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Beyond One Hundred Days. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:12 | |
A nerve agent was the weapon, say
British authorities investigating | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
the attempted murder of a Russian
spy and his daughter. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
The two remain critical
after collapsing | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
in a public park in Salisbury,
England on Sunday. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:28 | |
The Kremlin continued to deny any
involvement. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:33 | |
Another major departure
at the White House. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:34 | |
This time it is the president's top
economic advisor who is stepping | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
down after a rift over tariffs. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
Also on the programme.. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:40 | |
A private message is on its way
from Pyongyang to the US. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
We speak to a top American
diplomat on whether this | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
could be a breakthrough. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:53 | |
I'm so glad I had a bad day at work. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
And I take up an unsettling
new sport - axe throwing. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
Find out about the new craze
making its way from Canada. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
Get in touch with us
using the hashtag | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
'Beyond-One-Hundred-Days'. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:15 | |
Hello and welcome -
I'm Christian Fraser in London, | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
Jane O'Brien is in Washington. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
It's now known that a nerve agent
was used in an an attempt to murder | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
a Russian spy and his daughter
earlier this week. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
British counter terrorism
police say Sergei Skripal | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia
were specifically targeted. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:34 | |
The unnamed substance was so potent
that a police officer who was first | 0:01:34 | 0:01:37 | |
to respond is also now in a serious
condition in hospital. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:43 | |
Moscow has denied any links
to the attempted murder | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
of the former double agent. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:47 | |
And the UK government says it
continues to keep an open mind | 0:01:47 | 0:01:50 | |
while the investigation unfolds. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:54 | |
But the method employed, in a public
area, with such a toxic agent, | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
will only fuel concerns
that there was some | 0:01:57 | 0:01:58 | |
state involvement. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:00 | |
Tom Symonds reports. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
Sergei Skripal was a man
with a shadowy past. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
Relatives said he feared it
would catch up with him | 0:02:06 | 0:02:12 | |
but he was using his own name,
living a normal life, popping into a | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
corner shop last month
for milk and bacon. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
Tonight, he and his daughter
are gravely ill and now, the police | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
have revealed why. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:27 | |
In summary, this is being treated
as a major incident | 0:02:27 | 0:02:33 | |
involved attempting murder
by the administration | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
of a nerve agent. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
As you know, these two people remain
critically ill in hospital. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
Sadly, in addition,
a police officer who | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
was one of the first
to attend the scene | 0:02:43 | 0:02:48 | |
and respond to the incident is
now also in a serious | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
condition in hospital. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:58 | |
Counter-terrorism officers are being
advised by public health agencies, | 0:02:58 | 0:03:04 | |
they say there is no obvious
outstanding risk and, they are | 0:03:04 | 0:03:11 | |
trying to work out what the Skripals
were doing in Salisbury after | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
arriving on Sunday. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:15 | |
Police are investigating
reports that Sergei | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
Skripal had lunch with a woman
at this Italian restaurant. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
They were behaving
strangely, she had dark | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
hair, resembled his daughter
Yulia in this picture. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
But police have already
seized this CCTV footage | 0:03:25 | 0:03:27 | |
from just before 4pm. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
A man and a blonde haired
woman heading to the | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
area where the family were taken
ill on a park bench. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:39 | |
An eyewitness who saw
that has told us... | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
The girl was pretty,
blonde hair, I couldn't see | 0:03:41 | 0:03:49 | |
her face very well because
she was leant on him. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
Blonde hair, dark hair,
detectives will need to sort | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
through a mass of eyewitness reports
and CCTV, to establish the truth. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
The Government was briefed
on the inquiry today. | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
We need to keep a cool head
and make sure that we | 0:03:59 | 0:04:02 | |
collect all the evidence we can,
and we need to make sure | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
that we respond not to rumour
but to all the | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
evidence that they collect. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:08 | |
And then, we will
need to decide what | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
action to take. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:11 | |
But life in central Salisbury is now
dominated by the response to the | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
suspected poisoning. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:19 | |
At lunchtime this,
after a woman appeared | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
to have been taken ill at
the offices next to the restaurant. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
Police would not discuss why there
was such a huge emergency response. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:32 | |
But with two lives in jeopardy at
the local hospital, it is clear why | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
the risk has to be taken seriously. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:44 | |
In a few minutes we will speak to
the former chair of the UK joint | 0:04:44 | 0:04:49 | |
intelligence committee to get her
thoughts on this developing story. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:53 | |
Here in Washington,
the revolving door of | 0:04:54 | 0:04:55 | |
the White House is spinning again. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
The latest to go is
the president's chief | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
economic adviser Gary Cohn. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:00 | |
Last week it was one
of his most trusted confidents, | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
Hope Hicks, who resigned
seeking new opportunities. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
She was his fourth director
of communications. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:08 | |
Another to go was the political aide | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
Rob Porter who was removed
following allegations | 0:05:11 | 0:05:13 | |
of domestic abuse. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
Gary Cohn was always
fighting a losing battle. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
When it came to trade
he was the free-market globalist | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
fighting the President's instinct
for protection and tariffs. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
In the end something had to give. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:28 | |
Any other leader might question
why so many people seem | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
unable or unwilling to stay
on the job. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
But Donald Trump seems to relish
the constant change. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:38 | |
So many people want to come in,
I have the choice of anybody. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
I could take any position
in the White House | 0:05:42 | 0:05:44 | |
and I'll have a choice of the ten
top people having to do with that | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
position. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:48 | |
Everybody wants to be there. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:50 | |
And they love this White House
because we have energy like | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
rarely before. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
And joining us now
in Washington is our | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
North America Correspondent Nick
Bryant. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:03 | |
Gary Cohn was an interesting figure,
seen by some as a Democrat in their | 0:06:03 | 0:06:08 | |
Republican administration but plenty
saw him as a moderating influence. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:13 | |
Exactly, this is the most
consequential departure we have seen | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
for that reason. Gary Cohn was seen
by Wall Street is a reassuring | 0:06:17 | 0:06:24 | |
figure in a White House in turmoil
and moderating endurance as well, | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
someone we believe persuaded Donald
Trump not to declare that China was | 0:06:28 | 0:06:33 | |
a currency manipulator and persuaded
him to renegotiate Nafta rather than | 0:06:33 | 0:06:39 | |
getting up the entire agreement. He
has been trying to rein in the | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
protectionist impulses of Donald
Trump and of course those | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
protectionist impulses have found
expression in the past week with his | 0:06:46 | 0:06:50 | |
plan to impose tariffs on aluminium
and steel which have sparked the | 0:06:50 | 0:06:55 | |
possibility of this global trade
war. And that it was bought was the | 0:06:55 | 0:07:00 | |
final straw for Gary Cohn. The
lifeblood of the Republican party is | 0:07:00 | 0:07:07 | |
free trade and business, how much
influence will Republicans now have | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
on this in the White House without
Gary Cohn? Well over the past week | 0:07:10 | 0:07:16 | |
boosting the triumph of the economic
nationalist, the most well-known was | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
Steve Bannon and he has gone of
course. He was the former chief | 0:07:19 | 0:07:24 | |
medical strategist and there are
economic nationalist left. Peter | 0:07:24 | 0:07:32 | |
Navarro was one of them coming he
once wrote a book called death by | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
China. And the Republican party has
long been the party of free trade. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:42 | |
Evangelical about capitalism. One of
the reasons for the liberalisation | 0:07:42 | 0:07:46 | |
of trade policy around the world is
that if modes capitalism and the | 0:07:46 | 0:07:51 | |
world and they believe free trade is
good for business. Many senior | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
Republicans made the case that a
trade war is something the US | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
consumers and manufacturers will pay
for. In the supermarkets and car | 0:07:58 | 0:08:04 | |
dealerships. But Donald Trump is not
persuaded by that, he has vacillated | 0:08:04 | 0:08:08 | |
on a lot of policies including gun
control that he has been consistent | 0:08:08 | 0:08:13 | |
on this promise to renegotiate trade
deals and to stop America being | 0:08:13 | 0:08:19 | |
taken advantage of by foreign
trading partners. That was the | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
message that resonated during the
2016 campaign especially in the rust | 0:08:23 | 0:08:29 | |
belt but got the presidency. With
the promise that he is determined to | 0:08:29 | 0:08:33 | |
keep with the intimidation of these
tariffs. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
For more on the impact of
Gary Cohn's departure we are joined | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
now by Douglas Holtz Eakin,
who was an economic advisor | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
in the administration
of George W Bush and is now | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
President of the
American Action Forum. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
Thank you for joining me. He went
through all this with President | 0:08:49 | 0:08:53 | |
Bush. And Teresita tried to impose
work overturned. Do you think that | 0:08:53 | 0:08:59 | |
the same could happen to these?
Almost certainly, one of the most | 0:08:59 | 0:09:04 | |
frustrating aspects of this episode
is they will be costs, direct costs | 0:09:04 | 0:09:10 | |
in the steel consuming industries
that will outweigh the benefits. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:14 | |
Costs in the form of trade
retaliation and degradation of the | 0:09:14 | 0:09:19 | |
world trading system and no benefits
in the end because the WTO will save | 0:09:19 | 0:09:24 | |
these are a violation and have to
go. Even if they do go away can | 0:09:24 | 0:09:29 | |
confidence in the US as trading
partner the restored question mark I | 0:09:29 | 0:09:33 | |
think it has been shaken, I think an
enormous amount depends on the | 0:09:33 | 0:09:37 | |
outcome of the Nafta negotiations.
If that lands successfully with a | 0:09:37 | 0:09:42 | |
tripartite agreement with the
modernised Nafta that will be | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
against a lot of the rhetoric from
the president on the campaign trail. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:51 | |
And for the betterment of the North
American trading establishment. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:56 | |
Wilbur Ross said today, commerce
Secretary, that he's not looking for | 0:09:56 | 0:10:02 | |
a trade war but sensible relations.
Today I looked at the list that the | 0:10:02 | 0:10:07 | |
Europeans are providing and seems
they are already in the bunker. The | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
provisional list that they will
supply to EU member states, US goods | 0:10:10 | 0:10:15 | |
that they will target, steel and
industrial products, agricultural | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
products, peanut butter, orange
juice. It does not bode well. It | 0:10:19 | 0:10:25 | |
does not and this is why their words
do not match the actions. It is not | 0:10:25 | 0:10:32 | |
that it is a hypothetical
retaliation, it happened before and | 0:10:32 | 0:10:36 | |
I was in the White House then, they
put up a list and promised it will | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
happen again. And it is a very
measured retaliation. It takes a | 0:10:40 | 0:10:44 | |
look at the scale of damage to
Europeans, it matches that damage on | 0:10:44 | 0:10:49 | |
US exporters and says OK, do you
want to go forward. If they were | 0:10:49 | 0:10:53 | |
paying attention to that and wise
enough to scale back or drop it, the | 0:10:53 | 0:10:58 | |
Europeans would also scaled back and
that would be the right outcome. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
Maybe Donald Trump will look at
figures today, the American trade | 0:11:01 | 0:11:07 | |
deficit swollen to its widest level
in almost a decade. So maybe he is | 0:11:07 | 0:11:12 | |
correct and other countries are
taking the Mickey out of the United | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
States. I think any sophisticated
analysis of the trade deficit | 0:11:15 | 0:11:22 | |
focuses on the mismatch between US
investment and savings as a nation. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
That is the fundamental determinant
of why we had the trade deficit. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:30 | |
There's no tariff policy that would
change that and some of the things | 0:11:30 | 0:11:33 | |
that the president has accomplished,
his big tax cuts, larger deficits | 0:11:33 | 0:11:37 | |
and faster growth will almost
certainly widen that deficit. So | 0:11:37 | 0:11:42 | |
he's doing to frustration if he
believes these policies will narrow | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
the trade gap. - do to frustration. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:57 | |
Returning to our main story and be
suspected poisoning of Sergei | 0:12:01 | 0:12:05 | |
Skripal and his daughter. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
For more on this, let's speak | 0:12:08 | 0:12:09 | |
to Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones -
she's the UK's former chair | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
of the Joint Intelligence Committee
and was a security minister | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
at the time of the spy swap in 2010
when Sirgei Skripal was transported | 0:12:14 | 0:12:18 | |
from Russia to the UK. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:22 | |
What does the implication of the
police saying that this is a nerve | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
agent because I understand they're
not especially easy to store or to | 0:12:25 | 0:12:29 | |
move. I think we will have to have
further analysis. But | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
move. I think we will have to have
further analysis. But I think most | 0:12:33 | 0:12:35 | |
people would conclude that it would
be a very concerted and organised | 0:12:35 | 0:12:45 | |
operation likely to be in the hands
of state to achieve that kind of | 0:12:45 | 0:12:51 | |
operation. So it does look like a
Russian effort. As the former | 0:12:51 | 0:13:02 | |
security minister of course you
would know which kind of groups have | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
these nerve agents. I know that
Sarin gas is more commonly available | 0:13:05 | 0:13:10 | |
but this appears to be a very
sophisticated and potent nerve agent | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
and that is not something that crime
groups would get their hands on | 0:13:13 | 0:13:17 | |
necessarily? Not easily. You have to
be careful about making an | 0:13:17 | 0:13:24 | |
accusation before we have full
evidence. But it does point in the | 0:13:24 | 0:13:30 | |
directions of being an operation by
Anna stayed. Just to speak about the | 0:13:30 | 0:13:36 | |
slight dashed this by swap, you are
in position when what kind of | 0:13:36 | 0:13:45 | |
negotiations went on in the
background customer -? Seven | 0:13:45 | 0:13:56 | |
protocols would have applied and you
would not expect him to be the | 0:13:56 | 0:14:01 | |
target of an operation of this kind.
But we also have statements that | 0:14:01 | 0:14:05 | |
appear to have been made by
President Putin about people who | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
fell into that category. So you
cannot necessarily conclude that the | 0:14:09 | 0:14:14 | |
normal protocol would necessarily
operate. I suppose what will | 0:14:14 | 0:14:20 | |
surprise some people are there are
easier ways to kill someone who is | 0:14:20 | 0:14:25 | |
considered to be a traitor of the
state. You could push them out of | 0:14:25 | 0:14:29 | |
the window, shoot them, whatever. It
just seems to me using a nerve agent | 0:14:29 | 0:14:34 | |
in public in a city really is like
using a hammer to kill an insect. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:40 | |
Just a public way to do something.
Why would they do that? You could | 0:14:40 | 0:14:44 | |
say the same about Litvenenko. And I
think there is a kind of right in a | 0:14:44 | 0:14:53 | |
particularly sophisticated and
unpleasant method of doing things. | 0:14:53 | 0:15:02 | |
-- pride. If you're going to put
this kind of thing into a country is | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
easier than the kind of controls we
have on weapons and knives and so | 0:15:06 | 0:15:10 | |
on. So I think it is part of the
style. Thank you very much. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:28 | |
Diplomats from North Korea are
thought to have the communication to | 0:15:29 | 0:15:35 | |
give to the USA. Yesterday resident
Trump said John Yang seemed sincere | 0:15:35 | 0:15:41 | |
in its willingness to discuss the
possibility of denuclearisation. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:52 | |
He claimed tougher sanctions had
brought North Korea to this point. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
Well one man who has been
at the table with Pyongyang before | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
is Chris Hill, the
former US Ambassador | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
to South Korea and he joins us now. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
Is there anything different about
this new overture customer it seems | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
like deja vu all over again but what
is different is Kim Jung un has | 0:16:06 | 0:16:14 | |
never said anything like this and
suggested his nuclear programme is | 0:16:14 | 0:16:19 | |
on the bargaining table so this is
new. And out of respect and | 0:16:19 | 0:16:24 | |
cooperation with the South Korean
think that the Trump administration | 0:16:24 | 0:16:26 | |
needs to hear this through and see
if there's something there. What | 0:16:26 | 0:16:29 | |
more could they give in order to
facilitate the talks? For the Trump | 0:16:29 | 0:16:35 | |
administration first of all I think
they made some harsh words but I | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
think it is important to keep
sanctions on. In fact there are some | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
sense that perhaps the sanctions
have had some role in perhaps | 0:16:42 | 0:16:47 | |
changing the North Koreans. So I
would hold tough on those but be | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
willing to work with the South
Koreans and possibly get some kind | 0:16:50 | 0:16:55 | |
of conversation and even negotiation
going. So it is very important that | 0:16:55 | 0:17:00 | |
they be cautious but not churlish
about this. You talk about having a | 0:17:00 | 0:17:06 | |
conversation and I just wonder who
they would get to have that | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
conversation. United States has lost
its South Korean ambassador who was | 0:17:09 | 0:17:14 | |
really the expert and his supposed
replacement has withdrawn his | 0:17:14 | 0:17:20 | |
negotiation. - withdrawn his
application. Well that is correct, | 0:17:20 | 0:17:34 | |
so it is a good question. I hope
they're not thinking Jared Kushner | 0:17:34 | 0:17:38 | |
at this point but certainly they
must start to staff up that State | 0:17:38 | 0:17:43 | |
Department and I think this special
envoy should be in the State | 0:17:43 | 0:17:48 | |
Department and hope there is a real
effort because you can't have | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
diplomacy without diplomats. That is
precisely what this administration | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
has been trying to do. Present Trump
said it is his rhetoric has done | 0:17:55 | 0:18:03 | |
this, he could be correct and maybe
the North Koreans and Chinese have | 0:18:03 | 0:18:09 | |
moved because of this. Whatever
happens he is going to claim credit | 0:18:09 | 0:18:14 | |
and that is fine. I think the South
Koreans are working with him to give | 0:18:14 | 0:18:18 | |
him credit so that is fine. The
question is how to go forward, | 0:18:18 | 0:18:24 | |
whether we can find something new in
this and whether we can do something | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
about this terrible situation on the
Korean peninsula. Does the | 0:18:27 | 0:18:33 | |
involvement of South Korea help or
complicate negotiations? I think | 0:18:33 | 0:18:38 | |
South Korea looks at North Korea
through a lens that is a bit | 0:18:38 | 0:18:42 | |
different from the way Americans
look at the issue. It is different | 0:18:42 | 0:18:47 | |
and I think we need to be respectful
of the fact that the South Koreans | 0:18:47 | 0:18:51 | |
live literally in the shadow of some
14,000 artillery tubes. We need to | 0:18:51 | 0:18:57 | |
understand when they talk about
peace and security on the Korean | 0:18:57 | 0:19:00 | |
peninsula is something affecting
them and their children. So they | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
have a different vantage point and
not at all helpful when Americans | 0:19:03 | 0:19:07 | |
call them week or whatever. We need
to stand close with them right now. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:14 | |
Thank you for joining us. Not much
trust on either side but one to | 0:19:14 | 0:19:19 | |
watch. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
A BBC journalist has alleged
that she was sexually harassed | 0:19:21 | 0:19:23 | |
by the senior Russian politician
Leonid Slutsky. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
Farida Rustamova, from
the BBC's Russian Service, | 0:19:26 | 0:19:27 | |
is the third journalist to openly
accuse Mr Slutsky of | 0:19:27 | 0:19:29 | |
improper behaviour. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:33 | |
The BBC is in possession
of a recording of the incident, | 0:19:33 | 0:19:36 | |
which was captured on a dictaphone. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:37 | |
Mr Slutsky denies the claims. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:42 | |
An outspoken archbishop
of El Salvador, who was shot dead | 0:19:42 | 0:19:44 | |
in 1980 as he celebrated mass,
is to be made a saint, | 0:19:44 | 0:19:48 | |
according to the Vatican. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:50 | |
Archbishop Oscar Romero denounced
repression and social | 0:19:50 | 0:19:52 | |
injustice in his country as it
descended into civil war. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:54 | |
No one was ever convicted
for his killing. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:59 | |
Coca-Cola is to make
an alcoholic drink. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
The 125-year-old American company
says it wants to cash | 0:20:02 | 0:20:04 | |
in on a growing trend in Japan
for a fizzy, flavoured drink mixed | 0:20:04 | 0:20:08 | |
with a local spirit. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:10 | |
And that it will be
targeting a specific part | 0:20:10 | 0:20:12 | |
of the Japanese market. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:17 | |
And some incredible
pictures to share with you | 0:20:17 | 0:20:19 | |
from a volcano in southern Japan. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:23 | |
A series of powerful
eruptions has created | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
a huge volcanic plume,
which is now three-thousand | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
metres high. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
Authorities are warning people not
to approach the area. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:38 | |
We've been talking a lot about trade
during this program - | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
particularly when it comes to steel
exports from Canada. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
But there are a number of other
things the Canadians have | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
introduced to the world -
Justin Beiber, maple | 0:20:47 | 0:20:48 | |
syrup for instance. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
And now we have axe throwing. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:59 | |
It's a new trend that reportedly
started with our neighbours | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
in the north and is trying to -
quite literally - | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
find its mark here in Washington. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:07 | |
Of course, I had to give it a try. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:12 | |
If you've had a bad day at work
or maybe you've fallen out | 0:21:12 | 0:21:16 | |
with your partner or burned a cake,
I don't know. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
But what better way to ease
the tension and get rid of some | 0:21:18 | 0:21:22 | |
of that pent-up aggression than lob
an axe at a wall! | 0:21:22 | 0:21:26 | |
It's not like the
normal thing to do. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:30 | |
Let's go do something
I could end my life with today! | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
So when it comes to this,
everybody can kind of come | 0:21:33 | 0:21:37 | |
and experience something new. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:38 | |
It's a bonding experience. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:39 | |
And it's a lot of fun. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
Now, step on your right foot. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:43 | |
Give it a good go. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:44 | |
Take it up. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:45 | |
Step. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
Well, I hit the target. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:49 | |
You did hit the target. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
That's a start. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:52 | |
It's really not that dangerous. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:53 | |
As long as you don't throw
like a crazy person. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:56 | |
And just try to have some fun. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:58 | |
Axe throwing is becoming
alarmingly popular in the US | 0:21:58 | 0:22:02 | |
having made its way
across the border from Canada. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
There's even an axe throwing league. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
That is quite a medal
you've got there. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:09 | |
How did you win it? | 0:22:09 | 0:22:12 | |
I threw it, I won this by throwing
large axes at the wall eczema | 0:22:12 | 0:22:21 | |
How did you do it,
because I'm hopeless. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
What is your top tip for me? | 0:22:23 | 0:22:25 | |
I go with the two-handed
style, overhand. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:26 | |
No wrist action, that's
a common misconception. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
No risks involved in the throw. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:29 | |
How does this make you feel? | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
It makes me feel like a man,
with a big hairy chest! | 0:22:32 | 0:22:36 | |
Clearly my technique
needs a little polish. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:42 | |
So after half a dozen throws,
I promise I won't do | 0:22:42 | 0:22:44 | |
anything bad with this. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:47 | |
I'm exhausted. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
The axe is getting blunt
and I still haven't hit the target. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
But, it's great fun. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
And I'm so glad I've
had a bad day at work! | 0:22:55 | 0:23:04 | |
And so the night wore on. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
Come on! | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
Once you've mastered
the basics there's no limit | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
to what you can do with an axe. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
And then there's that golden moment
when it all comes together. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:20 | |
Yes! | 0:23:20 | 0:23:27 | |
Jane O'Brien, BBC News,
axe throwing queen of Washington. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:37 | |
Are you serious, there's nothing you
cannot do with the axe. Promise me | 0:23:37 | 0:23:44 | |
you will never show that video. I
have this image of being pinned to | 0:23:44 | 0:23:55 | |
rotating board with Katty Kay trying
to throw it at me. Well the last | 0:23:55 | 0:23:59 | |
thing she said to me was to keep him
in line. Whatever it takes. Axe | 0:23:59 | 0:24:07 | |
throwing, you name it. And the last
time we spoke you with throwing | 0:24:07 | 0:24:12 | |
pizza dough. So I think that I win.
Not a axe. Was it fun? Tremendous | 0:24:12 | 0:24:24 | |
fun, real adrenaline buzz. I have to
say ambassador Chris Hill left the | 0:24:24 | 0:24:29 | |
studio rapidly. He was there a
minute ago and suddenly he was not. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:32 | |
I just think you should all be
worried. I imagine it is a bit like | 0:24:32 | 0:24:38 | |
screaming, scientists say it is good
for you to scream and let it all | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
out. The axe might be a good tonic.
Another story from China, state | 0:24:42 | 0:24:50 | |
media encouraging men and women to
settle for someone who is kind of OK | 0:24:50 | 0:24:56 | |
when choosing to marry. What they're
saying in newspapers is that people | 0:24:56 | 0:25:03 | |
are picky and they need to be less
fussy when it comes to picking a | 0:25:03 | 0:25:07 | |
partner. Apparently it follows
concerns about the low birth rate | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
the country for that newspaper
estate to many single people have an | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
idealised view of love that leads
them to reject people who are | 0:25:14 | 0:25:18 | |
perfectly reasonable partners. What
do you reckon, if you do not like | 0:25:18 | 0:25:26 | |
them you could just get rid of them
with an axe X Mac. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:37 | |
This is Beyond 100
Days from the BBC. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:39 | |
Coming up for viewers
on the BBC News Channel | 0:25:39 | 0:25:41 | |
and BBC World News -
Saudi's crown prince is on the charm | 0:25:41 | 0:25:44 | |
offensive in London -
with this visit to the UK | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
although it is a controversial one. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:48 | |
And the Stormy Daniels saga -
how a legal technicality | 0:25:48 | 0:25:50 | |
might allow this adult film actress
to tell all about an alleged | 0:25:50 | 0:25:53 | |
affair with Donald Trump. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:54 | |
That's still to come. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
Good evening. There is a bit of snow
in the forecast tonight. Nothing | 0:26:08 | 0:26:14 | |
like the snowfall we had a week ago.
It will only be small areas of the | 0:26:14 | 0:26:20 | |
country affected. But some parts of
the Midlands could see some | 0:26:20 | 0:26:25 | |
additional snowfall tonight. It does
not look like much but it causes | 0:26:25 | 0:26:32 | |
showers to Darren together into a
slightly more organised area of rain | 0:26:32 | 0:26:37 | |
or snow. Meanwhile we continue to
see showers across parts of Northern | 0:26:37 | 0:26:42 | |
Ireland and western Scotland. But
further south we have much of the | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
rain and the snow. The snowfall
mostly reserved for higher ground, | 0:26:46 | 0:26:52 | |
the hills and mountains of Wales,
the North Midlands, parts of north | 0:26:52 | 0:26:56 | |
England. But later in the night it
may be that we see some snow | 0:26:56 | 0:27:01 | |
temporarily to those lower levels.
Temperatures falling away to | 0:27:01 | 0:27:06 | |
freezing or below across the
northern half of the country. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:11 | |
Further south not so cold. But we
could see some snow across the | 0:27:11 | 0:27:18 | |
Midlands and the north of England
and Wales. That could cause some | 0:27:18 | 0:27:22 | |
disruption of your BBC local radio
station will keep you up to date. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:28 | |
This area of snow and rain slides
away very quickly and then not a bad | 0:27:28 | 0:27:34 | |
day for many with some spells of
sunshine and just a scattering of | 0:27:34 | 0:27:37 | |
showers. And relatively mild
compared with what we had a week | 0:27:37 | 0:27:42 | |
ago. Highs of seven in Aberdeen, 10
degrees in London. Then on Friday | 0:27:42 | 0:27:48 | |
dry weather around, some showers in
the North, wintry over higher ground | 0:27:48 | 0:27:53 | |
and data during the day wet weather
pushing across the Channel Islands | 0:27:53 | 0:27:57 | |
and into the south-west of England.
Pretty heavy rain developing | 0:27:57 | 0:28:02 | |
courtesy of a frontal system pushing
its way north during Friday night | 0:28:02 | 0:28:08 | |
into Saturday. All driven by low
pressure. But with that out of the | 0:28:08 | 0:28:13 | |
west we develop a southerly wind
which brings in some pretty mild air | 0:28:13 | 0:28:17 | |
as we go through the weekend. So for
the weekend pretty mild, double | 0:28:17 | 0:28:24 | |
digits in the South and some rain at
times. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:30 | |
This is Beyond 100 Days,
with me Christian Fraser in London. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
Jane O'Brien is in Washington. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:10 | |
Our top stories: | 0:30:10 | 0:30:12 | |
Police reveal that the former
Russian spy who collapsed | 0:30:12 | 0:30:14 | |
in Salisbury, England was poisoned
by a very rare nerve agent. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:19 | |
Another major departure
at the White House. | 0:30:19 | 0:30:21 | |
This time, it is the President's top
economic advisor stepping down | 0:30:21 | 0:30:24 | |
after a rift over tariffs. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:27 | |
Coming up in the next half-hour: | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
Fishing and finance -
the European Council gives more | 0:30:30 | 0:30:32 | |
details about what sort of trade
deal the EU would like in | 0:30:32 | 0:30:35 | |
a post-Brexit Britain. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:38 | |
Saudi's Crown Prince
arrives in the UK. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:39 | |
He meets the Prime Minister and has
lunch with the Queen, | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
but there are those not rolling
out the welcome mat. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:46 | |
Let us know your thoughts
by using the hashtag #beyond100days. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:51 | |
The British government has set
down plenty of red lines | 0:30:59 | 0:31:02 | |
in this Brexit negotiation. | 0:31:02 | 0:31:03 | |
Today, it was the turn
of the European Union. | 0:31:03 | 0:31:06 | |
In Luxembourg, they have
published draft guidelines | 0:31:06 | 0:31:08 | |
for the negotiations
of a future relationship. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:11 | |
The European Council President,
Donald Tusk, said the EU wants | 0:31:11 | 0:31:16 | |
a free-trade agreement with
zero-tariffs goods and reciprocal | 0:31:16 | 0:31:18 | |
access to fisheries. | 0:31:18 | 0:31:20 | |
But the document provides little
detail on financial services. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:26 | |
In London, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, | 0:31:26 | 0:31:28 | |
said any deal that didn't encompass
Britain's service sector - | 0:31:28 | 0:31:31 | |
which includes banks -
would not be viewed as a fair deal. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:35 | |
Our UK political editor,
Laura Kuenssberg, reports. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:41 | |
A different Mansion House. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:45 | |
This time, in a Luxembourg garden. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:47 | |
But there's strife ahead,
even in this, the most | 0:31:47 | 0:31:50 | |
tranquil surroundings. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:55 | |
The European Union
revealed its response | 0:31:55 | 0:31:56 | |
to Theresa May's plans for Brexit. | 0:31:56 | 0:31:59 | |
It will make it more
complicated and costly | 0:31:59 | 0:32:00 | |
than today, for all of us. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:05 | |
This is the essence of Brexit. | 0:32:05 | 0:32:10 | |
A pick-and-mix approach
for a non-member state | 0:32:10 | 0:32:12 | |
is out of the question. | 0:32:12 | 0:32:14 | |
We are not going to
sacrifice these principles. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:18 | |
It is simply not in our interest. | 0:32:18 | 0:32:23 | |
Unfortunately, and we have to know,
there will be be no | 0:32:23 | 0:32:26 | |
winners after the Brexit. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:27 | |
Both sides will be losing. | 0:32:27 | 0:32:33 | |
The EU has been united
with that gloomy message. | 0:32:33 | 0:32:40 | |
But it was only on Friday
the Prime Minister said she wanted | 0:32:40 | 0:32:43 | |
an ambitious trade partnership
where the bloc but accepted | 0:32:43 | 0:32:45 | |
compromises would be made. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:46 | |
So how do the two sides compare? | 0:32:46 | 0:32:48 | |
The EU guidelines of a possible deal
say there will be negative | 0:32:48 | 0:32:51 | |
economic consequences. | 0:32:51 | 0:32:52 | |
And, while the Prime Minister
said all agreements mean | 0:32:52 | 0:32:54 | |
picking and choosing,
the EU insists the UK can't cherry | 0:32:54 | 0:32:57 | |
pick the bits of the EU it likes. | 0:32:57 | 0:33:07 | |
But the unions accepted
the goal of a trade deal | 0:33:07 | 0:33:13 | |
where there are no tariffss
but controversially, | 0:33:13 | 0:33:14 | |
only if the EU keeps access
to fish British waters. | 0:33:14 | 0:33:17 | |
Crucially there is space to budge. | 0:33:17 | 0:33:21 | |
The document says if the UK
positions were to evolve, | 0:33:21 | 0:33:24 | |
the union will be prepared
to reconsider its offer, | 0:33:24 | 0:33:28 | |
and there is the chance of brokering
a limited deal over services, | 0:33:28 | 0:33:31 | |
including the giant money machine
of the City of London. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:33 | |
Where the Chancellor shrugged off
the Brussels position. | 0:33:33 | 0:33:35 | |
They are very skilled
and disciplined in the way | 0:33:35 | 0:33:37 | |
they carry out negotiation. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:40 | |
It doesn't surprise me remotely that
what they have set out this morning | 0:33:40 | 0:33:44 | |
is a very tough position. | 0:33:44 | 0:33:47 | |
But Labour claims the Government's
approach is all over the place. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:57 | |
We can change the tone
into one of mutual respect | 0:34:00 | 0:34:02 | |
and we can get the deal
that | 0:34:02 | 0:34:04 | |
will protect the economy and jobs. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:05 | |
There are big gaps between
what the Government wants | 0:34:05 | 0:34:08 | |
and what the EU is willing to give. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:09 | |
And it is clear, it is easier
for Brussels not Westminster to call | 0:34:09 | 0:34:15 | |
the shots, but in this long,
tortured process, today is not | 0:34:15 | 0:34:20 | |
a moment of political panic. | 0:34:20 | 0:34:24 | |
It is clear from both sides | 0:34:24 | 0:34:25 | |
and from these guidelines, there
is a real conversation to be had. | 0:34:25 | 0:34:31 | |
President Trump is facing more
pressure from within | 0:34:31 | 0:34:33 | |
the administration and from outside. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:34 | |
It's emerged porn actress
Stormy Daniels is taking legal | 0:34:34 | 0:34:36 | |
action to have a non-disclosure
agreement about her alleged | 0:34:36 | 0:34:38 | |
relationship with Donald
Trump declared void. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:43 | |
Stormy, whose real name
is Stephanie Clifford, | 0:34:43 | 0:34:45 | |
claimed to have had an affair
with Mr Trump in 2006 and 2007. | 0:34:45 | 0:34:50 | |
The President's personal lawyer has
admitted paying Ms Clifford money | 0:34:50 | 0:34:54 | |
before the Presidential election,
but denies the pair ever | 0:34:54 | 0:34:56 | |
had a relationship. | 0:34:56 | 0:35:00 | |
Joining me now to discuss any legal
jeopardy this could put | 0:35:00 | 0:35:03 | |
the President in is Jonathan Turley
from George Washington University. | 0:35:03 | 0:35:12 | |
Thank you for coming in. This is a
story that's been rumbling on for | 0:35:12 | 0:35:17 | |
some time, so how does this court
challenge change it? It really | 0:35:17 | 0:35:23 | |
involves a couple of surprising
details, one is that the president | 0:35:23 | 0:35:26 | |
was using a fake name during these
negotiations over what Stormy | 0:35:26 | 0:35:30 | |
Daniels refers to as the hush money.
His attorney, a man called Colin, | 0:35:30 | 0:35:36 | |
also used in a shoot name in all of
these fake corporate entities to cut | 0:35:36 | 0:35:41 | |
this deal. She is essentially saying
that the agreement is now invalid | 0:35:41 | 0:35:46 | |
for two reasons, and one is that the
president never signed it, in either | 0:35:46 | 0:35:51 | |
his real or fake name, and second,
and this is probably the stronger | 0:35:51 | 0:35:55 | |
argument, that the President's
lawyer has nullified the agreement | 0:35:55 | 0:36:00 | |
because he spoke publicly. The
agreement also says quite clearly in | 0:36:00 | 0:36:03 | |
a court document that she said she
had a year-long affair with the | 0:36:03 | 0:36:09 | |
president, something his attorney
has denied. That isn't just some | 0:36:09 | 0:36:16 | |
tabloid magazine, but a court
document, where she is under | 0:36:16 | 0:36:20 | |
obligations to be true. It all
sounds a bit of a mess. What do you | 0:36:20 | 0:36:24 | |
make of the way this has been
handled by the attorneys in the | 0:36:24 | 0:36:30 | |
White House? Any controversy
involving a porn star called Stormy | 0:36:30 | 0:36:34 | |
is probably not going to turn out
well, so it's definitely not a good | 0:36:34 | 0:36:38 | |
thing. This could be a serious
threat. John Edwards, who ran for | 0:36:38 | 0:36:44 | |
president, was indicted when a third
party paid off essentially a woman | 0:36:44 | 0:36:48 | |
he was having an affair with, and
she ultimately bore a child with | 0:36:48 | 0:36:50 | |
him. He was indicted and stood for
criminal campaign finance violation | 0:36:50 | 0:37:01 | |
charge. Bill Clinton followed the
same path, you had the filing of a | 0:37:01 | 0:37:06 | |
civil suit involving a relationship
before he became president, and | 0:37:06 | 0:37:10 | |
ultimately led to his impeachment
because he decided he wouldn't tell | 0:37:10 | 0:37:13 | |
the truth under oath. So these are
precarious waters for any president. | 0:37:13 | 0:37:18 | |
It was the lie that did for Bill
Clinton, wasn't it, the lie that he | 0:37:18 | 0:37:23 | |
told. What happens if Robert
Mueller, the special council, but | 0:37:23 | 0:37:31 | |
the president under oath and asks
him about this specific subject and | 0:37:31 | 0:37:36 | |
whether money changed hands. Is that
where this gets tricky for the | 0:37:36 | 0:37:41 | |
president? It does, and that is the
high risk scenario. Because this | 0:37:41 | 0:37:45 | |
money has been alleged to be a
campaign finance violation, it falls | 0:37:45 | 0:37:52 | |
within the bailiwick of the special
council. He has been given a charge | 0:37:52 | 0:37:56 | |
allowing him to look at the election
and any crimes that arise in the | 0:37:56 | 0:38:01 | |
course of his investigation. He
could clearly ask the president not | 0:38:01 | 0:38:05 | |
only did he have this affair, but
whether this money was a quid pro | 0:38:05 | 0:38:09 | |
quo, whether it was hush money. The
president would need, like Bill | 0:38:09 | 0:38:15 | |
Clinton, to answer truthfully, no
matter what the embarrassment might | 0:38:15 | 0:38:18 | |
be. The Republicans in Congress
would be hard-pressed not to say | 0:38:18 | 0:38:24 | |
that it was an impeachable offence,
as it was for Bill Clinton. How do | 0:38:24 | 0:38:31 | |
you think he has handled it? Well, I
think it's interesting, in that the | 0:38:31 | 0:38:39 | |
political irony is that he might
well have survived the scandal of an | 0:38:39 | 0:38:41 | |
alleged affair with a porn actress.
He's handled allegations made | 0:38:41 | 0:38:48 | |
against him by women and, of course,
we had the tapes where he admitted | 0:38:48 | 0:38:52 | |
groping women publicly. The problem
he's in is any attempt to cover it | 0:38:52 | 0:39:00 | |
up. That, as Jonathan is saying, is
really the thing that is back to | 0:39:00 | 0:39:04 | |
haunt him. Had he just tried to
stick it out, there is all in | 0:39:04 | 0:39:11 | |
indication that this wouldn't have
affected his face, that women would | 0:39:11 | 0:39:15 | |
have continued to vote for him, and
it wouldn't have affected his | 0:39:15 | 0:39:19 | |
standing in the polls. This is the
sort of behaviour most of his | 0:39:19 | 0:39:23 | |
supporters just go, it's Donald
trump. Like he says, I could murder | 0:39:23 | 0:39:28 | |
somebody on fifth Ave and they
wouldn't care, and maybe they don't | 0:39:28 | 0:39:32 | |
care about the consensual sex, but
perhaps they would care if there was | 0:39:32 | 0:39:36 | |
perjury or he walked into problems
over campaign finance. Exactly, and | 0:39:36 | 0:39:40 | |
it's going to be an interesting
legal tussle. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:49 | |
Britain and Saudi Arabia are
pledging to build more than $90 | 0:39:49 | 0:39:52 | |
billion worth of trade and
investment ties. The announcement | 0:39:52 | 0:39:58 | |
comes as Theresa May has met with
Mohammed bin Salman, the crown | 0:39:58 | 0:40:02 | |
prince of Saudi Arabia, who arrived
at the start of a three-day visit to | 0:40:02 | 0:40:05 | |
the UK. | 0:40:05 | 0:40:07 | |
Campaigners have been out in force
today, protesting Saudi Arabia's | 0:40:07 | 0:40:09 | |
record on human rights and the war
they've led against | 0:40:09 | 0:40:12 | |
the Houthis in Yemen. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:16 | |
But the pair have agreed a political
solution, say Theresa May's office. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:23 | |
She reminded MPs the two countries
have long-standing ties, | 0:40:23 | 0:40:27 | |
Our chief international
correspondent, Lyse Doucet, | 0:40:27 | 0:40:28 | |
is with me now. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:31 | |
I saw your interview with the
Foreign Minister yesterday. The fact | 0:40:31 | 0:40:37 | |
that Mohammed bin Salman is being
given the red carpet treatment | 0:40:37 | 0:40:40 | |
today, he had lunch with the Queen
and I think he's having dinner with | 0:40:40 | 0:40:44 | |
Prince Charles and Prince William
tonight, does that suggest that, | 0:40:44 | 0:40:48 | |
although it falls short of a state
visit, it is hugely important to the | 0:40:48 | 0:40:53 | |
UK? To both sides, and the mention
is the United Kingdoms. Mohammed bin | 0:40:53 | 0:41:03 | |
Salman is 32. Barring some
unexpected development, and we | 0:41:03 | 0:41:06 | |
always have to expect that in the
volatile Middle East, he will be | 0:41:06 | 0:41:10 | |
King one day, and therefore Britain
will want to do with him. What | 0:41:10 | 0:41:13 | |
better time than when he is young
and when he is starting out. It is | 0:41:13 | 0:41:17 | |
first trip to Britain as crown
prince, and he has been put in | 0:41:17 | 0:41:21 | |
charge of a folio covering the in
Yemen and also social reform. I go | 0:41:21 | 0:41:26 | |
to Saudi Arabia every few months
and, in the space of a few months, | 0:41:26 | 0:41:31 | |
so much changes, but a lot doesn't
change, including the response to | 0:41:31 | 0:41:35 | |
dissent, which is always suppressed
immediately, and the war in Yemen | 0:41:35 | 0:41:39 | |
has dragged on longer than Saudi
Arabia expected. But there is a | 0:41:39 | 0:41:42 | |
close relationship. They are saying
it is more than a century long | 0:41:42 | 0:41:45 | |
relationship. The bedrock of that is
a tricky relationship, and most of | 0:41:45 | 0:41:53 | |
that trade is that defence. Britain
would to be the major suppliers of | 0:41:53 | 0:41:59 | |
arms, so it is controversial.
Dissent isn't tolerated and neither, | 0:41:59 | 0:42:03 | |
it seems is bad PR. Some
extraordinary adverts. I want to | 0:42:03 | 0:42:06 | |
show viewers a story in the God --
the Guardian written by Emily | 0:42:06 | 0:42:12 | |
Thornberry, and it was an attack on
human rights, she didn't like the | 0:42:12 | 0:42:18 | |
red carpet is being rolled out. But
the advert at the somebody has paid | 0:42:18 | 0:42:21 | |
for it, and if you drive from
Heathrow to central London today, | 0:42:21 | 0:42:26 | |
all along the route of the Mfor, you
could see billboards, bringing | 0:42:26 | 0:42:31 | |
change to Saudi Arabia, and they
have gone to some effort to make | 0:42:31 | 0:42:34 | |
sure it looks good. They were aware
there would be billboards saying the | 0:42:34 | 0:42:39 | |
opposite, and when I went to the
Saudi embassy earlier this week, | 0:42:39 | 0:42:43 | |
they had reinforced security
measures and there was a fan going | 0:42:43 | 0:42:46 | |
around the embassy with a picture of
Mohammed bin Salman and say he | 0:42:46 | 0:42:48 | |
should not be welcomed. The fact
remains that he is popular at home. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:55 | |
He is of a generation, and the vast
majority of Saudis are of the same | 0:42:55 | 0:43:02 | |
age as him, 30 or under, and he is
bringing change, he is determined to | 0:43:02 | 0:43:07 | |
push, to pole, to drag his kingdom
into the 21st century, and it is | 0:43:07 | 0:43:12 | |
things that we take as bog-standard,
allowing women to drive and Goodison | 0:43:12 | 0:43:17 | |
on Mars, allowing women to sit in
sports in a mask, and we think, is | 0:43:17 | 0:43:20 | |
that it? He wants to make economic
change. He wants to diversify from | 0:43:20 | 0:43:28 | |
oil. There is much at stake, because
it is do or die. He knows that, if | 0:43:28 | 0:43:33 | |
Saudi Arabia doesn't change, it will
collapse. Wedge he is coming to the | 0:43:33 | 0:43:36 | |
US next week to continue the charm
offensive, presumably. These are | 0:43:36 | 0:43:44 | |
long-standing relationships. Why
does he feel the need to consolidate | 0:43:44 | 0:43:47 | |
them in this way? When he comes to
Washington, and I was in Riyadh for | 0:43:47 | 0:43:54 | |
President Trump's visit, his first
foreign visit as president, and the | 0:43:54 | 0:43:58 | |
strength of the relationship was on
the show. Saudi Arabia gave | 0:43:58 | 0:44:04 | |
unconditional support to President
Trump at a time where President | 0:44:04 | 0:44:07 | |
Trump was being criticised for his
travel ban, which was essentially | 0:44:07 | 0:44:12 | |
against majority Muslim countries,
when he was being criticised for | 0:44:12 | 0:44:16 | |
misogyny and everything else. I was
in Saudi Arabia at the time, and he | 0:44:16 | 0:44:20 | |
had across the board support, tinged
with, thank God President Obama is | 0:44:20 | 0:44:29 | |
gone, because there were so many
tensions. But income is President | 0:44:29 | 0:44:33 | |
Trump, who sees the main threat in
the region as Iran, that they need | 0:44:33 | 0:44:39 | |
to work together to fight terrorism,
and it is jobs, jobs, deals, deals. | 0:44:39 | 0:44:46 | |
President Trump was so excited about
how many arms deals he did when he | 0:44:46 | 0:44:51 | |
was in Riyadh, and that will
continue, that kind shoulder to | 0:44:51 | 0:44:53 | |
shoulder, the United States and
Saudi Arabia. Always good to have | 0:44:53 | 0:44:59 | |
you in the studio. Nice to see you. | 0:44:59 | 0:45:02 | |
This is Beyond 100 Days. | 0:45:02 | 0:45:03 | |
Still to come - autonomous driving
and electric supercars. | 0:45:03 | 0:45:05 | |
We head to this year's
Geneva Motor Show to take a closer | 0:45:05 | 0:45:08 | |
look at the rides of the future. | 0:45:08 | 0:45:10 | |
Here in the UK, an 18-year-old
asylum seeker from Iraq has gone | 0:45:16 | 0:45:19 | |
on trial, accused of planting a bomb
on a London Underground train | 0:45:19 | 0:45:22 | |
at Parsons Green in south-west
London last September. | 0:45:22 | 0:45:26 | |
The jury has been told the device
was designed to cause | 0:45:26 | 0:45:29 | |
"maximum harm and carnage". | 0:45:29 | 0:45:30 | |
30 people were injured
when the bomb partially exploded. | 0:45:30 | 0:45:33 | |
Ahmed Hassan denies attempted murder
and causing an explosion | 0:45:33 | 0:45:35 | |
likely to endanger life. | 0:45:36 | 0:45:38 | |
Our home affairs correspondent,
June Kelly, has more. | 0:45:38 | 0:45:41 | |
SIRENS. | 0:45:41 | 0:45:43 | |
An autumn morning last year. | 0:45:43 | 0:45:45 | |
And today the Old Bailey heard how
an improvised explosive | 0:45:45 | 0:45:48 | |
device partially detonated
on an underground train just as it | 0:45:48 | 0:45:52 | |
pulled into Parsons Green station. | 0:45:52 | 0:45:56 | |
The partial explosion created
a large fireball in a carriage | 0:45:56 | 0:45:59 | |
carrying around 93 passengers. | 0:45:59 | 0:46:02 | |
Some were caught by the flames
and sustained significant burns. | 0:46:02 | 0:46:07 | |
The teenager on trial for the attack
was brought to court to face charges | 0:46:07 | 0:46:11 | |
of attempted murder and causing
an explosion likely | 0:46:11 | 0:46:14 | |
to endanger life. | 0:46:14 | 0:46:17 | |
18-year-old Ahmed Hassan,
an asylum seeker from Iraq, | 0:46:17 | 0:46:19 | |
is pleading not guilty. | 0:46:19 | 0:46:22 | |
When he arrived in the UK he told
immigration officials | 0:46:22 | 0:46:24 | |
that he had been forcibly taken
by the Islamic State group | 0:46:24 | 0:46:27 | |
and trained to kill by them. | 0:46:28 | 0:46:31 | |
He said he had got away
from IS and was in fear of them. | 0:46:31 | 0:46:34 | |
Today the court heard that
Hassan left his device | 0:46:34 | 0:46:36 | |
in a bucket on the train. | 0:46:36 | 0:46:38 | |
It was said to be loaded
with shrapnel to cause | 0:46:38 | 0:46:41 | |
maximum harm and damage. | 0:46:41 | 0:46:43 | |
And he had used the
volatile explosive TATP. | 0:46:43 | 0:46:49 | |
The prosecutor Alison Morgan
said of the passengers, | 0:46:49 | 0:46:51 | |
many ran in fear and panic. | 0:46:51 | 0:46:52 | |
They were fortunate. | 0:46:52 | 0:46:55 | |
Ahmed Hassan had fitted
the device with a timer. | 0:47:08 | 0:47:10 | |
He got off at the station before. | 0:47:10 | 0:47:13 | |
He was arrested 24 hours later. | 0:47:13 | 0:47:17 | |
June Kelly, BBC News,
at the Old Bailey. | 0:47:17 | 0:47:20 | |
You're watching Beyond 100 Days. | 0:47:24 | 0:47:26 | |
It is hard to overstate
the importance of the insurance | 0:47:26 | 0:47:29 | |
and banking sector to the UK economy
- over a million UK jobs, worth over | 0:47:29 | 0:47:33 | |
£120 billion to the economy -
and, as things stand, | 0:47:33 | 0:47:38 | |
London is one of the most important
financial capitals in the world. | 0:47:38 | 0:47:41 | |
So what happens after Brexit? | 0:47:41 | 0:47:44 | |
In an interview with the BBC this
week, the French economy minister | 0:47:44 | 0:47:47 | |
made clear that France does not
think financial services can be part | 0:47:47 | 0:47:50 | |
of any future EU-UK trade deal. | 0:47:51 | 0:47:53 | |
In a speech today, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer made clear | 0:47:53 | 0:47:56 | |
he thinks otherwise. | 0:47:56 | 0:48:04 | |
A trade deal will only happen if it
is fair and balances the interests | 0:48:04 | 0:48:08 | |
of both sides. Given the shape of
the British economy, and our trade | 0:48:08 | 0:48:15 | |
balance with the EU 27, it's hard to
see how any deal that didn't include | 0:48:15 | 0:48:19 | |
services could look like a fair and
balanced settlement. So I'm clear | 0:48:19 | 0:48:25 | |
not only that it is possible to
include financial services within a | 0:48:25 | 0:48:28 | |
trade deal but that it is very much
in our mutual interest to do so. | 0:48:28 | 0:48:35 | |
Well, Lloyd's of London is one
of the oldest financial | 0:48:35 | 0:48:37 | |
institutions in the City. | 0:48:37 | 0:48:38 | |
For 300 years, it has provided
insurance services across the world. | 0:48:38 | 0:48:41 | |
Katty and I have been chatting
to CEO Baroness Inga Beale | 0:48:41 | 0:48:43 | |
about Brexit, and I asked her
about the plans to move | 0:48:43 | 0:48:46 | |
a subsidiary to Brussels. | 0:48:46 | 0:48:53 | |
Over 80% of Lloyd's business comes
from outside the UK, and about 10% | 0:48:53 | 0:48:57 | |
of that comes from the EU 27. So
we've got a whole load of business | 0:48:57 | 0:49:02 | |
that will continue to be traded in
London, as it always has done. The | 0:49:02 | 0:49:07 | |
reason we are having to set up a
subsidiary in Brussels is to service | 0:49:07 | 0:49:11 | |
that piece of the business that is
just coming from the EU 27, and | 0:49:11 | 0:49:15 | |
that's about 4 billion euros of
business, and we will set up a legal | 0:49:15 | 0:49:20 | |
entity in Brussels and we will have
staff there, but a lot of the | 0:49:20 | 0:49:25 | |
activity and expertise will still
continue to sit in London. So the | 0:49:25 | 0:49:27 | |
busy, bustling underrating in the
trading room that you see behind me, | 0:49:27 | 0:49:32 | |
that will still be in existence and
it will be a key part of Lloyd's | 0:49:32 | 0:49:39 | |
business model going forwards. What
does this mean in terms of jobs, not | 0:49:39 | 0:49:44 | |
just at Lloyds but in the insurance
market? How big a shift could it be | 0:49:44 | 0:49:48 | |
from the UK to the continent in
terms of job numbers? We don't think | 0:49:48 | 0:49:54 | |
it will be that large. For Lloyds,
it's a small fraction of the total | 0:49:54 | 0:49:58 | |
employee base, or the total people
that work in the market. Over time, | 0:49:58 | 0:50:03 | |
it could be that more people decide
to have people situated in France or | 0:50:03 | 0:50:07 | |
Germany or Italy, because they see
business opportunity coming out of | 0:50:07 | 0:50:11 | |
it, so that's the way we are trying
to look at it, looking at it from | 0:50:11 | 0:50:15 | |
the newly -- from an opportunistic
point of view. You have repeatedly | 0:50:15 | 0:50:21 | |
said you don't want any more
uncertainty, and you would like the | 0:50:21 | 0:50:24 | |
government to provide more certainty
to your industry. What is it that | 0:50:24 | 0:50:29 | |
you want the UK Government to do,
and how fast do you need them to do | 0:50:29 | 0:50:33 | |
it? We have years and years of back
policies, and the life insurance | 0:50:33 | 0:50:40 | |
players and pension providers have
long-term contracts. The issue is | 0:50:40 | 0:50:42 | |
that, once we have exited the EU,
many of our firms are many insurance | 0:50:42 | 0:50:50 | |
firms will no longer be licensed and
they won't be able to service those | 0:50:50 | 0:50:55 | |
contracts, so one of our big asks is
to have certainty of being able to | 0:50:55 | 0:51:00 | |
service those contracts. That could
be provided by the regulator is | 0:51:00 | 0:51:04 | |
right across Europe, and by Europe I
include the UK regulators, they | 0:51:04 | 0:51:08 | |
could solve this, and that is of our
asks, if the government doesn't | 0:51:08 | 0:51:15 | |
negotiate some access to a single
market for financial services, the | 0:51:15 | 0:51:19 | |
regulators could still come up with
a rival option that would secure our | 0:51:19 | 0:51:25 | |
ability to service those customers.
You said that there are | 0:51:25 | 0:51:28 | |
opportunities and new in Europe. Do
you think there are worldwide? The | 0:51:28 | 0:51:34 | |
US is by far Lloyd's largest market,
and we have long-standing | 0:51:34 | 0:51:37 | |
relationships in the US, and we
continue to see growth but, when we | 0:51:37 | 0:51:41 | |
look further afield to other
markets, Asia has a population of 4 | 0:51:41 | 0:51:44 | |
billion. You just set out right
there all of the worldwide | 0:51:44 | 0:51:50 | |
opportunities. We believe there are,
but we've got to be able to still | 0:51:50 | 0:51:55 | |
look after our business within
Europe, so of course we spend, and I | 0:51:55 | 0:52:00 | |
spent, as a CEO, quite a bit of time
on Brexit, I have to admit, and | 0:52:00 | 0:52:04 | |
that's about defending what we have,
but any business wants to turn | 0:52:04 | 0:52:09 | |
everything they can into an
opportunity, so we must be positive | 0:52:09 | 0:52:12 | |
in our outlook. We believe there
could be good opportunities for | 0:52:12 | 0:52:16 | |
Lloyds within the whole of Europe,
including the whole way through the | 0:52:16 | 0:52:21 | |
EU countries, but also we must take
our eye off the ball of the above -- | 0:52:21 | 0:52:26 | |
of the other opportunities. We've
been set up in Singapore for some | 0:52:26 | 0:52:31 | |
years, we celebrated ten years in
China last year, we set up in Dubai | 0:52:31 | 0:52:36 | |
a few years ago, and those centres
are becoming more and more important | 0:52:36 | 0:52:39 | |
for Lloyds overall global business. | 0:52:39 | 0:52:46 | |
My car didn't start this morning, so
I've got a vested interest in the | 0:52:46 | 0:52:49 | |
next piece of news. | 0:52:49 | 0:52:51 | |
Let's take you now to one
of the highlights of the car | 0:52:51 | 0:52:53 | |
industry's calendar -
the Geneva Motor Show, | 0:52:53 | 0:52:55 | |
which is on this week. | 0:52:55 | 0:53:00 | |
Maybe I could get a new car! | 0:53:00 | 0:53:03 | |
Even though the business may be
worried about the fall in diesel | 0:53:03 | 0:53:06 | |
vehicle sales and a possible trade
war with the United States, | 0:53:06 | 0:53:08 | |
there's still room to dream. | 0:53:08 | 0:53:10 | |
Our correspondent Theo Leggett
is there and had a tour of how | 0:53:10 | 0:53:12 | |
motoring might look in the future. | 0:53:12 | 0:53:14 | |
Here in Geneva, I am surrounded
by hundreds of cars which are either | 0:53:14 | 0:53:17 | |
on the market already
or soon to go on sale. | 0:53:17 | 0:53:19 | |
But what I really like about shows
like this one is you get | 0:53:19 | 0:53:22 | |
an indication of what manufacturers
think we'll be driving in a few | 0:53:22 | 0:53:25 | |
years' time so let's take
a look into the future... | 0:53:25 | 0:53:30 | |
Here we are in the future
and what do we have here? | 0:53:30 | 0:53:34 | |
This little machine is a robot taxi
because people will be living | 0:53:34 | 0:53:37 | |
in cities and they will want
to get around. | 0:53:37 | 0:53:39 | |
So come on inside. | 0:53:39 | 0:53:44 | |
Do take a seat because there
is plenty of room in here. | 0:53:44 | 0:53:48 | |
Now, one thing you might notice,
looking around, is there is no | 0:53:48 | 0:53:51 | |
driver, and that is because
this is a robot taxi - | 0:53:51 | 0:53:55 | |
it is the future, after all. | 0:53:55 | 0:53:57 | |
It is electric, it's clean,
it's green, it's an alternative | 0:53:57 | 0:53:59 | |
to buses or trams or other forms
of public transport. | 0:53:59 | 0:54:03 | |
So in one sense it is a taxi
but, remember, don't | 0:54:03 | 0:54:06 | |
complain about the driving. | 0:54:06 | 0:54:08 | |
How about this? | 0:54:08 | 0:54:09 | |
It looks like something
out of Blade Runner. | 0:54:09 | 0:54:11 | |
It's a new concept from Toyota and,
because it's from the future, | 0:54:11 | 0:54:15 | |
as you will see in the moment,
it has funky internal lighting. | 0:54:15 | 0:54:17 | |
It's also electric, self driving
but at least it does have a steering | 0:54:17 | 0:54:21 | |
wheel for when you really feel
like taking control. | 0:54:21 | 0:54:25 | |
Or how about this? | 0:54:25 | 0:54:28 | |
It's the new nucleus concept
from Italian designer house, | 0:54:28 | 0:54:30 | |
Icona, and as you can see,
it is basically a living | 0:54:30 | 0:54:33 | |
room on wheels. | 0:54:33 | 0:54:36 | |
Icona says this is not
being planned for tomorrow, | 0:54:36 | 0:54:42 | |
it's for the day after tomorrow,
it's a distant future idea - | 0:54:42 | 0:54:45 | |
but as you can see,
lots and lots of space, | 0:54:45 | 0:54:47 | |
there's a bar over there,
big seats - this one's so large, | 0:54:47 | 0:54:50 | |
you can even lie down
and have a sleep so that is | 0:54:50 | 0:54:53 | |
what I going to do, goodnight. | 0:54:53 | 0:54:55 | |
And if futuristic really
is not your thing, don't worry, | 0:54:56 | 0:54:59 | |
you can always come here
to the David Brown Automotive | 0:54:59 | 0:55:02 | |
stand where you can find
a new take on an old classic. | 0:55:02 | 0:55:05 | |
SIGHS. | 0:55:06 | 0:55:07 | |
Lovely. | 0:55:07 | 0:55:14 | |
Yes, that's more like it! My car is
in black and white as well. Not a | 0:55:14 | 0:55:19 | |
jump lead inside. All of the new
toys at the Geneva car show. | 0:55:19 | 0:55:22 | |
Before we go, take a look at these
pictures of an amazing | 0:55:22 | 0:55:25 | |
rescue in California. | 0:55:25 | 0:55:30 | |
This is my nightmare, I've just come
back from skiing with my children. | 0:55:30 | 0:55:34 | |
A five-year-old skier lost
consciousness after she was left | 0:55:34 | 0:55:36 | |
dangling from a chairlift
at the Bear Mountain Ski | 0:55:36 | 0:55:38 | |
Resort in Big Bear Lake. | 0:55:38 | 0:55:42 | |
This makes my stomach turn. | 0:55:42 | 0:55:44 | |
A ski instructor, who's
on the lift with her, | 0:55:44 | 0:55:48 | |
is holding her jacket as people
below gather with some | 0:55:48 | 0:55:50 | |
tarpaulin to allow her a soft
landing from the lift. | 0:55:50 | 0:55:54 | |
Well done to that skiing instructor.
He held on for quite some time. | 0:55:54 | 0:55:58 | |
Extraordinarily well done. | 0:55:58 | 0:56:01 |