you're watching beyond 100 days. the one—time wild child of britain's royal family is a bachelor no more. prince harry will marry his american girlfriend meghan markle in the spring of next year. he's the 33—year—old grandson of the queen. she's a 36—year—old actress and divorcee. they revealed they got engaged in secret earlier this month. i could barely let him finish proposing. and then there were hugs andl proposing. and then there were hugs and i have the ring on her finger and i have the ring on her finger andl and i have the ring on her finger and i was like, can i give you the rink was my goal, yes, the ring! as for the royal rock — the prince included stones from his mother diana's collection and designed the ring himself. in washington, congress is back in town with a full to—do list, but it's allegations of sexual misconduct which dominate the political news. also on the programme: before brexit talks go any further — the issue of the irish border must be resolved. that's the position in dublin. britain wants a trade deal first. a major eruption looms on the indonesian island of bali, shutting down its only airport

and stranding thousands of tourists. get in touch with us using the hashtag... hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. she looked nervous, he was rather awkward — it was a typical engagement announcement. except that he's a british prince and she's an american actress. all of which excites americans who can't get enough today of meghan markle and prince harry announcing they're getting married. they made their first official engagement appearance this afternoon she wore a ring he had designed. the diamond by the way comes from botswana. and it's surrounded by two diamonds from his late mother's personal collection. the statement from harry's father, prince charles, said: his royal highness the prince of wales is delighted to announce the engagement of prince harry to ms meghan markle. the wedding will take place in spring 2018. the queen and prince phillip said they were

"delighted for the couple and wished them every happiness." the new royal couple have just given their first interview to our colleague mishal hussein. how did you first meet? er... yes, we first met. we were introduced, actually, by a mutual friend, who we will... we should protect her privacy. protect her privacy, yeah. a little too much of that. and, but, it was literally through her, and then we met once and then twice back—to—back, two dates, in london lastjuly, beginning ofjuly, and then it was i think about three, maybe four, weeks later that i managed to persuade her to come and join me in botswana, and we camped out with each other under the stars, and we spent... she came and joined me for five days out there, which was absolutely fantastic. so, then we were really by ourselves, which was crucial, to me, to make sure that we had a chance to get to know each other. your friend who introduced you — was she trying to set you up? yes, it was definitely a setup.

it was a blind date. it was a blind date, for sure. and it's so interesting because we talk about it now, and even then, you know, because i'm from the states, you don't grow up with the same understanding of the royal family, and so, while i now understand very clearly there is a global interest there, i didn't know much about him, and so the only thing i had asked her when she said she wanted to set us up was one question — i said, is he nice? because if he wasn't kind, it didn't seem like it would make sense, so we went and met for a drink, and i think very quickly into that, in the case of your relationship, unlike for most people, there's this whole layer of what it means to get involved with someone from the royal family. how much of a sense did you have, meghan, of the enormity of what you were getting into and what it might mean for your life? i think i can very safely say, as naive as it sounds now, having gone through this learning curve in the past year and a half, i did not have any understanding ofjust what it would be like.

i don't think either of us did. we've both said that. even though we knew that it would be... i tried to warn you as much as possible, but i think both of us were totally surprised by the reaction after the first five or six months that we had to ourselves of what would actually happen from then, so you can have as many conversations as you want and try and prepare as much as possible, but we were totally unprepared for what happened after that. the scrutiny. well, all sorts. i think also because... there's a misconception that, because i worked in the entertainment industry, that this would be something i would be familiar with. even though i'd been on my show for six years at that point, and working before that, i've never been part of tabloid culture, never been in pop culture to that degree, and lived a relatively quiet life, even though i focused so much on myjob, so that was a really stark difference out of the gate, but... and i think we were just hit so hard at the beginning with a lot of mistruths that i made the choice

to not read anything. positive or negative, itjust didn't make sense. instead, we focused all of our energiesjust on nurturing our relationship. 0n us, yeah. 0n us. and some of that scrutiny — and you ended up making a very public statement about it — some of that scrutiny was centred around your ethnicity, meghan. when you realised that, what did you think? of course it's disheartening, you know. it's a shame that that is the climate, in this world, to focus on that, or be discriminatory in that sense. but i think, at the end of the day, i'm reallyjust proud of who i am and where i come from, and we have never put any focus on that. we've just focused on who we are as a couple, and so, when you take all those extra layers away, and all of that noise, i think it makes it really easy to just enjoy being together, and tune all the rest of that out. what was it like

introducing meghan to your father and your brother? um... what was it like? it was exciting. i mean, i'd been seeing herfor a period of time when i literally didn't tell anybody at all, and then william was longing to meet her, and so was catherine, and being our neighbours, we managed to get that in quite a few times now, and catherine's been absolutely amazing. she's been wonderful. as has william as well. they've been fantastic support. and then my father as well, we've had a couple... no, more than that. a handful of teas and meetings and all sorts of gatherings over at his place as well, so the family together have been absolutely solid support, and my grandparents as well have been wonderful throughout this whole process. and you met the queen? yes, i have a couple of times. what's that like? it's incredible.

first, to be able to meet her, through his lens, notjust with his honour and respect for her as the monarch but the love he has for her as his grandmother, those layers have been important for me so when i met her i had a deep understanding and of course incredible respect for having that time with her. we've had a really... she's an incredible woman. and the corgis took to you straight away! the last 33 years of being barked at, this one, walking in, the corgis. tell us about the ring. the ring is obviously yellow gold, because that's herfavourite, and the main stone itself i sourced from botswana, and the little diamonds either side are from my mother's jewellery collection, to make sure that she is with us on this crazyjourney together. it's beautiful. and he designed it. it's incredible. yeah. make sure it stays on that finger! of course.

what does it mean to you, meghan, to have those stones on your finger that once belonged to princess diana? i think everything about harry's thoughtfulness and the inclusion of that, and obviously not being able to meet his mom, it's so important to me to know that she's a part of this with us, what do you think your mother would have thought of meghan, or said about meghan? they'd be thick as thieves, without question. i mean, she would be over the moon, jumping up and down, so excited for me, but then, would probably have been best friends with meghan, so it is days like today when i really miss having her around and being able to share the happy news, but with the ring and everything else that's going on, i'm sure she's with us, you know, jumping up and down somewhere else. prince harry, meghan markle, thank you both very much. thank you so much.

thank you. christian, i know you are a big romantic. tell me you didn't love that! let's get some stateside reaction to today's announcement from charlotte triggs. she's a senior editor at people magazine and joins us now from new york. charlotte, listening to meghan markle, she is articulate, poised, seems very confident, her life is about to change dramatically. how much does it change the whole equation that she is an american? you know, ithink equation that she is an american? you know, i think itjust makes it even more of a dramatic story. kate first met william when they were stu d e nts first met william when they were students together, people knew her for yea rs students together, people knew her for years and years. meghan is really quite unknown and the fact that she is an american who is having this fairy tale experience, i think all the women out there are able to project their own kind of fa ntasy o nto able to project their own kind of fantasy onto her of meeting a prince of foreign lands and getting married

and becoming royal. there was a huge amount of attention here paid to diana when kate and william got married, that was a big story here in the united states. for your readers, is this going to be as big a deal? yes, i think this is a huge deal because, you know, it is not everyday that you have someone like this, an american actress, from relatively humble beginnings he gets to become if not a princess, a duchess. part of the family. it is something that really captivates this country. people are really not... we don't have the culture of royalty in united states ourselves. the closest we had was probably the kennedys and saw people love to imagine this life of cassells and diamonds and royals that is not something you get to see here every day so i think it is a big deal as people, you know, has covered the royals for years and years. we had diana on our royals for years and years. we had diana on oui’ cover royals for years and years. we had diana on our cover 58 times, she was

on our cover more diana on our cover 58 times, she was on oui’ cover more than anyone diana on our cover 58 times, she was on our cover more than anyone else, so on our cover more than anyone else, soi on our cover more than anyone else, so i think there is a great addition in this country of royal watching, as it were. do you think your magazine and others will start to look at the history of its? the last time an american marries a royal was when edward viii time an american marries a royal was when edward v!!! was forced to abdicate after marrying wallis simpson. times are very different now and so i wonder if the americans would say this is really the royal family coming into the modern age? right, | family coming into the modern age? right, i think that is totally true. the fact of the matter is that she is not your traditional candidate to be someone marrying into the family. she is divorced which was previously something they didn't really go for but the fact of the matter is that it isa but the fact of the matter is that it is a new age, a new generation and both william and harry have decided that they want to kind of ta ke decided that they want to kind of take control of their lives and marry who they want to marry and i think it has really shown how much the royal family has changed since those days that people would be forced to abdicate the throne.

charlotte triggs, thank you very much for coming in. and you can see the full interview on the bbc news channel and bbc world news from 8:30pm gmt in about an hour and 20 minute's time. al franken, the democratic senator from minnesota, says he's embarrassed and ashamed by his behaviour towards women. four women have now accused him of sexual misconduct and he'll be the subject of an ethics investigation. just a short time ago, franken spoke outside his senate office saying he has been doing a lot of reflecting and he again apologized for his actions. i know that i've let a lot of people down, the people of minnesota, my colleagues, my staff, my supporters and everyone who has counted on me to bea and everyone who has counted on me to be a champion for women. to all of you, ijust want to again say i

am sorry. senator franken isn't the only elected official in the us having to answer allegations against him. on sunday, congressmanjohn conyers stepped down as the ranking democrat on the housejudiciary committee. the civil rights hero had to give up his powerful position pending an investigation into sexual misconduct. all this as roy moore continues his run to become a us senator from alabama after multiple women have come forward alleging sexual harassment, some while they were minors. joining us now isjournalist jay newton small, who has covered congress and is author of broad influence: how women are changing the way america works. thank you for coming in. what is interesting, i think about the al franken case is it has raised here in the states at least the whole issue of relativity around sexual harassment. are some allegations worse than others? xl apologises profusely, does that somehow exonerate them later on? is al franken is sort of sign of the

evolving to meet all sexual harassment? i think there should be two categories. 0ne harassment? i think there should be two categories. one should be for roy moore. aged to be a bipartisan issue where americans would say abusing a child was very different than just has the state make sexually harassing women or other people versus people like al franken oi’ people versus people like al franken or really the president himself, donald trump, and any number of other politicians who have been accused of this. those are people who have been accused of potentially groping or touching inappropriately women and, yes, there are definitely different kinds and different levels of rate so some people have been accused of using power to abuse women, saying too much younger women, saying too much younger women, 19 or 20 rowsjust beginning their careers that they would have a career as they sleep with him, that sort of thing. but there is a question of whether there should be a different standard for a sitting senator like al franken and if you have been elected to office, you to hold yourself to a higher standard.

no doubt, it is a huge debate in america today i do not know. you look at hollywood and the media, no question, the minute these accusations come out, you are out. this is not what we do, it is not good for business. in politics, things are much murkier because there are questions about allegations being politically motivated, someone potentially being paid to say these things coming into play and that is why there is an investigation and are the steps where you can go to ethics committees to have an arbitrator to understand who is at fault here and whether these people should step down, whether they should be penalised or not. christian, i hear this is much more widespread than you might imagine on capitol hill. i wonder if perhaps one of the problems might be how they have historically been investigated. i read about an archaic law that said later had of confidentiality and more than that the boy is going to be settlements, the sect sick bag settle m e nts be settlements, the sect sick bag settlements are kept —— the

settle m e nts settlements are kept —— the settlements are kept —— the settlements are kept —— the settlements are kept confidential. we have a gruff year of settlements from the last ten years. this is the amount of money that had been paid out to various women. the figure is $934,000 paid out in 2017. i am trying to think what would happen here in the uk taxpayers were told that there was a slush fund for paying out to sexual harassment victims. it is absolutely unquestionable that this process needs to be completely overhauled andi needs to be completely overhauled and i think there is agreement on capitol hill but not enough is being done. there is a huge amount of outrage that taxpayer money would be involved, these agreements were kept secret and that is both sides of the aisle. you hear it from everybody including leadership, even the republicans, so there is no question that there will be a very close examining of this process and it will be overhauled but the question as to what extent and that remains to be seen. thank you for coming in.

that is an extraordinary point that she was making, you could make a complaint against someone you're working for, a senator or congressman and then you would be sitting in the same office while this 30 day period elapsed and you we re this 30 day period elapsed and you were talking to the lawyers and you would still have to work with this person and there would be no person in between you and a senator or congressmen that you could talk to. yes, i went through the steps that it took to file a complaint of sexual harassment in the us congress and it is still identifying and cobb located and lengthy, the whole process , located and lengthy, the whole process, that in all wonder women don't apply. not only is there at the time of working in the office of someone you have the time of working in the office of someone you have already accused of sexual harassment but you're not allowed to talk to anyone, not your lawyer and not your therapist potentially about what is going on so potentially about what is going on so really it is a process that is almost made to feel and made to me that the accusers never come forward and file complaints against men who are very powerful and this is the complaint about capitol hill and westminster, it is an institution

where there are a lot of men, a disproportionate number of men in powerful positions and young women who depend on those men for their careers. yes, it is about getting the system in place that works. this week is a critical one for the brexit negotiations and right now the issue of ireland is the biggest obstacle to progress. the irish government says it won't accept any brexit outcome that leads to a hard border between north and south. the irish hold a veto if they don't like the way the talks are going. an added complication is a corruption investigation in ireland that threatens to bring down the minority government of prime minister leo varadkar. there is a confidence vote in parliament tomorrow. if it goes the wrong way for mr varadkar we could be looking at a snap election before christmas? we'rejoined now from dublin by the irish minister for local government and electoral reform john paul phelan. very good to see you, thank you for coming on the programme. i know that you have put the onus for this on

the british government. brexit is there doing, so they have to come up with a solution, but what would be a solution that would work for the irish government? well, the most important thing from the point of view of the people in socially republic of ireland and i would say in the north of ireland two is the protection of peace. i am of an age that i grew up, growing up and going to school were at the discussion in the news was what has happened in the news was what has happened in the north of ireland and our relationship in the north of ireland the previous night normally by way of someone or a number of people dying. we have a peace process which has been successful for 20 years, very successful, but anything that might impinge on impact and that obviously is priority number one for the irish government. you wield extraordinary power at the moment with this veto, but if you were to exercise a veto within the european council when they meet in a couple of weeks, you could push britain to wards wto rules and that if that

we re wards wto rules and that if that were the case, there would be a hard border between north and south and thatis border between north and south and that is something you are keen to avoid. it is, but it is something that so far the british government at least have been emphasising that they are keen to avoid too. the problem from our perspective is that there is a summit on the 13th or 14th of december and while sufficient progress has to be recorded at that stage to advance to the next stage of the negotiations, no real, i suppose, the next stage of the negotiations, no real, isuppose, hard the next stage of the negotiations, no real, i suppose, hard to detail has been produced yet by the british government as to how the issue of the irish question might be resolved. there has been movement on the cost of the divorce settlement, if you like, and indeed on the rights of eu citizens in britain and, indeed, british citizens in the eu but the third piece, the irish peace, hasn't seen any movement yet other than both sides stating their position that they don't want to be ha rd position that they don't want to be hard border to exist on the island of ireland but no concrete proposals

to as to how that can be avoided. as you said, the prime minister and liam fox has reiterated again that they do not want any physical structures along a 300 odd mile border, but you are demanding that there is some kind of written confirmation of that or declaration of that. it sounds like you don't really trust them, is that the case? it is not that we don't trust them,... why do you want it in writing them? because up to this point, there have been a lot of words but not a lot of detail and i do not think it is unreasonable. the irish government's first responsibility is to the people of ireland. we have a close relationship with britain, closer thanit relationship with britain, closer than it has been in the history of our state, but it is also fair to say that we have a responsibility to the citizens who we represent here to ensure that there is concrete proposals before the next stage of negotiations is entered into. can you tell us what you are hearing from the other members of the european union, whether they are giving new support for your position

on the border? the european union right from the start in its first documents lastjune right from the start in its first documents last june outlined, right from the start in its first documents lastjune outlined, i suppose, that the irish issue was one of the three main issues that had to be considered throughout these negotiations and that view has not changed from the european union. what happens if the vote of confidence goes against you tomorrow and there is a snap election? that will put leo varadkar in a very difficult position. he is probably going to dig in, isn't he? it would be worse for him at the polls if he didn't. the one thing on the irish side of this whole debate that has been clear is that there is no political division between any of the parties, be it the ones that are in government or the ones in opposition, on the need to avoid the ha rd opposition, on the need to avoid the hard border between the north of ireland and the republic. that in itself wouldn't be much of an issue, i think. pretty chaotic though.

well, we have minority governments everywhere including in britain and we are actually used to them in a sense in the republic of ireland. we have had many of them before, several in my lifetime, but there is, as you pointed out at the start, there are negotiations going on tonight between leo varadkar and the leader of the opposition and their two main advisers. i am not party to them but the discussions have advised snick happens over the last few nights. nobody fancies the idea ofa few nights. nobody fancies the idea of a general election in the republic of ireland before christmas. good to talk to you, thank you very much for coming on. thank you. incredible pictures showing from bally. the islands 0 rly showing from bally. the islands 0rly airport is closed, thousands of tourists are stranded. people will be forced to leave their homes if necessary. a giant cloud of rocks, glass,

crystal and gas spews out of bali's tallest volcano. life near mount agung goes on, even as the authorities urge locals to leave. the hope — that there won't be the death and destruction wrought by the volcano last time around. that was in 1963. in a country with a history of volcanic eruptions, this was one of the worst. more than 1,000 died. the orange glow today, magma visible at the top of the volcano. a clue that a full—scale eruption could come soon. as the magma has moved up through the volcano, it's heated water inside, creating steam and pressure, hurling fragments of rock thousands of metres into the air. in villages, some have no choice but to stay put. "i'm scared but i don't have the money to leave," says this woman.

but some tourists are still there, as even experts struggle to predict what this volcano will do next. incredible pictures there. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — from actress to princess — we've more on the woman who'll marry prince harry. and incredible new details about mugabe's downfall and the moments leading up to his resignation. did china have a role to play? that's still to come. briefly, we have had milder air

across the uk today that temperatures are going to fall over the next few days. cold air is due to return from the north with northerly wind replacing this mild west to south—westerly winds that we had to date together with all this cloud. the cloud has brought us some outbreaks of rain which is sinking southwards out into the endless channel. clear skies and showers following overnight, most of them in northern ireland, wales, wintry showers across the northern half of scotla nd showers across the northern half of scotland as well. cold tonight, still not that holds just yet. a patchy frost across the north and perhaps icy patches in northern scotla nd perhaps icy patches in northern scotland where we have those showers. there will be wintry missing the show was here as well, particularly over highland and grampian, maybe sleet and snow as well for the southern uplands around the borders. a number of showers packing in all those cold winds across from northern ireland, pulling them over the irish sea. further north of england, most showers initially near the coast and

many inland areas will start dry, sunny and cold. towards the south—east of england, the southwest will see some showers, frequent showers during the day across the western side of wales, lots of showers for northern ireland is as well. wintry showers continue for scotla nd well. wintry showers continue for scotland and those showers get blown inland through the morning, down towards the midlands and east anglia in the afternoon. that is a change is the day goes on. it will be a cold day than today, will feel colder today especially with some stronger winds, too. this is the general pressure pattern that we will have over the next few days. high pressure over to the west of the uk, low pressure to the east, the uk, low pressure to the east, the isobars coming all the way down from the north still another cold day on wednesday, more frost rounds, fewer showers over northern ireland, wales and the southwest. a few showers still for scotland but more showers still for scotland but more showers down the eastern coastal counties of england. many places inland will be dry, quite sunny but also pretty cold out there as well.

similar sort of look to the weather as we move from wednesday into thursday. pressure pattern is not really changed at all. wind direction is crucial so we are getting more of wind coming in off the north sea, hence more showers down the eastern side of england and fewer showers for northern ireland, wales and the southwest. in between, lots of sunshine but another cold day. this is beyond one hundred days, with me katty kay in washington — christian fraser's in london. our top stories — britain's prince harry announces his engagement to the american actress meghan markle — the royal wedding is next spring. the royal pair will set up home in kensington palace after the wedding. harry's grandparents, the queen and prince phillip, are said to be delighted. coming up in the next half hour — the german business leaders who believe britain can reverse brexit — but at what cost? and will those who voted for it, stand for it? the water crisis in flint, michigan exposed an ugly truth about what americans are drinking — and the concern is it's not an isolated case.

scientists are worried that millions of americans in other parts of the country are being poisioned by the water in their homes and don't know it. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag... 'beyond—0ne—hundred—days' if some reason you haven't heard — we learned today that britain's prince harry is to marry the american actress meghan markle. so what do we know about her? well, she is 36, divorced and describes herself as a "strong, confident, mixed—raced woman". she grew up in los angeles and until she met prince harry was best known for playing rachel zane in the us tv drama suits. she's also campaigned for gender equality and a variety of humanitarian causes — as our royal correspondent daniella relph explains. have you heard? there is breaking news out of london this morning. drum roll, please.

prince harry and american actress meghan markle are engaged — yay! congratulations, harry and meghan. we don't know you, but congratulations! but we will all get to know meghan markle much better over the next few months. she is no ordinary royal fiancee. "rachel enters wearing a towel." and i said, "nope, not doing it any more." not doing it, and i called the creator and i was like, "it's just gratuitous." we get it, you've already seen it once, so i think that at a certain point,

you feel empowered enough to just say no. meghan markle will bring something different to the british royalfamily. born and brought up here in the united states, she is a opinions and, if possible,

ms markle's parents thomas markle, a lighting director, and doria ragland, a social worker and yoga instructor have welcomed the news: "we are incredibly happy for meghan and harry. our daughter has always been a kind and loving person. to see her union with harry, who shares the same qualities, is a source of greatjoy for us as parents." in been being slightly bookish about the story and then the interview started and you were totally riveted. you have outed me on live television. i thought it was a good interview. it was interesting to see her because he is very impressive

and to hear from her because he is very impressive and to hearfrom her was her because he is very impressive and to hear from her was the her because he is very impressive and to hearfrom her was the most interesting part. super articulate and confident. let's move on. a group of german business leaders wants the brexit vote reversed in exchange for a comprehensive deal on immigration and free movement. they've even got a catchy slogan — "exit from brexit" — but is it remotely realistic? the group of seven influential figures is warning that germany must do more to prevent losing "its most valuable partner within the eu". not a view you hear expressed from europe very often. i'm joined now by one of the leading voices from the group. good to see you, thank you for joining us. exit from brexit, that is not really going to float. 70 million people in britain are committed to it. our call is not addressed to britain, it is addressed to britain, it is addressed to britain, it is addressed to brussels because we have seen the effects of brexit and not only bad for britain, this is

quite obvious if you look at the economic results. it is long—term also bad for europe because with britain the last nation with common sense in my opinion leaves the european union we need these advocates for freedom and self responsibility and autonomy. the second reason is it is our opinion and conviction that brexit is not only the fault if you wish of the british, i think it is the fault of brussels. brussels has always done much to much centralisation and harmonisation. it is like britain having joined a football club and then the club management decided to play golf. then i asked myself who has really left him ? play golf. then i asked myself who has really left him? we are addressing brussels and what brussels to give a deal to britain which cameron wanted and they quit sure with such a new deal the situation in britain would also

change. that ship has sailed. i was at that conference before the referendum and david cameron urged people in the remit to give him a deal that he could sell back at home but the problem has always been that federalists within the room did not wa nt to federalists within the room did not want to play ball. and now britain has chosen the path that he wants to go down. there is no deal turning back? this is not the first time that any european union referenda took place and the situation changed and a new deal was put on the table. then the country decided otherwise. let's not forget and you alluded to it, the european union was not ready at that time to give cameron the necessary autonomy which cameron believed rightfully he needed. add in the meantime most european countries think that kind of autonomy to control its own aggression is necessary for all

other countries. —— control its own immigration. even angela merkel has changed their policy of 180 degrees solicit us is different and if i see two trains running on the same track against each other i think it is irresponsible not to try to stop them. let's be realistic, it is not up them. let's be realistic, it is not up to brussels to decide whether brexit and will be reversed. that was a referendum taken by the british people had voted in favour of it so realistically, you said that effort is now brexit, if that is the should be a better deal, what can the eu offer britain that would constitute a better deal? you are quite right. it needs a strong better deal. in needs a deal which cameron wanted at that time. for insta nce cameron wanted at that time. for instance a clear and own responsibility for immigration. europe was not ready to do that at that time. i am quite convinced

there are many national governments who are ready to do that and when you say it is a realistic, we now that the majority of europe parliament can consider to be remainders and i was always attacking the european negotiation strategy in regards to your country because the behaved absolutely and arrogantly. you have a group of business leaders behind you but you do not actually have the support of any political parties for this position? we have absolutely no illusions. berlin would say this is the responsibility of mr barnier and brussels and brussels would say it is up to britain to make the next move and britain would see exactly what you said. however the situation is so obviously wrong for both that it is necessary to try to change the

situation and that is what we are trying to do. on that point, would it be damaging for germany? we keep saying the no deal scenario is very damaging for the german car industry and manufacturing, do you agree?” absolutely agree. whether a deal or no deal, it is both bad for germany. think of the current situation, sales of german cars have dropped by 20% in the uk. that is about the same amount we experience when we had the financial crisis. look at the ukip, the british pound has collapsed, you have inflation of 3%. ididn't collapsed, you have inflation of 3%. i didn't think that is good for you us. i didn't think that is good for you us. it is not so unrealistic and there can only appeal to all those british people remain and exit who discover how difficult it is, try to

register and to our platform which is called new deal for britain and i am quite sure if we all get together and ask these politicians to admit they made mistakes, they may perhaps come to their senses and come up with a new deal for britain which would also be a new deal for europe. thank you forjoining us. turkish prime minister binali yildirim says the uk's decision to leave the european union has left the eu ‘entirely confused'. in london, mr yildirim told reporters the eu would need to revisit its vision on the future. despite that message, the prime minister made it clear his country still wishes to be a part of the eu. pope francis has met with myanmar‘s army chief on the first day of his visit to the country, which has been accused of ‘ethnic cleansing' against its muslim rohingya minority. he's due to give a speech in the capital on tuesday. and he's been urged not to use the word ‘rohingya' — a term not recognised by myanmar — to avoid future persecution of christians in the country.

two pharmaceutical firms — one american, the other german — have said they will invest more than a billion dollars in the uk — creating more than 1,800 jobs. the deals coincide with the launch of the government's industrial strategy white paper, which is aimed at supporting more research and development, encouraging firms to embrace new technology, and boosting the economy. robert mugabe was a wily old politician. for 37 years he'd hung on as president in zimbabwe by eliminating opponents and rewarding his most loyal henchmen. but now we discover from leaked intelligence documents, that for several weeks before the coup, the president's former allies were plotting against him. the 93—year old was aware plans were afoot but he couldn't stop them. the chief of the army general chiwenga decided weeks ago that grace mugabe must be stopped. on a recent visit to beijing he was given the support of the chinese. and on his return to harare, the general managed to evade capture

— only because his soldiers outnumbered mugabe's secret police who were waiting at the airport. some of his soldiers were disguised as baggage handlers. all these details were gathered by the reuters news agency, ed cropley is their bureau chief in sub—saharan africa. we kind of knew for some time that whether these divisions within zona pf but it was not abundantly clear that they were trying to bring in beijing to not stop the coup. what you say is correct. we have known for more than a year that it had been these massive rifts between the factions loyal to robert mugabe's wife and factions loyal to the no president was backed by the military. the temperature has been

rising, increasing between these two sides and most recently in the run—up to the punch by robert mugabe which now appears to be the moment that really did launch the crew. what's fascinating about these documents is what grace was up to an innately crew was unfolding. she was tried to get help. people inside zimbabwe were desperately trying to know and discover what was going on. we have been reporting them are not personnel characters heading towards the capital and the afternoon, one of them broke down beside it would you have to pity the driver this armoured vehicle on the day of the coup has tanked breaks down. but people in johannesburg like coup has tanked breaks down. but people injohannesburg like myself we re people injohannesburg like myself were furiously trying to call anyone be good to find out... she was

trying to get social media taken off here. that is exactly right. where we we re here. that is exactly right. where we were confused, so was grace mugabe. she called ministers and supporters who tries to get social media shuts down because of the photographs of armoured personnel carriers and troop carriers converging on the capital. they thought it was a major security risk and assumed that the way to shore up their position was to shut down the media. 0ne their position was to shut down the media. one of the most telling details is the defence minister who puts on a call to the journal who we know was leading the coup from headquarters and the defence minister calls and says, can you tell us what is going on, we hear them may be a coup, do you have any information? from what we are told he replied to him, thank you i will look into it and get back to you. now we know he never got back to him

at all. we mentioned the extent with the general came back from china and arrived and allow the secret service forces, describe that incident a bit more. it is telling of how far the military was compared to go. more. it is telling of how far the military was compared to gom more. it is telling of how far the military was compared to go. it is an extraordinary incident that crystallises the highest extension of the game. robert mugabe's spies had got wind of meetings in china according to information we have received and after the purge, we do not yet know exactly what they discussed in china but certainly on the mugabe side of things they put a and b together and came up with see he called the chief of police who

are told to pick up at the airport. we understand the former chief of the intelligence services had been commissioned to drop treason charges against the general survey was walking right into essentially a trap, illegal trap that would put him away for later he was convicted and that of course is a few actually lived to tell the tale. he gets on the phone because like everything and zimbabwe have legs like cases so he says we're up against 100 secret policeman at the airport and needs to double that. the information we haveis to double that. the information we have is that as many as 250, 300 special forces troops and six at service agents are in the airport disguise as baggage handlers and security guards. amazing story.

the reporting is fantastic. so glad eve ryo ne the reporting is fantastic. so glad everyone leaked that information to you. thank you. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — deck the presidential halls as the white house turns into tinsel town and melania trump gives her twitter followers a tour of this year's decorations. west yorkshire police say the five victims of a fatal car crash in leeds over the weekend, were all in the vehicle when it hit a tree. two men and three boys died in the incident on saturday night in the meanwood area of the city. danny savage reports. the scene of saturday night's terrible crash remains sealed off today. the search for evidence to establish how and why a stolen car careered off a straight road. the tree it hit is scarred, as are some of the people who were first on the scene. when i arrived here in the early hours of sunday morning, this was a catastrophic scene. all the witnesses, all the police officers,

all the emergency services that were here would have seen absolutely a scene of total carnage. named locally, the youngest victims were ellis and elliott thornton, who were brothers aged just 12 and 14. also in the car was 15—year—old darnell harte along with 24—year—old robbie meerun and father of two anthoney armour who was also 24. the renault clio was stolen and some of the people in it were known to police. it's also understood there were six people in the car at the time which is designed to take a maximum of five passengers. the one survivor, aged 15, was arrested on saturday night. he remains in custody as the families of those who died struggled to deal with the aftermath. six former british soldiers, who've been in prison in india since 2013 are to be released.

the so called "chennai six" were arrested along with 29 others on weapons charges, while working as security guards on ships in the indian ocean. their families are now waiting to hear when they'll be returning home. in cricket — england have lost the first ashes test in brisbane by ten wickets. australia needed just 56 runs to win on the final day — you're watching beyond one hundred days...almost two years ago a state of emergency was declared in flint, michigan when it was found the city's water supply was contaminated with lead. what had started as a cost cutting measure resulted in multiple illnesses and an outbreak of legionnaire's disease that killed at least 12 people. flint got a lot of attention but water quality is still a real concern across the us. analysts have found that more than 1,000 water systems serving 3.9 million americans, have water that fails the safety standard for lead. as part of his america first series

— the bbc‘s aleem maqbool has travelled to flint for this report. the only thing unusual about what happened in flint is the agencies responsible got caught. before she even knew about the lead poisoning, kerry webber recalls her shock when she took a daughter to the hospital. they should meet pass tougher skin that you could see the bonein tougher skin that you could see the bone in her wrist and there was literally a line that was not calcified bone, it was late. —— it was led. it is not... the crisis either flint became

national news because of the number of people affected in such an extreme and shocking way. but scientists are worried that millions of americans and other parts of the country are also being poisoned by the water in their homes but of the do not know it. and fact what has been found to contain even more poisonous lead levels than in flint and dozens of towns around the country and it is happening like a deadin country and it is happening like a dead in flint because of money. we have not accepted in this country that water, affordable safe cooking water is a basic human right. if you cannot afford to get clean, safe water that is just your tough luck. the mayor of flint was told it was safe because the state wants to save

money. i needed to do more that the local level to bring an independent expertise, people who did not have an adherence to these old standards. and families have toxic water most impunity is where so many do not have a voice. —— in communities were so have a voice. —— in communities were so many do not have a voice. flint is poor. the we did not matter. you are looking at your children go through this 100,000 people and knowing that none of them matter enough, that is hard to take. knowing that none of them matter enough, that is hard to takem knowing that none of them matter enough, that is hard to take. it was a big issue during the election campaign and those people are still without access to clean water. one woman who counted how many bottles of water took to cook a thanksgiving meal, she eagle and flint having to

use 15 bottles of water to cook their meal. it is a real issue for people clearly not just their meal. it is a real issue for people clearly notjust in flint but adding the country. it is a question of how much costs will be cut, make savings with services to people and we're having this discussion as america is about to a big tax cut plan which will not help with revenue. that has been a good cds that, we should get him on to talk about that. it's a time—honoured tradition here in washington — regardless of who occupies it — the white house turns into tinsel—town. it was a first for melania trump who unveiled the christmas decorations to a group of children from a nearby military base. afterwards, she took part in an arts and craft session, which appears to have won the approval of those involved. mrs trump tweeted about the festive frills — posting a video to her @flotus account, showing off the christmas colours. the white house says she designed it all herself.

this year's theme —"time—honored traditions" — aims to pay respect to 200 years of holiday traditions at the white house. and the centrepiece? 160—kilos of gingerbread shaped into a replica of the white house. i think viewers will lookjust like that when you make your post gingerbread will stop. i have delegated to mrs fraser. forget watching the football, that'll be much more fun. milderair milder air across the uk today but calderdale returning from the north, northerly wind replacing this milder west to south—westerly wind that we had today together with all this

cloud and that has brought outbreaks of rain, sinking southwards into the english channel and cleaner skies and showers following overnight. showers and the south—west, wintry across the northern half of scotland as well. calder tonight, across the northern half of scotland as well. caldertonight, not across the northern half of scotland as well. calder tonight, not that cold just yet, patchy frost across the north and perhaps icy patches in northern scotland where we have those shovels. winter in this and the show was as well, particularly over highland and grampian and sleet and snow over the southern uplands and snow over the southern uplands and the borders. a number of showers packing in on this cold winds across northern ireland, rolling over the irish sea into west wales, the north—east of england showers initially near the coast and in the land areas. strike, sunny and cold towards the south—east. the south—west to seeing quite a number of showers, frequent showers here during the day across the western side of wales. showers for northern ireland as well. wintry showers from

northern scotland and in north—east england the blow and line through the morning down towards the midlands and east anglia in the afternoon. a change as the date was on. it will be calder than today, feeling colder especially with stronger winds. the general pressure pattern of the next few days, high pressure to the west, will pressure to the east and isobars mean the winds coming from the north. another cold day on wednesday, a little bit more frost, few of showers for northern ireland and the south—west, wintry showers for northern scotland, more shivers down the eastern coastal counties of england. many places and land will be dry, quite sunny but also pretty cold out there as well. a similar look into thursday, pressure pattern is not change, wind direction crucial so a bit more of wind coming in from the north sea hence more showers down the eastern side of england and fewer showers for northern ireland,

wales and the south—west. and between, lots of sunshine but another cold day. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. prince harry and actress meghan markle have announced their engagement. in an interview with the bbc, the couple spoke of how they knew from early on that they would commit to each other. all the stars were aligned, everything was perfect. this woman fell in to my life, i fell into her life, and the fact she'll be really good at the job is part of it as well. very early on we realised we were going to commit to each other. we knew we would have to invest the time and the energy to make that happen. the ring, designed by the prince, contains diamonds that belonged to his mother. the royal family have expressed their best wishes. members of the public have also been reacting. i think it's fantastic, marvellous.