay with us for that.You can't see say politics isn't wild around the
0:06:30 > 0:06:32world at the moment.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35President Trump flies to Mar a Lago tomorrow,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38leaving Washington in an upbeat mood after passing a tax reform bill that
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Republicans have wanted for years and an economy that is humming.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43And yet there's a paradox to this unorthodox Presidency.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48After almost a year in office, Mr Trump is the most unpopular
0:06:48 > 0:06:50president in history and democrats are picking up electoral
0:06:50 > 0:06:51victories around the country.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53In the case of Mr Trump, political fortunes aren't
0:06:53 > 0:06:56tracking economic successes as they usually do.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Maybe that explains the peculiar scene yesterday,
0:06:58 > 0:07:03after the tax bill was passed, when senior members
0:07:03 > 0:07:13of the Republican Party lined up to heap praise on the boss.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Something this big, something this generational,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16something this profound could not have been done without exquisite
0:07:16 > 0:07:17presidential leadership.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Mr President, thank you forgetting us over the finish line.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Well, let me just say Mr President, you made the case for the tax bill,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26but this has been a year of extraordinary accomplishment
0:07:26 > 0:07:28for the Trump administration.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Thank you for your boundless faith in the American people and thank
0:07:31 > 0:07:34you for keeping your promise to see this Congress deliver the largest
0:07:34 > 0:07:44tax cut in American history before Christmas of this year.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Let's get the thoughts of Ron Christie, our political
0:07:47 > 0:07:49analyst, who served as an advisor to George W Bush.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53He joins us now from San Francisco.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Ron, we want to get to the tax cuts in a second and what the impact will
0:07:57 > 0:08:01be around the country. That scene we saw at the White House, you served
0:08:01 > 0:08:07in the Bush administration. I'm trying to imagine President Bush's
0:08:07 > 0:08:13face it lawmakers had lined up and given that praise on camera?Merry
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Christmas to you. George W Bush would never have done what we saw
0:08:17 > 0:08:20yesterday in the south lawn of the White House. President Bush was a
0:08:20 > 0:08:24low-key guy. He liked to sign legislation once it was presented to
0:08:24 > 0:08:27him from the House and the Senate and get on with. It he was not that
0:08:27 > 0:08:32sort of person. Donald Trump obviously is the art of the deal,
0:08:32 > 0:08:36the showman, if you will. I think that's more of what we have seen
0:08:36 > 0:08:42from Mr Trump and, frankly, what I would have expected.It's something
0:08:42 > 0:08:46that lawmakers have realised that actually in a way, if you want to do
0:08:46 > 0:08:49business with this President, perhaps it's not just lawmakers,
0:08:49 > 0:08:53other leaders around the world are figuring how to get their best
0:08:53 > 0:08:57interests from President Trump?No question about that. I think that
0:08:57 > 0:09:00members of Congress, business leaders, world leaders, recognise if
0:09:00 > 0:09:04you want to stay in the President's good favour it's all about the
0:09:04 > 0:09:07showmanship. It's all about, frankly, what we put on the screen
0:09:07 > 0:09:10and they recognise if I want to be good with this President, I had
0:09:10 > 0:09:16better be good on television. Christmas in San Francisco. Ron, you
0:09:16 > 0:09:19are killing me. A lot has been said about this tax cut it's only for the
0:09:19 > 0:09:22rich. I can homework. I think you will like this. Here is a list of
0:09:22 > 0:09:30big American companies who are paying it forward to their workers.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32AT&T will give $1,000 bonuses to more than 200,000 employees
0:09:32 > 0:09:36and invest $1 billion in capital expenditure.
0:09:36 > 0:09:46Wells Fargo is increasing its minimum wage to $15 an hour.
0:09:46 > 0:09:52On top of another $400 million for non profit organisations.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Boeing will commit $300 million to charity
0:09:56 > 0:09:58and invest in "workplaces of the future".
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Comcast are giving $1,000 bonuses to more than 100,000 employees
0:10:00 > 0:10:03as well as $50 billion over the next five years to improve
0:10:03 > 0:10:04broadband capacity.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07That is the Christmas present the President is talking about.Merry
0:10:07 > 0:10:12Christmas it will be 65 degrees here in San Francisco. I will think about
0:10:12 > 0:10:15you later on. The the United States had the highest corporation tax rate
0:10:15 > 0:10:19in the world. With this piece of legislation the corporate tax rate
0:10:19 > 0:10:25is reduced to 21%. These CEOs of the companies you mentioned, nice home
0:10:25 > 0:10:28homework, by the way, the companies you mentioned they recognise it
0:10:28 > 0:10:32really incent vices us to give a little bit to our employees at the
0:10:32 > 0:10:36end of the year to get them to work harder next year. Perhaps to get
0:10:36 > 0:10:39more profits, to do more productivity and get better results
0:10:39 > 0:10:44for the company. It's a smart move. Frankly, this tax bill, while it
0:10:44 > 0:10:47will benefit 80% of the American taxpayers, there will be losers in
0:10:47 > 0:10:51this as well. If you live in California, if you live in
0:10:51 > 0:10:55Pennsylvania, New York, high tax states you will lose in this bill.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00The CEOs you identified in that lovely homework assignment
0:11:00 > 0:11:04recognised let's give holiday cheer now.The Democrats say it's a win,
0:11:04 > 0:11:09win. We will use it and ride it all the way to the mid-terms.A mistake
0:11:09 > 0:11:16on their part, I believe. GDP growth here in the United States of 3%. It
0:11:16 > 0:11:20never happened in the eight years of the Obama administration. If the
0:11:20 > 0:11:27economy goes well in the next year and the stock market continues,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30citizens will say the tax bill isn't a bad thing. My retirement is doing
0:11:30 > 0:11:35well and I have more money in my pocket. If the Democrats want to
0:11:35 > 0:11:38play this and use it as a weapon against the Republicans you better
0:11:38 > 0:11:43be care of you wish for.OK. Ron, it's nearly the end of the year.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46It's been an incredible year in terms of news. I was just wondering,
0:11:46 > 0:11:50as you look back over the last 11 months. It's been a pleasure having
0:11:50 > 0:11:55you on the programme, what sticks out to you the most?Well, it's been
0:11:55 > 0:12:01a great year for us. What really sticks out to me, 1789 the United
0:12:01 > 0:12:04States had a peaceful transfer of power from one President to another.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Given the uproar and the disappointment of so many in the
0:12:07 > 0:12:10United States with the elevation of Donald Trump to be President we did
0:12:10 > 0:12:14it in a peaceful and respectful way. You can disagree with his politics,
0:12:14 > 0:12:18but I think that's what really makes the United States so unique in how
0:12:18 > 0:12:21we hand off the baton from one leader to another every four years
0:12:21 > 0:12:26or every eight years. That has been the story for me. The second one,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Christian I know you will be with on this one, the second is the
0:12:29 > 0:12:34Presidential use of the Twitter and how that impacted so many people
0:12:34 > 0:12:37help has 44.4 million followers around the world. How many people
0:12:37 > 0:12:41are look at his every tweet and reacting to it? Not only here in the
0:12:41 > 0:12:46United States, but around the world? Where would I be without his tweets.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51They wake me up every morning!Have a great break.Merry Christmas.And
0:12:51 > 0:12:55to you.We will see you guys 2nd January.Thank you for being with us
0:12:55 > 0:12:59this year. I looked at the polls since you mentioned them in the
0:12:59 > 0:13:03introduction. When you compare them at the end of the first year with
0:13:03 > 0:13:06other Presidents, for all the success of the last few weeks he's
0:13:06 > 0:13:10right at the bottom of the list. 38. 5% there. This is one of the tables
0:13:10 > 0:13:14that is doing the rounds on social media. You compare him to the other
0:13:14 > 0:13:16presidents over the
0:13:16 > 0:13:17media. You compare him to the other presidents over the first year.
0:13:17 > 0:13:23Those are disastrous figures?Yes. He is ten points behind Reagan and
0:13:23 > 0:13:28Truman the two next least popular presidents at this point in their
0:13:28 > 0:13:32presidency. That is a big gap. It's almost like you have America,
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Christian, running on two different tracks. The economic track, which we
0:13:36 > 0:13:38tracks. The economic track, which we talked about with Ron It's going
0:13:38 > 0:13:42along well. The tax cuts, the stock market booming you have wages
0:13:42 > 0:13:46picking up in the country, unemployment is low. Yet, you have
0:13:46 > 0:13:52the political track where he is in trouble, clearly according to the
0:13:52 > 0:13:56opinion polls. Democrats feel they have the wind in their sails going
0:13:56 > 0:14:00into the mid-term elections. How long can the tracks carry on going
0:14:00 > 0:14:05on different speeds? There will be a collision or will the President defy
0:14:05 > 0:14:09history as he has done up until now? We will find that out next year.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13Fascinating year.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15An interpreter, who visited Ten Downing Street in July, has been
0:14:15 > 0:14:17arrested in Ukraine on suspicion of spying for Russia.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19The man - in the middle here
0:14:19 > 0:14:21with the glasses - is Stanislav Yezhov.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26He was arrested yesterday on charges of treason.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Here he is again during a meeting in 2016 with
0:14:29 > 0:14:37the former Vice President Joe Biden and Ukraine's newly
0:14:37 > 0:14:38elected Prime Minister.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Earlier today, during her visit to Poland, Theresa May was asked
0:14:40 > 0:14:42whether she was aware.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45I'm aware of the reports in relation to the Ukrainian individual who
0:14:45 > 0:14:46attended Downing Street earlier in the summer.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49The action that's been taken is a matter for the Ukrainian
0:14:49 > 0:14:50authorities.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54Let's speak to our Ukraine correspondent, Jonah Fisher.
0:14:54 > 0:15:03Highly embarrassing for the Ukrainians. He is feeding them
0:15:03 > 0:15:10directly what is being discussed? He's been sitting in on all the key
0:15:10 > 0:15:12meetings with which the Ukrainian Prime Minister has been holding for
0:15:12 > 0:15:16the last several years when he has travelled internationally. We have
0:15:16 > 0:15:21been able to look through some of the past photos. In the official
0:15:21 > 0:15:24photos you can see in the corner of the screen or in the background
0:15:24 > 0:15:28somewhere the additional staff who are taking around. He keeps popping
0:15:28 > 0:15:35up in different photographs. You mentioned Joe Biden when he was with
0:15:35 > 0:15:40the Ukrainian Prime Minister when he went to London this July. Several
0:15:40 > 0:15:44other pictures of lesser-known world leaders. He would have sat in on
0:15:44 > 0:15:51sensitive discussions. If we take at face value what the Ukrainians are
0:15:51 > 0:15:54saying he was feeding the information he gained back to
0:15:54 > 0:16:00Russia. The Russians were being kept briefed on those interesting and
0:16:00 > 0:16:05sensitive conversations.Thank you very much. I love this story.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Imagine what happens to keep the spies out. Checking the lightbulbs,
0:16:09 > 0:16:17make sure there is no listening devices. There he is in plain sight.
0:16:17 > 0:16:23Like Johnny English, he went to Russia on a holiday in 2016 and came
0:16:23 > 0:16:28back with loads of expensive kit and no-one noticed and feeding back ever
0:16:28 > 0:16:35since.He had a Russian wife. You would think there would be red
0:16:35 > 0:16:42flags. We like it because it's like old fashioned espionage. Who knows
0:16:42 > 0:16:46what serious secrets he was passing on.I bet they are going through all
0:16:46 > 0:16:54the records to see what was discussed. Anyway...
0:16:54 > 0:16:56During the election campaign, Donald Trump said he wanted to stop
0:16:56 > 0:16:58sending aid to "countries that hate us."
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Now he seems close to putting that idea into practice.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Today, the UN General Assembly voted in favour of a resolution calling
0:17:03 > 0:17:05on America to abandon its plan to recognise Jerusalem
0:17:06 > 0:17:07as the capital of Israel.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12128 countries voted against Mr Trump's new policy,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16only nine countries voted with America.
0:17:16 > 0:17:1835 abstained.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Here's the UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, just before the vote.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out
0:17:25 > 0:17:28for attack in the General Assembly for the very act of exercising our
0:17:28 > 0:17:31right as a sovereign nation.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34We will remember it when we're called upon to once again make
0:17:34 > 0:17:37the world's largest contribution to the United Nations,
0:17:37 > 0:17:40and we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43as they so often do, to pay even more and to use our
0:17:43 > 0:17:48influence for their benefit.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Before the vote, the Palestinian Foreign Minister
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Riyad al-Maliki, urged member states to reject "blackmail
0:17:52 > 0:17:56and intimidation."
0:17:56 > 0:17:58TRANSLATION:We meet today, not because of any animosity
0:17:58 > 0:18:06towards the United States of America, but because of its
0:18:06 > 0:18:09decision which constitutes an aggression on the genuine
0:18:09 > 0:18:14and natural right of the Palestinian people to the city of
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Al Quds Al-Sharif and the Arab nation and all the Muslims
0:18:18 > 0:18:24and Christians of the world.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Let's get more from our correspondent, Nada Tawfik,
0:18:26 > 0:18:31who is at the United Nations in New York.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35We had the Turkish President Erdogan saying that he hopes America
0:18:35 > 0:18:38rescinds the decision in the light of this vote to recognise Jerusalem
0:18:38 > 0:18:44as the capital of Israel. That's not going to happen, is it?No,
0:18:44 > 0:18:49absolutely not. What is interesting, when you speak to US officials, they
0:18:49 > 0:18:52are actually trying to push it was a success for the United States.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57They said the threat has worked. They point to the 35 countries who
0:18:57 > 0:19:02abstained, far more than anticipated and the 21 countries who didn't even
0:19:02 > 0:19:06show up. Among them Ukraine. Who recently signed an arms deal with
0:19:06 > 0:19:11the United States. So they are looking at it saying - look at past
0:19:11 > 0:19:13resolutions critical of Israel and look at this vote. You can see that
0:19:13 > 0:19:17the threats we issued in the last few days, all the way up from
0:19:17 > 0:19:22President Trump, have had an impact at the United Nations. Certainly, if
0:19:22 > 0:19:28you look at Ambassador Haley's remarks she redoubled on those
0:19:28 > 0:19:32remarks saying that now they would, as we heard there, look at UN
0:19:32 > 0:19:37funding. So the United States is certainly not backing down you have
0:19:37 > 0:19:40to remember this was aimed at the domestic audience in the United
0:19:40 > 0:19:43States. The Trump administration wanted to make very clear that while
0:19:43 > 0:19:48there would be another vote criticising Israel at the UN, which
0:19:48 > 0:19:51they think is bias against Jerusalem, that the Trump
0:19:51 > 0:19:54administration would do everything they could to support and stand up
0:19:54 > 0:20:02for Israel here.OK. Thank you very much for that update. Two
0:20:02 > 0:20:07interesting abstentions, Canada and Mexico who are deeply involved in
0:20:07 > 0:20:12these negotiations at the moment. You can see it's a non-binding
0:20:12 > 0:20:17resolution why they might not take the risk. Canada was going to vote
0:20:17 > 0:20:25in favour and decided after Haley spoke and abstained.World leaders
0:20:25 > 0:20:28figuring out how to deal with the Trump administration through the
0:20:28 > 0:20:33course of the year. We have talked about the confusion many of American
0:20:33 > 0:20:38allies have on how to deal with this unusual presidency. Why pick a fight
0:20:38 > 0:20:41with the Trump administration over a non-binding resolution when you have
0:20:41 > 0:20:45a bigger problem, the future of-and-a-half it. Canada is
0:20:45 > 0:20:50surprising. You might have expected them to vote against the US given
0:20:50 > 0:20:56their policies around the world and their policies in the Middle East,
0:20:56 > 0:21:00they abstained.Judging by the reaction of the Republican voters, a
0:21:00 > 0:21:04lot of people will be pleased about that. Foreign aid in Britain is a
0:21:04 > 0:21:09contentious issue. Plenty of Trump supporters who like this?Yes. It's
0:21:09 > 0:21:15routinely an issue on which if you poll the American public they think
0:21:15 > 0:21:20it's higher than it actually is of the annual government. Let's get
0:21:20 > 0:21:23more news from around the world.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Police in Melbourne say there is no evidence to suggest
0:21:26 > 0:21:29that there is a terror link to an incident in which a man drove
0:21:29 > 0:21:31a car into a crowd of people.
0:21:31 > 0:21:3319 people were injured in what a police spokesman said
0:21:33 > 0:21:34was a deliberate act.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37He said the driver was an Australian of Afghan descent with a history of
0:21:37 > 0:21:41drug use and mental health problems.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Pope Francis has denounced a cancer of cliques and bureaucrats operating
0:21:43 > 0:21:45within the Holy See in Rome.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47He says traitors within the Vatican administration have stood
0:21:47 > 0:21:51in the way of his reforms.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53It is as hard said the Pope as cleaning Egypt's Sphinx
0:21:53 > 0:21:54"with a toothbrush."
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Since the conclave, Francis has sought to clean up the the Curia
0:21:57 > 0:22:01to bring it closer to its members and to guide it out of the scandals
0:22:01 > 0:22:07that marked the pontificate of his predecessor, Benedict.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10It's been a multi-award winning hit on Broadway here in the US.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Now the hip-hop musical about one of America's most
0:22:14 > 0:22:16unlikely Founding Fathers opens tonight in London's West End.
0:22:16 > 0:22:22Hamilton is the story of a poor immigrant from the Caribbean,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25who arrived in New York on the eve of the American Revolution,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28and went on to become the country's first Treasury Secretary.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Our arts editor, Will Gompertz met the musical's creator,
0:22:30 > 0:22:31Lin-Manuel Miranda.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35# Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain...#
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Here is Hamilton's creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda,
0:22:38 > 0:22:42at the White House poetry slam in 2009, performing
0:22:42 > 0:22:44what would become the opening number of his musical
0:22:44 > 0:22:45about America's founding fathers.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Six years later it opened in New York and became
0:22:48 > 0:22:49an instant classic.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51# What's your name, man?
0:22:51 > 0:22:59# Alexander Hamilton # His name is Alexander Hamilton
0:22:59 > 0:23:04And now it's in London, as is for a few days
0:23:04 > 0:23:08the man behind the show, who's been compared to...
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Well... Are you the 21st-century Shakespeare?
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Not even close!
0:23:13 > 0:23:16No, Shakespeare wrote a mind altering amount of dramas
0:23:16 > 0:23:19and comedies and sonnets, worked with other playwrights.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21I've written two musicals, so let's everybody chill out.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22# I'm past patiently waiting!
0:23:22 > 0:23:30# I'm passionately smashin' every expectation
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I recognised in the story of Hamilton the story of so many
0:23:33 > 0:23:42immigrants who are coming to the United States today.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45And so I used the music that I love to tell this story.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47A lot has been made of a multiracial cast.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50This is a story of America then told by America now.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53We're going to use every tool at our disposal to eliminate
0:23:53 > 0:23:56the distance between a modern audience and something that happened
0:23:56 > 0:23:58200 somewhat years ago.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01The casting is part of that, and casting it to look
0:24:01 > 0:24:07like the way our country looks eliminates distance.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11When George Washington is a young man of colour and he's
0:24:11 > 0:24:14running for his life, suddenly you're not filled
0:24:14 > 0:24:16with images of Washington standing like this, crossing the Delaware,
0:24:16 > 0:24:20he's not invincible any more.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23It's suddenly these are real people.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26How nervous were you about bringing this show to the UK?
0:24:26 > 0:24:30I was not nervous at all.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33What I was very excited for was the reaction to King George
0:24:33 > 0:24:35III in the shadow of Buckingham Palace.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40I mean we're really right up the street, so the only change
0:24:40 > 0:24:46we made in that direction is we have tarted up his outfit quite a bit.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49George III might have lost America, but he steals this show every night.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Maybe the family in the big house he bought around the corner
0:24:52 > 0:24:54will make a Royal appointment to see it.
0:24:54 > 0:25:00Will Gompertz, BBC News.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03You have seen it.I have. I interviewed him a couple of times in
0:25:03 > 0:25:10New York and I got tickets to see. It I hear tickets in the UK are
0:25:10 > 0:25:16selling for £6,000.Sold-out in two-days.It may be a tad yong your
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Christmas... Sell your house, mortgage the kids. Get rid of your
0:25:18 > 0:25:23wife. Spend whatever it takes, see Hamilton. Every single minute of
0:25:23 > 0:25:27that show is fantastic. There isn't a line that is out of place, the
0:25:27 > 0:25:34choreography is fantastic. Then come to me when you're homeless.OK. My
0:25:34 > 0:25:39bank balance says I've already mortgaged the kids. Christmas!
0:25:39 > 0:25:42This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News,
0:25:47 > 0:25:53we've more on that incredible election in Virginia
0:25:53 > 0:25:55where the recount which flipped the result by a single vote.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Now there's another twist.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59And we go back to Barcelona, to speak to Catalans,
0:25:59 > 0:26:01those for and against independence as votes from today's regional
0:26:01 > 0:26:02elections are counted.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07That's still to come.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Hello. There we have very quiet weather in the run-up to Christmas.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18For a lot of meem who have a lot of travelling to do, that's probably
0:26:18 > 0:26:21good news. The best of the sunshine today was across Scotland. This is
0:26:21 > 0:26:25where it will be coldest and clear for a while overnight. Many areas
0:26:25 > 0:26:29have been stuck under grey and gloomy skies and not much sunshine
0:26:29 > 0:26:34around at all. But it's mild. We've got mild air across the UK at the
0:26:34 > 0:26:37moment because of the position of the jetstream. It's in this sort of
0:26:37 > 0:26:40position. It's steering to the north of the UK and keeping that colder
0:26:40 > 0:26:45air away for the time being. With the mild air we see a lot of cloud a
0:26:45 > 0:26:48we saw from our weather watcher pictures. The cloud will be
0:26:48 > 0:26:52thickening up as well to give rain and drizzle. Gloomy out there across
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Northern Ireland. The cloud will lower on to the hills. Damp, drizzly
0:26:56 > 0:26:59weather heading into England and Wales with a lot of fog over the
0:26:59 > 0:27:04hills. Clearer skies in Scotland. Chiefly north of the central belt.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08Maybe a touch of frost here and one or two fog patches. For most of the
0:27:08 > 0:27:13UK a mild night, nine or ten degrees. Ingly and gloomy start for
0:27:13 > 0:27:17most on Friday. The rain and drizzle will edge away into the near
0:27:17 > 0:27:20continent, it should become dryer and brighter. On the whole, cloudy
0:27:20 > 0:27:25skies. With the wind picking up in western Scotland the cloud will be
0:27:25 > 0:27:29blown in here. The best chance of sunshine for north-east Scotland.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34Under the cloud temperatures 10, 12 degrees. On Saturday, closer to
0:27:34 > 0:27:39Christmas, the winds will pick up across northern areas. A mild west
0:27:39 > 0:27:45to south-westerly wind and train for the north-west of Scott land and
0:27:45 > 0:27:50Northern Isles. The weather front that is still there across the north
0:27:50 > 0:27:53will hang around into the second-half of the weekend. --
0:27:53 > 0:28:00Scotland. This is Christmas Eve it will be wet across western Scotland.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Patchy rain elsewhere in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Drizzle over
0:28:03 > 0:28:09the hills of western parts of England and Wales. Breezy day for
0:28:09 > 0:28:13England and Wales very mild, 11 degrees. Will it be a white
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Christmas? Over the tops of the mountains you could see snow as the
0:28:17 > 0:28:21wet weather is still around. Otherwise, it is windy actually
0:28:21 > 0:28:24especially around the Irish Sea coasts. Strong sorely winds across
0:28:24 > 0:28:28the UK that of course means it will be mild. Temperatures 10 to 12
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Celsius.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16This is Beyond 100 Days, with me Katty Kay in Washington -
0:30:16 > 0:30:17Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18Our top stories -
0:30:18 > 0:30:20The people of Catalonia have been voting in an election contested
0:30:20 > 0:30:22by supporters and opponents of independence from Spain.
0:30:22 > 0:30:32More than 100 countries defy US warnings and vote against America's
0:30:32 > 0:30:34decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Coming up in the next half hour -
0:30:36 > 0:30:37Is it a horse or a zebra?
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Artificial intelligence may be changing the way we see the world
0:30:40 > 0:30:43and not always for the better.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46A vote in Virginia has turned out to be a tie.
0:30:46 > 0:30:47So what happens next?
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Stay with us for the answer.
0:30:50 > 0:31:00Let us know your thoughts by using #BeyondOneHundredDays.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07With seven parties fighting it out and opinion polls suggesting the top
0:31:07 > 0:31:10two are pretty much neck and neck there may not be any thing
0:31:10 > 0:31:12like a crystal clear result this evening in Catalonia.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15But what should we be looking out for?
0:31:15 > 0:31:19And will it satisfy the voters?
0:31:19 > 0:31:23We can talk now to two Catalans who voted today.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Luis Trias de Bes wants Catalonia to remain part
0:31:25 > 0:31:29of Spain and Marina Casals - who we spoke to back in October -
0:31:29 > 0:31:30is in favour of independence.
0:31:30 > 0:31:36They're both in Barcelona.
0:31:36 > 0:31:42Welcome to the programme. Marina, this has been a very bitter two
0:31:42 > 0:31:48months in Catalonia. The turnout was high today, 75% it looks like. Do
0:31:48 > 0:31:53you think that is good news for the independent side?I think it is good
0:31:53 > 0:31:59news that a lot of people went to vote and express their opinion.
0:31:59 > 0:32:07That's all we wanted, really. We wanted the referendum so people
0:32:07 > 0:32:14could voice what they want. We were voting for the party we wanted, but
0:32:14 > 0:32:20I think we were voting for or against independence.You think this
0:32:20 > 0:32:26high turnout means that some people who were in favour of unity with
0:32:26 > 0:32:30Spain last time round, who worked as fired up as the independent side, do
0:32:30 > 0:32:36you think more Catalans in favour of unity will turn out today?These
0:32:36 > 0:32:40figures are really good for democracy, but I believe not for
0:32:40 > 0:32:57independent tests. The figures are higher in non-separatist zones.
0:32:57 > 0:33:03Seeing as the non-separatist regions have higher populations, it could be
0:33:03 > 0:33:09not good news for them.It has been hugely divisive since November. Do
0:33:09 > 0:33:14you have family members who voted differently to you?I have to admit
0:33:14 > 0:33:20that I don't have family who voted for independence, but I have
0:33:20 > 0:33:26friends. But it's OK. We discuss sometimes tougher, sometimes more
0:33:26 > 0:33:33calmly, but in the climate, the feeling far so good. Nothing bad
0:33:33 > 0:33:39will change the two sides normally. Marina, carless breeder Montt is
0:33:39 > 0:33:45effectively an exile in Brussels. Two of his government officials are
0:33:45 > 0:33:51being held in prison. Are you happy with the way he has behaved after
0:33:51 > 0:33:57declaring independence?I think he has done everything he's been able
0:33:57 > 0:34:03to do, given the circumstances. I think him being in prison right now,
0:34:03 > 0:34:11which would be the result of him having gone to Belgium would have
0:34:11 > 0:34:18been any better. I think from there, he has been able to keep doing what
0:34:18 > 0:34:23he was planning to do, as a politician, as president, even
0:34:23 > 0:34:28though he didn't have parliament or anything. He's been able to put the
0:34:28 > 0:34:33word out there, and I think what he has managed to do with this move to
0:34:33 > 0:34:39Belgium, he wouldn't be of much use if he was in prison anyhow.Is there
0:34:39 > 0:34:44any way in which the Spanish government has handled the last few
0:34:44 > 0:34:49months, the referendum and then dissolving the government and then
0:34:49 > 0:34:52declaring direct role in Catalonia, is there anything that has made you
0:34:52 > 0:34:58cautious towards the Spanish government or changed your mind
0:34:58 > 0:35:04about independence?Not really. I believe that the Spanish government
0:35:04 > 0:35:12did what they could have done, a good job within the law. Because of
0:35:12 > 0:35:17that, the Spanish government couldn't do anything else but to
0:35:17 > 0:35:21drive it to the courts and to the laws, and leave them to do what they
0:35:21 > 0:35:29have to do. When a politician or whoever commits a crime, the things
0:35:29 > 0:35:35they have to go through, which is the law.Marina, what has changed
0:35:35 > 0:35:41since November, since Madrid in post direct rule on Catalonia? What has
0:35:41 > 0:35:46changed materially on the ground?It would be difficult to know
0:35:46 > 0:35:53everything that has changed. There's been some examples, such as some
0:35:53 > 0:36:04pieces of art that were in a museum, that were taken... It had been in
0:36:04 > 0:36:09court for a long time, but now, given the circumstances, it was easy
0:36:09 > 0:36:18to have it done. I know some departments of the government here
0:36:18 > 0:36:25in Catalonia have been closed down and some people have been fired. So
0:36:25 > 0:36:31there's quite a bit that has been going on. A lot as well in the
0:36:31 > 0:36:38society. People are cautious, people are concerned about the freedom of
0:36:38 > 0:36:43speech. There has been the yellow colour forbidden, because it
0:36:43 > 0:36:47represents those of us who believe that prisoners shouldn't be there
0:36:47 > 0:36:55any more. The media has been given a lot of pressure. You can't use a
0:36:55 > 0:37:00certain words or expressions, so there's censorship. There's been a
0:37:00 > 0:37:05lot of repression that I don't think was necessary.Very good to get your
0:37:05 > 0:37:13thoughts. Thank you for being with us. Just one line of news from
0:37:13 > 0:37:19Catalonia. The polls have just closed there. They are saying the
0:37:19 > 0:37:25turnout was 84%, which would be a record high, if that is right. You
0:37:25 > 0:37:29wonder how many Catalans have changed their minds over the last
0:37:29 > 0:37:33few months, or in this highly partisan world we live in,
0:37:33 > 0:37:38Christian, whether anyone is ever open to changing their minds.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40The British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe could be freed
0:37:40 > 0:37:42from an Iranian jail "within a couple of weeks",
0:37:42 > 0:37:43according to her lawyer.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45The charity worker's husband Richard Ratcliffe says her case has
0:37:45 > 0:37:48now been moved from "closed" to "eligible for early release".
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Iran since April
0:37:50 > 0:37:522016 accused of spying - her family say she was
0:37:52 > 0:37:53on holiday with her daughter.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56She has served a third of her five-year sentence.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Thousands of fans have turned out in the South Korean capital, Seoul,
0:37:58 > 0:38:02for the funeral of one of the country's biggest pop stars.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Kim Jong-hyun - from the boy band Shinee -
0:38:04 > 0:38:07took his own life at the age of 27.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08In a note made public after his death,
0:38:08 > 0:38:18he said that the life of fame was never meant for him.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22The driver of a school bus in France that was hit by a train
0:38:22 > 0:38:24on a level crossing, killing six children,
0:38:24 > 0:38:25has been charged with manslaughter.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27The woman, who was injured during the collision a week ago,
0:38:27 > 0:38:37appeared before magistrates in the city of Perpignan.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43When a photographer and artist, both of African descent,
0:38:43 > 0:38:45met for the first time, they immediately bonded over their
0:38:45 > 0:38:46shared passion for photography.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49And yet, the women felt that some of their favourite female
0:38:49 > 0:38:50photographers lacked a proper platform.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53So they collaborated to produce the first of a new annual
0:38:53 > 0:38:54publication called "Mfon: Women Photographers
0:38:54 > 0:38:55of the African Diaspora".
0:38:55 > 0:38:58It's the first photography anthology dedicated to female photographers
0:38:58 > 0:39:06of African descent in over 30 years.
0:39:06 > 0:39:11When you have the book in your hand, and you realise that every picture
0:39:11 > 0:39:16in this book was created by a woman of African descent, that's really
0:39:16 > 0:39:30powerful.I find it's a photo journal that represents women
0:39:30 > 0:39:36photographers throughout the African diaspora of different ages,
0:39:36 > 0:39:39different genres, different ethnicities.There's so many
0:39:39 > 0:39:51different identities, which is what this book celebrates.For women,
0:39:51 > 0:39:58there's a bit of underrepresentation in the industry across the genres,
0:39:58 > 0:40:03photojournalism, fine arts, so we are presenting women who are
0:40:03 > 0:40:10creating brilliant work.The fact that women now, and people of
0:40:10 > 0:40:16colour, are creating images in their own way, telling their own stories,
0:40:16 > 0:40:21telling their own troops, is a very powerful response to those years of
0:40:21 > 0:40:26the systemic creation of these images that were negative.One of
0:40:26 > 0:40:33the things we will definitely do is make sure that this book is not just
0:40:33 > 0:40:36for other photographers, or people who are interested in photographers,
0:40:36 > 0:40:41but for the young people, because some of these images which are
0:40:41 > 0:40:48negative are still being thrown at them through the media. Racism, how
0:40:48 > 0:40:52that was perpetrated through imagery. We are doing the opposite.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Using the same tool to fight what was created in the first place
0:40:55 > 0:41:02through it. Look at the world from a different perspective and be open to
0:41:02 > 0:41:07that. This is a historical document that will add to the big canon of
0:41:07 > 0:41:15art. It's important. These are women of African descent who have views,
0:41:15 > 0:41:21who are intelligent, who have something very important to say.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Still to come - As technology gets smarter -
0:41:24 > 0:41:27how will we be able to tell where reality begins and ends?
0:41:32 > 0:41:35The car park in Leicester where the body of King Richard III
0:41:35 > 0:41:37was unearthed five years ago has been designated
0:41:37 > 0:41:38as a site of national archaeological importance.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Richard was buried in a medieval friary on the site in 1485.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43His body wasn't discovered until 2012.
0:41:43 > 0:41:49Nick Higham has this report.
0:41:49 > 0:41:532012, and archaeologists from Leicester University mark out
0:41:53 > 0:41:59a council car park in the centre of the city, just where
0:41:59 > 0:42:03someone's spray-painted the letter R on the tarmac.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Then they start digging on the site of what was once
0:42:06 > 0:42:09the medieval Greyfriars, looking for the grave of England's
0:42:09 > 0:42:13most notorious king.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Astonishingly, they find it, and the skeleton, complete
0:42:16 > 0:42:19with crooked spine and fatal injuries to the back
0:42:19 > 0:42:24of the skull, buried in haste after the Battle of Bosworth.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Richard III became the villainous central character of one
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Shakespeare's plays, the man who supposedly
0:42:30 > 0:42:33murdered his young nephews, one of them the rightful heir
0:42:33 > 0:42:37to the throne.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Two years ago, the dead king's body was reburied in a new tomb
0:42:40 > 0:42:41in Leicester Cathedral.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Now, the car park, or at least the archaeological remains hidden
0:42:45 > 0:42:50beneath it, has been made a scheduled ancient monument.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52It adds a level of protection for the buried archaeological
0:42:52 > 0:42:54remains of the Franciscan friary and the priory.
0:42:54 > 0:43:00It's not something that sets it in stone, but it is a way of working
0:43:00 > 0:43:02with the local authority, with owners, to help manage it
0:43:02 > 0:43:05in a way that preserves the archaeological remains over
0:43:05 > 0:43:07the coming years - really, to preserve it
0:43:07 > 0:43:11for future generations.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14The protection doesn't extend to the modern road surfaces
0:43:14 > 0:43:16or modern buildings, like the Richard III Visitor Centre,
0:43:16 > 0:43:21but it does include the ground beneath, much of which has never
0:43:22 > 0:43:24been built on.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26That means archaeologists think the medieval friary's remains
0:43:26 > 0:43:28have stayed undisturbed since it was demolished
0:43:29 > 0:43:30almost 500 years ago.
0:43:30 > 0:43:40Nick Higham, BBC News.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46We turn now to Artificial Intelligence, and before Katty
0:43:46 > 0:43:48jumps in with a joke, I'll say that's what
0:43:48 > 0:43:54we aim for every day.
0:43:54 > 0:43:55Any form of intelligence, really.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58But in this case we're talking about getting computers to perform
0:43:58 > 0:44:01tasks that would normally require the brain power of us mere humans.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Yes, as technology gets smarter, experts are able to blur
0:44:03 > 0:44:06the line to such an extent, that this technology fools not
0:44:06 > 0:44:15only us mere humans, but even the computers themselves.
0:44:15 > 0:44:20Remember when the Internet was buzzing recently over this video of
0:44:20 > 0:44:26a horse that seemed to transform into a zebra? Well, it didn't. That
0:44:26 > 0:44:32was an example of machine learning, or computers rewriting reality all
0:44:32 > 0:44:39on their own, or fake news, putting it another way. All this video of
0:44:39 > 0:44:46President Obama, also a fabrication. Researchers used AI technology to
0:44:46 > 0:44:49create a sort of 21st-century version of lip syncing, whereby you
0:44:49 > 0:44:55can put any words into a person's mouth. And that can be dangerous.
0:44:55 > 0:44:59Nearly two thirds of Americans get their news from social media, and
0:44:59 > 0:45:04according to one study, in the coming years, more of that will be
0:45:04 > 0:45:11false than actually true. What happens when our most beloved public
0:45:11 > 0:45:15figures are manipulated?It has been a roller-coaster year in terms of
0:45:15 > 0:45:20working with Katty Kay. We have had ups and downs, and ups and downs
0:45:20 > 0:45:28again.Nothing and no one can be trusted.Katty Kay, you are a devil!
0:45:28 > 0:45:34I didn't know you were going to do that.I could have done much worse,
0:45:34 > 0:45:40Christian.I will thank my lucky stars!
0:45:40 > 0:45:42Joining us from Connecticut is the American technology writer
0:45:42 > 0:45:48and TV science presenter, David Pogue.
0:45:48 > 0:45:52This is terrifying, because they could do away with us, and just have
0:45:52 > 0:45:58us on the screen with our mouths moving. Are they on the verge of
0:45:58 > 0:46:03creating incredible video and audio that we wouldn't be able to tell the
0:46:03 > 0:46:10difference?It is reproduced in Hollywood with fairly great
0:46:10 > 0:46:13frequency these days. It is expensive and time-consuming to do
0:46:13 > 0:46:19it, but that is going to fall quickly. We do need to be on the
0:46:19 > 0:46:23alert for fabricated news events that never happened.What are the
0:46:23 > 0:46:28security concerns for that?The way we are going to get out of being
0:46:28 > 0:46:36completely bamboozled is, things like are there other sources? There
0:46:36 > 0:46:40are companies who are particularly concerned with advertisers. Of
0:46:40 > 0:46:45course, money is going to solve this problem. Advertisers don't want
0:46:45 > 0:46:51their ads appearing on fake news bulletins. There are companies who
0:46:51 > 0:47:00are developing systems who can identify fake news and tell it apart
0:47:00 > 0:47:06from real news. It's something of an arms race right now. The bad guys
0:47:06 > 0:47:13will come up with an AI without smarts, for example.So the question
0:47:13 > 0:47:18of making people saying things that they are not actually saying, and a
0:47:18 > 0:47:22video of President Obama is the most famous example of that, but
0:47:22 > 0:47:28manipulating video has been going on for decades. How is the technology
0:47:28 > 0:47:33in this quantified the difference? Suppose I were to use Hollywood
0:47:33 > 0:47:38tools to make a video of President Trump saying, I shot my puppy this
0:47:38 > 0:47:44morning. Obviously, this would be a news event. The clip would go all
0:47:44 > 0:47:49around the world. The question is, are there other sources? Whether
0:47:49 > 0:47:54other cameras on him? Are there other angles? At the moment, we
0:47:54 > 0:48:03would be able to detect fake. We won't. On the other hand, is this
0:48:03 > 0:48:07the end of civilisation? Especially in photographs. Photo shopping of
0:48:07 > 0:48:13photographs has been a rout for a number of years, but life goes on.
0:48:13 > 0:48:19We can trust the BBC, for example, not to have created a doctored
0:48:19 > 0:48:24photograph, in the same way we will have other sources we trust to only
0:48:24 > 0:48:32have authenticated videos.But normally, for example, if you have a
0:48:32 > 0:48:38grudge get a co-worker, like Christian clearly has. Tomorrow, I
0:48:38 > 0:48:44wouldn't be able to spot a fake. Absolutely. This isn't something you
0:48:44 > 0:48:49could do now, but it's coming up soon. The larger problem is that you
0:48:49 > 0:48:54will be a celebrity very soon, because artificially intelligent
0:48:54 > 0:49:02robots can do your jobs. -- you will not be a celebrity very soon.We
0:49:02 > 0:49:11work in busy newsrooms, so I see a problem here. Who is this? Is he
0:49:11 > 0:49:20real or artificial?Apologies.We work in busy newsrooms and we can
0:49:20 > 0:49:25check the videos that come in and see whether they are from today or
0:49:25 > 0:49:31not, but I can't imagine a scenario where our producers are going to be
0:49:31 > 0:49:35able to differentiate this sort of stuff. So it will be easy to put
0:49:35 > 0:49:40more fake news out there. And it will. There is a secondary problem
0:49:40 > 0:49:48even greater than fake news, and that is real news.That we as news
0:49:48 > 0:49:54consumers begin to distrust all of it. We are so aware that a peace may
0:49:54 > 0:49:58not be authentic, that pretty soon we get dulled to the whole thing and
0:49:58 > 0:50:04we start choosing what to believe. That is the real danger, that we
0:50:04 > 0:50:09distrust everything.Thank you very much for joining us. Our ticker tape
0:50:09 > 0:50:16was running there. 79% of respondents in a BBC poll we just
0:50:16 > 0:50:20ran say that fake news is a concern.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22You're watching Beyond 100 Days...
0:50:22 > 0:50:25Yesterday we told you about this - The Virginia House of Delegates race
0:50:25 > 0:50:28that was so close it appeared to be decided by just one vote.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30The race is critical to the balance of power
0:50:30 > 0:50:31between Republicans and Democrats.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33Except - one voter's choice of candidate was wrongly recorded
0:50:33 > 0:50:35and now the race is tied.
0:50:35 > 0:50:3611,608 votes versus 11,608 votes.
0:50:36 > 0:50:40What happens next is down to luck.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43Both names get put into two film canisters and are then drawn
0:50:43 > 0:50:45from a bowl or a hat or a box.
0:50:45 > 0:50:52The first name drawn wins.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55But if the loser of the draw is unhappy with the result,
0:50:55 > 0:51:03he or she can seek a second recount.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05And Shelly Simonds - the Democrat currently tied
0:51:05 > 0:51:12for the seat joins us now from Virginia.
0:51:12 > 0:51:18Thank you for joining us. I saw you yesterday. You were on a real high.
0:51:18 > 0:51:23This has been a roller-coaster of a recount. How are you doing today?
0:51:23 > 0:51:29I'm trying to stay strong. At the end of the day, it's not about me
0:51:29 > 0:51:34personally, it is about the voters in the district. For instance, I
0:51:34 > 0:51:40have health insurance, and a lot of the voters in my district don't. I
0:51:40 > 0:51:46want to get elected and get up in the statehouse so I can fight for my
0:51:46 > 0:51:51constituents.There is a real balance of power issue. Democrats
0:51:51 > 0:51:56have not held power at this level for 17 years. Yesterday it looked
0:51:56 > 0:52:00like you were going to tip it to a tie. What happens if the name that
0:52:00 > 0:52:06is pulled out of the hat is not yours?This is all happening very
0:52:06 > 0:52:12quickly, and honestly I am working with my legal team on what our
0:52:12 > 0:52:16options are, what our next steps are, what options in terms of
0:52:16 > 0:52:22recounts we are going to pursue. I just want to make sure that every
0:52:22 > 0:52:31vote is counted fairly, and we are very disturbed by the points
0:52:31 > 0:52:37decision yesterday. They did a recount fairly, according to
0:52:37 > 0:52:43well-established rules, on Tuesday, and I won by one vote. Then the next
0:52:43 > 0:52:49day, going to court was just supposed to be a formality, but my
0:52:49 > 0:52:57opponent pulled a fast one, and brought a vote to be challenged that
0:52:57 > 0:52:59had not then identified the day before. Everybody had agreed on the
0:52:59 > 0:53:08Tuesday that I had one.I think we can see that the ballot paper. We
0:53:08 > 0:53:14can see what the accounting officer had to decipher. You can see
0:53:14 > 0:53:18Shelley's name, just above the incumbent. Clearly, that person had
0:53:18 > 0:53:24put a mark next to your name, and then what, did they try to cross it
0:53:24 > 0:53:34out and put a mark next to David's name?We think it is a classic case
0:53:34 > 0:53:38of an over vote, that there are so many ballots that you don't count
0:53:38 > 0:53:44it. In fact, the Republican and the Democrat councillor agreed it was an
0:53:44 > 0:53:50over vote during the recount. Those officials had calibrated it. They
0:53:50 > 0:53:55had been looking at dozens of votes all day long. I believe it was an
0:53:55 > 0:54:00over vote and it should not have gone in front of those judges. We
0:54:00 > 0:54:05did not have the same opportunity to bring a vote before the judges. We
0:54:05 > 0:54:09had one we could have disputed as well fool 's white thank you for
0:54:09 > 0:54:16joining us from the July. We will carry on watching your race there,
0:54:16 > 0:54:21because it is fascinating bed down in Virginia. We may be in a
0:54:21 > 0:54:25situation in a district in the state of the United States of America
0:54:25 > 0:54:31where they are about to effectively decide democracy on a coin toss.
0:54:31 > 0:54:39Isn't that amazing?We are back on the 2nd of January for our viewers.
0:54:39 > 0:54:45You will not see us next week. So I just want to wrap up where we are.
0:54:45 > 0:54:51We started off as a hundred days, then we were 100 days plus, and now
0:54:51 > 0:55:00we are Beyond 100 Days. It is a sort of marker. The fact we have had to
0:55:00 > 0:55:05carry on is a mark of how fascinating the stories are. What do
0:55:05 > 0:55:10you take away from the year?This has been a year of incredible
0:55:10 > 0:55:14turbulence on both sides of the Atlantic. Donald Trump came to
0:55:14 > 0:55:20office. We thought maybe it would normalise and he would be an
0:55:20 > 0:55:27Orthodox president. He hasn't. He has been unorthodox. We have had the
0:55:27 > 0:55:31fallout from Brexit, the French elections, the Catalan independence
0:55:31 > 0:55:37elections. If we take away anything from 2017, it's that we are living
0:55:37 > 0:55:42in a time of turmoil, and nothing indicates that 2018 is going to be
0:55:42 > 0:55:48any less busy or unpredictable.We have the far right in Germany and
0:55:48 > 0:55:55also in Austria, so populism gone away in some countries, but maybe
0:55:55 > 0:56:00just on pause. We will be back on January the 2nd. From me, have a
0:56:00 > 0:56:03very Merry Christmas.