:00:00. > :00:22.The White House says President Trump is not worried about what his former
:00:23. > :00:27.aide might reveal if he talks to investigators examining his links to
:00:28. > :00:32.Russia. He believes he should testify and thinks he should go up
:00:33. > :00:38.there and do what he has to do to get the story out. Guidelines issued
:00:39. > :00:46.for the EU's Brexit strategy, it was the UK of tough times. A sweeping
:00:47. > :00:50.probe into tax evasion with paintings, gold and agility seized
:00:51. > :01:05.in coordinated raids. -- and jewellery.
:01:06. > :01:12.Welcome. The White House says President Trump believes Michael
:01:13. > :01:16.Flynn should be able to tell his story to congressional committee is
:01:17. > :01:20.conducting investigations into Russia's interference in the
:01:21. > :01:24.presidential election. The American president described the hearings as
:01:25. > :01:29.a witchhunt and in a briefing his spokesperson said the White House
:01:30. > :01:31.was not worried about what it might reveal.
:01:32. > :01:35.He believes Michael Flynn should testify and thinks he should go up
:01:36. > :01:42.there and do what he has to do to get the story out. With or without
:01:43. > :01:45.immunity? That is up to him and his lawyer to decide. I will not give
:01:46. > :01:50.anyone legal advice from the podium but the view of the president is he
:01:51. > :01:55.should testify. But the president gave legal advice from his Twitter
:01:56. > :02:01.account. You said in the past the only reason to ask for immunity is
:02:02. > :02:06.that we have done something wrong. Go get it out there, the president
:02:07. > :02:10.says. Google just have to do and tell everyone what we have been
:02:11. > :02:16.saying for a long time. -- go out there. If you realise what the
:02:17. > :02:21.president is doing as he is saying do what you have to do to make it
:02:22. > :02:26.clear what happened and segment of a precaution you want or however your
:02:27. > :02:30.legal counsel advises you. My colleague in Washington told me
:02:31. > :02:35.the White House will not want to appear nervous about what Michael
:02:36. > :02:42.Flynn is saying. Whether they are awarded privately or not, they need
:02:43. > :02:45.to appear they are comfortable with them testifying. He was a senior
:02:46. > :02:53.adviser to Donald Trump throughout the campaign and serve as head of
:02:54. > :02:57.his national security Council. Only for a few weeks but it is still a
:02:58. > :03:02.top-level positions so I do not think they want to put forward an
:03:03. > :03:05.appearance they are worried. Although I think there is
:03:06. > :03:11.significant concern. Sean Spicer was not going to be
:03:12. > :03:14.dragged into the question of immunity but the top Democrat on the
:03:15. > :03:21.house intelligence committee was saying this is the grave and
:03:22. > :03:25.momentous step for the former security adviser to ask for
:03:26. > :03:30.immunity. Michael Flynn's lawyer said he has a
:03:31. > :03:35.story to tell and they want at story to give out there. What story that
:03:36. > :03:40.is why he wants to tell it is the big question. He might be seeking
:03:41. > :03:46.immunity to insulate himself from questions of perjury before the FBI
:03:47. > :03:51.when they asked about his contacts with the Russian ambassador or it
:03:52. > :03:56.could be to insulate himself against an investigation into his lobbying
:03:57. > :04:00.efforts on behalf of foreign dignitaries and officials which he
:04:01. > :04:04.may or may not have disclosed. Or it could be key has information about
:04:05. > :04:10.ties between the trunk campaign and Russian officials, that is what
:04:11. > :04:15.Frank's enemies hoped for but we have no idea what people say yet. --
:04:16. > :04:21.that is what Donald Trump's enemies hoped. We do not know if he drank --
:04:22. > :04:26.will be granted that immunity but the fact it has became public like
:04:27. > :04:32.this suggest it will not be granted because this will be happening
:04:33. > :04:36.behind the scenes. Can we at least know when people testified?
:04:37. > :04:42.According to the Senate committee he is one of the people they want to
:04:43. > :04:46.talk to, not necessarily in front of the full-time committee but this is
:04:47. > :04:51.an ongoing process and no date has been set. The committee has a
:04:52. > :04:55.believes some of the planned hearings so I think we can speculate
:04:56. > :05:03.it will be in the coming months but there is no certain date yet.
:05:04. > :05:08.When the British Prime Minister Theresa May triggered the UK's
:05:09. > :05:12.departure from the EU two days ago she stressed Britain was keen on a
:05:13. > :05:19.trade deal to protect its exports from tariffs. Today the EU responded
:05:20. > :05:22.and in draft guidelines for negotiations they ruled out trade
:05:23. > :05:28.talks before outstanding issues were cleared up. Speaking in Malta Donald
:05:29. > :05:35.Tusk made citizens' write a top priority. -- citizens' rates.
:05:36. > :05:37.After all the shadow-boxing, now coming into focus
:05:38. > :05:43.They are guidelines for now, but Donald Tusk made clear the EU
:05:44. > :05:45.will insist the UK sorts out its exit arrangements first.
:05:46. > :05:49.So an outline agreement on citizens rights, on financial liabilities,
:05:50. > :06:05.progress on the withdrawal, can we discuss the framework
:06:06. > :06:14.Starting parallel talks on all issues at the same time,
:06:15. > :06:16.as suggested by some in the UK, will not happen.
:06:17. > :06:20.So the EU is explicitly rejecting Theresa May's position.
:06:21. > :06:24.No trade talks at first, future ties only outlined during a second
:06:25. > :06:33.No special access for industries like cars and banking.
:06:34. > :06:36.The EU excludes a sector by sector approach to its single market,
:06:37. > :06:39.and the transition would be under EU rules, UK required to accept
:06:40. > :06:46.Transition periods mean that you are still a member,
:06:47. > :06:51.or at least you still have access to a membership situation.
:06:52. > :06:56.If you have such an access, it is obvious, it goes without saying,
:06:57. > :07:02.that the institutions would have all agreed upon the need
:07:03. > :07:12.There have been months of preparations and lobbying to draw
:07:13. > :07:16.UK citizens living in the EU, EU citizens living in the UK worried
:07:17. > :07:21.about losing their rights, met the EU's chief negotiator.
:07:22. > :07:23.They are the top priority in the exit deal.
:07:24. > :07:30.Ireland has been pressing its case about the Irish border,
:07:31. > :07:38.Gibraltar is a surprise inclusion as a result of Spanish lobbying.
:07:39. > :07:40.The EU says no future trade deal can apply to Gibraltar
:07:41. > :07:45.This will require the agreement of 27 members.
:07:46. > :07:47.If that was a shock for the Foreign Secretary,
:07:48. > :07:50.he didn't show it as he arrived for a meeting at Nato HQ.
:07:51. > :07:57.He sought to calm fears the UK might Thai security into the deal.
:07:58. > :07:59.The security of this region, Europe, is unconditional.
:08:00. > :08:02.It is not some bargaining chip in any negotiations that may be
:08:03. > :08:04.taking place elsewhere in this capital.
:08:05. > :08:07.Now Article 50 has been triggered, it is the EU who can determine
:08:08. > :08:10.They want to control not just the sequence,
:08:11. > :08:38.One day into negotiations and there are all the tensions over this
:08:39. > :08:42.document. They relate to Gibraltar, and overseas British territory on
:08:43. > :08:48.the Spanish mainland the rule of which has been long contested by
:08:49. > :08:54.Madrid. Britain's future deal will not apply to Gibraltar without the
:08:55. > :09:00.consent of Spain. Gibraltar's Chief Minister says this is unacceptable
:09:01. > :09:05.and I asked him if he was surprised by this move by Spain.
:09:06. > :09:09.I am not surprised by it at all but what I am saying it is unacceptable
:09:10. > :09:20.to see it singled out in the week has been in the draft. The four
:09:21. > :09:23.surviving Chief ministers of Gibraltar, including myself, warned
:09:24. > :09:30.during the referendum this is what we could expect to see if the result
:09:31. > :09:34.was to leave. I appreciate that but given Spain has wanted this for a
:09:35. > :09:40.long time, there was always going to be a high chance that they would get
:09:41. > :09:46.this clause into this initial draft. It is what they have been doing
:09:47. > :09:51.already. Remember matters including the EU's agreement with the Ukraine
:09:52. > :09:56.for flight between the two entities has been vetoed by Spain because of
:09:57. > :10:00.its application to Gibraltar. It has been ready for five years and not
:10:01. > :10:04.signed because Spain will not agree to it because it applies to
:10:05. > :10:09.Gibraltar. This would have happened because Spain is one of the 27
:10:10. > :10:13.remaining nations and the agreement on the future relationship with UK
:10:14. > :10:18.and the EU would have had to go to all those parliaments and would
:10:19. > :10:23.likely require agreement from all so this is the spelling out what would
:10:24. > :10:28.have been issue we were facing but it singled out Gibraltar and an
:10:29. > :10:32.unfair and unnecessary weight and clearly discriminatory but I am
:10:33. > :10:36.grateful Spain has been foolish enough to play this, very early on
:10:37. > :10:43.and not five minutes to donate when the agreement is already in place.
:10:44. > :10:48.-- five minutes to midnight. Should this not been flagged up much
:10:49. > :10:51.earlier, given we are now in the process of Brexit?
:10:52. > :10:57.This is an issue we have been fighting up from the moment of the
:10:58. > :10:59.referendum and one we talked about throughout the referendum and
:11:00. > :11:05.campaign and one I have spoke about to the British Government since the
:11:06. > :11:11.Prime Minister took over. I have seen a statement and she stayed fast
:11:12. > :11:16.in her support of Gibraltar and I am pleased to see of her squaring off
:11:17. > :11:20.against this particular point in the negotiating draft parameters and I
:11:21. > :11:24.spoke to the Foreign Secretary this afternoon who confirmed the UK
:11:25. > :11:31.remains implacable and ruthless and the defence of Gibraltar's interest
:11:32. > :11:37.in negotiations. Lots more still to come including
:11:38. > :11:39.the Oscar-winning Hollywood director joining us to talk about his latest
:11:40. > :12:18.film about the Armenian massacre. The Republic of Ireland has become
:12:19. > :12:22.the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. Anyone
:12:23. > :12:28.lighting up in offices and restaurants will face a heavy fine.
:12:29. > :12:32.The president was on his way out of the Hilton hotel where he addressed
:12:33. > :12:35.a trade union conference. The small crowd outside included his
:12:36. > :12:40.assailant. It has become a symbol of Paris, 100
:12:41. > :12:46.years ago many wished it had never been built. The Eiffel Tower's
:12:47. > :13:02.birthday is marked by an re-enactment of the first ascent.
:13:03. > :13:07.Welcome back. Our main headlines this hour, President Trump's
:13:08. > :13:11.supporters former national security adviser as he seeks immunity from
:13:12. > :13:16.prosecution in exchange for testifying about alleged Russian
:13:17. > :13:20.interference in the US election. The EU insists it will not negotiate
:13:21. > :13:23.its future relationship with the UK until that has been sufficient
:13:24. > :13:29.progress towards agreement plans for Brexit.
:13:30. > :13:35.Authorities in Europe and Australia have announced a sweeping tax
:13:36. > :13:39.evasion probe. A series of coordinated raids in several
:13:40. > :13:43.countries including Britain, France and the Netherlands. But
:13:44. > :13:47.investigators say the received information about 50,000 suspect
:13:48. > :13:51.accounts in a Swiss bank and they are reporting the seizure of
:13:52. > :13:59.paintings, a gold bar and jewellery. They have arrested two people. A
:14:00. > :14:02.Swiss bank said its properties had been contacted.
:14:03. > :14:11.Geneva correspondent gave us more details this investigation.
:14:12. > :14:18.It is Switzerland's second-largest bank but also a huge player in
:14:19. > :14:24.global finance and it has admitted its branches in Paris, Amsterdam and
:14:25. > :14:28.London were, the Dutch say raided and Credit Suisse say visited and
:14:29. > :14:37.they are cooperating fully. We know the Dutch also visited or raided
:14:38. > :14:44.homes in Holland and confiscated not money but goods. This is a classic
:14:45. > :14:48.trick with trying to hide your assets, invest in gold bars,
:14:49. > :14:55.jewellery, paintings and they even release photographs of some of the
:14:56. > :15:00.seized items. It looks like a very, very big investigation and one which
:15:01. > :15:04.could have some pretty widespread ramifications. It is a huge
:15:05. > :15:11.investigation, 50,000 suspect accounts. That is absolutely
:15:12. > :15:17.massive. It will be a huge blow to Credit Suisse which has already paid
:15:18. > :15:21.fines to the USA for allegedly helping American clients to hide the
:15:22. > :15:26.money and avoid paying tax. There is a must see this angle to this, it is
:15:27. > :15:31.apparently not just your classic tax evasion, it is a money-laundering
:15:32. > :15:34.which is what the Dutch have said and that suggests some of the money
:15:35. > :15:42.involved came from criminal activity. This is huge, over 50,000
:15:43. > :15:47.accounts, and with very serious implications in terms of the type of
:15:48. > :15:50.crime this investigation might reveal.
:15:51. > :15:55.What about the fact the Dutch had not consulted the Swiss on going
:15:56. > :15:58.ahead with this. Any reaction on that? The Swiss issued a statement
:15:59. > :16:06.saying they are disconcerted by that. Disconcerted as the Swiss ward
:16:07. > :16:10.for absolutely furious. They are very angry and upset they were left
:16:11. > :16:18.out because they would say they have been working very hard to crack down
:16:19. > :16:24.on tax evasion and make their banks complied and introduced all sorts of
:16:25. > :16:29.new laws, sign up to Europe wide regulations on tax evasion, they
:16:30. > :16:32.share information, and yet when Switzerland's second-largest bank
:16:33. > :16:37.has been the subject of investigation since early 2016
:16:38. > :16:42.Switzerland was never informed and quite surprisingly for the usual
:16:43. > :16:47.quite tranquil Swiss their statement suggests they have been deliberately
:16:48. > :16:54.kept out of this investigation. They are very angry and upset because
:16:55. > :16:57.they do think the Kurds have actually contributed their own
:16:58. > :17:03.valuable expertise -- and they could have contributed. The do not want
:17:04. > :17:07.the image of this to be left with something that affects such a big
:17:08. > :17:12.Swiss bank and look as though maybe they are not on side when they
:17:13. > :17:18.really feel they are in tackling money laundering and tax evasion.
:17:19. > :17:23.Let's bring you up-to-date with the other news today. Most members of
:17:24. > :17:26.the union of South African nations condemn the Venezuelan Supreme
:17:27. > :17:31.Court's decision to take one legislative powers from opposition
:17:32. > :17:37.led Congress. Protest went on for a second day in Caracas. The mark on
:17:38. > :17:43.the Supreme Court welly scuffled. The Nato Secretary General has
:17:44. > :17:46.praised the US secretary of state Rex Tillerson for his strong
:17:47. > :17:50.commitment to the transatlantic alliance as Nato foreign ministers
:17:51. > :17:55.gathered in Brussels for the first meeting with him. The US is calling
:17:56. > :17:59.on all Nato states to meet their defence spending targets.
:18:00. > :18:04.The Indian state of Gujarat have passed a law which increases the
:18:05. > :18:10.penalty for slaughtering cows from seven years to life. And that the
:18:11. > :18:16.new law India's strictest ever, Carl Stalker will also become a
:18:17. > :18:21.non-bailable offence. -- slaughtering cows. They are widely
:18:22. > :18:30.considered sacred by -- considered sacred by India's Hindu majority.
:18:31. > :18:34.And now the sport. A big weekend of Premier League football. A
:18:35. > :18:38.particularly famous fixture, the Merseyside derby. Liverpool and
:18:39. > :18:43.Everton have met over 200 times, they are grounds and metres apart
:18:44. > :18:46.and domestic football returns across Europe and what a match to start us
:18:47. > :18:51.off. Both managers understand the
:18:52. > :18:58.significance. Everton are a good team, they have a very good run, did
:18:59. > :19:04.not lose a lot of games recently, good results, confident but we're
:19:05. > :19:09.Liverpool, we play at Anfield and nobody should underestimate the
:19:10. > :19:14.power of Anfield and whenever we played that we have to create a
:19:15. > :19:23.special atmosphere. It is a new season, a new game, a new manager
:19:24. > :19:28.for Everton and I do not know why, I heard a bit about the last two
:19:29. > :19:34.seasons of Everton that maybe they were too afraid to play against
:19:35. > :19:41.Liverpool but you do not need to be afraid to play against Liverpool.
:19:42. > :19:45.Something a bit different. Schoolchildren are to get help with
:19:46. > :19:49.their numbers and letters from the favourite footballers. The Premier
:19:50. > :19:53.League has launched its most ambitious community programme to
:19:54. > :19:59.date as it attempts to boost learning by linking it to football.
:20:00. > :20:12.It will provide lesson resources to 10,000 primary schools by 2019.
:20:13. > :20:17.This is a lesson you should heed. The Premier League is reaching out
:20:18. > :20:22.from the pitch to primary schools as it tries to provide some learning
:20:23. > :20:26.inspiration and help children be more active. Football has a power
:20:27. > :20:31.and energy and motivates people and young people in particular and
:20:32. > :20:35.because we can we should and that is what it is about. Free online
:20:36. > :20:39.resources are being made available for teachers to download. Those in
:20:40. > :20:44.classrooms seemingly keen to combine their studies with sport. It will
:20:45. > :20:49.help me with reading because I don't really like reading but if I use
:20:50. > :20:56.football I will have lots of fun reading. You learn about different
:20:57. > :21:00.new summer assignments from players. We do not live like maths so maybe
:21:01. > :21:05.when football is combined with mouth it will make maths seem way more
:21:06. > :21:11.appealing than it did a few months ago. -- football is combined with
:21:12. > :21:15.maths. To do this they are rolling out an advertising campaign across
:21:16. > :21:24.the nation, using its full star power to try and win hearts and
:21:25. > :21:31.minds. Try it. Try again. Premier League clubs hope the popularity
:21:32. > :21:35.will help foster a love of learning amongst children and perhaps also an
:21:36. > :21:41.early love for the lead that once to aid in their educational goals.
:21:42. > :21:45.-- for the league. The second round of the first woman's golf major of
:21:46. > :21:56.the season is underway in California. This is the leaderboard.
:21:57. > :22:05.That is all the sport for now. Hollywood film stars Christian bill
:22:06. > :22:08.and Oscar Isaac have taken on new rule set against the highly
:22:09. > :22:15.sensitive subject of the Armenian massacre. The promise is depicted by
:22:16. > :22:20.Oscar winner Terry George and depicts the last days of the Ottoman
:22:21. > :22:35.Empire and the eventual massacre of RM 1.5 million Armenians. -- of
:22:36. > :22:55.around 1.5 million. Where were you? We just took a walk. You see Did?
:22:56. > :23:03.A perfectly innocent gifts. The Promise. The director came to
:23:04. > :23:05.tell me about the film. We received finance from an Armenian American
:23:06. > :23:14.businessman who was anxious to have the story told and I co-wrote and
:23:15. > :23:19.directed what is essentially a love story, love triangle set against the
:23:20. > :23:22.backdrop of the Armenian genocide, which in most countries and most
:23:23. > :23:28.historians recognised as such and those that do not generally, other
:23:29. > :23:38.than Turkey, do so for strategic or political reasons. We wanted to
:23:39. > :23:44.create a film on an epic scale. That was the intention. That is something
:23:45. > :23:49.you were very keen to do, make this into a love story at the centre, is
:23:50. > :23:57.that what humanises what is quite historically a very difficult time?
:23:58. > :24:01.That has been my strategy in doing the role and the genocide with Hotel
:24:02. > :24:07.Rwanda and the troubles in Northern Ireland with In The Name Of The
:24:08. > :24:14.Father. I like to pick characters in the audience can identify with. Your
:24:15. > :24:19.films have such difficult subject matter is and it is extraordinary so
:24:20. > :24:23.few people really know about this, we happy 100th anniversary of the
:24:24. > :24:26.Armenian massacres around two years ago and yet it is still not very
:24:27. > :24:31.well-known. It speaks to the success of the
:24:32. > :24:36.Turkish Government denying this and having it suppressed. There were two
:24:37. > :24:40.films that tried to be made in the 1930s and 1960s in Hollywood and the
:24:41. > :24:48.Turkish Government intervened times. Turkey is very much saying that this
:24:49. > :24:54.is 1.5 million people who lost their lives, they dispute that and see it
:24:55. > :24:59.was not as many. -- they say it was not so many.
:25:00. > :25:04.Their argument is that it was a civil war and they had to drive the
:25:05. > :25:08.Armenian community out that region. If you presented that argument in
:25:09. > :25:12.the Second World War, the Nazis said there was an uprising in the Warsaw
:25:13. > :25:15.ghetto and we had to move these Jewish people to somewhere we could
:25:16. > :25:21.handle them, it is nonsense and most people recognise this slaughter of
:25:22. > :25:26.these people by their own Government is genocide by any definition. You
:25:27. > :25:31.spoke about Hotel Rwanda, you have such historic moment you have
:25:32. > :25:35.captured, how do the audience react to something which is quite a hard
:25:36. > :25:41.watch? I always try to make it not be hard
:25:42. > :25:46.watch in terms of the visuals that go on, you cannot retrieve the
:25:47. > :25:50.horror of these events and therefore I zoom in on characters and a lot of
:25:51. > :25:57.the audience to imagine what took place and at the same time find
:25:58. > :26:01.characters that are inspiring. That was director Terry George
:26:02. > :26:09.speaking to me about his new film The Promise. Thank you for watching
:26:10. > :26:13.BBC World News. It is the time of day we look at
:26:14. > :26:18.some interesting weather events around the world. First in North
:26:19. > :26:23.America will be haphazard some severe storms and tornadoes through
:26:24. > :26:28.the midwest. That system clears toward the north-east and suffer
:26:29. > :26:31.Saturday still snowfall across New Hampshire and heavy rain further
:26:32. > :26:35.south pushing into the Atlantic soon. Heavy showers them out of the
:26:36. > :26:43.central Rocky Mountains towards Texas. Some thunderstorms possible
:26:44. > :26:47.in Dallas. Toward the north-east 's snowfall lingering in Boston and
:26:48. > :26:51.Montr al. The cold Bay on Saturday and by Sunday most eastern cities
:26:52. > :26:57.getting drier. Heavy rain continues in Peru where we recently had
:26:58. > :27:03.flooding and some other picture in Colombia and Ecuador. The key has
:27:04. > :27:09.been building across India through this week and by Saturday we still
:27:10. > :27:14.have temperatures around 42 Celsius -- the heat has been building. Not
:27:15. > :27:18.quite as widespread as early in the week and heavy rain in some areas
:27:19. > :27:24.where we might not usually expect to see it. Parts of Vietnam, Cambodia
:27:25. > :27:28.and Thailand you can see the wet weather developing. It could lead to
:27:29. > :27:32.some flooding. Further north across Japan and the rain is pushing away
:27:33. > :27:37.towards the East on Saturday saw and improving day in Tokyo. After the
:27:38. > :27:43.ruminants of that cyclone have cleared the east coast of Australia
:27:44. > :27:47.it is looking much quieter for the likes of Sydney and Brisbane. Not as
:27:48. > :27:56.windy as recent days and certainly drier. Some rain on the West Coast
:27:57. > :27:59.of the South Island of New Zealand. Europe, we are low-pressure moving
:28:00. > :28:03.in from the Atlantic bringing a change for the UK, France and
:28:04. > :28:07.Germany, not quite as warm as recently and some showers pushing
:28:08. > :28:14.through the central Mediterranean. Through the weekend, quite a lot of
:28:15. > :28:21.dry weather around, some rain in London at times. For the UK for this
:28:22. > :28:24.weekend, scattered showers, particularly on Saturday, still we
:28:25. > :28:29.all see some sunshine during one of the days of the weekend but Saturday
:28:30. > :28:34.showers cropping up almost anywhere. Some drier and sunny intervals in
:28:35. > :28:39.between but some showers could bring thunder and lightning. Drier towards
:28:40. > :28:45.the south-east. Sunshine and showers heading through Saturday night most
:28:46. > :28:50.of the shop at ease away as a ridge of high pressure comes in. Miss in
:28:51. > :28:57.his first thing Sunday but Sunday the better date for most of us for
:28:58. > :28:58.the weekend. More on the weather for the week ahead in half an