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0:00:13 > 0:00:16Russia blinks, just a little, in Syria, allowing a brief daily
0:00:16 > 0:00:18truce to get humanitarian aid in East Ghouta.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20From tomorrow, for 5 hours, there will be
0:00:20 > 0:00:22a humanitarian pause - but today the bombing continued
0:00:22 > 0:00:27and more civilians were killed.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29The United Nations pressured Moscow to allow some
0:00:29 > 0:00:33relief after 500 people, including children, were killed
0:00:33 > 0:00:34in the area last week.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Brexit will mean Brexit - says the government -
0:00:36 > 0:00:39but the opposition is less resolute - today the Labour party
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0:00:39 > 0:00:43laid out its vision with closer ties to the EU.
0:00:43 > 0:00:50Also on the programme.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52From gun control reform to Brexit -
0:00:52 > 0:00:54as politics becomes ever more polarised on both sides
0:00:54 > 0:00:59of the Atlantic we go looking for the common ground.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Six months on from surviving for the common ground.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Hurricane Harvey we meet the Houston residents trying to rebuild
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0:01:17 > 0:01:19Hello and welcome - I'm Katty Kay in Washington
0:01:19 > 0:01:21and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23For five short hours tomorrow, the thousands of people trapped
0:01:23 > 0:01:26in East Ghouta will be able to leave their underground
0:01:26 > 0:01:27shelters and seek relief.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Aid will go in, the wounded will get treatment and people
0:01:30 > 0:01:32will be allowed to leave.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35The pause will continue daily.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37This small reprieve comes because Russia has given
0:01:37 > 0:01:41in to pressure from an international community horrified by the images
0:01:41 > 0:01:44of suffering we have seen in the rebel held enclave.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47It's an important concession given the ongoing bombardment
0:01:47 > 0:01:47of the rebel-held enclave.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Reports suggest more than 500 people
0:01:49 > 0:01:52were killed last week alone.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55For more on how things are playing out on the ground,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57we can speak to Linda Tom from the UN's Office
0:01:57 > 0:01:59for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
0:01:59 > 0:02:07She joins us now from Damascus.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12on.The reasonable conditions have to be in place for aid workers to go
0:02:12 > 0:02:20on, do you think five hours is a big enough window?We welcome the UN
0:02:20 > 0:02:23resolution for this sensation of facilities which should last at
0:02:23 > 0:02:31least 30 days. We are calling to see that resolution implemented now. It
0:02:31 > 0:02:38is critical we can reach people in need and our UN and had --
0:02:38 > 0:02:42humanitarian partners can get to people in need. We are ready to do
0:02:42 > 0:02:48that now in order to help people. You have the people who are ready to
0:02:48 > 0:02:56go in and you have the need?That is correct. We came here to Syria along
0:02:56 > 0:03:04with our partners and we are working together in order to respond to the
0:03:04 > 0:03:10needs of people. But we need the access. The supplies are ready. The
0:03:10 > 0:03:18teams are ready on the ground. As soon as conditions allow, we are
0:03:18 > 0:03:23ready to provide aid.The last time aid got him was two weeks ago and
0:03:23 > 0:03:27the situation has deteriorated since then. His five hours enough to give
0:03:27 > 0:03:37people assistance?The needs in Eastern Ghouta are enormous. There
0:03:37 > 0:03:41are 400,000 people there. Some of those areas have been besieged for
0:03:41 > 0:03:47many years. That means that people are not only deprived of humanity
0:03:47 > 0:03:55mean access but they cannot go in and out. It means that is a lack of
0:03:55 > 0:04:01food, nutrition supplies, lack of medicine. And the hospitals are
0:04:01 > 0:04:05working on a shoestring. Some of their equipment is no longer
0:04:05 > 0:04:09functioning because of the lack of electricity or damaged by the
0:04:09 > 0:04:14fighting.Do you trust the Syrian government to stick by this brief
0:04:14 > 0:04:22humanitarian window everyday?Of course we are hopeful. The UN team
0:04:22 > 0:04:28is here and our partners are here. We hope to deliver humanitarian
0:04:28 > 0:04:36assistance. In the last 48 hours, we have received reports of military
0:04:36 > 0:04:40operations, resulting in the death of at least 30 people which includes
0:04:40 > 0:04:45women and children. In the meantime, attacks on Damascus from Eastern
0:04:45 > 0:04:52Ghouta have also continued.You said you welcome the security council
0:04:52 > 0:05:01decision, can I put you what the chairman of the medical cheer of
0:05:01 > 0:05:04relief said, I am embarrassed for the UN Security
0:05:18 > 0:05:24how do you react to that?We would have to say this situation is
0:05:24 > 0:05:30horrendous. Hospitals in Eastern Ghouta were impacted with the
0:05:30 > 0:05:37shelling. The hospitals have had to go out of service. We have not had
0:05:37 > 0:05:43access and the February 14. Even then we were only able to bring in a
0:05:43 > 0:05:48small amount of aid, not enough for what was needed. Prior to that it
0:05:48 > 0:05:53was over 70 days since we had been able to reach Eastern Ghouta.Thank
0:05:53 > 0:05:57you very much for joining us from Damascus.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Joining me now is our North America
0:05:58 > 0:06:03correspondent, Nick Bryant.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08You were at the United Nations last week when they were debating this
0:06:08 > 0:06:12resolution. This is a Russian dictator to humanitarian resolution
0:06:12 > 0:06:19were looking at?Yes, this is not Russia adhering to the ceasefire
0:06:19 > 0:06:24solution. The Russian Ambassador raised his hand in support of it on
0:06:24 > 0:06:30Saturday but this is a Russian initiative. The humanitarian
0:06:30 > 0:06:35resolution was a call for a 30 days of cessation of hostilities. The
0:06:35 > 0:06:41Russians are calling for a five hours on Tuesday. So a convoy
0:06:41 > 0:06:45contriving get some medical evacuation in place. This is not
0:06:45 > 0:06:53abiding by the resolution but this is the Russians showing they are in
0:06:53 > 0:06:55charge. They are the most significant presence on the ground
0:06:55 > 0:07:02and we will decide what happens, not the UN.We live in a Darwinian
0:07:02 > 0:07:08universe. If our body continues to be dysfunctional, eventually
0:07:08 > 0:07:14governments are going to look at the Security Council and see it is not
0:07:14 > 0:07:18effective?The French ambassador said that very starkly last week
0:07:18 > 0:07:23ahead of the vote. He said this is a moment of truth for the Security
0:07:23 > 0:07:29Council to show it has credibility. He even said if it failed to act, it
0:07:29 > 0:07:34could sound the death knell of the United Nations itself. You have
0:07:34 > 0:07:38people like Linda Thom who are on the ground, UN professional staff
0:07:38 > 0:07:44who are ready to go, just waiting for the green light from the UN
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Security Council and that has been blocked repeatedly on Syria by
0:07:48 > 0:07:53Russia. Now the green light but Russia still says they cannot take
0:07:53 > 0:07:56action because we do not think the conditions are right for a
0:07:56 > 0:08:02ceasefire. We will decide if it happens or not. It does make the UN
0:08:02 > 0:08:06but irrelevant but you feel sorry for UN professional staffers who are
0:08:06 > 0:08:12ready to go in there and deliver aid but are being hamstrung by their
0:08:12 > 0:08:22Security Council and mainly by Russia.Thank you very much.
0:08:22 > 0:08:28That is no guarantee that outside of the five hours that the attacks will
0:08:28 > 0:08:36not carry on. Five hours does not give anyone a lot of time.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39There are no tariffs on goods or services that move
0:08:39 > 0:08:41between the United Kingdom and the EU.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43The Customs Union that binds all EU member states,
0:08:43 > 0:08:44ensures frictionless trade across internal borders -
0:08:44 > 0:08:47and it also sets a common tarrif on imports that come into Europe
0:08:48 > 0:08:49from non EU members.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51The quid pro quo is that Brussels negotiates the external trade deals
0:08:51 > 0:08:53on behalf of its 28 members.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Post Brexit, that may change, the British Prime Minister
0:08:56 > 0:08:59says the UK will be leaving the customs union and taking back
0:08:59 > 0:09:02control of its own trade deals.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Today the opposition Labour party attempted to set a clear dividing
0:09:04 > 0:09:08line between their position - and the one Theresa May will seek
0:09:08 > 0:09:11to establish on Friday.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Mr Corbyn's been speaking to our UK Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18All of the noises from the European Union on this have been
0:09:18 > 0:09:21that if we want to have a customs arrangement with them,
0:09:21 > 0:09:24they set the rules.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27There would be 27 countries against us, we wouldn't have a say.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31They have interests in this country, we have interests in Europe.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34There is an interest all around in not sending this country off
0:09:34 > 0:09:39into a sort of Donald Trump style of Transatlantic Trade
0:09:39 > 0:09:42and Investment Partnership economy dominated by tax
0:09:42 > 0:09:44cuts and deregulation.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49We're not going to do that.
0:09:49 > 0:09:55Chris Morris from the BBC's Reality Check is with us.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00A lot of concern in Britain at the moment because we do not know what
0:10:00 > 0:10:06the government plan is. How did it relate to business and the customs
0:10:06 > 0:10:10union?Yes, it is a big issue for many companies based in the UK
0:10:10 > 0:10:15because they have become used to having, as you described, this
0:10:15 > 0:10:21tariff free access for the whole of the European market. When she bought
0:10:21 > 0:10:25goods, you can move them across borders without any other payment of
0:10:25 > 0:10:31tariffs. A lot of companies rely on that with what they called
0:10:31 > 0:10:33just-in-time manufacturing. I have been looking in particular at the
0:10:33 > 0:10:36car industry.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39This is the BMW factory in Oxford mentioned by Mr Corbyn where they
0:10:39 > 0:10:40make the Mini.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Its components cross EU borders multiple times.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45A crankshaft cast in France crosses to a
0:10:45 > 0:10:47plant in Warwickshire to be finished.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50And then goes back to Austria to be built into an engine
0:10:50 > 0:10:53which then comes back to Oxford to be put in a completed car.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Half the cars built in Oxford are then
0:10:55 > 0:10:58exported back to the EU and it is all tariff free.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00The government argues the problem with a customs union is you cannot
0:11:00 > 0:11:06negotiate during trade deals around the world.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07A key part of taking back control.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10It is true you are constrained, you cannot alter tariffs on goods.
0:11:10 > 0:11:17You can still do goods and services.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18And on harmonising regulations with other
0:11:18 > 0:11:19countries.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Labour says it still wants to be involved alongside the
0:11:22 > 0:11:25EU, negotiating any trade deal in the national interest.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Is it trying to have its cake and eat it?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Business leaders are still looking for more
0:11:31 > 0:11:32clarity.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Being in the customs union is a hassle-free solution.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42There are different types of customs union.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45What we heard Jeremy Corbyn saying, is not all of the details, we need
0:11:46 > 0:11:52to get more before business know.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Every time I think I understand Brexit something happens and I
0:11:56 > 0:12:04confused again. Just to clarify for me, what is the difference between
0:12:04 > 0:12:09Labour's position that the government?The government is
0:12:09 > 0:12:14talking about a customs arrangement which does not mean much, he can be
0:12:14 > 0:12:18anything. A customs union is a technical term in the world of trade
0:12:18 > 0:12:25talks. What the Labour party is saying is that we will stay in a
0:12:25 > 0:12:29customs union, otherwise businesses will suffer. The government says you
0:12:29 > 0:12:33then cannot do deals around the world. That is not quite true
0:12:33 > 0:12:39because you can do some trade deals. What you cannot do is deal in goods
0:12:39 > 0:12:43because you cannot change that tariff rate which is set by being in
0:12:43 > 0:12:49the customs union. You can still do deals and services and with third
0:12:49 > 0:12:51countries which harmonise regulations so there are some things
0:12:51 > 0:12:56you can do but it makes it more difficult.Thank you very much
0:12:56 > 0:13:08indeed. That is probably a majority in parliament in favour of a customs
0:13:08 > 0:13:14union but for the government to be beaten on it and move towards
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Labour's position that would have to be enough Tory rebels to move
0:13:17 > 0:13:23towards Jeremy Corbyn's position which he set out today. The simple
0:13:23 > 0:13:31arithmetic is that unless the DUP, if they move or if enough Tory
0:13:31 > 0:13:36rebels move then that could happen but it is very unlikely. It is
0:13:36 > 0:13:44likely when it comes to vote that the government will set up as a
0:13:44 > 0:13:50confidence motion and will -- and the rebels will have cold feet.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Thank you very much for that explanation. I think we have done it
0:13:53 > 0:14:02for today until the next one.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04President Trump today met Governors
0:14:04 > 0:14:06at the White House to talk about the Florida school shooting.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Over the weekend several US companies reduced
0:14:08 > 0:14:11their ties to the NRA - America's powerful gun lobby group.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13In the long televised meeting Mr Trump once again
0:14:13 > 0:14:16criticised law enforcement officers for the way they handled
0:14:16 > 0:14:17the shooting - and suggested he would have been braver
0:14:17 > 0:14:25than the armed guard who failed to confront the killer.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I got to watch some deputy sheriffs performing this weekend.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29They were not exactly medal of honour winners.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33The way they performed was frankly disgusting.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35I really believe you don't know until you are tested.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37But I really believe I would run in there,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40even if I didn't have a weapon and I think
0:14:40 > 0:14:41most of the people in this
0:14:41 > 0:14:46room would have done that too.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49The gun debate has been ferocious this past week -
0:14:49 > 0:14:51with one side attacking the other ever since the Parkland shooting.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54It has revealed the extent of tribal loyalty in the country
0:14:54 > 0:14:55on this divisive issue.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56President Trump today stressed mental health
0:14:56 > 0:14:57concerns over gun control.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00The two issues have almost become shorthand for which side
0:15:00 > 0:15:02you are on in the US - and compromise seems
0:15:02 > 0:15:03further away than ever.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06According to a new book it is just one area of growing
0:15:06 > 0:15:07separation in the US.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12The author, Amy Chua, joins us now.
0:15:12 > 0:15:22Thank you for coming in. Is gun-control symbolic of what you
0:15:22 > 0:15:27call political tribalism gone right in the US?It is a perfect example.
0:15:27 > 0:15:34Human beings are all tribal but the problem is that tribalism has taken
0:15:34 > 0:15:40over the American political system. When you are tribal, you see
0:15:40 > 0:15:46everything through the lens of your tribe and facts don't matter. Logic
0:15:46 > 0:15:50does not matter. You take the position of whatever your tribe says
0:15:50 > 0:15:53and this prevents us from having important discussions and
0:15:53 > 0:16:02gun-control is this. People in the country divided into two camps,
0:16:02 > 0:16:09hurling horrible freezes at each other. Literally, in this political
0:16:09 > 0:16:14tribalism, the other side is immoral, the enemy. A motive
0:16:14 > 0:16:23language. You want children to die. It is not just gun-control but every
0:16:23 > 0:16:27issue in the United States, immigration, climate change. Has the
0:16:27 > 0:16:38internet exacerbated this? Definitely, internet, social media.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43There are studies I described that people actually get physical
0:16:43 > 0:16:50pleasure from seeing the other side suffer. This is terrible. It takes
0:16:50 > 0:17:00effort to get a lot of clicks, if you start annoying the other people
0:17:00 > 0:17:07and scapegoating the other side. Even in countries like Iraq, it is
0:17:07 > 0:17:12the same dynamic, you can whip up a lot of sentiment by tapping into
0:17:12 > 0:17:20these primal instincts.In colonial times, Britain used this idea to its
0:17:20 > 0:17:25advantage. It used to pick out the smaller tribes in particular
0:17:25 > 0:17:29countries and put them in power and of course they stayed loyal because
0:17:29 > 0:17:34they were fearful of the bigger tribes. How does that relate to
0:17:34 > 0:17:40foreign policy today? Does the United States understand the tribal
0:17:40 > 0:17:47conflict -- condition of every country on the planet?Absolutely. I
0:17:47 > 0:17:51specifically compare the United States to Britain, Great Britain was
0:17:51 > 0:17:58a master of divide and rule. They know about the different tribes and
0:17:58 > 0:18:04religions for us strategic ends. The US, because of our unusual history
0:18:04 > 0:18:08of successful assimilation has been the opposite. We tend to be blind to
0:18:08 > 0:18:15the group identities that matter most to people on the ground. You
0:18:15 > 0:18:18have Germans, Hungarians, Japanese, they all become Americans in one
0:18:18 > 0:18:26generation. We think that democracy is the panacea. We think if we bring
0:18:26 > 0:18:35elections, that will smooth out problems but in fact, democracy has
0:18:35 > 0:18:41exacerbated the conflict over and over.If you look at women, white
0:18:41 > 0:18:47woman in America, the majority of them voted for Donald Trump ahead of
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Hillary Clinton and yet there are plenty of white women across America
0:18:51 > 0:18:59who hate Donald Trump.I think there are sound bites out there which are
0:18:59 > 0:19:05confusing what is happening in America. While of course that is a
0:19:05 > 0:19:11lot of coding, Trump is coming back and saying let us go back to the
0:19:11 > 0:19:20America we used to know. But there is another piece of those which is
0:19:20 > 0:19:25white on white resentment. It is mostly educational difference which
0:19:25 > 0:19:31has split the white majority in America. The rhetoric and resentment
0:19:31 > 0:19:39between the coastal elite, whites in the cosmopolitan cities, well
0:19:39 > 0:19:44educated and whites in the heartland, men and women, you will
0:19:44 > 0:19:50see it is like two Americas.So fascinating. We could talk about
0:19:50 > 0:19:55this for a long time but we have to leave it there. Come back and join
0:19:55 > 0:20:02us again.Thank you so much for having me.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Six months ago we watched as a massive
0:20:04 > 0:20:05storm hit Houston, Texas.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07It took a couple of days for the full scale of
0:20:07 > 0:20:08the devastation to emerge.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Hurricane Harvey killed 68 people.
0:20:10 > 0:20:1240,000 more had to flee from their homes
0:20:12 > 0:20:13as the water poured in.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14The devastating floods sparked questions
0:20:14 > 0:20:16about the city's preparedness - it is not, after all,
0:20:16 > 0:20:19the first time Houston, which sits on the Gulf of Mexico,
0:20:19 > 0:20:20has suffered a disaster like this.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Laura Trevelyan reported the story for us in August and has
0:20:23 > 0:20:25returned for this report.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Houston underwater.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31This was the catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34As record rainfall saturated the city, deluging neighbourhoods
0:20:34 > 0:20:36and turning lives upside down.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37You know you're home?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Yeah, we're home, baby.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42It's an emotional moment for Gloria, clutching Snoopy as she shows us
0:20:42 > 0:20:48where she was rescued from while the floodwaters rose.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50It was devastating.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53I just couldn't believe it.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57I am still looking at it and it's still hard.
0:20:57 > 0:21:03Gloria's home of nearly 20 years was uninhabitable and she did not
0:21:03 > 0:21:05have flood insurance, like thousands of others in Houston.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Now Gloria is living in a hotel paid for by
0:21:08 > 0:21:09the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13But she does not feel safe.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16The other night I have to barricade myself in here every night
0:21:16 > 0:21:18because that is so much going on out there.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19Prostitution every night.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24Guys are driving by one night, they shot about eight times
0:21:24 > 0:21:29towards this hotel and I had to get on the floor.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Volunteers from a Houston charity are helping rebuild Gloria's home.
0:21:32 > 0:21:38Hopefully she can return in March.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Federal officials are trying to help the 4500 Houston families
0:21:40 > 0:21:45like Gloria's's get back home.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48People do expect someone to fix it.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Fema's role is not that, we want to help everybody,
0:21:50 > 0:21:55every way we can as quickly as we can.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58But in doing that we also have to be mindful of the taxpayer dollars
0:21:58 > 0:21:59that we are spending.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Here is how this well-to-do suburb west of Houston looked
0:22:02 > 0:22:04when I was here in August.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07The neighbourhood was deliberately submerged as officials let water out
0:22:07 > 0:22:10of the nearby reservoir to stop it overflowing.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Dan and Virginia Reid did not have flood insurance and they are
0:22:13 > 0:22:15still trying to rebuild.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20Six months on, we are still not home yet.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24We vacillate between wondering do we want to be in this house or do
0:22:24 > 0:22:28we just want to start over somewhere else?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31As Houston recovers from the impact of Harvey, the next hurricane season
0:22:31 > 0:22:36is only four months away.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39This is a sprawling coastal city with bayous like this
0:22:39 > 0:22:40which are vulnerable to flooding.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45So is anything being done to defend Houston against future hurricanes?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48It's important for the city to take steps to mitigate
0:22:48 > 0:22:51the risk of flooding, which means if they are living close
0:22:51 > 0:22:55to a bayou, the bayou needs to be expanded.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Or there needs to be more detention basins put in place.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Hurricane Harvey destroyed homes and lives.
0:23:02 > 0:23:12Though Houston is rebounding, the road to recovery is a long one.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20Of course there are questions about whether or not enough is being done
0:23:20 > 0:23:25in Huston but when you compare what is happening in Puerto Rico where
0:23:25 > 0:23:30they still do not have electricity and access to basic services, the
0:23:30 > 0:23:34devastation was far worse. There are a lot of people there are saying
0:23:34 > 0:23:43what about us? We have been forgotten because we are less
0:23:43 > 0:23:45politically important to the White House.You can actually juxtapose
0:23:45 > 0:23:51these, Florida, Huston, Puerto Rico. Who got the most help? Yes. Shall we
0:23:51 > 0:24:01move on. Let us talk about the most important issue of the day.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Now it's only 4 weeks to go until Easter.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04There's a warning today
0:24:04 > 0:24:07that the traditional Hot Cross Bun may be in short supply -
0:24:07 > 0:24:09or at the very least not contain as many raisin
0:24:09 > 0:24:10and sultanas this year.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12It's all down to world shortages.
0:24:12 > 0:24:13The wholesale price
0:24:13 > 0:24:16of dried fruit has been pushed up this year by the wildfires
0:24:16 > 0:24:19we reported on in California in October and November.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Which means we are more reliant here in the UK
0:24:23 > 0:24:24on the sultanas from Turkey.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27And when there is a shortage of supply of course, prices go up.
0:24:27 > 0:24:3740 per cent since September.
0:24:38 > 0:24:46In the unintended consequences of globalisation, when we reported on
0:24:46 > 0:24:50those fires, we never projected forward and thought this would have
0:24:50 > 0:24:59an impact on hot cross buns. Yes, these are supposed to be eaten on
0:24:59 > 0:25:04Good Friday. For those who do not know, it is a spicy barn and they
0:25:04 > 0:25:09are traditionally eaten on Good Friday. In our household, the air in
0:25:09 > 0:25:17the bread then all the time. The stock food for our children.They
0:25:17 > 0:25:26were invented in the 14th century by a monk, how did that monk get his
0:25:26 > 0:25:36reasons? Not from California ISM.I think I might have a ransom. Do you
0:25:36 > 0:25:42know the difference between reasons, sultanas and currents?You are such
0:25:42 > 0:25:52an know it all. Sultanas are dried white grapes. Reasons are dried
0:25:52 > 0:25:59black rapes. I would presume the monks grew their own grapes.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel
0:26:03 > 0:26:05and BBC World News - when you're the president's senior
0:26:05 > 0:26:07advisor and daughter, where do you draw the line
0:26:07 > 0:26:14between family and business?
0:26:14 > 0:26:19Very cold weather and it has been well talked about, now it
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Very cold weather and it has been well talked about, now it is here.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26Already some of us have had snow showers or snow flurries. Bitterly
0:26:26 > 0:26:33cold day from Siberia running across much of Europe and the UK. This
0:26:33 > 0:26:37pressure from the south will come into the cold air and make it more
0:26:37 > 0:26:46widespread. The first part of the night, snow showers to the east. Two
0:26:46 > 0:26:50things to notice, this line inside East Anglia and this area is now
0:26:50 > 0:26:56running north-east up to Yorkshire and into the Midlands and into at
0:26:56 > 0:27:01least in Scotland as well. These areas most likely to see disruptive
0:27:01 > 0:27:07snow going into the morning. The Met Office Hazzard amber warning in
0:27:07 > 0:27:13Forss versus looks, and the London area. Another amber warning for
0:27:13 > 0:27:20parts of Yorkshire, north-east England's, perhaps ten centimetres
0:27:20 > 0:27:24of snow, wet snow as well so accumulating rather than blowing
0:27:24 > 0:27:29around like powdery snow. Disruption as possible in some spots. Some snow
0:27:29 > 0:27:35in parts of Wales. Further snow showers on Tuesday. Some sunny
0:27:35 > 0:27:41spells around, some in the West. The showers will stay dry. It will feel
0:27:41 > 0:27:45colder than the temperatures suggest. Ahead to Wednesday, this
0:27:45 > 0:27:58area of concern is moving north. Into eastern England and Northern
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Shortland, # northern Scotland. You can see the showers moving in as we
0:28:02 > 0:28:07go through Wednesday. Some spread all the way from east to west across
0:28:07 > 0:28:12the UK, reaching parts of Northern Ireland. Feeling cold and in these
0:28:12 > 0:28:16temperatures suggest when you factor in the winter. It feels well below
0:28:16 > 0:28:21freezing and the wind gets even stronger. This area of low pressure
0:28:21 > 0:28:28is coming into the cold air from the size. There is a risk of heavy
0:28:28 > 0:28:38disruptive snow spreading north, making blizzards as well.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12This is Beyond 100 Days, with me Katty Kay in Washington -
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Our top stories.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19Vladimir Putin, a key ally of the Syrian regime orders a daily
0:30:19 > 0:30:24humanitarian pause in the fighting to allow civilians to leave.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Nigeria deploys extra troops and planes to search for 110
0:30:27 > 0:30:34schoolgirls believed to have been abducted by Boko Haram last week.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Coming up in the next half hour.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38The UK's Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn sets out key details
0:30:38 > 0:30:41of his party's Brexit policy - he wants the UK to negotiate
0:30:41 > 0:30:43a new customs union with the EU.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Braving the beast from the East - Europe shivers as the Siberian blast
0:30:46 > 0:30:54hits - how long will it last?
0:30:54 > 0:31:04Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag Beyond 100 Days.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07The Nigerian airforce is scouring the north East of the country
0:31:07 > 0:31:10looking for 110 girls who were kidnapped from
0:31:10 > 0:31:13a school last Monday.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Four years after Boko Haram took more than 270 girls in Chibok -
0:31:16 > 0:31:19this latest kidnapping got very little global attention.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23And yet the same Islamist militant group is thought to be responsible.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25So let's remind you what Boko Haram is.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28It's been around since 2002.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30They follow a strict interpretation of the Koran,
0:31:30 > 0:31:33opposing Western style education.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36The military operations began in 2009, and they've been focused
0:31:36 > 0:31:38on the north-eastern part of the country.
0:31:38 > 0:31:47The US has listed it as a terrorist organisation.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Of the 276 schoolgirls the group took from Chibok in 2014,
0:31:50 > 0:31:51100 of them are still missing.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54That same year, copying the tactics of the Islamic State,
0:31:54 > 0:31:57they set up their own caliphate in areas under Boko Haram's control.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00A regional coalition - made up of troops from Nigeria,
0:32:00 > 0:32:01Cameroon, Chad and Niger - has recaptured most
0:32:02 > 0:32:06of the besieged region.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08But Boko Haram militants continue to operate
0:32:08 > 0:32:15and with some effectiveness in the country's north.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Let's get the thoughts of Linda Thomas-Greenfield,
0:32:17 > 0:32:19who was assistant secretary of state for African affairs.
0:32:19 > 0:32:24She joins me in the studio.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29Why did he get so much attention on the previous group of girls that
0:32:29 > 0:32:35disappeared and this story has almost passed us by?It is a
0:32:35 > 0:32:38difficult question. This kind of terrorism in Africa does not get the
0:32:38 > 0:32:51same attention that terrorism gets elsewhere.Chibok was shocking. I
0:32:51 > 0:32:56was under the impression that the Nigerian Government had been
0:32:56 > 0:32:59effective against Boko Haram. What does it say about the organisation
0:32:59 > 0:33:04that it can still do this?The organisation has made every attempt
0:33:04 > 0:33:09to let the world know that they are still out there and they are still
0:33:09 > 0:33:13having an impact in Nigeria. It is important that the Nigerian
0:33:13 > 0:33:17Government continues its efforts to go after Boko Haram and stop the
0:33:17 > 0:33:22carnage they are causing in northern Nigeria.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26When you talk about the group IDC does not have the same focus as
0:33:26 > 0:33:33Islamic State. In 2015 it was cited as the most deadly organisation in
0:33:33 > 0:33:37the world, why has the United States not got to grips with this group?It
0:33:37 > 0:33:44is not the United States. You cannot blame the US for this terrorist
0:33:44 > 0:33:48activity. There are a lot of terrorist organisations that are
0:33:48 > 0:33:53demanding attention and the world is focused on Syria, and is not focus
0:33:53 > 0:33:57on Africa. The Nigerian Government and the press in particular needs to
0:33:57 > 0:34:04make sure that you get the news out that this is still happening in
0:34:04 > 0:34:11Africa and it is having a major impact.I know that it was a focus
0:34:11 > 0:34:19after 2014, and it has affected a huge area of Western Africa. This is
0:34:19 > 0:34:29a very big group across an awful lot of countries.Can you hear me?No, I
0:34:29 > 0:34:37lost you.We have had a communications failure. One of the
0:34:37 > 0:34:42critical issues in Africa is trying to get more girls into education, as
0:34:42 > 0:34:46there a knock-on impact in families been reluctance to send their
0:34:46 > 0:34:50children to school?That is my biggest worry, in an area where
0:34:50 > 0:34:54girls education is not given the attention it should get and girls
0:34:54 > 0:34:58are not being sent to school, and girls are now being sent to school,
0:34:58 > 0:35:03to have them televised sends a very negative message. My biggest concern
0:35:03 > 0:35:07is that parents will start having second thoughts about sending their
0:35:07 > 0:35:12girls to school. We have to work with the Nigerians to address this
0:35:12 > 0:35:20issue because the education of girls is extremely important.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25We were getting mixed messages from the Nigerian Government. This is
0:35:25 > 0:35:31behind some of the fact that the story has not been reported earlier.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Look at the global attention on Chibok, and some of those girls were
0:35:35 > 0:35:43recovered. The president put out each week the
0:35:43 > 0:35:48other day saying it was a national disaster, perhaps that explains why
0:35:48 > 0:35:53they are doubling their efforts at the moment.
0:35:53 > 0:35:59The British Government is seeking to reassure the devolved governments
0:35:59 > 0:36:01that taking backing control of power from Brussels does not
0:36:01 > 0:36:03amount to a Westminster power grab.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05David Liddington who is Theresa May's number two, says
0:36:05 > 0:36:07the nations of the United Kingdom need to work as one
0:36:07 > 0:36:09to secure the best possible trade deals post Brexit.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11The Cabinet Office Minister has promised to strengthen
0:36:11 > 0:36:15and enhance powers for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19The vast majority of powers returning from Brussels he says
0:36:19 > 0:36:22will be returned to the devolved nations and he explained why
0:36:22 > 0:36:30he believed that would work well for the whole of the UK.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34Our new proposal reflects the seriousness of our desire to strike
0:36:34 > 0:36:37agreements with devolved governments, our seriousness about
0:36:37 > 0:36:42delivering more powers to Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, while at
0:36:42 > 0:36:46the same time making sure there are no new barriers for people across
0:36:46 > 0:36:50the nations of the United Kingdom so families can continue to buy and
0:36:50 > 0:36:56sell freely, businesses will not face extra bureaucracy and higher
0:36:56 > 0:36:59costs, so people face minimal disruption and maximum certainty
0:36:59 > 0:37:01that things can carry on as normal.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Stephen Gethins is the SNP's spokesperson on matters
0:37:03 > 0:37:04to do with the Europe.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08We caught up with him a short time ago.
0:37:08 > 0:37:13I asked him if they believe when and if the UK gets freedom to negotiate
0:37:13 > 0:37:18trade deals Westminster will act in the interests of the entire UK.On
0:37:18 > 0:37:21the point of the Prime Minister talking about leaving the customs
0:37:21 > 0:37:24union and single market we know from the Government's order analysis that
0:37:24 > 0:37:30that would be devastating for jobs and the economy in each and every
0:37:30 > 0:37:32part of the UK. Although it would not be good for our partners
0:37:32 > 0:37:37elsewhere in Europe and further afield that would be even worse for
0:37:37 > 0:37:40businesses and the economy in the United Kingdom, including Scotland.
0:37:40 > 0:37:46What we think is that those areas that are devolved to the Scottish
0:37:46 > 0:37:50Parliament should remain the responsibility of the devolved
0:37:50 > 0:37:54administrationss and that is something that was promised to us by
0:37:54 > 0:37:58the UK Government during the EU referendum.What David Luddington
0:37:58 > 0:38:04has said today is that to protect the UK internal market and to meet
0:38:04 > 0:38:07international obligations there should be one set of common rules
0:38:07 > 0:38:11that would apply to these trade deals and he is saying that if you
0:38:11 > 0:38:14devolve some of the crucial things that are up for negotiation in the
0:38:14 > 0:38:20trade deal you make it more complicated, and you undermine the
0:38:20 > 0:38:24entire UK economy.I am not sure why he is making the case in that way,
0:38:24 > 0:38:29does not make sense. The Scottish Government has ready said on some
0:38:29 > 0:38:34issues, issues that were the responsibility of the EU, like food
0:38:34 > 0:38:39labelling, maybe it makes sense to have a go at this at a pan UK level,
0:38:39 > 0:38:43but the Scottish Parliament has got a clear set of responsibilities, and
0:38:43 > 0:38:46if you look at the Tory party's economic mismanagement and a
0:38:46 > 0:38:50disastrous is taking us down, I trust the Scottish Parliament is
0:38:50 > 0:38:55more with the Scottish economy and making sense on the economy for the
0:38:55 > 0:38:59entire UK, than I trust the UK Government at the moment. We were
0:38:59 > 0:39:04promised that we would be given all the powers that we have got, they
0:39:04 > 0:39:09would be a powers bonanza for Scotland, therefore I want to see a
0:39:09 > 0:39:13dual where the Scottish economy can thrive, or at least the least worst
0:39:13 > 0:39:17option, that includes keeping the powers we have got, although there
0:39:17 > 0:39:21will be some areas from work with the United Kingdom, but also other
0:39:21 > 0:39:25areas where we were promised powers, such as over immigration. Scotland
0:39:25 > 0:39:29needs immigration, freedom of movement is a good thing, that is
0:39:29 > 0:39:33yet another broken promise from the Conservative Party Government and
0:39:33 > 0:39:37they break their promises this crucial areas cable break.Says on
0:39:37 > 0:39:46other areas. And editors, in your words a power grab, then what?If it
0:39:46 > 0:39:49is a power grab the Scottish Parliament should have responsible
0:39:49 > 0:39:53to you over these areas and in terms of what happens in the future of the
0:39:53 > 0:39:57Scottish Parliament is preparing legislation. Also there has to be a
0:39:57 > 0:40:00legislative consent motion that goes through the Scottish Parliament
0:40:00 > 0:40:04because the Westminster Parliament is not able to legislate over areas
0:40:04 > 0:40:09that are the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament. Not just from
0:40:09 > 0:40:12the SNP but the other parties in the Scottish Parliament, we know that
0:40:12 > 0:40:16the plant as they stand are not acceptable to the Scottish
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Parliament and different that legislative consent motion would not
0:40:19 > 0:40:28be given.Very good to talk to you. Thank you for being with us.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Divisions within the fabric of the UK, the Government has got quite a
0:40:32 > 0:40:33challenge.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Censors in China are erasing online criticism of the announcement
0:40:36 > 0:40:38that the president, Xi Jinping, could stay in power indefinitely.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41The phrase "two term limit" has been blocked.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43As has "Winnie the Pooh" - the lovable British bear character
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Xi is often compared to.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50This comes after the Communist Party proposed removing presidential
0:40:50 > 0:40:54conditions, which limits presidencies to two five-year terms.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Let's get more on this with the author Yukon Huang who's
0:40:57 > 0:41:03from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07There was quite a backlash against this announcement with people online
0:41:07 > 0:41:10in China saying they would be compared to North Korea, this is
0:41:10 > 0:41:15what the neighbours are doing, it is too much like an authoritarian
0:41:15 > 0:41:20regime will are you surprised by the backlash and surprised by the
0:41:20 > 0:41:26crackdown on social media?Not surprise. Those who put their faith
0:41:26 > 0:41:32on the fact that China is moving forward with stable political
0:41:32 > 0:41:36evolution, including term limits for the presidency, are disappointed.
0:41:36 > 0:41:43Those who are still hoping for progress and social and economic
0:41:43 > 0:41:48objectives, it remains to be seen whether this will help or hurt that
0:41:48 > 0:41:51process.It does look like Xi Jinping is amassing considerable
0:41:51 > 0:41:56power in the country and he wants to keep it.Ybor City but in a
0:41:56 > 0:42:04particular way, the presidency as itself does not have power. -- he
0:42:04 > 0:42:10wants to keep it in a particular way. What does that mean that he
0:42:10 > 0:42:15wants the title of president for more than the term, he wants to make
0:42:15 > 0:42:22the Constitution paramount in guiding China in the future.I
0:42:22 > 0:42:25suppose when he looks at the instability in the West, in
0:42:25 > 0:42:33so-called stable countries, Brexit, Mr Trump, the rise of the far right,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36his focus on continuity and stability, you can understand why
0:42:36 > 0:42:41you might want to fix himself in position in some time.This has made
0:42:41 > 0:42:47it easier. He points to the West, disorder, divided and Parliament,
0:42:47 > 0:42:52inability to move forward, the vision for the last three - five
0:42:52 > 0:43:00years, more prosperous, more powerful on a global sense, this
0:43:00 > 0:43:03aggregation of power gives both time and authority to meet these kind
0:43:03 > 0:43:10long-term objectives.What does it mean in geopolitical terms, how does
0:43:10 > 0:43:13it affect relationships across the globe of years there for the long
0:43:13 > 0:43:20term?Jonah's advantage in terms of foreign policy making is that they
0:43:20 > 0:43:23can think in terms of decades whereas the West is often driven by
0:43:23 > 0:43:36election cycles. The advantage of China in terms of foreign policy.
0:43:36 > 0:43:44That's probably strengthens his hand. Thank you for joining us.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48I've while ago we talked about Xi Jinping wanting to seize this moment
0:43:48 > 0:43:53because they saw Donald Trump as an opportunity, while the world was
0:43:53 > 0:43:57distracted, they could move forward with amassing a certain amount of
0:43:57 > 0:44:01power and expanding global outreach. That is also the point that was just
0:44:01 > 0:44:07me dear, you get Democrat and Republican governments and there is
0:44:07 > 0:44:10flip-flop in international relations, he is there for the long
0:44:10 > 0:44:15term, that is a long path ahead, and that will make China more
0:44:15 > 0:44:18competitive on the world stage. Unless there is a backlash against
0:44:18 > 0:44:24this consolidation of power that he is doing.
0:44:24 > 0:44:29The UK's was senior counterterrorism officer has revealed that for attack
0:44:29 > 0:44:35plots were foiled last year. He described the threat from far right
0:44:35 > 0:44:38terrorism as organised and significant and said he wanted to
0:44:38 > 0:44:43highlight the recent growth of right-wing terrorism.We have always
0:44:43 > 0:44:51had right-wing groups who organise protests and hate crime and a degree
0:44:51 > 0:44:56of criminality. Occasionally in the past we have had lawn actors
0:44:56 > 0:44:59committing right-wing terrorism but what we have no is a degree of
0:44:59 > 0:45:10organisation. 18 months ago the Home Secretary declarant National Action
0:45:10 > 0:45:14a terrorist organisation. They are home-grown white supremacist
0:45:14 > 0:45:18terrorist organisation, that has to be a matter of concern that we have
0:45:18 > 0:45:22that degree of organisation here, and that reflects in number of
0:45:22 > 0:45:27arrests and the fact we are now announcing a combination of
0:45:27 > 0:45:31organised and individuals acting that has led to four plots being
0:45:31 > 0:45:34foiled last year.
0:45:34 > 0:45:38A mother and her three children have narrowly escaped a fire in Houston.
0:45:38 > 0:45:46Dramatic pictures show how firefighters managed to get them out
0:45:47 > 0:45:48after their apartment caught fire.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Officials say no one was hurt and everyone accounted for.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52Germany has moved a step closer to ending months
0:45:52 > 0:45:53of political deadlock.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats have approved
0:45:55 > 0:45:57a planned coalition.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00But their proposed partners, the Social Democrats,
0:46:00 > 0:46:09still need the deal cleared by their membership.
0:46:09 > 0:46:10Several senior European Union politicians have condemned
0:46:10 > 0:46:12the killing of a Slovak investigative journalist.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14Jan Kuciak recently reported on alleged tax fraud involving
0:46:14 > 0:46:16a luxury property development, with links to Slovakia's
0:46:16 > 0:46:17interior minister.
0:46:17 > 0:46:25Both the minister and developer deny wrongdoing.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28If one thing is certain about Mr Trump it's that he likes
0:46:28 > 0:46:30to surround himself with his family.
0:46:30 > 0:46:36People like Jared Kushner, his son and in law, and Ivanka Trump,
0:46:36 > 0:46:38his daughter and senior White House advisor.
0:46:38 > 0:46:39But what happens when lines are blurred?
0:46:39 > 0:46:42Can there ever really be a distinction between personal
0:46:42 > 0:46:46and professional relationships when your father is President
0:46:46 > 0:46:50of the United States?
0:46:50 > 0:46:51Here's Ivanka talking to NBC's
0:46:51 > 0:46:58Peter Alexander in South Korea.
0:46:58 > 0:47:03Do you believe your father's accusers? That is an appropriate --
0:47:03 > 0:47:10that is not an appropriate question to ask. He has stated there is no
0:47:10 > 0:47:16truth to it. That is not a question you would ask many other daughters.
0:47:16 > 0:47:20I believe my father. I know my father.
0:47:20 > 0:47:25The problem is that many other daughters do not also have what is
0:47:25 > 0:47:29basically a political position in the White House as an adviser to the
0:47:29 > 0:47:33president of the United States and I am not sure you could have it both
0:47:33 > 0:47:37ways, have that title, access to information and state secrets,
0:47:37 > 0:47:43because she went to South Korea, to talk about new sanctions against
0:47:43 > 0:47:48North Korea, that suggests high level of access, and then to say
0:47:48 > 0:47:55that the question cannot be asked. He has got to make an appointment to
0:47:55 > 0:47:59the Civil Aviation Authority.The federal aviation authority.The
0:47:59 > 0:48:05equivalent of the Civil Aviation Authority. He is proposing his own
0:48:05 > 0:48:10personal pilot, someone who he has known for years, to a position, you
0:48:10 > 0:48:14could question whether he has the know-how and experience to do a job
0:48:14 > 0:48:17like that. That is not the first time that a nominee that has the
0:48:17 > 0:48:21bridge followed by Mr Trump was questioned for his experience.The
0:48:21 > 0:48:27pilots in question, Donald Trump used to sit on the runway, sometimes
0:48:27 > 0:48:35the airline would be delayed, he used to say, if only you had a pilot
0:48:35 > 0:48:40running the authority you would not have these delays. It is an
0:48:40 > 0:48:44indication of how he likes to surround himself once again with
0:48:44 > 0:48:46people who come from his inner circle.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50Still to come - An icy-cold Colosseum -
0:48:50 > 0:48:53Rome sees snow for the first time in six years and other European
0:48:53 > 0:49:00cities are bracing for more of it.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03Five people are now known to have died in a large explosion
0:49:03 > 0:49:06in Leicester last night, which destroyed a building
0:49:06 > 0:49:08in the middle of a parade of shops.
0:49:08 > 0:49:10Five others remain in hospital, one is said to be in
0:49:10 > 0:49:11a serious condition.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13Emergency teams have been searching through the wreckage,
0:49:13 > 0:49:22as Sima Kotecha reports from Leicester.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24Plumes of smoke billowing into the sky.
0:49:24 > 0:49:30Last night an explosion.
0:49:30 > 0:49:32A shop and the flat above it were destroyed.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35Flames shot up into the air.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38Towering over the surrounding buildings.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40I heard a big bang.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43The owner of the shop was inside at the
0:49:43 > 0:49:45time.
0:49:45 > 0:49:49I didn't know what was that and I found myself on the floor.
0:49:49 > 0:49:52Eyes open.
0:49:52 > 0:50:02Looking up.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05Half of my body was under the, how to say,
0:50:05 > 0:50:06bricks and rubble.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08How do you feel?
0:50:08 > 0:50:08I don't know how to tell you.
0:50:08 > 0:50:12Never I feel how I am now.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14Well, the shop was a Polish supermarket and had
0:50:14 > 0:50:17only been operational since January.
0:50:17 > 0:50:18Firefighters today spent hours wading through rubble, trying to
0:50:18 > 0:50:25find survivors.
0:50:25 > 0:50:26Police have confirmed that five people died
0:50:26 > 0:50:28inside the building and several are in hospital with injuries.
0:50:28 > 0:50:29But there could be more.
0:50:29 > 0:50:34We can't confirm exact numbers.
0:50:34 > 0:50:38We are working on the possibility there could be people
0:50:38 > 0:50:48still within the building and we will sweep
0:50:48 > 0:50:49through with our teams to
0:50:49 > 0:50:52make sure that we have located everybody that could be in there.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54Investigators will start looking for the cause
0:50:54 > 0:50:55of the explosion, once the
0:50:55 > 0:51:05search and rescue effort ends and the area is declared safe.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08You're watching Beyond 100 Days.
0:51:08 > 0:51:09Heavy snow is falling
0:51:09 > 0:51:12in the UK and Europe as cold winds from Siberia sweep
0:51:12 > 0:51:16across the continent.
0:51:16 > 0:51:18The so-called beast from the east is bringing freezing temperatures
0:51:18 > 0:51:20and disrupting transport - forcing the cancellation of train
0:51:20 > 0:51:30services and flights.
0:51:31 > 0:51:39Rome has seen its first snow in six years while other cities in Germany,
0:51:39 > 0:51:43France, Sweden and Austria have also been blanketed.
0:51:43 > 0:51:53Authorities are warning more freezing weather is on the way.
0:51:54 > 0:52:04BBC Weather's Louise Lear joins me.
0:52:11 > 0:52:17In the wind it is called, who called?
0:52:17 > 0:52:25It is going to get colder. In Russia temperatures had fallen 2-40, it is
0:52:25 > 0:52:29that called air coming from Siberia that is affecting all of Europe. It
0:52:29 > 0:52:33is a significant late winter service.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36You have got some graphics about the beast from the East.
0:52:36 > 0:52:40We have been forecasting this for over one week. Most people should be
0:52:40 > 0:52:47aware that is coming. It is called air coming right out of Siberia. The
0:52:47 > 0:52:51high pressure is sitting across Scandinavia and that wins circulate
0:52:51 > 0:52:54in a clockwise direction sucking that called you in.
0:52:54 > 0:52:59Normally we get it from the other direction? When it is low pressure
0:52:59 > 0:53:03at the go anticlockwise but we are and the influence of that high.
0:53:03 > 0:53:07At the moment we have significant snow across the Ukraine, Bulgaria,
0:53:07 > 0:53:16Romania. And you can see those snow showers across Italy as well. But
0:53:16 > 0:53:22look at what is happening in Iberia. Portugal and Spain.
0:53:22 > 0:53:31Is that snow? It is, across the Pyrenees and into France. The
0:53:31 > 0:53:48Portuguese met surface. Strong winds and buzzards.
0:53:49 > 0:53:59I am glad I did not have to look at your leggings.
0:53:59 > 0:54:04I have two as to what extent this is an impact of climate change?
0:54:04 > 0:54:14We are heading into March. The diplomatic answer for that one is
0:54:14 > 0:54:23that it is difficult to take one specific set of events and apply
0:54:23 > 0:54:28that to climate change. We have seen some extreme weather that it has
0:54:28 > 0:54:32actually been quite mild in new look for part of the winter and across
0:54:32 > 0:54:36into that unites States you will have seen some extreme weather, it
0:54:36 > 0:54:42has been bitterly cold, and in New York one week ago I was talking
0:54:42 > 0:54:47about a record-breaking heat for February. They brought an 80 year
0:54:47 > 0:54:50record with temperatures as high as 26 degrees.
0:54:50 > 0:54:58It was like some of the other day. We were all out in T-shirts. How
0:54:58 > 0:55:02many of these extreme events do you need in one season before you can
0:55:02 > 0:55:06definitively say this is an impact of climate change?
0:55:06 > 0:55:10If I could predict that I would not be sitting here doing this job, I
0:55:10 > 0:55:19would be far higher up in the echelons.
0:55:19 > 0:55:24How long this is going to last in Europe? At the moment the signs are
0:55:24 > 0:55:28that it will be here for at least one week and even into next week we
0:55:28 > 0:55:33are still going to seek significant calls but a little less calls.
0:55:33 > 0:55:40Beginning of March, first week of meteorological spring, it looks like
0:55:40 > 0:55:42there is nothing particularly springlike until the middle of next
0:55:42 > 0:55:47week. That beast from the East might be
0:55:47 > 0:55:51suffering from a performance crisis, it has to live up to the billing it
0:55:51 > 0:55:55as hard, everybody is shivering and looking at the forecasts, but it
0:55:55 > 0:56:00could be pretty cool this week. Just really glad he does not flash
0:56:00 > 0:56:04your legs on television.