you're watching beyond one hundred days. a huge earthquake hits iran and iraq, killing more than 400 people. 6000 more are injured — the vast majority on the iranian side of the border. the moment the tremor struck. it's the deadliest quake in iran in more than a decade. president trump is wrapping up his trip to asia with an embrace with some of the world's most controversial strongmen. while at home, the senate majority leader says its time for roy moore to quit the alabama senate race. moore fires back that it's mcconnell who should go. also on the programme... the uk government makes a concession on brexit. parliament is guaranteed a vote on the final deal before the uk leaves the eu. his creative genius gave us the mona lisa. now a new book explores the life of leonardo da vinci — who brought art and science together with amazing results. get in touch with us using the hashtag beyond one hundred days i'm katty kay in washington.

christian fraser's in london. it was 9.20pm on sunday when the earth started to shake. a time most people in that northern border region of iran and iraq would have been at home, perhaps already in bed. the tremor was huge — killing more than 400 people, a toll that's expected to rise. now they're trying to pull people from under the rubble but the rescue operation is being hampered by landslides and power cuts. the epicentre of the quake — which measured 7.3 — was about 30 kilometres south of hala bja. one of the worst hit areas was sarpol—e zahab, as james robbins reports. the moment the earth starts shaking violently. a man runs for his life from the control room of this dam, as massive boulders are hurled around outside. the dam wall was not breached but elsewhere devastation. in iran, the border town of sarpol—e zahab was hit hardest.

as entire walls collapsed, many families did manage to flee their homes, but others were crushed or buried. at a local hospital, there were many stories of narrow escape. translation: i fell from the balcony down. the earthquake was very strong. translation: the earthquake shattered the window, which fell on me and it wounded my hand and my face. rescue has been made more difficult by the mountainous terrain. iranian authorities are pouring resources in but landslides and power cuts are slowing both rescue efforts and the task of establishing the full extent of casualties. this quake was 7.3 in magnitude, and happened in a known danger zone. the surface of the earth is made up of tectonic plates, and in this case the arabian plate has been moving roughly northwards against the eurasian plate at a rate of two centimetres,

just under an inch a year. forces build up and eventually are very suddenly released with devastating effect. the destruction in iran is greater than in neighbouring iraq, where a major rescue operation is also underway. the bbc‘s correspondent is there. this area is one of the hardest hit in iraq by sunday's earthquake. we are told seven people were inside this home when it collapsed. two of them were killed and others were injured. several other buildings suffered similar damage to this one, but fortunately they seem to be the exception rather than the rule, and most of the other homes in the region managed to withstand the impact of the earthquake. for the survivors, night—time is the toughest. in rapidly falling temperatures, families are huddled around fires. even where buildings are intact, fear of after—shocks will keep people outdoors. james robbins, bbc news. spare a thought for the families

caught in the aftermath of the earthquake tonight. the president of the philippines compares himself to hitler, and states publicly he would like to slaughter three million drug users in his country. which makes the sight of donald trump sitting and smiling next to him quite incongruous. it certainly gives rodrigo duterte a certain stature at home. the two met on the last leg of mr trump's asia trip. during which mr trump faced some uncomfortable questions — about his relationship with vladimir putin — en route to the philippines he told reporters that the russian president had assured him he, "absolutely did not meddle in our election, he did not do what they are saying he did. "every time he sees me he says i didn't do that. and i believe — i really believe — that when he tells me that, he means it." at the same time mr trump criticised severalformer top us intelligence officials — saying they were political hacks. even for mr trump, appearing to give president putin more credence

than us agencies is a problem, so it's little surprise that he was forced to quickly qualify his comments. what i said, i'm surprised there is any conflict on this. what i said there is i believe he believes that amount is very he believes that and it is very important for somebody to believe. i believe that he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election. as to whether i believe it or not, i'm with our agencies, especially as currently constituted with their leadership. confused? well, it's not entirely clear what the president believes. but one of the former us intelligence chiefs who mr trump dismissed is quite clear about what he thinks is going on. it demonstrates to mr putin that donald trump can be played by foreign leaders, who are going to appeal to his ego and to try to play upon his insecurities, which is very, very worrisome from a national security standpoint. for more on the president's trip we can turn to bill richardson who formerly served as us ambassador to the un and joins us today

from santa fe, new mexico. do you agree with mr brennan when he says he thinks mr trump can be played and foreign leaders know that? yes, i agree with director brennan amber two other directors that are career officers, they are intelligence officers, not political hacks, which is what the president called them. it is clear the president sided with vladimir putin, just putin saying i was not involved, i did not meddle, against a billions of dollars we spend on intelligence and conclusive proof there was russian meddling. this is disturbing. cabinet level officers being dismissed by the president of the united states. for the record,

you are a democrat and served a democratic president but how unusual is it for democratic president but how unusual is itforan democratic president but how unusual is it for an american president to appear to give more credibility to a foreign adversary than his own intelligence services? it is nonexistent. i do not think it has happened before. i have been around a long time and do not recall richard nixon, ronald reagan, barack 0bama, president clinton, the two bushes questioning the intelligence community. yes questioning them on conclusions but not at the expense ofa conclusions but not at the expense of a country many consider notjust a strategic competitor, but in occasional areas russia is our enemy. we have vast differences on iran, syria and vast differences on ukraine, or many fundamental issues, arms control, right now. this is not

just unusual, it has never happened. that is what is disturbing. you will have spent time at the un talking about north korea and we were told ahead of the trip north korea was the priority for the president so how do you square rich with the idea he wants to bring them back to the table with this to eat over the weekend? he says the north korean leader keeps calling him old. he says that, i would never call him short and fat. he says... how will that insulting tweet bring north korea back to the table? how will that insulting tweet bring north korea back to the table7m how will that insulting tweet bring north korea back to the table? it is not. north korea, i have dealt with them many years and been there eight times and personal insults, they react negatively. they are a country like many asians who want to save face and personal relationships are important. i do not like the

president of the united states insulted and he has been insulted by the north koreans, though questioning whether saying you are old as an insult... i am old. my worry is that he had a reasonably good effort on north korea on this trip. he was uniting countries against north korea and he has patched up a little bit the relationship with south korea and with japan it is good. china did not work. china is not willing to put maximum pressure on north korea, although they have a bit. this tweet makes everything fall apart at the end. it is like no progress has been made ina end. it is like no progress has been made in a potential diplomatic solution, which i think is the only way out on this. 0k, ambassador, thank you. always good to see you. there has been a lot of business

done on the trip but do you think in the process of what is it, 12 days on the trip, he has done anything to enhance america's role in southeast asia? it was interesting, christian, i was getting in touch with asia experts and they said at the moment we are talking about the tweet and the old and the fat and shorten fat and vladimir putin but historians will look back at this trip to asia, the longest and a quarter of a sentry by an american president and see something different, they will see it as something different, they will see itasa something different, they will see it as a shift, the moment america did not go to asia and act as a world leader and it was president she —— president xi. it is not clear what america got out of this trip and if you had to say who was the most important player over the 12

days, it was not washington, it was beijing and other countries in asia are looking to beijing. not so much looking to the united states and thatis looking to the united states and that is a big shift. how that is a big shift. h ow ofte n that is a big shift. how often on this programme do we talk about photo opportunities that go wrong that these big events? this is the asia conference in the philippines. they start... they are standing not knowing what is going on and then they have the crossover handshake. i have sympathy with a president here, but then i look and see what has gone wrong. a schoolboy error. he is standing too close to the neighbour on the right and then you have to reach over. a schoolboy error. look at that. the grimmest tells you he knows it, as well. yes, stand in the middle —— the grimace

tells you. and next are taller people. you have to get tactics right ina people. you have to get tactics right in a crossover handshake! the moment i saw the photograph i knew you would bring it up on the programme. ever since the brexit vote, mps on all sides of the commons have been demanding a vote on the final agreement. today the government appears to have offered a major concession. the brexit secretary david davis says a vote on the deal will be guaranteed by a new piece of legislation. labour has called it a climbdown. leila nathoo joins us now from westminster. i suppose it comes down to what constitutes a meaningful vote and piece of legislation. there has been much debate over the term meaningful and the opposition, labour, calling for a meaningful vote for sometime but the government had always promised there would be some parliamentary say on the final brexit deal, there would be a moment after the deal was agreed between the uk and brussels where parliament

can have its say. that vote would a lwa ys can have its say. that vote would always be a kind of seal of approval or rejection and if it was rejected, it was not clear what would happen because there was no facility the government said to sense the uk government back to the negotiating table. now, the government have offered another vote over and above the initial vote in principle, to say there is going to be a piece of legislation that can be scrutinised, including all the terms of the deal, so eu citizens‘ right, the financial settlement, the transitional period, that parliaments, the commons and the lords, can scrutinise but not a nswer the lords, can scrutinise but not answer still on what would happen if parliament rejected the deal. they would be no opportunity to really send back theresa may, david davis to the negotiating table in brussels and so the risk is anyone voting against the deal at that time would affect of the vote for no deal.

cani affect of the vote for no deal. can i ask the question a lot of viewers would ask that is in the end, does this vote mean there is a chance the result of the brexit referendum could be reversed? chance the result of the brexit referendum could be reversed7m does not sound like it. no. the government has been cleared it is not a vehicle, mechanism to try to stop brexit. what it is is an overture to conservative backbenchers, who are uneasy about certain parts of brexit, about the process. there is a piece of legislation going through parliament now which mps are using to try to tinker with the process of brexit, with the government approach. this offer of more legislation down the line, the final say over the agreement is a gesture, to get the potential rebels on side, who had

been demanding there would be a separate piece of legislation, among other things. i do not think this is opening the door to brexit not happening and it certainly does not look like the end of the story in terms of parliamentary arguments over how brexit take shape. thank you. tensions in the cabinet ‘s surface this weekend with a letter. it was leaked from within number 10 urged the prime minister to remain faithful to the referendum vote. the letter published this weekend called on mrs may to act with pragmatism without diluting the ambition of the uk to be a "fully independent self—governing country by the time of the next election". the letter goes on... "we are profoundly worried that in some parts of government the current preparations are not proceeding with anything like sufficient energy. we have heard it argued by some that we cannot start preparations on the basis of no deal — a not too subtle dig at the chancellor phillip hammond.

and it finishes... we all want you to push your agenda forward with confidence. it‘s now reported that a0 mps from theresa may‘s own party are ready to sign a letter of no confidence in her leadership. only 48 would be needed to trigger a vote. and so earlier today, i talked to graham brady — chairman of the powerful 1922 committee of tory backbenchers — whose job it would be to deliver that letter of no confidence were it written. the claim that there are a0 colleagues ready to call for a no confidence vote, wasn‘t, as far as i could tell, supported by any source that was quoted, so i would treat it with considerable caution, but in terms of the process, if we were ever to reach a point where15% of the parliamentary conservative party, currently 48 members of parliament, wrote to me asking for a confidence vote to be held, it would be incumbent upon me to arrange such a vote as soon as could be reasonably managed. the other letter that was in the newspapers this weekend was from boris johnson and michael gove, which we are led

to believe was then trying to direct the prime minister towards a hard brexit, or that was the way it was interpreted. could it also be seen another way, that they felt it necessary to write a letter asking her to lead? i would say in that regard there is nothing unusual in cabinet ministers sending memos to the prime minister. this is part of the normal flow of business within government. what should not happen is for such a confidential memo to be put in the public domain. i do not think that was done by the prime minister, i do not think it was done by the foreign secretary or mr gove, either. so i think clearly somebody has leaked a piece of private correspondence in order to create mischief. but if she was leading and in leading had chosen a cabinet that was cohesive are not divided over the aims of brexit, then first of all borisjohnson and michael gove would not have seen reason to send the letter and secondly it wouldn‘t be leaked

by someone within number 10, presumably trying to undermine them. ultimately the prime minister leads the government and she set that clear vision of an outward looking, free trading britain that engages closely with our european friends. when you look at this cabinet, two resignations in little over a week. damien green, the deputy prime minister, still under investigation, and borisjohnson under pressure for his comments about nazanin zaghair—ratcliffe. there are lots of people who say, why doesn‘t the prime minister lead from the front, clear out the cabinet and have a new start? i would like to have a quiet couple of weeks in british politics. it would make a welcome change at the moment. there have been a lot of things that have happened over recent weeks, many of them completely unexpected, things which are not within the power of this prime minister or any prime minister to control. it would be a bad time in my view,

when you have had some necessary changes that have been forced by events, it would be a bad time to just plunge into still greater, more far reaching changes. would you agree it is good always to have a foreign secretary who reads his briefs? of course, but borisjohnson is somebody who is immensely able, who has a great personality, projects to lots of people and i‘m sure has projected to a lot of people around the world, as well. i don‘t think he would say that episode was the finest moment. christian, i told you i was in england visiting family and i read the papers and came away confused about the status of borisjohnson because last week we spoke about the mess up he made about iran and he

has apologised, if he said anything that put in jeopardy the british prisoner in iran. and yet, he is issuing what seems to be an ultimatum to the prime minister. are the fortunes of the foreign secretary up or down? i think they are down today because he has been forced into an apology of sorts in the commons. how does he think he has the power toissue how does he think he has the power to issue ultimatums to the prime minister? probably he and michael gove, since they campaigned hard for brexit, it is incumbent on them to make the argument for the brexit side and if it goes downhill it reflects badly on them and presumably their future in cabinet are linked to that and there are people who feel the prime minister has not grasped the nettle and is trying to keep all sides in the cabinet together and at the expense of the negotiations so that might be the reason they wrote the letter that the fact it was leaked from number10,

that the fact it was leaked from number 10, presumably by somebody who wanted to undermine them proves how divisive it is the divisions that are within canada. almost —— within the cabinet. global carbon dioxide emissions are projected to rise for the first time in four years. scientists at a united nations climate conference in germany say the main cause of the expected growth has been greater use of coal in china as its economy expanded. they‘re warning that levels of c02 need to be reduced before 2020 if we are to limit dangerous global warming this century. here‘s our science editor david shukman. for more than a week now, the people of delhi have been suffering in air that has become toxic. smog created by countless engines burning fossil fuels, including coal. coal is one of the biggest sources of pollution worldwide. power stations such as this one in poland belch out gases including carbon dioxide, and despite promises to clean up, emissions are actually increasing. for countries in the path of devastating hurricanes, like the ones that struck

the caribbean earlier this year, this is depressing. because global warming may bring more extreme weather. and it seems to them that little is being done to stop it. this is very worrying for us. i would hate to say that it sounds a death knell, but it translates into that, given this summer we have had such an active hurricane season. we know what irma and maria did to the region. this new research finds that more and more carbon dioxide is being released from power stations, factories and different forms of transport. and this matters because the gas traps heat in the atmosphere. this graph shows how emissions of carbon dioxide have risen over almost three decades. in the last few years, they have been levelling off, which was seen as a positive sign. but this year, there has suddenly been an increase of 2%. so what is happening and who is to blame around the world? in america, emissions of carbon dioxide have fallen slightly and that is despite president trump wanting to leave

the paris agreement. in europe, they are on course to be down as well. but in china they are up, as the economy picks up and more coal is burned. climate scientists say it is vital that less coal is used if we are to have any chance of heading off the worst of global warming. but president trump is promoting the coal industry and he wants america to help other countries to use it. there are countries that have said that coal is going to be part of our energy mix for the foreseeable future, many in asia and some in africa as well. and they have been clear that because coal is going to be part of their energy mix in the future, they want support for cleaner coal technology. there is now a battle over a fuel that many economies rely on. there are plans to make coal cleaner, to use it without releasing carbon dioxide. but this is not much of a reality so far and, in the meantime, there are warnings that emissions need to fall rapidly,

not rise, as they are now. donald trump only sent a fledgling group to the climate conference in germany, smaller than they would normally send, but there has been representation from the white house about clean coal, a cleaner fossil fuel that they say must be part of the global warming solution. but it was interrupted. we have pictures of protesters who went to the presentation. i understand it was quite noisy. let‘s have a look. presentation. i understand it was quite noisy. let's have a look. oil, 34, natural gas, 35. singing. iwas

told noisy, not tuneful. that is quite a protest. and quite coordinated. you think nothing is going to happen and suddenly the room stands up. there are people who are mayors, people from states represented, but the white house in particular sent a smaller group and looks —— look at what happened when they did try to make a presentation. a roomful of protesters. they will have to vet the invitations. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — the warning from european business leaders to the british prime minister — what they say is at stake if progress isn‘t made on reaching a deal, and fast. and what does the last supper tell us about davinci? we speak to the author who‘s just written about the life of leonardo. that‘s still to come. it is being cold across the uk with

frost around and mountain snow. a nice picture from the highlands. tomorrow, a little milder will stop not a lot. some of us will have a cold start to the day but overall, what will happen is cold air sitting on top of us will be pushed away and milder and atlantic air will come in. there is a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain across the north. in the south this coming night, relatively dry and temperatures dipping down to single figures. in scotla nd dipping down to single figures. in scotland in the morning, we are expecting sunshine and this is where the best of the weather will be on tuesday, certainly from the lowlands northwards. colder in the glens. the central part of the uk, where we

have a weather front, cloud and the light outbreaks of rain, around 10 degrees. in the south, perhaps brightness first thing but overall, it will be a pretty grey day across england, wales and to an extent northern ireland. the weatherfront across the uk during tuesday. a fair bit of cloud, apart from scotland and maybe the far north of england. i expect newcastle will have sunshine. temperatures a little bit higher than the last few days when they have been into single figures across the country. tuesday night, we are in for a foggy night. potentially. the early hours of wednesday could be murky with reduced visibility almost anywhere across the uk. particularly across the southern half of the country. mr and fogg could be a problem for early—morning commuters on wednesday

and fog might linger. we are holding on to temperatures of 12-i3d. on we are holding on to temperatures of i2—i3d. on thursday, rain in western areas and in the south, temperatures getting up to 13 degrees. this is beyond one hundred days, with me, katty kay in washington. christian fraser‘s in london. our top stories: more than 400 people are dead and thousands injured after a powerful earthquake strikes near the border between iran and iraq. coming up in the next half hour: roy moore should quit the alabama senate race — that‘s the call of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell after allegations of sexual misconduct. the church of england says kids

should be able to wear what they wa nt should be able to wear what they want without judgment. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag beyond one hundred days. as time passes with no concrete progress in the brexit negotiations — yet, business leaders appear to be getting more and more nervous. the tensions in theresa may‘s government are intensifying this week ahead of a vital vote on the brexit bill, and after two of her cabinet ministers — borisjohnson and michael gove — sent her a forthright letter demanding that she shape up a bit when it somes to brexit. they‘ve called for a transitional deal that preserves the status quo, after britain leaves the eu in march 2019. i am joined in the studio by miriam gonzalez, a lawyer and former eu trade negotiator. the major complaint from business leaders is that they want more certainty and clarity in the next

few weeks, but the point is this still got to go to a vote in the eu parliament, 27 countries have to ee, parliament, 27 countries have to agree, there has to be agreement in the uk parliament. should you not just robbed prepare for the worst and hope for the best? preparing for the worst is always a good thing. in terms of hoping for the best, the businesspeople want the government to do something which is more than just hoping and it does its real technical negotiating homework. they are asking for two things, one of them is certainty and clarity. the other thing they are asking for is more energy, more progress. very little has happened in one year, and they just want to see more indication from the government of what it is exactly they will be asking for. i say the worst-case scenario. that be how remained sealed. brexiteers might say, if we

walk and there is no deal, that is the best scenario. listen to sir james dyson, who was speaking to the bbc this weekend. he says going to the wto rules and walking away from europe might be a good thing. 80% is europe might be a good thing. 8096 is percent of our growth are stewards outside the eu. but we have already falle n outside the eu. but we have already fallen off a cliff as company because we already pay a tariff into europe. yet we are one of the fastest—growing companies in europe. 0ne fastest—growing companies in europe. one of the fastest—growing manufacturing companies in europe outside the eu, the single market, the customs union, trading under wto rules. that is very much a minority view and not the view of most of businesspeople who are represented at the meeting with the prime minister today. it makes the news when he says something like that! i

do not think this is a matter of confidence. royals will be very different and so were tariffs. it is very easy to calculate company by company what the difference between operating within the single market and the customs union is an operating not only outside that but operating not only outside that but operating with wto only rules. everyone can calculate that and that is why many businesses are anxious. the level of anxiety has risen a lot over the last few weeks. that is taking into account the biggest issue we still have on the table, which is the transition period. there is a lot of misunderstanding as to what the transition period is. businesses calling for a standstill. but the government has put on the table is not a standstill. it is the wind down process that is within article 50 which is very different

toa article 50 which is very different to a standstill. business needs to understand is a bag gap. we keep hearing europe has moved on from the whole brexit process, they are not thinking about britain any more. to what extent is that not the case for european businesses? the genuinely concerned at the moment? european businesses and politicians would all hope to have an agreement with the uk. they did want any of this! this has happened to them, and they are simply reacting to what has happened in the uk. there is will to try to get to an agreement, but the ball is in the uk government‘s court. we just need to know what the uk government once. so what are the chances of turning this from what some business leaders are calling a lose lose into a win—win for both sides? the very first thing we need is to understand exactly what the plan is, what the trade framework is

that the government wants to put on the table for negotiations, and that is the very first step. we still do not know. more than one year after the brexit referendum, we still do not know exactly what type of agreement the uk government once. 0nce agreement the uk government once. once they put that on the table, negotiations can start, and i am sure it would be with goodwill. everybody has to lose if we do not have an agreement. thank you very much for coming, do come back and talk to us more. there will be plenty to talk about! here is something i do not understand. businesses say they want clarity but in this instance, even if they get clarity from london and the british side, the then still have to go through the whole european side where you‘ve got 27 countries involved, and that could still be changed, potentially. that was the experience of the canadians. they negotiated for many years to get this deal. it is not the sort of deal the uk has now within the

single market and customs union, but when that went to the vote of the 27 countries, i think belgium voted against it, the smallest part of the european union. you have to face fa cts european union. you have to face facts a re european union. you have to face facts are that, when this goes through the process in october if they get there and as soon as 0ctober, there may be some countries who do not like the deal, and there will certainly be dissenting voices within the european parliament, and both have to agree to it. let's not look other news now. borisjohnson has said the mps that nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe had been training journalists but now the government admits she was visiting family and has called on iraq to release on humanitarian grounds. today marks two years since the terrorist attacks

by islamist militants in paris, in which 130 people lost their lives. the french president emmanuel macron heard tributes at each site. his visit took him to bataclan nightclub, where 89 people were killed when gunmen stormed a rock concertjust after the eagles of death metal had begun performing. the band returned to paris to take part in today‘s commemoration. the solution for catalonia may be something for other than independence. the spanish prime minister has been campaigning. he says regional elections next month will help end what he called the havoc. bob geldof says he is handing back the freedom of the city in dublin because the same honour was given to aung san suu kyi. the irish musician and humanitarian activist described the treatment of the revenger muslims matter ethnic cleansing. the majority leader of the us senate mitch mcconnell has become the latest to say it is time for roy moore to step aside as a candidate for an alabama senate seat. it comes after allegations in the washington post that moore

initiated sexual contact with a 14 year old when he was in his 30s. today another woman is coming forward to say she was assaulted by moore as a minor. but the firebrand judge denies the allegations and is threatening to sue the washington post. with us now is the bbc‘s north america editorjon sopel. this is some fairly obscure or special election in alabama but it is suddenly getting an awful lot of attention because sex? it is about sex and the battle between the establishment republican party, who do not like roy moore one little bit, and firebrands who are keen and pushing roy moore to be the standard bearerfor pushing roy moore to be the standard bearer for a pushing roy moore to be the standard bearerfor a new pushing roy moore to be the standard bearer for a new type of republicanism in washington. we had mitch mcconnell coming out today, saying he should step aside. till now people have been saying, if it is the women‘s allegations proved correct, who will prove or disprove

it? why would you disbelieve the women? and you have had roy moore firing back, the person who should step aside is mitch mcconnell! he has failed conservatives and must be replaced. beyond earth row, this also says something about the leaves of paedophilia on alabama because republican leaders have been saying evenif republican leaders have been saying even if he did do this, i would still vote for him because he‘s not democrat. people commit transgressions and they may be apologetic. the abuse of a 14—year—old, i wonder what they think it was the own daughter who was the subject of such attention? maybe they would take a rather different view on it. but it shows just how polarised politics are you would say, there was a bit of an indiscretion with a 14—year—old, but

more important we get a republican in the senate than we do someone who may have an unsavoury past. the big stick that the roy moorside is wielding, he has been elected to various offices within alabama, this is just various offices within alabama, this isjust come out various offices within alabama, this is just come out now? various offices within alabama, this isjust come out now? they are trying to play that. but what is fascinating as well as the various scenarios that have been sketched out for what might unfold next, which is fascinating. you could have a writing candidate, you could agree that republican eggs would be a better person, the you write their name on the ballot, and a senator wins a seat by that way. the other way suggested is that the senate, he gets appointed, wins the election, goes to the senate, the modern inquiry, say, not the person, start again, and the process goes back to zero. the more intriguing one, the machiavellian mind, is that the seat

is available becausejeff sessions, the attorney general who donald trump has described as we can not good at doing hisjob, goes back to being the senator for alabama and hey, presto! you have both created... solve the problem of roy moore and got rid of the guy you do not like as attorney general! it is the house of cards on steroids option! never heard that before! and thatis option! never heard that before! and that is why we have the programme! that is quite a scenario, that is brilliant. you heard it here first! exactly. i was going to ask you whether roy moore was the best option, but clearly not!|j whether roy moore was the best option, but clearly not! i think it would be tricky. who else has recognition? you would have to be pushed to find another republican. roy moore is still ten points ahead, and that is in a poll taken since these allegations surfaced. 40% of

alabama christian evangelicals say they were still vote for him despite these allegations. we do do have some religious figures coming out and saying, this business of 40 years ago, total red herring, what did we learn from the catholic abuse crisis? it it's a very long time for the victims of harassment and abuse to come forward. they seem to be saying, give these women the benefit of the doubt. good news, we will go down to alabama to cover this election, so that should be a fun programme. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come: the biographer who gives new details on da vinci and his works. from "four weddings and a funeral", to "love actually" and "bridget jones‘s diary" he‘s played many leading roles. but in his latest film, hugh grant has been cast as a self—obsessed, washed up actor. how did he feel about being offered the role of the villain in paddington 2 — and the prospect of being overshadowed by a much loved bear?

what is so special about that bear? he‘s a wonderful character, isn‘t he? well, it‘s funny, number one, and it‘s moving, number two. and it manages not to be schmaltzy, which is, i think, really difficult. especially when the whole philosophy of the film is "be nice to everyone, be tolerant," you know. it would be really easy to go yucky. just putting you on hold. whoa! but i don‘t want to. it's only a haircut, nelson. there's nothing to be afraid of. come in, take a seat. we'll go somewhere else. and an actor playing an actor — did you enjoy that? yes, well, i loved that. i was able to dip into the dim, distant past of my career, when i did do theatre and met characters not entirely unlike phoenix buchanan, the guy i play in this film. he was a big west end star, and became such a narcissist

that he couldn‘t bear working with anyone else. he's phoenix buchanan. dad's celebrity client. i suppose you know who i am? oh, yes. you‘re a very famous actor. vip, celebrity... 0r used to be. now you do dog food commercials. this will be me, in ten years‘ time. you think it will? what about the dog food adverts? that is his big gig, at the moment. yeah. hugh, really, dog food adverts? well, you never know, you never know. i started with adverts.

my career in the ‘80s was writing and acting in radio commercials, including dog food. actually, no — we did spoof dog food — for red stripe lager. the church of england is saying that people should be able to dress however they like. dressing up is notjust a favourite activity for the reception class at this london church primary school, it‘s also part of the curriculum designed to encourage individuality and discourage bullying. the church of england has updated its advice for its 4700 schools to protect children who may be considering transition from one gender to another. being an individual is very important and respecting everybody‘s right to be an individual is very important to us. so if children aren‘t themselves then they cannot be free to learn and that‘s key. the new guidelines say children should be allowed to try many cloaks of identity without being labelled and that a child may choose the tutu, princess‘s tiara, or a fireman‘s helmet without expectation or comment. today‘s guidance is designed

to prevent bullying in schools like this but, on the issue of human sexuality, there is deep division within the church of england and some evangelical christians see today‘s announcement as an attempt to erode the authority of the bible and embrace an ever—changing culture. what people expect the church of england to do is to set forth the framework for living as set out in the bible. that we're all made wonderfully in the image of god, male and female, and the church of england today seems to have failed in its duty to say that to the nation. but the archbishop of canterbury, who expressed his support for the new guidance in writing and on social media, rejects this criticism, saying no child should be diminished by being reduced to a stereotype or a problem. stevejobs, albert einstein and benjamin franklin —

they are a few of the towering figures that author walter isaacson has captured in his acclaimed biographies. now he has set his sights on leonardo da vinci. using leonardo‘s notebooks and drawings he shows how the intersection of art and science led to a new world of innovation. for more on this creative genius and the works which have been enjoyed by millions, mr isaacson joins us now from new york. i knew of course that da vinci had such a broad reach but i did not realise how broad until i picked up your book, astronomy, astrology, music, military, it was almost as if the paintings is an afterthought for him. he wants to learn about everything. he sees the patterns of nature. when he turned that

unnerving master of becoming 30 yea rs unnerving master of becoming 30 years old, he writes a job application to the duke of malang, and it is i! paragraphs long. the first ten paragraphs all about engineering, i can build great buildings and make weapons of war and divert rivers. 0nly buildings and make weapons of war and divert rivers. only in the 11th paragraph does he say you can paint as well as anyone. i think it enjoyed trying to do everything, and thatis enjoyed trying to do everything, and that is what made him the renaissance man. then he did also merge the two. i loved the story in the book about the process he went through to produce perhaps the most famous painting ever painted and the most famous smile ever painted, that of the mona lisa. when i looked at his notebooks, i realised he is curious about everything and wants to know every muscle that touches the lips and which nerves control those muscles. he dissects the human eye to show that when you look at something directly, you see the

black—and—white detail, but on the edges of your retina, you see colours and shadows. he is able to make that smile of the no mona lisa interactive. if you stare at the tiniest black—and—white details on the corner of her lips, they are straight, but the shadows and colours go up, and over 16 years he is doing the tiniest of brush strokes so that it becomes an emotional painting that interacts with us. that is why you have to love both his science and his anatomy and his optics as well as his eye to see why he was so creative and innovative. are you saying that, when he dissected faces, he was actually looking at how the muscles were working? is that the secret as to why this painting flirts with us? it is one of the many secrets. also the way the optics work. but there are 16 pages in this notebook where he dissects every muscle of the face

and how it works. he even discovers things you a night could discover if we we re things you a night could discover if we were more observant, like all bottom lip is a muscle which is why you out on your own, but your top lip is not an independent muscle, it so you cannot pout out, don‘t try this now, you will look silly on television, but it is why leonardo loved every aspect of science and anatomy. we were just looking at pictures of a man which is on the back of the book, but you also had a chance to come over here to windsor to look at the royal collection and the drawings and the royal collection. how did you get there and what did you find when you looked at the drawings? windsor castle has the greatest collection of the notebook pages from leonardo on anatomy, the foetus in the womb, for example, that beautiful drawing. they showed how he made most distinction between art and science.

i was very lucky to meet some of the people involved in the duration, martin clayton is a great expert on leonardo, so i was able to see some of his drawings, and in other places study other notebook drawings. but england is very lucky. it probably has the greatest collection of leonardo‘s drawings and the virgin of the locks in the national gallery. you are writing a book that, if leonardo da vinci had been alive today, he probably would have been diagnosed with a dd! we would not be able to comprehend or contain his creativity. leonardo was always very distracted. he was obsessively focused at times. he had depression and anxiety, but also very elated at times. when people ask me, did he have a dd or 0cd? i say, you are not

supposed to pull down the diagnostic manual and think, how would we have treated him or what regiment would we have put on? maybe we would have done that but i doubt we would have had the mona lisa if so. it was good he was able to deal with his angels and dragons without his life. clearly he would still be appreciated. i think sotheby‘s has a painting of his going on sale today thatis painting of his going on sale today that is expected to fetch even more than you can afford! the's give credit to christies. it will probably go for 115 million dollars. it is the last leonardo in private hands. in salvador monday, you see this beautiful crystal orb and you see the imagination use it him getting the crystal right but not

distortjesus‘ robes getting the crystal right but not distort jesus‘ robes because getting the crystal right but not distortjesus‘ robes because he‘s showing the miraculous quality of jesus‘ stewardess of this world. and the hand being very sharp because leonardo knows that the sharpness makes it look like the hand is coming out to you. this is why he‘s so creative and why we learn from him. love it! brilliant. it is a lwa ys him. love it! brilliant. it is always good to talk to you, thank you very much indeed for coming on the programme. fabulous! they were enormously tolerant of da vinci, you was gay, left—handed, born out of wedlock and still manage to an engineering job. amazing. an amazing that today he is just as appreciated and valuable as he was back then. we will try the experiment, which is worthy of leonardo da vinci. it is a time space experiment and it is to with whether you can blow out a candle on your birthday cake or the way from london. you blow, and we

will see what happens! go on. blow to my right, i have been told. you didn‘t even have two! it went out! hgppy didn‘t even have two! it went out! happy birthday, christian. i will eat a bit and you will tell me how delicious it is! 25, never been kissed today. i did get a chocolate ca ke kissed today. i did get a chocolate cake like that from the team this morning to have my copy. and i have had very nice messages from our view was. i hope you enjoy the cake! we have to admit the christian is still ridiculously young, talented, not quite da vinci —esque, but if we give him a few more years, he will be up there selling something for $100 billion at christie ‘s, not sotheby‘s. kristian, my friend, happy birthday, it is so much fun working with you. and stay young! do

you is this tomorrow? yours, and we will celebrate it tomorrow! i want a really big cake! see you all tomorrow! it has been quite achieve few days across the uk. frost around. we had some mountainous snow as well. nice picture here coming in from the highlands. as far as tomorrow is concerned, it will be milder. not an awful lot. some of us will still have a chilly start of the day but overall what will happen is the cold air sitting on top of us will be pushed away and this milder atlantic airwillwin and this pushed away and this milder atlantic air will win and this process is already happening this evening. a lot of cloud out there, outbreaks of rain across northern parts of the country. but in the south, this coming night relatively dry.

temperatures still dipping down to single figures. let‘s start with scotla nd single figures. let‘s start with scotland in the morning because here we are expecting sunshine right from the word go. this is where the best of the weather will be on tuesday. a fine morning here, a little nippy in the glens of scotland, temperatures 5 degrees, but the central swathe of the uk, where we have a weather front, the cloud and by outbreaks of rain, 10 degrees or so, front, the cloud and by outbreaks of rain, 10 degrees orso, in front, the cloud and by outbreaks of rain, 10 degrees or so, in the south isa rain, 10 degrees or so, in the south is a bit of brightness first thing in the morning. but overall, a pretty grey day across england, wales and to an extent northern ireland. this is a weather front strewn across the uk during the course of tuesday. a fair bit of cloud around apart from scotland. the far north of england as well, newcastle will have sunshine as well. temperatures higher than what well. temperatures higher than what we have had over the last few days. they have been into single figures right across the country. but beginning up to 12 degrees. tuesday

night, we are in for a foggy one, at least potentially. 0n the early hours of wednesday, fairly murky with reduced visibility almost anywhere across the uk. particularly across the southern half of the country. mist and fog could prove a problem in early—morning commuters on wednesday, and that fog may linger into the afternoon as well. in the north of the country, a bit more breeze and rain coming in so not as foggy across the north. we still hold onto those temperatures of 12-30d. still hold onto those temperatures of 12—30d. 0n still hold onto those temperatures of 12—30d. on thursday, temperatures getting up to around 13 degrees. this is bbc news, the headlines at eight. the brexit secretary makes what‘s being seen as a major concession by confirming parliament will be allowed to examine any brexit deal before britain leaves the eu.

parliament will be given time to debate, scrutinise and vote on the final deal. this agreement will only hold if parliament approves it. at least 400 people have been killed and thousands injured following a powerful earthquake in iran. a huge rescue operation is under way. the foreign secretary apologises publicly to the family of a british womanjailed in iran for allegedly spying. he‘s due to meet the husband of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe later this week. arthur collins, the former boyfriend of reality—tv star fearne mccann, has been found guilty of carrying out an acid attack in a london nightclub. 14 people were injured in the attack.