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0:00:10 > 0:00:12Republicans in Congress meet to discuss gun controls and come up
0:00:12 > 0:00:15with almost nothing.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17The Florida school shooting may have shifted the public opinion
0:00:17 > 0:00:20nationwide but on Capitol Hill resistance to new gun laws
0:00:20 > 0:00:23is as strong as ever.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Donald Trump has proposed some new ideas - including raising
0:00:25 > 0:00:28the age limit for gun purchases - but Republicans
0:00:28 > 0:00:37say they aren't keen.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39They couldn't even make five hours in Syria -
0:00:39 > 0:00:42the brief humanitarian pause to let aid into East Ghouta
0:00:42 > 0:00:43quickly collapsed.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Also on the programme...
0:00:44 > 0:00:46In the innner circle of the White House, Hope Hicks
0:00:46 > 0:00:47knows more than most.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49But how much of it is she prepared to share
0:00:50 > 0:00:54with a congressional committee?
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0:01:12 > 0:01:14Hello and welcome.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15I'm Katty Kay in Washington
0:01:15 > 0:01:20and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Students from Parkland, Florida, want Congress to act.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Republicans in Congress made it pretty clear today
0:01:24 > 0:01:25they aren't interested.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27On the issue of whether to add new laws to restrict
0:01:27 > 0:01:29the sale of guns in America, the Republican leadership
0:01:29 > 0:01:32is unlikely to take up any new proposals.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35But polling in the country does show public opinion has
0:01:35 > 0:01:38shifted on the issue - even among Republican voters.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Take a look at this CBS survey.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44In December last year, 29% of Republicans said
0:01:44 > 0:01:47laws covering gun sales should be stricter.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50When they were asked the same question again last week -
0:01:50 > 0:01:55the percentage went up to 43%.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Or in this CNN poll - asking the general public
0:01:58 > 0:02:00if they favoured or opposed stricter gun laws.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02In October 2017 - just after the mass
0:02:02 > 0:02:04shooting in Las Vegas - 52% said they favoured them
0:02:04 > 0:02:07versus 44% against.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Compare that to now - and 70% of those asked were in
0:02:11 > 0:02:15favour of stricter gun laws.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Whilst those against drops to 27%.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Those numbers seem to be out of synch with House speaker
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Paul Ryan, speaking earlier.
0:02:22 > 0:02:28We shouldn't be banning guns for law abiding citizens -
0:02:28 > 0:02:31we should be focusing on making sure that citizens who shouldn't get guns
0:02:31 > 0:02:35in the first place don't get those guns and that is why we see a big
0:02:35 > 0:02:36breakdown in the system.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38In this case there were a lot of breakdowns.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42A short while ago I spoke to Democratic Representative,
0:02:42 > 0:02:43Val Demings from Florida, who previously headed
0:02:43 > 0:02:50the Orlando Police Department.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Congresswoman, it seems pretty clear from listening to Republicans after
0:02:54 > 0:02:57they met on the issue of school shootings today, they are not
0:02:57 > 0:03:01prepared to do very much, if anything at all, in terms of new
0:03:01 > 0:03:02legislation around gun control in the country.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Are you disappointed?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Did you expect the shooting at Parkland might have changed their
0:03:08 > 0:03:12minds?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15What I do expect is that the young people who are advocating for
0:03:15 > 0:03:18change are not going away.
0:03:18 > 0:03:26These students, most of them not old enough
0:03:26 > 0:03:29to vote yet,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31have had the blood of their friends and their classmates
0:03:31 > 0:03:32splattered upon them.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36They are not going to let it go.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40I have been disappointed though in the Republican's responds.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42How many more shootings?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44150,000 children in this country have been
0:03:44 > 0:03:45exposed to school shootings.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50What I do know is this group of young
0:03:50 > 0:03:52people will not let it go.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53This is the generation we have taught
0:03:53 > 0:03:56when things are wrong, you work to make them right.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58They are going to hold Republicans and all of Congress accountable.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01It does seem those Floridians are asking
0:04:01 > 0:04:06more than Congress is contemplating.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Let me ask you about the issue of mental health.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10This is something the president has raised and your
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Republican colleagues are
0:04:13 > 0:04:21raising as the primary issue behind the school shootings.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23You were a former chief police in the
0:04:23 > 0:04:24Orlando district.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Was there something under Florida law that you
0:04:26 > 0:04:29could have done to prevent somebody like Nicholas Cruz from owning a
0:04:29 > 0:04:30gun?
0:04:30 > 0:04:34We need to work on our laws because unless the person has made a
0:04:34 > 0:04:37threat against a specific person, then it is tough to consider that
0:04:37 > 0:04:43a crime.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45When I hear the president and the Republican
0:04:45 > 0:04:46party talk about mental
0:04:46 > 0:04:48illness, it is just a distraction.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51What we need to do is get serious about legislation that will keep
0:04:51 > 0:04:53guns out of the hands of dangerous people,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56those who are mentally ill, criminals, terrorists and others.
0:04:56 > 0:05:04We have got to work on the legislation.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09My understanding, Congresswoman, is the bar for people who are in law
0:05:09 > 0:05:11enforcement, a police officer like you used to be,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13to go into somebody's home and take their weapons away
0:05:13 > 0:05:16from them, even if they are somebody who has been
0:05:16 > 0:05:17reported as having mental
0:05:17 > 0:05:19problems, the bar for doing that is very high.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24You may not have been able as a police officer to take
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Nicholas Cruz's weapons away from him.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29That is correct and that is why we are pushing the gun violence
0:05:29 > 0:05:34restraining order act.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36It would have given the sheriff's office and other
0:05:36 > 0:05:38law enforcement over the country the opportunity to go
0:05:38 > 0:05:41in and temporarily remove weapons from the home of
0:05:41 > 0:05:42someone who had made statements, someone who exhibited behaviour that
0:05:42 > 0:05:48family members thought was a danger to themselves or others.
0:05:48 > 0:05:56Legislation like that would have given law
0:05:56 > 0:05:57enforcement the tools they would have needed
0:05:57 > 0:05:59to remove those weapons.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01As a former police officer, what do you
0:06:01 > 0:06:03make of the President's idea of arming teachers in schools?
0:06:03 > 0:06:12It is an idea I have heard before but when it
0:06:12 > 0:06:14comes out of the mouth of the commander-in-chief,
0:06:14 > 0:06:16I know of nothing
0:06:16 > 0:06:26that has been proposed yet that is more ridiculous than arming our
0:06:29 > 0:06:31teachers and our head teachers.
0:06:31 > 0:06:37I talked to several of them in the district, they reminded me
0:06:37 > 0:06:39as a law maker that they signed up to educate
0:06:39 > 0:06:40our children.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43They did not sign up to get in a gunfight with an active
0:06:43 > 0:06:44shooter.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47It is the most ridiculous thing I have heard and I hope the
0:06:47 > 0:06:49president and others will abandon that idea.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Congresswoman, thank you for joining me.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Thank you.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57Clearly there are stiff headwind is coming from Congress. I can see
0:06:57 > 0:07:01where some of the Republicans are coming from. They have primaries in
0:07:01 > 0:07:08the spring and they are unlikely to get into a row of second amendment
0:07:08 > 0:07:14supporters at home. Which sort of position as the president going to
0:07:14 > 0:07:20adopt, that is not clear.He has been vague, talking about doing
0:07:20 > 0:07:25something about mental health and making it impossible for somebody to
0:07:25 > 0:07:31get Gansu has a mental health problem. In practical terms, it is
0:07:31 > 0:07:36hard to get guns away from people. The background checks might be
0:07:36 > 0:07:40tightened up a little bit. I think last week there was some perception
0:07:40 > 0:07:45at looking at what is happening in the united states and those students
0:07:45 > 0:07:49who turned up in Florida that something new with happen. That is
0:07:49 > 0:07:58what I am sceptical about this week. The energy in favour of tighter gun
0:07:58 > 0:08:03laws has evaporated in the country and people, even though the hearing
0:08:03 > 0:08:07from Florida, we want more, I am very surprised if they moved on with
0:08:07 > 0:08:16that.It is that standpoint, guns is solved by more guns, it is not
0:08:16 > 0:08:21understood on this site of the continent.Understandably.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Before we move on, can we just revisit this meeting the President
0:08:25 > 0:08:26had with the governors yesterday.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29You might have seen that he was confronted during that
0:08:29 > 0:08:31meeting by the Washington State governor Jay Inslee,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33who doesn't like the idea of arming teachers.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38I have under stood you have suggested this.We recommend things
0:08:38 > 0:08:43and then they do not look good later. I suggest less tweeting and
0:08:43 > 0:08:47more listening and let's take that off of the table and move forward.
0:08:47 > 0:08:53We are going to watch that again but we are going to watch it with the
0:08:53 > 0:08:59camera on president Trump. It is a study in body language.Watch this.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03I suggest we need more listening and let's take that off of the table and
0:09:03 > 0:09:11move forward.Thank you very much.I am going to move the microphone and
0:09:11 > 0:09:18I know where I would like to put it. Please can you shut up now? It is
0:09:18 > 0:09:25fabulous. He did not love that, did he?No, I do not think the governor
0:09:25 > 0:09:30is his cup of tea. You might lock him up with Hillary Clinton.He
0:09:30 > 0:09:37might not get an invite back.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40The first 'five hour' ceasefire in the Syrian enclave
0:09:40 > 0:09:41of Eastern Ghouta has ended in failure.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44The brief pause was ordered by Syria's ally Russia, which said,
0:09:44 > 0:09:47it would be repeated daily - to allow civilians to leave.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50An estimated 400 thousand people are trapped in Eastern Ghouta
0:09:50 > 0:09:53which is held by Syrian rebels, and in the last week more than 560
0:09:53 > 0:10:03people have been killed.
0:10:08 > 0:10:17In the UK hundreds of schools have been shut today. Yes, the weather
0:10:17 > 0:10:22front from Russia has brought snow and strong winds but it has put
0:10:22 > 0:10:31vulnerable people at risk.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32HE SINGS.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35For some, it is an excuse to pose a quirky video.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37But for people, and animals, it is hard getting around
0:10:37 > 0:10:39right now in places such as Hungary.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41It is dangerous, too.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45The driver of this lorry in Serbia was lucky.
0:10:45 > 0:10:52He was left hanging in his cabin for two hours before being rescued.
0:10:52 > 0:10:58Even the island of Corsica, more associated with sunny summer
0:10:58 > 0:10:59holidays, woke to this.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01In Brussels, controversial measures to
0:11:01 > 0:11:05get homeless people off of the streets.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08The authorities say if people refuse to move, the police
0:11:08 > 0:11:16will detain them and bring them to shelters like this one.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17They come here, says the volunteer.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19They have a bed and paper sheets.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Ten people were detained last night and slept
0:11:21 > 0:11:31here, he says.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35TRANSLATION: I realise that homeless people really refuse to
0:11:35 > 0:11:36move.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I worked with my colleague this weekend to draft a decree to
0:11:39 > 0:11:41force those people to accept accommodation.
0:11:41 > 0:11:51Rome is not itself either.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54A fight not normally witnessed at the Coliseum.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55There hasn't been snowed here for six
0:11:55 > 0:11:56years.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Further east in cities like Bucharest, schools have been closed.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01There has been major disruption for those travelling by road and by
0:12:02 > 0:12:12rail.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Let's get more from Syria.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Women in Syria are being sexually exploited by men who are delivering
0:12:17 > 0:12:19aid on behalf of the United Nations.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22The BBC has uncovered evidence that aid workers have traded food
0:12:22 > 0:12:23and transport for sexual favours.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25There were warnings about this abuse three years ago.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28But it seems its continuing in the south of the country.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Today the British foreign secretary Boris Johnson said his government
0:12:31 > 0:12:32would not fund any agency or international charity that failed
0:12:33 > 0:12:34to tackle the exploitation of women.
0:12:34 > 0:12:43Our diplomatic correspondent James Landale reports.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47The fighting in Syria continues.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52Here, in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta and elsewhere.
0:12:52 > 0:12:58And it has now emerged that some refugees fleeing the conflict have
0:12:58 > 0:13:01faced demands for sex from local Syrian officials delivering aid on
0:13:01 > 0:13:04behalf of international charities.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08They were withholding the aid that had been delivered and then
0:13:08 > 0:13:15using these women for sex.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19So, this was a range of women, there were women
0:13:19 > 0:13:22of different ages in the group.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Some had experienced it themselves.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Some were very distraught.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31Danielle Spencer's an experienced aid worker.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34She heard these stories from women who had fled to Jordan
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and they told her that many refused to go to distribution centres
0:13:37 > 0:13:42because people would assume they had offered their bodies for aid.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Two charities, Care and the International Rescue Committee,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47warned about this abuse three years ago and tightened
0:13:47 > 0:13:50up their procedures.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53But a report from the UN Population Fund late last
0:13:53 > 0:13:56year confirmed that sex was still being traded for aid.
0:13:56 > 0:14:03Sexual exploitation and abuse of women and girls has been ignored.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06It's been known about and it's been ignored for seven years.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10This war is seven years old.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14The UN and the system, as it currently stands,
0:14:14 > 0:14:19have chosen for women's bodies to be sacrificed.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21The Department for International Development said it was not aware
0:14:21 > 0:14:24of any cases like this involving UK aid, and if there were,
0:14:24 > 0:14:30the Foreign Secretary said the funding would be stopped.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Obviously, we have talked a great deal about this in the last few
0:14:33 > 0:14:36weeks since the whole business broke with Oxfam and so on,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39and Penny Mordaunt and I are absolutely committed
0:14:39 > 0:14:43to a zero tolerance approach.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Can it be stopped?
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Well, we will not support agencies that engage
0:14:47 > 0:14:51in that kind of activity.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55UN agencies and charities said they had zero tolerance
0:14:55 > 0:15:03of exploitation, but were not aware of any cases of abuse
0:15:03 > 0:15:09by their own partner organisations, and one UN spokesman played down
0:15:09 > 0:15:10the reports, saying they were incomplete,
0:15:10 > 0:15:11fragmented and unsubstantiated.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12James Landale, BBC News.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14The BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent, James Landale reporting there -
0:15:14 > 0:15:16and he's with us now.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21It is not as if the UN has not faced this problem before. I was saying
0:15:21 > 0:15:27last week that 13 years ago I did a similar story. You said there were
0:15:27 > 0:15:32reports about this two or three years ago and have not taken action.
0:15:32 > 0:15:42We did take some action. In 2015, two eight agencies heard about this.
0:15:42 > 0:15:48The brought it to a meeting at the headquarters. The mood of that
0:15:48 > 0:15:54meeting was we need to find out more about this. Some then carried out
0:15:54 > 0:16:01more research, others said, we are going to tighter our procedures,
0:16:01 > 0:16:06improved training. Clearly, others did not take as much action because
0:16:06 > 0:16:12all the evidence is, from a report by the United Nations itself, says
0:16:12 > 0:16:20it is still going on.James, can I ask you about the ceasefire, or at
0:16:20 > 0:16:26the meant to be ceasefire that seems to be broken and the reports seems
0:16:26 > 0:16:28to be that both sides are complaining that the other side did
0:16:28 > 0:16:35not live up to the truce on what are you hearing and what are the chances
0:16:35 > 0:16:40this can be resumed tomorrow and later dates?I think there is very
0:16:40 > 0:16:44little expectation that any kind of ceasefire, whatever kind of language
0:16:44 > 0:16:51you want to use, is going to happen. The problem is you have got an
0:16:51 > 0:16:57illustration of the power struggles that are going on. You have the
0:16:57 > 0:17:01international community is saying, we want a 30 day ceasefire. You have
0:17:01 > 0:17:07the Russians saying, we want a five hour pause each day. It is possible
0:17:07 > 0:17:12to get humanitarian aid in. You have the Syrian regime are doing their
0:17:12 > 0:17:18own thing. What we are seeing is there are limits on how much
0:17:18 > 0:17:22external actors can control what is going on in the ground.Thank you
0:17:22 > 0:17:23very much for coming in.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Few people are closer to Donald Trump than Hope Hicks
0:17:26 > 0:17:29who has spent today in the company of the House Intelligence Committee
0:17:29 > 0:17:30that's investigating Russian meddling.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33This is pretty much as close to the President as this
0:17:33 > 0:17:34investigation can get.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36So what do we know about Hope Hicks?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39As communications director she is one of the most influential
0:17:39 > 0:17:42figures in the inner circle - and only 29 years old.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Her family are well known in the PR world -
0:17:45 > 0:17:48she started work in 2012 with a PR firm in New York,
0:17:48 > 0:17:53and later went on to represent Ivanka Trump's fashion brand.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56She was a political novice but very soon was drafted into help
0:17:56 > 0:17:57on the Trump campaign.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59She has been there, right from the beginning.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Through the transition.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04And is now a key figure in the Oval Office.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Which is why she is of such interest to Robert Mueller's team.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11She was interviewed by him in December -
0:18:11 > 0:18:14and this is her first appearance before the House
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Intelligence Committee.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Specifically they want to know about a flight on Airforce one
0:18:19 > 0:18:23last summer during which Mr Trump dictated a statement
0:18:23 > 0:18:26about the rationale for a campaign meeting between Trump's son Don
0:18:26 > 0:18:28and a Russian operative.
0:18:28 > 0:18:36Hope Hicks was on that flight.
0:18:36 > 0:18:43The are going to grill her on that element of the investigation. The
0:18:43 > 0:18:48real question is how forthcoming she is going to be.There were mixed
0:18:48 > 0:18:54reports about this as she came out of the enquiry today. You had some
0:18:54 > 0:18:59lawmakers saying it was boring and no news came out of it, others was
0:18:59 > 0:19:06saying she was and swearing questions. Others said she was not
0:19:06 > 0:19:12and drink the questions. It is hard to explain how close she is to
0:19:12 > 0:19:17Donald Trump. Imagine her as your favourite niece, someone you see as
0:19:17 > 0:19:21your prodigy and the president has kept hope Hicks very close to him
0:19:21 > 0:19:27during the campaign and during the White House. That is why
0:19:27 > 0:19:30investigators are keen to talk to her. She knows pretty much
0:19:30 > 0:19:34everything. She has been in the meetings and heard what Donald Trump
0:19:34 > 0:19:38has said.She was sitting on that plane when they were working out the
0:19:38 > 0:19:43strategy to deal with the story that was breaking about the meeting in
0:19:43 > 0:19:51Trump Tower. The others, Steve Bannon and Jeff Sessions, they have
0:19:51 > 0:19:58invoked executive privilege. If she does that again today, there is a
0:19:58 > 0:20:03problem for Congress, isn't there? Never before have we seen executive
0:20:03 > 0:20:09privilege used in this kind of way. Yes, it would be a problem. We have
0:20:09 > 0:20:15not heard she has done that, by the way. It would get them in the
0:20:15 > 0:20:19position we are the White House is stonewalling. You have to leave it
0:20:19 > 0:20:23up to Bob Miller how he is going to respond to that and push to make
0:20:23 > 0:20:29sure these people answer questions. He wants them to answer. Let's look
0:20:29 > 0:20:32at some other news that has come in from around the world.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35In a landmark ruling, a federal court in Germany has
0:20:35 > 0:20:37decided that cities can ban some diesel cars in order
0:20:37 > 0:20:38to tackle air pollution.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Environmental groups had brought the case against two German cities -
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Stuttgart and Dusseldorf, but it will apply nationwide.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45The measures could affect more than nine million vehicles
0:20:45 > 0:20:47which fail to meet EU environmental standards.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50The biggest cable TV operator in the United States has made
0:20:50 > 0:20:54a thirty-one billion dollar bid to buy the British broadcaster, Sky.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57The offer from Comcast - which owns NBC and Universal Pictures -
0:20:57 > 0:20:59is higher than an existing one from Rupert Murdoch's
0:20:59 > 0:21:0621st Century Fox.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Fox already owns 39% of Sky and has offered
0:21:08 > 0:21:11to buy the remainder -- but that's been opposed by Britain's
0:21:11 > 0:21:15competition watchdog.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18The film director Lewis Gilbert - the British director of Alfie,
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Educating Rita and three James Bond films - has died at the age of 97.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24He directed more than 40 films during his long career -
0:21:24 > 0:21:30and our Arts Correspondent David Silito looks back at his life.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32That's it, it's fine.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36When Lewis Gilbert took on Bond in You Only
0:21:36 > 0:21:44Live Twice, he was already a director with 20 films to his name.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47He had directed Orson Welles Dirk Bogart, but 007 with its
0:21:47 > 0:21:51seemingly unlimited budget was new territory.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54I have made 25 films and I've never been on one where this doesn't
0:21:54 > 0:21:55ever come up.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58If I said today, I want 5000 people flown in from
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Tokyo, I'm sure they would be flown in.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05In the '50s, Lewis Gilbert had made his name with a string of tales
0:22:05 > 0:22:09of stiff upper lip wartime British valour.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12And then in the '60s, a film that helped define a very different
0:22:13 > 0:22:19era - Alfie.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21My understanding of woman only goes as far as the
0:22:21 > 0:22:22pleasure.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25When it comes to the pain, I'm like every other bloke.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26I don't want to know.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29No, no, no, Michael, we are going right.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34On set, he was easy-going, charming, unflappable.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37A child of musical performance, he had spent his life in show business.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40And 17 years after Alfie, he was reunited with Michael Caine in
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Educating Rita.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42I thought it was something serious.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44After that, another Willie Rosol adaptation -
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Shirley Valentine.
0:22:45 > 0:22:55-- Willy Russell.
0:22:55 > 0:23:01Lewis Gilbert, providing some of James Bond's greatest moments.
0:23:01 > 0:23:08Lewis Gilbert who's died at the age of 97.
0:23:08 > 0:23:19You only live twice. Moon break with Roger Moore. That was one of my
0:23:19 > 0:23:23favourite movies.Who is your favourite James Bond? I love Roger
0:23:23 > 0:23:32mirror because he used to take the Mickey out of the genre. -- Roger
0:23:32 > 0:23:39mirror. It has to be Sean Connery. He could have no pictures at all and
0:23:39 > 0:23:45listened to him all day.Do you think you grow up with a James Bond?
0:23:45 > 0:23:51Mine is Daniel Craig.We all have a crush on Daniel Craig. I have a
0:23:51 > 0:23:56crush on Daniel Craig as well, we can be honest about this. He doesn't
0:23:56 > 0:24:01own stunts and he has the greedy atmosphere, you do not know what he
0:24:01 > 0:24:11is thinking. -- moody atmosphere. I must've seen his films 15 times. One
0:24:11 > 0:24:22of the best films ever. Goldeneye is fantastic.Diamonds are forever. I
0:24:22 > 0:24:28liked that film. I do like Sean Connery. They are in black and
0:24:28 > 0:24:37white, some of them.Can you do it for us?Surely not...No, I cannot.
0:24:37 > 0:24:49OK. My very favourite Sean Connery movie... This is my advice to you,
0:24:49 > 0:24:58we are talking about the weather, this is what people can be doing. I
0:24:58 > 0:25:03know it is a nightmare when your children cannot go to school. We get
0:25:03 > 0:25:07snowflakes in Washington and all the schools are shut. When you are stuck
0:25:07 > 0:25:20at home with your kids, hunt for red October. The advantages of the beast
0:25:20 > 0:25:23from the east. That is not Sean Connery, by the way.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News -
0:25:29 > 0:25:31what these photographs tell us about modern day slavery,
0:25:31 > 0:25:35on a main street near you.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38You will be surprised.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41And Usain Bolt's turns his attention to football -
0:25:41 > 0:25:42which club's he signed with...
0:25:42 > 0:25:46And why?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48We will tell you.
0:25:48 > 0:25:55That's still to come.
0:26:12 > 0:26:18First came the cold and then the snow. Most of us have had snow. More
0:26:18 > 0:26:28snow on the horizon. This picture from Kent. On the menu, further
0:26:28 > 0:26:33heavy snow showers in places. More travel disruption. The wind chill
0:26:33 > 0:26:40becomes more of an issue as well. In the short-term, the end to the flow
0:26:40 > 0:26:46of cold air coming in from Siberia. You can see the extent of the cold
0:26:46 > 0:26:51across Europe. Any snow showers will produce accumulation. It runs from
0:26:51 > 0:26:58east to west in the UK. Drier and clearer across western parts. The
0:26:58 > 0:27:01focus of the showers, into north-east Scotland into the night.
0:27:01 > 0:27:07Minus eight Celsius in some places. We are concerned about these no
0:27:07 > 0:27:15piling up. An amber Met Office weather warning to be prepared.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20Nasty travel conditions for parts of the Central Belt in Scotland as we
0:27:20 > 0:27:26go from Wednesday to Thursday, due to the frequency and intensity of
0:27:26 > 0:27:30the snow showers. Some spots will get a heavy snow shower after
0:27:30 > 0:27:36another. Scattered snow showers around on Wednesday. These are the
0:27:36 > 0:27:41top temperatures. The chilly night but by day these are the
0:27:41 > 0:27:47temperatures. This is what it feels like in the wind, minus figures. The
0:27:47 > 0:27:53easterly wind picks up a little bit. This area of low pressure comes in
0:27:53 > 0:27:58from the south, feeding moisture into the cold air across the UK.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03Snow showers continued Thursday and we are going to see a spell of snow
0:28:03 > 0:28:07in northern parts and blizzards and icy conditions building up into
0:28:07 > 0:28:14Friday across southern parts of the UK. Still running into north-east
0:28:14 > 0:28:21England and parts of Scotland. We minted in amber warnings into first
0:28:21 > 0:28:28date -- we maintain. This is going into Thursday, heavy and disruptive
0:28:28 > 0:28:33snow and another bitterly cold day.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10This is Beyond 100 Days, with me Katty Kay in Washington -
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Our top stories -
0:30:12 > 0:30:15As Republicans in Congress meet to discuss gun controls
0:30:15 > 0:30:18after the Parkland school shooting - one Florida congresswoman and former
0:30:18 > 0:30:23Orlando police chief gives us her view on arming teachers.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28I know of nothing that has been proposed yet that is more ridiculous
0:30:28 > 0:30:34than arming our teachers and our principles.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36In Syria, a temporary humanitarian ceasefire in the rebel-held
0:30:36 > 0:30:41territory of Eastern Ghouta collapses on its first day.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Coming up in the next half hour:
0:30:44 > 0:30:46The decades old dispute over the name, Macedonia,
0:30:46 > 0:30:50and why it could be an obstacle to its future membership of the EU -
0:30:50 > 0:30:52we hear from the Prime Minister.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55The powerful pictures highlighting modern day slavery
0:30:55 > 0:31:00in cities across the world.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag...
0:31:09 > 0:31:11It's not just Syria where Russia is making it's influence
0:31:11 > 0:31:14felt in the Middle East.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16On Monday, Moscow vetoed a bid at the United Nations to criticise
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Iran for allowing its weapons to end up in the hands of
0:31:19 > 0:31:23Yemen's Houthi rebels.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26For the past three years the Houthis have been waging war
0:31:26 > 0:31:28against the government - backed by a Saudi led coalition.
0:31:28 > 0:31:3110,000 people have dead and millions have been forced from their homes.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Joining us now is the former US Ambassador to Yemen -
0:31:34 > 0:31:39Stephen Seche.
0:31:39 > 0:31:45Thank you for coming in here. The finger is pointed at Iran. To what
0:31:45 > 0:31:50extent do you think Iran is manipulating the situation in Yemen?
0:31:50 > 0:31:54That is the case. A lot of it had to do when Saudi Arabia ended with its
0:31:54 > 0:31:59coalition and it was an invitation for Iran to deepen its involvement.
0:31:59 > 0:32:04What we have seen is clear evidence they have been transporting missiles
0:32:04 > 0:32:13into Yemen for use by the Houthi's. It poses an enormous risk of
0:32:13 > 0:32:17escalation.In conversations I have had with Saudi officials, what they
0:32:17 > 0:32:21are saying is this is an existential issue and they are resolute that
0:32:21 > 0:32:32they will make sure there is never has blah on the border. Is that what
0:32:32 > 0:32:37you are hearing?The pressures for them or they are vulnerable to
0:32:37 > 0:32:50ballistic missiles and incursions. That is why they entered the region.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55Is differential -- similar to the war in Syria. If the US is going to
0:32:55 > 0:33:01engage in Yemen, it has to understand what the Houthi's want.I
0:33:01 > 0:33:08hope we are trying to back channel information and there was an
0:33:08 > 0:33:12opportunity when one of the Houthi negotiators went to Iran where they
0:33:12 > 0:33:17had abducted and were releasing. He sat there with the intention of
0:33:17 > 0:33:22being available to international western diplomats to discuss this
0:33:22 > 0:33:26issue.Work there the sun watching who talk
0:33:26 > 0:33:28issue.Work there the sun watching who talk about the hypocrisy of the
0:33:28 > 0:33:33United States in the UK. We have had a former government minister who is
0:33:33 > 0:33:37the only British pollen -- politician who has been to Yemen. He
0:33:37 > 0:33:43said we are dangerously in danger of becoming complicit in the Saudi
0:33:43 > 0:33:52policy towards Yemen. We are arming the Saudis.The American government
0:33:52 > 0:33:57is in the same position. It is difficult to do so is the assaults
0:33:57 > 0:34:02from the impact the air campaign has over Yemen and the humanitarian
0:34:02 > 0:34:06toll. It makes us less than an honest broker when we try to speak
0:34:06 > 0:34:11to other parties in the conflict.We have the White House talking about
0:34:11 > 0:34:14the prospect of increasing its military ties with the Saudi
0:34:14 > 0:34:18government and they are proud they are doing so and saying this is a
0:34:18 > 0:34:23great opportunity for them. Is there any concern that the Trump
0:34:23 > 0:34:28administration could be tainted by the Saudi's actions in Yemen and the
0:34:28 > 0:34:33damage this is causing to civilians in the country?I do detect
0:34:33 > 0:34:40concerned in their White House. We need to do more and we have been
0:34:40 > 0:34:44reticent to mix it up and insist they need to do something. They
0:34:44 > 0:34:48don't understand how deep the whole is that they have dug for themselves
0:34:48 > 0:34:53and they need to stop digging immediately.We will see if they
0:34:53 > 0:34:57listen. Thank you very much for coming in.
0:34:57 > 0:34:58Slavery has many modern forms.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00There are children who work as domestic servants,
0:35:00 > 0:35:02farm hands and factory workers, bonded labourers who are tied
0:35:02 > 0:35:04to ever-mounting debts, victims of sex trafficking
0:35:04 > 0:35:07who endure some horrific abuse.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09The business of exploiting these people is a global industry worth
0:35:10 > 0:35:14150 billion dollars a year.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Perhaps as many as 40 million people globally are trapped
0:35:17 > 0:35:18in this modern slavery.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21One in four victims are children.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Here is the story of a Nigerian man, who came to Britain searching
0:35:24 > 0:35:27a better life but soon ran out of money and ended
0:35:27 > 0:35:35up on the streets.
0:35:35 > 0:35:42My name is tippee and I am from Nigeria. 28 years old from Nigeria.
0:35:42 > 0:35:49I was the victim of Modern Slavery Bill. When I got to the UK, I have
0:35:49 > 0:35:56some money. Before my money ran out, I ran out of cash and I was on the
0:35:56 > 0:36:02streets. I felt the only people who could be of help to me were people
0:36:02 > 0:36:11from Nigeria. I met this lady in a salon and some of them were
0:36:11 > 0:36:15Nigerians. They said they were going to arrange for me to meet their boss
0:36:15 > 0:36:20and told me what I was going to do and that if I am very loyal to him,
0:36:20 > 0:36:28he will sort me out. Every night, I got to the club and they would go to
0:36:28 > 0:36:33the toilet and when they came out, you would give them some aftershave
0:36:33 > 0:36:36and some spray and they were dropping a pound or two macro
0:36:36 > 0:36:43pounds. They would hand it over to the boss and they took everything.
0:36:43 > 0:36:49We were just living our lives for this man. They never allowed me to
0:36:49 > 0:36:56use my phone and they never allowed me to make friends. Some signs --
0:36:56 > 0:37:00sometimes they would hit you and use swear words on you but I couldn't go
0:37:00 > 0:37:04to the police because they kept lingering and kept echoing saying if
0:37:04 > 0:37:10you go to the police, you will be in trouble. That scared me, that I
0:37:10 > 0:37:15couldn't even go to the police.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17There is currently an exhibition 'Invisible People'
0:37:17 > 0:37:18which is touring the UK.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20The Photographer Rory Carniegie has recreated the lives of people
0:37:20 > 0:37:23who are known to have been trafficked into the UK.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26And we'll take a look at some of those images as we go.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29But with me in the studio, is the retired Court of Appeal judge
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Baroness Butler-Sloss, who now sits as the Co-Chair
0:37:31 > 0:37:33of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Human trafficking and
0:37:33 > 0:37:40Anti-Slavery.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44There is great awareness now around the world about this scourge of
0:37:44 > 0:37:48human travertine and I was listening to a senator in Congress the other
0:37:48 > 0:37:52day saying that what we need to do is apply best practice across the
0:37:52 > 0:37:58West to do with the problem. Where do you think we can put more effort?
0:37:58 > 0:38:05We have an extremely good Modern Slavery Bill act passed in 2015, but
0:38:05 > 0:38:08it has only been partially implemented and if we can get the
0:38:08 > 0:38:11government to get this tragedy together and start to implement
0:38:11 > 0:38:16parts of the Modern Slavery Bill act, we will have made progress.It
0:38:16 > 0:38:21is that prosecution of people perpetrating the crime that is the
0:38:21 > 0:38:25problem. In 2016, there are 9000 convictions worldwide which is
0:38:25 > 0:38:29extraordinary when you think of the number of people being trafficked.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33The trouble is the people who are trafficked for a variety of reasons
0:38:33 > 0:38:39don't want to give evidence. Also we are not looking after them in
0:38:39 > 0:38:43England and Wales to a degree that makes them want to come forward and
0:38:43 > 0:38:48give evidence and stop speaking as a former lawyer, if you don't have
0:38:48 > 0:38:54that good evidence, it is difficult to get a conviction from the jury.
0:38:54 > 0:38:59To what extent do all of us every day as we are going about our lives
0:38:59 > 0:39:06encounter or come across people that are in slavery without us realising
0:39:06 > 0:39:10it?They walk down the street, we don't know. One of the problems is
0:39:10 > 0:39:14the lack of awareness among ordinary people. The churches are beginning
0:39:14 > 0:39:19to do some good work, particularly the Pope and the Vatican who is
0:39:19 > 0:39:23mobilising is people across the world to look for this. The Church
0:39:23 > 0:39:27of England, the Roman Catholic Church in England are doing good
0:39:27 > 0:39:32work but we do not know enough about them. Even the police don't yet know
0:39:32 > 0:39:41enough about it.It is an industry that is now making something like
0:39:41 > 0:39:48$150 billion a year. Who is that money going to?It is at least
0:39:48 > 0:39:53that's because trafficking of people across the world, it is the second
0:39:53 > 0:40:00most valuable illegal trade in the world. It is going to those who wore
0:40:00 > 0:40:04enslaving people. They are traffickers right across the world
0:40:04 > 0:40:11will stop a great many eastern Europe, a great many the Far East.
0:40:11 > 0:40:19Vietnamese boys are in fact brought to England and are asked to work in
0:40:19 > 0:40:23cannabis farms which are rented accommodation. They are enslaved by
0:40:23 > 0:40:27being locked in.One of the things you said is you need people to come
0:40:27 > 0:40:36forward and to talk about their experience in slavery. One of the
0:40:36 > 0:40:40problems in this country and I suppose it is common in the US, is
0:40:40 > 0:40:44when they come forward, sometimes they are returned to their home
0:40:44 > 0:40:48countries. If they have taken great risk to get here in the first place
0:40:48 > 0:40:51and put themselves in the hands of these human traffickers, they are
0:40:51 > 0:40:55not likely to come forward if they think they are going to be returned.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59We are not generous to those that have been found positively
0:40:59 > 0:41:05identified as having been enslaved. We ought to be much more generous
0:41:05 > 0:41:09that they have no right to remain in this country. It is one of the
0:41:09 > 0:41:14things we are battling in our Parliamentary group to try and get
0:41:14 > 0:41:18at least a few months for people to be allowed to stay, to find out
0:41:18 > 0:41:23whether or not it is safe to let them go back to their own country.
0:41:23 > 0:41:31It is a pleasure to have you in the studio, thank you very much.We are
0:41:31 > 0:41:34not generous, that sums up the frustration of people trying to
0:41:34 > 0:41:38combat this. You try and encourage people to come forward and without
0:41:38 > 0:41:43them, it is difficult to crack down on the gangs and the groups and
0:41:43 > 0:41:47rings perpetrating this slavery. When they do come forwards, they
0:41:47 > 0:41:51face the prospect of being deported. There is some action in the US will
0:41:51 > 0:41:56stop the head of the foreign relations committee has pushed this
0:41:56 > 0:42:01issue vigorously and went to Asia in 2014 and came back and were shocked
0:42:01 > 0:42:04by what he saw. He has managed to raise several millions of dollars
0:42:04 > 0:42:08for this but whether that is going to manage to break this legal logjam
0:42:08 > 0:42:13is hard to see.I won -- I watched one of the hearings are countries
0:42:13 > 0:42:19that identified as not doing enough to tackle human trafficking, they
0:42:19 > 0:42:24were let off the hook because America didn't want to Paris them.
0:42:24 > 0:42:30The other thing I was going to say was that is different practices even
0:42:30 > 0:42:36here in the UK. Scotland bringing in a 90 day period after these people
0:42:36 > 0:42:39come forward to say they have been trafficked, they were going to care
0:42:39 > 0:42:43for 90 days which gives them more time. One of the real problems at
0:42:43 > 0:42:47the moment is people who have been victims of trafficking are
0:42:47 > 0:42:50trafficked because they are either put back on the street or put back
0:42:50 > 0:42:56in the hands of these traffickers. That is one of the things she was
0:42:56 > 0:42:59recommending.There is best practice out there which needs to be shared
0:42:59 > 0:43:06more liberally.
0:43:06 > 0:43:12The Irish broadcaster has said a draft legal task about the EU will
0:43:12 > 0:43:16see Northern Ireland may be considered part of EU customs
0:43:16 > 0:43:18territory after Brexit. This text will put into legal terms the
0:43:18 > 0:43:25agreement between the UK which will be reached last December. Some said
0:43:25 > 0:43:29it was a fudge and we didn't have the details and they didn't know how
0:43:29 > 0:43:32they would avoid this hard border between Northern Ireland and the
0:43:32 > 0:43:37Irish Republic. They will print this document tomorrow. 120 pages. There
0:43:37 > 0:43:47are several things in there and it will be dense.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier,
0:43:49 > 0:43:51says there are still significant points of disagreement with the UK
0:43:51 > 0:43:55over Britain's withdrawal from the EU.
0:43:55 > 0:44:02It doesn't mean that this is to be no border between the north and
0:44:02 > 0:44:07south and the border will be putting the Irish Sea. It is there as a
0:44:07 > 0:44:13backstop. Is saying they will have the solution if they can't find
0:44:13 > 0:44:19another way to get forward on the Irish issue.I was going to ask
0:44:19 > 0:44:25whether this settled the question but I think you have and sedate.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27Prosecutors in South Korea are seeking a 30-year jail
0:44:27 > 0:44:29sentence for their former President.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31Park Geun-hye, who is standing trial on charges including
0:44:31 > 0:44:33bribery and abuse of power, was ousted last year
0:44:33 > 0:44:35after being impeached over a corruption scandal.
0:44:35 > 0:44:39She's been held in custody for almost a year.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47A village in the Southern Germany has decided to keep a Nazi-era bell
0:44:47 > 0:44:48hanging in a local church.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51The bell bears the engraving "All for the Fatherland -
0:44:51 > 0:44:52Adolf Hitler" above a large swastika.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54After months of dispute, the church's parish council has
0:44:54 > 0:44:57now decided to keep it, and put up a plaque explaining
0:44:57 > 0:45:00the bell's history.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04Donald Trump has picked one of his political
0:45:04 > 0:45:06strategists as campaign manager for his 2020 re-election campaign.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08The Trump Organization hired Brad Parscale in 2011
0:45:09 > 0:45:11as a digital media guru.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14He was asked in 2015 to create a website for Mr Trump's
0:45:14 > 0:45:18exploratory White House bid, and a year later became
0:45:18 > 0:45:24the campaign's digital director.
0:45:24 > 0:45:25This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:45:25 > 0:45:26Still to come...
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Usain Bolt reveals the mystery football club
0:45:28 > 0:45:33he's signed for and why.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41Heavy snow and freezing temperatures have caused disruption
0:45:41 > 0:45:43and treacherous driving conditions across much of the UK.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45In Lincolnshire, there were 20 accidents in three hours.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47In one crash, three people were killed.
0:45:47 > 0:45:57Forecasters have warned of worse weather conditions to come.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01The East Coast had time to prepare. Travellers had a taste of what this
0:46:01 > 0:46:09week has in store. Lincolnshire Police dealt with 20 accidents in a
0:46:09 > 0:46:14three-hour period. Three people died in a collision on A15 Edgbaston and
0:46:14 > 0:46:21a school bus veered off the road are deepening Saint James. In Essex, a
0:46:21 > 0:46:26car passenger filmed 17 damaged or abandoned vehicles alongside the
0:46:26 > 0:46:33A120 close to Colchester. In Kent where the county council had
0:46:33 > 0:46:36declared a snow emergency, Grifters worked flat out to cover as many
0:46:36 > 0:46:40roads as possible but like traffic overnight meant salt couldn't do its
0:46:40 > 0:46:46work and by the time the morning commute began, accidents and ice had
0:46:46 > 0:46:52closed a series of routes. Drivers posted video images of the M20 where
0:46:52 > 0:46:56traffic was brought to a halt north of Maidstone and The Weald. Up to
0:46:56 > 0:47:00ten centimetres of snow fell across Kent, Surrey and East Sussex where
0:47:00 > 0:47:04farmers helped to keep minor roads open. More than 300 schools were
0:47:04 > 0:47:12closed. The village of Leeds was completely is cut off a time as ice
0:47:12 > 0:47:18and compacted snow was stranded cars and lorries. Across the eastern
0:47:18 > 0:47:22counties, traffic crawled and travellers waited for news on
0:47:22 > 0:47:25cancelled rail services. Operators have run empty trains through the
0:47:25 > 0:47:29night to keep the tracks open but for a while, this snow defeated
0:47:29 > 0:47:36them. Temperatures falling again. Travelling will remain unpredictable
0:47:36 > 0:47:42and hazardous in the coming days.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01This week the European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker has
0:48:01 > 0:48:03been visiting the new prospective members of the EU.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06He's been on a whirlwind tour of the western Balkan countries
0:48:06 > 0:48:08The Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro,
0:48:08 > 0:48:09Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.
0:48:09 > 0:48:13It's an area of Europe that has seen more than its fair share of war -
0:48:13 > 0:48:14and not so long ago.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16The trip said Mr Junker's staff is intended to serve
0:48:16 > 0:48:18as an encouraging gesture to these counties.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20And one country that certainly thinks it can benefit from EU
0:48:21 > 0:48:22membership is Macedonia.
0:48:22 > 0:48:29One of the things that stands in their places their name. Greeks have
0:48:29 > 0:48:33argued that the name, Macedonia, represents a territorial claim of
0:48:33 > 0:48:38Greece's northern province which is also named Macedonia. I have been
0:48:38 > 0:48:41speaking to the Prime Minister and I put it to him that Greece is not
0:48:41 > 0:48:47likely to budge on the issue of the name.
0:48:47 > 0:48:52We are the Republic of Macedonia. We understand our good friends in
0:48:52 > 0:48:57Greece. They have another part of the country called Macedonia. Now
0:48:57 > 0:49:01the problem is how to distinguish between our country and the regional
0:49:01 > 0:49:05Macedonia in the Greek side. We try to understand completely and because
0:49:05 > 0:49:11of that, we are in sight of negotiations with the Prime Minister
0:49:11 > 0:49:18in Greece. We are positive in our way to find a solution. We are
0:49:18 > 0:49:25prepared to accept geographical distinction in our new name and what
0:49:25 > 0:49:31will be used for every country. We try to find a way how we will
0:49:31 > 0:49:34protect the interests of our country but the interests of Greece. We must
0:49:34 > 0:49:40take care of each other because we can agree on anything but our
0:49:40 > 0:49:45institutions must vote for that and give support for that.The group
0:49:45 > 0:49:50promised has made encouraging noises but his Defence Secretary has been
0:49:50 > 0:49:52adamant Macedonia cannot be part of your name if you want to be a member
0:49:52 > 0:49:59of the European Union.They have done that all this year. Nothing
0:49:59 > 0:50:04moves. We have positive recommendation since 2009 to start
0:50:04 > 0:50:15negotiations. We have an open invitation from Nato since 2008 and
0:50:15 > 0:50:21we didn't become a member of Nato and we participate in all nations in
0:50:21 > 0:50:26Afghanistan and everywhere in the world. There is a consensus of
0:50:26 > 0:50:35decisions in Nato and the European Union and we try to encourage Greece
0:50:35 > 0:50:40that they accept.You saying Macedonia must be in the name
0:50:40 > 0:50:54somewhere.It is in our country and Greece. The bigger party. We accept
0:50:54 > 0:50:58it is a fact.With countries like yours that are trying to get up to
0:50:58 > 0:51:04the European average, the best talent in the country leaves for the
0:51:04 > 0:51:07biggest western economies. We have seen it with Bulgaria and Romania.
0:51:07 > 0:51:14Are you worried that might happen with Macedonia?We have expectations
0:51:14 > 0:51:19when to become a member of the European Union. It is an open market
0:51:19 > 0:51:25now. We believe in the values and these values will be more guaranteed
0:51:25 > 0:51:29for you to remain in our country. We hope to improve our economy and
0:51:29 > 0:51:36standard because we attract a lot of foreign investors. They push the
0:51:36 > 0:51:40economy and increase salaries.The Prime Minister that of Macedonia. It
0:51:40 > 0:51:47would mean a lot to country. The unemployment rate in Macedonia is
0:51:47 > 0:51:5022% and they have been meeting Finance yeas here in London and one
0:51:50 > 0:51:56of them the European development bank, says it will take them 60
0:51:56 > 0:52:00years to get up to the EU GDP average per person in Macedonia.
0:52:00 > 0:52:05That is how far they are behind. It is a long road for these countries
0:52:05 > 0:52:09because they have to get their courts in order, freedom of the
0:52:09 > 0:52:14press, political unity in the country. There is a lot to do. The
0:52:14 > 0:52:18point that Jean-Claude Juncker is making us why do we want a country
0:52:18 > 0:52:22like that as member of the European Union was to mark this as part of
0:52:22 > 0:52:25the European neighbourhood and it is not so long ago that we have war in
0:52:25 > 0:52:29the Western Balkans and the best way to avoid that is for them to set
0:52:29 > 0:52:35aside political differences and become part of the European family.
0:52:35 > 0:52:42Their chances or have they improved or not with Britain leaving the
0:52:42 > 0:52:47European Union? Is there a desire of things they have to do to get their
0:52:47 > 0:52:51governments in order? Is there more of a desire from the European
0:52:51 > 0:52:55Commission to have new members?They would say they are already solving
0:52:55 > 0:52:59the European problems. I have been on the border between Greece and
0:52:59 > 0:53:05Macedonia years ago when migrants were flowing through the Western
0:53:05 > 0:53:09Balkans into Europe. You want us to be part of the solution to the
0:53:09 > 0:53:12migrant issue but you don't want us to be part of the European Union.
0:53:12 > 0:53:16They would say they are an integral part of the Security solution within
0:53:16 > 0:53:21the European Union and that is why they should be fast tracked.And
0:53:21 > 0:53:27taking the consequences of the position they are in. This is my
0:53:27 > 0:53:31favourite story of the day.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33Usain Bolt who has always harboured an ambition to be
0:53:33 > 0:53:35a professional footballer, posted a rather mischevious
0:53:35 > 0:53:36tweet the other day.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39He said he was signing for a new football team.
0:53:39 > 0:53:40Which got tongues wagging.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42Today we learn that he will make his footballing debut
0:53:42 > 0:53:45at the Theatre of Dream, Old Trafford in a charity Soccer Aid
0:53:45 > 0:53:46match on the tenth June.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48Yes the eight-time Olympic gold medallist will captain a team
0:53:49 > 0:53:50of international celebrities.
0:53:50 > 0:53:51He is a massive Manchester United fan.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54His team will take on Robbie Williams team to raise
0:53:54 > 0:53:55money for Unicef.
0:53:55 > 0:54:04Here's the promo.
0:54:04 > 0:54:12A brand-new captain for this soccer aid world 11.Robbie, let me
0:54:12 > 0:54:19entertain you. You can run but you can't hide. Stick to singing and
0:54:19 > 0:54:24leave the football for me.Robbie Williams looks like he is in good
0:54:24 > 0:54:35health at the moment. Usain Bolt looks a little bit alive. It will be
0:54:35 > 0:54:39interesting to see how they move around the pitch.Are you saying
0:54:39 > 0:54:48Robbie Williams looks fitter than Usain Bolt?Quite the reverse.I
0:54:48 > 0:54:52thought your eyes need testing again.I would wonder how you would
0:54:52 > 0:55:00mark someone like Usain Bolt. Give him 30 yards and see if you can
0:55:00 > 0:55:05catch him.Would you even go on the pitch if you knew Usain Bolt was on
0:55:05 > 0:55:11there.I am a distance runner.He's one of the most charming characters.
0:55:11 > 0:55:19That would be set alight. It is for a good cause, Unicef. He is playing
0:55:19 > 0:55:24at Manchester United and he is a big Manchester United fan.You made a
0:55:24 > 0:55:31good stab at Sean Connery. Give us the lightning bolts. You can do it.
0:55:31 > 0:55:41I have no reputation left. Coming up on the programme, we will have the
0:55:41 > 0:55:45latest headlines from Carole Walker. I will be back with some more
0:55:45 > 0:55:47impressions tomorrow. Thanks very much for watching.