you're watching beyond 100 days. catalan's president says he has a mandate to declare and will fulfill the wishes of the catalan people but suspends the decision pending dialogue. madrid has already denied the offer of mediation and has stepped up security at airports, train stations and this is the scene in barcelona — where the carles puigdemont has just been speaking. president trump challenges his secretary of state to an iq test — then ups his twitter attack on a key republican senator. both men are critical to his foreign policy. firefighters in california are battling 15 separate blazes that have already killed at least 11 people. now there's a state of emergency and people are being evacuated. also on the programme, two weeks ago donald trump said the united states and turkey are the best of friends — today president erdogan said he would no longer recognise the us ambassador. melania trump lets it be known that she is the first lady —

after some light hearted baiting from the president's first wife. get in touch with us using the hashtag, beyondioodays. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. what are you in the independent and the thing will stop the process. but tonight the process has been suspended. he is calling for mediation. sources from the spanish government they believe catalonia has declared unilateral independence and they are ready to take action. here is a little of that speech that was delivered in barcelona a few minutes ago. the government and myself propose that this parliament

suspend the independence declaration in orderto suspend the independence declaration in order to establish dialogue without which we cannot reach a solution. we want to de—escalated tension in order to work put into practice the results of the referendum. we have correspondence in barcelona and madrid. first we will go to barcelona. the speech got applause in the catalan pilot willett parliament but there are some caveats, aren't there? huge caveats. he marched his supporters almost up to the top of the hill it is fair to say. and got a standing ovation from a lot of them then, and then slightly backtrack a little. this crucial part of the speech, this historic moment i asked further

mandate to make catalonia and independent republic. so he asked further mandate, and then after the applause he said it is not gay to happen now, it is not with immediate effect. he wants —— it is not going to happen now. he was clear that the trajectory was there, he was clear up trajectory was there, he was clear up the relationship with spain was unsustainable. he said spain had tried to cause panic in the region by trying to disrupt the referendum. they tried but they failed. his worst comments were from the king when he said the rule of law had to be followed and didn't even mention the police brutality following the referendum on october one. one other point that is worth mentioning, is that, as he and adopt enraging

everyone? i say that because i don't think madrid will accept this either, we will hear from them in a minute. and crucially for carles puigdemont, he needs the support of the hardline communist, leftist group, and it was pretty clear when he made the speech in parliament, that they went standing up and giving him a standing ovation. they don't think he's gone far enough. without them he will lose his majority in this fragile coalition. so it will be interesting to see what develops over the next few days. as he upset them so much that they will withdraw support? will it result in earlier elections. let's go to madrid. there are early days, we are still getting reaction in damian, but what will the reaction of the madrid government be?” damian, but what will the reaction of the madrid government be? i think it will be very simple, they will not entertain what carles puigdemont is saying. that is the signal they

have given all along, they have said while the catalan government and ca rles while the catalan government and carles puigdemont are acting illegally and outside the scope of the institution, they will not enter dialogue with him. they said they will enter dialogue if he drops it talk of acting illegally, glaring independence. and what we were told today was that any hint of a declaration would be seen here very negatively. there is the clear option now to the spanish government in madrid is to revoke catalan autonomy, what is called article 155 here, it is never been used but it gives the central government the power to suspend the local government. the prime minister here has cleared his diary for this evening and tomorrow, he could hold a cabinet meeting then at which she could seek to do that, and that could seek to do that, and that could involve a letter sent to

catalonia and ca rles could involve a letter sent to catalonia and carles puigdemont demanding that he returned to legal paths, and then if he doesn't the government here could go to the senate and seeks to impose direct rule. that could be the route that spain takes, but that would be a pretty drastic step. the signals from the government all along is that they wouldn't tolerate, the prime minister mariano rajoy in his la st prime minister mariano rajoy in his last public comments said that he would take any steps necessary to stop any declaration of dependents taking affecting catalonia. from catalonia it isn't exactly crystal clear, but spain have stepped up events across the region, what does that look like now? i haven't been able to verify but the local paper says that state police from spain

have reinforced the airports, railway stations and also the borders and the nuclear power stations as well. a police presence already on the ground, 10,000 were sent up to the october the 1st referendum, and that presence will be felt increasingly. incidentally, i'm not even sure if this is coincidence, but there are three spanish naval warships in the ports at the moment, apparently for the international boat show, but the last time they came their way two, but this time there are three. when it comes to the supporters for independence, i'm not sure quite what we are going to see because this is very much a divided region. we had that much last sunday, hundreds of thousands of people wa nted hundreds of thousands of people wanted to stay part of spain, then others on the referendum were voting to leave. i don't think we will see any violent confrontation, but if madrid decided by invoking article 155 and could get no satisfactory

response from carles puigdemont, if they went to arrest him, what happens then? it is is all very uncertain. thank you very much. i'm just looking at a couple of lines from bbc monitoring, all saying that ca rles from bbc monitoring, all saying that carles puigdemont has declared independence but leaves it in suspense independence but leaves it in suspense to an open dialogue. they are all taking a similar line, that independence is being declared but it is, in the moment in suspense. but he might not have gone far enough for ardent supporters of independence and wanted that clear cut. both have i worked listening to us cut. both have i worked listening to us that and we will saying, has he 01’ us that and we will saying, has he or hasn't he? that will be potentially tricky. we will get more reaction through the course of the programme. at least 11 people have been killed and hundreds of structures destroyed in california as wildfires continue to burn.

there are 15 separate blazes near the state's famed wine country that have been fanned by high temperatures and dry conditions. nearly 20,000 residents have been displaced and those fighting the fires are hoping for better conditions today. the bbc‘s dave lee is in santa rosa, california — one of the worst hit areas — and sent this report. it's the vast scale of these wildfires that is most alarming. more than 15 major blazes raging across 73,000 acres, creating an apocalyptic landscape. the conditions were perfect. dry tinder ignited with the help of 50 mph winds. when the flames came up we came here and you could not see a hand in front of your face. 100 foot flames, the respondent on both sides of the street. firefighters say containment is virtually impossible so they have been concentrating on getting people to safety. these people in this car fleeing to escape, shocked by the mass destruction.

holy moley. in towns and cities north of san francisco homes are disintegrated, people left with nothing. my pictures are gone, everything. everything has gone. a fire pit. it's pretty awful. fires of this ferocity in this famous wine producing region of northern california are rare. it is not yet clear how they started. every spark is going to ignite a fire, so regardless of what that may be, wind can impact, start fires, down power lines, vehicles pulling into the dry grass, all these things have the potential. in these conditions the risk is just extreme. two days since the fire swept through this part of town. you can still see the pockets of flames still smouldering away. we understand there are around 30 homes in this area. and as you can see most of them have been completely destroyed.

but some houses were miraculously spared. we were lucky. ten more minutes and my house would have been gone. as the fire department rolled up this is where they started fighting, here and across the street, and they were able to save my house. the flames have taken almost everything they could to touch. people's lives, livelihoods, and their community. dave lee, bbc news, santa rosa. donald trump just ratcheted up his private twitter war with the very powerful chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. it's not clear how the president benefits from insulting a man he needs to help him pass key bits of his agenda — including tax cuts and the budget. republican bob corker is also an important person in mr trump's national security plans, the iran nuclear deal and north korea.

so was it a little reckless to get into a fight with him like this? here's what seems to have set the president off today. senator corker gave an interview to the new york times, on the record, in which he accused trump of such recklessness that he could start world war iii. now the whole interview has been released on tape. here's a chunk of it. the. if you watch the programme regularly you would know that the president only knows one way and that is forward. so then, early this morning. the president hit back on twitter. remember this is the president of the united states talking

about a senior senator from his own party. normal — this is not. let's speak to the former democratic congresswoman jane harman, who's now the president of the woodrow wilson center — she's in washington. thank you forjoining the programme. the people around the world who maim not realise how important somebody like this is, explained the power of the chairman of the foreign relations committee. i don't we can hear you! we have a problem with that line, so we will come back to you. i hope we can get her back soon. we will try again on that line. how are we doing technically? no, we are going to move on to another story and then go back to you. but we will get back

because that is a fascinating exchange! they are supposed to be the closest of nato allies. but today the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan accused the us embassy in ankara of harbouring spies and agents linked to last years coup attempt. there will be no formal goodbye for the outgoing us ambassador. on sunday the us embassy announced it was suspending visa services across the country following the arrest of another turkish member of staff. within hours, turkey countered, announcing it would no longer be accepting visa applications from american citizens. the turkish lira fell nearly 7% against the dollar. the feud is getting out of hand. our istanbul correspondent mark lowen has more. just a fortnight ago, donald trump sat behind the turkish resident and said they were as close as they have ever been but then on sunday night

the us suspended all services. the turks retaliated with the same move ina turks retaliated with the same move in a diplomatic missions in the us. what sparked it all is that the turks detained an employee at istanbul claiming he had links to the failed coup last year. the americans say there is no evidence to that, the man has been given no access to his lawyers and has been libelled by the media who has published his family address. turkey says it does not need permission to arrest its nationals. but people believe that now turkey is involved in hostage diplomacy, arresting people as bargaining chips for bilateral talks with states like america and germany. president ergodan say they do not see the ambassador is a representative of the us government, a vain hope that

donald trump might overrule him. there is little sign that either side will roll back on this. the turks allegedly wanted to arrest a second employee, and there is every possibility that this will escalate. with me isjoshua walker, a former us state department official in the turkish capital ankara. let's back up here, because it wasn't that long ago that president trump was praising president ergodan, what happened, how did this deteriorate so fast? we obviously don't live in normal times and twitter display missy is making this very difficult at the higher level, it doesn't mean that things at the lower level and diplomatic level are right. we are surprised at the ferocity, and it is interesting to watch. what will be the impact on the nato alliance. the pentagon

coming out saying that there is no effect on military corporation between the two countries, but that should be a consideration?m essentially keeps both sides from going to visit each other, right now from a diplomatic language perspective, we have not reached that point of no return yet, we hope to get back. you have worked in ankara, how likely is this decision to suspend the geysers was taken unilaterally by the embassy? the fa ct unilaterally by the embassy? the fact that this was announced on twitter on sunday meant that this was going to be a reaction of some sort. but sides know that neither side can back down, there is a disconnect, we got here much quicker than we thought we could. trump and ergodan had a good relationship, but every time they meet things get worse, and this is another example. you have said this is a long time coming, you have to look geopolitically at syria, and the

americans not too happy that the turks are leaning towards the russians. you are exactly right, and the fact that it had this one incident to explode it, in some ways the powderkeg has been there. it is been one year since the failed coup attempt, there is a lot of difference of opinion, this was just the last spark and may not be the 11 unfortunately. we will be watching that relationship. let's get back to that relationship. let's get back to that story about donald trump and that story about donald trump and that row with the senate relations committee. i apologise for the problem with the line earlier. i was asking you to explain how important bob corker is in the scheme of things? the foreign relations committee in the senate is the committee in the senate is the committee that helps frame foreign policy for the united states. when the committee works closely with the president when it did recently, and

it worked on a sanctions package on north korea, iran and russia, it can be very effective. when they are working at cross purposes, the message that comes out from the united states is, is that the united states is not affected and it hurts everyone , states is not affected and it hurts everyone, it is a lose lose. i was just looking at the uncontrolled wildfires in my home state of california, this twitter what should not be a wildfire. we need a twitter armour “— not be a wildfire. we need a twitter armour —— armistice here and put the people of america first. you work a ranking democrat and while you were in congress you served under democratic and republican presidents. have you ever seen a president publicly take on a member of their own party or even the opposing party in this way and belittling them like this? not in this personal way. attacking issues

is fine, and if someone stands for issues that you disagree with, attacking issues you are articulating is fine. attacking personally is really not fine. i have the last pages of a clause that i helped write, no one ever attacked me if they disagree, they attacked theissues me if they disagree, they attacked the issues but not me personally. i was very effective there i think. this is not a way to project american power in a world that sorely needs us. it would be careless to have a row with the chair of the foreign relations committee and the senate, but then also be in the strange sort of relationship with your secretary of state. let's look at what he said to forbes in an interview published today. in other words he is again insulting

his secretary of state. rex tillerson's authority to speak for the president is part of the reason why the us will always be effective in the world. use the confirmed secretary of state, that is another thing that the foreign relations committee does, it does confirmations for positions at the state department. he says that the will of the president, and the president can remove him. but he said last week that he wants to serve him. if we get this right, the goal is to support each other. disagree where we disagree civilly, but support each other personally. this is more than two players here, there are other members of congress talking about the cabinet should step aside if they don't agree with the president. and there are outsiders saying that people will be challenged in the primaries. good grief, where is this notion of an

excellent public servant trying to put our country first? thank you for joining us. thank you for bearing with us while we sorted out our problems with the satellite. some of the day's other news now — the un refugee agency says more than 11,000 people crossed the border from myanmar into bangladesh on monday. this is a big increase on last week, which saw an average of 2000 rohingya muslims per day. according to the united nations many of those arriving say they're fleeing violence and the destruction of their home villages. the international monetary fund says global economic growth is back on the up, rising to 3.6% this year. but not everyone's a winner — workers are experiencing weak wage growth and emerging nations hit by political unrest are not sharing in the economic gains. and a development on a story we brought you yesterday — we heard from ivana trump, who jokingly called herself the first wife, therefore the first lady. she claimed to have a direct number to the white house — which she doesn't use, because she doesn't want to make president trump's current

wife, melania, jealous. a spokeswoman for melania trump called the comments unfortunate attention—seeking from an ex. was it particularly provocative, what of uncontrolled —— the ex—wife said? i don't think you clearly have had a first and second wife, had he? not yet, give it time! whoever will be the first mrs fraser might dispute that. we have been talking about the unedited spectacle we had in us politics. these disputes do not help america's standing in the

world. don't think people aren't watching what is happening between the first lady and the former mrs trump, and wondering how low this buyer can go when it comes to discussion of this country. we're talking about the real housewives of pennsylvania avenue, should she said that? probably not. should melania trump have hit back but she felt she had the right to do. this drama is good ratings, this is what it's all about, this is what his twitter feed is like, playing to the base. would be very interested to try and unpack this row with bob corker which is far more serious than the dispute between the first wives, and the rout with rex tillerson. and whether donald trump feels that helps him with his base as well. if years attacking somebody, is he somehow

projecting strength? because it is easyjet show how it doesn't help him, he needs tax reform, he needs those extra votes. if he loses two votes he doesn't get his tax reform through, you need bob corker when it comes to the american budget. it is clear to see how it doesn't help him, it is not so clear to see how politically he thinks this might help him. the current mrs fraser is probably saying be my guest, see how far you get! this is. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — the iran deal signed by obama is working according to the europeans but president trump disagrees — we'll look at what might happen if he doesn't back it. and he's no longer at the power centre of us politics but steve bannon still thinks he has the power to influence — he's declared war on the republican establishment. that's still to come. perhaps the kind of money that harvey weinstein has represented for the democrats, perhaps that is why they had not been quite as

courageous in criticising them. you gave $1 million since 2002 democratic candidates. she had 90 minutes on stage yesterday and did not mention him once. and she could have done. and today the newspapers are full of the recriminations against democrats who have not spoken out, neither has president obama. and really she has only come out because there was a backlash today. and barack obama, his daughter was an intern with harvey weinstein‘s company last summer and the ties are close between politicians. there has been a lot of criticism here of both democratic candidates and i do not think not just hillary clinton but barack obama as well who had close ties to hollywood as well. what a great source of funding for democratic candidates. but there has been criticism for not saying more and this story clearly is not going away. these new allegations, his new

denials will take this even further i'm certain. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — this icelandic volanco grounded flights across the northern atlantic for weeks seven years ago — wejoin british scientists hoping to predict the next major eruption. bae systems has confirmed it is going to cut almost 2000 jobs across the country. its military aircraft business is most affected — with more than 750 job losses in lancashire, where the eurofighter typhoon is produced. our correspondent dan johnson reports from warton, near preston. they had heard rumours thatjobs we re they had heard rumours thatjobs were at risk but the numbers this morning were higher than expected. of course there is concern. kind of expecting it, the news knew before we did, just one of them. the cafe across the road would be

the first place to feel the impact. massive. is theresa may coming down or not? it is notjust the north—west, more than 300 maritime jobs would be lost in portsmouth. with other cuts across bae systems, almost 2000 jobs will go. bae is a major employer and these job cuts will have an impact in places like this. local companies in the supply chain could also be hit. but there are bigger questions of well about the future for sites like this and the future for sites like this and the uk ability to produce defensive r . the uk ability to produce defensive weaponry. i think this is damaging for the uk weaponry. i think this is damaging forthe uk and its weaponry. i think this is damaging for the uk and its industrial capability, exports are key to the future of the uk with brexit etc and aerospace is the number—1 exporter.

what we're doing is diminishing that capability. in a time when i would like to see it continue and at a time when the typhoon is still very much in contention. another typhoon took to the skies this morning. but it is the fall in demand that has slowed production here and prompted this wider review of how bae operate. you're watching beyond one hundred days. news coming out of barcelona, the slightly mixed message from the catalans, they've said they have the right to declare independence but the decision has been suspended tonight, we're not sure how it will be implemented. when the catalan leader saying he is seeking negotiation with madrid but madrid saying they're not interested in that. with me is rafael hortala—vallve, he's an expert on how governments act and how their electorates respond. he's also from barcelona and so the political events unfolding in catalonia have a much more personal bearing

than they might otherwise. what you make of what has gone on in the last hour? difficult to predict what is going to happen in the following hours. if you'd asked me a few hours ago i wouldn't have guess this would happen. it seems like the cata la n this would happen. it seems like the catalan president carles puigdemont is following what is called the slovenian way, declare independence, suspended and hope there will be international reaction. how do you feel personally, you work at the london school of economics, you can probably see the benefits of remaining part of a larger spain but after watching the scenes of brutality ready from the spanish police, how would that change your opinion? i think now you're moving away from my expertise, which is my personal preference. i was against independence. but the arguments

against independence, i lost my argument now because of what we've seenin argument now because of what we've seen in the last few weeks, police brutality, lack of powers between the judiciary, brutality, lack of powers between thejudiciary, the head of state that should dissent everyone and there was no mention by the king about brutality and people being attended in hospital. that should have been his first point. on that point about the king, if there was a mediator to come in ordinarily it would probably be the king but he really he has tied himself to the madrid government. he has discounted himself immediately by simply judging the catalan government which is not following the rules and he just put himself on the side of the madrid government. i think the eu needs to intervene, we've called on international organisations, not only the eu, and we have not seen

anything. interesting listening to that they're just how the actions of the spanish government in the past week probably have changed some opinions in catalan. i've spoken to catalonian ‘s post independence who also said what they saw on the streets of barcelona made them think again about this. so what are you going to do about this now, what position are you going to take restau ra nt position are you going to take restaurant we need to see how things evolve. i think the key here is how the spanish authorities will respond on the problem is both leaders have themselves in an immovable positions. so we need to see, ideally madrid should move aside and give space for other solutions but i do not see that happening either. so i'm really concerned and lots of us are really worried. putting your economics hat back on, what would it

mean if the spanish government were to move in heavily as they threaten to move in heavily as they threaten to do, what would it mean for the economy of the region? well that would leave some uncertainty and the spread between the spanish and german bond is around 120 points now, it has seen some volatility in the last few days but has not really increase. but spain is to repay 120 billion euros of debt in the next yea rs billion euros of debt in the next years so if this would affect how much they need to pay for their bond, that will start to affect the economy and there will be no money for health, education. and of course it will affect not only catalonia but the whole of spain. this line is from bbc monitoring and they quote a spanish newspaper abc and they are quoting an identified spanish government source, they're saying that they consider the statement this evening from carles puigdemont

as blackmail to the state. this evening from carles puigdemont as blackmail to the statelj this evening from carles puigdemont as blackmail to the state. i would describe what abc say from the outset. the problem is there has been no communication whatsoever between catalan and spanish authorities and the problem is also no sharing of information between citizens and here the view of the catalans and of the rest of the spanish is diverging further and further. and becoming very dangerous. if they were to detain ca rles dangerous. if they were to detain carles puigdemont this would only make the situation more extreme. there were some declaration yesterday from a spokesperson from the popular party almost claiming that carles puigdemont had to be in prison and perhaps killed as the previous president was saying. tense days ahead, thank you very much for coming in. it has been less than two months since steve bannon left the white house but if anyone

thought he would go quietly think again! the president's former chief strategist is declaring war on the republican establishment and if he thinks you fall in that category watch out. the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan has been taking a closer look. nobody is safe, we are coming after all of them. we are declaring war on the republican establishment. these people have no respect for the working men and women in the us. donald trump was elected by many of those working men and women on a promise that he would clean this place of the political class and bring in outsiders to shake things up. his former adviser steve bannon wa nts to up. his former adviser steve bannon wants to make sure that happens.” left the white house, i said i'm going after the republican establishment. he was forced to quit in august, a right—wing populist, he was behind some of the most controversial policies of donald trump, many republicans criticised him for taking the presidency too far to the right. now steve bannon

wa nts to ta ke far to the right. now steve bannon wants to take those republicans on. a coalition coming that will challenge everyone. his plan is to sell support antiestablishment candidates he thinks can oust traditional republicans in the mid—term elections for senate and congress next year. will he succeed? last month in alabama one of the candidates he backed proved that he can. you're going to see in state after state after state people that follow the model ofjudge moore and do not need to raise money from the elites and the catalyst. we've been here before, remember the tea party, another antiestablishment movement which fielded candidates in 2010 to limited success. but that is not to put off steve bannon. the election last year showed that the base of donald trump is a mind to many of the ideals of steve bannon and that is why he thinks he can shake things up. i is why he thinks he can shake things up.ia is why he thinks he can shake things up. i a streetfighter, iwill be is why he thinks he can shake things up. i a streetfighter, i will be his wing man outside for the entire time. this is like real life

imitating art. that sketch on sanity night live comedy steve bannon was portrayed as the grim reaper. scooping up all the moderates in the congress. —— saturday night live. and if you're running for election next year you do not want to have someone to the right if you or more anti—government than you or more populist than you or more nationalist than you coming along saying this guy is far too establishment. that message does not work, you cannot be too closely associated with the establishment in these times. and that is true of the republican party and that is why steve bannon is still out there. describing himself as a streetfighter. he's not going anywhere. for many travellers the year 2010 proved a nightmare, when a major volcanic eruption in iceland produced an ash cloud that sparked major flight disruptions throughout europe. now british scientists have embarked on a mission to forecast the next major eruption by measuring the gases emitted by iceland's most active volcanoes.

victoria gilljoined the researchers on their flight. land of ice and fire. iceland's ruggedly beautiful landscape is the product of volcanic activity, but it can cause chaos. the ash cloud from this 2010 eruption grounded thousands of flights across europe. that's why british scientists are here on a mission that's seven years in the planning. at the icelandic met office, monitoring volcanoes is daily work, but with their british colleagues the scientists can now take crucial new measurements from the air. we are measuring at the ground level, maybe up to perhaps two meters, but now we're flying above, so we can fly at different levels and we're measuring at different levels in the atmosphere, which is going to help us understand how these volcanos are behaving. how they are breathing, you could almost say. and here is the key

to this airborne mission. this is the uk's atmospheric research aircraft and inside you can see how banks of seats have been replaced by banks of analytical equipment to analyse particles and air being brought in through these pipes, sucked into the plane. this is a chemistry lab that can fly. circling and carrying out passes at different heights means researchers aboard can build a picture of any plume of volcanic gas in the air. that's not related to volcano... the scientists think that changes in the amount of these gases could give them a signal of an impending eruption. i think we already know from this trip that we've got new findings where we can explain the connection between the trace gases that we observed from the aircraft and what's going on on the ground. this is the first time this has been done. there's particular interest in katla, the large volcano beneath this glacier,

that's thought to be overdue for an eruption. let's hope we've seen the peak this time. this is an active landscape, there'll be many more volcanic eruptions, but working in the skies above it could help make these natural phenomena a little less disruptive to modern life. victoria gill, bbc news, iceland. fabulous pictures. those of you who watch the programme often will know christian has a tendency to throw surprises me. so i thought i would do one of my own. earlier you spoke about rex tillerson and the president and how they would have a test of iq. i think a battle, you called it. we went digging through the archives and it is amazing what you can come up with. and ifound this, christian james you can come up with. and ifound this, christianjames fraser, your iq test results. that is about average oh look, and shortly

afterwards my io average oh look, and shortly afterwards my iq test results. so in the battle of io afterwards my iq test results. so in the battle of iq test results, i think that i win. 40 points extra. i'm not having that! is there in black and white, you saw it on the bbc, it has to be true. no one is going to dispute that. before we go, tell me where you where when the icelandic volcano blew, where you grounded?” where when the icelandic volcano blew, where you grounded? i was not granted but my husband was on the other side of the world, it was a pain in the neck that volcano. he was stuck in to buy something, i was meant to be going on a work trip to california and had to cancel all that. single parenting for an extra two weeks when he was swanning around ona two weeks when he was swanning around on a beach in dubai. he told me it was tough! i was sat in the ferry terminal in calais trying to get home for three days and while i

was there they said maybe you could do some reporting! you were on a ship, not even trying to get up in the plane! that is a problem when you do not have a very high iq! with more of those pearls of wisdom, we will be back same time tomorrow. the next 24 hours in one or two places in the uk will be very soggy especially in the north—west. around cumbria, the lake district, that is where we see a lot of rainfall and possibly even a 100 millilitres. the reason for that is weather systems pushing in from the atlantic. this is very moist air. but many of us will be missing that rainfall altogether. many southern and eastern areas. the rain pushes in to northern ireland and scotland,

localised very heavy rain around the la ke localised very heavy rain around the lake district there. and very mild just like last night. here is the weather system moving through, the rain canfind weather system moving through, the rain can find to the upland areas around wales, the northwest and also across the western part of scotland. east of scotland and the lowlands getting some sunshine. here is the weather front and i getting some sunshine. here is the weatherfront and i decided getting some sunshine. here is the weather front and i decided that the weather front and i decided that the weather a little bit better. so for the lowlands and belfast, improving weather. this is around noon. west to the south we have the mild and damp air, and then the heavy rain across the hills. so lots of different areas of whether happening across the uk during tomorrow afternoon. that front is out of the way by thursday and then we are in between weather systems. this pomp of high pressure quite close to us. so on thursday not looking too bad

at all with some sunshine. a little bit cold first thing but overall a fine day. but the weather fronts continue to scrape the far north—west of the uk, perhaps the western isles and into northern ireland always a bit more cloudy with spots of rain. but across the midlands, wales, some very nice weather. so the south with similar close to this high across the continent but the north west gets another weather front, pushing in from around iceland, coming into belfast and glasgow once again. friday, a southerly wind developing across the south so temperatures keep on rising. and heading towards the weekend in one or two areas temperatures could be as high as 23 degrees. this is bbc news. the headlines: the catalan leader says he will abide by the independence vote, but will first seek a negotiated solution with spain. translation: the government and

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