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0:00:12 > 0:00:14The facts aren't all in, but the British Foreign Secretary
0:00:14 > 0:00:16is already warning Moscow.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18If a former spy was poisoned by the Kremlin, Boris Johnson
0:00:18 > 0:00:21is promising a robust response.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Sergei Skripal and his daughter are still in critical condition
0:00:24 > 0:00:26in a hospital in Salisbury, and counter-terrorism police have
0:00:26 > 0:00:29taken over the investigation.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32The Russian Foreign Ministry says accusations that Moscow is behind
0:00:32 > 0:00:36this mysterious incident are "wild".
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Donald Trump welcomes news that North Korea is ready to discuss
0:00:39 > 0:00:44giving up its nuclear weapons and says the world is watching.
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0:00:47 > 0:00:50Six months on, are rebuilding efforts on track?
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0:00:54 > 0:00:57The new star and her statuette.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59What's next for the profoundly deaf six-year-old and Oscar
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0:01:16 > 0:01:18Hello, and welcome.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20I'm Katty Kay in Washington, and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Sergei Skripal used to spy for Britain for the Kremlin
0:01:23 > 0:01:24that made him a traitor.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26The question now, raised today in Parliament, is,
0:01:26 > 0:01:31did Moscow's henchmen follow Skripal to exile in the UK and poison him?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, said today that
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Britain would respond "robustly" if evidence of state
0:01:35 > 0:01:37involvement emerges.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40It hasn't been declared a terrorist incident,
0:01:40 > 0:01:44but counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48From Salisbury, Tom Symonds reports.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51A father and a daughter apparently struck down in public on a Sunday
0:01:51 > 0:01:54afternoon in Salisbury.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57The BBC revealed today that Yulia Skripal had been
0:01:57 > 0:02:00visiting her father, Sergei, from Russia,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02when it happened.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05They were left fighting for their lives.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Her eyes were just completely white, wide-open, but just white,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10and frothing at the mouth.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13And then the man went stiff, his arms stopped moving.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16But he was still looking dead straight.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20CCTV images obtained by the BBC appear to show Mr Skripal
0:02:20 > 0:02:26and his daughter walking together at 15.47 on Sunday afternoon.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29They were heading for a small park surrounded by shops
0:02:29 > 0:02:32in the centre of Salisbury, called the Maltings.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34The camera which captured these pictures is yards
0:02:34 > 0:02:36from where they were found.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Police were called at 4:15pm when people reported the pair
0:02:40 > 0:02:42were unconscious on a park bench.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Last night, an Italian restaurant nearby, Zizzi,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48was sealed by police, followed today by a local
0:02:48 > 0:02:50pub, Bishop's Mill.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55Did someone slip something into their food or drink?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58For the police, this is a highly sensitive and potentially
0:02:58 > 0:03:02hazardous investigation, not least for the officers involved.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05The key question, of course, is what was the substance that left
0:03:05 > 0:03:09a father and his daughter in such a terrible condition on the park
0:03:09 > 0:03:12bench covered by the tent behind me?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15There will be toxicology reports prepared, but we understand that
0:03:15 > 0:03:19several police officers were admitted to hospital.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20One has been kept in.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25Symptoms include breathing difficulties and itchy eyes.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30Experts at the research fertility Porton Down are now
0:03:30 > 0:03:33involved, testing for a wide range of substances.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36It's from things that are chemically toxic to things
0:03:36 > 0:03:38that are radiological, such as what was used
0:03:38 > 0:03:40against Litvinenko.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43I think people will have an open mind, they'll be looking
0:03:43 > 0:03:46at what's in the environment, what's on the clothing,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50on the skin of the people, and also what's in blood and urine
0:03:50 > 0:03:52and any other samples.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56So far, the tiny Wiltshire Police force has led the investigation,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59but that changed today in a significant development.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02This afternoon, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed that,
0:04:02 > 0:04:07due to the unusual circumstances, the counterterrorism network will be
0:04:07 > 0:04:11leading this investigation as it has the specialist capability
0:04:11 > 0:04:14and expertise to do so.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17After all, as the Foreign Secretary made clear in Parliament this
0:04:17 > 0:04:21afternoon, this incident could have implications for Britain's
0:04:21 > 0:04:23relationship with Russia.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Should evidence emerge that implies state responsibility,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29then Her Majesty's government will respond appropriately
0:04:29 > 0:04:32and robustly.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Sergei Skripal was arrested in 2004, accused of spying for MI6,
0:04:37 > 0:04:44convicted, and in 2010 handed over to Britain as part of a spy swap.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Sergei Skripal's wife, elder brother and son have
0:04:47 > 0:04:50died in recent years, the family believe in
0:04:50 > 0:04:53suspicious circumstances.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56He has been living quietly here for some years,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58but under his own name.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00He would not have been hard to find.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Tom Symonds, BBC News, Salisbury.
0:05:03 > 0:05:10We'll get reaction from Russia in just a moment, but first,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12a look at what we know so far.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Let's speak to Mark Urban, the Diplomatic Editor
0:05:14 > 0:05:21for BBC Newsnight.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26Where have we got to with the investigation? It is significant, as
0:05:26 > 0:05:31Tom was reporting, that counter terrorism command has taken over. It
0:05:31 > 0:05:36is not terrorism but counterterrorism command contains
0:05:36 > 0:05:41specialist branch which deals with these incidents. It is also evident
0:05:41 > 0:05:45that the Foreign Secretary would not have gone this far unless the
0:05:45 > 0:05:50government was party to some kind of intelligence about what had gone on.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55We know, as in the case of Litvinenko, there is a difference
0:05:55 > 0:05:59between intelligence and evidence. They want to show that they have an
0:05:59 > 0:06:04idea, but they do not want to obstruct or prejudice the police
0:06:04 > 0:06:08investigation, said the two things will go on in tandem. Intelligence
0:06:08 > 0:06:14and gathering of evidence.I was surprised to hear that Mr Skripal
0:06:14 > 0:06:18had been living under his own name. Does that give us some indication of
0:06:18 > 0:06:24what kind of like he has been living for the last seven years in the UK?
0:06:24 > 0:06:31It is interesting. He came here after this exchange for the illegal
0:06:31 > 0:06:36network that was arrested in the United States in 2010. We know he
0:06:36 > 0:06:43had been doing things like lecturing at military colleges, intelligence
0:06:43 > 0:06:48consulting with other agencies that MI6 asked to get in touch with. The
0:06:48 > 0:06:51family arrangements, his daughter and son spent most of the time in
0:06:51 > 0:06:56Russia but worth visiting occasionally. And he was there under
0:06:56 > 0:07:01his own name, his kids were travelling back and forth, and some
0:07:01 > 0:07:06people would argue that he felt there was a kind of modus vivendi
0:07:06 > 0:07:09there had been reached with the Russian authorities, he would not
0:07:09 > 0:07:13put his head above the parapet and they would leave him and his family
0:07:13 > 0:07:16alone.Stay with us because we will look at the Russian reaction,
0:07:16 > 0:07:20authority saying they will incorporate with the police
0:07:20 > 0:07:23investigation but insist they have no information at this moment to
0:07:23 > 0:07:28share.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30The Russian Embassy in London says the reporting
0:07:30 > 0:07:32of the incident has led to the demonisation of Russia.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33From Moscow, here's Steve Rosenberg.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35It sounds chillingly familiar.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Russia under suspicion of planning and executing an attack 2,000
0:07:37 > 0:07:41miles away in Britain.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45In 2006, the target was former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48murdered in London.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53The man Britain believes poisoned him is Andrei Lugovoy.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58Today, he dismissed claims that Moscow had attacked
0:07:58 > 0:08:03Sergei Skripal as propaganda.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06TRANSLATION:Why do they say he was poisoned?
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Perhaps he poisoned himself or had a heart attack.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14You talk about propaganda, but what about Alexander Litvinenko?
0:08:14 > 0:08:16The enquiry in Britain into his death found that
0:08:16 > 0:08:18you had poisoned him, probably on the orders
0:08:18 > 0:08:22of Vladimir Putin.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23TRANSLATION:There was no official investigation
0:08:23 > 0:08:26into Litvinenko's death.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29There was an attempt to accuse Russia and a Russian citizen,
0:08:29 > 0:08:38me, of poisoning him in Britain with polonium.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40As for the Kremlin, well, it's been saying very little today
0:08:40 > 0:08:42about Sergei Skripal.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45President Putin's spokesman told me earlier, "We have no information
0:08:45 > 0:08:46"about what happened.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47"We cannot comment."
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Although he did add it was a tragic situation.
0:08:50 > 0:08:57But catching spies has become one of Vladimir Putin's priorities.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Yesterday, he congratulated Russia's security service, the FSB.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06It uncovered 397 spies last year.
0:09:06 > 0:09:13Spy-mania, and now a former double agent collapsing in Britain.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Moscow denies any connection, but it can only add
0:09:16 > 0:09:21to the chill in relations between the UK and Russia.
0:09:21 > 0:09:31Steve Rosenberg, BBC News, Moscow.
0:09:36 > 0:09:41The Foreign Secretary chose to threaten Russia with retribution.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Looks like another anti-Russian campaign has already been written.
0:09:45 > 0:09:52Strong words from the Russians. Why would the pardon someone and then
0:09:52 > 0:09:57height in the UK? It is not make any sense.Going back to that Russian
0:09:57 > 0:10:03statement, clearly, the Foreign Secretary would have to have certain
0:10:03 > 0:10:08information. He must've been briefed on the certain way about this
0:10:08 > 0:10:12because it is an enormous hostage to fortune if the Russian embassy is
0:10:12 > 0:10:19right and these denials from Moscow right. The only thing one can say is
0:10:19 > 0:10:21a convincing alternative explanation would have the urge pretty quickly
0:10:21 > 0:10:26in the police investigation for them to be vindicated on this. On the
0:10:26 > 0:10:31assumption your question carries, that this was indeed the Russians,
0:10:31 > 0:10:38this has always been seen as a way of sending a message. The choice of
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Skripal might be a combination of who was available to all who was
0:10:42 > 0:10:46easily findable and a desire to send a message at a particular time,
0:10:46 > 0:10:54elections coming up in Russia, who saw in that report the emphasis on
0:10:54 > 0:10:57catching foreign spies, retribution, it has always been a team of
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Vladimir Putin, and it may be it was politically convenient for him to
0:11:00 > 0:11:06have this at this time. That is all one can say, but clearly one expects
0:11:06 > 0:11:11further evidence to merge if indeed the implicit point the Foreign
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Secretary made today is to be validated and proven that this was a
0:11:14 > 0:11:22Russian operation.So, Mark, say this ends up with that evidence
0:11:22 > 0:11:26pointing to Moscow, what would Russia actually respond to, in terms
0:11:26 > 0:11:30of retaliation? It is hard to believe Boris Johnson saying, I will
0:11:30 > 0:11:36not turn up at the World Cup will make much difference.I think,... I
0:11:36 > 0:11:42have been talking to people today, if this is proven, and some have
0:11:42 > 0:11:49said, this is like Litvinenko only worse, and Litvinenko has defined UK
0:11:49 > 0:11:55Russian relations for more than decade now, so if proof emerges or
0:11:55 > 0:11:59significant evidence emerges that Russian state operatives did this,
0:11:59 > 0:12:05it will be an enormous factor in relations. We can also see some
0:12:05 > 0:12:09interesting possible tensions between the UK and its European
0:12:09 > 0:12:14allies. Some of them have never been that keen on sanctions or measures
0:12:14 > 0:12:18against Russia in the context of the Ukraine. Imagine now, as the UK is
0:12:18 > 0:12:25on its way out of the EU, asking for solidarity and back-up for some
0:12:25 > 0:12:27possible new measures against Russia, it could be diplomatically
0:12:27 > 0:12:32very tough situation.Thank you very much for coming in, interesting to
0:12:32 > 0:12:39hear your thoughts. I have heard people who have been intelligence in
0:12:39 > 0:12:43the US in the last day or two, talking about this case and saying,
0:12:43 > 0:12:48this is a very British situation that Britain seems to be in at
0:12:48 > 0:12:53ground zero in this tussle between intelligence factions in Moscow and
0:12:53 > 0:12:57London, why is that?Part of that will be the money that is here in
0:12:57 > 0:13:01London. It is no secret that there are oligarchs here and there has
0:13:01 > 0:13:06been an investment in Mayfair and Belgravia, and there is a strong
0:13:06 > 0:13:12link between Russia and the UK through, in this case, MI6, soaked
0:13:12 > 0:13:17former operatives come kid. But that doesn't mean that other Russians in
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Europe do not feel concerned as well. We know Litvinenko's brother
0:13:21 > 0:13:24in Rome feels equally uncertain about his future more scared about
0:13:24 > 0:13:28what has happened here today. There is a reason I think White happens
0:13:28 > 0:13:34more here.So if money is part of the reason, do you think money might
0:13:34 > 0:13:39be part of the response?As Mark was just saying, they will look at
0:13:39 > 0:13:43companies that are floated here through the City of London and the
0:13:43 > 0:13:47sort of money swilling around in the sort of people who come here.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52Sanctions might be one of the issues. But if I threw this back at
0:13:52 > 0:13:56you, there are all sorts of people here saying, we need strong action,
0:13:56 > 0:14:08but would the Americans think? They have an American president who will
0:14:08 > 0:14:10not even introduce sanctions passed by Congress.We have talked about
0:14:10 > 0:14:12that a lot, this President's attitude to Russia. This story has
0:14:12 > 0:14:16not got a huge amount of attention here in America and that is
0:14:16 > 0:14:20interesting. Let's see if it makes any material difference in terms of
0:14:20 > 0:14:25the White House's response to Moscow.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27US intelligence officials are clearly wary of North Korea's
0:14:27 > 0:14:30offer to talk about denuclearising, saying they'd have to know a lot
0:14:30 > 0:14:32more before they can assess whether Kim Jong-un is serious.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35The North said it was open to talking with the United States
0:14:35 > 0:14:37if the safety of the regime was secured.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42President Trump naturally took to Twitter.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45It may all be false hope, he said, but the US is ready to go
0:14:45 > 0:14:46hard in either direction!
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Meanwhile, Trump's Director of National Intelligence said the US
0:14:49 > 0:14:51would have to know far more before assessing whether North korea
0:14:51 > 0:14:54was serious about getting rid of its nuclear weapons programme.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58We saw the news this morning relative to North Korea.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Hope springs eternal, but we need to learn a lot more
0:15:02 > 0:15:04relative to these talks, and we will.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10And the IC will continue to do every possible collection and assessment
0:15:10 > 0:15:18we can relative to the situation that exists in North Korea.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Let's get some reaction to this with the former
0:15:20 > 0:15:26US Defense Secretary, William Cohen, who joins me.
0:15:26 > 0:15:31I wanted to get your reaction to this offer from North Korea, how
0:15:31 > 0:15:36seriously do you take it?We have been here before. This is the same
0:15:36 > 0:15:41language they have used before, we are prepared to talk about nuclear
0:15:41 > 0:15:46issues provided our security is ensured. That means that we cease
0:15:46 > 0:15:49and desist from having training exercises that we carry on each
0:15:49 > 0:15:55year, said that would be the first demand they make. They will be
0:15:55 > 0:15:59postponed due to the Winter Olympics, and now the schedule will
0:15:59 > 0:16:04be started again, and be postponed that will have a negative impact. We
0:16:04 > 0:16:08have been there before. The North Koreans have cheated before on
0:16:08 > 0:16:13agreements. We have to remember they have been supplying allegedly
0:16:13 > 0:16:19chemical weapons to Syria, selling weapons to Egypt, in violation of
0:16:19 > 0:16:21all the sanctions. So we are prepared to hear what they have to
0:16:21 > 0:16:28say. But watch what President Trump does not what he says and the same
0:16:28 > 0:16:34thing applies to the North Koreans. But this could potentially be a
0:16:34 > 0:16:37diplomatic success story for President Trump if it turns out that
0:16:37 > 0:16:42all this tough rhetoric, the military preparing nurse, everyone
0:16:42 > 0:16:46is talking about here in Washington, if that is pushed to the North
0:16:46 > 0:16:51Koreans to say, we do need to talk seriously.If it does, it will be a
0:16:51 > 0:16:56good thing. We will have to wait and see, so watch what they do not what
0:16:56 > 0:17:01they say.I want to talk about tariffs for president is dancing on
0:17:01 > 0:17:06aluminium and steel. We have talked about in the context of trade war
0:17:06 > 0:17:09but what about security? By the
0:17:09 > 0:17:14sitting in on these particular meetings?This is almost tantamount
0:17:14 > 0:17:18to firing a warning shot to the temple. The United States is looking
0:17:18 > 0:17:28to hit China, but if we impose this trade barrier or tariff, it will hit
0:17:28 > 0:17:31the Europeans, the Mexicans, the Canadians are far more than the
0:17:31 > 0:17:36Chinese. This is something that most of those in national security say is
0:17:36 > 0:17:42not a policy of development, it will mean there will be retaliation
0:17:42 > 0:17:47against Boeing and other major industries, agriculture. When the
0:17:47 > 0:17:52president says, trade wars are easy, they are not. For every complex
0:17:52 > 0:18:01problem, there is an answer that is simple, in terms of dealing with it.
0:18:01 > 0:18:09Trade sanctions at this time, the secretary of defence understands
0:18:09 > 0:18:13that this is a bad thing for the United States and we will have to
0:18:13 > 0:18:17wait to see whether the president follows through. He changes his mind
0:18:17 > 0:18:22from day-to-day, maybe he will change between now and next week.I
0:18:22 > 0:18:26must talk to you about the suspected poisoning of the former Russian spy
0:18:26 > 0:18:32here in Britain. A member of the Foreign Affairs Committee said we
0:18:32 > 0:18:38are entering a new era, second Cold War when the Russians have a new and
0:18:38 > 0:18:44sophisticated toolkit to interfere in the West. Do you worry your own
0:18:44 > 0:18:48president is not taking this as seriously as he showed?I do. The
0:18:48 > 0:18:54president has done nothing in response to the allegations and
0:18:54 > 0:19:01universal conclusion that the Russians interfered in elections.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Congress has passed more sanctions. But the person has refused to
0:19:05 > 0:19:09implement them. It is very curious as to why the president is such a
0:19:09 > 0:19:14pacifist in the face of what is clearly an assault on the American
0:19:14 > 0:19:21integrity and sovereignty. It is something we will have to wait on,
0:19:21 > 0:19:25but there is something wrong, why is this dog not barking? When you see
0:19:25 > 0:19:33so much evidence, not only new tricks, but old tricks. The poisoned
0:19:33 > 0:19:38thing was what the Russians perfected and sometimes you need to
0:19:38 > 0:19:40trace the footprints of guilt with the searchlight probability, and
0:19:40 > 0:19:46here the footprints will lead right to Russian spy agencies, the
0:19:46 > 0:19:49President Putin himself.They are certainly watching this on both
0:19:49 > 0:19:54sides of the Atlantic.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Six months ago, Hurricane Irma crossed the Caribbean.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59It killed dozens of people and left many more without homes.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01One of the worst hit was Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03More than 80% of the buildings were either damaged
0:20:04 > 0:20:05or completely destroyed.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07And so, six months on, Aleem Maqbool has been back to find
0:20:07 > 0:20:09out how the community is recovering.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11It is shocking that, so long after the storm,
0:20:11 > 0:20:15there are still those living in shelters.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20They are among the thousands whose homes were torn apart by Irma.
0:20:20 > 0:20:26We've been here, like, five, six months and nothing.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29It seems to me that everybody just gave up on us.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31We're just here.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Irma was the most devastating hurricane ever to be
0:20:34 > 0:20:37recorded in this region, barely a building on this
0:20:37 > 0:20:41island was left untouched, boats were lifted clean into the air
0:20:41 > 0:20:45and dumped on the land.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Tortola now still has the signs everywhere you look that a massive
0:20:49 > 0:20:52storm came this way.
0:20:52 > 0:21:00Well, even though it is desperately needed, tourism here has suffered
0:21:00 > 0:21:03immensely over the last six months and they've suffered a huge blow
0:21:03 > 0:21:06just in recent weeks, with two of the biggest cruise
0:21:06 > 0:21:08companies serving this area saying, for this season, they won't be
0:21:08 > 0:21:11bringing their ships to the British Virgin Islands.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Peak season a couple of years ago, sometimes it looks like there's
0:21:14 > 0:21:16more boats than water.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19You can't see the water for the yachts.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22It's not a good feeling, you know, back then to compare it now.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23It's not a good feeling.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25The window went in.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27The window went in and went out.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31But light has been hard to come by in the last six months here,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34just ask Rita, whose home was badly damaged by Irma and who says,
0:21:34 > 0:21:40in this UK territory, that she saw little aid from the UK.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44Me have no aid, apart from the six bottles of water I get.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45That was it.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49I don't have no aid.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52It was a common perception we heard here, that apart from the work done
0:21:52 > 0:21:54by British troops immediately after the storm, more
0:21:54 > 0:21:57could have been done.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01When we did need them to show that we are truly a child
0:22:01 > 0:22:06of the United Kingdom, I think they disappointed us.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10So it changed our view, in terms of the relationship.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15The governor of these islands says he's proud of the UK's contribution.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17We've got the electricity back on.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19We've got businesses back open.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22We've got all children getting educated.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25So we won't under estimate the scale of the challenge still ahead of us,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28but we've made good progress after the last six months.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32It's been a massive effort by people here just to get this far,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35but they're worried again, the next hurricane season
0:22:35 > 0:22:37is less than 100 days away.
0:22:37 > 0:22:47Aleem Maqbool, BBC News, on Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52She swapped the town of Swindon in England for Los Angeles
0:22:52 > 0:22:54and became one of the stars of the Oscars.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Six-year-old Maisie Sly, who's deaf, played the lead role
0:22:56 > 0:22:59in The Silent Girl that won the award for Best Live
0:22:59 > 0:23:00Action Short Film.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Picking up the award, writer and co-star Rachel Shenton
0:23:02 > 0:23:05delivered her speech in sign language as Maisie watched on.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Now they're planning to make a full-length film,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10as Colin Patterson reports.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12A star is born.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Six years old and profoundly deaf, Maisie Sly has now played the main
0:23:16 > 0:23:20role in an Oscar-winning film, and seems to be pretty unfazed
0:23:20 > 0:23:22by all the attention.
0:23:22 > 0:23:28Just tell me about your day at the Oscars?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30I feel happy, I felt really happy.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I want her to speak...
0:23:33 > 0:23:36The Silent Child is about a deaf girl struggling to communicate
0:23:36 > 0:23:40as her family don't want her to learn sign language.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44It was made by two former stars of the show Hollyoaks.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47The Silent Child, Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51It won Best Live Action Short.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Maisie was up on the balcony at the Oscars with her mum,
0:23:54 > 0:23:57while her dad watched nearby with family and friends,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59and this was their reaction.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00The Silent Child...
0:24:00 > 0:24:03SCREAMING.
0:24:03 > 0:24:09After midnight, the winner made her entrance.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12And as for what's next - well, Maisie could return
0:24:12 > 0:24:15to the role, there are plans to adapt The Silent Child
0:24:15 > 0:24:18into a full length feature.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Absolutely extending the film's what we would like to do next.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24We asked Maisie what she wants to do next and she said she wants
0:24:24 > 0:24:25to do some colouring.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Which I think is a much better answer.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Yeah.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Gold, gold colouring?
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Probably.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32She'll be drawing a lot of pictures of Oscars, I think.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33I bet she will.
0:24:33 > 0:24:40Colin Patterson, BBC News, Los Angeles.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Now, take a look at this.
0:24:44 > 0:24:53Michelle Obama dancing with two-year-old Parker Curry.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Who is she?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Well, she was the little girl photographed staring up in awe
0:24:58 > 0:25:02at the former First Lady's new portrait in the National
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Portrait Gallery here in Washington DC in this famous photo
0:25:05 > 0:25:07which was captured by a tourist at the gallery.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09At the time, the toddler was refusing to turn
0:25:09 > 0:25:12round and have her photo taken by her mother because she seemed
0:25:12 > 0:25:14so starstruck by the portrait.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17It was tweeted and then retweeted so many times it went viral quickly,
0:25:17 > 0:25:27and now this video has done the same.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38That was Taylor Swift, if you didn't know. You think I'm really that old?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News:
0:25:43 > 0:25:46We've more on the apparent poisoning of a former Russian
0:25:46 > 0:25:47spy and his daughter.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49And what the Italian election result tells us
0:25:49 > 0:25:50about the country's feelings on the EU.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Should Brussels be worried?
0:25:51 > 0:26:00That's still to come.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10We have
0:26:10 > 0:26:13We have had contrasting conditions across the country today. If you
0:26:13 > 0:26:18were lucky enough to see the cloud breaking and sunshine coming
0:26:18 > 0:26:22through, it felt springlike at times, but that was not the case for
0:26:22 > 0:26:29all. Further north called story and still further snow. The snow fairly
0:26:29 > 0:26:36frequent across central and northern Scotland, rain along the coast, but
0:26:36 > 0:26:39still not particularly pleasant and feeling quite roll out there as
0:26:39 > 0:26:43well. We still have a combination of snow and rain gradually drifting its
0:26:43 > 0:26:47way northwards through the end of the day. Elsewhere, overnight, we
0:26:47 > 0:26:53will continue to see sky is clear, patchy mist and fog forming, the
0:26:53 > 0:26:57exception and the south-east where we could see a scattering of
0:26:57 > 0:27:02showers. Overnight lows, just below freezing in a few places. Pockets of
0:27:02 > 0:27:06frost here and there, we start of tomorrow on a quieter note. A
0:27:06 > 0:27:11combination of rain and sleet moving its way through the Northern Isles
0:27:11 > 0:27:14potentially, scattered showers across western Scotland and Northern
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Ireland. Some of these heavy at times and a few scattered showers
0:27:18 > 0:27:21across south-west and south-east England, but generally speaking the
0:27:21 > 0:27:24further inland to come, decent spells of sunshine and temperatures
0:27:24 > 0:27:30getting into double digits in some places. As we move out of Wednesday
0:27:30 > 0:27:35towards Thursday, we will start to see this area of low pressure
0:27:35 > 0:27:39threatening the south-west under the influence of pressure in the north
0:27:39 > 0:27:43which means showers never too far away and cold here. Showers will be
0:27:43 > 0:27:49of rain, sleet and snow with any elevation. Elsewhere, quite quiet
0:27:49 > 0:27:52story on Thursday, dry with sunshine, a bit of rain moving its
0:27:52 > 0:27:56way through the Channel Isles. As we move out of the Channel Isles. As we
0:27:56 > 0:28:01move out of Thursday into Friday, we will start to notice a change. That
0:28:01 > 0:28:03area of low pressure is likely to squeeze up from the south-west and
0:28:03 > 0:28:07bring a spell of wet weather. It will stay with us as we head into
0:28:07 > 0:28:12the weekend, but marked down to the south, and it looks as though that
0:28:12 > 0:28:16mild there will follow that low, gradually pushing into the cold air.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20However, weather fronts it's means could see a spell of more snow as we
0:28:20 > 0:28:26move into the weekend, but it is likely to only be for the North and,
0:28:26 > 0:28:36for a time, turning milder and hopefully sunny spells.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10This is Beyond One Hundred Days, with me
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Katty Kay in Washington - Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Our top stories.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Counter terrorist police are now leading the investigation
0:30:15 > 0:30:17into the suspected poisoning of a former Russian
0:30:17 > 0:30:19spy and his daughter.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21The US president welcomes news that North Korea
0:30:21 > 0:30:27is ready to discuss denuclearisation - but says it could be a false hope.
0:30:27 > 0:30:34Coming up in the next half hour.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Did the Eurocrats see this coming?
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Italy's populists send a message to the EU -
0:30:38 > 0:30:40will Brussels take note?
0:30:40 > 0:30:42She protested against President Trump -
0:30:42 > 0:30:45we meet the candidate who hopes to become the first Muslim American
0:30:45 > 0:30:48woman in the US Congress.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag
0:30:50 > 0:31:00'Beyond-One-Hundred-Days'.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Whatever substance was used to poison the Russian spy,
0:31:03 > 0:31:07Sergei Skripal, the police response tells us it was highly toxic.
0:31:07 > 0:31:19So toxic, first responders were themselves admitted to hospital
0:31:19 > 0:31:20suffering the effects.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24at a meeting of the national security council.
0:31:24 > 0:31:30Our correspondent Olga Ivshina is at the scene in Salisbury.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34We have areas still sealed off today and that substance has been sent off
0:31:34 > 0:31:43to nearby Porton Down, the chemical laboratory.There are still areas
0:31:43 > 0:31:45cordoned off by police and we can still seeing some locals quite
0:31:45 > 0:31:50worried and asking questions both to journalists and police trying to
0:31:50 > 0:31:55find out what is going on and whether their account is safe. The
0:31:55 > 0:31:59police have reassured them the town is safe for the people are still
0:31:59 > 0:32:06worried because of what happened here, definitely was something off
0:32:06 > 0:32:13the scale for the locals. And both of the victims remain in critical
0:32:13 > 0:32:17condition in hospital and fighting for their lives.Thank you for that.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Well in Russia yesterday President Putin praised the FSB
0:32:19 > 0:32:22for their diligence in tracking down almost 400 spies.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Sergei Skripal served as an officer in Russian military
0:32:25 > 0:32:28intelligence in the 90s, and the early 2000s,
0:32:28 > 0:32:31where he helped run personnel operations in Moscow.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33He was a high value MI6 asset.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37Russia did pardon him in 2010, but was he the kind of double agent
0:32:37 > 0:32:40they could never really forgive?
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Here's our security correspondent Gordon Correra.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Does the long arm of the Kremlin reach all the way from Moscow to
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Salisbury in Wiltshire?
0:32:50 > 0:32:54And if the attack on Sergei Skripal did come from Russia, why?
0:32:54 > 0:32:58After being released from jail, Skripal had spent
0:32:58 > 0:33:01the last eight years living quietly in Salisbury,
0:33:01 > 0:33:03but he still had enemies.
0:33:03 > 0:33:08Sergei Skripal had been imprisoned in Russia
0:33:08 > 0:33:11for selling secrets to British intelligence here at MI6.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13It was claimed he provided the identity
0:33:13 > 0:33:18of hundreds of Russians operating undercover in Europe.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Even though he had been pardoned as part of a spy
0:33:21 > 0:33:24swap his former colleagues would still have regarded him as a
0:33:24 > 0:33:28traitor.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32The fact that he blew a whole range of Russian agents, there
0:33:32 > 0:33:35may be personal animosity there.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38The fact that he was a British spy, a former member of the Russian
0:33:38 > 0:33:46military, in most Russians' minds, it will categorise him as a traitor
0:33:46 > 0:33:51so there will be people who are delighted to see him dead.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Nobody is yet confirming Moscow was involved, but
0:33:53 > 0:33:56there have been other incidents involving Russians in the UK.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58As we have heard, most famously Alexander
0:33:58 > 0:34:04Litvinenko, another former Russian spy poisoned in London's Mayfair.
0:34:04 > 0:34:14And other figures have aroused suspicions.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15One died suddenly jogging in Surrey.
0:34:15 > 0:34:21One study revealed traces of a rare toxin in
0:34:21 > 0:34:23his stomach and a businessman campaigning over his death said not
0:34:23 > 0:34:25enough has been done to deter Russia.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Based on the reaction of the British government to the murder in
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Mayfair using nuclear material of Alexander Litvinenko, which was
0:34:31 > 0:34:35nothing, it basically gave the green light to Vladimir Putin that he can
0:34:35 > 0:34:41do whatever he wants here and he has been
0:34:41 > 0:34:43doing whatever he wants for quite a while.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45It's still too early to be sure where this investigation
0:34:45 > 0:34:48will go, but if the trail does connect Salisbury to Moscow, then
0:34:48 > 0:34:51the pressure will be on the British government to respond.
0:34:51 > 0:34:56Gordon Corera, BBC News.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Bob Seely is a member of the Foreign Affairs Select
0:34:58 > 0:35:08Committee.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12He has said before he believes poisonous becoming the weapon of
0:35:12 > 0:35:19choice for Moscow.We asked him why. They've used these weapons before
0:35:19 > 0:35:22the United Kingdom and used them elsewhere and they used them often
0:35:22 > 0:35:28enough to become a significant part of their armoury for what used to be
0:35:28 > 0:35:34known as wet jobs, assassinations. So radiation poisoning but also done
0:35:34 > 0:35:41elsewhere as well, several cases in Russia dioxins, Ukrainian
0:35:41 > 0:35:45presidential candidate back in 2004 but others have also died from
0:35:45 > 0:35:50dioxin poisoning. I've been talking to people this afternoon about this
0:35:50 > 0:35:56case and some speculate if poisoner was used then we could be looking at
0:35:56 > 0:36:02Italian, heavy metal which is difficult to detect and highly
0:36:02 > 0:36:07poisonous.It has been reporting today about the number of these hits
0:36:07 > 0:36:12in London, I think a huge investigation carried out by both
0:36:12 > 0:36:23lead and they said 14. Do you think...?I'm not sure every single
0:36:23 > 0:36:28one of those 14 is a strong case. I think there are between nine and a
0:36:28 > 0:36:32dozen probably that should've investigated and why not.That is an
0:36:32 > 0:36:37extraordinary number of top we do not hear a lot about it. Do you
0:36:37 > 0:36:40think that the British Government is covering up assassinations for
0:36:40 > 0:36:45political reasons?I think covering up is too strong a word. I think it
0:36:45 > 0:36:50is difficult to accept what is happening even after Crimea, even
0:36:50 > 0:36:57after the events in eastern Ukraine. There is a reluctance to accept that
0:36:57 > 0:37:01Russia is embarked on a new Cold War with the West and probably has been
0:37:01 > 0:37:07doing so since 2007 and maybe before. They want to undermine our
0:37:07 > 0:37:10values, reliance and institutions. And confronting that is difficult
0:37:10 > 0:37:16because it means getting your head around these new forms of war. A lot
0:37:16 > 0:37:21of these tools in fact have been used against us and they are old
0:37:21 > 0:37:28active measures warfare, espionage, for the gander, assassination. This
0:37:28 > 0:37:34was the tool and trade of the KGB back in the 1970s and 1980s. They
0:37:34 > 0:37:38had almost invented a new strategic part of undermining countries that
0:37:38 > 0:37:42they are opposed to. It is a very significant development and I do not
0:37:42 > 0:37:45think we have got our heads around that and frankly have not wanted to
0:37:45 > 0:37:51put up the longer we hold our heads in the sand the West it will get.-
0:37:51 > 0:37:57worse. You heard Ross Johnson in Parliament today saying if this was
0:37:57 > 0:38:00proved to be Russian meddling there could be some form of retaliation
0:38:00 > 0:38:04perhaps scaling back UK representation at the World Cup.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09That does not sound so serious as the counterattack. What could the UK
0:38:09 > 0:38:15realistically do?I wrote last week to the select committee chairman who
0:38:15 > 0:38:18are doing investigations into the malign Russian influence and said we
0:38:18 > 0:38:24need a common framework and common definition and to understand these
0:38:24 > 0:38:27spectrum of tools that the Russians are using. From that we can have a
0:38:27 > 0:38:31better idea of what do. I do not think pulling out a few
0:38:31 > 0:38:35representatives from going to the World Cup will make a blind bit of
0:38:35 > 0:38:38difference. I do a think sticking another 500 troops in the Baltic
0:38:38 > 0:38:42republics will make a difference. We need to work out how to counter
0:38:42 > 0:38:46malign Russian activity. Much of that could be in terms of
0:38:46 > 0:38:52anti-corruption measures in the UK, pressuring Russian money in the UK,
0:38:52 > 0:38:56using some new powers under corruption laws. Soft power tools
0:38:56 > 0:39:00that could be effective. But we need to think through a strategy and have
0:39:00 > 0:39:04not been doing that and neither has the West. The US was cost - was
0:39:04 > 0:39:08caught off-guard badly two years ago. We should not be waving
0:39:08 > 0:39:13fingers, we need to understand and to think through the options and,
0:39:13 > 0:39:24with some serious deterrence.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince will be here in the UK tomorrow.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Mohammed Bin Salman will meet Prime Minister Theresa May
0:39:35 > 0:39:37and the Royal family during his three-day visit.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39At home he's pushing through social and economic reforms -
0:39:39 > 0:39:41but abroad he's been criticised over the Kingdom's role
0:39:41 > 0:39:43in the war in Yemen.
0:39:43 > 0:39:44The BBC's Chief International Correspondent
0:39:44 > 0:39:45Lyse Doucet sat down with Saudi's Foreign
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Minister Adel Al-Jubeir about the Crown Prince's trip.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49And started by asking him about his country's
0:39:49 > 0:39:50military campaign in Yemen.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53The war in Yemen was a war that was imposed on us.
0:39:53 > 0:40:00It was not a war that we chose.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03It was a war to support a legitimate government and it was a war
0:40:03 > 0:40:06that was fought in accord with UN principles and UN Security
0:40:06 > 0:40:07Council resolutions.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11We did not ask for this war, it was a war to stop a radical
0:40:11 > 0:40:13militia, allied with Iran and Hezbollah, composed of 50,000
0:40:13 > 0:40:15people from taking over a strategically important country
0:40:15 > 0:40:16of 28 million.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18What would you say to Prime Minister Theresa May
0:40:18 > 0:40:22when she says you have to find a way to end this war and to stop
0:40:22 > 0:40:23the civilian casualties?
0:40:23 > 0:40:26We have been looking for a way to end this war from day one.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28We have always said the solution is a political solution.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30We have supported the UN special envoy.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32The military campaign is continuing including aerial bombardment.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33Because the coup continues.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Because the Houthi lay siege to towns and villages
0:40:35 > 0:40:36and starve people.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Because the Houthi recruit child soldiers, nine,
0:40:38 > 0:40:44ten, 11-year-old boys, and put them in battle.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Because the Houthi launch ballistic missiles at civilians in Yemen
0:40:46 > 0:40:48as well as in Saudi Arabia.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Will there be any new announcements while you are here, any talks
0:40:50 > 0:40:53between the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister about finding
0:40:53 > 0:40:54a way to end the war?
0:40:54 > 0:40:56You talk about it, but it never happens.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Because there were more than 17 understandings made
0:40:58 > 0:41:02and every single one of them, the Houthi reneged on.
0:41:02 > 0:41:12The UN appointed a new special envoy after the resignation of the man
0:41:12 > 0:41:15who did a great job and Mr Griffiths is coming to the region
0:41:15 > 0:41:16to talk to us.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19The British have put pressure on you so you must be expecting
0:41:19 > 0:41:21the Prime Minster to put pressure on you again?
0:41:21 > 0:41:23I don't know that I would call it pressure.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Britain is our ally, we deal with Britain and we deal
0:41:26 > 0:41:29with United States and the Emirates and what is called the quartet.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32And we are partners and allies and we look for ways to come up
0:41:32 > 0:41:35with solutions that would bring peace and stability back to Yemen
0:41:35 > 0:41:37and prevent Iran from having a foothold in Yemen.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41And prevent the Houthi from taking over the country.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Britain was trying to send a message that it is becoming global
0:41:44 > 0:41:46as it proceeds to leave the European Union.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Is Saudi Arabia going to come with offers of investment?
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Britain is a global power.
0:41:52 > 0:41:58And Britain is an advanced industrial country.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Britain in the EU we believe very strongly in, Britain outside the EU
0:42:01 > 0:42:08we believe very strongly in.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10What you do with Brexit is really your decision
0:42:10 > 0:42:12and we support whatever decision you make.
0:42:12 > 0:42:20It will not impact our relationship with you.
0:42:20 > 0:42:31Interesting though is mixed reviews with Bin Salman. Clearly what he's
0:42:31 > 0:42:36doing at home in three months' time, Saudi women will be able to drive
0:42:36 > 0:42:39for the first time in the kingdom. There are remarkable social and
0:42:39 > 0:42:44cultural changes and even economic changes. Trying to diversify the
0:42:44 > 0:42:52Saudi economy.It is a crucially important partner for the UK.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57President Trump and Jared Kushner spent a lot of time in Saudi Arabia
0:42:57 > 0:43:04and invested in them relationship. It is an important relationships
0:43:04 > 0:43:08this way as well so they will invest time and it especially given that
0:43:08 > 0:43:12they're looking to the post Wrexham future and given the fact that Saudi
0:43:12 > 0:43:18Arabia is moving away from oil. There is focus now on services and
0:43:18 > 0:43:22the new economy in Saudi Arabia and the UK will want of that. So aside
0:43:22 > 0:43:26from what they want to talk about with Yemen, the economy will also be
0:43:26 > 0:43:31important for the British side.He is certainly getting a red carpet
0:43:31 > 0:43:41welcome.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Six months ago the European Commission President
0:43:43 > 0:43:45Jean Claude Junker was breathing a huge sigh of relief.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48In Holland and in France the far right had been defeated.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50Angela Merkel was back in power, albeit with a reduced majority.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52"The wind is back in Europe's sails," he said.
0:43:53 > 0:43:54But is it?
0:43:54 > 0:43:55In Italy the success this weekend
0:43:55 > 0:43:57of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the Eurosceptic
0:43:57 > 0:44:01Lega, poses yet another challenge to the European project.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04Since September there's been far right success in Austria.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06And in Germany the far right AFD is now the official
0:44:06 > 0:44:07opposition in the Bundestag.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10SO how will Germany, how will the EU now respond?
0:44:10 > 0:44:11I've been speaking to the German Chair
0:44:11 > 0:44:13of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Select Committee,
0:44:13 > 0:44:16David McAllister.
0:44:16 > 0:44:22I was thinking back to the State of the Union by Jean Claude Juncker is
0:44:22 > 0:44:28that the wind is back Europe's sales. Now we have the five Star
0:44:28 > 0:44:33Movement in Italy. So are you listening or is the solution more of
0:44:33 > 0:44:41the same?We are listening to the people and I would remind you more
0:44:41 > 0:44:45than 85% of the votes in the general election went to pro-European
0:44:45 > 0:44:51political parties. Of course the Italian election result is not easy
0:44:51 > 0:44:55and a lot will now depend on the Italian president. He is a key
0:44:55 > 0:45:00figure. But I remain optimistic that it will also, we will also be able
0:45:00 > 0:45:05to form a stable government in Italy but it may take a few months as we
0:45:05 > 0:45:10have seen in Germany.But I'm sure you've seen many common pieces today
0:45:10 > 0:45:14in the European press about the European project is under strain
0:45:14 > 0:45:19again. Do you think that there was commentary pieces are fair?Of
0:45:19 > 0:45:24course the election result in Italy was not what we hope for or
0:45:24 > 0:45:29expected. I think it is a matter of concern that such a high percentage
0:45:29 > 0:45:33of members of the Italian parliament are openly anti-European or at least
0:45:33 > 0:45:40sceptic. On the other hand we must understand in the 21st-century and
0:45:40 > 0:45:42in a globalised world that we as Europeans are stronger and better
0:45:42 > 0:45:47off together. We have to explain to our citizens why is it so important
0:45:47 > 0:45:52that we keep the European Union and strengthen it. This is the only
0:45:52 > 0:45:59possibility to find eyelevel with other global powers like the United
0:45:59 > 0:46:05States, China or Russia.The European Parliament chief exit
0:46:05 > 0:46:09negotiator has been in London today and talking about an association
0:46:09 > 0:46:18agreement for people who do not understand it, what would it mean?
0:46:18 > 0:46:22We're all in Brussels deeply regret that the UK is turning to leave the
0:46:22 > 0:46:28EU. But we have to move on after I do hope that preparations will be
0:46:28 > 0:46:33successful in the next week so we can start the second phase of the
0:46:33 > 0:46:36British withdrawal negotiations at the European Council on the 22nd
0:46:36 > 0:46:4123rd March. We all listen carefully to the speech made by the Prime
0:46:41 > 0:46:46Minister last Friday, she is obviously going for a tailor-made
0:46:46 > 0:46:50agreement. A new kind of relationship between the EU one hand
0:46:50 > 0:46:55and the United Kingdom on the other. It is a very ambitious plan but we
0:46:55 > 0:47:01all agree that we want to have good and close neighbourly relations with
0:47:01 > 0:47:04the UK because this country will remain an important trade partner
0:47:04 > 0:47:12for us and also important data ally. Given illustrations in Europe about
0:47:12 > 0:47:15the way the EU is run and the directions is taking, do you think
0:47:15 > 0:47:21it was a smart political move to put your fellow German into a top civil
0:47:21 > 0:47:23service job without full transparency of how he was appointed
0:47:23 > 0:47:30to that job?I have read the reports in the newspapers but this is an
0:47:30 > 0:47:33internal matter of the European Commission. It has not been dealt
0:47:33 > 0:47:38with yet in the European Parliament. One political group has asked for a
0:47:38 > 0:47:41debate on the European Parliament and we will have an exchange of
0:47:41 > 0:47:44views. But at the moment I would not comment because it is an internal
0:47:44 > 0:47:59matter of the European Commission. Thank you very much for your time.
0:48:00 > 0:48:01This is Beyond One Hundred Days.
0:48:01 > 0:48:02Still to come.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Taking her protests against the President
0:48:04 > 0:48:07all the way to Capitol Hill - we speak to the woman
0:48:07 > 0:48:09who could become the first Muslim American woman in Congress.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Here in the UK, thousands of people
0:48:11 > 0:48:14are without water for a third day after frozen pipes burst in
0:48:14 > 0:48:15the recent thaw from cold weather.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17Homes and businesses in London, Kent, Sussex
0:48:17 > 0:48:22and Wales are affected - as Emma Simpson explains.
0:48:22 > 0:48:28A Sussex country pub with lots of beer, but no running water.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30Not today.
0:48:30 > 0:48:31I'm really sorry.
0:48:31 > 0:48:32That's all right.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34They've been saying sorry to customers since Saturday,
0:48:35 > 0:48:38200 lost bookings and counting.
0:48:38 > 0:48:42How much is this all going to cost you?
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Probably £6,000, £7,000 so far.
0:48:44 > 0:48:47It's devastation.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50We can't open and we've lost food.
0:48:50 > 0:48:54We've lost our revenue, you know.
0:48:54 > 0:48:58Down the road, yet more emergency supplies for households in need.
0:48:58 > 0:48:59Oh, we're managing.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03You know, we're British, aren't we!
0:49:03 > 0:49:06They were helping themselves in west Wales, and there are still thousands
0:49:06 > 0:49:12without water in London.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15Here's the problem, just one of many burst pipes still being repaired.
0:49:15 > 0:49:20No quick-fix, but progress is being made.
0:49:20 > 0:49:26The big freeze has put an enormous strain on the water network,
0:49:26 > 0:49:30but critics say the water companies should be investing much
0:49:30 > 0:49:33more in improving ageing infrastructure and making
0:49:33 > 0:49:36the system more resilient.
0:49:36 > 0:49:41South East Water will invest £450 million into its infrastructure
0:49:41 > 0:49:44from 2015 to 2020.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48We're dealing with an unprecedented event here due to the weather,
0:49:48 > 0:49:52where we've seen a 25% increase in burst and water demand
0:49:52 > 0:49:55over a couple of days.
0:49:55 > 0:49:59Back at the pub, the chef's cleaning, not cooking.
0:49:59 > 0:50:04They just want to know when they can re-open.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06This ale won't keep if it's not soon, yet more
0:50:06 > 0:50:07money being poured away.
0:50:07 > 0:50:16Emma Simpson, BBC News, Wadhurst.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18You're watching Beyond One Hundred Days.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20A record number of American women are running
0:50:20 > 0:50:22for Congress this year -
0:50:22 > 0:50:25one of them could become the first Muslim American woman ever to be
0:50:25 > 0:50:28a US lawmaker.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31Her name is Rashida Tlaib - she's of Palestinian origin.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34In 2016 she was thrown out of a speech by then
0:50:34 > 0:50:36candidate Donald Trump because she was
0:50:36 > 0:50:38protesting against him.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40Now Rashida is running to represent a district
0:50:40 > 0:50:42in Detroit, Michigan in the House of Representatives.
0:50:42 > 0:50:45I spoke to her just a short time ago.
0:50:45 > 0:50:49Rashida, it's pretty clear from the fact that you got thrown
0:50:49 > 0:50:51out of one of Donald Trump's rallies when he was campaigning,
0:50:51 > 0:50:55that you don't like the president very much.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58Now, I was wondering to what extent does the fact that Donald Trump
0:50:58 > 0:51:00is President of the United States mean that you are
0:51:00 > 0:51:02running for Congress?
0:51:02 > 0:51:04Well, you know, I'm a mother, I started Mums
0:51:04 > 0:51:08against Trump in Detroit.
0:51:08 > 0:51:18And it's not just me being an American Muslim
0:51:18 > 0:51:21Arab American woman that is running for Congress, but also me being seen
0:51:21 > 0:51:23as a bully out there, how my children feel
0:51:23 > 0:51:25about themselves growing up in America.
0:51:25 > 0:51:31I tell a lot of people, a lot of the families across my district,
0:51:31 > 0:51:34that this is about electing a jury that will impeach this president
0:51:34 > 0:51:38and I make one heck of a juror especially as someone with a stake,
0:51:38 > 0:51:40with two young boys at home.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43Trump has ignited a fire within me that I just cant stand by silently
0:51:43 > 0:51:53or stand outside the ring, I need to be in the ring fighting
0:51:53 > 0:51:57back on his un-American policies and rhetoric.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59You spoke there about your two sons.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01What tangible impact has Donald Trump becoming president
0:52:01 > 0:52:02had on your two sons?
0:52:02 > 0:52:04As Muslims in America?
0:52:04 > 0:52:13You know my eldest, who is 12 years old,
0:52:14 > 0:52:17knowing that I'm so worried about his safety, worried about just
0:52:17 > 0:52:19the increase in the number of violent acts towards people,
0:52:19 > 0:52:20African-Americans, Latinos, Muslim Americans.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23And you know, I remember him coming into my bedroom one time
0:52:23 > 0:52:26when I was expressing concern to his father and he said you know,
0:52:26 > 0:52:30don't worry, if anyone ever asks if I am Muslim I'll lie and tell
0:52:30 > 0:52:31them I'm not.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34And that alone, this is probably the first time I haven't cried
0:52:34 > 0:52:37when I told that story.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40But that alone, of everything I've worked as as an attorney,
0:52:40 > 0:52:44as someone that works for civil rights, for equality,
0:52:44 > 0:52:48that was the most heartbreaking moment for me as a mother.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50I don't ever want my child to feel he is less
0:52:50 > 0:52:54than or that he has to hide who he is.
0:52:54 > 0:52:58And right now Adam understands why I'm doing this, he jokingly says mum
0:52:58 > 0:53:01is going to Congress to give Donald Trump a time-out.
0:53:01 > 0:53:03And that is exactly what I'm trying to do.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06Europeans have always admired the fact that Muslims in America see
0:53:06 > 0:53:08themselves as Americans first and Muslims in
0:53:08 > 0:53:12conjunction with that.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15But I wanted to ask you why do you think it is that there has never
0:53:15 > 0:53:20been a Muslim American woman in the United States Congress?
0:53:20 > 0:53:24I think there are American Muslim woman that are running for office
0:53:24 > 0:53:26at local level more than ever.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29I don't know the answer.
0:53:29 > 0:53:33Just like I don't know why it took I don't know how many years to get
0:53:33 > 0:53:34an African-American man elected to the White House.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37But this seems to be the time.
0:53:37 > 0:53:42I was talking to other not only Muslim mums but Latino mums,
0:53:42 > 0:53:47grandmothers, every one of us when we look at this issue of having
0:53:47 > 0:53:50someone like him in the White House, it means so much more to us
0:53:50 > 0:53:55than just Democrat versus Republican.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58For us it is about humanity, about how our children are feeling
0:53:58 > 0:54:02right now having someone that attacks them every single day.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04Thanks so much for joining me.
0:54:04 > 0:54:12Thank you for having me.
0:54:12 > 0:54:16In these midterms I get the impression that women will play
0:54:16 > 0:54:23quite a significant role, candidates and voters.Women have decided that
0:54:23 > 0:54:27they vote more than men in this country and have a disproportionate
0:54:27 > 0:54:31influence on the results of elections. There are more women
0:54:31 > 0:54:34running in a selection than ever before in an American election
0:54:34 > 0:54:38cycle, twice as many as during the last election cycle so hard to think
0:54:38 > 0:54:43that some of those women will not be elected to Congress. There still
0:54:43 > 0:54:48disproportionately outnumbered in both houses. We will see if she
0:54:48 > 0:54:53makes it. Hard being a woman and a Muslim woman in this country to make
0:54:53 > 0:54:57your voice heard and get a leg it into government, I suspect.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59A woman from Western Australia has found
0:54:59 > 0:55:02the world's oldest known message in a bottle, almost 132 years
0:55:02 > 0:55:05after it was thrown into the sea.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08Tonya Illman picked up the bottle while going for a walk around sand
0:55:08 > 0:55:09dunes on a remote beach.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11Experts have confirmed it is an authentic
0:55:11 > 0:55:13message from a German ship.
0:55:13 > 0:55:18The note in the bottle, which was dated 12 June 1886,
0:55:18 > 0:55:21was thrown from the German ship Paula, as part of an experiment
0:55:21 > 0:55:31into ocean and shipping routes by the German Naval Observatory.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36And she found out it had come from there because she converted to
0:55:36 > 0:55:42handwriting samples the captain had put any major logical blog. It was a
0:55:42 > 0:55:4769 year experiment so German ships were selling around the world
0:55:47 > 0:55:51touring bottles of the and marking their notes with the name of the
0:55:51 > 0:56:02ship and coordinate.Amazingly efficient exec.