you're watching beyond 100 days. facebook‘s share price continues to slide after revelations revelations of a data breach. the uk authorities are seeking a warrant to search the offices of the british firm that harvested facebook data. everybody wants to speak to mark zuckerberg. there are plenty of questions, so why is he not appearing publicly to give us the answers? president trump calls vladimir putin to congratulate him on his re—election and says the two leaders could meet soon. we will, er, probably get together in the not—too—distant future, so that we can discuss, er, arms. we can discuss the arms race. just four days before students prepare to march for stronger gun control, after another school shooting in the state of maryland. also on the programme: six months after hurricane maria ripped a path of destruction through puerto rico, residents are still struggling to recover. on the edge of extinction — the last male northern white rhino dies in kenya.

there are nowjust two females left in the world. get in touch with us using the hashtag. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay, in new york. and christian fraser is in london. from berlin to washington to london, politicians are expressing serious concern about facebook and its lax approach to users‘ data. facebook‘s share price fell again today, under mounting scrutiny of its role in recent election campaigns. the uk's information commissioner is applying for a warrant to search the offices of the london—based political consulting firm cambridge analytica — which is accused of harvesting the personal data of 50 million facebook members, to influence the us presidential election in 2016. here's our business editor, simonjack. in the information age, personal data is the new currency, and we spend it liberally on social media platforms.

how old we are, whether we are in a relationship, what our political leanings are — this could be gathered and used. cambridge analytica is a company which does exactly that, and it's at the centre of a storm that has rocked some of the biggest companies in the world. it started with an app, which invited facebook users to do a personality test. 270,000 downloaded it. it collected personal information on them, theirfriends, their friends‘ friends, and so on, until it had info on 50 million users. but that data was passed to cambridge analytica, which allegedly used it to influence the presidential election in the us, using highly targeted messages — a charge denied by the company. the uk's data watchdog said she'd had concerns about the company for some time. these allegations are very serious. they came to the attention of our office some months ago and, on march 7th, i issued a demand for information to cambridge.

they did not comply with that, so now i am moving ahead to seek a warrant, so i can search premises and data. separately, cambridge analytica executives were secretly filmed by channel 4 giving advice on how to influence politicians. cambridge analytica said it has been grossly misrespected. whether this tiny consultancy was involved in influencing the us election, there is an old adage which says that if the services you're getting are free, then you are the product, served up to advertisers who are convinced that highly targeted messages — constructed around detailed personal information — really work. since the scandal broke, facebook has seen £50 billion

wiped off its value. and the pressure on the company was cranked up today, when the federal trade commission announced it will investigate its handling of customer data. it has the power to levy enormous fines. facebook denies any wrongdoing. so, could this be a moment of reckoning for the way our data is used? for the first time, things that people suspected have surfaced, thanks to the testimony of whistle—blowers. now we're finally seeing that the leaders of these companies are being called to testify in front of parliament. analysts are dumping their stock, as a vote of no confidence. this is a real moment that will incentivise change. the facts of our lives have value. mark zuckerberg will have the chance to tell mps how safely that information is kept. simon jack, bbc news. and we are getting news that the ceo

of cambridge, alex next, has been suspended from hisjob. the company involved in that undercover operation. some members of the us judiciary committee are calling for facebook‘s chief executive, marc zuckberg, to come and give evidence, but the chairman isn't committing to make that call. here is a flavour from capitol hill. ithink... i think we have a problem out there. and what i said during the last hearing, that if the industry won't solve these kinds of problems themselves, then we'll have to solve them with legislation. it's very serious, what facebook has done, and it violates privacy. we ought to be looking into it, but i can't promise a hearing at this point. for more on this unfolding story, we spoke a brief time ago with democratic senator sheldon whitehouse, who sits on the judiciary committee. senator, i want to get your reaction to these latest revelations about

cambridge analytica, facebook and the role they both played in the trump election. well, they are two separate aspects. 0ne trump election. well, they are two separate aspects. one is to make sure that facebook lets its customers know who has been compromised. and what information of theirs has been demised. and i think they should explain to congress and they should explain to congress and the american people how this was able to happen. so that we can be sure that it will not happen again, which is a goal that facebook ought to share with all of us. the second, it is, located in to look into the role of cambridge analytica, both here in our election and potentially in your brexit election and see to what extent they were involved in manipulating voters. that is going to be a touchy issue for our republican colleagues because this was an effort paid for by one of the billionaires that is backing the republican party, the mercerfamily.

so not sure we are going to get a lot of bipartisanship on that. back in october when the tech giants testified in the senate, is said you wished they would stop making it like this was no big deal. from the reaction of facebook over the last couple of days, they learn that lesson? i think so. when stock prices move, that tends to get management's attention and i suspect a lot of their customers are personally concerned about exactly what was given to this cambridge analytica crowd and what became of the data. 0nce data gets out, it is really ha rd to the data. 0nce data gets out, it is really hard to draw it all back. and testing whether or not it is world away in various servers or it has been forwarded on to other entities, all that needs to be proven to customers and i hope congress will ta ke customers and i hope congress will take a strong interest in making

sure all that happens. senator, in the footage broadcast over here on channel 4 last night, the ceo of cambridge analytica was offering services that go beyond data harvesting and some seem to amount to entrapment. he says the film grossly overstate that, what you say? he ought have the chance to, for us congress and your parliament and explain how those recordings of him misrepresent what he said on those recordings. he is entitled, i suppose, to that chance. i expect he would rather just say what he suppose, to that chance. i expect he would ratherjust say what he said is trudge away. i don't know we will see him appearing in congress or parliament. but i hope he has a chance to explain himself. they hold the data of 50 million americans and facebook sent in data analysts and lawyers into their offices last

night. there were boxes removed from the office last wednesday, there is concern on this side that may be the horse has already bolted. so when you get facebook before the committee, will you be asking them what they were doing in cambridge analytica's office? yes, i think we will have an obvious concern about understanding how this took place in the first instance, how they a p pa re ntly the first instance, how they apparently sold this tens of millions of dollars of american data to this group. and second, how they are cleaning it up and how they can assure themselves that by going to the first stop of the data, cambridge analytica, they know that it is actually not available to cambridge analytica or two others in further shell corporations or further shell corporations or further servers. as you pointed out, once the horse has bolted, it can be very ha rd to once the horse has bolted, it can be very hard to get it back in the stall. senator, it is very good to talk to you, thank you. my pleasure.

i don't know if it will make it easier now for the us senate to get hold of alexander nix and to ask questions, but he has now been suspended as ceo of cambridge analytica. a lot of people wanting to ask a lot of questions. and we mentioned facebook‘s share price falling, that is happening to other tech and social media companies, twitter share price is down. snapchat is also down by 4%. so a lot of focus on social media and their role in elections and whether they are trustworthy. i was wondering, with the greatest respect, the senior investigators on the senate committee, my concern has been since the russians started —— russian story starters, a lot of them are offered different generation and do not understand the story. i am looking at a message from the correspondent of the observer who has been digging into cambridge analytica and this goes

back to may 2017. why is the information commissioner, elizabeth denham, only now applying for a warrant to get into those officers? idid put warrant to get into those officers? i did put that to damian collins yesterday, the chair of the committee investigating in the uk. and he says, the information commissioner is acting within the current legislation. she launches an enquiry and you can issue information notices and you can follow u p information notices and you can follow up and the warrant stage is not —— is the last stage. they are debating this parliament and he accepts the commission does not have enough powers and they have to give her those powers. do they not have enough powers or do they not realise the gravity of the problem? this may change that. donald trump has called vladimir putin to congratulate him on his re—election, and says he would meet the russian leader in the near future. both actions are pretty controversial. other western leaders have refrained from congratulating mr putin. and any meeting between mr trump and the russian president in the midst of an investigation about moscow's meddling in the us election is bound to raise eyebrows — which may be what donald trump likes.

i had a, er, call with president putin and congratulated him on the victory, his electoral victory. the, er, call had to do also with the fact that we will probably get together in the not—too—distant future so that we can discuss arms. we can discuss the arms race. as you know, he made a statement that being in an arms race is not a great thing, and it was right after the election, one of the first statements he made. mr trump's decision to congratulate mr putin on an election race that had no real opposition has already met criticism in the us. senatorjohn mccain — a known hawk in the republican party — released a statement saying, "an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections." and sarah huckabee sanders was

giving the white house briefing and she was nearly as almost exclusively about this meeting and congratulating president putin on the election and whether the was a goodidea the election and whether the was a good idea and whether mr trump belt it has been a free and fair election. this is what she said. putin has been elected in their country and that is not something that we can dictate to them how they operate. we can only focus on the freeness and the fairness of our elections, and that's something that we 100% fully support and something that we are going to continue to protect, to make sure bad actors don't have the opportunity to impact them in any way. so no comments today to president putin about the poisoning in salisbury. but i am going to raise you with my jean—claude juncker european commission president statement. similar reaction tojohn mccain from

guy verhofstadt, very senior in the european parliament. no, we don't have that. he says, this is not a time for rather congratulatory messages. there was concern in the european parliament that it was a bit too if you sit. there it is. there will be a lot of people who feel that way. quickly, what do you think about the fact that he did not raise the issue of poisoning? he seems to have gone out of his way not to offend anyone today. and did not raise the overshoot —— theissue and did not raise the overshoot —— the issue of election interference in that call which will get criticism. this administration is not interested in pushing human rights democracy around the world, this is a transactional foreign policy of the trump administration. talking of which, he also had another visitor in the white house

today. mohammed bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia, is donald trump's new good friend. the two men talked to reporters after meetings in the white house. bin salman is on something of a sales pitch for the kingdom — travelling across the country to woo us investors. but the relationship is not without controversy. a resolution condemning saudi arabia's involvement in the war in yemen is due for a vote in the senate today. for the white house, however, it seems having an ally in the region to stand against iran outweighs the risks of closer ties with the country. the founder of the arabia foundation is joining the founder of the arabia foundation isjoining us. you know mohammed bin salman and you have close relations with him, how does he want to improve saudi arabia's relationship with the trump administration, what does he want from that administration? saudi arabia always has have close relations with an american government. the prince has worked hard to have closer than ——

close relationships with the trump administration as previous monarchies have worked to have. relations are very close. there is a meeting of minds on things like iran, saudi arabia and the us and the white house are on the same page. and prince mohammed is overhauling the country in the economy. he has a lot of ambitious economic plans. american business has a big role to play in that. he's coming to america to interact with a lot of business leaders across the country. some of them saudi arabia will be investing their companies through its public investment fund, but many others it is inviting to invest and participate in vision 2030, the masterplan to restructure the saudi economy. so there is a lot on the table and a lot of shared interest. so that is what the saudis want, what they don't want is criticism of saudi arabia's war in yemen and there is this resolution going forwards in the us senate, a

lot of criticism from congress about the role saudi arabia is playing in yemen, especially that something like 5,000 civilians have died in that war. should mohammed bin salman not the answering those questions in america as well? well, this resolution in congress and it is a bit of domestic politics getting mixed up with foreign policy because also, the senators are using that to try and restrict the war powers act and the power of the president to commit forces overseas. so they are really using the subject more to control the presidency than particularly focusing on the yemen issue. yemen is a tragedy, wars are tragedies and saudi arabia is aware of that and going out of its way to address the humanitarian problems. but saudi arabia's security has been threatened. it sees a militia allied to around growing on its southern border and it felt it had to take action. people who are not threatened, or far away from the

border, can afford to be more judgmental about it. but if your security is threatened as a government, you have a responsibility to act and was, unfortunately, they always cause human suffering. thank you very much for joining human suffering. thank you very much forjoining us. human suffering. thank you very much for joining us. important human suffering. thank you very much forjoining us. important visit and important issues. and we will return to that later. another shooting in another school in america. two students have been injured at a high school in maryland — not far from the us capital. the shooter died in hospital after engaging in gunfire with the school's security officer. officials say one female and one male student are still in critical condition in hospital. this incident comes just four days before the march for our lives protest takes place in washington, urging lawmakers to support stricter gun control laws. stu d e nts students coming from all around the country this weekend. and that shooting will be very much in their minds, as will be the shooting in florida. there is one aspect of this

which is quite interesting. that is that the school, what you call them in america? the law enforcement officer. security officer. he was involved in shooting the shooter. that would be flagged up by donald trump, who has advocated for that. yes, they are all all. is. this was on my local news this morning in washington. —— they are all terrible stories. the shooter had a relationship with the girl in the school and that may have precipitated this, but it seems different from park and because the officer responded in one minute and was there engaging with the shooter. maybe there could have been more share and people killed, but this much will revive focus on this issue. we focus a lot on that —— natural tragedies, but not this one. it has been exactly six months since hurricane maria struck the us

territory of puerto rico — and the island is still suffering the consequences. at the time the storm ripped a deadly path of destruction but today hundreds of thousands still haven't had their power restored or help with rebuilding homes. the us government has been criticised for a lack of urgency and response. in the first of two reports this week, aleem maqbool looks at how the disaster has changed life in puerto rico and where the greatest needs remain. there are sights in puerto rico that can look like the hurricane struck just yesterday. everyone has a tale of trauma still fresh in the mind. we grabbed what we could and ran out, she says. but everywhere was blocked. we managed to get up there and we heard the noise. the house just came away and collapsed. the problem is, in six months, little has moved on. she and herfamily run pipes from a nearby spring to get water to the abandoned building where they've been living.

and there is still no power. so what help have they had from the american agencies here? we applied for help, but we were told we weren't entitled to any, she says. we've put in an appeal, but we're still waiting for an answer. puerto ricans are american citizens. they can go backwards and forwards to the us mainland as they please. and crucially, they're entitled to the same disaster response from washington as any other americans. you'll find very few here who believe that that is what they got. the family of rauljiminez believe he could still be alive if there had been a more urgent response. after the storm, the clinic where he got dialysis was without electricity. it meant patients would have to miss treatments or wait hours hoping to be seen. he was in the wheelchair quiet... died. he died in the line, waiting for treatment? died in the line. any true count of the number

who were killed by the hurricane would include people like raul. but until now, the official figures doesn't. the government want to show some kind of numbers that is not the reality. they want us to believe that all is ok. under pressure, the government has ordered a recount of those killed by hurricane maria. some estimate the new number could be nearly 20 times the originalfigure. and all the while, for so many, the suffering continues. aleem is now back in washington and joins us now to talk about what he found on his trip. how is it possible the richest country in the world cannot put the power back on in puerto rico?|j suppose it has to be remembered firstly that logistically, this is arguably the most difficult natural disaster the us has had to deal with. it is an ireland of 3.5

million people and the power grid was almost totally destroyed. certainly well over 85% of the grid was destroyed, so it has taken time. but there is a sense that from puerto ricans we spoke to that they did not feel they were being treated like other americans. and they had complaints not just about the american federal response, but about incompetence and even corruption within their own administration as well. so that was their complaint. but certainly, the americans will point to the fact that in the capital, san juan, much point to the fact that in the capital, sanjuan, much of the power has been restored, although you will see a lot of traffic lights still out and a lot of traffic accidents. but when you get into the rural areas, the sad thing was, we go to some of these places and people would say they have not seen any work being done, they have not been told when they will have worked on, when they will get their power back. and believe me, at the beginning of

this crisis after the hurricane, we lived for a couple of days, me and ourteam, lived for a couple of days, me and our team, without power. it was extremely frustrating. these people had been doing it for six months and it is perhaps no surprise that the suicide rate in the puerto rico has increased dramatically as well over that time. thanks very much. it is great that you got back. before we go, sad story. the last remaining male northern white rhinoceros has died, bringing the sub—species one step closer to extinction. yes, the 45—year—old rhino, called "sudan", was put down after suffering an illness related to old age. only two other northern white rhinos are now left — both females. 45—year—old white man looking extent, that is not make me think of anyone! you met sudan, but you could not match his tinder profile. i

never thought i would ask you if you had a tender profile but he did, and he said, i perform well under pressure, i liked eat grass and chill in the mud. not you. 6—foot tall and £5,000, if it matters, i love that! a rhino with a sudan profile! why did you leave out the bids, the fa ke why did you leave out the bids, the fake of my species literally depends on me? that is the most relevant bit. i got stuck! i tried that years ago, it tried 20 yea rs i tried that years ago, it tried 20 years for that to work! this is beyond 100 days, from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news... us authorities are investigating whether a fourth bombing in texas is the work of a serial attacker. two people have been killed in recent weeks. we'll hear from a former deputy director of the fbi, for his take on the matter. good evening. the first day of the

astronomical spring and a fair amount of sunshine. splendid afternoon across scotland. blue skies through the day. across england and wales, after a bright stars, more cloud around in central areas. it stayed dry in northampton but some source and spots of rain and sleet. tomorrow, the weather comes from the atlantic. 0n the satellite image, cloud is gripping towards us. the clear breaks across scotla nd towards us. the clear breaks across scotland and northern ireland will drift south across england and wales. clearing skies here, temperatures drop in the furthest. after initial frost in scotland and northern ireland, rain spreads to the hebrides and many areas frost free. frost to eastern parts of scotla nd free. frost to eastern parts of scotland but why do frosty across england and wales. the coldest conditions in the west midlands, wales and north west england. “11, —6 tomorrow morning. chilly morning commute but lovely bright day for much of england and wales. early

mist and fog clears. it clouds over a bit but still we have dry weather. further north, morning brightness but already cloudy in western scotla nd but already cloudy in western scotland and northern ireland with occasional rain. heavier rain on the hell is spreading towards cumbria, northern england and north wales later. and some rain in the east of scotland. the cloud breaks here into the afternoon, it could hit 12 degrees in aberdeenshire. after the chilly start, even than wales achieving 7—10dc but still feeling cool in northern england with a cloud in place. even here, milder airon cloud in place. even here, milder air on thursday which pushes in off the atlantic. ick. by the end of the week but still, winds off the atla ntic week but still, winds off the atlantic so nowhere near as cold. after patchy rain into thursday, it brightens up to eastern areas with sunny spells. clouding over in the west without breaks of rain later, strung together. and is, but all in double big temperatures, 12, 13, 1a celsius in some parts of eastern

scotland. rain on thursday night and into friday which clears eastern areas on friday, sunny spells here and showers from the west. they could be heavy with hale and thunder, blustery day with longer spells a rain into western scotland and the north of northern ireland later. temperatures still into double figures. this is beyond 0ne hundred days, with me katty kay in washington — christian fraser's in london. our top stories. lawmakers call for facebook chairman, mark zuckerberg, to give evidence about the use of personal data by london—based company, cambridge analytica. president trump has called russian president vladimir putin to congratulate him on his election victory. coming up in the next half hour. a parcel has exploded in texas in what police suspect to be the latest in a series of bombings targeting austin. so far two people have died and six have been injured in the attacks. the eu will continue to set the quotas of how much fish can be caught in uk waters during the brexit transition period, causing anger amongst the british fishing industry.

let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag ‘beyond—0ne—hundred—days‘. us authorities are investigating whether serial bomber is on the loose in texas. a parcel bomb exploded at a fedex depot near san antonio today — the fourth bomb to go off in the state in xx weeks. —— in the state. two people have died in these bombings, two more have been injured. there's so far no indication who's behind them or even whether they're coordinated. but 500 fbi agents are now working on the case. today president trump addressed the incidents. this is obviously a very, very sick individual or maybe individuals. these are sick people and we will get to the bottom of it. we will be very strong. we have all sorts of federal agencies over there right now, we're searching what is going on in austin, a great place, tremendous place.

and for more on the investigation into this case i spoke a short time ago with ron hosko, former deputy director of the fbi. ron, this is a really curious case what is happening down in texas. what is your read on it? it is very concerning. first we had a round of bombs that were, what sounds like hand delivered, presumably to targets of the bomber, you know, specific targets. presumably his desired victims. and a handful of people injured. and then some relative silence for a few days and now we have had some additional bombings that have come using a different methodology, not hand—delivered but run with a tripwire. another one put into fedex, the delivery chain, for fedex. and some additional ones in the delivery chain now that are being looked at by law enforcement. so the methodology has changed.

we do not know if the subject has had these devices built already over time or has them stockpiled. has the additional components for additional devices. it is very concerning. you say this subject, you are assuming that it is one person? i am, you know if we look back at bombers over time they tend to be angry individuals who have a purpose in mind. whether it is, you know, the unabomber, you know it's certainly a very solitary person, very capable and deadly, going to the killer ofjudge vance and other bombers, other bombings in georgia and in the florida area. eric robert rudolph, the centennial park bomber, who also bombed an abortion provider in alabama. these folks tend to work by themselves, they do not

tend to be in teams, people working in concert. so it remains to be seen. maybe there are other people and of course that is what the appeal is through the media, by law enforcement now, for the public to come out as well. so if you're running this case what are the clues you are looking at? well first there are a couple of different channels going on right now. one is the forensics of the devices that they can recover. in the post—blast investigation that is very detailed examination of anything that came out of the already exploded devices. they're looking for dna, forfingerprints, essentially the bomber‘s signature and what type of initiation, what were the explosive components and how was it constructed. what was the shrapnel. so they're looking for all of that. they're looking at the victimology to see if there is any link to the victims or intended victims. what are you doing to try

to prevent future attacks? well i'm doing what they're doing, which is going to media, recognising that this is the opportunity for the best partnership between law enforcement, through the media, to the public. they may have 500 agents on the ground down there but that is no match for thousands and thousands of eyes of the community, of a loved one, a neighbour. somebody who sees something of concern and says you know who did that, that is my next—door neighbour. i see him in his garage at night. so that has to be leveraged, that is what they're trying to do. if you see something, say something. thank you very much. you're welcome. gary 0'donoghue joins us live now from austin. while they are saying nothing and

they give up west conference and whitley refused to answer specific questions. they've been on the scene by about ten or 11 hours by that stage was up compare that to what happened on sunday, by monday morning they were telling us the bombing there was linked to the three previous ones even though it was a different kind of delivery, this tripwire across the pavement. soi this tripwire across the pavement. so i think either they're having some trouble down there working out exactly what was in the bomb or they are giving information back for some particular reason. they're not saying, not confirming it was a package destined for them to or had come from there in the first place. 0r come from there in the first place. or that it contained the shrapnel. 0ne or that it contained the shrapnel. one interesting fact is one of the relatives of the men injured on sunday, those two young white men who were walking along and trip the tripwire, one of the relatives of

the men said he thought his son had had nails driven into his knees by the explosion. that would be an interesting connection. but at this stage there not tying this book bombing in18 stage there not tying this book bombing in 18 days to both other once just yet. bombing in 18 days to both other oncejust yet. i bombing in 18 days to both other once just yet. i was reading today one of the most longest—running fbi investigations was backed into the unabomber. it took them a long time of course to get in touch with him and find out what his motives were. are they looking with regards this investigation at the signature of these bombs because they have been different, one was a tripwire, won a parcel bomb on a doorstep presumably this one a bit different. someone who has a platter of skills. while this one might not be different to the first three if you think about it. they said fedex, the police said fedex was not the target told could well be that this was a parcel bomb aimed fora well be that this was a parcel bomb aimed for a specific individual like the first three. that went off prematurely. that is a perfectly

viable possibility. of course there will look at the mechanisms inside the bombs. initially they said the first three bombings, they contained readily available household items that had been constructed. they're not saying anything like as much detail as that now but if you were a member with the unabomber, it took yea rs member with the unabomber, it took years for them to catch him. those bombings were much more spread apart and eventually of course the washington post and new york times published his old manifesto sometime before the court in this stage no idea of the motivation as far as we can tell. of course austin is a big place but it does start to play on people's minds when we have five, then they cannot catch this guy. backin then they cannot catch this guy. back in 2002 they had this sniper in washington snooping — sniping at the

back of a van and you get this fear and suspicion and worry.|j back of a van and you get this fear and suspicion and worry. i was lily in washington at that time and when this happened in austin you think back to it. itjust imprints itself on your memory and when the sniper was out there my kids could not leave their classrooms during playground time, they never went outside. we did not go to the park after school just because outside. we did not go to the park after schooljust because we did not know whether a school playground or park was going to be the next target. so desperately limited peoples lives and i would be if you went to playground in austin at the moment i bet they would be empty and stop because you never know if you're going to be the next target. and they will do until they find out who's this. in the last half an hour — further revelations have surfaced on the work cambridge analytica did for the donald trump presidential election campaign. ina in a report on channel 4 news the frame appeared to claim that it ran key parts of the strategy for donald trump. it was secretly recorded

discussing coordination between the trump campaign and other sources. let's bring in our north america editorjon sopel who's been sitting across the latest revelations from channel 4. that is focusing on the role specifically in the trump campaign. what have the company been saying. while they have been caught red—handed with their hands in the cookiejar it seems. cookie jar it seems. either cambridge analytica are full of bs or they have been up to no good. it is hard to draw any other conclusion from listening to what has been said. they are either up to black 0ps and honey traps and blackmail and covert recordings and all the rest of it or they are making it all up rest of it or they are making it all up in which case neither of them are a good look. what is interesting about what came out this evening on

channel 4 news, the suggestion of just how and for their work in the trump campaign. and help open it was. the cost if you think about the way political campaign finance is structured in the us there is a strict separation between what are called these super packs, the funding bodies, and the trump campaign. it seems much information was bleeding between the two and a chief executive of cambridge and the little girl who has been now suspended as the company tries to salvage its reputation, was making it seem like yes, we were working with everyone involved alongside and i think that brings up some questions about electoral finance and electoral law in the us about what they were up to. not just in the us, clearly this is to be some implication that cambridge analytica has been involved in political campaigns in europe as well. and perhaps not surprisingly seen steve bannon initially appearing with the

national front bannon initially appearing with the nationalfront in bannon initially appearing with the national front in france as well. also someone who has been tied up with cambridge analytic. yes and steve bannon was on the board of cambridge analytica and the mercer family, very well—known in the as being big funders of donald trump, they were the people who got very interested in cambridge analytica i wa nted interested in cambridge analytica i wanted to put steve bannon on the board and so there is a close link between cambridge analytic and the trump organisation and if you look at some of the black ops but went on during the trump campaign, the smearing of hillary clinton, cambridge analytic in the latest bit of covert recording there has been released claimed responsibility for all of it. they said they were the masters of it, they designed the strategy, delivered on it, they were the ones who delivered the victory to donald trump in 2016. uncomfortable place for the president at the moment to have someone like that saying yes, we did it all. because donald trump of

course i said it was his brilliance that led to that election victory and that he was the campaign maestro. so i think huge problems for the reputation of cambridge analytic. a couple of months ago we had a british company, a pr company, go under because what they did in south africa. this starts to look like small beer compared to what cambridge analytic have been training at least in these undercover recordings. interesting, steve bannon in italy last week, sitting down in the basement of trump tower with the french national front leader. the one thing i suppose, on this issue, the campaign would say they use cambridge analytica for the primaries and when donald trump got the ticket he was using data from the rnc because in their view that as more trustworthy. so the question is are cambridge

analytic over againjust so the question is are cambridge analytic over again just how much they were involved. that is the question i posed at the start, are they just question i posed at the start, are theyjust dragging and full of hot airand theyjust dragging and full of hot air and nonsense all by the two that sort of activity. either way not a good position for them to be in and they are suffering enormous reputational damage as a company because everyone thought it was a genius company that had extraordinary insights as a result of algorithmic tests on opinion forming and all the rest of it. that informed where each individual voter thought and what vulnerabilities would be. it seems there was a lot of old—fashioned dirty work going on as well. thank you very much for joining us and you are right, resident trump will not like the idea that anywhere else was responsible for his victory. ——

president trump. it's been three years since the outbreak of war in yemen. houthi rebels — backed by iran — remain in control of large parts of the country — including the capital sana'a. fighting them are forces loyal to the former president — who are being backed by saudi airstrikes. it's impossible to say exactly how many people the war has killed — but we know thousands of civilians have died and millions more have been displaced as a result of the conflict. children have especially suffered — with famine and the worst cholera outbreak in history affecting hundreds of thousands of youngsters. i'm joined now by the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who has recently returned from yemen. we have been watching euro series from the ground. the saudi crown prince is in washington today, afraid transactional relationship with the middle east at the moment. the americans despise the administration is concerned not so involved in what is going on day—to—day but the senate more so because they talk today about

whether america should be involved. there was a bipartisan effort in congress to stop america aid for the saudi campaign in yemen because they are accused of carrying out war crimes with their bombing which has killed a high level of civilian casualties according to the un. when we were in riyadh a few weeks ago the saudis so does their command and control centre and how they adhere to the higher standards of targeting, they go through all the laws of war, humanitarian law, trying to establish which targets are proper targets and which are civilian targets and should be avoided. and all of that, they seem to ta ke avoided. and all of that, they seem to take every precaution but the reality is on the ground that homes are being hit, children been hit and even though we could not get to the capital as the saudis have put on restrictions. we were able to get people to film for us and the stories that came back are horrendous. you have covered many

war zones horrendous. you have covered many war zones and i just wondered horrendous. you have covered many war zones and ijust wondered if horrendous. you have covered many war zones and i just wondered if you could project forward, do the trajectory for the war, how long it might last. the saudis seem to be in it to make sure that there will not be extremist on their border and verbalfight as be extremist on their border and verbal fight as long as it takes. so what happens then question mark well there are couple of red lines for there are couple of red lines for the saudis, festival yemen is the neighbour and right on their border and more than that, the foodie rebels have long—range mystic missiles that can reach riyadh. dashed the 30s. second point, even more importantly, when they see yemen and the houthis they see their archrival iran on their border and thatis archrival iran on their border and that is something they will not countenance. that is certainly on the agenda in washington this week in conversations with president trump. good to see you, wish we

could talk more. we have a lot of stories to get through, a busy day. still to come — more on the upcoming wedding of meghan markle and prince harry — and we can bring you important news about the wedding cake. a two year old girl has died after the car she was in plunged into a river in wales. kiara moore was pulled from the vehicle in the river in cardigan near herfamily‘s outdoor pursuits business. herfather said she had been left in the car while the driver got cash from the office. when the driver returned, the car was missing and initially feared stolen. the little girl would have celebrated her third birthday next tuesday. police officers say they're investigating the incident and have appealed for witnesses. from cardigan, tomos morgan reports. kara moore, just two years old. had it not been for the tragic events of yesterday afternoon,

she would have been celebrating her third birthday a week today. it's understood that two—year—old kiara was left in the silver mini while a family member went into offices nearby. by the time the family member returned the car car had disappeared. the police were contacted and a search was under way. they believed the car to be stolen. it transpired that the car was in the river teifljust yards away. the toddler was airlifted to the university hospital of wales in cardiff, but doctors were unable to revive her. young families in the town today have been paying their own tributes by laying flowers by the river. she was a very lively little girl. very smiley. cheeky little smile she had all the time. she... her and her mum were always together, always fun days out. and... she had a happy little life. short life, but a happy little life. commenting on facebook, kiara's father thanked the work of the emergency services whilst

also paying tribute to his daughter saying she had an "amazing but short life." it's unclear as to how the mini came to be in the river teifl as family and friends mourn the loss of young kiara the investigation into exactly what happened continues. tomos morgan, bbc news, cardigan. the environment secretary michael gove says he's "disappointed" that the european union will continue to set quotas on how much fish can be caught off the coast of britain during the "tra nsition period" after brexit. he's told the commons that the government would seek to take back control of its waters at the end of 2020 when the uk is due to leave the common fisheries policy. let's take a quick listen to what he said. there is a significant prize at the end of the implementation period and it is important that all of us

in every area except that the implementation period is a necessary step towards securing that prize. for coastal communities it is an opportunity to revive economically, for our marine environment it is an opportunity to be managed sustainably. and it is critical that all of us in the interests of the whole nation keep our eyes on that prize. well that's what the secretary of state had to say, but what do people in the industry affected by the policy think? to find out more let's talk to bertie armstrong, who is the chief executive of the scottish fishermen's federation, and joins us from aberdeen in scotland great to have you on the show. putting it bluntly, the reaction we've seen today suggests the fishing communities around the uk just do not have confidence that the government will look after their interests. in the run-up to this we had expected that sovereignty would be retained, but is not the same as not negotiating and allowing other

nations to have fishing opportunities in any implementation period. but sovereignty was considered for an extra 21 months so we are not impressed with that. that was not meant to be in the plan. however as long as cast—iron guarantees, we understand the bigger picture, as long as cast—iron guarantees are given that the implementation period will not be allowed to be used by the eu to put in place longer term arrangements to our detriment, then that will be fine. the common fisheries policy is remarkably distorted. this morning we spoke to the danish industry on the radio and denmark catches a0 times more fish in uk waters then we catch in their waters. grossly distorted and it needs sorting out. soa distorted and it needs sorting out. so a delay in that is not impressive but we understand the wider picture and just as long as we are

guaranteed it will not actually get worse. what material impact could this have on the livelihoods of scottish fishermen? the material affect of brexit for fishermen, this should be a happy success story of brexit. we retain, the value of fish landed by the uk is about £130 million a year. we keep a0% of the fish that leave our waters, 60% of the fish that leave our waters do so in the hands of other european nations. so the impact is an annual loss at today's prices of approximately £1 billion. we want to get on with progressively recovering that. so that is the effect on the livelihoods of the coastal communities all around the uk. that lack of economic activity. we're keeping on the community nights

around europe and that will not do. michael gove said today in the house of commons that of course he comes from fishing stocks, his grandparents were fishermen, his father was involved in the fishing industry as well. from what i'm hearing, speaking to mps, he is fighting a battle within the cabinet to protect fisheries and take back control but the treasury sees it as something to throw on the table as a pawn for top card for cash, if you will. while the chancellor made a pretty sinister statement two weekends ago on the fact that we would be out and we would be free. so that is not the case. we regard ourselves right now is frankly having been let down. there are many politicians including michael gove who has been a consistent supporter, who has been a consistent supporter, who supported us boldly and stuck their necks out. but it was the government ‘s both governments, which let us down. 0ne

which let us down. one has kept this in the cfb for another 20 months and then they would have us back in it full—time. then they would have us back in it full-time. thank you very much for joining us. we have to leave it there. kensington palace has announced more detail on the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. they've said the cake for the wedding will be made by pastry chef claire ptak, owner of the tiny violet bakery in east london. you needed that information! the cake chosen by the couple will be a lemon elderflower cake, covered in buttercream and decorated with fresh flowers. ms ptak says that she is ‘delighted' to be chosen and that she shares the same values as prince harry and meghan markle — about food provenance, sustainability, seasonality and flavour. you read that with a lot of feeling!

we're going to do a special from windsor the day before the wedding! maybe we will try some cake. i'm not hungover unless you get me that cake. — not coming over. good evening. the first day of the astronomical spring and a fair amount of sunshine. splendid afternoon across scotland. blue skies through the day. across england and wales, after a bright start, more cloud around in central areas. it stayed dry in northampton but some spots of rain and sleet. tomorrow, the weather comes from the atlantic. 0n the satellite image, cloud is creeping towards us. the clear breaks across scotland and northern ireland will drift south across england and wales. clearing skies here, temperatures drop in the furthest.

after initial frost in scotland and northern ireland, rain spreads to the hebrides and many areas frost free. frost to eastern parts of scotland but widely frosty across england and wales. the coldest conditions in the west midlands, wales and north west england. chilly morning commute but lovely bright day for much of england and wales. early mist and fog clears. it clouds over a bit but still we have dry weather. further north, morning brightness but already cloudy in western scotland and northern ireland with occasional rain. heavier rain on the hills spreading towards cumbria, northern england and north wales later. and some rain in the east of scotland. the cloud breaks here into the afternoon, it could hit 12 degrees in aberdeenshire. after the chilly start, wales achieving 7—10dc but still feeling cool in northern england with cloud in place. even here, milder air on thursday which pushes in off the atlantic. by the end of the week still,

winds off the atlantic so nowhere near as cold. after patchy rain into thursday, it brightens up to eastern areas with sunny spells. clouding over in the west without breaks of rain later, strung together. all in double figure temperatures, 12, 13, 1a celsius in some parts of eastern scotland. rain on thursday night and into friday which clears eastern areas on friday, sunny spells here and showers from the west. they could be heavy with hail and thunder, blustery day with longer spells of rain into western scotland and the north of northern ireland later. temperatures still into double figures. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at eight: the british company accused of influencing the presidential election by using facebook data, suspends its ceo, meanwhile mps have requested a face to face with facebook,

calling on founder mark zuckerberg to answer their questions. an raf engineer has died after a red arrows hawkjet crashed in anglessey. the pilot survived and is receiving medical care. heading home — 23 russian diplomats leave their embassy, ordered out of the uk in the wake of the salisbury poisoning. also in the next hour: the northern white rhino on the brink of extinction. the last surviving male has died. the survival of the subspecies will now have to rely on ivf.