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0:00:10 > 0:00:13Jared Kushner is in charge of relations with China,
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Mid East peace and reinventing the US government.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18It's a huge, difficult brief for someone who has just had
0:00:19 > 0:00:22their security clearance downgraded.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25The President's son in law may find it harder to tackle those tasks
0:00:25 > 0:00:30now he can't even see top secret intelligence.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33The children of Parkland return to school, two weeks to the day
0:00:33 > 0:00:37after a gunman walked in and killed their friends.
0:00:37 > 0:00:43I think eventually it will be normal again,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46but not the same normal it was before, it will probably be
0:00:46 > 0:00:51a new type of normal because those 17 people aren't going to be there.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Evangelist Billy Graham becomes only the fourth private citizen
0:00:55 > 0:00:58in America to lie in honour in the US Capitol.
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0:01:33 > 0:01:35Hello and welcome - I'm Katty Kay in Washington
0:01:36 > 0:01:38and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Jared Kushner, the President's wunder-kid son in law,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43is not having a good day.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45His White House security clearance has been downgraded meaning
0:01:45 > 0:01:48he no longer has access to top secret information.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50And, a report in the Washington Post, describes how Jared's
0:01:50 > 0:01:52business interests are seen as vulnerabilities
0:01:52 > 0:01:55by foreign leaders.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57US intelligence authorities have picked up conversations in China,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Mexico, the UAE and Israel that show officials there think
0:02:00 > 0:02:05they can manipulate the 37-year-old political novice.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07The Post report was written by Shane Harris their national
0:02:07 > 0:02:08security correspondent.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13I spoke to him earlier.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18Spell out this story for us, according to your reporting US
0:02:18 > 0:02:21intelligence has overheard or somehow got information that some of
0:02:21 > 0:02:27America's allies are looking at Jared Kushner and thinking he's got
0:02:27 > 0:02:35vulnerabilities?The vulnerabilities the countries see our that he has a
0:02:35 > 0:02:40lack of experience in government and foreign policy so I naivete as one
0:02:40 > 0:02:46White House press and it to us. As well as his own complex business
0:02:46 > 0:02:51history and particularly financial issues he has in the form of large
0:02:51 > 0:02:55debt on a property in New York City that the company, his family real
0:02:55 > 0:03:02estate company owns. There is about a $1.2 billion debt on that company
0:03:02 > 0:03:05which comes due and we understand people are looking that is leveraged
0:03:05 > 0:03:12they may able to use. We don't know precisely what these people said
0:03:12 > 0:03:16about that but I think what a number of our sources have concerns about
0:03:16 > 0:03:20is that they may have seen that as a way to try to engage Jared Kushner
0:03:20 > 0:03:25in some kind of business related transaction separate from his
0:03:25 > 0:03:28official capacity but in order to try to influence him in an official
0:03:28 > 0:03:34way.Is it your understanding that US intelligence has intercepted in
0:03:34 > 0:03:38some way reports from officials from China and Mexico and the UAE and
0:03:38 > 0:03:45Israel discussing plans around Jared Kushner or a waste that plate?That
0:03:45 > 0:03:49is correct, in the course of intelligence gathering which we do
0:03:49 > 0:03:53an allies and others raised in the United States these conversations
0:03:53 > 0:03:59were picked up and we know there were conversations Jared Kushner had
0:03:59 > 0:04:04on his own while he was in the White House with officials in some foreign
0:04:04 > 0:04:08countries and those conversations he did not report internally through
0:04:08 > 0:04:13normal protocol to senior officials in the White House.My understanding
0:04:13 > 0:04:16that not reporting conversations with pollen officials is something
0:04:16 > 0:04:20which in the normal course of events seizure security clearance denied.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24It would be a huge problem when you're trying to obtain security
0:04:24 > 0:04:27clearance and if you had clearance that is right, it would be an issue
0:04:27 > 0:04:32to go outside of the normal channels and do that. We understand the
0:04:32 > 0:04:38National Security adviser HR McMaster find out when he came into
0:04:38 > 0:04:42office earlier in 2017 that Jared Kushner was having sidelined
0:04:42 > 0:04:45conversations are not reporting them and he was taken aback by this.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50There were concerns Jared Kushner might be freelancing foreign policy.
0:04:50 > 0:04:56So how big a problem is this for him?It's a big problem in terms of
0:04:56 > 0:05:01the foreign contacts he has had. The immediate resolution, his security
0:05:01 > 0:05:09clearance level has been downgraded. He is now at secret and it's our
0:05:09 > 0:05:11understanding that the foreign conversations he had with foreign
0:05:11 > 0:05:18people was not reporting was a reason he could not obtain a final
0:05:18 > 0:05:22top-secret security clearance.Could this force him out of the White
0:05:22 > 0:05:25House?I don't know how he can continue to do the jobs in his
0:05:25 > 0:05:28portfolio with only this level of clearance but that is up to the
0:05:28 > 0:05:33president.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Joining us now with his analysis is our political analyst
0:05:35 > 0:05:40Ron Christie, a former advisor to George W Bush.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42You of course went through the security clearance procedure when
0:05:42 > 0:05:46you worked in the George W Bush administration, do you think if
0:05:46 > 0:05:51Jared Kushner did not happen to be the son-in-law he would still be in
0:05:51 > 0:05:55the White House given these security issues?He would have been gone a
0:05:55 > 0:05:59long time ago. This is an intensive process, this is something, they
0:05:59 > 0:06:03look all the way back to when you are in elementary school and they go
0:06:03 > 0:06:08forward, they say did Ryan Christie tell the truth, about where he lived
0:06:08 > 0:06:11and worked? Some of the conversations he had over the
0:06:11 > 0:06:15durations of his life. What we have here is he had an interim top-secret
0:06:15 > 0:06:20clearance, one of the highest levels you can get, to have that brought
0:06:20 > 0:06:25down, anyone else would have been fired.What is the practical impact
0:06:25 > 0:06:33on him and his ability to do his job now he has lost the top-secret
0:06:33 > 0:06:37clearance?His access to information and his access to the present. There
0:06:37 > 0:06:41will be several times during the day were the White House chief of staff
0:06:41 > 0:06:45would say OK this is top-secret compartmentalised information,
0:06:45 > 0:06:51everybody if you do not have it what out. Now you have an assistant to
0:06:51 > 0:06:54the president, he will have two W out the room all the time and will
0:06:54 > 0:07:01not be in the room a lot of the time.Embarrassing nothing else?I
0:07:01 > 0:07:09get it, last night I got an e-mail from 35,000 feet, how about that? In
0:07:09 > 0:07:11that e-mail you said the fact that Donald Trump elected not to keep
0:07:11 > 0:07:16Jared Kushner at that level because it was a decision for the chief of
0:07:16 > 0:07:20staff, should tell you something?I have to be careful about what I is
0:07:20 > 0:07:27injured and where I send it because you will call me on it. But this is
0:07:27 > 0:07:30significant, it is significant that the president was briefed by his
0:07:30 > 0:07:34chief of staff who in turn had been briefed by the White House counsel
0:07:34 > 0:07:39and said here is what we find out. In my opinion there is something
0:07:39 > 0:07:42substantial to have here and they said Mr President this is why we
0:07:42 > 0:07:47have made this recommendation for Jared Kushner to be demoted and the
0:07:47 > 0:07:51fact that the president did not overrule his White House counsel and
0:07:51 > 0:07:56chief of staff tells you there is something there.The fact that
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Donald Trump brought his children into the White House and they were
0:07:59 > 0:08:04seen by foreign governments as the weak link tells you a little bit
0:08:04 > 0:08:08about how this White House is being run.It does and this is why you do
0:08:08 > 0:08:12not bring your children into the family business if the family
0:08:12 > 0:08:16business is politics. You need to have close and candid advice from
0:08:16 > 0:08:22your advisers but you have to be in a position, the pleasure of you in
0:08:22 > 0:08:26the White House could end long before you like it to be. If this
0:08:26 > 0:08:30was not the President's son-in-law we would be talking about him being
0:08:30 > 0:08:34shown the door a long time ago.Lets see how much longer he lasts, thank
0:08:34 > 0:08:41you for coming in.If he is shown the door what difference will it
0:08:41 > 0:08:49make, what has he achieved?This reminds me of a story in 1960,
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Eisenhower was asked what has Richard Nixon achieved in your
0:08:53 > 0:08:57administration, Eisenhower thought for a moment and then said give me a
0:08:57 > 0:09:01week and I might be able to think of one. It's hard to think of some
0:09:01 > 0:09:07solid contribution, China, Mexico, the Mexican president has just
0:09:07 > 0:09:11cancelled a visit to the naked state which is highly embarrassing, which
0:09:11 > 0:09:19Jared Kushner has achieved. Tame Impala promise.What effectively he
0:09:19 > 0:09:23has access to is stuff that will be leaked to the front page of
0:09:23 > 0:09:27newspapers. You cannot do the jobs on his plate with the intelligence
0:09:27 > 0:09:32he has access to. Organically when you look at the problem, this is a
0:09:32 > 0:09:38problem of the President's on making because they did not hand the Rob
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Porter thing properly so they had to look at background clearance and
0:09:42 > 0:09:46this is what you get when you bring your children in.Maybe it's worth
0:09:46 > 0:09:51reminding ourselves that this is not normal. Having your son-in-law and
0:09:51 > 0:09:56daughter as an adviser, this has not happened before in American politics
0:09:56 > 0:10:00and maybe there is a reason for it and perhaps Jared Kushner came in
0:10:00 > 0:10:04full of confidence and said he could do all these things but you do not
0:10:04 > 0:10:07bring your kids into the White House when you are the president
0:10:07 > 0:10:10particularly when they have various financial dealings and shadows
0:10:10 > 0:10:15hanging over them.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17As the US Congress dithers, American companies are taking
0:10:17 > 0:10:18action to restrict guns.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Today Dick's Sporting Goods, one of the largest sporting
0:10:22 > 0:10:24retailers in the country, announced these steps in the wake
0:10:24 > 0:10:27of the Florida school shooting.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30The chain will no longer sell assault-style rifles.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Nor sell firearms to anyone under 21.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38And it will no longer sell high capacity magazines.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39This corporate crackdown was announced
0:10:39 > 0:10:41on the morning that students in Parkland returned
0:10:41 > 0:10:44to class for the first time since the shooting at their high
0:10:44 > 0:10:47school - in which 17 people were killed.
0:10:47 > 0:10:54We followed one teenager who talked about what it was like going back.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58They don't want us to bring backpacks today, we are not going to
0:10:58 > 0:11:02really be using them because we are not going to be doing much, it's all
0:11:02 > 0:11:08about healing. Going back to school for the first time in about two
0:11:08 > 0:11:15weeks it feels really weird. Not that one. I will bring this one. I
0:11:15 > 0:11:19get nervous because I am frightened it will happen again. I know the
0:11:19 > 0:11:23chances are that it will not but I am going to have that feeling for
0:11:23 > 0:11:28maybe the first week or two. Is it going to fit in the small and tiny
0:11:28 > 0:11:33bag, that is the question? I think eventually it will be normal but not
0:11:33 > 0:11:39the same normal it was before, it will be a new type of normal because
0:11:39 > 0:11:42those 17 people are not going to be there. It's going to be reared,
0:11:42 > 0:11:48going on and not seeing the coach at all the sports events, it's going to
0:11:48 > 0:11:56be
0:11:59 > 0:12:03the building where the incident occurred is currently shut down.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06There is a huge fence around it and it has a police presence so we
0:12:06 > 0:12:14cannot go in there. So we are going to be squished together in certain
0:12:14 > 0:12:24rooms, some of our rooms have been relocated.Welcome back.Thank you.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29It's not going to be the same but it's going to be OK.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Let's get more from our North America Correspondent Nada
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Tawfik in Parkland.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43These children have been so eloquent and have campaigned hard on the
0:12:43 > 0:12:48issue of gun control, but two weeks on this is the moment where they
0:12:48 > 0:12:51have to walk through the door of the classrooms and face up to the awful
0:12:51 > 0:12:58things they went through?Yeah, absolutely. This has been an
0:12:58 > 0:13:02emotionally draining day for many of those students. Behind me they
0:13:02 > 0:13:07walked this long stretch to the school entrance and were greeted by
0:13:07 > 0:13:11teachers and police officers who gave them high fives to raise their
0:13:11 > 0:13:14spirits and welcome them back. I spoke to one student after school
0:13:14 > 0:13:19and she said she had a very hard time, crying, having to be led into
0:13:19 > 0:13:24the class with the help of her peers and seeing her teachers cracking
0:13:24 > 0:13:29with emotion while they tried to remain strong. One student wears a
0:13:29 > 0:13:35red ribbon and he said that, to him, symbolises that the students here
0:13:35 > 0:13:39have been empowered and have a voice in this national and state debate
0:13:39 > 0:13:45here about gun control. They say they do feel they have made a
0:13:45 > 0:13:50difference. You see it with companies abandoning the NRA, today
0:13:50 > 0:13:57a major retailer saying they will no longer sell assault rifles, Dick's
0:13:57 > 0:14:02sporting goods. There is a new approach and how they speak to these
0:14:02 > 0:14:06children, they are a force to be reckoned with because they do not
0:14:06 > 0:14:11shy away from being blunt about how they feel. That was the main
0:14:11 > 0:14:16takeaway today, the students trying to get back to some sense of
0:14:16 > 0:14:19normality but also feeling hopeful because her voice has made a small
0:14:19 > 0:14:23difference but the difference nonetheless.Kill McAfee have moved
0:14:23 > 0:14:29a lot of people and a lot of emotion to deal with, thank you.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31If a solution to the Irish border question cannot be found
0:14:31 > 0:14:34during the Brexit negotiations the EU says the border with the UK
0:14:34 > 0:14:36should effectively be placed in the Irish sea,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39annexing Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42A legal text published today, which seeks to spell out the terms
0:14:42 > 0:14:44of a divorce agreement, proposes a "common regulatory
0:14:44 > 0:14:45area" between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48It also demands the UK makes Europe's highest court the ultimate
0:14:48 > 0:14:51arbiter in future Brexit disputes.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Theresa May told parliament they were "demands no UK prime
0:14:55 > 0:14:56minister could ever accept".
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Our Europe Editor, Katya Adler reports.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04In the historic process in which the UK leaves the EU,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07this is a big moment - the first legal draft
0:15:07 > 0:15:17of the UK's exit treaty.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23So how is it possible, you might ask, to have a draft
0:15:23 > 0:15:25withdrawal agreement already when Brexit negotiations
0:15:25 > 0:15:26are still ongoing?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Well, this 120-page document is the European Commission's
0:15:28 > 0:15:31understanding of what has been agreed to date with the UK and of
0:15:31 > 0:15:38what it still wants to be agreed.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40So in here, we see that divorce issues which were discussed,
0:15:40 > 0:15:42but not finalised, before Christmas.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44The rights of EU citizens within the UK and UK citizens
0:15:44 > 0:15:47in the EU after Brexit.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Also, the financial settlement, the so-called Brexit Bill.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50And to the Irish border.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Also in here, the transition agreement, but no details
0:15:53 > 0:15:56of a future EU-UK trade deal, because those talks
0:15:56 > 0:16:00haven't even started yet.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01The document's paragraphs on Northern Ireland
0:16:01 > 0:16:06are particularly controversial.
0:16:06 > 0:16:13The EU's chief Brexit negotiator came out today to defend them.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16We have applied imagination and creativity, to find a specific
0:16:16 > 0:16:18solution to the unique challenge that Brexit poses for the protection
0:16:18 > 0:16:25of the Good Friday Agreement.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Mr Barnier said three options had been agreed with the UK to avoid
0:16:28 > 0:16:35the reintroduction of a hard border between Northern Ireland
0:16:35 > 0:16:37and the Irish Republic, but he said the UK hadn't yet come
0:16:37 > 0:16:39forward with details.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44So his backstop solution involves Northern Ireland remaining
0:16:44 > 0:16:47in a customs agreement with the EU and in parts of the single market.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52You must also be aware of the potentially explosive
0:16:52 > 0:16:54effect in the UK of this Northern Ireland protocol.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59Is this perhaps intentional, on your part?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02TRANSLATION:I'm not trying to provoke or create shock waves.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I want these negotiations to be a success.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09But let me remind you that it was the UK's decision to leave and,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11as I've said from the beginning, nobody should underestimate
0:17:11 > 0:17:13the consequences of this action.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17But the Prime Minister was having none of it.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18The draft legal text the Commission have published
0:17:18 > 0:17:22would, if implemented,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25undermine the UK Common Market and threaten the constitutional
0:17:25 > 0:17:27integrity of the UK by creating a customs and regulatory border down
0:17:27 > 0:17:33the Irish Sea, and no UK Prime Minister could ever agree to it.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36The Prime Minister and the EU do agree a hard border
0:17:36 > 0:17:39between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic must be
0:17:39 > 0:17:42avoided, but the Prime Minister's negotiating position is complicated
0:17:42 > 0:17:46by the Government's reliance for Parliamentary support
0:17:46 > 0:17:51on Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55If we didn't leave the EU to oversee the break-up of the United Kingdom,
0:17:55 > 0:17:56it would be catastrophic economically, never mind
0:17:56 > 0:18:01politically, for Northern Ireland to cut off from its biggest market.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03But this is not where the story ends.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06This document is a first draft, to be amended by EU member states,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09then negotiated with the Government - which has plenty to say about it.
0:18:09 > 0:18:19Katya Adler, BBC News, Brussels.
0:18:24 > 0:18:31Is politicians spend a lot of time talking about this and they came to
0:18:31 > 0:18:34some kind of agreement, is this a case of when you come to an
0:18:34 > 0:18:38agreement which is basically a fudge and they called it regulatory
0:18:38 > 0:18:42alignment, when you put the details on at the fudge falls apart?At some
0:18:42 > 0:18:47point you have to put it into legal text. We were at the summit in
0:18:47 > 0:18:50December and they said they had found an agreement on full
0:18:50 > 0:18:55alignment, no border between North and South. What Michel Barnier is
0:18:55 > 0:19:02saying is this is the logical extension, that if you reach no deal
0:19:02 > 0:19:05you have to put the border somewhere and although they don't spell it out
0:19:05 > 0:19:07it would have to go in the Irish Sea. Its highly provocative to
0:19:07 > 0:19:10suggest you are going to effectively annexed part of the United Kingdom,
0:19:10 > 0:19:15mess with the internal market of the UK and the constitutional
0:19:15 > 0:19:18arrangement between the UK and Northern Ireland and that is
0:19:18 > 0:19:22hardening attitudes on both sides. So is there a sense amongst
0:19:22 > 0:19:28Brexiteers in the UK today, watching on social media for example, that
0:19:28 > 0:19:33this was deliberately provocative on the part of Michel Barnier?I think
0:19:33 > 0:19:38so, if you look at the social media feeds of people who voted remain
0:19:38 > 0:19:45then it says surely this is what the government expected, and indeed John
0:19:45 > 0:19:53Major set out today that the question was always the there. David
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Davis with some justification has said if you put the cart before the
0:19:56 > 0:20:00horrors and talk about the Ireland issue as part of the divorce
0:20:00 > 0:20:02proceedings rather than part of the solution and trade agreement then
0:20:02 > 0:20:08you will always arrive at this point. Both sides feel they have
0:20:08 > 0:20:13facts on their side if you will but it's something I think has hardened
0:20:13 > 0:20:18positions today in both camps. Theresa May left in no easy position
0:20:18 > 0:20:20at all. He is often
0:20:20 > 0:20:23He's often described as America's pastor and today
0:20:23 > 0:20:24a ceremony was held in
0:20:24 > 0:20:28the US capitol to honor Billy Graham - who is now lying there in honour.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Graham died last week at the age of 99 but since then he has been
0:20:31 > 0:20:33remembered for his impact around the globe.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35He preached the gospel in 185 countries and territories
0:20:35 > 0:20:37and he prayed with every US president from Harry
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Truman to Barack Obama.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Today President Trump was among those paying his respects
0:20:41 > 0:20:46and delivering remarks.
0:20:46 > 0:20:52an ambassador for Christ who reminded the world of the power of
0:20:52 > 0:20:57prayer and the gift of God 's grace. Today we say a prayer for our
0:20:57 > 0:21:03country, that all across this land the Lord will raise up men and women
0:21:03 > 0:21:11like Billy Graham to spread a message of love and hope to every
0:21:11 > 0:21:19precious child of God.It's an enormous honour for a private
0:21:19 > 0:21:29citizen to be placed in Capitol Hill, only four before.Yeah, boot
0:21:29 > 0:21:35Capitol Hill police officers who were shot in attack were placed
0:21:35 > 0:21:39there in honour and Rosa Parks, the civil rights leader who defied the
0:21:39 > 0:21:48bus segregation ban. We should clarify, we are saying he is lying
0:21:48 > 0:21:51in honour and not lying in state because he was not a political or
0:21:51 > 0:21:55military figure but he was someone who united the country at a
0:21:55 > 0:22:00different time when, he was somebody who Republican and Democratic
0:22:00 > 0:22:05presidents went to and prayed with and you wonder in this very divided
0:22:05 > 0:22:12time who could fill that kind of role?Extraordinary man.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Severe weather is role?Extraordinary man.
0:22:16 > 0:22:16Severe weather is causing role?Extraordinary man.
0:22:16 > 0:22:16Severe weather is causing problems role?Extraordinary man.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Severe weather is causing problems across the United Kingdom and
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Scotland's first ever red snow warning has come in to place. It
0:22:21 > 0:22:27urges people to take action now to keep safe. Amber warnings are in
0:22:27 > 0:22:30place for other parts of Scotland and northern and eastern England.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34It's been revealed that a murdered Slovakian journalist was probing
0:22:34 > 0:22:39alleged political corruption with points to the Italian mafia. He was
0:22:39 > 0:22:43shot dead at home. The Slovakian Prime Minister has appealed for
0:22:43 > 0:22:49information and is offering a 1 million euros reward.The World
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Championship surfer Mike Fanning who vigorously fought off a great white
0:22:51 > 0:22:57shark during competition retires next month. The 36-year-old
0:22:57 > 0:23:02nicknamed white lightning, he won three world titles and will hang up
0:23:02 > 0:23:05his surfboard in March saying he has lost his drive to compete on a
0:23:05 > 0:23:09day-to-day basis.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Meghan Markle has joined Prince Harry and the Duke
0:23:11 > 0:23:13and Duchess of Cambridge for their first official
0:23:13 > 0:23:15engagement together.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18They were setting out their vision for the future work of their
0:23:18 > 0:23:20personal charitable organisation.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23It's called the Royal Foundation which Ms Markle will officially
0:23:23 > 0:23:25join after her wedding to Prince Harry in May.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Our Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31They are the foursome who will take the Royal family forward
0:23:31 > 0:23:33for decades to come.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35And on stage together for the first time, they talked
0:23:35 > 0:23:37about their mission.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40William said it was to build on what his parents
0:23:40 > 0:23:49and grandparents had achieved.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Hold on to the values that have always guided our family,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54but seek to engage in public life in a way that was updated
0:23:54 > 0:23:56and relevant for our generation.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Attention inevitably focused on the newcomer,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Meghan Markle underlined the relevance of her agenda talking
0:23:59 > 0:24:00about female empowerment.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02You'll often hear people say,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04"You're helping women find their voices."
0:24:04 > 0:24:07And I fundamentally disagree with that, because women don't
0:24:07 > 0:24:08need to find a voice.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11They have a voice, they need to feel empowered to use it,
0:24:11 > 0:24:13and people need to be encouraged to listen.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17And I think, right now, in the climate that we're seeing
0:24:17 > 0:24:20with so many campaigns, I mean, Me Too and Time's Up,
0:24:20 > 0:24:22there is no better time than to really continue to shine
0:24:22 > 0:24:25a light on women feeling empowered, and people really helping to support
0:24:25 > 0:24:32them, men included in that.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Meghan said she was looking forward to hitting the ground running
0:24:34 > 0:24:38after her wedding.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Sitting next to her, her future sister-in-law.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41So how is it working as a foursome?
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Working as family does have its challenges, of course it does.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46The fact that everyone's laughing means that everybody knows
0:24:46 > 0:24:49exactly what it's like. LAUGHTER
0:24:49 > 0:24:51But, look, you know, we're stuck together
0:24:51 > 0:24:54for the rest of our lives, so... LAUGHTER
0:24:54 > 0:24:56This is true. Togetherness at its finest.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Togetherness, yeah, yeah.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Together and seeking to make a difference.
0:25:00 > 0:25:08Nicholas Witchell, BBC News.
0:25:08 > 0:25:14Imagine if we had to say that, stuck together for the rest of our lives.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19Initially it said just 100 days and now we are beyond 100 days! Who
0:25:19 > 0:25:23knows?How many more hundreds and hundreds but congratulations to
0:25:23 > 0:25:30them, they look happy.The Royal family in good hands by all counts.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel
0:25:34 > 0:25:35and BBC World News:
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Same party, different politics - the Brexit warning from a former
0:25:38 > 0:25:40British Prime Minister to Theresa May, but is
0:25:40 > 0:25:45Sir John Major's intervention too little, too late?
0:25:45 > 0:25:48And white out - we've more on the wild wintry weather that's
0:25:48 > 0:25:50freezing over the UK and Europe.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52The 'beast from the east' is going nowhere fast.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55That's still to come.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15This week has got ever colder, Everson Neuer and parts of Scotland
0:26:15 > 0:26:21bearing the brunt of the heaviest snow. Met Office warnings, this red
0:26:21 > 0:26:27area covering much of the central belt, the highest level of warning,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30snow piling up, dangerous situation particularly for anyone still
0:26:30 > 0:26:35travelling but the advice is not to. This amber area through the rest of
0:26:35 > 0:26:38north-east Scotland and East of England, further snow showers will
0:26:38 > 0:26:46add to the accumulations we've got. Elsewhere scattered snow showers,
0:26:46 > 0:26:52there will be clear spells but as we take a closer look at this snow
0:26:52 > 0:26:55running, we have put totals, some spots will get even more than Nasa
0:26:55 > 0:27:02by the time it's all said and done. This very serious situation
0:27:02 > 0:27:06considers into the morning. Increasing cloud, tempters maybe not
0:27:06 > 0:27:10as low as they were last night but it's bitterly cold overnight,
0:27:10 > 0:27:14another severe frost and it fields colder in the wind. Into tomorrow
0:27:14 > 0:27:19those showers continue to affect Scotland, a few elsewhere but
0:27:19 > 0:27:23starting to see outbreaks of snow rather than just snow showers across
0:27:23 > 0:27:27parts of southern England during Thursday then reaching parts of
0:27:27 > 0:27:36Wales as well. The wind picks up with this as well. Look at that in
0:27:36 > 0:27:41Cardiff, feeling like -11 at times. And things could get quite dangerous
0:27:41 > 0:27:45as we run through Thursday evening and night into south-west England
0:27:45 > 0:27:52and Wales, an area of low pressure, this wind pushing moisture and
0:27:52 > 0:27:58North, the snow turning heavier, drifting in the wind as well, the
0:27:58 > 0:28:01amber warning on through Thursday evening and night, the situation
0:28:01 > 0:28:05could go downhill quite quickly, quite icy as well, some spots into
0:28:05 > 0:28:09Friday, further south less cold starting to move in but that brings
0:28:09 > 0:28:14a risk of freezing rain. On through Friday we have an area of snow
0:28:14 > 0:28:17affecting England and Wales into Northern Ireland so quite widely we
0:28:17 > 0:28:22will be seeing centimetres in places with an impact on travel and we
0:28:22 > 0:28:26still have snow showers running into Eastern Scotland. It's still
0:28:26 > 0:28:29bitterly cold and colder in the wind.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09This is Beyond 100 Days, with me, Katty Kay, in Washington.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Our top stories.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15One of President Trump's top advisers and son-in-law,
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Jared Kushner, has his White House security clearance downgraded -
0:30:18 > 0:30:22thought to be linked to his business dealings.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25A warning on Brexit from a former UK Prime Minister who urges Theresa May
0:30:25 > 0:30:31to put country before party and not rule out a second referendum.
0:30:31 > 0:30:37No-one can truly know what the will of the people may then be,
0:30:37 > 0:30:43so let Parliament decide or put the issue back to the people.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47Also coming up in the next half hour.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Three years of fighting, millions are starving and a civil
0:30:50 > 0:30:53war that threatens to get worse - we've a special report
0:30:53 > 0:30:55from inside Yemen.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58The capital Sanaa is the prize in this war -
0:30:58 > 0:31:01the Houthis want to keep it, the ousted government wants it back.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05But to take the fight into this historic, densely-populated city
0:31:05 > 0:31:12would be a bloody urban battle.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag
0:31:15 > 0:31:21#Beyond100Days.
0:31:22 > 0:31:28There's nothing unusual about splits in the Conservative Party,
0:31:28 > 0:31:31but it is highly unusual for a former Prime Minister
0:31:31 > 0:31:31to criticise his successor.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Today Sir John Major said Theresa May was guilty of "bad
0:31:34 > 0:31:36politics" over Brexit.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39And he accused his fellow Conservatives of putting
0:31:39 > 0:31:42party politics above the national interest.
0:31:42 > 0:31:48Sir John wants Theresa May to guarantee a free vote
0:31:48 > 0:31:51for Conservative MPs when the final Brexit deal is eventually
0:31:51 > 0:31:52put to Parliament.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54His interjection comes ahead of the Prime Minister's speech
0:31:54 > 0:31:56on Friday in which she will set out her opening,
0:31:56 > 0:32:03negotiating position.
0:32:03 > 0:32:03There was a majority for
0:32:03 > 0:32:03negotiating position.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05There was a majority for Brexit.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05negotiating position.
0:32:05 > 0:32:05There was a majority for Brexit.
0:32:05 > 0:32:05There was a majority for Brexit. But
0:32:05 > 0:32:09There was a majority for Brexit. But there was no overwhelming mandate to
0:32:09 > 0:32:13ignore the reservations of 16 million voters who believe it will
0:32:13 > 0:32:19be a harmful change of direction for our country. Brexit has been the
0:32:19 > 0:32:25most divisive issue of my political lifetime. It has divided not only
0:32:25 > 0:32:31the four Nations of the UK but regions within those nations. It has
0:32:31 > 0:32:34divided political parties, colleagues, families, friends and
0:32:34 > 0:32:38the young from the old. As the ballot box showed us very clearly on
0:32:38 > 0:32:44referendum day. I believe the government should take a further,
0:32:44 > 0:32:49very brave and bold decision. I believe they should invite
0:32:49 > 0:32:54Parliament to accept or reject the final outcome on a free vote. I know
0:32:54 > 0:33:02the instinct historically of every government is to oppose free votes.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06But the government should we the advantages of having one very
0:33:06 > 0:33:11carefully. They may find it is in their own interest to do so. There
0:33:11 > 0:33:17are some very practical reasons in favour of a free vote. Brexit is a
0:33:17 > 0:33:22unique decision. It will affect the lives of the British nation for
0:33:22 > 0:33:29generations to come. And if it flops, there will be the most
0:33:29 > 0:33:31terrible backlash.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34A short while ago we spoke to former Conservative leader,
0:33:34 > 0:33:36and leading Brexit campaigner, Iain Duncan Smith.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38And I put it to him that Sir John Major,
0:33:38 > 0:33:40a former UK Prime Minister, attacking a sitting
0:33:40 > 0:33:46Prime Minister from his own party is quite unprecedented.
0:33:46 > 0:33:53It is always advisable for people who have left the job they are in to
0:33:53 > 0:33:56keep their own council as much as possible and they haven't got
0:33:56 > 0:34:01anything to say that is helpful. What he does say is Brexit is such a
0:34:01 > 0:34:04fundamental change in direction for the UK that it makes sense to offer
0:34:04 > 0:34:10a free vote to Conservative MPs, it is smart politics because it puts
0:34:10 > 0:34:13the onus on Parliament rather than the Conservative Party if it goes
0:34:13 > 0:34:21wrong?I do find this surprising, this is a Prime Minister, who during
0:34:21 > 0:34:24the Maastricht debates insisted on a very strict whip and we were not
0:34:24 > 0:34:28given any free votes and a bunch of Conservative MPs had the whip taken
0:34:28 > 0:34:33off them and were kicked out of the party for a period for disobeying
0:34:33 > 0:34:38the whip and voting against and then people were dragged in on ambulances
0:34:38 > 0:34:43and all sorts to various votes in a very strict three line whip. I do
0:34:43 > 0:34:49find this a little bit strange, the Prime Minister, John Major when he
0:34:49 > 0:34:52was Prime Minister, was less than kind or helpful over those who
0:34:52 > 0:34:56apparently had issues of conscience. I don't agree with them and I think
0:34:56 > 0:35:00the government policy is to deliver on the vote of the British people,
0:35:00 > 0:35:03they had a vote and he and others may not like it but the British
0:35:03 > 0:35:06people voted and they said they wanted to leave and we have to
0:35:06 > 0:35:11deliver on that. It was made clear at the time by all of those
0:35:11 > 0:35:15including him that you must leave the Customs Union and single market
0:35:15 > 0:35:19and therefore they all knew what they were voting on.Theresa May
0:35:19 > 0:35:23said no UK Prime Minister could accept what the EU has set out today
0:35:23 > 0:35:28on Ireland and the border issue. They question why they are
0:35:28 > 0:35:31surprised, we talked about the agreement in December and there
0:35:31 > 0:35:34seems to have been movement together in December it towards a solution.
0:35:34 > 0:35:40We seem to be back where we were last summer.No because the view of
0:35:40 > 0:35:44the European Union commission and Ireland is playing political games
0:35:44 > 0:35:50with an important issue. The reality is there is a report from the
0:35:50 > 0:35:52European Union in Parliament that says there is no need to go down
0:35:52 > 0:35:58this road, no need for a hard border with border posts and everything
0:35:58 > 0:36:01else, in that report they make it clear that technology is there for
0:36:01 > 0:36:06us to make this very relaxed and straightforward and if we manage to
0:36:06 > 0:36:09control and get after illegal arms and illegal drugs crossing the
0:36:09 > 0:36:14border by dealing with the Irish Gardai and police service away from
0:36:14 > 0:36:19the border, it is even easier to deal with legitimate products
0:36:19 > 0:36:23crossing the border. There is no need and this has been conjured up
0:36:23 > 0:36:29for one reason only, the idea is to use this as a stick to beat a dog to
0:36:29 > 0:36:33tell the British government they have to leave Ireland in the Customs
0:36:33 > 0:36:37Union and get us to change our mind. It will not happen and there is no
0:36:37 > 0:36:44need for a hard border.You mention social media earlier, that was Iain
0:36:44 > 0:36:48Duncan-Smith and we have been getting some tweets from people who
0:36:48 > 0:36:53say, this is making Ireland suffer because of decisions were taken in
0:36:53 > 0:36:57England, in the rest of the UK, and they will have a country divided
0:36:57 > 0:37:03because of Brexit?That is a feeling that is felt acutely in Ireland but
0:37:03 > 0:37:08then you have to go back to the Good Friday Agreement, and effectively,
0:37:08 > 0:37:11symbolically, there was a triple-lock because he had three
0:37:11 > 0:37:17parties involved, you had the Irish government, you have the people of
0:37:17 > 0:37:21Northern Ireland, both Protestant and Catholic, and the UK government.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26Only because of that triple-lock, Ireland, in the end, removed its
0:37:26 > 0:37:29claim to Northern Ireland and Catholics play their rightful place
0:37:29 > 0:37:36within the UK. And I think both sides, the Irish and British side,
0:37:36 > 0:37:42are sensitive to that issue. Last night, the European affairs
0:37:42 > 0:37:47spokesman for Fine Gael in Ireland was asked 34 times on the BBC when
0:37:47 > 0:37:50the border was going to go and he did not want to say that it was
0:37:50 > 0:37:56going to go in the Irish Sea. At all costs! He understands that if it is
0:37:56 > 0:38:00seen that Northern Ireland starts to drift back towards Ireland, that
0:38:00 > 0:38:05undermines the Good Friday Agreement.He sees that as
0:38:05 > 0:38:08controversial, you made the point that the John Major intervention was
0:38:08 > 0:38:12not welcomed by many entries Theresa May's circle but we should put this
0:38:12 > 0:38:17in context because John Major chooses his words carefully and has
0:38:17 > 0:38:22moments -- his moments to intervene. He would say, I felt I had to say
0:38:22 > 0:38:28something that this crisis point?He is not the only former Prime
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Minister, Tony Blair has his own initiative which he is trying to
0:38:31 > 0:38:36push for the government, to put Brexit to one side, ultimately. But
0:38:36 > 0:38:41a soft Brexit if it has to be. People like Iain Duncan Smith would
0:38:41 > 0:38:47say, he did not allow a free vote on my street and he warned us about
0:38:47 > 0:38:53these things back in the 1990s and many decisions that he took, on the
0:38:53 > 0:38:57exchange rate etc, proved to be folly so he does not have a very
0:38:57 > 0:39:03good record on the sort of things. John Major is no stranger to have --
0:39:03 > 0:39:06having our former Prime Minister intervened on his watch.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08On Tuesday's programme we spoke about the catastrophic
0:39:08 > 0:39:10conditions in Yemen, one of the Arab world's poorest
0:39:10 > 0:39:11countries, devastated by civil war.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Now we have a special report from inside the country, almost
0:39:14 > 0:39:17three years since the Saudi-led coalition launched its first air
0:39:17 > 0:39:18strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, sparking
0:39:19 > 0:39:20an all-out armed conflict.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23The situation is so bad, the UN now says it's become
0:39:23 > 0:39:25the world's worst man-made humanitarian disaster and right now,
0:39:25 > 0:39:27more than eight million people across Yemen
0:39:27 > 0:39:30are at risk of starvation.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32The BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet
0:39:32 > 0:39:35sent us this report.
0:39:37 > 0:39:43High above the Arabian Peninsula, just off the coast of Yemen.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Saudi Arabia and its allies have ruled these skies
0:39:46 > 0:39:49since the war began.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52And they control the seas below.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54These shipping lanes are a vital gateway
0:39:54 > 0:39:57for the world's energy supplies.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01And a smuggling route for illicit goods.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05Among them, the Saudis say, weapons that Iran supplies
0:40:05 > 0:40:10to Yemen's Houthi fighters.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13We land on board a Saudi warship.
0:40:13 > 0:40:18Inspecting vessels bound for the port.
0:40:18 > 0:40:23Most of Yemen's imports flow through there but it is in Houthi hands.
0:40:23 > 0:40:28Saudis are on the look out for suspicious vessels.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31We meet the captain, whose mission is a crucial
0:40:31 > 0:40:33front line in this war.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Operational rules are to treat all vessels as suspicious?
0:40:35 > 0:40:42Yes.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Even humanitarian.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46A Naval blockade has been lifted for now.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48It had obstructed vital medicine, food and fuel from reaching
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Yemenis in desperate need.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55But this war grinds on.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58And on the ground, it is Yemen's army who are
0:40:58 > 0:41:03battling Houthi fighters.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04Advancing slowly on hostile terrain.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08Mountain by mountain.
0:41:08 > 0:41:18Seizing strategic heights of the approach to the capital.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23The capital, Sanaa, is the prize in this war.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27The Houthis want to keep it and the ousted government wants it back.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29To take the fight into the heart of this historic,
0:41:29 > 0:41:31densely populated city, it would be a bloody urban battle.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34All roads in this war lead to this capital.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Yemeni forces and their allies have an ambitious plan.
0:41:37 > 0:41:43Surround Sanaa and force the Houthis to surrender.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48But their enemy is well entrenched.
0:41:48 > 0:41:54Supported by Iran, the Houthis are well trained and well supplied.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58Ballistic missiles have reached the heart of the Saudi kingdom.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02And fear is part of their arsenal also.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03Hundreds of journalists and political opponents have been
0:42:03 > 0:42:05detained arbitrarily.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Many have fled.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11In a government-controlled area, we meet 27-year-old Abbas.
0:42:12 > 0:42:13His crime?
0:42:13 > 0:42:19Posting comments on social media.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22He tells us, they hung me up, tortured me until
0:42:22 > 0:42:24I fell unconscious.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26When he woke up he couldn't move.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Imagine, he says, in a second you cannot walk.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33What can I be now?
0:42:33 > 0:42:37But Yemenis live with other fears.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40This is the impact of the Saudi air strike in a neighbourhood close
0:42:40 > 0:42:42to the Defence Ministry.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45The Saudi-led coalition has been pounding enemy positions.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Armed with the most sophisticated weaponry from allies
0:42:48 > 0:42:50like Britain, the US and France.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53The Saudis insist civilians are not a target.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56But they are being hit.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58This family, like many others, lost their home
0:42:58 > 0:43:01in a coalition bombing.
0:43:01 > 0:43:06They had taken refuge here.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08We are begging for help, cries this woman.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11Yesterday my three children did not eat.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14I am ill, always ill.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18Neither dead nor alive.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20It is hard to escape from this war.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24It has pushed these families from place to place.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27At this temporary settlement they are digging in.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30Trying to make a new home from the little they now have.
0:43:30 > 0:43:35The Arab world's poorest nation now a battle ground for regional powers
0:43:35 > 0:43:38in a Middle East which grows ever more combustible.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42Saudi Arabia and Iran know they are playing with fire.
0:43:53 > 0:43:54Great reporting.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57In the next half hour President Trump will be hosting
0:43:57 > 0:44:00Democratic and Republican lawmakers at the White House to discuss
0:44:00 > 0:44:00the issue of gun control.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03In the wake of the Parkland shooting there have been a number
0:44:03 > 0:44:06of proposals but will Congress take action or simply hit gridlock?
0:44:06 > 0:44:12Back with us is Ron Christie.
0:44:12 > 0:44:17President Trump has called singer Republicans, some who have
0:44:17 > 0:44:19proposals, to come to the White House to see if anything can be
0:44:19 > 0:44:26done.Where would you put your fortune? I think you will find an
0:44:26 > 0:44:32initiative to extend the age of long guns, from 18 to 21. Will
0:44:32 > 0:44:37Republicans agree to that? Possibly, the President seems very inclined to
0:44:37 > 0:44:45want to do this, I think he can get enough moderate Republicans, over a
0:44:45 > 0:44:47third of Republicans are retiring from office and if you can get them
0:44:47 > 0:44:52in a coalition with Democrats, that could pass.Christian NRA has made
0:44:52 > 0:44:57it clear they don't like that. Republicans don't really know where
0:44:57 > 0:45:03the President is, he has put forward a lot of proposals but they are
0:45:03 > 0:45:07facing in the primaries, the second Amendment supporters, energy on the
0:45:07 > 0:45:12left, do they want a fight over the second Amendment?They don't and
0:45:12 > 0:45:18this is perilous for Republicans, as you have identified, on one hand
0:45:18 > 0:45:22they are strong proponents of the second Amendment, the right to bear
0:45:22 > 0:45:27arms, but there is a new atmosphere here, that these school shootings,
0:45:27 > 0:45:31something has to be done and politically we are looking at this
0:45:31 > 0:45:33from the prism of politics and Republicans don't want to be seen as
0:45:33 > 0:45:38standing on the sidelines when the President and Democrats are trying
0:45:38 > 0:45:45to do something.The story that came out from the sports chain, how
0:45:45 > 0:45:51significant is that?Removed from the corporate sector? That is
0:45:51 > 0:45:55significant, this organisation said we will no longer sell high-capacity
0:45:55 > 0:46:00magazines, this type of armament, we in the private sector are taking an
0:46:00 > 0:46:02affirmative step because we don't want these guns were people who
0:46:02 > 0:46:06should not have them.Thank you very much.
0:46:06 > 0:46:07This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09Still to come - 'Snowverload'.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12We've some of the best pictures from around Europe and the UK -
0:46:12 > 0:46:15as the Arctic blast of weather really bites.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27Here in the UK, they've been big high street names
0:46:27 > 0:46:30for more than 30 years - but now Toys "R" Us
0:46:30 > 0:46:32and the electrical chain Maplin have both collapsed.
0:46:32 > 0:46:33Emma Simpson reports.
0:46:33 > 0:46:34# With toys in their millions
0:46:34 > 0:46:36# All under one roof
0:46:36 > 0:46:37# It's Called Toys'R'Us!...#
0:46:37 > 0:46:40It was a force to be reckoned with, pulling in shoppers
0:46:40 > 0:46:44with its American-style megastores.
0:46:44 > 0:46:48Today, the Magic's long gone.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50Some stores were already closing to cut costs.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54But it wasn't enough.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56It's a shame, but it's not probably a great surprise.
0:46:56 > 0:47:02It's been on the cards for a while.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05Because I've four children, grown up now, but we always used
0:47:05 > 0:47:07to come here for their toys, so it's a shame.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09So what went wrong for Toys'R'Us?
0:47:09 > 0:47:13They are too reliant on these large out-of-town stores.
0:47:13 > 0:47:15But a lot of the problems are actually self-inflicted.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17They overlooked the importance of online, where about 40%
0:47:17 > 0:47:20of toy sales take place.
0:47:20 > 0:47:24And perhaps more importantly, they've neglected their stores.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27Toys'R'Us has been struggling for years, a business way down
0:47:27 > 0:47:31by huge amounts of debt.
0:47:31 > 0:47:32Its American owners filed for bankruptcy protection
0:47:32 > 0:47:37in the States last autumn.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41And today, this toy story ended with the UK chain effectively
0:47:41 > 0:47:44running out of cash.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47And tonight, the man tasked with rescuing it told me
0:47:47 > 0:47:49that wouldn't be easy.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Whilst we're going to make every effort to sell the business,
0:47:52 > 0:47:55I think realistically there is a small chance that
0:47:55 > 0:47:56someone will come through.
0:47:56 > 0:47:59And if they do, it will be for parts of the business,
0:47:59 > 0:48:02and certainly not for the business as a whole, and certainly not
0:48:02 > 0:48:03in its existing format.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06Maplin also collapsed today with more than 200 stores.
0:48:06 > 0:48:10It blamed a slowdown in consumer spending and higher costs.
0:48:10 > 0:48:14It's been a bleak winter for many retailers.
0:48:14 > 0:48:18Today, two big casualties, and thousands of jobs on the line.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20The shops are still trading, but for how much longer?
0:48:20 > 0:48:30Emma Simpson, BBC News.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32You're watching Beyond 100 Days and we're watching Italy
0:48:32 > 0:48:35because voters there will be going to the polls on Sunday
0:48:35 > 0:48:36to elect their next government.
0:48:36 > 0:48:42A new voting system means a coalition on the right
0:48:42 > 0:48:44is highly likely led by Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia.
0:48:44 > 0:48:52That said, polls suggest the Eurosceptic, anti-establishment
0:48:52 > 0:48:54Five Star Movement will be the single most popular
0:48:54 > 0:48:55party among voters.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57Immigration is the key issue in the election.
0:48:57 > 0:49:01I have been speaking to one of their MP's Manlio Di Stefano,
0:49:01 > 0:49:02about where his party currently stands on the issue?
0:49:02 > 0:49:09We want to take care of all those who have the right to stay, asylum
0:49:09 > 0:49:13seekers, persecuted people, all of this, and to do that we need to fix
0:49:13 > 0:49:20the internal problems so we are asking in a strong way, 12 mandatory
0:49:20 > 0:49:25quotas around the 27 countries and internally intently, all around the
0:49:25 > 0:49:328000 cities we have.How European are you because in the past you said
0:49:32 > 0:49:40you wanted to hold a referendum on the single currency?We never said
0:49:40 > 0:49:46that the European Union has to be destroyed, this was storytelling
0:49:46 > 0:49:52that was made to attack us. We are always saying that we think to be
0:49:52 > 0:49:59European, we want to be European but with this currency and the way that
0:49:59 > 0:50:04all economic system is managed, the European Union will collapse. Can
0:50:04 > 0:50:10you imagine that were under the same currency but we don't have the same
0:50:10 > 0:50:17taxation between countries? Can you remember that every month there is a
0:50:17 > 0:50:21big Italian enterprise that moves to Slovakia and Poland, to Hungary,
0:50:21 > 0:50:29because they find better taxation, maybe 15 or 20 points under the
0:50:29 > 0:50:33Italian one. If we don't have the same rules we cannot be the same
0:50:33 > 0:50:39family.Either reform or do away with that?To reform the economic
0:50:39 > 0:50:47system is the only way to keep the European Union alive. We are sceptic
0:50:47 > 0:50:53that the Eurozone, but with the EU. We can fix one of them to save the
0:50:53 > 0:50:58other.It is true that the new electoral rules that have come in a
0:50:58 > 0:51:02few months ago. You going into government.The other parties will
0:51:02 > 0:51:14prevent that? The day that Mr Renzi and Mr Berlusconi draft of this law,
0:51:14 > 0:51:17it was ten points higher than right now, therefore to be in want to
0:51:17 > 0:51:23create a coalition like they did in 2014 and a second government
0:51:23 > 0:51:29together, but now everything has changed so in any way, you will have
0:51:29 > 0:51:37the numbers, they will have to consider as as fundamental. I don't
0:51:37 > 0:51:42know if we will have the numbers to create our own government alone. But
0:51:42 > 0:51:49surely they will not do at the same. It will be like... Our proposal to
0:51:49 > 0:51:55create a coalition on a specific programme will be the only decision
0:51:55 > 0:52:02for this country.I was reading a piece in the Washington post looking
0:52:02 > 0:52:06at Germany and young voters who are fed up with the establishment
0:52:06 > 0:52:10coalition politics. They don't want people making big copper misers.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13They are moving towards Populist parties on both ends of the
0:52:13 > 0:52:18spectrum. Particularly the far right. I wonder if you could see
0:52:18 > 0:52:21parallels between what has happened in Germany recently and this
0:52:21 > 0:52:28election in Italy?Absolutely, to illustrate the parties, you have got
0:52:28 > 0:52:33Five Star Movement at the top and these will be coalitions after the
0:52:33 > 0:52:38weekend, the one at the bottom, Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi
0:52:38 > 0:52:44cannot be the Prime Minister because he was banned after his things in
0:52:44 > 0:52:48the court and he is a kingmaker potentially with brothers of Italy
0:52:48 > 0:52:58with fascist roots, and we also have Lega and this smaller group, and the
0:52:58 > 0:53:00question is whether Silvio Berlusconi can rein in the hard
0:53:00 > 0:53:04right sentiments are some of those parties, particularly when it comes
0:53:04 > 0:53:10to migration and security. He maybe starts to look to the party on the
0:53:10 > 0:53:14centre-left, the Democrats, for a grand coalition or whether it is our
0:53:14 > 0:53:20supply arrangement on different issues. But certainly, Five Star
0:53:20 > 0:53:24Movement are big force and the problems are not going away.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27Now, we've been talking about it enough - and as we've been seeing,
0:53:27 > 0:53:30the Beast from the East is hitting the UK in a big way.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33There's a very serious side to this storm, but we've been getting
0:53:33 > 0:53:35some incredible pictures of the Arctic blast.
0:53:35 > 0:53:40Here's a time-lapse of the snow falling over London -
0:53:40 > 0:53:45you can see the dome of St Paul's Cathedral disappearing
0:53:45 > 0:53:47as the weather system moves through.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49This is the view of our building, New Broadcasting House,
0:53:49 > 0:53:55and a special camera fixed across the road - it even has
0:53:55 > 0:53:56wipers to clean the lens.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58And of course, the view of the Houses of Parliament,
0:53:58 > 0:53:59just down the road.
0:53:59 > 0:54:06Cold enough for you, Katty?
0:54:06 > 0:54:12We should ban the phrase, based from the east! But this is serious.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15Children have got farms in the country and people are vulnerable,
0:54:15 > 0:54:23losing livestock. We have a family in Scotland who are farmers and they
0:54:23 > 0:54:27have been Scotland -- have been suffering. And young people around
0:54:27 > 0:54:31the country. It is a very serious storm. And it is not going anywhere
0:54:31 > 0:54:32quickly.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35I've had a look through some of those pictures too
0:54:35 > 0:54:37and I particularly like these ones from Cornwall.
0:54:37 > 0:54:40A smooth way to travel here - no travel disruption on a snowboard,
0:54:40 > 0:54:42or a quad bike, for that matter.
0:54:42 > 0:54:49In Norfolk, here's a couple who just hopped on their skis.
0:54:49 > 0:54:57You should have tried that this morning!What did you do?
0:54:57 > 0:54:59I'm going to go one better in the bravery stakes, Katty -
0:54:59 > 0:55:07and the Irish are a hardy bunch.
0:55:07 > 0:55:17Take these brave swimmers taking a dip. Certifiable definition! This is
0:55:17 > 0:55:25Galway Bay on the West Coast. Very popular with the locals. This was me
0:55:25 > 0:55:30walking in this morning. There is an unhealthy interest in whether I am
0:55:30 > 0:55:34wearing my leggings. I am wearing my long johns. This was out of my
0:55:34 > 0:55:40window this morning. Your office has never looked quite so romantic! I am
0:55:40 > 0:55:44working on double shift tonight. I will be here right through the
0:55:44 > 0:55:50night. I will not get home! Because people could not make it in. I am
0:55:50 > 0:55:58hard-core. I will be with you through the night.
0:55:58 > 0:55:58Back same time through the night.
0:55:58 > 0:56:03Back same time tomorrow. through the night.