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0:00:09 > 0:00:11The European Union has found
0:00:11 > 0:00:16more than 3,500 examples of Russian disinformation.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18All geared at destabilising the EU.
0:00:18 > 0:00:25And the European parliament says it's an orchestrated strategy.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27According to a new report, the Russians are spreading fake news
0:00:27 > 0:00:30in as many languages as possible through as many
0:00:30 > 0:00:31channels as possible.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Former Presidential advisor Steve Bannon refused to answer
0:00:33 > 0:00:36investigators' questions on Russia.
0:00:36 > 0:00:46He says it was the White House who ordered him not to.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51Mr Trump, his promise of fake news awards may indeed by -- be fake
0:00:51 > 0:00:55news.
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0:01:19 > 0:01:22Hello and welcome - I'm Katty Kay in Washington
0:01:22 > 0:01:26and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29The full scale of pro Kremlin meddling in European democracies has
0:01:29 > 0:01:31been exposed in a report by the European parliament.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33What's more, the report concludes, that an orchestrated strategy
0:01:33 > 0:01:37of disinformation has been extremely succesful.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40The EE's Stratcom East team was set up in 2015 to counter Russian
0:01:40 > 0:01:48interference in news reports.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50The task force found 3,500 examples of pro Moscow disinformation.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53They found recent fake news items include claims that France has
0:01:53 > 0:01:55banned Christian symbols and that Denmark is feeding family
0:01:55 > 0:02:00pets to zoo animals.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03The EU's findings largely corroborate a report released
0:02:03 > 0:02:06here by Democrats in the Senate - they found.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09That the Kremlin backed a coup in Montenegro.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12And supported right wing groups in France and Germany.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15As well as left wing ones in Italy and Greece.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The Senate report also concluded there'd been meddling
0:02:18 > 0:02:19in the Brexit referendum and Catalonian
0:02:20 > 0:02:23independence referendum.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26And that Putin had ordered the killing of a number of Russian
0:02:26 > 0:02:27opposition figures across Europe.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32Not to mention the invasion of Crimea and Ukraine.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37Senator Ben Cardin commissioned that report and he joined us earlier.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40So Senator Cardin, we know what the Russians have been trying
0:02:40 > 0:02:42to do, you detail it in your report.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45I guess the question is if they are trying to cause
0:02:45 > 0:02:47disruption in the European Union or sow doubts about electoral
0:02:47 > 0:02:52processes, how successful have they actually been?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54We know Mr Putin has had some success.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59We know that he has caused a slowing down of Serbia's integration
0:02:59 > 0:03:04into Europe because Russian troops are in Georgia, in Ukraine,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06it is much more difficult to see those countries'
0:03:06 > 0:03:08accession into Nato.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12We know that Russia was active in the Brexit referendum.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15So we know that they have seen some success in their operations.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17And European countries have recognised that
0:03:17 > 0:03:21and taken precautions.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23So in the German election and the French election we saw
0:03:23 > 0:03:26the impact of Russia was much more minimised because they took steps
0:03:26 > 0:03:30to prevent that type of influence.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32You detail in the report some of the things that European
0:03:32 > 0:03:33countries are trying to do.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35And there are quite different approaches.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38The Germans for example have taken down some sites and the French might
0:03:38 > 0:03:40be about to do the same.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42But they have got criticism that that is close to censorship.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46The Czech Republic on the other hand leave the sites up and hope
0:03:46 > 0:03:49that the mainstream media will just tell people that this is fake news.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Which is a preferable path, which path works best
0:03:51 > 0:03:57in your experience?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00We want to see best practice, I must tell you I think
0:04:00 > 0:04:02the all in approach that we have seen particularly in
0:04:02 > 0:04:04the Scandinavian countries where they really develop
0:04:04 > 0:04:07the curriculum for the children to understand that there is fake
0:04:07 > 0:04:09news out there and to watch for what is accurate
0:04:09 > 0:04:13and what is not accurate.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15We have seen with cyber defence which some countries have been
0:04:15 > 0:04:18very aggressive on that.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20And we should demand disclosure on internet
0:04:20 > 0:04:24advertisements during campaigns.
0:04:24 > 0:04:31We should take down those social media sites that
0:04:31 > 0:04:34are clearly foreign dominated, that are there to try carry out messaging
0:04:34 > 0:04:36which is against the interests of the country.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39So I think that there are legitimate areas where you take best practice
0:04:39 > 0:04:40in order to defend ourselves.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Senator, the Swedish government announced this week it is creating
0:04:43 > 0:04:47a new government agency to tackle Russian and other propaganda.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52It is putting money into intelligence and into cyber defence.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54When you compare that to eight months out from an election,
0:04:54 > 0:04:57with what is going on in the United States ahead
0:04:57 > 0:04:59of the midterms at the moment, it is pretty stark.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01You are quite correct.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03With the Swedish government, what it is doing is preparing
0:05:03 > 0:05:04for their next elections.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08The US, we have been attacked, we were attacked in 2016.
0:05:08 > 0:05:16And yet we have yet to take steps to protect our election process
0:05:16 > 0:05:18in 2018 from the president of the United States.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21We should have an interagency fusion operation to get an all in approach
0:05:21 > 0:05:23to defend our country.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24President Trump has failed to do that.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Senator Cardin, thank you very much for joining us
0:05:26 > 0:05:34amid the singalong in the Senate!
0:05:34 > 0:05:42I should just explain that he was in the Rotunda, a building where all
0:05:42 > 0:05:49the senators have their offices. Anyone can go in and today we had a
0:05:49 > 0:05:56group supporting those young people who could be deported onto the Dream
0:05:56 > 0:06:05act. That is democracy! Latvia is on the border with Russia. I read in
0:06:05 > 0:06:17that report that for every tweet sent in Russian, five are sent by
0:06:17 > 0:06:26Russian bots. It is a five in one ratio. Sweden also saying it has
0:06:26 > 0:06:30interference already in its election so this is a big problem in Europe.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35One of the items of fake news I picked up in that European
0:06:35 > 0:06:40Parliament report, one item is saying that Sweden is about to
0:06:40 > 0:06:43introduce a law demanding written consent before you have sex. Not
0:06:43 > 0:06:50quite sure who believes that but I'm afraid some people do.Jeff Flake
0:06:50 > 0:06:56was on the floor of the Senate today talking about many things and he
0:06:56 > 0:07:03talked about Russian interference as well and made the point that there
0:07:03 > 0:07:07has only been one cabinet meeting, he has only brought his Cabinet
0:07:07 > 0:07:12secretaries together, not even once, to discuss this. And Senator Carden
0:07:12 > 0:07:18said that that was negligent.And Republicans I think would also say
0:07:18 > 0:07:23more has to be done. And why is the president not taking this as
0:07:23 > 0:07:28seriously as you might expect given that America was attacked by Russian
0:07:28 > 0:07:31disinformation during the 2016 elections.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Former White House advisor Steve Bannon went before
0:07:33 > 0:07:35a congressional committee on the Russia investigation
0:07:35 > 0:07:36yesterday and refused to answer questions.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39He says the White House ordered him not to.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Democrats on the committee say Mr Bannon was effectively gagged
0:07:42 > 0:07:44by the Trump administration.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48But this may not be the last time we hear from Mr Bannon on the issue
0:07:48 > 0:07:50of whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow
0:07:50 > 0:07:51to win the 2016 election.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54American press reports say he has been subpoenaed by special
0:07:54 > 0:07:57counsel Robert Mueller - that would make him the first member
0:07:57 > 0:07:59of the President's inner circle to receive a grand jury subpoena
0:08:00 > 0:08:01from the Mueller probe.
0:08:01 > 0:08:09Our North America Reporter Anthony Zurcher is with us.
0:08:09 > 0:08:16Steve Bannon is called before the congressional committee and he goes
0:08:16 > 0:08:19voluntarily, he gets there and ask a question and he just gets on the
0:08:19 > 0:08:25phone to the White House?Apparently his lawyer was in communication with
0:08:25 > 0:08:28the White House at the time he was sitting in this interview with the
0:08:28 > 0:08:34committee. He was claiming executive privilege, maybe not directly, the
0:08:34 > 0:08:40White House saying while you are with the president, working in the
0:08:40 > 0:08:43White House, apparently on the transition team as well in the lead
0:08:43 > 0:08:46up to the inauguration of Donald Trump, that you cannot divulge to
0:08:46 > 0:08:51Congress what kind of advice you are giving the president. That the
0:08:51 > 0:08:56president is entitled to a candid advice from his advisers. This is a
0:08:56 > 0:08:59privilege going all the way back to Richard Nixon.Does it suggest that
0:08:59 > 0:09:04Steve Bannon might have told things to that committee that could have
0:09:04 > 0:09:07made the White House nervous.It certainly seemed that way. What we
0:09:07 > 0:09:14heard from the Michael Wolff book, is Steve Bannon thinks Donald Trump
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Junior and Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort had a meeting with Russians
0:09:18 > 0:09:22during the campaign which was treasonous or unpatriotic. He may
0:09:22 > 0:09:26also think there are other problems with for example money-laundering.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31So those are all things he could have talked about. Although it seems
0:09:31 > 0:09:34like a lot of the investigations of Robert Mueller is looking at the
0:09:34 > 0:09:42firing of James Comey and any possible obstruction of justice.I
0:09:42 > 0:09:48will never submit you to a 10-hour congressional hearing on Russia,
0:09:48 > 0:09:53Christian!Ten hours in front of a Senate committee and not answer any
0:09:53 > 0:09:57of their questions. It is remarkable. In a way I suppose it
0:09:57 > 0:10:01was a test of his loyalty yesterday. The Democrats probably thought he
0:10:01 > 0:10:07would spill the beans.That could have been the case and Republicans
0:10:07 > 0:10:11and Democrats were upset about this, their separation of power concerns
0:10:11 > 0:10:16and Congress has the right to investigate the presidency and
0:10:16 > 0:10:20possible misdeeds as part of the hearing. What is more interesting,
0:10:20 > 0:10:24news reports that Steve Bannon is willing to talk with Mueller about
0:10:24 > 0:10:29anything and everything, no executive privilege concerns with
0:10:29 > 0:10:34that kind of interview. And media reports today that that will be not
0:10:34 > 0:10:39an official grand jury testimony any more, there was a subpeona issued
0:10:39 > 0:10:43yesterday by beverage some agreement whereby Steve Bannon will fit with
0:10:43 > 0:10:48the prosecutors and talk with them in much less formal and much less
0:10:48 > 0:10:54under the glare of the spotlight kind of procedure. That is what
0:10:54 > 0:10:58other people do from the Trump in a circle, Sean Spicer for example.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03They all had this less than formal interview process.Thank you very
0:11:03 > 0:11:11much. I guess the question if he does not answer questions
0:11:11 > 0:11:15satisfactorily in the informal chat situation then does the subpeona
0:11:15 > 0:11:21rear its head again. Clearly Steve Bannon is central to this. And
0:11:21 > 0:11:24someone these investigators really want to speak to because he spent so
0:11:24 > 0:11:29much time with the president.Well we have the deputy chief of staff,
0:11:29 > 0:11:35and former campaign manager on the Trump campaign today, both before
0:11:35 > 0:11:43the house. And later in the week we have the communications director,
0:11:43 > 0:11:47very much in the loop. But the White House saying we want to get this
0:11:47 > 0:11:51finished as quickly as possible but on the other hand telling them all
0:11:51 > 0:11:54but they're bound by executive privilege. So not really helping to
0:11:54 > 0:11:58bring it to a speedy conclusion.I think the White House has said they
0:11:58 > 0:12:02hope it will wrap up soon but no indication here that it is actually
0:12:02 > 0:12:06going to be done any time before the summer when Paul Manafort goes to
0:12:06 > 0:12:07trial.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10A senior Republican took to the floor of the Senate today
0:12:10 > 0:12:12and compared President Trump to the Soviet dictator
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Joseph Stalin.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15But the main criticism in Jeff Flake's speech
0:12:15 > 0:12:17was reserved for his party, for standing by as Mr Trump
0:12:17 > 0:12:18assaults the American media.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21The Senator is free to speak his mind because he
0:12:21 > 0:12:22is retiring this year.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25But there are other Republicans who share the opinion,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28that by classifying the news media as "the enemy of the people",
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Mr Trump not only endangers journalists around the world -
0:12:30 > 0:12:32he also sets a poor example for countries
0:12:32 > 0:12:39led by authoritarians and dictators.
0:12:39 > 0:12:48The enemy of the people was how the president of States called the free
0:12:48 > 0:12:52press in 2017. Mr President it is a testament to the condition of our
0:12:52 > 0:12:57democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by
0:12:57 > 0:13:03Justice talent to describe his enemies.And in an opinion piece in
0:13:03 > 0:13:07the Washington Post yesterday, Senator John McCain also called on
0:13:07 > 0:13:12the president to stop attacking the news media and encouraged Congress
0:13:12 > 0:13:17to embrace a free press in ways that Donald Trump does not seem too.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Whether Trump knows it or not,
0:13:19 > 0:13:21these efforts are being closely watched by foreign leaders
0:13:21 > 0:13:24who are already using his words as cover as they silence and shutter
0:13:24 > 0:13:28one of the key pillars of democracy.
0:13:28 > 0:13:34So said John McCain. He went on to make the point that some people,
0:13:34 > 0:13:38journalists have been arrested around the world in the last year
0:13:38 > 0:13:43under the premise of fake news. And that term has started to spread and
0:13:43 > 0:13:47authoritarians are using it. That speech from Jeff Flake was designed
0:13:47 > 0:13:51to coincide with the Donald Trump fake news awards. He said that they
0:13:51 > 0:13:56would go to the most corrupt and biased of the mainstream media and
0:13:56 > 0:14:04would presented on January 17. The interest in these rewards is far
0:14:04 > 0:14:09greater than anyone could have anticipated. But when asked when the
0:14:09 > 0:14:13rewards were absent from schedule today the press secretary told White
0:14:13 > 0:14:17House reporters that they were only a potential event. So are the fake
0:14:17 > 0:14:23news awards in fact fake news?
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Last night on his show Jimmy Fallon gave us his take
0:14:26 > 0:14:30on what the awards could look like.
0:14:30 > 0:14:42The first annual fake news awards. Your host, President Donald J Trump.
0:14:42 > 0:14:51Biggest loser. Welcome to the fake news awards which are totally real
0:14:51 > 0:14:55unlike the really fake news which is fake and not real. This is the first
0:14:55 > 0:15:06annual fake news awards.And the winner, have a guess. CNN. They were
0:15:06 > 0:15:15actually the only nominee. And the failing New York Times!The whole of
0:15:15 > 0:15:20the Washington press corps has been in a campaign amongst itself to see
0:15:20 > 0:15:24who was going to be able to claim the honour of actually getting the
0:15:24 > 0:15:30fake news award. No one wanted to be left off the list.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33North and South Korea have agreed to march together under a single
0:15:33 > 0:15:36"unified Korea" flag at next month's Winter Olympics in the South.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39They also agreed to field a joint women's ice hockey team
0:15:39 > 0:15:42after rare talks at the truce village of Panmunjom.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45These are the first high-level talks between the two Koreas
0:15:45 > 0:15:46in more than two years.
0:15:46 > 0:15:56The Games will begin on 9 February in Pyeongchang in South Korea.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01So is diplomacy working or are we moving towards some kind of
0:16:01 > 0:16:09conflict? Admiral Mike Mullen joined me earlier, a former leader of the
0:16:09 > 0:16:13US forces. There is a meeting going on in Vancouver where they are
0:16:13 > 0:16:17trying to talk about what to do on the Korean peninsula. How real do
0:16:17 > 0:16:21think the possibility is of military conflict with North Korea?I
0:16:21 > 0:16:26certainly hope it never occurs although I am increasingly concerned
0:16:26 > 0:16:32about that possibility. And encouraged about the discussions
0:16:32 > 0:16:36between the north and south although at this point it is just a baby step
0:16:36 > 0:16:41and I take no comfort in that. A long way to go to see that proved
0:16:41 > 0:16:46fruitful. And encouraged by the meeting in Vancouver, 14 countries
0:16:46 > 0:16:50whose leaders are focused on this and I think that is tremendously
0:16:50 > 0:16:57representative of what needs to happen. But until I see actual
0:16:57 > 0:17:00movement with respect to the real issue of nuclear weapons I remain
0:17:00 > 0:17:04increasingly concerned.In terms of the sweep of history over the past
0:17:04 > 0:17:08ten or 15 years to think we're closer than we have been before?I
0:17:08 > 0:17:12think there is no question that we are. And we see that in the
0:17:12 > 0:17:20readiness levels that both the United States has and our allies are
0:17:20 > 0:17:24working on as well, the increased focus certainly the actions that
0:17:24 > 0:17:30have been taken by Kim Jong Un. I do not see anything moving in the right
0:17:30 > 0:17:34direction so I think we're closer than we have been in decades in
0:17:34 > 0:17:40terms of potential conflict breaking out on that peninsula.I want to ask
0:17:40 > 0:17:44about the White House and American engagement in diplomatic processes
0:17:44 > 0:17:48and whether it is North Korea or sanctions in Iran or trade, there
0:17:48 > 0:17:53seems to be some kind of containing influence around the president and
0:17:53 > 0:18:01his instincts from generals who you know well. Which is winning out, the
0:18:01 > 0:18:04president and his gut as he likes to call it order restraining influence
0:18:04 > 0:18:10of the generals?So far secretary Tillerson and James Mattis have
0:18:10 > 0:18:14spoken clearly about the need to get to a diplomatic solution in North
0:18:14 > 0:18:23Korea. So I'm somewhat optimistic that their influence and their
0:18:23 > 0:18:27counsel to the president is being listened to. I do not think we have
0:18:27 > 0:18:30had the debate we need to have in this country about the use of
0:18:30 > 0:18:36nuclear weapons. I think that we almost talk about it somewhat in a
0:18:36 > 0:18:41cavalier fashion in terms of just another level of combat. They are
0:18:41 > 0:18:45the most devastating weapons on earth. And so all efforts to press
0:18:45 > 0:18:52this to a solution that does not involve combat and the potential for
0:18:52 > 0:18:56nuclear war must be expanded.When your joint Chief of staff you must
0:18:56 > 0:19:02have worked with leaders of many many African nations particularly in
0:19:02 > 0:19:09terms of extremist groups what you make of the recent derogatory
0:19:09 > 0:19:14comments made by the president about Africa?One thing that is obvious
0:19:14 > 0:19:19working in this field is that countries around the world both as
0:19:19 > 0:19:24the nation itself as well as individuals who lead them, they want
0:19:24 > 0:19:29to be treated with respect. We need friends and allies. And so
0:19:29 > 0:19:36describing countries as they did, I do not think you get anywhere in
0:19:36 > 0:19:43terms of where we can go down the road with respect to that
0:19:43 > 0:19:51relationship or in the global community. So I hope that this ends
0:19:51 > 0:19:54very quickly though I think a lot of damage has been done.The president
0:19:54 > 0:19:59has been in office for almost one year, what impact has he had on
0:19:59 > 0:20:03America and its standing in the world?Many people are still trying
0:20:03 > 0:20:07to figure out where we are going as a country and certainly the
0:20:07 > 0:20:10president as the leader of our country and the free world is
0:20:10 > 0:20:15creating a lot of that uncertainty. I worry about the debates in
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Washington quite frankly, undermining the values that are so
0:20:19 > 0:20:24important to us as a country and while we may not see the impact
0:20:24 > 0:20:29immediately, I worry about the erosion that takes place of who we
0:20:29 > 0:20:35are in terms of equality and freedom and democracy. And bringing all of
0:20:35 > 0:20:43that very much into question.Thank you for joining me. He has always
0:20:43 > 0:20:49been seen as one of the sober voices in American national security and to
0:20:49 > 0:20:52hear him saying that we're closer than ever to some kind of conflict
0:20:52 > 0:20:55with North Korea and that Americans just have not had a conversation
0:20:55 > 0:21:00about what that means, that he feels that the country is underestimating
0:21:00 > 0:21:06the awfulness of what a nuclear war right look like. I thought that that
0:21:06 > 0:21:11was very striking and quite alarming.And he was also saying
0:21:11 > 0:21:15about the battle against extremists in areas of Africa where regional
0:21:15 > 0:21:21leaders must pool intelligence from factions about who is working in
0:21:21 > 0:21:26their midst and it becomes much more difficult when they think it is the
0:21:26 > 0:21:28whites first policy rather than America first, interesting to get
0:21:28 > 0:21:39his thoughts on that.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45Well former White House communications director Anthony
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Scaramucci is ready for a comeback.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49The Former White House Communications Director Anthony
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Scaramucci has said Donald Trump is sure to win another
0:21:52 > 0:21:54election by a landslide.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56He's going to get re- elected and it'll probably be
0:21:57 > 0:21:58a landslide re election.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00The way the American poilitical system works it's almost impossible
0:22:00 > 0:22:02to defeat a sitting president unless you have a calamitous
0:22:02 > 0:22:05situation like a depression.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08You just agreed with me that his standing now with American
0:22:08 > 0:22:10public is at an historic low?
0:22:10 > 0:22:13I didn't say historic low I said he was roughly at the same approval
0:22:13 > 0:22:15rating that Obama had.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17What universe are you living on?
0:22:17 > 0:22:20I'm living in the same universe you are on and that's why
0:22:20 > 0:22:23I want to get invited back when he wins and we'll be popping
0:22:23 > 0:22:26champagne together, you and I, OK?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28He's gonna win re-election because he's got the right policies
0:22:28 > 0:22:38for the American people.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43Today I was reading and I had to remind myself in this extraordinary
0:22:43 > 0:22:46first year of President Trump, he lasted just six days in the job.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50That quirky period in the summer where he breezed in and bruised out
0:22:50 > 0:22:55just as quickly.That was the period when I had to censor my reading of
0:22:55 > 0:22:57news reports for my mother because the language coming out of the White
0:22:57 > 0:23:04House was obscene, and aren't not for her to hear. But he is right
0:23:04 > 0:23:07that there is still a reasonable chance that he could win the
0:23:07 > 0:23:13election and still many of the Trump supporters say we do not like his
0:23:13 > 0:23:17tweets but basically he's doing a good job for the country and we are
0:23:17 > 0:23:23still behind him.And more of that interview on the BBC website.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Now if you've ever wanted to know who your fine art doppelganger is -
0:23:26 > 0:23:28a new app has the answer.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Yeah - this is a new feature of the Google Arts & Culture app.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33It trawls tens of thousands of portraits from museums
0:23:33 > 0:23:36and galleries around the world to find the face that best
0:23:36 > 0:23:37matches any portrait.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Let's take a spin through our world leaders to see
0:23:39 > 0:23:40who they're paired with.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Starting out with Donald Trump - he's got a 69% match rating
0:23:44 > 0:23:47with this sketch by William Owen, called 'portrait of a man'.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Up next it's the British prime minister Theresa May -
0:23:49 > 0:23:51she's drawn similarities with Victorio C Edades 'mother and
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Daughter' painting.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55And then there's German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
0:23:55 > 0:24:05She's 60% like Umberto Moggioli's 'Testa di fanciulla'.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15Now you said I was not an oil painting but I share alike says of
0:24:15 > 0:24:2152% with Sir Walter Scott. A rather fitting resemblance.What is the
0:24:21 > 0:24:38other 48%?I think we are quite alike. You are 44% Voulgari. I have
0:24:38 > 0:24:43been having a look. You will be relieved to know that she was high
0:24:43 > 0:24:50society in Greece in the 19th century and in fact a member of the
0:24:50 > 0:24:56Royal Court in the years after Greek independence. And she's holding a
0:24:56 > 0:25:01very fine fan and wearing a ruby ring. Not a bad person to be twinned
0:25:01 > 0:25:11with.I think that that is quite fitting. And for all the viewers,
0:25:11 > 0:25:18you can run through this app yourself. Or you can in America. I
0:25:18 > 0:25:27ran it through and I got three male portraits but then I got make-up on
0:25:27 > 0:25:33and I got FEMA matches. So Google, get with the programme.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:35 > 0:25:41Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News...
0:25:41 > 0:25:46He has been described as a hologram president, if elected can Carles
0:25:46 > 0:25:53Puigdemont and really govern from self imposed exile? And plans to
0:25:53 > 0:25:56move the Bay you have a street to the UK from France. All still to
0:25:56 > 0:26:06come. -- the Bayeux Tapestry.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10the UK from France. All still to come. -- the Bayeux Tapestry.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17It is rarely a good thing when the weather is making the news. Some of
0:26:17 > 0:26:23us have been seeing a lot of snow. More on the way for some, a
0:26:23 > 0:26:27deepening area of low pressure coming in from the Atlantic. Further
0:26:27 > 0:26:33south it is rain and wind. On the northern flank wind and snow and
0:26:33 > 0:26:38especially parts of southern Scotland and northern England. So
0:26:38 > 0:26:42some higher accumulations overnight. And so we have an amber warning in
0:26:42 > 0:26:46force here. Some rain and snow moving across Northern Ireland
0:26:46 > 0:26:50through the evening. Lingering through southern Scotland. Up to 20
0:26:50 > 0:26:56centimetres of fresh snow here. To the south we have rain and gale is
0:26:56 > 0:27:02as well. Some big waves around western coasts. And going into
0:27:02 > 0:27:07tomorrow morning, the bulk of the weather system has cleared away but
0:27:07 > 0:27:12there will be after effects and the risk of some disruption for the rush
0:27:12 > 0:27:15hour. It is icy across untreated surfaces in Scotland, Northern
0:27:15 > 0:27:22Ireland. Overnight rain, sleet and snow pulling away from northern
0:27:22 > 0:27:29England but again I see in places. And further rain and hail showers in
0:27:29 > 0:27:33the north-west of England and into the Midlands. A blustery start
0:27:33 > 0:27:38across southern areas. Some showers dotted around. But for many across
0:27:38 > 0:27:44the eastern side of the UK we have gales to begin with but what follows
0:27:44 > 0:27:50will be largely dry. But the showers continue into the north-west, North
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Wales and north-west England. And increasingly snow to lower levels as
0:27:54 > 0:28:00we go through the day. The wind easing a bit but it is a chilly
0:28:00 > 0:28:07north-westerly wind. And feeling again below freezing. A similar
0:28:07 > 0:28:12weather pattern going into Friday, some sunny spells but across the
0:28:12 > 0:28:14north-west of the UK especially further sleet and snow showers to be
0:28:14 > 0:28:20had. A lot quieter as the weekend begins. Sunny spells and fewer
0:28:20 > 0:28:26showers. And another weather system coming in for Sunday. Many of us
0:28:26 > 0:28:31will get rain from that bad again the risk of some snow further north.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10This is Beyond 100 Days, with me, Katty Kay in Washington.
0:30:10 > 0:30:15Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Our top stories...
0:30:17 > 0:30:20A new US senate report says the Russians are spreading fake news
0:30:20 > 0:30:22in as many languages as possible through as many
0:30:22 > 0:30:26channels as possible.
0:30:26 > 0:30:32As foreign ministers meet in Vancouver to discuss North Korea,
0:30:32 > 0:30:34a former top US military officer tells us we aren't having
0:30:34 > 0:30:42the debate we should about the use of nuclear weapons.
0:30:42 > 0:30:48I think we almost talk our bloated somewhat cavalierly in our way of
0:30:48 > 0:30:55just another comeback. They aren't the most devastating weapons on
0:30:55 > 0:30:59earth -- we almost talk about it cavalierly.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01A year on since Aleppo was recaptured from rebel forces
0:31:01 > 0:31:04we return to see how the ancient city has changed.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Weaving its way across the Channel, the Bayeux tapestry is set to leave
0:31:07 > 0:31:10France for the first time in 950 years.
0:31:10 > 0:31:19Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag
0:31:19 > 0:31:23#Beyond100Days.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25The Catalan parliament is meeting for the first time
0:31:25 > 0:31:28since it was dissolved by the Spanish government -
0:31:28 > 0:31:30in response to the unilateral declaration of independence
0:31:30 > 0:31:31in October.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Members of parliament will now nominate a new president.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is warning the former leader
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Carles Puigdemont not to try to run Catalonia from his self-imposed
0:31:41 > 0:31:44exile in Belgium - warning that if he is chosen
0:31:44 > 0:31:49as President, Madrid will retain control of the autonomous region.
0:31:49 > 0:31:57Gavin Lee is in Barcelona for us.
0:31:57 > 0:32:02The three separatist parties have the absolute majority in parliament.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06Do they see eye to eye and will they elect Carles Puigdemont as president
0:32:06 > 0:32:15again?No and yes, in short. They don't see eye to eye, what parties
0:32:15 > 0:32:23do? The on the right and on the left, you have the key parties for
0:32:23 > 0:32:29independents here, and the Democratic Catalonian party, Carles
0:32:29 > 0:32:40Puigdemont's party. They have 70 out of 135 seats in parliament so they
0:32:40 > 0:32:48have a majority, they need 68 seats but they need that coalition. Today
0:32:48 > 0:32:53they elected a speaker of the house who was a separatist, and it is his
0:32:53 > 0:32:59job to elect the next president within ten working days. From
0:32:59 > 0:33:03talking to all sides, that will be Carles Puigdemont and people talk
0:33:03 > 0:33:10about the hologram president because he is 800 miles away and if he steps
0:33:10 > 0:33:14into space he will be arrested for sedition. His supporters say he
0:33:14 > 0:33:25won't come here they he can govern from Skype or Twitter.Are we
0:33:25 > 0:33:31getting any closer to the story being resolved? It never seems to
0:33:31 > 0:33:37get closer to a resolution.You're watching this from afar, imagine
0:33:37 > 0:33:42living through it. It is three months since the Catalan parliament
0:33:42 > 0:33:47was dissolved by the Spanish government, it is affecting the
0:33:47 > 0:33:52region, according to the Economy Minister, it's costing about 1
0:33:52 > 0:33:57billion euros to the contrary. We are starting to get a political
0:33:57 > 0:34:02route through the crisis, if not a resolution, to see where it's
0:34:02 > 0:34:08playing out in the next two weeks because if Carles Puigdemont is put
0:34:08 > 0:34:13forward again as president, the Spanish government says emergency
0:34:13 > 0:34:19rule will remain unless he comes here and he is not going to. Those
0:34:19 > 0:34:23on both sides acknowledge that a constitutional court could suspend
0:34:23 > 0:34:28the parliament again so for those hoping for a quick resolution, it
0:34:28 > 0:34:35doesn't look clear that that will happen.Gavin Lee, clearly going to
0:34:35 > 0:34:41take up residence in Barcelona, not a bad place to be.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43The final battles for Aleppo were being fought a little
0:34:43 > 0:34:44more than a year ago.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Now, both the west and what was once the rebel-held east are now
0:34:47 > 0:34:49firmly back in the control of President Assad's government.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Our chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet,
0:34:51 > 0:34:54was in the ancient city in the last days of the fighting
0:34:54 > 0:34:57there and is back there now to take us through what's changed.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01Dawn holds little fear now for the city of Aleppo.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Gone are the warplanes, at least from here, and a
0:35:04 > 0:35:07train now runs from east to west.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Aleppo is back in government hands.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15Its tallest building leaves you in no doubt.
0:35:15 > 0:35:20Nor do the songs schoolchildren sing in praise of their president.
0:35:20 > 0:35:30In the area once held by rebels.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37A daily rhythm returns for 12-year-old Rahan.
0:35:37 > 0:35:38Her school was controlled by hardline
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Islamist groups.
0:35:41 > 0:35:49TRANSLATION:I didn't go to school during the war
0:35:49 > 0:35:51because of the shelling and there were armed
0:35:51 > 0:35:52men in the building.
0:35:52 > 0:35:53We didn't learn anything at all.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56This is what we saw here in the last days
0:35:56 > 0:35:58of battle, the smell of explosives still in the air, buildings
0:35:58 > 0:36:00flattened by Syrian air strikes.
0:36:00 > 0:36:07Now safe enough for people to start coming back.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10Umm Halil is one of the first on her street to bring her
0:36:10 > 0:36:11family home.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14Like many others she's returning from a government area to
0:36:14 > 0:36:21this small flat with no electricity, no running water.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23TRANSLATION:It was so hard to see the damage.
0:36:23 > 0:36:30We are rebuilding bit by bit.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34We are rebuilding bit by bit whenever we earn a little money.
0:36:34 > 0:36:40Her husband's face says it all.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43The life he knew is gone - that they all knew.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Life is slowly returning to the streets.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47You see the signs of it everywhere.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52But the destruction here is overwhelming.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54With time, money, some of this will be rebuilt
0:36:54 > 0:36:56but so many lives have been
0:36:56 > 0:37:00shattered too, and possibly beyond repair.
0:37:00 > 0:37:08This is all that's left of the industrial zone
0:37:08 > 0:37:12at the edge of the city, once Syria's economic heartland.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14There's still fighting here, the front line only a few
0:37:15 > 0:37:16hundred metres alone.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20This factory was damaged and looted by rebel forces.
0:37:20 > 0:37:25My family's life is destroyed.
0:37:25 > 0:37:35It's terrible.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38All the factories here were more than 1000 - all except
0:37:38 > 0:37:39a very few still lie silent.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41It will take many billions to rebuild Syria.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43How can a broken country do that?
0:37:43 > 0:37:47It takes a lot of money but as we must say,
0:37:47 > 0:37:54we need all the countries to release the sanctions.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56You want the sanctions lifted on Syria?
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Yes.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02The West says that won't happen until the war is over.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07Now we are going to finish it.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11We are going to finish it.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14The end of battle in this ancient city turned the tide of war
0:38:14 > 0:38:16in President Assad's favour.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19One year on, it's not over yet.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22So many lost so much, this great city
0:38:22 > 0:38:32may never be the same.
0:38:35 > 0:38:41You wander amid all that devastation and the war of attrition, hope
0:38:41 > 0:38:44people who oppose President Assad will ever accept him as their
0:38:44 > 0:38:52president. It still has some way to run.Awful to see one of the great
0:38:52 > 0:38:57cities of the Middle East disintegrated like that.
0:38:57 > 0:39:04Should the UK hold a second Brexit referendum? Nigel Farage suggested
0:39:04 > 0:39:08it may be unavoidable and Jean-Claude Yunker said he would be
0:39:08 > 0:39:15happy to help the UK rejoined the EU if he wants to.But Theresa May has
0:39:15 > 0:39:21ruled it out, so all eyes on round two of the negotiation which begins
0:39:21 > 0:39:26in March. The EU is keen to know what kind of future relationship the
0:39:26 > 0:39:33UK once and plenty of labour supporters would like to know where
0:39:33 > 0:39:40their party stands. Here's the Shadow Minister explaining.
0:39:40 > 0:39:46I get a bit irritated when you say it's not clear
0:39:46 > 0:39:49because it is very clear, what it isn't is a yes-no answer
0:39:49 > 0:39:52but I do think people are capable of getting their heads around this.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54We're saying we want the benefits of the single market
0:39:54 > 0:39:57but we are uneasy about accepting all of the...
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Hang on a minute, this doesn't sound clear.
0:39:59 > 0:40:04We want the benefits of the single market.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Our constituents have said to us clearly in voting to leave
0:40:07 > 0:40:10that there are aspects of membership they are not content
0:40:10 > 0:40:13to continue with so that's why it is a negotiation and you cannot
0:40:13 > 0:40:16just continue to be in the single market and the Customs Union
0:40:16 > 0:40:18and accept all the strings attached to that and say to constituents,
0:40:18 > 0:40:26we have delivered Brexit, because they will not accept that.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29To help us unpick some of that let's turn to our regular contributors
0:40:29 > 0:40:34on Beyond 100 Days - the Labour MP and member
0:40:34 > 0:40:37of the Brexit Select Committee, Seema Malhotra,
0:40:37 > 0:40:38and the Conservative Party's Nigel Evans,
0:40:38 > 0:40:40who is also a member
0:40:40 > 0:40:46of the International Trade Select Committee.
0:40:46 > 0:40:53We have perhaps picked, unfairly, on the shadow Brexit Secretary, the EU
0:40:53 > 0:40:58says the UK cannot have its cake and eat it, you are either in the single
0:40:58 > 0:41:06market for you or not, so why does labour think there is a third way?I
0:41:06 > 0:41:11have laid out my own view since the day after the referendum, my view is
0:41:11 > 0:41:15that we have to find our way to where we keep the best of our
0:41:15 > 0:41:22relationship with the EU, and that requires greater flexibility around
0:41:22 > 0:41:25the freedom of movement rolls, greater controls for a nation states
0:41:25 > 0:41:30if they wish. That might mean you have a sector -based approach or
0:41:30 > 0:41:36some other approach to immigration but there is a fair system that
0:41:36 > 0:41:40gives back control people have lost, I didn't think that's incompatible
0:41:40 > 0:41:46with being in the single market, there is a debate about whether the
0:41:46 > 0:41:50four freedoms artfully indivisible, that we have to be clear about what
0:41:50 > 0:41:55will be right for the economy and if I can say something about Nigel's
0:41:55 > 0:42:02party, the idea that Theresa May has any clarity about what the forward
0:42:02 > 0:42:07vision looks like of life after we leave the EU, we haven't heard it in
0:42:07 > 0:42:16parliament yet.No, we haven't, Nigel!Happy new year. We just had
0:42:16 > 0:42:23the third reading so it goes from one bit of Parliament to the Lords,
0:42:23 > 0:42:30so that is where the next battle will now take place.For months.It
0:42:30 > 0:42:34will be interesting to see what people like Lord and Jonas and
0:42:34 > 0:42:39Michael has a fine, who both feel the British people got it wrong and
0:42:39 > 0:42:46we should not leave the EU, so they should scrutinise the legislation.
0:42:46 > 0:42:52How can you be so cavalier with the affections of Donald Tusk, who says
0:42:52 > 0:42:56his heart is open, let's come back, how can you throw that back in his
0:42:56 > 0:43:04face?For all Donald Tusk, I appreciate why he doesn't understand
0:43:04 > 0:43:10democracy because he hasn't really been elected to a proper presidency,
0:43:10 > 0:43:16he has just been elected by the country's' prime ministers and
0:43:16 > 0:43:21governments, so we understand why he doesn't really understand why we
0:43:21 > 0:43:26have had the biggest festival of democracy this country has ever
0:43:26 > 0:43:31seen, the British people had our binary question and they decided out
0:43:31 > 0:43:38and that is what we will deliver. Nigel has sidestepped all the issues
0:43:38 > 0:43:43we have been debating, all the issues of parliamentary sovereignty
0:43:43 > 0:43:48and how to manage transition and the legal basis for trade in just over a
0:43:48 > 0:43:54year for all the sectors in the economy, on whether ministers can
0:43:54 > 0:44:00roll back legislation on equality. Let me just jump in without
0:44:00 > 0:44:09question.Politicians on both sides said the debate was about whether we
0:44:09 > 0:44:13leave the EU, it wasn't about how we leave, and Nigel has to
0:44:13 > 0:44:22understand...Quickly, we will leave quickly.We can all agree there are
0:44:22 > 0:44:27divisions in both your parties but what do you think, and Nigel let me
0:44:27 > 0:44:34start with this idea about the IDF list by Nigel Farage of a second
0:44:34 > 0:44:41referendum. It was so much fun first time around.This was all about
0:44:41 > 0:44:46reviving the popularity of Nigel Farage, and giving him more
0:44:46 > 0:44:51publicity. I likened him to a fruit machine in the corner of our pub and
0:44:51 > 0:44:57if nobody plays it for ten minutes it makes an irritating noise. If I
0:44:57 > 0:45:03see him, I will tell him that. The Prime Minister has ruled out a
0:45:03 > 0:45:08second referendum, on the back of that propaganda pamphlet that David
0:45:08 > 0:45:14Cameron sent to every household, it said we will follow the wishes of
0:45:14 > 0:45:19the British people, and that is the problem for the Labour Party, a lot
0:45:19 > 0:45:24of the heartlands in the north of England voted to leave the EU, and
0:45:24 > 0:45:32the problem for Seema is, she loves the EU more than her constituents
0:45:32 > 0:45:40do.My problem is whether you will put their constituents first,
0:45:40 > 0:45:47without jobs first Brexit, and who was the Chancellor arguing with?
0:45:47 > 0:45:51This is a divided Conservative Party that is supposed to be leading us
0:45:51 > 0:45:59through this. They are a great risk to war economy.We don't need to do
0:45:59 > 0:46:05anything when we speak to these two. It is a pretty odd world when you
0:46:05 > 0:46:10have Nigel Farage siding with Tony Blair on the prospect of a second
0:46:10 > 0:46:17referendum.Poor old Nigel Farage seemed to feel he hasn't got a voice
0:46:17 > 0:46:21at the moment and his party has completely disintegrated but he
0:46:21 > 0:46:27raises an important point. It isn't just him who was raising this issue
0:46:27 > 0:46:33about how people might have a say on how we move forward and that debate
0:46:33 > 0:46:37is being influenced by how the government has tried to sideline
0:46:37 > 0:46:41parliament and the public every step of the way. It's extraordinary that
0:46:41 > 0:46:48on the issue of leaving the EU, how we get our best deal and make sure
0:46:48 > 0:46:53businesses will not suffer and jobs and public services will not be at
0:46:53 > 0:46:58risk, we heard today that more nurses are leaving the NHS than
0:46:58 > 0:47:04joining and uncertainty around the EU has a big part to play in that.
0:47:04 > 0:47:09Nigel may want to reflect on those risks.The important thing is we put
0:47:09 > 0:47:15Nigel Farage out of his misery, which I have always wanted to do,
0:47:15 > 0:47:20and the Prime Minister said there would not be a second referendum, M
0:47:20 > 0:47:23expecting a bit of ping-pong with the House of Lords where they will
0:47:23 > 0:47:31send it back to us and we sent it back to them, but they are unelected
0:47:31 > 0:47:34peers, the people voted for this, will be unelected peers have one
0:47:34 > 0:47:40over on the people of Britain?There will be debate about genuine
0:47:40 > 0:47:45democracy because the way the government has handled this made a
0:47:45 > 0:47:50mockery of taking back control. The issue is about hope we have control
0:47:50 > 0:47:58back in parliament, the amendment I voted for today that there should be
0:47:58 > 0:48:02evidence of the impact of leaving the single market and the Customs
0:48:02 > 0:48:08Union, lots of debate and I think the Lords will take this further.
0:48:08 > 0:48:13Good to see you have both come back with the same vim and vigour that we
0:48:13 > 0:48:15had last year.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17A former CIA officer has been arrested in the US,
0:48:17 > 0:48:19where reports say he's suspected of helping China.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22Jerry Chun Shing Lee worked for the CIA between 1994 and 2007,
0:48:22 > 0:48:23when he moved to Hong Kong.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26In the years afterwards, some 20 CIA informants in China
0:48:26 > 0:48:28were either killed or jailed.
0:48:28 > 0:48:34The French government has scrapped plans to build a major new airport
0:48:34 > 0:48:36for the west of France near the city of Nantes.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39The proposed airport was going be based in agricultural land around
0:48:39 > 0:48:41the village of Notre-Dame-des-Landes and had been approved
0:48:41 > 0:48:42in a local referendum.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Environmental campaigners had opposed the scheme but supporters
0:48:44 > 0:48:52say the government has caved in to the threat of violence.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54Ireland's Taoiseach has been to the European Parliament
0:48:54 > 0:48:57in Strasbourg where he gave a speech on the future of Europe.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00Leo Varadkar denied that the EU was conspiring to reverse the Brexit
0:49:00 > 0:49:10vote and cautioned about interfering in democracy in other countries.
0:49:10 > 0:49:15I don't think it's anti-democratic for people to change their mind or
0:49:15 > 0:49:22have a second vote, but any new referendum question must be one for
0:49:22 > 0:49:26the British people, we shouldn't put any pressure on them, that would be
0:49:26 > 0:49:28counter-productive.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31The England and Wales Cricket board has decided Ben Stokes can be
0:49:31 > 0:49:32considered for international selection
0:49:32 > 0:49:35whilst he waits to be tried on a charge of affray.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37The all-rounder was charged this week over an incident outside
0:49:37 > 0:49:38a nightclub in Bristol last year.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40He hasn't played for England since then.
0:49:40 > 0:49:41This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44Still to come - why the Bayeux Tapestry could leave
0:49:44 > 0:49:46France for the first time in nearly a thousand years
0:49:46 > 0:49:56and be loaned to Britain.
0:50:05 > 0:50:09Thousands of people who work on private service projects for
0:50:09 > 0:50:13Carillion have been told they will continue to be paid. Judith Morris
0:50:13 > 0:50:18reports.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20Brick by brick, floor by floor, the new £335 million
0:50:20 > 0:50:22Royal Liverpool Hospital has been taking shape, building
0:50:22 > 0:50:23work ongoing.
0:50:23 > 0:50:24Until this week.
0:50:24 > 0:50:25Since Carillion's collapse, subcontractors here
0:50:25 > 0:50:26have stopped work.
0:50:26 > 0:50:36Some are owed money and have downed tools for now.
0:50:36 > 0:50:42Meanwhile, next door at the hospital it's due to replace,
0:50:42 > 0:50:44there is frustration for staff who are waiting for the new
0:50:44 > 0:50:47building to be ready.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49But until things are clear, hospital bosses know it will be
0:50:49 > 0:50:51difficult to get the builders back to work.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53I would say to contractors, please come on site,
0:50:53 > 0:50:56you will get paid for the work you are doing.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59We recognise there is an issue with the money you are owed,
0:50:59 > 0:51:00but there are guarantees about future payments.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03We will work with the hospital company and the receivers to try
0:51:03 > 0:51:05and ensure that there is some compensation.
0:51:05 > 0:51:07Is there anger about this?
0:51:07 > 0:51:08I wouldn't say it is anger.
0:51:08 > 0:51:12We feel sorry for the staff and the subcontractors of Carillion.
0:51:12 > 0:51:12It's not anger.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15It's empathy with the situation they are in, really.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18The old hospital was built in the 1970s and is showing its age.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21Crumbling concrete and rusting pipework.
0:51:21 > 0:51:27The new building was privately financed, but its progress was slow
0:51:27 > 0:51:29for various structural reasons, and it was cited at the time
0:51:29 > 0:51:31of Carillion's first profit warning.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33The new hospital should have been completed last March,
0:51:33 > 0:51:36but Carillion missed that deadline.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39And for every month it was delayed, the company faced
0:51:39 > 0:51:44a bill of £1.5 million.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47Despite the Carillion chaos, the trust says it is confident that
0:51:47 > 0:51:49work will restart soon.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51Although it can't say exactly when the city
0:51:52 > 0:52:01will get its new hospital.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06You're watching Beyond 100 Days.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08It's almost a thousand years old and one of the great historical
0:52:08 > 0:52:12records of the middle ages - depicting the Norman
0:52:12 > 0:52:13conquest of England.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15But now the Bayeux Tapestry could be about to leave France
0:52:15 > 0:52:24for the first time in 950 years.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26Yes, it's a good yarn.
0:52:26 > 0:52:35Get it. No?
0:52:35 > 0:52:39The French President, Emmanuel Macron, is expected
0:52:39 > 0:52:41to announce tomorrow that the ancient tapestry
0:52:41 > 0:52:42is being loaned to Britain -
0:52:42 > 0:52:45as long as experts agree that it is safe to move.
0:52:45 > 0:52:46Here's our Paris correspondent Lucy Williamson.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48If anything puts current Anglo-French relations
0:52:48 > 0:52:50in context, this is it - a tapestry from almost a thousand
0:52:50 > 0:52:53years ago describing a very different kind of summit meeting.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55Now the French President has given approval for the 50-metre
0:52:55 > 0:53:01Bayeux Tapestry to leave French territory for the first time.
0:53:01 > 0:53:07But moving something this big and old is no simple matter.
0:53:07 > 0:53:16It's difficult to imagine how to put it in a case and showcase it, put it
0:53:16 > 0:53:17in a train.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19No, we don't know.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21President Macron's gesture highlights France's deep ties
0:53:21 > 0:53:23and long history with Britain, though cynics might say it also
0:53:23 > 0:53:27highlights a crucial French victory over its Anglo-Saxon neighbour.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30Art experts say it is a benign telling of the tale,
0:53:30 > 0:53:33with moments of comedy and artistic influences from both
0:53:33 > 0:53:35sides of the Channel.
0:53:35 > 0:53:44There's a lot of excitement from British museums.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46The opportunity to get really close to the Bayeux Tapestry
0:53:46 > 0:53:48and explore it and look at it is what's fascinating
0:53:48 > 0:53:51to all of us who have studied the Bayeux Tapestry.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53The exact location of the tapestry's famous battle has long been
0:53:53 > 0:53:56in dispute, but in Hastings today locals said the artwork
0:53:56 > 0:54:03should be displayed there.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07A lot of people in Hastings are proud of Hastings and if it's
0:54:07 > 0:54:13returning to Hastings, all the better.The Battle of Hastings, good
0:54:13 > 0:54:19tourist attraction.The battle happened here and there not enough
0:54:19 > 0:54:23displays of what happened in Hastings so should come here.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25Britain has twice requested the tapestry on loan, the first time
0:54:25 > 0:54:27for the Queen's Coronation, but has always been refused.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29This initiative has the backing of President Macron,
0:54:29 > 0:54:31part of the cultural exchanges he promised in
0:54:31 > 0:54:32his election campaign.
0:54:32 > 0:54:36But the deep ties with Britain have often been tinged with rivalry,
0:54:36 > 0:54:39and one French official was joking today about whether Britain
0:54:39 > 0:54:49would find anything of similar merit to send them in return.
0:54:53 > 0:55:01I think the Rosetta Stone might be up there.Ouch! I love her language,
0:55:01 > 0:55:04that it might be tinged with rivalry, the French and British
0:55:04 > 0:55:11relationship. One of my favourite bits of the Bayeux Tapestry, you
0:55:11 > 0:55:17know what it is? Halley's Comet, did you know that was in there? Halley's
0:55:17 > 0:55:20Comet was visible when they were serving the tapestry and it makes an
0:55:20 > 0:55:28appearance.Emmanuel Macron is here tomorrow, meeting Theresa May, a
0:55:28 > 0:55:33colleague has sent me a cartoon and there is Theresa May on the left
0:55:33 > 0:55:39saying, there it is, the Bayeux Tapestry, but this is Mr Macron
0:55:39 > 0:55:43saying no, this is the British bill. Maybe we could say we will keep the
0:55:43 > 0:55:53tapestry and not hand it back unless they diminish the bill.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56Ros Atkins is here with Outside Source and for
0:55:56 > 0:55:58viewers in the UK we'll have the latest headlines
0:55:58 > 0:56:03from Clive Myrie.