you're watching beyond 100 days. president trump keeps the world waiting on the iran nuclear deal. ahead is an important deadline tomorrow and we still don't know if he plans to reimpose us sanctions. mr trump is under pressure from europeans and his own national security team to stick with the nuclear deal. he also faces pressure from the russia investigation but insists, repeatedly there was never any collusion. also on the programme... searching for survivors — eight people are still missing after the mudslides and flash floods in southern california that left 17 dead. the new york times was barred from publishing any more classified documents about the vietnam war. the pentagon, a newspaper and power — we sit down with steven spielberg to hear about his latest film, the post. get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyond1000ays. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington

and christian fraser is in london. the clock is ticking and president trump has just one day to make an important decision on the iran deal. the trouble is that even at this late stage, no one knows whether he's going to bring back us sanctions against tehran tomorrow or not. in a deliberate display of unity, britain, france, germany and the european union today all urged him not to blow up the deal. it's known as thejcpoa. british foreign secretary boris johnson went so far as to challenge mr trump to prove there was something better than the current iran deal. the eu's foreign policy chief also stressed that the deal is working and iran is in compliance. the european union remains committed to support the full and effective implementation of the agreement is, including to make sure that the lifting of nuclear related sanctions has a positive impact on trade and economic relations with iran,

including benefits for the uranium people. —— for the iranians are people. —— for the iranians are people. the agreement has allowed for continuous dialogue with iran on all issues. i don't think anybody has so far produced a better alternative to the jcpoa. as a way of preventing the iranians from going ahead with the acquisition of military nuclear capability. i don't think anybody has come up with a better idea. i think it is incumbent oi'i better idea. i think it is incumbent on those who oppose the jcpoa to come up with a better solution, because we haven't seen it so far. we know that it is absolutely necessary to have the signal that it is possible, by the dramatic approaches, to prevent the development of nuclear weapons, in a time when other parts of the world are discussing how to get nuclear weapons, and it would send a very

dangerous signal to the rest of the world if the only agreement which prevents us from the proliferation of nuclear weapons would be negative effect. we very much agree on this point. they are all asking what america is going to do. and a brief time ago we got reaction from democratic senator chris coons, who sits on the foreign relations committee. what are the chances, realistically, that the president is going to defy all of the european expertise on this, as well as his own national security team, and actually reimpose american sanctions on iran? that is one of the challenges we face with oui’ one of the challenges we face with our president. when he was a candidate, he promised he would be unconventional and unpredictable. he certainly outperformed in that tata group, so faras certainly outperformed in that tata group, so far as president. i am hopeful he will take seriously the advice of his national security adviser, his secretary of defence and state, and the concerns and interests of our vital european allies, and that he will recertify

oui’ allies, and that he will recertify our continued participation in the jcpoa. | our continued participation in the jcpoa. iam our continued participation in the jcpoa. i am also hopeful he will announce new sanctions on iran that we can impose on their ballistic missile programme, on human rights violations, or on their support for terrorism in the region. boris johnson, the british foreign secretary, has challenged the white house to come up with something better than the existing deal. is there something? there is nothing we are going to have enacted in the next few days. we need to continue this journey with our european partners of constraining iran's nuclear weapon programme through the jcpoa. but we can and should work together to address some of the future challenges we will face because of sunsets in thejcpoa. some diplomats have suggested that they are hearing that iran is seriously considering walking away from this deal. if the president reimpose sanctions, is that they risk? yes, if he were to reimpose nuclear related sanctions, they would be justified in nuclear related sanctions, they would bejustified in walking nuclear related sanctions, they would be justified in walking away

from jcpoa, because we would be breaking one of the core principles of the deal. if the president imposes sanctions that are specifically targeted at the ballistic missile programme, for example, that is clearly permitted under thejcpoa example, that is clearly permitted under the jcpoa and example, that is clearly permitted under thejcpoa and clearly justified by iran's ongoing aggressive behaviour and violation of un security council resolutions. you and your colleagues on the foreign relations committee, your democrat colleagues, have gathered evidence from european allies about russian interference in democracies. you put out a report this week, 200 pages long, an extraordinary read. you documented evidence of russian operations in 19 european countries. that's right. a stunning moment in our history as a nation. we have such a clear and well documented assault, not just such a clear and well documented assault, notjust on america's democracy, but on the democracies and the electoral systems of so many of our allies across europe and the west in the democratic world. our

president is failing to call this clearly for what it is. and organised russian campaign of aggression to undermine democracy. he is failing to step up and prepare the united states for its next election, and to come to the aid and support of vital allies in europe, as your elections continue to be threatened and undermined by this behaviour by russia, it is flabbergasting. it is a failure of leadership to protect notjust the united states and our homeland, but what makes us a democracy and our vital allies. what about the investigations? you also sit on the judiciary committee, the intelligence committee and the house intelligence committee and the house intelligence committee, they all have investigation is ongoing. you came out of thejudiciary committee and you said you are at an impasse, the politics is now getting in the way of the investigations. explain? u nfortu nately, way of the investigations. explain? unfortunately, the republican chairman of the senate judiciary committee has been trying to move into a different direction, to investigate different things, either far past actions or actions somehow

related to hillary clinton and her campaign, rather than working with the minority leader and focusing on supporting an ongoing investigation into russia's meddling and oversight of the obstruction ofjustice allegations, where the firing of former fbi directorjim comey is one of the core issues. the senate judiciary committee is responsible for the oversight of the american department ofjustice for the oversight of the american department of justice and for the oversight of the american department ofjustice and the federal bureau of investigation. it is in ourjurisdiction to bring in witnesses, hold testimony. sadly, on a partisan basis, the investigation has ground to a halt. thank you for joining us. if you are trying to bring north korea to the table, it sets a dangerous precedent if you walk away from a deal you have already signed with iran, particularly when you're trying to get korea to unilaterally disarm. when you're trying to prop up disarm. when you're trying to prop up the moderates, there are

investors that want to go there, but they are nervous. every time we get a rhetorical flourish from trump, they think, should we invest or might we lose money? you have heard there that they might be justified to walk away from a deal?|j there that they might be justified to walk away from a deal? i think thatis to walk away from a deal? i think that is part of the reason why people in iran have been frustrated, they say that they were promised so much from the sanctions relief, it did not come because there have not been foreign investors. iran is the the reason that european diplomats feel that they have to find a way to work with this unusual administration. i spoke to a top european diplomat just this administration. i spoke to a top european diplomatjust this week that was saying that we don't know, so close to this deadline on the sanctions waver, we just don't know which way the white house is going to go. that is a problem, when they are trying to craft their own policies. iran is a huge factor in america's relations with its european allies at the moment. as we have just heard donald trump has repeatedly insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia.

he accuses democrats of carrying out a witch hunt and suggests republicans should take charge of the investigations. he also says it is hillary clinton who should be investigated not him. at a press conference yesterday, the president used the phrase "no collusion" seven times in just one answer. there has been no collusion between the trump campaign and russians, or trump and russians. no collusion. there is no pollution, there is no collusion. there was absolutely no pollution. but it has been determined there is no pollution. they have no collusion and nobody has found any collusion. no collusion. we can speak to the ceo of news max. clearly, the president is frustrated by this investigation. you speak to donald trump on a regular basis. what does he tell you about it and what he feels about the investigation? he tells me there is

no collusion! i think he is exactly right in that. you know, they say, the president repeats himself a lot, there must be something wrong in the president, donald trump is a bit theatrical. he has a theatrical flairand he theatrical. he has a theatrical flair and he thinks that this is a way of reinforcing his message. he has been doing this for years where he repeats himself. there is nothing unusual. it is funny how i take it as normal and somebody else says it is strange that he keeps... he has a mantra, no collusion, because this president has been very cooperative, i think president has been very cooperative, ithinka president has been very cooperative, i think a lot more cooperative than i would ever advise them to be, certainly any other president under investigation, turning over documents, not exerting executive privilege, allowing key aides to be interviewed, opening himself up to questions, which i think he will be

answering soon. i was not involved in the campaign, because i run newsmax and we are independent. i have always been a friend of the president, i know a lot of people involved, and i don't think there is any evidence whatsoever of collusion between the trump campaign and the russians. you're right that it is effective, we picked that up and ran that for him several times in a row. does he feel that this investigation, from capitol hill or the fbi, is overshadowing his presidency? yes, i think he thinks it is being used as a blunt instrument against him, and certainly the media focus on it. you go on certain networks, which i will not name, cable news channels, all they do is talk about this. what i think is frustrating to him and his close friends and supporters is they have taken nothing and created it into something. let me give you an example. if you look at this, this

whole story, there is no evidence that there has been collusion with the russians. we have two indictments and two plea agreements from robert mueller, and there is no evidence there. a lot of it starts with the so—called dossier, which comes to britain, because all hearsay, it was a a lot of garbage. we have ikea: going to czechoslovakia, to prague, for a secret meeting with the russians, and he testified he has never been to czechoslovakia and have no dealings with this people. it was just a lot of hearsay and gossip in a report. to have a major investigation come out of gossip, it is very bizarre. of course, chris, if we believe what is in michael wolff's group, steve bannon thinks the meetings between donald junior and the russians was treasonous. that aside, is it easier, with

bannon out of the way, for the president to reach across the aisle and start to do some deals? well, i disagree with steve's treasonous, i don't think was not the way the meeting went down, but i think most campaigns would have taken the meeting in some shape or form. campaigns would have taken the meeting in some shape orform. i don't think it was treasonous. i think bannon was a weight on the president and was preventing him from moving to the centre. i believe the president's success and importance for the united states is that he moved to the centre of things like immigration, infrastructure, education, even national security issues. i think the donald trump i have known, i met him 20 years ago, will do that in short order. we are seeing signs of it. we are living through a very polarising period here. but! it. we are living through a very polarising period here. but i think he is the guy that can break through. when you say you have known him for 20 years, do you think sometimes he is conflicted in the way that he has to appeal to his

base? sometimes, isuspect way that he has to appeal to his base? sometimes, i suspect that his instincts are democrat? well, i think he is more of a centrist. when i first knew think he is more of a centrist. when ifirst knew him, think he is more of a centrist. when i first knew him, he was a democrat. i would say a conservative business democrat, but a democrat. he is a unifying guy. he is not an ideologue, that is the important thing you have to know about donald trump, steve bannon is and was an ideologue. he is not rigid, he likes getting deals done, he is very pragmatic. he will look at an issue and say, we need infrastructure, the country needs this modernisation and we need to be competitive around the world, a conservative might say we don't have the money, the liberals say that the project should go for different things, trump is more about, let's get this done for the good of the country. chris, when did you last speak to the president and what is his mood? i saw him about

ten days ago, i guess, when he was down in florida. he was down here for that period of time over the holidays. he was happy, very gregarious. he had just gotten the tax bill through and he was looking forward to... in fact, he told me he thought he could do a lot of bipartisan legislation this year and that the democrats, he thought, were very open to working with him. 0k, thank you very much forjoining us, a lwa ys thank you very much forjoining us, always good to have you on the programme, please come back again soon. programme, please come back again soon. thank you so much. it is nice and sunny in florida, a lwa ys it is nice and sunny in florida, always interesting to get his thoughts, he is one of the people that has been close to the president for a long time. he downplayed it a little bit, but i know he speaks to him ona little bit, but i know he speaks to him on a regular basis. you know, to try to get a sense of how the president is feeling, sometimes we get the perception between the michael wolff book, the tweets about

nuclear buttons, that there is a lot of stress being pent up in the white house. interesting to see whether thatis house. interesting to see whether that is being felt by his friends, and the degree to which they will tell us that. the thing for me, he talks about no collusion, i wonder if robert mueller has moved past that, he is looking at money—laundering, he has two guilty pleas, he is looking at obstruction of justice, not just pleas, he is looking at obstruction ofjustice, notjust solely pleas, he is looking at obstruction of justice, not just solely about collusion. he has brought in a cyber expert we have heard. you wonder how ready donald trump to sit down with robert mueller. he said he was 100% ready to do it in summer, i am not sure he is 100% now. he kind ready to do it in summer, i am not sure he is 10096 now. he kind of urged that and so yesterday. —— he kind of fudged that answer. in california, rescue teams are searching for eight people who are still missing after the flash floods and mudslides on tuesday. 17 people are known to have died when a torrent of mud carrying boulders the size of small cars smashed through the town of montecito. 65 homes have been destroyed — the area in santa barbara county was only just recovering from the recent

devastating wildfires. our correspondent james cook is there. turn around! the flash flood is right there! get out of here, go! this is the moment it began. oh, my god! and then panic. close the door! it was a million miles an hour in slow motion, if that makes sense. i clicked in survival gear, survival mode. every second, it is just roaring and banging against the house and the most vicious and violent sounds you have ever heard. montecito has onlyjust grasped the scale of the disaster which will bear its name. for this idyllic little town ofjust 9000 people, recovery will be long and hard. this was somebody‘s driveway. there are three cars destroyed. buried inside that rubble.

looking at this house, it is difficult to believe anyone on this street survived, but many did and their stories are remarkable. people walked the dogs through here, there are trails, my kids have grown up riding their bikes. noelle fled with her three children just before the storm. but many of her neighbours did not. two young boys were swept out of their home, along with their mother. in the middle of the night. and the dog is gone. and they are lucky to be fine. it is like a war zone here. there are homes that arejust missing. and i walk down the street and i see balls, and toys, and bicycles and shoes and socks. and knives and hammers. it looks like people's lives are just washed to the ocean. much of the wreckage ended up clogging the main coastal motorway. the mountains above are scarred by rivers of debris. southern california was once famed for its agreeable climate. these days, it reels from drought, fire and flood. james cook, bbc news, montecito. steven spielberg believes the trump

administration is using the same tactics as president nixon used to try to silence the press. the oscar—winning director was speaking to our arts editor, will gompertz, ahead of the release of his latest film the post, starring tom hanks and meryl streep. this is a devastating security breach that was leaked out of the pentagon. before the watergate scandal, there were the pentagon papers. the first expose a of a cover—up in the nixon government by the washington post, led by its legendary editor ben bradlee and publisher kay graham. do you have the papers? set in 1971. yes. but you have described it as a timely movie. well, obviously if you flip the i and the 7, or the 7 and the i, you really get to see the great arc of the pendulum that has brought us right back to the same tactics that richard nixon used

to try to silence the press. i'm talking about the current administration and their absolute broadsiding of media, social media, news, anybody that offends. you know, there is a label that is immediately attached to them, well, that can't be true, because they're all fake news. i mean, it's a lot more insidious today, by the way, than it was in 1971. if you publish, we'll be in the supreme court next week. meaning? we could all go to prison. there's been another massive press expose the last six months, it looks like the endemic sexual harassment and exploitation of women in hollywood. i mean, you're a really senior figure in hollywood and you've been around a long time. do you ever think, you know what, i think i could have done a bit more to stop this? well, you know, i can only basically react to that question within my own workplace environment.

within my organisation, there weren't incidences, except for a couple of years and years ago, that i would say gave me the experiences to be the authority on that question you ask. what happened in those incidences? just a couple of incidences, i don't want to go into detail on them, but they happened years and years ago, where we had to let somebody go. people are concerned about having a woman in charge of the paper. think she doesn't have the resolve to make the tough choices. thank you for your frankness. my prediction is that this watershed moment for women, in extolling the courage of women who, like katherine graham, with the pentagon papers, with her decision to publish or not to publish, so many women have found their voices and they have been given so much support. notjust by other women, but also by certain men. i think this is notjust another news cycle. i think this is a permanent change in the culture. maybe.

but as kay graham showed with her courageous leadership of the washington post, exposing deeply rooted corrupt behaviour is one thing — changing it is quite another. will gompertz, bbc news. i can't wait to see that movie. have you seen i can't wait to see that movie. have you seen it? not yet, looking forward to it. apparently it is really good, she is meant to be great as kay graham. we've talked this week about the buzz surrounding oprah winfrey — i think it's christian's favourite story — and whether she's planning to run for president after giving a rousing speech at the golden globes. well she got a bit more backing today. in an interview with the bbc‘s andrew marr show, both meryl streep and tom hanks were asked whether they thought oprah winfrey is running — here's their glowing endorsement. well, i don't know if she was thinking that specifically, although ido thinking that specifically, although i do here now that she is really considering it. but she certainly

set the bar pretty high for anybody else that decides to run, because no one can speak in less lofty terms and adhere to principle and passion ina and adhere to principle and passion in a legal and adhere to principle and passion ina legal campaign, and adhere to principle and passion in a legal campaign, because we have seen in a legal campaign, because we have seen it as possible. that is how you rouse people. that was the voice of a leader. you know, i pity whoever does try to run. i believe oprah is some other kind of social force, one of the kind that has never existed before, quite attractive. i believe she wakes up in the morning, both personally and professionally, wonders what she can do, specifically, in order to make the world a better place. maybe it is a very local event, maybe it is going out and giving voice to something that needs to be given voice to. we had proven, ithink, in the that needs to be given voice to. we had proven, i think, in the last few years, that if you want to be president of the united states, guess what, there is a way that can happen, because... that is one thing

trump has shown. indeed. here is where i see the problem for oprah winfrey. when we talk about donald trump, there is a tweet for every occasion, you can go back to 2009, and find one to fit the occasion. imagine if you did that with oprah winfrey. she has been a chat show host for 25 years. people could go back and find out her thoughts on everything, right across the social spectrum. how would she survived that sort of scrutiny? i have two words for you, access hollywood. donald trump survived revelations we never thought he would do. we thought his campaign was totally sunk by those comments he made about women on tape. and he is now president of the united states. here is the interesting thing for me, watching two liberal media stars, tom hanks and meryl streep saying it would be great if she won, she has set the bar high. those are the same people who said donald trump should never run for office, he has no experience, does not know how to be

president and has never been elected to anything. if they apply that standard to donald trump, i am not sure how they can't apply it to oprah winfrey, which i think is the fear of some democrats, that this builds momentum and she is not qualified, that she cannot make it to the election process. 2020 is so far away, isn't it? it will come in a nanosecond! who will come out of the democrat would work? the one thing in herfavour is the democrat would work? the one thing in her favour is that she has the star factor, something the democrats are desperately looking for. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — why countries around the world are lining up to condemn myanmar over the arrest of two journalists who the government wants to charge with breaking the official secrets act. and a freedom of speech issue or a question of tone? the online vlogger who's fallen out of favour with youtube after posting the body of a suicide victim. that's still to come. hello. if the truth were known, it

has been something of a mishmash of a day across the british isles, at its very best. there was pledge of sunshine on offer in wales and spots elsewhere. the truth of the matter is that there was a lot of clout to be had and some mist and fog lingered through the course of the day. one of those lead injanuary days. there you can see on the satellite imagery that there were some decent islands of sunshine. through the evening and overnight, we will find that the cloud will pa rt we will find that the cloud will part in one or two locations, and that will lead to some fog, a death like we had last night. where the skies stay clear, particularly so in the west, there could be a touch of frost around proceedings and especially so in the countryside, just that fraction milder towards the east. friday morning, i think there are no great issues with fog across the north—western quarter of scotland. as soon as you drift a

little further east down into the borders, there could be a little bit ofan borders, there could be a little bit of an issue. northern ireland, not such an issue. if there was any fog overnight, i think it will be blown away, the commute of the morning. quite a chilly start across western parts. i think this is where we will see the densest of the fog, through the east, east anglia, parts of the south—east, i don't think it will be much of an issue. a lot of cloud and dry whether to be had on friday. the best of the sunshine through western parts, cross high ground as well, helping to break up some of the cloud. again, it will be aprilia leaden sort of day. friday into saturday, we freshen up those winds, which will help with the fog situation we have had over the last couple of nights. it is freshening up, the wind, head ofa couple of nights. it is freshening up, the wind, head of a said of weather fronts, up, the wind, head of a said of weatherfronts, bringing a up, the wind, head of a said of weather fronts, bringing a wet day into northern ireland. gradually easing further east, the weather front, taking the prospect of rain into western scotland, western

england, through wales. dry conditions to finish the day in northern ireland. from saturday into sunday, join the dots, that is the old weather front. a sunday, join the dots, that is the old weatherfront. a new sunday, join the dots, that is the old weather front. a new one showing at hand across the western quarter of the british isles. not the cold est of the british isles. not the coldest days by any means at all. make the most of it because once the weather front comes through during the course of monday, the rest of the course of monday, the rest of the week is much colder and a tad more wintry. this is beyond 100 days, with me katty kay in washington — christian fraser's in london. our top stories — european powers call on president trump to uphold a deal on iran's nuclear programme — struck by his predecessor barack obama in 2015. when he was a candidate he promised that he would be unconventional and unpredictable. he certainly outperformed in that category so far as president. some incredible pictures to share with you from california, the moment a car was caught in the devastating mudslides which have killed 17 people —

eight others are still missing. coming up in the next half hour — he was the brexiteer—in—chief, so why is nigel farage warming to the idea of another eu referendum? and raiding the ritz — two robbers remain on the run after stealing millions of dollars worth of jewels, from the glitzy hotel in paris. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag. ‘beyond—one—hundred—days‘. earlier this week we had nigel farage on the programme, the brexiteer in chief, talking about his trip to brussels and his meeting with the eu chief negotiator michel barnier. today mr farage said he is close to backing a second eu referendum in order to end the "whinging and whining" of anti—brexit campaigners. it's probably the first time the former uk independence party leader and the pro—eu campaigners have seen eye to eye. "bring it on" said the remainers today. maybe, just maybe, i've reached a

point in thinking that we should have a second referendum... on what? on eu membership. the whole thing? of course! let's bring in our chief political correspondent vicki young who's in westminster. he's been doing his radio programme on lbc radio this evening, he said he was meeting michel barnier on monday, and he is now convinced that michel barnier will not "give us a good deal". i'm saying this to leavers, do not be complacent. he is elaborating on comments he made earlier. there has been a backlash for nigel farage, the man getting that referendum and who has long advocated the uk's departure from the eu, suggesting that he welcomed a second referendum. a lot of leading brexiteers have said that is

the wrong thing to do, even members of ukip, of which nigel farage the former leader is still a member of, they say that is not part of the policy. on his radio programme tonight, he has said that he does not want there to be a second referendum but after his meeting with michel barnier, as you say, he came away thinking that uk wasn't going to get a good deal and in that eventuality he thought the british parliament would say rather than walk away from the eu that there should be a second vote. he suggests that leavers, those who want the uk to depart from the eu should not be complacent but gear up for the possibility of another referendum, he said that there could be another dramatic battle go to come. alex, talk about political odd couples, this puts labour nigel farage in the same bracket with remainer, tony blair. i cannot believe either of them have a lot of time for one

another but they seem convinced if there was a second referendum that their side would win? that is what is interesting about this, notjust tony blair but other labour mps, liberal democrats in the uk say that they welcomed the idea of another referendum. looking at opinion polls, broadly speaking they are not clear, it depends on the question they are asked. you can summarise that there has been a shift towards people wanting to get on with brexit, including people who wanted the uk to remain before. there a rise in the number of people who thought the outcome of the referendum was wrong. we don't know the result but as you say both sides are convinced that their side would win if it were to be rerun and a strange combination of nigel farage, cheap brexiteer, the bedfellow of some hard remainders, albeit with others for different reasons. there

was nigel farage on his radio programme saying that he wanted to send tony blair into outer space, this would decide it once and for all. but if there were to be a second referendum, he's proposing the same as before, but if it goes the same as before, but if it goes the other way, would this be the best—of—3? the other way, would this be the best-of-s? brexiteers would say that it was close last time, let's have a best—of—5. it was close last time, let's have a best-of-5. like kids playing rock paper scissors? what is interesting, arron banks, one of the finances behind the league campaign, he is also behind the idea of having a second referendum, he said that tony blairand second referendum, he said that tony blair and the likes of lord adonis and nick clegg, all of the remainers out in force in the last few weeks... you have to wonder what they make of this in brussels! it

does not really play to their chances of getting a good deal if eve ryo ne chances of getting a good deal if everyone is talking about a second referendum but that's another debate! president trump's national security team is reportedly advising him not to re—impose us sanctions on iran. the european partners to the nuclear deal came together in brussels today to urge the president to maintain the waiver on sanctions. but what if he doesn't? a short while ago he was asked on this. thank you. on iran... you will be finding out soon. thank you. finding out very soon, he likes to keep us on tenterhooks! karim sadjapour is an iran expert with the carnegie endowment. i spoke to him a short while ago. why is president trump prevaricating over the sanctions and the waiver? he made it clear he hates the deal and he wants to rip it up? that's right, he's always been sceptical of

the deal, he called it the worst deal in history. the other thing about president trump is that he is sceptical of what he calls "expert opinion and conventional wisdom". he likes to think he's thought of these ona likes to think he's thought of these on a few occasions and the blowback hasn't been what people expected but in this case, almost all of his senior national security advisers have advised him not to blow up the nuclear deal. in some ways, he is doing this against his own instincts quite reluctantly. if the sanctions we re quite reluctantly. if the sanctions were reimposed, would it indeed blow up were reimposed, would it indeed blow up the deal? if you sanction around because you say they are not in compliance with the nuclear deal, which according to them, they are still in compliance, that would be because the us has reneged on its end of the deal and therefore it will reconstitute nuclear activities. therefore, nuclear

related sanctions against iran could unravel the nuclear deal. you related sanctions against iran could unravelthe nuclear deal. you phrase it interestingly, the president, basically, the problem is america faces a choice where if it isolates iran further, you drive it in the direction of north korea and then it becomes more like south korea, embracing it and engaging it, is that message getting through to the white house? it's a very compact challenge for the white house and the us congress, in that, again, if you want to present agriculture event the regime that has required economic isolation, the us government has done that well against iran but if you try and help iranians society become like south korea it requires more political and economic reintegration and in some ways, these policies are at loggerheads, they contradict one

another and i would argue that the nuclear deal is one way of checking both boxes. the deal keeps iran tethered to its nuclear obligations, to greater transparency. but at the same time, it helps iran's economy, certainly not reintegrate with the united states but with other parts of the world that are interested in doing business with iran, whether it is europe or asia. and briefly, what about the recent riots playing into the us's calculations? he feels that a time when the iranian regime is using overwhelming force to harm citizens aspirations for a greater economy and more pluralism, why should we be agreeing to economic sanctions and lifting economic sanctions and lifting economic sanctions against iran which simply provide the regime with more resources to be oppressive? ok,

thank you. myanmar is in the spotlight again after sentencing two reuters journalists to prison for 111 years. the pair were charged with offences under the official secrets act in myanmar. wa lone and kyaw soe oo were arrested last month after meeting police. they were covering the situation in rakhine state where more ‘s than half a million muslims have fled a deadly military crackdown. steven butler is the asia programme coordinator for the committee to protectjournalists and joins me now. thank you for coming in. what more do we know on the circumstances of these journalists, how they are being held and what they are accused of doing? they are accused of holding documents the government deems to be secret. they are being held in prison and so far as we know they've not been mistreated, they've told theirfamilies they've not been mistreated, they've told their families that and their lawyer. they should be out ofjail, they shouldn't be in there in the first place. that 14 year sentence, it's fixed, could it be lifted? they haven't

been sentenced, they've been charged under the official secrets act and if they are convicted they face potentially i4 if they are convicted they face potentially 14 years in prison. we don't know what will happen. there's another hearing on the 23rd, the lawyers have asked for bail and the trial is yet to take place. the aim is to intimidate foreign press, or the press more generally? yes, to prevent journalists from the press more generally? yes, to preventjournalists from covering the tragedy unfolding in the racking state with the range of people. and you have suggested that there is some evidence that perhaps this was a setup? absolutely, if you look at what they told their families, they we re what they told their families, they were invited to meet police and given documents before they left, told that they could read the documents when they arrived home but immediately as soon as they left they were arrested. with the documents that form the basis of the charges. it is always tricky, in

this situation, do you speak out publicly or do interviews? what's the best way to operate? you want to do the best for those in custody?” think first of all, you provide them with legal help, that is happening and secondly, you work with other organisations like the committee to protect journalists and organisations like the committee to protectjournalists and other groups, mobilising governments to put pressure on the myanmar regime. that is happening, there's a unanimous voice. that this is unfair. how far can bemoan my government to sustain that kind of international opprobrium at the moment? wouldn't it add to condemnation? we don't know the a nswer to condemnation? we don't know the answer to that, we have seen myanmar had a military role and survived for decades from this kind of pressure.

you have to wonder, perhaps they are getting ready to face that again? we don't know the answer but i do think the international pressure is the only realistic tool in their arsenal to make changes there. steven butler, thank you. thank you for coming in. our thoughts butler, thank you. thank you for coming in. ourthoughts go butler, thank you. thank you for coming in. our thoughts go to those two journalists in myanmar facing these long prison sentences. the crackdown on journalism around the world, press freedom is under threat in countries like myanmar, where there is a lot of political pressure. they do have writers behind them and that puts them in a slightly stronger position. reuters can rally attention and legal resources , can rally attention and legal resources, there are many journalists who are freelancers without that kind of backing. journalists who are freelancers without that kind of backingm does make a difference, i have been there. i used to be a correspondence in cairo and i was once arrested near the border near gaza. we were in prison for most of the day and

you think, this will be all right... then that is part of you that thinks, maybe it won't? but it certainly helps, when the bbc is involved and the bbc‘s name around the world. i'm sure that's the case for reuters. those charges they are facing and the sentence, in actual fa ct, facing and the sentence, in actual fact, the law they are operating on is british law. a secret law that britain implemented in the country backin britain implemented in the country back in the 1920s when it was burma. let's hope that they are free soon and can go back to theirfamilies. let's stay in the country. well, still in the country and the myanmar military has admitted for the first time to killing a group of ten rohingya men in rakhine state and dumping their bodies in a mass grave. the incident took place in the village of inn din. the army says it was in the region to fight rohingya militants known as arsa. this satellite image here shows what remains of inn din after clashes with the security forces. to give you a sense of the scale of destruction, this picture shows the village before the clashes.

the ten men found in the mass grave — had been arrested as suspected members of arsa. the army said they didn't have trucks to transport them to the police station — so they executed them on the spot. certainly we need journalists in the country. new york is suing five oil companies, accusing them of contributing to global warming. the mayor, bill de blasio, said the city was seeking damages from bp, chevron, conocophillips, exxon mobil and royal dutch shell , to protect residents from the effects of climate change. more than 300 people were arrested in tunisia during a third night of anti—government protests. there were violent clashes between police and demonstrators in several cities, including the capital, tunis. the south korean justice ministry is preparing a law to ban the trading of digital currencies like bitcoin. the announcement comes just days after the country's largest virtual currency exchanges were raided for alleged tax evasion. south korea is a hub for crypto—currencies and shares in bitcoin have dropped sharply. the new us ambassador to the netherlands has refused to explain comments he made in 2015

that muslims had brought chaos to the country by "burning cars and politicians". ambassador peter hoekstra was asked repeatedly by dutch reporters whether he still stood by the remarks, in which he said there were ‘no—go areas' in the netherlands. but he refused to engage, only expressing regret at the comments. police in france are hunting for two men who stole millions of euros worth ofjewels in a smash and grab raid on the ritz hotel in paris. some of the jewellery but not all of it has been recovered. the armed gang — five of them in all — burst into the ritz on wednesday evening and smashed the display windows of jewellery shops in the hotel. three of them were arrested immediately — two others are still on the run. dan johnson reports. a large police response outside the paris ritz after a gang, armed with axes, carried out a violent raid. it isn'tjust the christmas lights that sparkle here.

there are jewels on display to match the wealth of the guests at one of the world's most exclusive hotels. the robbers arrived in place vendome on scooters at around six in the evening local time, smashing windows on the ground floor of the hotel. it is estimated they tookjewels worth 4 million euros. but police officers interrupted the raid and arrested three of the five men. paris has seen this before. in october, 2016, us reality tv star kim kardashian had a gun put to her head as a gang stole 10 million euros—worth of her jewellery. only one piece was ever seen again. it is not clear how much was recovered from this latest raid. police are still searching for two of the men involved. don johnson, bbc news. this is beyond 100 days.

still to come — putting a prince on the spot, why may 19th is turning out to be a clash of royal proportions for prince william. theresa may has pledged to improve britain's environment but how practical is it a they without plastic? they tried to do that in penzance, cornwall, asjohn kay has been finding out... a rubbish day at saint hilary school... who has straws in their drinks? a lesson in pollution and waste. if theresa may wants to reach out to the young with her green strategy, these kids would be 30 yea rs old strategy, these kids would be 30 years old at the end of her 25 year plan... here in penzance, they are trying to be britain's first plastic freetown. —— free town. they are

making some progress. businesses like this cafe have signed up and it is backed by the council... but at the local supermarket, the challenge is clear. some apples wrapped in plastic... john likes the government's new strategy but wonders if it will make much difference. plastic, plastic, plastic... you can't get away from it. most shoppers told us that they would try plastic free aisles, but some, like roxanne, worried that it may not be practical. it might not be the most hygienic route to go down, maybe? having the meat next to the eggs or the cheese, for example? this is why people around here are so this is why people around here are so concerned about the long—term impact of plastic. found on a local beach, recently, a lollipop stick from when i was growing up in the 19705. it from when i was growing up in the 1970s. it hasn't broken down at all.

and a packet of peanuts, test before 1983. -- and a packet of peanuts, test before 1983. —— best before. the prime minister insists her plan has a wider vision. she says it's about more than plastic and more than the coast. john kay, bbc news, cornwall. this is beyond 100 days. video bloggers can do big business online on sites such as youtube. some of the most famous post videos which are watched by millions and millions of people around the world and make millions for the vloggers themselves. but now youtube has cut some business ties with the video blogger logan paul, after he was heavily criticised for posting a video appearing to show the body of a suicide victim injapan. here's our media editor amol rajan. we are going to take a break from vlogging and each other. low—budget, confessional and often astonishingly popular. this couple announced they were breaking up on youtube in a video seen 15 million times.

and if i can do it, you can do it... they are part of a phenomenon called vlogging or video blogging, very often on google—owned youtube. this 21st century cottage industry has created a vast new fleet of online celebrities. many vloggers have a commited following among those aged between 18 and 34, a demographic prized by advertisers. vloggers like logan paul. the 22—year—old american is a youtube star, or was. i think this definitely marks a moment in youtube history. this morning youtube cut business ties with him after he naively posted a video from japan's aokigahara forest, infamous as a suicide spot. paul issued an apology to his 15 million subscribers on youtube. i have made a severe and continuous lapse of myjudgment and i don't expect to be forgiven. i'm simply here to apologise.

in a statement, youtube said: vlogging is now hugely popular business with the likes of logan paul making vast sums of money in a variety of ways. they get paid up to £3 per 1000 clicks and can top up their income through merchandising and deals with brands, and they do all of that without the more stringent controls applied to traditional media. the boss of britain's biggest media agency wants to see smarter regulation. i would definitely like to see vloggers with this much reach and influence to have the sorts of regulation traditional broadcasters have got to adhere to, particularly around content that can be dangerous, can be glamorising or condoning anti—social behaviour, dangerous behaviour, that can be copied by children. i'm going to be the biggest entertainer on the planet...

logan paul and his ilk portend a new kind of celebrity. one that it intimate, incessant and ever more devotional. for all of the glory of the open web, the danger is that his kind of immaturity exposes audiences to material that is in nobody‘s interest. i'm just getting warmed up. amol rajan, bbc news. this is interesting, i was speaking about this to my daughter, poppy, very familiar with his work. it was the only news story that she was aware of, the whole controversy surrounding him, unsurprising that 50 million subscribers last year, last year he made $12.5 million and now there is criticism of youtube and it took them 12 days to respond, that they did not take the video down, logan paul took it down. should they have done something faster? we are hearing this kind of

criticism about all social media companies. do they need more regulation? he doesn't work for youtube, he posts on a social platform. when you work for a big organisation like the bbc there is a code of ethics and the ethics of communication. youtube provide guidance and puts trust in people who are quite young and you are asking them to get it right all the time. it is a big ask and part of the problem. the other issue made todayis the problem. the other issue made today is that very often the sanctions are not strong enough for people who digress, and they need to impose those sanctions more than they do. yes. a firm that supplied lingerie to the queen has lost its royal warrant after releasing a book, called ‘storm in a d—cup', which revealed details of royal bra fittings. the company rigby & peller, had held the royal warrant for more than 50 years. it said it was "deeply saddened" by the decision. buckingham palace has said it does not "comment on individual companies". nor will i comment on that

particular story! no, moving along! we're going to stick with the royal theme, and that's because prince william's been put on the spot over his brother, prince harry's wedding on the 19th of may. wills, who's second in line to the throne, was filming for a mental health charity with former england football captain rio ferdinand, and london dj roman kemp — when this happened. there is the matter of a small wedding that will happen this year — of course, your brother — we're very happy for him... it was a big decision. are we going to wembley, or are we going to... laughter still working it out. i'll have to see what i can do. i think, you know, having that that, and the skin of i'm not sure what royal protocol is that i don't think you can snub the

future king of england as the best man, can you? not without causing a lot of sibling rivalry and problems! the fact he's had to go on television and say that he hasn't asked me yet, how long has it been since they announced their engagement? he's had long enough! carrie, get on with it!” engagement? he's had long enough! carrie, get on with it! i don't think he realises how much work goes into planning the stag do, you've got to get on with it! i'm sure he's aware of that! i think he will do a good job there! coming up, ros atkins is here with outside source, and then all of the latest headlines. we are here on monday evening! it has been a long week! see you then. have a good weekend. hello, once again, if the truth were

known it has been a mishmash of a day across the british isles, at its very best. plenty of sunshine on offer, in the south—west of england, sunspots elsewhere but the truth of the matter is there was a lot of cloud to be had and mist and fog lingering on through the course of the day. one of those lead in january days. on satellite imagery, some decent islands of sunshine. through the evening and overnight, cloud will part in a couple of locations, that will lead to some hill fog, like we had last night. particularly so in the west, there could be a touch of frost, especially in the countryside. just a fraction milder towards the east. on friday morning, no great issues with fog across the north—west quarter of scotland, as soon as you drift further east into the borders, here there could be an issue. northern ireland isn't such an

issue, if there was fog overnight it would be blown away come the commute of the morning. a chilly start in western areas. this is where we see the density of the fog easing. leaving parts of the southeast and at the weekend. some cloud and dry weather to be had on friday. the best of the sunshine through western areas and across high ground, helping to break up the cloud. again, it will be a pretty leaden sort of day. as we go from friday to saturday, freshening up those winds which will help. we have had some fog ina which will help. we have had some fog in a number of locations but it is freshening up the wind ahead of another set of weather fronts, it's another set of weather fronts, it's a wet start to the day, on saturday, it gradually eases the weather front, taking that prospect through wales as well. dry conditions to finish the day in northern ireland

and on saturday and into sunday, join the dots, the old one showing its hand in the north—western quarter of the british isles. not bad on sunday. not the coldest of days, make the most of it because when that weatherford comes through on monday, the rest of the week is much colder and a bit more wintry. in this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 8pm. patients are dying in corridors — the stark warning from more than 60 a&e doctors who've written an open letter to the prime minister. the former boss of bhs is found guilty of failing to give information to the pensions regulator about the collapse of the company's scheme. plastic—free supermarket aisles and a 5p bag charge extended to small shops — theresa may lays out her 25 year plan to improve the environment. which shops sparkled and who had a takings turkey? the winners and losers

on the high street this christmas. also this evening, rescuers continue to search for people missing after the california mudslides. eight people still missing and 17 people are now known to have died.