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The British Prime Minister slams

the Russian Government over

the poisoning of a former spy.

Theresa May says it's highly likely

the Kremlin was involved.

So, what's she going to do about it?

This attempted murder using weapons

grade nerve agent in a British town

was not just a crime against the

Skripals, it was an indiscriminate

and reckless act the United Kingdom.

it was an indiscriminate

and reckless act the United Kingdom.

The Russian ambassador

to London has been summoned

to explain the attack -

and Mrs May says there cannot be

business as usual with Moscow.

Radio silence from

North Korea on Trump's

offer of direct talks -

the Secretary of State says there's

still much to be agreed.

Also on the programme:

Allegations of bullying

and sexual harrassment

within Westminster -

the Leader of the House tells

us what she is doing

to protect clerks and staff.

What we are looking to achieve

is for people to come forward,

not ending up splashed all over

the newspapers, not ending up

being further bullied

by people knowing, oh,

you just made a complaint

about someone.

The bun fight over scones -

how the promotion of a Cornish cream

tea left one corner of England

a little red faced.

Get in touch with us

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Hello and welcome.

I'm Katty Kay in Washington

and Christian Fraser is in London.

Moscow - your move.

The British Prime Minister Theresa

May has given Russia a day

to respond to allegations

that it was behind the poisoning

of a former Russian spy

and his daughter in Salisbury,

England, eight days ago.

If Moscow's response isn't credible,

said the Prime Minister,

the incident would be deemed

an unlawful use of force

against Britain and her government

would take extensive,

as yet unspecified, measures.

Mrs May told Parliament they'd been

poisoned with a military-grade nerve

agent of a type developed by Russia.

Our Diplomatic Correspondent

James Landale reports.

Today, police continued to examine

the Salisbury home of Sergei

Skripal, more than a week

after the former Russian

intelligence officer

and his daughter were attacked with

a nerve agent, a week

during which it has remained unclear

who carried out the crime and wide.

who carried out the crime and why.

So, this morning

ministers gathered for a

meeting of the National Security

Council, looking for answers.

An update on the

investigation from the

police and intelligence services

that would allow them and the Prime

Minister to decide

what steps to take next.

For some days, ministers have been

pushing Theresa May for

a tougher response.

This afternoon, she was clear

who she thought was

responsible, and

what they should do.

It is now clear that Mr Skripal

and his daughter were poisoned with

a military grade nerve agent

of a type developed by Russia.

It is part of a group of nerve

agents known as Novichok.

Based on the analysis of world

leading experts at Porton Down,

our knowledge that

Russia has previously

produced this agent and

would still be capable of doing so,

the Government has concluded that it

is highly likely that Russia

was responsible for the act against

Sergei and Yulia Skripal.

She said the Foreign

Secretary had summoned

the Russian ambassador

and told him he had

until the end of tomorrow

to explain

whether this was a direct

act by the Russian state

or by others who now control

the nerve agent.

Mr Speaker, this attempted murder

using a weapons grade nerve agent

in a British town

was not just a crime

against the Skripals,

it was

an indiscriminate and reckless act

against the United Kingdom, putting

the lives of innocent

civilians at risk.

And we will not tolerate such

a brazen attempt to murder in

And we will not tolerate such

a brazen attempt to murder

innocent civilians on our soil.

The Labour leader called

for tougher sanctions

on oligarchs living

in London.

We need to continue seeking a robust

dialogue with Russia on all

the issues currently

dividing our countries,

both domestic and international.

Rather than simply cutting off

contact and letting the

tensions and divisions get worse.

Earlier today, before the statement,

President Putin was visiting an

agricultural centre in southern

Russia and dismissed a question from

the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.

President Putin, BBC

News - is Russia behind

the poisoning of Sergei Skripal?

TRANSLATION:

We are dealing with

agriculture here, as you see, to

create conditions for people's

lives, and you talk to me about some

tragedies.

First get to the bottom of it

there and then we will discuss

this.

But now that Russia has been blamed

officially for what happened

in Salisbury, it has 24 hours

to decide how to respond.

In the report there, you saw our

correspondent Steve Rosenberg. We

have been speaking to him and I

asked if Moscow would be worried

about what they heard in the British

Parliament today.

The biggest

problem the British Government faces

here is the way it is perceived by

the Kremlin. I think it is perceived

as pretty weak, Britain is perceived

as quite weak, because Moscow here's

British politicians in Parliament

criticising Russia, huffing and

puffing, but the Russians don't

believe that Britain will blow the

house down, that will take strong

measures against Moscow, so the key

question now is that if, come

Wednesday, Britain could prove that

this was an act of state-sponsored

force by Russia, what kind of

measures will Britain, perhaps

together with her allies, take

against Moscow?

Well let's get more from our chief

political correspondent Vicki Young.

Some very strong words in the house

this afternoon. Theresa May's

language suggests that just kicking

out a few diplomats isn't really

going to cut it.

No, and she is

under a lot of pressure from any on

her own side as well as others to do

more than that and I think the

phrase it will not be business as

usual means that they are planning

something more than that. We

understand that the Foreign

Secretary Boris Johnson called in

the Russian ambassador this

afternoon at about 3:45pm. His tone

was cool and firm, there was no

handshake between the two of the man

the Foreign Secretary expressed the

outrage felt by the British public

about the reckless disregard for

public safety and as you say, the

Russians have until midnight

tomorrow to give their response and

the British Government saying you

either did directly target is or you

have lost control of this nerve

agent and either of those scenarios

mean there will be some kind of

extensive retaliation. The question

is whether it is a wholesale

expulsion of diplomats from this

country, but I think Britain knows

that really to have a powerful

impact, it has to work with its

allies, so that means people in the

European Union, it means Nato, it

means the United Nations, trying to

get allies onside to make Russia

think again. One senior Conservative

MP said to me, when I said would

President Putin care whatever we did

and he said in the end, this has got

to be about the relationship we have

going forward. At the moment, it is

an abusive relationship, Russia does

not respect Britain and we have to

make them respect us.

KATTY: Vicki Young, thank you very

much. I guess this is the question,

is the Prime Minister going to be

successful in making this not just a

British issue but making it an

international issue so she can get

allies on board to have a robust

response.

CHRISTIAN: There are some obvious

thing she can do in the UK, so there

are 99 companies listed on the

British stock exchange, over 3,000

Russian students here, about £1.3

billion worth of investment in

property that is of suspicious

funds, according to transparency

International, so she can certainly

target that side of things in the UK

but like you say, she will want this

to be an international effort. Not

easy when you look at the Europeans,

in Italy, the 5-star movement have

gone a bit soft on Russia, the

Germans have not been inclined to

impose tough sanctions on Russia

either and of course there is

Brexit, so they are not particularly

enamoured with the UK at the moment.

There is though the collective

defence principle within the

founding Treaty of Nato, article

five, and there has been some

suggestion from ministers that that

might be one way they would go.

KATTY: Then she faces the same

problem she faces with the

Europeans, she would have to get the

Americans on board to get some kind

of Nato response. Looking at the

White House and President Trump,

that seems pretty far-fetched,

doesn't it?

CHRISTIAN: Therein lies the problem

because Donald Trump has not imposed

the sanctions that Congress has put

in place itself and if he's not

going to do to protect American

democracy, he's not going to do it

for British democracy, I don't know.

But certainly they will be Nato,

battle with the next port of call.

Twice before they have enacted

article five in recent years, one

after 9/11 and one after the

annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, so

we will have to see what kind of

action is taken.

Imagine you make

a historic offer to sit

down with a sworn enemy,

your press goes wild,

your opponents are worried,

it's the headline on TV for hours

and then you hear absolutely nothing

back from your adversary.

Well, apparently that's

the position the President Trump

now finds himself in.

KATTY: Last week, he said he'd sit

down with Kim Jong-un

and, since then, according to the US

Secretary of State, there's been

silence from Pyongyang.

Mr Tillerson also said no time nor

location has been set.

Who knows?

If it happens, if it

doesn't happen...

I may leave fast or we make sit down

and make the greatest deal

I may leave fast or we may sit down

and make the greatest deal

for the world and for all of these

countries, including,

frankly, North Korea,

that's what hope happens.

frankly, North Korea,

that's what I hope happens.

For more on the potential talks,

we are joined now by Joel Wit,

a senior fellow at the US

Korea Institute

at Johns Hopkins University.

Thank you for coming in, what is

wrong with sitting down with Kim

Jong-un, the things that America and

the Western tribe the last 30 or 40

years, maybe this would?

I don't see

anything wrong with sitting down

with Kim Jong-un, particularly at

this point of time and people forget

that the past few months, we have

been worried about a military

conflict on the Korean calendula, so

this is certainly a big change from

that situation and I think we need

to give it a shot -- peninsular.

If

there is a downside, it would

presumably be the photo opportunity

Kim Jong-un might the man standing

next to Donald Trump would give his

regime some kind of legitimacy?

Of

course, meeting with an American

president is prestigious but at this

point, I think we need to get beyond

the optics and get down to the

basics and the basics are that this

is a very dangerous situation and a

meeting between the two leaders, if

handled properly, could result in a

much different situation.

President

Trump has thrust himself into a

fairly precarious diplomatic

situation because of the

negotiations were to fail, then that

would leave both sides with no room

for diplomacy.

Well, you are

absolutely right. Having a summit

carries a lot of risks, so in the

planning for the summit, the

administration needs to be thinking

of different scenarios and one of

those is things don't work out

exactly as it hopes, and so it needs

to put in place a plan to continue

to move forward to talk to North

Korea, even some more, even if it is

a failed summit.

It is a unique

opportunity and maybe Kim Jong-un is

hoping that can be a pause in this

and he can pick it up of the talks

fail, do you think that is what is

going on?

Of course, the North

Koreans have been planning for this

for awhile and they have different

options they will have laid out in

the planning process and I am sure

there is a plan never what happens

if the summit fails and they can

just keep moving forward with their

programmes.

If you had to stake your

many years studying this issue and

your sizeable retirement fortune on

whether Kim Jong-un is entirely

bluffing or whether this is a

serious offer on his part, which way

would you go?

I think it's a serious

offer. The North Koreans don't offer

a meeting with their leader lightly,

and so I think they have thought

about this a lot, they know what

they want to get out of the summit.

It may be different from what

President Trump once.

That would

imply they are seriously prepared to

give up their nuclear weapons.

I

think they are seriously prepared to

consider a process of

denuclearisation. That doesn't mean

it's going to happen overnight. It

will be an objective, long-term

objective, of negotiations.

Thank

you very much for coming in.

The British Parliament has

a problem with bullying

and sexual harassment.

And, too often, it is

the complainant that is

removed from their job,

rather than the MP.

Among those under scrutiny is the

Speaker of the House, John Bercow.

KATTY: His former private

secretary, Kate Emms,

told BBC Newsnight she had suffered

bullying while working

for the Speaker in 2011

and was signed off sick suffering

from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Mr Bercow has refuted

the accusation.

And more have come forward, with

further allegations about other MPs.

He sort of manoeuvred me out

into the corridor and...

..put his arms around me and...

..kissed me on the lips and...

I couldn't do anything about it.

I couldn't force him off.

I'd made a chocolate cake

and I was kneeling, putting,

you know, the rest of the icing

on the cake and the MP in question,

he came in and laughed and came

and stood right over me,

I remember it being very

overbearingly close and him saying,

"Right where you belong,

on your knees with

"a face full of chocolate."

So following those allegations by

Newsnight, the independent inquiry

into the allegations of bullying

against staff in the Houses of

Parliament is set to go ahead. The

leader of Parliament Andrea Leadsom

said the issue should be

investigated.

I will propose that

the inquiry should hear from past

and current staff members about

their experiences and help to

provide them with closure wherever

possible. I will also propose that

it should take soundings from

current and former house staff on

whether the respect policy is fit

for purpose and weather has staff

would be better served by having

access to the new independent

complaints and grievance policy from

day one. Mr Speaker, I am more

determined than ever that we banish

all kinds of harassment and bullying

from this place because make no

mistake, there is a need for change.

Strong words from Andrea Leadsom,

who was responding on the part of

the Government.

And earlier today, I asked

her for her reaction

And this is what she told me.

Very importantly, at the heart

of our investigations,

was the need for confidentiality

for the individual complainant and,

so, of course, what we are seeking

to achieve is for people to be able

to come forward, not ending up

splashed all over the newspapers,

not ending up sort of being further

bullied by people knowing that,

oh, you've just made

a complaint about someone,

so confidentiality is absolutely key

to giving people the confidence

to be able to come forward knowing

they will get a fair hearing

but also really importantly

with this Independent

complaints procedure

is there will be serious sanctions

against anybody who is found guilty,

ranging from sort of

lower-level sanctions,

apologies, training,

etc, right up to dismissal,

to the recall of MPs act

and that is absolutely vital,

so you got a whole process

through that puts the complainant

at the heart of it.

But just to be specific,

if the allegations are upheld

against the Speaker

of the House John Bercow, should

he be forced to go?

Well, we are working

on implementing our proposal

as soon as possible.

We are hoping to have pretty much

done it within three months from now

and it will then be the case that

somebody with a complaint against,

whether it is a Member

of Parliament, a peer,

another member of house staff,

a journalist, etc, who works

on the Parliamentary estate,

will be able to come forward and use

that complaints procedure.

You're the Commons leader,

responsible for arranging Government

business in the House of Commons.

There's a report in The Times today

that this parliament is the most

inactive for at least 20 years.

Well, I just don't see

that at all, you know?

At the moment, we have 16

bills before Parliament.

Six have already received Royal

assent, we have a huge amount

of legislation to get through,

so there's all sorts of legislation

that is coming forward at pace,

more to do, and my job is to see it

all through and make sure that it

gets its final readings

and its Royal assent.

It interesting you say that

because the Times quotes

an anonymous Tory MP who says,

"They hang around saying everything

"is going marvellously,

but then we don't have the numbers

"to vote on anything

so we all hugger off home "early

"to vote on anything

so we all hugger off home early

"and we come back tomorrow to do

it all again."

No, that is...

You know, we have taken our view

on some Opposition Day motions

that the Government chooses not

to vote on those, but in terms

of getting legislation through,

we are taking all of our bills

through at pace and of course

when you are in a situation

where you don't have a Government

majority for every bit

of legislation, you do need

to consult very carefully

and in detail with members

right across the house

to make sure that we take

into account their views and address

all of their concerns.

Very quickly on Brexit,

the European Council president

Donald Tusk and the French finance

minister who was here last

week were pretty blunt,

where they come about when it comes

week were pretty blunt,

weren't they, about when it comes

to financial services and the city

and I know you are very

interested in the city,

financial services won't be

part of a future deal.

So my own view on that is UK

financial services is the world

leading financial services Centre.

The United Kingdom is second

to New York and the other

competitors are Singapore and Hong

Kong.

You know, the European Union needs

access to UK financial services,

the whole sector employs

around two million people

in the United Kingdom,

ranging from Edinburgh

to Birmingham to Bournemouth,

as well as of course

the City of London.

It's a massive sector and whilst it

will be great if we can get a free

trade deal that includes financial

services, nevertheless,

the sector will thrive and survive

extremely well once we leave

the EU in 2019.

Well, they did talk about fisheries,

the coastal communities here are

worried you are going to sell them

out for financial services.

That is

absolutely not the case, there will

be huge opportunities for UK fishing

communities to rebuild, to have a

more thriving fishing community that

we used to have before we joined the

European Union. Definitely fisheries

has been an area that has suffered

as a result of our membership and I

look forward to being able to take

back control and be a coastal state

once again, to decide on access in

our own fishing waters and that's

going to be a huge advantage of

leaving the European Union.

Andrea

Leadsom. Christian, you have far too

much fun reading the quote from the

times, it was written all over your

face. Seriously, on Andrea Leadsom,

I have no doubt that both she and

Theresa May are concerned about the

issue of bullying and harassment in

Westminster but how urgently do you

think they are taking this? I didn't

detect in her answers to you really

forceful sense of urgency that this

has to right now.

CHRISTIAN: I think she has done a

lot of work on it, actually, but one

of the problems in Westminster at

the moment is that those clerks and

staff that are employed by

Parliament, under a different union

and are not covered by some of the

reforms she has pushed through for

those staff who work for MPs and she

has been saying we need one uniform

system across Westminster that

defends all people, because at the

moment, as we said in the

introduction, there is a feeling

that it into the complainant that is

forced out of a job and push towards

another job.

KATTY: So how long before this

investigation produces results and

the system changes?

CHRISTIAN: The interesting thing

will be, given the numbers in

Parliament, whether implications

here, if it is proven, and let's

reiterate the fact that John Bercow

has denied the accusations against

him, but if it is proven, would he

be forced to stand down? That I

suppose will be the test of the new

legislation. There are other MPs

facing allegations. We will have to

see if it has teeth but a house that

is so finely balanced, the last

thing they want is the Speaker being

removed from his job.

Let's have a look at news from

around the world.

In Nepal, at least 49 people have

been killed in a plane

crash in the capital,

Kathmandu.

The aircraft, belonging to a private

Bangladeshi carrier,

careered off the runway

at the international airport

and burst into flames.

There were 71 people

on board - 20 were rescued.

Top-flight football matches

are suspended in Greece,

after an armed football club owner

stormed the pitch.

Ivan Savvidis, the owner

of POEK Salonika,

was wearing a gun while running

onto the field in protest,

to confront a referee

who disallowed a last-minute goal.

Prosecutors are demanding

the owner's arrest.

Hubert de Givenchy, the French

fashion designer famous

for the "little black dress",

has died at the age of 91.

Givenchy styled the likes

of Audrey Hepburn

and Jackie Kennedy.

His creations were also popular

with the British Royal Family

and American socialites.

His partner says he died

in his sleep on Saturday.

The EU Parliament is

debating how an aide

to the European Commission President

was suddenly and quietly

promoted to one of the most senior

jobs in the EU civil service.

At a meeting in February,

Martin Selmayr was appointed

Deputy Secretary-General

of the Commission

and moments later,

he was made Secretary-General.

We don't shy away on this programme

from the tough questions,

however much we offend one side

of the argument.

But sometimes whether its the Trump

presidency or Brexit,

But sometimes whether it's the Trump

presidency or Brexit,

beliefs are bound so

tightly with identity,

there is precious little

room for compromise.

And so it is with this story.

CHRISTIAN: Cream teas.

The scone, the jam, the cream.

In what order should they go?

The National Trust,

namely the Lanhydrock

country house in Bodmin,

has run a publicity

campaign in which the scone

was photographed like this.

Sacrilegious.

With the jam on top of the cream!

And for those of you who don't know

- that is how the arch-enemy

does it in Devon, across the border,

across the Taymar.

In Cornwall, they do

it the right way -

So what they do is they get the

scone, they put the jam on liberally

like this and they smear it around

and then... I can't believe we've

got spray on cream, seriously, the

budget, where is the clotted cream?

You can take the boy out of Burnley,

honestly.

KATTY: I am just worried about your

type.

CHRISTIAN: That is the way they do

it and so infuriated with people in

Cornwall... Which camera are you

one? I got overtaken with the green

tea. So infuriated with people in

Cornwall, they started cancelling

their subscription to National

Trust.

KATTY: I completely agree, there are

some things people can have

difference of opinion about and we

should respect their opinions... I

can't believe you are eating. People

who put the cream on the scone first

are wrong, it is not a question of

whether there is room for

negotiation, they are wrong, right?

Finally, you and I have something we

can agree about.

CHRISTIAN: Quit while we are ahead,

is that the only thing we agree on,

whether it is jam cream?

KATTY: Christian grew up in the

north, I grew up in the Middle East,

we are clearly the best people in

the world to consult about cream

teas from the south-west.

CHRISTIAN: We do vanilla slices,

they will never let me back into

Devon. Anyway...

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Give me five minutes and I will

finish these.

Good evening. Tomorrow is going to

be much drier day across the UK. It

has been quite a poor one today

across the bulk of England and

Wales, this weather watcher picture

from east Sussex being fairly

typical. Lots of cloud around, some

bands of rain and all wrapped around

an area of low pressure that is

drifting its way slowly eastwards

across England and Wales and as it

pushes away into the near continent,

so we should see much drier weather

returning overnight. Those downpours

lasting longest across East Anglia

and the and out towards the west, we

will see a finger of co-producing a

few spots of rain here and there.

Clearer skies coming into Northern

Ireland, temperatures down to two or

three degrees and elsewhere could

turn a bit misty and murky. That

will lived in the morning and we

will see sunshine developing in more

areas, not just Northern Ireland but

also Western Scotland, across Wales

and the western side of England as

the cloudy air drifts towards the

eastern side of the UK and there may

be one of two light showers but in

the most part, it will be drier than

today and temperatures perhaps a

degree or so higher, ten or 11 being

typical. There is milder air on the

whether the middle part of the week.

We have a low pressure area, a big

one, sitting out to the west of the

UK and it will push these bands of

cloud and rain towards our shores

but at the same time, ahead of that,

we are drawing in our air from

Iberia, milder air but to achieve

some decent temperatures, we need

some sunshine. Out towards the west,

it will be cloudy and windy with

gales around the coast and we could

see this rain coming into Western

areas later on. For many, it will be

a dry day, still quite windy and a

little sunshine coming through, so

temperatures as high as 13 or 14.

Some sunshine in the south-east

where we import some drier air, 50

not out of the question and feeling

more like spring. Roll things on a

few days towards the weekend, it

will feel very different, five the

maximum temperature and it will feel

a little more like winter. We have

these bands of rain coming in around

that area of low pressure, weakening

as they move across the UK but high

pressure will become more dominant

and that will mean that we draw in

an easterly wind by the time we get

into the weekend, so that easterly

wind is going to be a strong one and

it will feel colder and there will

be some snow showers, chiefly in the

east.

This is Beyond 100 Days, with me,

Katty Kay, in Washington -

Christian Fraser's in London.

Our top stories:

Theresa May summons

the Russian Ambassador

to explain who was responsible

for the poisoning of the former spy

Segei Skripal and his daughter.

Allegations of bullying

and sexual harrassment

within Westminster -

the Leader of the House tells

us what she is doing

to protect clerks and staff.

Coming up in the next half hour -

Donald Trump rows back his

commitment to gun controls

and says there's not much political

support for doing anything big.

Sparks aren't flying yet but the EU

Ambassador to Washington

tells me Europe's ready to respond

to President Trump's proposed steel

and aluminium tariffs.

If tariffs are imposed on European

exports, then indeed we will have to

protect the interests of our

industry in the way that we best see

fit.

Let us know your thoughts

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Well, when it comes

to guns, Donald Trump

holds flexible positions.

Whether you see this

as pragmatic or unprincipled

probably reflects your view

of this unconventional president.

Mr Trump is now no longer

pushing to raise the age

limit on gun sales in the US -

an idea he championed

after the school shooting

in Parkland, Florida.

Now, the White House has this

watered-down plan to

fund programmes to train school

staff to use firearms,

encourage military veterans

and retired police officers

to become teachers,

and improve background

and mental health checks.

Ron Christie - former advisor

to president George W Bush

- is with us now.

President Trump made a big thing

about how you shouldn't be afraid of

the NRA, then it seems to me he met

the NRA and now he is wrote back his

proposals. Where does he stand on

guns?

I think President Trump is or

he believes in the right of the

second Amendment but he really

wanted to get this increase in age

from 18 to 21, white? I was on the

phone with senior officials on the

White House and they say President

Trump wants to be seen as active and

vigorous in doing something, but he

doesn't want to take on Republican

supporters or the NRA, he thought

this would be a losing issue for

him.

Hence the watered-down thing.

Stay with us, we will wanted to talk

about someone else in a second. --

talk about something else.

It's one of the states that helped

deliver the White House

for Donald Trump, but, right now,

a bitter congressional fight

is underway in Pennsylvania.

A special election

will be held on Tuesday

and the polls are razor tight.

Democrats are hoping it will be

the beginning of a blue wave

that will create momentum

for November's midterm elections.

But Republicans are

fighting to keep the seat.

The BBC's Mat Morrison went

to hear from the voters.

Hi, Doug, would you mind if I could

sign in your garden?

It's not even

close to November but you wouldn't

know it in his Pennsylvania

district. Campaigning is in full. As

President Trump is just the latest

to add his star power to the race.

The world is watching. They are all

watching. Because I won this

district by 22 points. It's a lot.

That is why I'm here. The get all

those Red Hat 's! -- look at all

those Red Hats.

Meanwhile at the

Democratic Rally... Go out and make

sure he wins. Former vice president

and Pennsylvania native was trying

to rally his troops.

I love what he

said, it is what everyone here

feels.

Vice President Biden speaks

to the working class in this region,

it is a blue-collar region and he's

a blue-collar guy.

In the final days

of the race, the polls point to a

toss-up between the Republican and

Democrat. Canavan is 33, which in

itself is a surprise -- and the 33

rolled. The toss-up is itself

surprise.

There is a single issue,

which is President Trump. If you are

dissatisfied with the course of an

Sturgeon that you taking this

country -- and direction that he's

taking this country and, this is

your chance to stand up and say

something about that.

The eyes of

the world are on this race. The eyes

of the nation are up on this race

because people do see this as a

referendum on Donald Trump. Is he

doing a good job? And I hope and

pray that the voters realise it

isn't about one seat. It's about the

ways for the whole mid-term

election.

This is the first

congressional race since the school

shooting, but surprisingly, gun

control is not a driving factor.

Neither candidate supports measures

like banning assault rifles. And

it's the Democratic candidate who

even played up his pro-gun

credentials.

Spent four years in the

Marines and still love to shoot.

He

teaches self defence classes outside

a pet bird and is also a cop. --

this man teaches self defence

crosses.

We get a lot of people who

are scared bare-bones will be taken

away, oh, I have this mother Monica

I'd better buy a gun before the

politicians take them away.

It is

more about the economy. And whoever

wins will be seen as a harbinger of

things to come.

Wrong, how significant would it be

if the Democrats win this seat that

trumpeted by 20 points, you said 20

do, it is actually 20?

It will be a

huge referendum on the president and

his administration. He has made this

race about Donald Trump. We saw him

on Saturday campaigning vigorously,

speaking about his accomplishments.

If this Republican goes down in at

strong Republican district, this is

an early referendum on Donald Trump.

This is a campaign style rally in

Pennsylvania, I wanted to ask you

about this, at one point Donald

Trump said this about regular

presidents. Take a listen.

I'm very presidential.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for

being here tonight.

Rick Saccone will be

a great, great congressman.

He will help me very much.

He's a fine man.

You work for former President, what

do you think?

I think the club is

having the time of his life. Some of

the restricted staff put on have

been taken away committee is having

a good old time. I wonder if his 44

predecessors in office would have

had the same view and the same

reaction that he did.

He is having

fun at the moment, last week, he was

his own chief of staff, his chief

strategist, I don't know how the

keeping up with him, maybe they've

just thrown up their hands in the

air.

Is on the phone with the White

House this morning and they say, we

refer you to the President'stweet

you may have seen, and I'm like,

don't we have a communications

office, a press office, a normal

White House hierarchic was Mike

know, we have Donald Trump as my

Twitter that they are trying to keep

track of and it is unbelievable to

watch him on and our buyer basis.

I

want to get your thoughts are more

serious note. The press secretary

was speaking in the last few minutes

and she has called the poisoning in

Britain and outrage and said this,

the United States would continue to

stand side by side with Britain. The

point we were making before you

arrived was, how are they going to

stand side by side with Britain?

President Trump, of course, has not

permitted the sections that Congress

had already passed. -- implemented

the sanctions.

Of course,

implications of Russia will turn the

focus and attention on Trump. So

Theresa May had a proper response

earlier today, giving Russia the

chance to own up to this or not, but

whatever it is that the UK decides

to do, I think Donald Trump needs to

be forceful and stand side by side

with her but it only underlines and

underscores as I said a second ago

the fact that Donald Trump and his

inability to impose sanctions on

Russia was authorised on expediency

than it was to do the best thing for

the US.

Clearly what the UK would

like to do is make this an

international issue, possibly even

invoking Nato, for some kind of

response. But given that President

Trump finds it so difficult to

criticise President Putin and

Russia, comedy really see this White

House is standing by the UK and

responding to Russia in a forceful

way? -- do you really see?

I think

they will say, but actions speak

louder than words, and with Putin,

the one thing he understands his

action and we have not seen Donald

Trump do anything against Martin

repeated at this point and I don't

think this will be the case.

--

against

Vladimir Britain.

The EU are not happy about Donald

Trump's plan to impose luncheon on

steel -- Caris on steel and

aluminium. He responded...

And just a brief time ago,

I spoke with the David O'Sullivan -

the EU's Ambassador to the US,

who joined us from Austin, Texas.

Ambassador, the EU Trade

Commissioner has said

that the European Union

is going to stand up

to trade bullies.

Is the Trump administration

becoming a trade bully?

I think we have a disagreement

with this administration

over the issue of steel

and aluminium tariffs.

We think the proposed imposition

of those tariffs on European company

is unfair and not justified.

And if the tariffs are eventually

impose, we will react

as we feel appropriate.

We hope that this will not happen,

there's a possibility

of an exception for certain

countries and that's

the channel we're going to work

in the immediate future.

Right, but the European Union has

not been mentioned necessarily

in those exemptions.

In fact, the president on Saturday

and again this morning tweeted

in ways that made it sound

like he was not happy

with the European Union,

he says the European Union has large

tariffs and barriers

against the United States.

If you don't get an exemption,

will the EU retaliate

against American products?

If the proposed steel

and aluminium tariffs are imposed

on European exports,

then yes, we will use our rights

under the World Trade Organisation

to impose rebalancing tariffs

on American exports.

We hope that won't be the case.

I know that the president has made

some critical remarks

about the European Union.

We don't share the

President's perspective.

I don't think it's fair

to characterise the European Union

as protectionist or posing barriers

to American exports.

We are one of the largest trading

economies in the world

and we are one of the most open

and we trade enormously

with the United States.

But if that's a conversation

that the president wants to have,

I think he should hold it

with European interlocutors,

President Juncker of

the European Commission,

we can continue that conversation.

But on the immediate issue

of tariffs, we are pursuing

the avenue of a possible exemption

for the European Union.

Failing which, we will

reserve rights under

the World Trade Organisation.

Would the President's proposed

measures against European steel

and aluminium exports to America

actually have a material impact

on European producers?

I think Germany is only something

like 3% of America's

total imports of steel.

We're actually the largest exporter

of steel to the United States,

the second-largest by volume

and the largest by value.

So total European Union exports

of steel are quite important.

The total value of those exports

is around $8 billion.

That's the value of the European

exports which would be

affected by these tariffs

if they are imposed.

So it's not an

inconsiderable amount.

So it would have an impact

on European countries, then?

It would very much have an impact

on European companies

and we of course feel obliged

to protect their interests.

I'm going through the list of things

the EU has talked about in terms

of retaliatory measures,

bourbon from Kentucky,

Harley-Davidsons which come

from Wisconsin, orange juice

which comes from Florida,

these are all very important states

in American politics,

as you know.

Is this a political gesture

that the EU is proposing?

The commission has proposed

an indicative list, this has been

discussed with the member states,

and in choosing the products,

of course you always look at those

which will have the maximum

impact in terms of

the effect desired.

So we will see...

Impact politically, you mean?

Also economically,

because the desire is to send

a message that the damage inflicted

on European exports will be

reciprocated in terms of having

an impact on American exports.

I want to emphasise, though,

that this is not where we want to be

and we hope that we will not have

to take this forward.

If there is going to be a trade

war, just to be clear,

the European Union will fight back?

I really don't think it would be

right to characterise

this as a trade war.

We sincerely hope that it is

possible to have a dialogue

and to come out of this situation

without tariffs being

imposed on either side.

That is our objective.

If that is not the case

and if tariffs are imposed

on European exports,

then indeed, we will have to protect

the interests of our industry

in the way that we best see fit.

Thank you very much for joining me.

You're very welcome, thank you.

Pretty forthright on this, when it

comes to retaliation. The big

question is whether imposing tariffs

on the guise of national security,

whether that works or indeed whether

Donald Trump wants to work with the

WTO, he said to Congress, I don't

believe the WTO is setup to deal

with a country like China and

industrial policy and they think

they are biased against the United

States.

The president, all through his

campaign and his presidency, has

made it clear that he does not like

big, multilateral deals will stop he

prefers unilateral deals. He feels

that America has got the bad end of

the stick when it comes to lots of

different countries and getting tied

up in those WTO type deals. I

suspect if he had a magic wand, he

would love to which the WTO are and

do things one on one, which he feels

he can control it, he can either win

for America anyway that he wants to.

Let's see if the European Union gets

some kind of... I wonder whether

these tariffs haven't become part of

a broader negotiating tactics rather

than a clear set of punishments

against specific countries, I think

we will see a lot of wiggle room on

these tariffs before they are

announced.

Let's have a look at some other

news.

The BBC has accused

Iran of collectively

punishing its Persian Service

journalists for the work they do

reporting on the country's affairs.

The allegation was made

as the BBC launched

an unprecedented appeal to the UN

Human Rights Council,

demanding that its employees'

rights be protected.

More than 20 Persian Service

staff and their families

have had death threats.

Iran has denied the

allegations of harassment.

Five people have died

after a helicopter crashed into

New York's East River last night.

Amateur footage captured

the moment the aircraft

descended into the water.

Emergency services raced

to the scene but only

the pilot survived.

It's understood the passengers

were travelling to a photo shoot.

The so-called book keeper of

Auschwitz has died at the age of 96.

He was responsible for counting

belongings confiscated from

prisoners. He was one of the last

people to be convicted of crimes in

the Nazi genocide. He was in

hospital when he died and get to

begin his sentence.

French President Emmanuel Macron

is in India meeting

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The two leaders took a boat trip

on the Ganges river,

in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi

on the last day of the French

President's three-day state visit.

Earlier, they jointly opened

and new solar power plant built

by a French company.

This is Beyond 100 Days.

Still to come...

Back-up. You ain't sending known to

the hospital.

The US police force is

struggling to gain trust of the

community, we speak to the

film-makers who spent two years of

the Oakland police force.

Sir Ken Dodd - one

of the most popular

entertainers of his time -

has died at the age of 90.

He was a man who brought happiness

and tears of laughter to thousands

of people with his legendary live

performances during his career

which spanned 63 years.

Sir Ken died yesterday in Liverpool

in the house where he was born

with his partner of 40 years

by his side.

David Sillito looks back

at his colourful life.

The tickling sticks,

the wild hair and surreal flights

of fancy were only a part of it.

Ken Dodd was a torrent of jokes.

His shows would often end

in the early hours of the morning.

Geronimo!

Offstage, he was very private,

but one of his close

circle of friends was his joke

writer, John Martin.

I always say writing

jokes for Ken Dodd was

almost like being asked to mix

the paints for van Gogh,

it was that big an honour.

It's Doddy!

How are you diddling?!

Comedians have been lining up to pay

tribute.

Ladies and gentlemen,

please welcome Ken Dodd!

When he walked on, the place used

to go up and he hadn't

even said anything!

Now, that doesn't happen very often!

How tickled we were!

How tickled we are!

He would fire the gags out at you!

And was his partner of 40 years,

they got married just three days

ago.

I've been overwhelmed by the love

and affection which I've

already received from dear

friends and the public.

And I thank you all for being here.

He was one of the last

links to music hall.

Ken Dodd - it really

is the end of an era.

You're watching beyond 100 days.

While gun control is

back in the spotlight,

the issue of policing in US is also,

once again highlighted.

A new documentary film, The Force,

currently featured in the the Human

Rights Watch Film Festival

in London, presents

a fly-on-the-wall look deep

inside the long-troubled

Oakland Police Department as it

struggles to confront

federal demands for reform.

Let's take a look at a small

highlight of the film,

before we bring in the director,

Peter Nicks.

One police officer can

affect the credibility

of a department, of a city.

One police officer.

It can have an impact

on this whole country.

This police department has a history

that we have to own up to.

It's our legacy.

I don't want bad cops, period.

This is the fourth shooting in two

months from the Oakland police

department of black men.

Don't nobody know the story.

Oakland, California's

police force is really...

Officers allegedly engaging

in sexual misconduct...

Talk about a bombshell.

As the Mayor of Oakland,

I am here to run the police

department, not a frat house.

How can we stay in our houses?

How can we stay safe?

They covered up corruption.

Who you going to be?

Are you going to be the cop

that people talk about,

the dirty cop that does things

that he shouldn't do?

What's your legacy going to be?

We're joined now by The Force's

director, Peter Nicks.

Great to have you.

Thanks for having

me.

It looks like a good watch. The

Oakland police Department came

famous on this side of the Atlantic

after the murder, or the shooting,

of Iman from Missouri who spawned

the Barclays matter movement. Do you

think in the time since then things

have changed any? -- the shooting of

a man which spawned the Black Lives

Matter movement.

I think the trust

has been broken. If you go back to

the origin of Black Panthers, that

goes back to the Oakland police

departments.

In the 1960s.

Yes. And

the Black Lives Matter movement

emerged from the Oakland police

department, there is a deep distrust

and I don't get will change

overnight but this is a monumental

turning point in that relationship.

What it reveals from the little I've

seen is the gulf between how the see

themselves and how they are viewed

by the public. -- how the policemen

see themselves.

That is the point of

the perspective and part of the

reason why we approached this only

way we did, which is to going with

an objective eye and say we want to

bring the audience into the

experience and perspective of both

police and activists, or just the

community, these are two sites that

don't really share meaningful way

there story of history and that

creates that divide and makes it

worse.

Heater you have made... Yet

made the film with a really

concerted effort not to take sides

in what is a very raw story here in

the United States. But did you come

to the conclusion after two years

with the Oakland police department

that this is an organisational issue

or is this down to people and

people, you know, not acting with

the best interests of their

communities at heart?

The film is

the second in a trilogy of films

that we are making about this one

community. With the examining the

underpinnings of all the problems

that press on the resources of

public institutions, whether it is

health care, our first film was

about access to health care,

criminal justice, education, look at

the education system and the

problems educators face in trying to

bring people about of what was

really a story or poverty. So the

police, they confront the

consequences of failed education

policy, feel policies that really

should support the community. If you

take out all the bad apples in a

department, and there is a

Department of culture and the

Department of problem that we are

examining, you're still going to

have those underlying problems. So

the film is underlining couple of

things, the need for oversight, we

need oversight in these departments

and do we need a new model for

community safety? Do we need a new

model for the underpinnings of

community and democracy?

You spent

so much time with the police force,

that is the one thing that perplexed

me, given that they please force

that is already under the spotlight

and probably expecting the

criticism, why would they go out and

let your ride with the officers,

sitting on the dispute, going to the

meetings with senior officers and

politicians? Why did they want that

sort of exposure?

I think they

really felt they had a story to tell

and one of the things I told them

initially when we were kind to gain

access, we have lots of meetings

with city officials, the Mayor, the

police chief, trying to articulate

why you wanted to make this film.

And we told them we can't control

what happens. We are going to spend

a good amount of time, not just

parachute in and out. They felt they

were making progress. And that story

wasn't being told and they wanted

that story to be told.

We are almost

out of time, good to have you in the

studio. Where can we see the Foulds

it is on a net flex and is in the

human rights watch from Festival in

London. -- it is on Netfli. --

Netflix.

Edinburgh Zoo has

suspended its giant

panda breeding programme.

The zoo says that Tian

Tian and Yang Guang

will not be bred this year.

Tian Tian has failed

to produce a cub six times

since moving to the Scottish

zoo in 2011.

It has bamboozled zookeepers.

Netflix... -- Bamboo-zled...

Zoo officials say they want to make

enhancements to the giant

panda enclosure before

attempting future breeding.

It I think there is pressure on

expectant mothers...

You've got it all wrong! The

pressure is on the man in this

relationship. This is a story about

panda performance anxiety.

Who knows? We will leave you with

that thought. It will be back the

same