you're watching beyond 100 days. the battle lines are drawn on the future of the iranian nuclear deal. now we wait donald trump's verdict. the israeli prime minister says tehran has lied "big time" — the british foreign secretary says that's exactly why we need the accord. mr neta nyahu's case was big on dramatics — less big on new information. he didn't show evidence that iran has lied since signing the accord. what questions would you like to ask donald trump about his ties with russia — would they be the same as those on robert mueller‘s list? we'll show you what the special prosecutor is looking at. also on the programme. are the lords the guardians of parliamentary sovereignty — or a house of unelected wreckers? right now, the peers stand in the way of the government plans for brexit. the white house chief of staffjohn kelly is forced to deny he called mr trump an idiot. a smear, he says, to detract from the great successes of this administration. get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyond100days. hello, i'm katty kay in washington

and christian fraser is in london. part diplomatic drama, part spy story, part international high stakes nuclear negotiation — welcome to today's battle over the future of the iran deal. the uk is defending the 2015 agreement even after the israeli prime minister made a primetime tv presentation revealing intelligence gathered by israeli spies that he says shows tehran lied going into the accord. but there's no evidence in the documents seized by mossad that suggests the iranians have restarted the programme since the agreement was signed. and that, says the uk secretary of state, is exactly why the world needs to stick with it. mr trump will decide by may 12th whether the us withdraws. here's the eu foreign policy chief frederica mogherini making the case for the deal earlier today, and prime minister benjamin neta nyahu explaining further why he thinks the deal is based in lies. i have not seen from prime minister netanyahu arguments

for the moment on non—violation... on noncompliance, meaning violation from iran of its nuclear commitments under the nuclear deal, and again, the nuclear deal was put in place exactly because there was no trust among the parties, otherwise we wouldn't have required a nuclear deal to be put in place. the pre—eminent terrorist regime of our time, in which, you know, its goons chant "death to america, death to israel." this regime had a secret nuclear weapons programme and they're trying, under a very bad deal, to get a nuclear arsenal. they shouldn't get it. i'm joined now by karim sadjadpour — an iranian—american analyst at the carnegie endowment for international peace. we've just heard the europeans and israelis making their point of view are now it is up to president trump, what you think he do on may 12?|j think what you think he do on may 12?” think his instincts as to withdraw from the deal, the replacement of exeter worsened and the replacement ofjohn walton, replacing mcmaster

as national—security adviser. he has i'iow as national—security adviser. he has now brought two major opponents of the nuclear deal on as part of his national security team and he ran on the platform, when presidential candidate, saying this was the worst deal in history, but the paradox of his instinct to withdraw are that a iran is likely to retaliate, which will likely require a bigger presence in the middle east which is against his instincts. does pulling out only strengthen hardliners within iran? whenever they have a security in the country tends to play to the interests of security forces and the us attorney revolutionary guards said a more integrated iran would benefit civil society, and they are happy to see

this deal unravel because it essentially spells the end of the presidency of the deal unravels. essentially spells the end of the presidency of the deal unravelsm is interesting that you say iran would react if president trump he certifies the deal. ijust wondered if they might stick with it because how would they react if he were to unilaterally reimpose sanctions. -- decertified. if the donald trump has a distinctive doctrine we could call that divorce doctrine, because he wants to unilaterally withdraw from us commitments, whether it is paris or at best. he said he would be ok with the us with drawing from the deal and the europeans, chinese and russians continuing to do business. the problem is that when a death the us withdraws, that will automatically kicked in secondary sanctions, which is going to effectively force countries around

the world to make a choice, which is do you want to do business with america with iran, because if you continue doing business with iran you could face sanctions united states. it is not as simple as simply the united states with drawing and the rest of the world continuing commercial relations. drawing and the rest of the world continuing commercial relationsm isa continuing commercial relationsm is a very interesting point. the problem with israel is the perceived expansionism of iran into the region. if russia is winning the air war, you have them practically and ifa war, you have them practically and if a city at israel's border. are they looking for a green light from they looking for a green light from the united states fund when this is ripped up? your first point of a good one. prime minister netanyahu came yesterday and gave a presentation about iran's growing presence in syria, almost 50,000 shia militia who are under iran's

guidance, and a military presence which increasingly sophisticated, using armed drones to attack israel. that actually would be able to muster some international support. the reality is that is almost no support outside of donald trump and saudi arabia to unravel this nuclear deal, and the fear of so many countries, including much of europe, is that this region is already in the throes of tumult. it is already facing the greatest refugee crisis since world war ii and the last thing anyone wants to do is destabilise yet another very powerful country in the region, which could further destabilise this is already very unstable you. 50,000 documents, it will take the israelis and for long time to go through, but what we know for certain after

yesterday as the white house needs a proofreader. he was talking about a divorce policy, they might want to divorce themselves from the copy editors because at about 7:30pm last night the white house put out this statement. that of course set off a huge hullabaloo because that of course set off a huge hulla baloo because if that of course set off a huge hullabaloo because if they still do have that it puts it in total violation of the 2015 agreement, and here is what they put out two hours later once it was pointed out to them. we are dealing with nuclear states and there is a difference between has and had and the white house needs to get that right. we're used to it with donald trump's tweeting but the ramifications of something like that are pretty serious. the white house saying this was just a clerical error. the remarkable thing

about the mueller investigation is how little has leaked from it — except that now it has. today, we have a list of more than a0 questions the special prosecutor would like to ask the president — and those questions, leaked to the new york times, suggest robert mueller is focusing on whether president trump has obstructed justice. and specifically whether he obstructed justice in order to cover up any possible collusion between his campaign and moscow. the questions include: what knowledge did you have of any outreach by your campaign, including by paul manafort, to russia about potential assistance to the campaign? when did you become aware of the trump tower meeting? what was the purpose of yourjanuary 27th, 2017, dinner with mr comey, and what was said? let's get reaction from our north america editorjon sopel. 0bviously, donald trump not very happy with any of these questions and he sent out a tweet saying they we re and he sent out a tweet saying they were disgraceful but also proved

that there were no questions on collusion. we have just that there were no questions on collusion. we havejust read that there were no questions on collusion. we have just read a question possibly on collision.” have got the new york times in front of me and i counted about 12 questions that relate to collusion. also, you say that has been a leak and so farthe also, you say that has been a leak and so far the special counsel's office has been fairly leak—proof. you don't know for a fact it was the special counsel's office that meet the questions. 0ne special counsel's office that meet the questions. one other thing related to the story, there are quite a few grammatical errors in what has been released by the new york times. ijust wonder what has been released by the new york times. i just wonder whether they could be the same source as the person who confuses has and had, so thatis person who confuses has and had, so that is also a question about weird that is also a question about weird that the leak come from and all of this, but fascinating. let's go to the substance of this. a fascinating series of questions and it will be veered interesting to see whether donald trump wants to go before the

special counsel and answer them. i would still think the burden of likelihood is that they want.l would still think the burden of likelihood is that they want. a lot of open ended questions. —— is that he will not. open-ended questions are much more difficult to say yes or no to. i will leave aside the rude remarks last week that my answers: far too long! i am the model of brevity and succinctness. open questions are so much more difficult hand you cancel much more easily incriminate yourself because you don't know where it is going. what we don't know with these questions is whether robert mueller knows these questions already and wants to see what the president would tell him, because of that and open—ended question that is a fishing expedition, let's see what i catch, or do you know the answer and you're just waiting to see what he

says. i will take a wild guess. the person who was leaking bested the newer times as who doesn't want donald trump to go and sit in front of the prosecutor because they know exactly what you said. to me, that might point to somebody who is actual trying to protect the president, not incriminate him, and somebody else you might want to try to protect the president has his chief of staff, but that are reports that he might not be doing that at the moment? apparently, john kelly not happy, has apparently used the word that the president is an idiot. he has described that story as bs. the people who are reporting it are standing by their sources and saying they have multiple different people with the white house saying he has used that phrase, and the other thing you to the equation is that we have a new member of the legal team who has come in, the former maher of

new york rudy giuliani. maybe he will change the way the trump legal team are handling robert newell, because we haven't had a leak like this before so maybe there is something around that that will help explain what is going on. hold on, before we let you go, if you are an idiot, would you go around saying you run ten kilometres in half an hour? with that be an idiotic thing to say? i think it would be one of those tall stories that the washington post would give you four pinocchios. do you know anyone, let's see any news reporter who could run ten kilometres in half an hour. for full disclosure, that would hour. forfull disclosure, that would be me. i ran ten kilometres at the weekend, the first time i have done, andi weekend, the first time i have done, and i was telling people i was getting back into the fitness routine and my colleague said how quick and! routine and my colleague said how

quick and i said, i don't know, half an hour. and she said that would make you quicker than mo farah, which surprised me because i don't think i am quicker. you are too modest! in the course of this conversation i seem unwittingly to have committed myself to running the london marathon next year and have only a year to get out of it. serves you right! full-blown mid life crisis. let's turn back to the idiot thing. one of the things i have said before about this white house is that if you have low morale, people are much more prepared to leak, and this may have been just a more prepared to leak, and this may have beenjust a passing comment that maybe we all make in the workplace at some time or another, i don't know whether we call our bosses idiots or not, but you can imagine it might happen. it has happened before with rix to orson, do you think it tells us a little more about what is going on behind

closed doors? i think the fact that this is being leaked tells us there a certain of dissatisfaction and also not much desire to protect the principles involved. this particular story is quoting eight separate former and current white house officials, quite a lot of people to be quoting who say they heard this being said. it is also quite unusual for a chief of staff to put out a statement with the words total bs, i don't think i have seen that before, but it says a lot about morale and loyalty, whether they will protect the president's top staff. british politics now. make no mistake, said the front page of today's daily mail. the remainer elite in britain — in cahoots with brussels — is fighting a guerilla war against brexit using any weapon it can. not the first time the mail has singled out for punishment those who have voted against the withdrawal bill. the difference this time is that those standing in the way of the government are the ‘unelected' peers. the amendment the lords backed yesterday — were it adopted by the commons — would require the prime minister to go back to brussels and renegotiate. if parliament votes

down a final deal — it also takes the ‘no deal‘ option off the table. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. we're joined from westminister by our two favourite politicans — both of them elected — seema malhotra of the labour party and nigel evans from the conservatives. lovely to see you both. whether you agree with me or disagree with me, don't bind my hands when i am negotiating on behalf of the british nation. john major, 1997, is the house of lords trying to bind the hands of the current prime minister? i completely disagree. the reaction today by theresa may has shown this is have made a call because she is desperately worried than reality about whether she will be will to keep the support of her own backbenchers when these very important amendments come to the house of commons. if i was nigel i would have welcomed yesterday's move

because he campaigned for parliamentary sovereignty, for control to come back to our parliament, so it sort of beggars belief that when you have the lauds whose job is to belief that when you have the lauds whosejob is to improve our legislation, to give ideas for maybe things the commons hasn't debated yet, other areas were perhaps the commons hasn't debated it enough, to say, look, you are the sovereign chamber in our country but these are the things we think you should be debating more. if! the things we think you should be debating more. if i was theresa may i would be welcoming what happened yesterday and in fact if i was nigel... how many people do you want to be? it is incredible to see seema, the great defender of the unelected house of lords. i never thought i'd see this. this is all about improving our legislation. what it really says is that there is a situation where there is a disagreement with the deal in parliament has a say in what happens

next. but it strikes me as a little bit odd because i got elected in 1982 and the first piece of controversial legislation that we dealt with what the maastricht treaty and john major was prime minister that that time. —— 1992. so to hear the house of lords talk about parliamentary sovereignty when leo ran the maastricht treaty through both houses of parliament, which give more powers from this parliament to the european union, so i will not take any lectures from unelected peers. nigel, nigel... after you get off here you can rant and rave about unelected elites but even you have got to admit this is another blow, in a week where they have lost another senior cabinet member, to the government's brexit strategy. i would prepared of the house of lords hadn't done what they did last night but the factors that goes from the house of lords to us and we will look at the suggestions,

but really, do we believe that we should tie the hands of theresa may when she is negotiating with michel barnier about what sort of trading relationship should exist between the european union and the united kingdom? we should also always have the option of being able to walk away from a deal if they offer us a bad deal. the house of lords wants to be will to force theresa may to go back if there is no deal. that means michel barnier has no incentive to give us a good deal! means michel barnier has no incentive to give us a good deanm gives parliament a say and any sense protect the prime minister because there can be no disagreement about there can be no disagreement about the legality of the way forward, evenif the legality of the way forward, even if there is no deal. it is for parliament to have a say in whether we should go forward that way. what nigel doesn't say, as it is what i think is missing from the debate, is that no deal has a very big economic costs, and what theresa may has to

do is to listen to parliament, because all these procedural amendments about parliament and we represent constituents. if you were looking at uk plc and as elected representatives that is what you are supposed to be representing, isn't ita supposed to be representing, isn't it a bit of supposed to be representing, isn't ita bit ofa supposed to be representing, isn't it a bit of a poor show that almost 14 it a bit of a poor show that almost 1a months in mps of all parties have not coalesced around one planned for the benefit of the uk? ifi canjust make this point, last week there was a cross—party make this point, last week there was a cross—pa i’ty consensus make this point, last week there was a cross—party consensus on a debate that we had on the customs union and why the cheers of the select committee, holding just select committees, had brought that debate because of the importance for stability and trade and economy, so we are parliament is actually qualifying, what we see is the distance between the government and parliament. it is actually parliament that is the sovereign body in our country. i would say the people are sovereign and the people have bought in 2016, so the people

are sovereign. ifi have bought in 2016, so the people are sovereign. if i was an investor looking at whether to buy shares in uk plc and i was looking at the back there has been a collison severed one particular message, i would blame the ceo. what is happening is that we have some people both in the house of commons and house of lords that simply refuse to accept the verdict of the british people in the referendum, so they are doing everything they can to either thwart the decision of the referendum or to die lit it. people here believe that if they can still have something like a customs union or some sort of customs arrangements which is justifiable by the european courts, that may be after the next general election. if seema's party takes power... election. if seema's party takes power. . . that election. if seema's party takes power... that may be debated by the cabinet tomorrow. what nigel‘s party seems to have forgotten that you cannot leave the european union and

still be in the customs union not evenin still be in the customs union not even in the single market. the debate is a little bit better than that. i think what the cabinet will be talking about tomorrow at downing street is definitely not being part ofa street is definitely not being part of a customs union or a customs union, and what we are looking as at trading relationship with the european union where we still want to buy their cars and champagne... but you also want to sell goods and services and that was a big part of the debate last week.” services and that was a big part of the debate last week. i am going to ring the bell. we are pressing the buzzer! we are going to resume sometime soon, always lovely to get your thoughts. thanks for doing it with such good humour. now let's look at some of the day's other news. a fire at a skyscraper in brazil's biggest city, sao paulo, has left at least one person dead. footage showed the 26—storey building being engulfed in flames and then collapse dramatically. the abandoned office had been occupied by about 150 squatters. firefighters fear more people may have been trapped inside and others may have been killed when the building collapsed.

the blaze which is thought to have been caused by a gas explosion. police say they can "guarantee the safety of liverpool fans" in rome as long as they stay within italian rules. fans are travelling for tomorrow's second leg to rome. liverpool is hoping to seal their place in the final of the tournament. a liverpool fan was put in an induced coma following an attack ahead of the first leg in liverpool last week. he remains in a critical condition. south korea has started taking down the loudspeakers along its border with the north. seoul says it believes pyongyang is doing the same thing. the dismantling is part of a string of symbolic gestures after the korean summit last week. both countries used speakers to broadcast propaganda. i love this story. the hero pilot who landed a stricken southwest airlines plane after a women was almost sucked out of the window, has been meeting president trump at the white house. captain tammiejo shults —

a former navy pilot — has been praised for the way she responded to save the lives of 149 people on board. nerves of steel, said the passengers. within minutes of the explosion in the left engine, she dropped the aircraft from 32 to 20,000 feet, in minutes — before contacting air traffic control in philadelphia to request an emergency landing. that woman was pulled back in by other passengers but unfortunately she died from injuries. she was on a business trip to new york. this woman was one of the first female pilots in the us navy. she was one of the first women to fly a fa18 hornet. she was held back because she was a woman and she used to fly as part of a squadron that acts as the attacking force during the war games, like you saw in the top gun film. she resigned her commission some years ago and has been flying for at southwest airlines ever

since. she is highly trained and it just shows that when it happens, and there shears, meeting donald trump. and what was amazing that recording, i think everyone is taken by that is the calmness when she is speaking to the calmness when she is speaking to the ground controllers explaining the ground controllers explaining the situation, which is a terrible situation for the pilot to be in, and she is kuate cucumber. those pictures have just literally coming from the white house. we were hoping to show you them before. there she is in her southwest airlines uniform. someone who is highly skilled, highly trained, and well deserving of that tribute paid by the white house today. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — president trump delays tariffs on steel and aluminium imports —

but is itjust a stay of execution? and do you know your welsh cakes from your scones? we look at the questions meghan markle might face, if she's to become a uk citizen — could you answer them? that's still to come. the weather really has been beautiful across some parts of the country today but going downhill out west at the moment and reining in northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland and tomorrow there is some rain on the way but only for a time. this is the weather front currently moving across the uk saw eastern areas still in the clear but clouds rolling at the west and rain expected across many western parts of the uk. through the course of this evening it will reach cardiff, plymouth, and looking as if the extreme east of the country, east of

lincolnshire and east anglia, perhaps the extreme south—east, staying dry, and rain arrives first thing in the morning. the weather front will keep on crossing the country as we go through the course of the morning and perhaps heavy for a time. at least in the midlands and parts of northern england. then in the afternoon just exiting that norfolk and suffolk coast. behind it, a mixture of sunshine and showers and quite a fresh day, the temperature only about 10—13, and tomorrow evening dries out, should bea tomorrow evening dries out, should be a fine end to the day for most of us on be a fine end to the day for most of us on wednesday. that's the middle pa rt us on wednesday. that's the middle part of the week. how about the second half? things on the up, changing. jet streams to the north of us and warm air to the south and looking like the for murray is heading our way and that bodes very well at this stage for the bank holiday weekend, the run—up to the bank holiday weekend. things will start to warm up, not necessarily

sunny, a filament of close around, thatis sunny, a filament of close around, that is all in the north—west, but you can see the temperature starting to pick up. this is friday again, a few spots of drizzle but clouds breaking up through the course of the day and i think on friday overall the weather is not looking bad at all particularly if you live in the east. the temperature will be rising bond in london we might make around 19—20 and not far off that in eastern parts of scotland. through the bank holiday weekend the jet strea m the bank holiday weekend the jet stream way to the north of us and pushing warmer air up from the southern climes. let's summarise that, warming up this by calling drive, goodbye. this is beyond 100 days, with me katty kay in washington — christian fraser's in london. our top stories... iran hits back at israel, calling its prime minister a "liar" after accusations that it deceived the world about its of defeats inflicted by the house brexit legislation.

coming up in the next half hour... he wants to put the swagger back into the state department, but how will its new leader do that after one of its most tumultuous years? meeting your match on the internet. .. it's just one of the trends driving society in new directions. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag, beyond 100 days. whether it's foreign policy or domestic news, we usually look at the big picture. will the us and north korea come to a peaceful agreement? when is the next recession going to hit? is bob mueller going to find evidence of collusion? but a new book argues it is actually the small, quiet forces that make the biggest differences in society. the author of microtrends squared is a democratic strategist, mark penn. hejoins me in the

he joins me in the studio. hejoins me in the studio. thank he joins me in the studio. thank you for coming in. i want to start by asking you about something that you have written regarding the robert mueller investigation. you have said that his conduct raises questions about conflict and methods and fairness. conflicts of interests. well, i spent about one year working with president clinton fighting the la st with president clinton fighting the last council. i do not feel that these things are particularly good for the country unless there is a real strong narrative. in this case, there are so many questions about robert mueller, the team he puts together, the conflicts, who was friends with whom. the fact that they are all democratic contributors. how they went about threatening people and their relatives, threatening to put them into jail, holding them on unrelated charges, the list of things that frankly the bill of rights was written to prevent. i think there are many questions for robert mueller, as many as there are

currently four donald trump. there are currently four donald trump. there a re lots of lists currently four donald trump. there are lots of lists of things in your book. fascinating, ilove are lots of lists of things in your book. fascinating, i love this. are lots of lists of things in your book. fascinating, ilove this. let us book. fascinating, ilove this. let us look at a few of them. you talk about the trends, the small shifts in society that account for bigger shifts. one is about gays being left behind. you have written that millions of men are injail and die in car crashes or of drug overdoses and they are less well—educated than women. how is that the trend and how will it affect society? on the up and coming generation we are seeing and coming generation we are seeing a complete reversal of previous generations. who is more likely to graduate from college ? generations. who is more likely to graduate from college? women. they are in the majority of professional skills. who gets killed from drug overdoses, dies in car accidents, men. there are a lot of guys increasingly in an information age unable to hack it. have the patience that it takes. what will this mean?

new social problems, millions of guys will be left behind because they cannot cope with the information age. it will create a problem. we have looked at women's empowerment but do not forget that some guys now and this is a point of microtrend, we look at the counter side of trends, do not forget there are millions of guys being left behind who need attention. an important point, christian. but not all guys are left behind because some are marrying on the internet. look at internet marriages and how they have boomed over the last few yea rs. they have boomed over the last few years. in 2007, there were 100,000, i would assume these are us figures, internet marriages, that is. what is happening? internet marriages remained a small but growing trend. there are as many as 50% of marriages in the us where people have met online. it used to be that people would not admit that they had

met online because of the stigma but now it is out in the open. the real question is, does that resolve and more social mixing, which is what i thought ten years ago when i saw this trend forming, or does it do the opposite? where people believe they can find someone just like them. so rather than be a great social mix it may play the opposite role. can you give us another very quickly, the armchair predators. —— preparation people. these were people who would buy a lot of summer in montana, for example. it turns out that there is a preparation market for armchair people when they are spending lots of money on a goal back. perhaps a gun and some gold, some protein bars that will last a few years and if you do not have one, you are not prepared. guys left behind could become those armchair guys. we could link all of these

micro trends. thank you forjoining us, mark penn. fascinating book. how to be interesting at a dinner party? read this book and you will have lots of random facts about where society is heading. as a middle-aged man, getting the kit, your armchair prep and things like that. fascinating, get that book. he's been on the job less than a week but secretary of state mike pompeo is already promising to help his department "get its swagger back." today he appeared before us diplomats and staff for the first time in his new role. here is a brief portion of his remarks. uh, i talked about getting back our swagger and i will fill in what i mean by that. but it is important. the united states diplomatic corps needs to be in every corner, every stretch of the world, executing missions on behalf of this country, and it is my humble,

noble undertaking to help you achieve that. let's cross live to the state department and speak to our correspondent, barbara plett usher. he went into his confirmation hearing and if my memory serves me well, he said the first thing he wa nts to well, he said the first thing he wants to do is address the issue of low morale within the state department, but i did not hear within his comments today anything about morale or what he intends to do to boost their ranks. no, he did tell you that he was going to talk more at length in the next few weeks to lay out his plans but his opening remarks were breath, but even at that, after my quick straw poll, people mentioned to me that he was personable, brive, we thought that was ok, but most importantly, he talked to diplomats and said i know what to do and they have admiration for it and i will empower you to do

that and that is what people wanted to year because there is an issue of feeling sidelined and demoralised under the previous secretary of state, rex tillerson. so we are hoping that that will change with mr pompeo. i spoke to one diplomat and he told me... i asked them what his initial takeaway was and he said he had leadership in his dna. i said you mean they will be a good manager? he said no, he is a leader. they are treating this like a reset and they are hoping it will be an improvement. what does he bring from the cia that he could bring to this state department? well, knowledge, he probably has the best knowledge in terms of what north korea's weapons programme is like and the same for iran. although that has re ce ntly same for iran. although that has recently been enhanced by the day bulging of the israeli documents and attempts that apparently iran needs to make a bomb. he has that intricate knowledge and he has made certain amount of foreign

connections as he has dealt with thoseissues connections as he has dealt with those issues overseas. he will bring that. most importantly or one of the important thing is that he brings to this building that people want to see is the relationship with the president because again, his predecessor, rex tillerson, although he tried to hammer out policy, presented to the president and tried to curb the impossible and spencer the president, he was not on the same wavelength and could not communicate with him. mr pompeo is trusted and respected by the president and is going to be coming to the state department for his first visit since becoming president on wednesday. that is something that was news to all of us. thank you very much indeed, for that. ok, as if stories surrounding the president weren't strange enough, today his former doctor said that mr trump's bodyguard and lawyer raided his office and took medical files. the doctor says the incident took place in 2017 and that specifically

they were looking for information on hair—growth medicine. here is harold bornstein, in his own words, during an interview with msnbc. what were they looking for? well, medical records, pictures, anything they could find. they must have been here for 25 or 30 minutes. they created a lot of chaos. i couldn't believe anybody was making a big deal about a drug that is to grow his hair would seem to be so important. and it is certainly not a breach of medical trust to tell somebody they take propecia to grow their hair. what's the matter with that? hair growth medicine is working well, isn't it? i wonder if he is taking some! why would a bodyguard of the president want the files, the medicalfiles from the of the president want the files, the medical files from the new york doctor? i thought you were going to ask me why we are running this story?! the president has a cast of

quite curious characters around him and then his past, this is one of them. we do not know who the other person was and there is some speculation that it might have been a lawyer for mister trump, did speculation that it might have been a lawyerfor mister trump, did the doctor say something? if you want medical records, you ask for them. you ask your previous doctor for them and there is no reason that you would have to go in like that. i have no idea. i will have to put that into the random category of donald trump stories. change of story now. one of the most senior figures in the roman catholic church, cardinal george pell, is to stand trial on charges of historical sexual abuse in australia. 76—year—old cardinal pell is the highest—ranking catholic to face such allegations. george pell has denied the accusations which stretch back more than a0 years. armenia's opposition leader nikol pashinyan has called on his supporters to block all roads and begin a general strike. it comes after the governing party refused to elect him as prime minister. nikol pashinyan said that amounted to a declaration

of war on the people. thousands of his supporters have packed the capital yerevan's biggest square. people around the world have gathered to celebrate may day, which is also international workers‘ day. people took to the streets here in madrid. the gender pay gap and pensions were the overriding themes at the rallies held across spain. unions warned that failure to improve wages could lead to social unrest. scientists in the french city of lyon have decoded the genome of the rose in a study that could lead to new varieties of the flower being bred. in case you were wondering, there are 30,000 varieties. the research took eight years to complete and could also lead to more colourful, strongly—scented and longer—lasting blooms. that would be very welcome in my own garden. if facebook boss mark zuckerberg had

thought his appreance before congress last month was an end to the grilling, he'd be wrong. he's now been summoned to appear before the uk's digital, culture, media and sport committee to answer their questions, too. meanwhile, thousands of software designers from all over the world are meeting in sanjose, california for facebook‘s annual conference for developers. they've had their access to user data severely curtailed as the company tries to limit the fallout from the ongoing privacy scandal. addressing the crowd, mark zuckerberg said despite changes, facebook will continue to pursue anyone wanting to misuse data in the future. you know, what happened with cambridge analytica was a major breach of trust. an app developer took data that people had shared with them and sold it. so we need to make sure that this never happens again. so we are taking a number of steps here. first, as you all know, we are restricting the data that developers will be able to request from people. the good news here is that back in 2014, we already made a major change to how the platform works to prevent people from sharing a lot of their friends' information.

so this specific situation cannot happen again today. and since then we have taken a lot more steps as well to restrict other data. but there are still more steps that we are taking to do this even further with groups and events, and the data available through login, to prevent future issues that might come up. second, we need to make sure that we find any other bad apps that are out there. so we are currently in the process of investigating every single app that had access to a large amount of people's information before we made these big changes in 2014, and if we find anything suspicious, we will bring in independent auditors to do a full audit, and if any data was misused then we will ban that developer and tell anyone whose data was affected. so, to all the developers who are here, i know that the vast majority of you are focused on building good things. we need to take these steps to make sure that everyone on our platform is focused on building good things.

and i believe that putting in these stronger protections now will give you more ability to keep building for the long—term. mark zuckerberg tudgay speaking in sanjose. —— mark zuckerberg tudgay speaking in san jose. —— today. the eu has gained a one—month reprieve from the steel and aluminium tarriffs donald trump is threatening to impose. america's commerce secretary says there have been promising discussions with brussels which merit this extension. but he also warned there won't be any more. you might think that would be undermining global confidence. seemingly not. monday was a blockbuster day for mergers and acquisitions, topping what's been a record year of financial deal—making. so what's driving it? scott shellady, aka the cowman stockbroker with tjm investments, is back with us. great to see you. there is a feverish appetite for mergers and acquisitions at the moment, what is happening? the economy is improving, we have expansions on many parts of the american economy. seeing always

have superior confidence than they have superior confidence than they have had for a while. you can begin to plan. i am have had for a while. you can begin to plan. lam in have had for a while. you can begin to plan. i am in the green room looking at so—called collusion. nobody likes that, we are all against that. but there does suggest that it would happen. —— ceos. we have record unemployment, business confidence at an all—time high, tax cut, less regulation and by the way, he has kicked out top diplomat and bombed syria twice. ask the average american and they will tell you to give them more conclusion. —— collusion. so why are the republicans so fearful of what will happen in the midterms? he is not really a democrat or republican in terms of the president. so the republicans are worried about themselves and how we will get re—elected, so we are not standing up re—elected, so we are not standing up and stepping out for the

president. at the end of the day, i ama president. at the end of the day, i am a traderand president. at the end of the day, i am a trader and we all looked at the facts and figures, i do not care about the book or the meat. he might have said, do not be an idiot, but he did not call him an idiot. any numberof he did not call him an idiot. any number of things could come out of his mouth, it only care about the economy and it is better, give me more of that. scott, you mentioned planning, european exporters would be like to be able to plan their exports to america. they have just been granted at midnight last night a one—month exemption of 25% harris on steel and aluminium exports to the united states. how on earth are other countries meant to plan their own economic and export policy but the united states when there is a stop and start trade war going on and we do not know what will happen after the next month? that is the problem, finally washington has something that it wants to stand up for american interests and there will be collateral damage. it will sort itself out especially with

europe but at the end of the day i have not heard a decent argument as to why we should sit on our hands in america and continue with the way that trade tariffs are at the moment and still have them be so unfairly slanted in our own direction. nobody has given me a good argument as to why we should continue like we are and do not block the beer. there will be uncomfortable times and moments but you have to have them to get to where you need to be. but why not impose the tariffs? in one way, get on with it and do it and then they can make the plans but this one—month exemption, again? they can make the plans but this one-month exemption, again? that is how he does business and the only man that agrees with me every day is the man that looks back at me in the mirror when the man that looks back at me in the mirrorwhenl the man that looks back at me in the mirrorwhen i am the man that looks back at me in the mirror when i am shaving. will he ta ke mirror when i am shaving. will he take credit for bringing north korea and south korea together? i think it should. he is standing up for the unfair intellectual property rights that we're losing to china every year. has banned lots of russians

and bombed syria twice. he puts things out on twitter but then he compromises on what is conventional middle ground. perhaps he is doing that because under the last eight years underobama we that because under the last eight years under obama we were not close to middle ground. look at the iran deal, that was horrible. look at the tariffs we have in place. that was not even close to being fair, perhaps he has lived through all his toys out of the pram just to get fair. we should do this more often. come back and see us. thank you. this is beyond 100 days. still to come: queens, cavaliers, cakes and crosses — testing times ahead for meghan markle with a uk citizenship exam looming. would you pass? we'll be finding out. 2,500 patients — including children — who've been seen by a neurologist in belfast are being recalled after a review of his work. concerns were raised 18 months ago and it's the biggest ever recall of patients in northern ireland. emma vardy reports. patients with serious conditions

such as parkinson's and ms were under the care of dr watt and now it is feared that some may have been misdiagnosed. one patient who received a letter this morning asked to speak anonymously. it leaves you very uneasy. it is an unsettled feeling. you are unsure... of what is going on, what is going to happen... will i have to do lots of tests again? that was quite traumatic already at the time. it leaves you in limbo, really. not good. concerns about the work of dr watt were first raised by a gp in 2016. belfast health trust now wants to reassess everyone in his care. recalling some 2,500 patients is a huge task, among them are children with brain conditions and people living in pain. the review may also be extended to consider patients

of dr watt‘s who have died. this is a significant number, certainly, and within the neurosciences division, we have never been involved in a recall of this scale. these are patients with a wide range of neurological conditions, some of which are debilitating, complex, and significantly serious. the trust says dr watt has not seen any patients sincejune last year, but that he remains an employee. from saturday, 200 extra clinics will provide appointments for patients to be reassessed — many anxious to know whether the medication they are on is correct. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. you're watching beyond 100 days. joining the royal family is a test for anyone. but if you are marrying

into the british aristocracy — and intending to become a british subject — then like everyone else, you need to pass the citizenship test. spare a thought for the american bride, meghan markle. why? because the british citizenship test isn't that straightforward — even when you are british. take a look. areas of what is now scotland were never conquered by the romans. it is false because they did. oh, no! they did. they didn't, it was yorkshire, i should have known that. the novels by charles dickens are great expectations and oliver twist. yeah? yes. not harry potter or pride and prejudice? no, no, no. correct. northern ireland and wales each have their own church of state. i'm going to go... oh, dear, i've got that wrong. sake dean mahomed. ..

i have no idea who he is. what do the brit awards celebrate? uh, brit awards are music or movies? music. what country did britain fight against during the crimean war? turkey. mm... russia. 58%. wow. i did not pass. i'm surprised. why is that? i did not pass! uh! oh, dear. i'm so sorry about that. that's shocking. that's actually quite hard. she's all right, she should get half. i would think she would have some coaching, so she might be ok. i think i would have needed a coach as well. she will struggle unless she is

prepared by her fiance. how difficult were those questions? they are too difficult. imean... yes, i did history at school but some of them are absolutely stupid. iam i am with that man, how difficult are those questions? 3000 possible questions in total and you have to get 18 out of 2a to pass the test. katty kay, have you been revising? six questions i have for you. if you get format then you can come to the royal wedding with me. when his st david's day, the patron saint of wales ? david's day, the patron saint of wales? no idea. the 1st of march. that is very good, actually. we will keep hold of those the viewers in cardiff. low points peers? the queen. yes. who built the tower of

london? william the conqueror. have you seen these questions? what did the chartist campaign for?” you seen these questions? what did the chartist campaign for? i do not know. the labour party. go on. can i call someone? the right to vote. you only need one more for citizenship. how tall is the london eye? for goodness' sake, that is a ridiculous question! that is a stupid question, christian fraser, give me another one. 443 feet tall. you can get this one. 443 feet tall. you can get this one. the first indian restaurant in britain, when was it? what year? that is also a stupid question. not if you like indian. because you went

to the first one, you are that old?! iam going to the first one, you are that old?! i am going to say 1920 something. go on. 1810. that isjust silly. that is silly. i have our editor adam speaking in my ear. he did not even know that. i got 19 out of 24. so i can stay here. it is the fault of adam, i blame him. we will see you tomorrow. goodbye. maybe. the first of the month of may and the glory start for many others. vast improvements for the south—east and east anglia. especially after a few atrocious days. it was a bit

cloudy further west with a few showers moving into the west country. it is the of this weather system which is bringing outbreaks of rain to northern ireland and the west of scotland. that will continue to cross the irish sea this evening. strengthening 1's this evening with this band of rain, particularly around the coastal areas of the west. that will move east across scotla nd west. that will move east across scotland into the rest of england and wales. the old heavy burst mix them as well. tending to dry up across the north—west behind it, certainly cool and fresh air but the bulk of the country is going to be much milder than it was last night. but it means for winds the restart of tony kelly but brighton road across the north—west. elsewhere, cloudy with topics of wine, quite breezy. atrocious morning commute on wednesday. but that rain should clear into the afternoon on wednesday and brighten up for many. sunny spells and showers. it is a cooler air mass, tempters of nine, 12, 13 degrees across the south.

there is that cooler air mass on wednesday. for thursday, it there is that cooler air mass on wednesday. forthursday, it should ebb away as this milder air moves into the south—west of the atlantic. thursday is chilly but bright for many, the best of the sunshine across the south and east. likely to remain dry with the best of the brightest through the day, for the west will see the clouds thickened, protect and northern ireland and the west of scotland which will have the odd spot of rain. it will also be breezy. temperatures up on the values of wednesday, up to 15 or 16 for the south. similar picture for friday, the further south in either you are to the area of high pressure which is building. outbreaks of wine for northern ireland and the west of scotland. elsewhere largely dry with variable amounts of cloud for the afternoon. it will feel warmer, 17, 19 celsius. mid—teens for the north. for the weekend, the bank holiday, high pressure dominates for most others. although the weather systems across the far north—west continue to bring a little bit of rain and

more of the breeze, too. it warms up for the bank holiday weekend and we should see a fair amount of sunshine. this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie, the headlines at eight: a bbc investigation has found that youtube stars are being paid to help students cheat course work. youtube says it's taken some of the videos down. don't waste your time doing your essays, let these people do it for you, and you go and enjoy your time. thousands of patients treated for neurological conditions in northern ireland, need their cases reviewed, over concerns about the work of a consultant. a court hears how four children, aged between three and 15,

died when their house was fire—bombed as they slept. also in the next hour, from today scotland introduces a minimum price of alcohol. it becomes the first country in the world to bring in minimum pricing on alcohol. the government hopes it will save lives.