you are watching beyond 100 days, the real beast from the east, vladimir putin announces an arsenal of missiles he said is invincible. he boasts his new weapons can blast through any defences. why is he telling the world about it now? at his annual state of the nation address, putin says the world had listened to russia, but now it will. from cold water trade war, president trump announces big tariffs on steel and aluminium imports with important implications for america's global relationships. also on the programme, near miss, the moment a bus slips and slides its way around a car as the bitterly cold arctic blast beds in across the uk and europe. and up for uk and europe. and upforan uk and europe. and up for an oscar, the profoundly deaf six—year—old, who is heading to la. get in touch with us. i'm katty kay in washington,

christian fraser is in london. nothing subtle about vlad putin's militaristic speech today. he now has the weapons of war he claims to make russia a full to be reckoned with, mr putin said the new missile system with, mr putin said the new missile syste m ca n with, mr putin said the new missile system can fly at 20 times the speed of sound, which makes it invincible. surrounded by high—tech video animations of missiles flying across the atlantic hotel the president said it was the inevitable response to missile defence is the united states, it its western allies have installed in europe and south korea. the pentagon said it knew about these weapons, but mr putin's defiant tone ahead of the election later this month is raising concerns. this was a state of the nation speech like no other by president putin. ide voted much of it to announcing russia had been developing an array

of sophisticated new strategic weapons. in response, he said, to the united states gilding part of its missile defence system around the russian federation. and adding to the drama, the president came equipped with videos and graphics of some of the new weapons. this, apparently, a nuclear powered underwater drone, which it claimed could carry a nuclear warhead and cannot be stopped. it is designed to attack enemy warships and coastal defences. and then there are claims russia has been developing a new generation of intercontinental ballistic missile is like this one. capable of carrying multiple warheads and penetrating all missile defence systems. if it's true, russia will soon be able to bypass nato defence systems. it would be a game changer.

but in washington today, defence officials were sceptical about mr putin's claims. these weapons have beenin putin's claims. these weapons have been in developed mode a very long time. so, no. 0ur nuclear posture review ta kes time. so, no. 0ur nuclear posture review takes all of this into account. there's no doubt the kremlin has been pawing me into its armed forces for yea rs been pawing me into its armed forces for years now, creating a much more sophisticated military, including viz stealth warplanes, recently transferred to syria. and with these latest announcements, mr putin has upped the ante with the west. it's perhaps no coincidence, though, it comes just a few weeks before the country holds a presidential election. let's talk to the vice president. these at the core dieng down and for international peace, working on russian affairs for president bush

senior and the clinton administrations. thanks for coming in. that point that russia is upping the anti—, the pentagon says it knew about the weapons systems already, but the tone president putin today, the world will now listen to us, there must be some concern about that defiance. president putin loves to be talked about. having this attention and the world stage has been something he craves and seems to always have a knack for attracting. the reality is what your correspondent said at the end of his report, he is coming into an election in march on the 18th, which has been the lifeless. campaign, and is losing attention from the people he needs to turn out on march the 18th. it is showing russia is back and we have great literary ability, doing things that will rattle the united states, that is one of the only things he has now to sing a late interest in the election, which has been a sleeper. is the rest of the world not paying enough attention? we have today launched a

project that looks at what we are calling the return of global russia. without making the russians look ten feet tall, we are seeing the russians aren't very sustained. since 2012, they have pushed themselves into parts of the world where they want to take the us down a peg or they want to see some of the vat use that donald trump has created. we are seeing that pattern across the middle east, even to south africa and latin america. that is the point, people have asked today if we are at the beginning of a new cold war, a new arms race. what is similar to the cold war is the big powers, and you can factor china into that now, of trying to reframe the world, bring countries into their sphere. the russians have made quite an advanced in the last few years. yes and no. the russians do not have a lot of allies, and they do not have a big cheque—book. china has partners and a big cheque—book. really, at the moment, they are aiming at the ways to make the us

less dominant, and on the cheap make themselves look relevant. they have been doing this with extraordinary effectiveness, in terms of undermining western institutions, creating problems inside the nato alliance, inside the european union, and by all the campaign of interference with elections. they have found a toolkit and are honing that toolkit, but it doesn't necessarily make russia the actor that's going to solve problems. china is in a slightly different agenda here with trying to change the way the world is run, and take for themselves significant was once ability. and on the issue of the arms race, the pentagon is telling people today that it knew about these weapons, how does he react? they have been looking at nuclear weapons, new age in korea where is, what sort of things can they do? we are in a feedback loop, if you go back to the days of the george bush 43 admits written, the united states ended

what was the antiballistic missile treaty, signed in the early 1970s. it set worries inside the russian military that something was being built by the united states that would basically negate their strategic deterrent. for them, would basically negate their strategic deterrent. forthem, right now, they have had a decade plus to get ready for this moment, where they tried to show the united states that they can remain potent. the nuclear posture review, the national security strategy, they all included phrasings about russia as an important as the sarri for the united states, and we are setting in motion slowly but surely an arms race dynamic between the united states and russia. how far it goes and what it means for nuclear weapons and other key weapons systems is something that needs to be worked out. thank you forjoining us. be worked out. thank you forjoining us. we have been so focused on north korea, christian, on this programme, and the imminent attack from north korea, something the united states is taking seriously as well, but

with the strategic review coming out of the pentagon a few weeks ago, it is clear that russia is something as they had to look at, as if there weren't enough things the us had to weigh around the world at a time when the united states under donald trump is pulling back from global engagement come it is the dichotomy we are in. that is true. the big nato powers, germany, britain, america, they are distracted at the moment. angela merkel has her own problems with the coalition in germany, and of course, britain is focused on brexit. i wonder if there are mixed messages in the united states when it comes specifically to russia. we heard from adam rogers speaking to congress the other day. he said the president directed him to retaliate, so president directed him to retaliate, soi president directed him to retaliate, so i wonder if the pentagon thinks, what are we supposed to do when we see these russian threats? yeah, there are plenty of people on capitol hill, especially democrats and republicans, too, that would argue the united states has already been under attack from russia, not ina been under attack from russia, not in a conventional sense, but through

cyber during the cause of the election, and the president hasn't nearly been tough enough in his rhetoric, at least, towards vladimir putin because of that. since the end of the second world war, free trade has been linked to global prosperity and peace. today, donald trump said he did not believe in the islington and took a protectionist step in a new direction for america. the president announced the us will impose stiff ta riffs announced the us will impose stiff tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from other countries. the people that feared mr trump would start a global trade war, this is the first series indication that he might do so. for the president's supporters, it was an important campaign commitment. he says he will sign off on the financial penalties next week. we'll be imposing tariffs on steel imports and tariffs on aluminium imports. and you're going to see a lot of good things happen. you're going to see expansions of the companies, what's been allowed to go on for decades is disgraceful.

since the announcement of that, the dow is down 500 points. with us is nick bryant, this is something the president said he would do fiesrafifiea a ' w 7' " z! fiesrafifiea a ' w 7' " g.— fiesrafifiea a ' w w w “ ' ‘the' he held the 53:55 ref the [smds—if“ he: 5535.5 off for the geese ef the [smds—lf“ he heté off for a the eeeee ef the [smde-if“ he heté off for a year, the eeeee et the [smde-if“ he heté off for a year, was this inevitable, even though people in the white house desperately didn't want him to do so? what he has done is a cold war provision in a way that could provoke a 20th century trade war. ironically, it was supposed to liberalise trade, it led to gatt agreement in the late 60s, but there was a provision of that which allowed american presidents to say we can impose tariffs if we believe national security is under threat. that alludes to steal if the cost of steel makes it more expensive to build tanks and guns. he has invoked that provision. it is the first time america has done it since the early 1980s, it is the first time it invoked since

%it§§amassive " ,, , , ~ 71th; a massive turnaround , , , , ~ t it.,:: a massive turnaround for , , ff ~ 1995. it is a massive turnaround for us policy. we have waited for this for a long time from donald trump. he didn't do it in the first year of his presidency, but now, this major protectionist move, which he says will help the us aluminium and steel industry. the instinct would be, nick, that this is going to impact china. but of course, canada exports most steel into america, and it will affect european countries as well. the eu said that if he did something like this, they were taking to the world trade organisation. that is one of the reasons they have evoked the trade expansion act. it allows you, theoretically, to circumvent the wto. 0ne theoretically, to circumvent the wto. one thing we will at is whether is new tariffs have exemptions, whether countries are exempt from that. as you say, european trade ministers have already said, pre—empting this announcement, that they would take retaliatory measures themselves. but of course, one of themselves. but of course, one of

the key players here is china. so much of donald trump bos rhetoric when it came to steal during the campaign in the bust belt states that won in the presidency, it was directed against china. how they we re directed against china. how they were flooding the market with cheap steel. how will xi were flooding the market with cheap steel. how willxijinping were flooding the market with cheap steel. how will xijinping despond dithers? what will be the diplomatic repercussions as well? that is one of the argument is james mattis the defence secretary has been making lobbying for the president not to impose these tariffs. it makes diplomacy on the korean peninsula more difficult, because while you try to bid pressure on north korea, one of the key elements of that, obviously, is getting beijing to apply pressure as well. nick bryant, thank you very much. we talked about global power shifts a moment a go, make no mistake, trade and trade alliances are an important pa rt and trade alliances are an important part of power shifts as well and can cause obligations. it doesn't help the nafta negotiations. both big exporters of steel into the

night of states. yeah, and the mexican president cancelled a visit to the white house, so that doesn't look like it is going well at the moment either. watch nafta, i'm not sure it will last. injust over a year, sure it will last. in just over a year, the white house has got through four communications directors, they now need a fifth. hope hicksjoined the directors, they now need a fifth. hope hicks joined the trump organization in 2014. she was with him through the campaign and is one of his most trusted aides. the announcement she is leaving came the day after the 29—year—old gave a nine—hour testimony in front of the panel investigating alleged russian meddling in the us election. hicks admitted to the panel that she occasionally told what a —— amounted to white lies on behalf of donald trump. she was the longest serving communications director, clocking up 196 days in the job following anthony scaramucci, who lasted less than two weeks. maryjordan has profiled hope hicks for the washington post, and we can speak to her now. she was a close confidant and had been there from the

beginning of the campaign. it might start to feel a bit lonely for the president in the oval office. i think we can't underestimate the loss of hope hicks for him. her office was literally outside the oval office. she was there and as improbable as it was, this 29—year—old was his longest serving and most trusted aide outside of the family. trump has a very small circle of people that he keeps around him, that he goes to for advice and trust hope was front and centre. she predated the campaign because she worked in his business in new york. there is always the question of whether she walked or was pushed. there was this nine—hour congressional hearing earlier in the week, which she said she told white lies for the president. and if you go back further, she was wrapped up in the rockport crisis because she was romantically involved with him

and gave the initial response from the white house. i think everything we're hearing is that she left. she's exhausted, she's had a horrible few weeks. she's the only quite one in a very, very noisy white house. here she was, the communications director, but you never saw her on tv. you would see glamorous shots of her, because she isa glamorous shots of her, because she is a former model. this white house, by the way, has more formal models, including the first lady, then any white house we have had. but she didn't speak. but lately, she was in the news, and we're hearing that this made her uncomfortable. she was really u pset this made her uncomfortable. she was really upset that her boyfriend, it came out that his former wives that there was domestic abuse. she said that was a shock to her, which she didn't get over. and nine hours, a pretty nine—year old, no matter how old you are, nine hours of grilling

—— a 29—year—old. and she called it quits. stay with us, because that is not the only white house drama going on at the moment. the new york times is reporting today that jared kushner bos family business got half $1 billion in loans from business groups last year. that was after meetings he held with them inside the white house. including two legal experts, it isn't illegal, but it raises questions about conflict of interest, doesn't it, mary? it is all people talk about now. the son—in—law is extremely close to donald trump. since the day he arrived here, people said, how is he going to separate his business from being the man who trump put in charge of everything. in charge of the relationship with mexico, middle east peace literally, his portfolio was everywhere. and now we find out that he have clearance for that,

that he have clearance for that, that the washington post is reporting that other countries are looking into his business deals to see how they could use that to blackmail him, and have leveraged with the white house. and as a conflict of interests keep rising, such as the shocking amount of loan money, half $1 billion, and supposedly talks about wanting a white housejob, supposedly talks about wanting a white house job, and supposedly talks about wanting a white housejob, and his family is benefiting. the swell of conflict of interest is so hot right now in washington that many people wonder if kushner is on his way to maybe relieving himself of some of his white house official duties. mary jordan, really good to have you with us, thank you for sparing your time. there was this power play between jared kushner and the chief of staff, kelly. when you look at what has happened to jared kushner, his security clearance being downgraded and you look at hope hicks going in and you look at hope hicks going in a few weeks' time, he's got two in

one week. you're not suggesting, argue, that there is personal chaos in the white house by any chance? it's kind of stunning the amount of drama coming out of this white house around the issues of personnel. and there was john kelly, brought in, the general, to sort it out and make it calm and smooth. he himself has become part of the drama. he spoke about that earlier today. at least he has a sense of humour. let's listen. i miss everyone of you every day... laughter truly, six months, the last thing i wanted to do was walk away from one of the great honours of my life, being the secretary of homeland security. but i did something wrong, and god punished me, i guess. god punished him by sending him to work in the white house, and absolutely impossible job. trying to be communications director when donald trump is basically his own communications director. that is clearly difficult, clearly why hope

hicks is leaving. family members in the white house document for power, using their links to try to further their businesses, i mean, wow. meanwhile, you have all that going on and this unbelievable spat with the attorney generaljeff sessions, who he calls the goo. it is tantamount to bullying. he keeps going. we can pick any one of these stories, and in any other administration, christian, it would dominate the news for a week. possibly even longer. we get three orfour possibly even longer. we get three or four stories possibly even longer. we get three orfour stories like this possibly even longer. we get three or four stories like this in the course of one day. that's an indication to everyone of how unusual this white house is and how it's being run in a way that doesn't seem particularly professional, perhaps not even very efficient, certainly very different from other white house models. a quick look at other news coming in. news from catalonia, the cata la ns in. news from catalonia, the catalans but as leader carles puigdemont says he is withdrawing as

president in favour ofjordi sanchez, a delta act as —— a jailed activist. collars puigdemont is drifting snow and dangerous blizzards have brought large part of the uk and europe to a standstill with part of england, scotland and wales on the highest weather alert possible. the british military has been deployed to help emergency services. there is even a warning that the uk gas supply could run dry. take a look at this, the roads are treacherous, too. that is terrifying. a bus in edinburgh almost slams into that car. remarkably, though, it slips around it and avoid a crash will stop around it and avoid a crash will sto p a cross around it and avoid a crash will stop across the image can all,

whether is wreaking havoc. paris freezes over, tourists tread carefully. it's so cold. in croatia, this waterfall has been silenced. there are pockets of warmth. in poland, coal burners steam on the street. but there's no beating this ice blast. in the grip of a siberian weather system, europe is seeing some of the coldest temperatures for several years. today's recorded low, minus 41.8 celsius in norway. it brings danger as this lorry driver in bulgaria discovered. in scotland, around 1000 vehicles were stranded on a major motorway overnight. in the east of england, the shovels are out. i tried to get home, i phoned into work to say i can't make it because i'm stuck in a drift.

trains have been cancelled, airports closed. meanwhile, dozens of people, many of them homeless, are reported to have died across the continent. this weather event has several names across europe, the siberian bear, the snow cannon, the beast from the east. different names, but similar stories. forecasters predict the extreme weather will continue to grip europe into the weekend. jessica parker, bbc news. now, time for my favourite story of the week. stars of the big screen will convene for the oscars on sunday, and among them will be maisie, a profoundly deaf six rob, cast in the lead role british, the silent child. the film highlights how sinai which can change lives, but in maisie's case, take you from a town in england to ollie wood. "hello, i'm maisie. i'm in hollywood for the oscars." it's a story so happy it could be the plot of a hollywood film. maisie sly had never even acted before her parents were told about film—makers looking for a profoundly deaf girl to star

in their film, the silent child. and now, here are the nominees for best live action short film. this is the moment injanuary when the team gathered to find out if they had been nominated for an oscar. my nephew emmett. the silent child. cheering yes! and so, this week, they reunited at heathrow... hello, welcome on board. and headed to los angeles. most people prepare for the oscars by meeting stylists and planning acceptance speeches. maisie's schedule has been rather different. "my favourite thing this week was kidspace and the zoo." "yep, that's my favourite

thing this week." welcome to hollywood! although she is having to get used to people recognising her. i saw her on television, just last week. they say she's nominated. do you think she'll be able to get a job one day? rachel shenton wrote and stars in the silent child. she learned sign language after her own father lost his hearing. the nomination means that ultimately, now, we are in over 600 cinemas in the us, which is huge for us as a short film. and it's really important for the subject, which is obviously deafness, and shining a much—needed light on access to education for deaf children. there's meryl streep. her former hollyoaks co—star chris overton directed the film and, at a lunch for all the nominees, they got to meet one of his heroes. steven spielberg was in between me and rachel. and the person taking the photo said, oh, can we move, because the light's not good. so we were ordering spielberg around! 0h, an oscar! now all that remains is to find out if there will be a hollywood happy ending.

on sunday night, maisie could get her hands on a real one of these. colin paterson, bbc news, los angeles. by by the way, like any girl, maisie is worried about what she's going to wear. she has already picked out a pretty green dress. i have been looking, she would be the youngest to get an oscar. shirley temple was 30 days younger, she won a juvenile world in 1935. amazing, good for her. she is in good company. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming upfor bbc. coming up for b was on the bbc news channel, italy prepares to go to the polls in just three days the country will elect a new government. not the best night to be out and

about, disruptive and, in places, dangerous wintry weather continues, so much so that the met office has issued a red weather warning across parts of south—west england and south wales. heavy snow, strong wind as well, giving blizzard conditions, this is the radar picture from early on. the snow has been spreading up from the south, particularly setting in across the south—west and southern half of wales. snow showers continue further north and east as well. there is still a met office amber be prepared warning for part of north—east scotland, down into north—east england. also a warning in force for south northern ireland. it is the south—western corner where we will have the most disruptive weather overnight. widely and amber warning, parts of east devon, somerset and into east wales, covered by the red warning. a lot of snow piling up. sunspots seek 15—20 centimetres, maybe 40—50 over high ground here. some of the snow

spreading into parts of northern ireland. as we go through the night, we keep snow showers in northern and eastern scotland, the far north—east of england. these areas, particularly at risk of disruption overnight. across the far south—west, it may be that the snow turns back to rain in places. if that happens, the rain is likely to fall on very cold surfaces, and that brings a significant ice risk to ta ke brings a significant ice risk to take us into tomorrow morning. travel disruption is very likely indeed. a dry spell, perhaps, for the south—west and wales through the first part of tomorrow. then it looks like snow will return from the south, heavy snow at that. could be snow in other southern areas as well. a lot to play for without one. uncertainty in the forecast, no showers into eastern areas, largely fine weather with sunshine in between. when we consider the strength of the wind, this is what it will feel like through tomorrow afternoon, subzero in many areas. but a slight change in the feel of the weather through the next few days. it does look like we will

bring something slightly, slightly less cold up from the south, particularly into southern areas. what we can say for the weekend is that for many it will remain cold. but less cold awards the south, and there is still the risk of some snow. this is beyond 100 days. i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london. our top stories. during his to address, but recruits those of a new generation of a weapon spec can reach most anywhere in the world. a major step away from free—trade agreements, president trump unveils plans to introduce ta riffs trump unveils plans to introduce tariffs on steel and aluminium and exports. donald tusk comes calling i had of theresa may's big brexit speech tomorrow. and the body art that has been in fashion much longer than we thought. you are looking at a 5000 —year—old tattoo. let us know your thoughts using the hashtag beyond 100 days. from syria to cyber war to the

american presidency to energy supply, american presidency to energy supply, if you think the russian presidential election doesn't have an impact on our lives, think again. ina race an impact on our lives, think again. in a race where at least one contender, the opposition leader, has been barred from participating, why would anyone risk all to challenge vladimir putin? gabriel gatehouse from the bbc‘s news that programme followed one candidate, a former russian socialite turned up opposition candidate in a country where nothing is as it seems. russian democracy is a strange and sometimes dangerous beast. it's a fake election. i'm always telling that. so i'm taking part in the election not to win, i have no illusions about that.

i'm taking part to be heard. her father, one of the founders of russia's new democracy, became mayor of saint petersburg. he would later die in uncertain circumstances while his former deputy, a once unknown kgb officer would become the most powerful man in russia. the coming today is still a place of uncertainty. of rival factions. ——the kremlin today is still a place of rival factions to threaten their power is to take a terrible risk. the passengers on the trolley bus know all about her family ties. and yet...

ipaid a i paid a visit to her campaign headquarters to meet one of her top advisers, a woman well versed in the darker parts of russian politics. she should be, she used to work for printing himself. two for vladimir putin himself. just to be clear, this is to say sobchak a's own adviser sangria playing the kremlin's game. hundred

miles south of moscow, ksenia sobchak is on the campaign trail. the biggest problem in russia is not freedom of speech. unfortunately, for many people, it is poverty. how do you feel like people reacted to you coming as you do from quite a privileged background ? you coming as you do from quite a privileged background? you know, i don't try to be like i am one of you because, well, it is not true. if i wear red lipstick in my everyday time, why should i go without makeup to them? it is not true. i am not a populist. so, yes, i come in a good carand in good populist. so, yes, i come in a good car and in good close, but i owned this money. i didn't steal that. i've spoken to a senior russian official and i can quote them by name. i said what is the point of having an election when everyone acknowledges that only one person can win? they said, look, this is a western invention that you have. we don't have a classical democracy in

russia. we have what they called a developing democracy. the truth is, russian democracy has stopped development. it is frozen, paralysed by two certain facts. just as surely as vladimir putin will win the next election, he will also not be around forever. i'm pleased to see the gabriel gatehouse who's reporting there is with me in the studio. i have seen the long version of this, which will go out on the weekend. some great stuff in it. one thing that really struck me is that when she went to see vladimir putin, he obviously was a little bit shocked that he was going to stay tonight that he was going to stay tonight that she was going to stand against him, but they saw her as a bit of a barbie figure, a doll, and the criminal menacing look at which you created, a frankenstein figure. the thing is the kremlin, as we went to college, is not a monolith. there are also two different groups there and they're all trying out various

different things. some of these people are saying let's give this person a go and see what happens. now look what happened. she goes on state tv, she talks about crime me a nice being russian. this is illegal in russia. some people in the kremlin are carrying —— talks about how crimea doesn't belong to russia. she's making a film about her father, this figure who died, this mentor to vladimir putin, and as pa rt of mentor to vladimir putin, and as part of this film, she wanted to see vladimir putin. she went to interview him and at the end, she told me, she didn't ask for permission to run, she told him that she was going to run and she then said he was silent for a moment and then he said, well, it's her decision and it is your risk. i said, what did you think he meant by that? she kind of laughed and said i don't think anything good. i would suspect that he would hardly know that she was planning to run because they opened all the doors to heart. gabriel, i spoke to her a couple of

weeks ago when she was in new york and she did say that she had got quite a lot of harassment during the course of this campaign. she was pushing back against the idea that she was just pushing back against the idea that she wasjust a pushing back against the idea that she was just a puppet candidate. has she was just a puppet candidate. has she become more of a root candidate than they perhaps expected?” she become more of a root candidate than they perhaps expected? i think she is saying things that they perhaps didn't expect her to say. i mean, she acknowledges that this is a big election campaign. she is only running to be heard, to make yourself heard, and dc is doing that. she is saying things that are basically taboo on russian state television. her candidacy gives her access to state tv, so she is naming it, very senior people, in putin's circle. ruttenberg, contango. people who are on american sanctions list. she's asking where people got their money from. she sang the putin created a system that has allowed these people to take money out of these people to take money out of the state. i said to her, are you saying vulgar put—in is corrupt? she just got back slightly from that

because there is some red line tonight is she saying that vladimir putin is corrupt? you're saying that he isa putin is corrupt? you're saying that he is a tree were for much everything hands. geez cannot hang forever. what is going on in the kremlin for the next six years? what happened in six years' time? he will have done for my kids. they believe, and at the vladimir putin believes that if he is taken out of the equation, there will be a state collapse and that is the big thing that he fears and all of these actions in the kremlin. they have to figure something out, either a way of keeping him in powerwere figure something out, either a way of keeping him in power were getting some kind of credible replacement. that is kind of what this process is all about. fascinating watches on the weekend. our world. just wanted to you about some reaction we're getting into europe from jean—claude junker, the european president that steele story we were telling you about in the first half. of course, ta riffs about in the first half. of course, tariffs likely to be imposed on ——

likely to be imposed on steel and aluminium imported into the united states. took a jean—claude junker said they will react firmly to defend their interests. the commission will bring forward a proposalfor commission will bring forward a proposal for countermeasures against the united states to rebalance the situation was was saying earlier, the eu said it would go to the wta. it is not just the eu said it would go to the wta. it is notjust the eu, we had reaction from germany directly. we had reaction from canada, as well. of course, as we said earlier, the dowjones bolling of course, as we said earlier, the dow jones bolling on of course, as we said earlier, the dowjones bolling on this news. they're going to be repercussions and people will not like this. let's talk about elections because the europeans were well aware that the junta brexit gilby published yesterday would be unacceptable to the british prime minister. red busesis the british prime minister. red buses is piling on the pressure to keep... so far, theresa may has shown no sign that she is ready for turning. today, she met with donald

tusk to spell out some of the detail that will be in her speech tomorrow. the scope of her plan is greatly anticipated in the final act in a week in which both sides have dug in. labour would seek to negotiate a new, comprehensive, uk— uke customs union to ensure there are no tariffs with europe and to help avoid any need whatsoever for a harder border in northern ireland. a customs union would remove the bulk of incentives for other countries to enter into comprehensive free—trade agreements with the uk. we as a country are at a crossroad in our history. we face a crossroad in our history. we face a choice. it choice that represents the difference between a prosperous, pure nation, that is united at home and stronger abroad and a poor country divided at home and a weaker player on the global stage. nobody can truly know what the will of the people may then be. so let

parliament decide or put the issue back to the people. we've been watching all the twists and turns this week, as has tony connelly, he isa this week, as has tony connelly, he is a correspondent... i was saying yesterday that if this was an 800 metre race, d bell hasjust gone and there is lots of fighting going around the first corner. elbows out. some will fall by the wayside. he really sent this week that something is happening. —— you really sense of this week. this is quite a reckoning, i think. this week. this is quite a reckoning, ithink. it this week. this is quite a reckoning, i think. it was always going to come. we had something of a phoney war over the past year and a half since the referendum. there's beena half since the referendum. there's been a lots of the polite and pragmatic dialogue between dublin and london over the northern irish border issue, but once a political agreement was reached rather haphazardly, if you like, in

december, you remember, we spoke about that back then, that deal was going to have to be converted into a legal form that in turn will be embedded into the withdrawal treaty, the treaty that will effectively guide britain out of the european union. once you convert stuff into legal language, then, it looks a lot more stark. it spells out phrases that are obviously going to frighten some people, phrases are in there that are obviously... to the bridges government. the european union and the government will say that you agree to this in december, so why the big surprise? is it that you in brussels that theresa may is pretty boxed in when it comes to her latitude for negotiating, whether over the issue of the irish border or because of the domestic politics in her own party? i think the european union has been very aware

ofa european union has been very aware of a theresa may's plate since last june. direct flights. the european union is made up of officials and progress and heads of government. they are aware of the politics of the uk at the moment. the rancour, that bitterness, the division. they know very well she is boxed in and doesn't have much room for manoeuvre. at the same time, they would take the clock is ticking. we are ina would take the clock is ticking. we are in a legal process that has to emerge intoa are in a legal process that has to emerge into a treaty that is going to bea emerge into a treaty that is going to be a binding, international, legal document. we cannot fudge this any longer. we have to convert this into a legal text. that text is going to be negotiated but i really don't think the uk will be able to depart radically from that particular part of the text which relates to a harder border, hard to avoid a harder border in ireland. yes, there is a clamourfor detail

from the british side. we will watch the speech with interest or tomorrow. good to see you. thank you. wherever you look in europe at the moment, the established order is under pressure. in the last 12 months, we have been to the netherlands, to france, germany, austria, sweden, has an obvious questions, there are populist parties, some of them, hard right. challenging, maybe not winning, but increasing their share of the vote. this weekend, we turn to italy and deleting the polls there, populist 5—star movement that in past years has called for a referendum on in vitro. also riding high, a man many thought were long gone from italian politics. silvio does ghani is barred from becoming prime minister because of a tax issue until 2019. live now to run where we can speak to our correspondent from the institute of international affairs. thank you very much indeed for being with us. i'm glad it is not snowing there in rome today. tell us a little bit about what is driving

this vote. is it all down to migration and security? yes indeed. migration and security have been the leading topic of this electoral campaign. actually, this electoral campaign. actually, this electoral campaign is being characterised by a mounting xenophobic and also anti—migratory narrative among italian political parties from the far right to the far left. this also led to some into mandatory acts against refugees and migrants in... —— led to some intimidating acts. this is also impacted on the general public debate. let's say that migration is increasingly connected to security and is becoming the key issue now in italy. you're going to

get a visitor because steve bannon, of course, donald trump ‘s former aide is on his way there and has expressed support for the right groups. the league in particular. leaders of those groups have made a public appearance today, a slave unity. are they unified, these various groups unity. are they unified, these various groups on unity. are they unified, these various groups on the right? —— eight unity. the centre-right coalition has put together a comment programme added this programme is very much led by the ideas of the leading party of the coalition. if you read the programme of the centre—right, you will not find the extreme positions which had been taken extreme positions which had been ta ken recently by extreme positions which had been taken recently by the two extremist parties in the centre—right coalitions. for example, you can hear from them strong stances

against migration, against the european union, against the permanence of a delete within the euro area, but she will not find anything of these in the common problem. they now the question is if the centre—right coalition will get the centre—right coalition will get the majority of the votes and will be called to form a government which will be the common framework of this free —— three parties. will be the common framework of this free -- three parties. we will be watching the selection on the bbc. thank you forjoining us from rome. this is beyond 100 games. so too, on the programme, which was the question that angered the then candidate chop so much he had this journalist burn—outs? —— thrown out? we will ask if life is alleging under this presidency has changed. little more on the heavy snow that

has continued to fall across the uk. in scotland, drivers have been left stranded on roads, while people are still waiting for flights out of glasgow. the airport was closed again today. one gordon reports. scotland's road to nowhere. hundreds of drivers stuck in miles of the stationary traffic and what is usually one of the country's busiest roads. i left about eight o'clock andi roads. i left about eight o'clock and i have been here since. that is and i have been here since. that is a good 17 hours, maybe. we moved about 100 metres of the time. last night, some boys came out with biscuits and crisps and this morning it was all the school kids that came out so we are getting looked after. the worst of circumstances bringing out the best in people. volunteers bringing out food and water to those stranded in their cars. this storm was forecast well ahead of time but waiting nearly 18 hours on this

stretch of motorway, it looks as if finally, the traffic mightjust be about to start moving again. police officers clearing the way i had, one by one. people have been coming up and down the northbound carriageway because of the vehicles stuck most of the night. hard work. i see the quy of the night. hard work. i see the guy sticking out. very much so. for much of the time and changing areas have been stuck and flights were cancelled out of edinburgh and glasgow, once again. there was fun for some, but for the blizzards, freezing temperatures and drifting snow, there are serious concerns for those out in these conditions, even as those who could heeded the warnings to stay at home. you're watching beyond 100 days. he

garnered international attention after being thrown out of a 2015 trump campaign event. for asking the then candidate a question without a being called on. now the long—time journalist is out with a new book. the book is called a stranger and it looks at what it means to be an immigrant in today's reedited. mr ramos came from mexico to the united states in 1983. his decades of reporting has become a powerful voice. hejoins us now. they did for joining us. how has life for you changed under president? is it that life has changed, day—to—day life, or attitudes and what it feels like to be american isjust? everything has changed, not only for me personally, but when the president of the united states tells you to go back to division and he means to go

to your country and when somebody tells me to go back to my country, imo uses citizen. the number of hate groups has increased. the number of arrests and ingrid has increased 30% in comparison to the last presidency of barack obama. he has helped some... a third of hispanics voted for president trump will stop it was a surprisingly high number given what he had said about building a wall with mexico. do you think the president still has that degree of support among the hispanic community? has that changed?” support among the hispanic community? has that changed? i don't think so, but i think he got about 30% of the hispanic vote in part because the democrats didn't keep their word president because the democrats didn't keep theirword. president obama had promised to introduce immigration reform in his first year and did not do that. as it is obama supported two and half million undocumented immigrants. for many latinos, they decided to stay home. only 13 million voted out of 27 possible

potus. president obama deported more than any president. would he think the republican party is on disk was like he did a different attitude of the president? i think the republicans are committing political suicide at this point. there are 60 million latinos. in less than 30 years, we will have 100 million latinos in this country. without latinos, it would be impossible for anyone to be elected to the white house, to be governor, or to be part of the house of representatives and the senate. republicans are in a very difficult situation because if they don't realise and correct, they will lose election after election after election. you call the book stranger and it is clearly had a profound impact of your experience of being in the united states and that of many immigrants. donald trump will be in office for four yea rs a re trump will be in office for four years are potentially eaters. is this a permanent shift in the country or will it be reversed ain? country or will it be reversed again? will america become once

again? will america become once again the country that opens its arms to immigrant? this is not normal. to have a president who makes a racist remarks, it is not normal. what will happen with great britain if you're a minister with a racist remarks? i don't think this is going to last. these are the numbers. in 2044, everyone is going to bea numbers. in 2044, everyone is going to be a minority in this country. we will be the us, minority, majority country. that is the major trend. trump isa country. that is the major trend. trump is a tiny bit of politics nowadays. i don't think he would like to hear that. what is interesting is just watching from over here, talking about the parkland shooting, a lot of the children who came on, some of them we re children who came on, some of them were from hispanic backgrounds, you. they seem to have a very different attitude to the older generation he said, look, to quiet and don't make waves. that is the best way to get one. these children don't. they take the politicians on. absolutely right. but we're seeing right now is the survivors of the school shooting in florida and the dreamers, phrases, they have different attitudes. the parents of the dream decided to be silent, to be

invisible. the dreamers are doing something different in the survivors also. the ovarian people involved, bold, brave. doing something apart and for gun control and immigration. thank you very much. researchers have discovered the oldest figurative tattoos in the world. in two 5000 of mummies from egypt. the illustrations are of a wild bull and a seat on the upper arm of a male money and as shaped motifs on the upper arms and shoulders of the female. the discovery pushes back evidence for the practise in africa bya evidence for the practise in africa by a thousand years. do you have a tattoo? i do not have a tattoo. do you have a tattoo? no, just my eyebrows. no, i'mjoking. no, i don't. i know you love your ties, that's why i was asking, if you wa nted that's why i was asking, if you wanted another adornment, but i

think you have rather... should i say conservative views on tattoos? he did tell me you would be very upset if your daughter got a tattoo. she has fake ones, right? exactly. it's only me that isn't tattooed as far as it's only me that isn't tattooed as farasi it's only me that isn't tattooed as faras i can it's only me that isn't tattooed as far as i can see when i go to the beach. my daughter has a tattoo. she's now 22 years old. clementine is ten. isaac is to be 22, you can't control her any more. there is my daughter's tattoo. very cool. that is galileo's depiction of the moon around jupiter. it was the first evidence, apparently that the earth is not the centre of the universe. i said this in the programme before. my said this in the programme before. my is about to do a phd in astrophysics so it was fitting. i have to say, i am very cool with that. i am a cool mum. yeah, i like it. that is cerebral. can there be plagiarism when it comes to tattoos? ican get plagiarism when it comes to tattoos? i can get that. apparently her tattoo has to say something about you, so i was about to have a hundred days, but then it would than a hundred days plus in that 100 days beyond across my neck and then an extra zero on when we get it beyond a thousand days. that is why i don't

wa nt to a thousand days. that is why i don't want to tattoo. do you really have nothing important to can have a tattoo about? is that it? yeah. you are one sad person if you would have are one sad person if you would have a hundred is tattooed on your shoulder. time to get a tattoo on yea rs shoulder. time to get a tattoo on years older. good evening. it is certainly not the best made to be out and about. disruptive and in places dangers whether. so much so that the met office has issued a better whether warning across parts of southwest england and south wales. heavy snow, stronger winds, as well, giving blizzard conditions. this is the radar picks from early on. you can see snow has been spreading its way up see snow has been spreading its way up from the south, particularly setting in across the southwest and southern half of wills. sasha was continuing for their north and east, as well, so there office amber be prepared when it are parts of

northeast scotland down into northeast scotland down into northeast england. also a warning advice for southeastern corner of northern ireland. quite a lot of self—feeding in here. it is, i think the southwestern corner where we will have the most disruptive weather overnight. amber warnings in the southeast into the southeast of wills. covered by the breadwinning. a lot of stuff piling up. sunspots seen 15—20 cm, maybe 40—50 over the high ground here. some of the snow fringing into parts of northern ireland. as you go into the night, we keep the snow showers across part of northern and eastern scotland. the far northeast of england. these areas, particularly, at risk of destruction overnight. across the far southwest, it may be that the snow begins to turn back to rein in places and if that happens, that trend is likely to fall on very cold services and that brings a significant ice risk to take this into tomorrow morning. travel destruction is very likely, indeed. a dryer spell, perhaps, for the southwest f wells. it looks saxton oval returned from the south. heavy snow, at that. to —— it looks like

the snow more for the cell. fine weather with sunshine in between, when we consider the strength of the wind, this is what will feel like through tomorrow afternoon. sub zero in many areas. but, is like change in the whether the next few days. it looks like we will bring something slightly, slightly less called up from the south, particularly into southern areas. because think of the weekend, then, is that for many, it will remain cold, but the little less cold down towards the south and there is still the risk of some snow. this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines: parts of the uk are warned over blizzard conditions — as storm emma sweeps in from the atlantic. a red weather warning is in place for south west england and south wales — it means it could pose a risk to life.

drivers are told to stay at home. it is quite dangerous there and we're very focused now into preserving life and trying to get people home. my god, oh my god! snow and ice continue to wreak havoc across the uk , hundreds of drivers were left stranded in central scotland overnight , as chaos looms for many travellers. got stuck here about eight o'clock last night. not moved an inch yet.