“p up to uptoa up to a quarter to seven. the coming up to a quarter to seven. the top stories for you now. the mother of the westminster attacker khalid masood said she was shocked, saddened and is numbered. theresa may has messed nicola sturgeon for the first time since the scottish government announced its proposals for the second independence referendum. the northern ireland secretary has warned that there is only a short window of opportunity to restore a power—sharing executive after today's deadline passed without agreement. and an update on the markets for you, this is how the ftse 100 dax ended the the markets for you, this is how the ftse100 dax ended the day. both slightly down. mixed bag. in trading in the united states. theresa may has been meeting nicola sturgeon for the first time since the scottish government proposed a new independence referendum. the first minister wants another vote within two years saying that brexit has transformed the situation since the original vote. the prime minister has restated her view that ‘now is not the time'.

speaking earlier today she said that she wants the uk to be ‘more united'. this great united nations, england, scotland, wealth and northern ireland sets its mind on something and works together with determination, we are an unstoppable force. that's why the plan for britain i have set out, a plan to get the right deal for britain abroad as well as a better deal for ordinary working people at home, as at its heart one overarching goal, to build a more united nation. because i believe when we work together, there is no limits to what we can do. a more united nations means working actively to bring people and communities together by promoting policies which support integration and social cohesion. in scotland, wales and northern ireland that means fully respecting and indeed strengthening the devolution settle m e nt indeed strengthening the devolution settlement is, but never allowing how union to become looser and

wea ker how union to become looser and weaker or our people to drift apart. send those policy areas where the uk government holds responsibility, i'm determined that we will put the interests of the union, both parts and the whole, at the heart our decision—making. nicola sturgeon said the meeting had been cordial but there had been no guarantees from mrs may that any powers coming back to the uk from the eu would be devolved to scotland. first it was a perfectly businesslike and called your meeting andi businesslike and called your meeting and i wished her well, for when she triggers article 50 on wednesday, i mentioned the scottish government's desire to play a constructive part in that. it is in all of our interest that she gets a good deal. i had be under the impression based on media reports that she was going to offer more in way of powers but it turns out that is not the case, there was no real guarantee that

powers when they come back from brussels in areas that are already devolved, went in part be centralised in westminster and there was no willingness to enter in a discussion beyond that. employment law, immigration for example. where the prime minister was very clear, andi the prime minister was very clear, and i took great pains to make sure i was understanding how properly, is that she said very clearly, that she wa nts that she said very clearly, that she wants the terms of brexit including the terms of a future trade deal between the uk and eu to be clear before the uk leads the eu. and if that meant that the terms of a future relationship would be clear within 18 months to 2a months, she said yes, that was it. let us talk now, to the critical editor of the daily record. did nicola sturgeon will generally believed to assess genuinely believe that she would get a bit more meat on the bone, after all the rest of the country hasn't received many

details as to what is going to happen? while there was again to be much coming out of this meeting a nyway much coming out of this meeting anyway because both of these sites are polar opposites of the argument. nicola sturgeon wants a referendum within 18 months to new autumn 2018 and the spring of 2019 when the brexit deal should be taking shape. theresa may says now is not the right time, well when is the right time? sturgeon came out of the meeting today saying there is no rational argument now against delaying a referendum. theresa miz she says told in the meeting that the outline for brexit would be apparent in that time frame between 2018 and 2019, we will know what the shape of brexit will be but of course the number ten people, the conservatives are pushing hard back against that saying, look all she got today was a date, we have known the date for a long time, it is wednesday, two years from wednesday we will be leaving the eu, but brexit won't be just about a deal, it will be a protest that we have to

see how brexit settles in, how will it work in reality. only then can you start talking about a reference. by you start talking about a reference. by then you are into 2020, and after that 2021, the scottish holyrood election which may change the independence argument. so may is pushing back hard against a referendum, sturgeon is trying to get as much as she can. you say that may is pushing back hard against a referendum but there was no suggestion was that today, that there would be rate of powers for scotla nd there would be rate of powers for scotland after there would be rate of powers for scotla nd after a ny there would be rate of powers for scotland after any brexit deal has been sorted out? you would have thought, that she would have made some kind of commitment then that might have, that might help in. in some kind of independence referendum. the feeling you get from downing street is that they will not play softball with the snp. agriculture, fishing, other regulations, will have two be

repatriated from brussels. under devolution you think those powers go straight up to holyrood and be under the control of scottish ministers, may hasn't said she would stand in the way but neither has she said, that she will give them. uk ministers say that scotland at the end of this process will end up with more powers. they haven't spelt out today but these will be, they don't wa nt to today but these will be, they don't want to give anything away unnecessarily, making concessions unnecessarily. they want a hard line in the sand saying not now, they are trying to find a polite way of saying no. no brexit, no referendum now, now is not the right time and i reckon the right time in their time frame is way back beyond 2018, 2019 window that nicola sturgeon one. we are expecting a vote on nicola sturgeon's timescale for the referendum and her plans for that. that is expected to go through, is it? yes it does, thatjust ratchets

up it? yes it does, thatjust ratchets up the tension between the two parliaments and the two governments. the snp, aren't quite a majority, the green votes will help them over the green votes will help them over the line tomorrow, in a proforma vote. it is inevitable, that it will back this demand for section 30 powers, these powers that the uk government holds which would be granted to the scottish parliament, to the scottish government, to organise and run a legal referendum ata time organise and run a legal referendum at a time perhaps of their choosing 01’ at a time perhaps of their choosing or not. now that, that letter will go in, from the scottish government down to the uk government, the uk government will answer that quite warmly. good to see you. northern ireland's political parties have failed to meet a deadline, for agreement on power sharing at stormont. three weeks of talks couldn't bridge the deep divides between the democratic unionist party

and sinn fein. the secretary of state for northern ireland, who has the power to impose direct rule from westminster, says there's no appetite for that. but he's warning the stalemate would have real consequences... throughout this process, the uk government has been active in making positive proposals, to try and bridge these gaps. and help the parties to move things forward. despite these efforts, agreement at this stage, has not proved possible. this will have impacts. we are rapidly approaching the point, at which northern ireland will not have an agreed budget. this is not sustainable, and will have consequences for public services. let us talk to chris hughes at stormont for us, there are a lot of issues between the dup and sinn fein, the need to be sorted out

before power—sharing seems that it will go forward. what are the chances of that happening in this small window of opportunity, that he says exists? it seems a very tall order, if you look at things that are the divides, they start with things like the irish language, that sinn fein want to be given official status in the northern ireland. and you move through the other things, education, they are divided on the issue of brexit, but perhaps the most thorny and difficult of them all is the question of how, we recognise and deal with northern ireland's past. these are big, big issues, that are not new, they have been here and causing problems for yea rs. been here and causing problems for years. and ultimately what they have been trying to do is get back into government but you could argue, they have been trying to put a sticking plaster on all of this, ultimately all of those deep greens and divisions, they have not been addressed, one politician today told

me that the negotiations up to this point every been a shambles and you do get the impression that there is a huge amount of work to be done. if you have an election, or you have direct rule and effectively in northern ireland you run it in absence of the executive. for sinn fein, yes you have pointed out about those intractable problems that both sides have not been able to point out but if arlene foster was to step aside, might that be a way forward aside, might that be a way forward as foreign sinn fein are concerned? i think it goes beyond that and really when you speak to sinn fein, you get the impression that you want a lot of things addressed, drs language, they held a protest interestingly as james was speaking .— etching spoken shire. most of the sinn fein mla's were not listening to what he had to say, they were outside protesting about the russian language. that gives you the idea that then focused on these the dishes and spun about making their

own points, saying what is important to them. you have had a lot of politicians talking today, but they haven't been talking to each other really, they have been talking to the media and they really have been blaming the other parties, they are very, very deeply divided and that isa very, very deeply divided and that is a huge problem going forward. james broken sure and the westminster government everyone's direct rule, the debris want another election, and the truth is if they don't have the agreement and the deal, had to call an election in what is known as a reasonable time period. you can fudge that time period. you can fudge that time period but in reality, it is going to run out. thanks chris. 100 days is coming up but before that, we have got all of the weather. hello and for most of us it brightens up very nicely to reveal a beautiful spring day but for a few of us, it most certainly did not, across eastern counties of england,

it is relentlessly gloomy, and earlier on this afternoon, and it has certainly not the temperatures on the head. but that is the exception and the top temperatures, highlands of scotland, 19 degrees, and this is the rest from coastal ayrshire. a fine evening, a dry evening, for most of us it will be a finite, but a lot of low cloud will be spreading in from the east, extensive, murky night. it will be particularly cold, we could get well down below freezing, just where it is warmest could be cold. western highland lens. tomorrow, more cloud in the sky, showers for parts of wales and western england, they will be heading eastwards. in the dreck sure of scotland. scotland is going to have a cloudy day and in consequence i much cooler day, and though showery outbreaks, pushing

into dumfries & galloway. turning out to northern ireland, one or two getting across the midlands and the east of england. not many but they will be quite happy and if it brightens up, mid—to high teens, some sunshine, south wales and south—west england to end the day but that will not last into the night. and this rather dreary night, will extend into many northern and western areas and by wednesday, some heavy bursts pushing into western parts. all the while, dryer on wednesday, dry but quite cloudy. despite that a mild day, the east coast of scotland. the breeze will keep it cool. further ahead, fronts of the atlantic, a real change in the weather. dry spells and wet weather. but for a time on thursday this warm front will introduce some warm airfrom the this warm front will introduce some warm air from the continent. you can see how the map turns orange and thatis

see how the map turns orange and that is indicative of temperatures knocking on the door of 20 degrees here. further north and west, more cloud cover more breeze, more rain would be cooler and quite showery i think. that is the latest, as ever it can be found on the bbc website, the weather. goodbye for now. hello and welcome to 100 days... after the fall — president trump tries to move on after his failure to replace obamacare. the white house vows to enact major tax reform and shake up how the government is run and act against so—called "sanctuary cities" who protect illegal immigrants. but how much of donald trump's policy agenda is now in peril? the battle for mosul as iraqi forces renew their offensive there's alarm about civilian casualties caused by us air strikes. that is an inaccurate weapon it might be good for the tempo of the military operation, but it isn't necessarily good for preserving civilian lives. also, the london terror attack —

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