you're watching beyond one hundred days. borisjohnson goes on fox and friends with an audience of one in mind — the president of the united states. the foreign secretary makes the case for not ditching the iran nuclear deal on the grounds that there's no good alternative. that may not be enough for mr trump. the british foreign secretary is just the latest european to make the case to an increasingly sceptical white house. we think that what you can do is all marked off on iran, address the concerns of the president and not throw the baby out with the bath water. this woman is tapped to be the next director of the cia — except that on friday she said she might pull out. we ask a former director of the agency if gina haspel is right for the job. also on the programme... iranian—backed hezbollah strengthens its grip on the lebanese parliament in the country's first election in nine years. the rudy giuliani show, can it get any stranger.

mr trump's lawyer is now petting imaginary cats. get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyond—one—hundred—days. #beyond0nehundreddays. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. borisjohnson didn't get one on one time with donald trump, but he got the next best thing — an interview on the president's favourite tv show, fox and friends. the foreign secretary is the latest in a line of european leaders to come to washington to lobby for the iran nuclear deal. mr trump will decide by the end of this week whether to stick with the agreement. mrjohnson, who is meeting the secretary of state and the vice president, agrees there are flaws, but it shouldn't be scrapped altogether. nick bryant has the story. on american television this morning, a double serving of boris at

brea kfast, a double serving of boris at breakfast, the the foreign secretary appearing on donald trump's favourite television show to address an audience of one. we think that what you can do is be tougher on iran, address the concerns of the president, and not throw the baby out with the bath water. just in case the president had switched, so is, he popped up on a rival network as well. i understand that people have anxieties about this deal, and, of course, they're right in the sense that it is far from perfect but it is the best thing that we have at the moment. donald trump has called the iran deal negotiated by the obama administration a disaster and seems likely to pull america out of it at the end of the week. although the foreign secretary is not scheduled to shake hands with the us president that hasn't stopped him stroking his ego. if he can fix north korea and if he can fix the iran nuclear deal, then i don't see why he is any less of a candidate

for the nobel peace prize than barack obama, who got it before he even did anything. long live the united states, long france... he is not the first european to complement and cajole, emmanuel macron last month pleading with mr trump not to blow up the deal. german chancellor angela merkel made the same case a few days later. so, from boris johnson, a final face—to—face few days later. so, from boris johnson, a finalface—to—face plea to senior officials such as the new secretary of state mike pompeo. that he has taken a tough stance on iran and said the landmark deal is built on lies. the european countries have not yet admitted defeat about the word from paris tonight is that france, germany and britain would stick to the iran deal regardless of what donald trump decides. the problem is that the re—imposition of us sanctions on terror rennes could deal it a fatal blow. our north america correspondent nick bryant is with us. i'm not quite sure what boris

johnson has that angela merkel and emmanuel macron don't have apart from perhaps a slightly spectacular hairdo like donald trump, what is he going to be ever to say to persuade trump to stick with the deal?” guess he is the third element of the offensive and it feels like the last 15 minutes of a football game. you have had the star striker, the flashy star striker, emmanuel macron, if coming over and making the case. you have had the midfield general, angela merkel, coming over from europe as well. and now it feels like the last corner of the game and they have thrown up the goalkeeper to try and not one in at the back post, and that's boris johnson for a but i don't think he can really persuade donald trump in a significant way any more than macron or michael. from it looks like has made up his mind now, and you sense that borisjohnson and angela merkel and emmanuel macron are up against an even tougher team than they were up against back in

january, when donald trump certified the deal. mike pompeo is now the secretary of state, the he is far more hawkish than rex tillerson, his predecessor, and the national security advisor, john bolton, who borisjohnson hasjust security advisor, john bolton, who boris johnson has just met security advisor, john bolton, who borisjohnson has just met at the white house, is a lot tougher on iran than his predecessor as well. we know they don't like it, it is the worst deal that's ever been signed but what we have heard precious little of is what they would do if it was not fair — do you think that when they announced they are withdrawing from the deal that the administration has a plan? well, thatis the administration has a plan? well, that is what macron and merkel and borisjohnson that is what macron and merkel and boris johnson have that is what macron and merkel and borisjohnson have been asking, where is the plan b? in the absence ofa where is the plan b? in the absence of a better alternative you stick with a bad steel rather than no deal at all. what they have suggested is that they will try and address some of the concerns of the president, bike iran's missile technology, its regional aggression in places like

syria, talking about the sunset deal, which means it expires at certain times and many people think thatis certain times and many people think that is a pathway to the bomb. but that is a pathway to the bomb. but thatis that is a pathway to the bomb. but that is very difficult when tehran is saying, we're not going to renegotiate. nick bryant, thank you very much forjoining us. one person who understands the challenge of renegotiating this complex international agreement is michael hayden, former director of the national security agency and the cia. he is author of the new book the assault on intelligence and is with me now. i hope you have similarly wonderful sporting analogies for explaining this, but what does happen if on the 12th of may trump administration decides to reimpose sanctions on iran that have been lifted because of this deal? so, the answer is, we don't know. but you asked so i will speculators. i think the first sign of competition is between ourselves and our european friends of. it is the three nations who have visited

was the european union which is also a signatory to this. i think the iranians if they are smart will just sit back a while and let the transatlantic tensions build and then they will make their move following that playing out. so, they wouldn't go straight you think on restarting the nuclear activities?m and there is no need to and the threat of doing that might give them more leverage in terms of the europeans on the americans looking for plan b, if they have got that overhang. i think they might want to let the dynamic play out sugarjust you and i have talked before, i wasn't a fan of the original deal, i wish they had pushed harder when it came to explaining the deal to the europeans and particularly to the american public. but the estimate, thejudgment of american public. but the estimate, the judgment of the american intelligence community, is that iran is further away from a weapon with this deal than they would be without it, and we know more about the programme with this deal than we

would know about it. sabina with a lot of other folks here who are not enthusiastic about ripping this up. and one more thing, if the president could get this deal with north korea, i'd vote for him for the nobel prize! yeah. boris johnson using the nobel prize language which has been picked up at the trump rallies. some other news, gina haspel rallies. some other news, gina haspel, the woman tipped to become the first female head of the cia — the first female head of the cia — the washington post is saying that she wanted to withdraw herself from the nominating process, do you think gina haspel is the right woman for thisjob? gina haspel is the right woman for this job? i do, absolutely. and on several levels. i actually went to the agency as part of the murder board, where you try to prepare the nominee for the confirmation hearings, and gina was eyes i remember her, calm, collector, thoughtful, fact based in all of her responses. what she is risk concerned about is that everything

will come up during the healing. and we are going to re—litigate something we have litigated multiple times. so the way i look at it is that if you want to re—litigate that, don't take one of the foot soldiers, talk to the president, head of the agency, attorney—generals, members of congress who were all for this back in the day when we were all frightened and the future was uncertain. to me i think gina's past is perfectly acceptable. i'm worried about the present at the future and i want someone like gina haspel in the room with this president because she will be with loosely candid. are you not concerned that when she goes to congress on wednesday and they start talking about the black side operation she ran in thailand, if this is going to be very messy for the ci cia? it will and it will be messy for her personally. and so i just view that is another reason why we should appreciate this woman being willing to do this. she knows

what she is going to have to go through. and her only victory, her only outcome, is that she has the opportunity forfurther only outcome, is that she has the opportunity for further service in a really difficultjob. opportunity for further service in a really difficult job. let's talk about your book, because we didn't give it the full title, it is the assault on intelligence, american national security in the age of lies. i am national security in the age of lies. iam paraphrasing national security in the age of lies. i am paraphrasing a sentence from the book... the institutions and traditions which protect americans are inherently fragile and require careful tending. they are under serious challenge in the united states today. that is quite a statement? yeah, but i think it is true. i look at this as kind of a three layered cake. number one of the players is not the president or the players is not the president or the administration it is us, a badly fractured society describe described by some pretty smart people as a post—truth culture which make decisions less on facts and data and more on a motion, preference,

tribalism, royalties and grievance. the second layer is the president, campaigned on that and took advantage of that and i think makes it worse by some of what he does and a lot of what he says. and then the third layer is the russians coming in over the top and manipulating, driving home divisions inside american society. if it comes down ultimately to truth, does it matter that we can't trust what the president says? it matters a great deal. and here, it is less about accusing the president of lies, although i think he says calculate untruths with remarkable frequency. we have had presidents who have lied, presidents who have argued with us about the intelligence. what i see here is something different, a president whose decision—making isn't anchored in an objective view of reality and a president who makes decisions based on intuition and

previous narrative as to how things work, not databased in its origins. i have to put my glasses because the print is so small but i want to read this, you dedicate the book to the men and women in the american intelligence services who strive to serve the public and whose truth telling is now needed, you say, not just to protect us from foreign enemies but to save us from ourselves — what do you mean, who are they saving us from? back to christian's question, you've got a president who, this is remarkable, who objects to what the agencies and departments of his own executive branch are doing, whether that is justice, the fbi, the intelligence community, and he attacks the very legitimacy of those institutions. and so what has to happen has to happen. it is bad enough in the present but in the future, how do we live with the erosion of these institutions, the erosion of

american confidence in these institutions? and so i give a charge to the folks who are still inside the perimeter wire — you've got to hold your ground, protect your own integrity but for god's sake protect the institutions‘ integrity, integrity but for god‘s sake protect the institutions‘ integrity, we are going to need it again. you are an institution list and a globalist, self—confessed. for part of the book he went around the country and you spoke to trump supporters, you describe a scene in a bar in pittsburgh speaking to trump supporters — do you feel you are out of step with where the base of donald trump‘s support is? of step with where the base of donald trump's support is? with the base of donald trump will probably, that‘s why i went to the bar because everybody i talk to hear sounds like you and me! i knew most of those people, i grew up with them. and it was a very respect for conversation. but we have different perspectives. let me give you an observation that ididn‘t let me give you an observation that i didn‘t include in the book. i have lived my professional life thinking i was lived my professional life thinking iwasa lived my professional life thinking i was a representative of those people. to the national enterprise.

and i came out of that by thinking, you know, ithink and i came out of that by thinking, you know, i think they‘re beginning to think that i‘m a representative of the national enterprise, back to them. and that disturbs me in so many different dimension is, not personally civil the gap between good americans and the government that should be serving them. can i ta ke that should be serving them. can i take us back to where we started this discussion, about policy, and one of the things that concerns some people about this president is that he doesn‘t ever articulate what the policy is. he points at the other, someone policy is. he points at the other, someone else, who is to blame. president obama signed this deal, it was a bad deal. you want me in position because if you don‘t they‘re going to open the borders and the immigrants are going to pour across the border... is it that a nyway across the border... is it that anyway that he doesn‘t articulate policy, which is dividing america, do you think? that is exactly right. it sounds like you‘ve read the book! because that‘s the premise. you give

me an example other than one speech he gave with regard to afghanistan, that was on a teleprompter, give me an example where he has gone out and created the rational underpinning for a policy or a choice or a direction. what i would like to hear from the president is... our relationship with the russian federation will be governed by the following three principles... never hear it. what we hear is what you just described, not a rational, databased, fact originated policy, but an attack on the other. the other, who is threatening and dangerous. and unfortunately very often the other, are the weaker people of the country or of the world. thank you very much for coming in. that is the point when it comes to iran, this is what is frustrating the europeans, that

there is a lack of a plan and policy. and, of course, this is a deeply flawed deal, nobody disputes that fact, but what is the alternative? what is the alternative ifa alternative? what is the alternative if a few months down the line the lebanese start reopening the centrifuges, taking them out of storage and producing that nuclear material, what is the american plan to deal with it? it is interesting on iran because i remember when this deal was being negotiated during the obama administration and what they would say is that the alternative is worse. it would be exactly this, that there is really no alternative. and i think because the trump administration has never laid out, as the obama administration failed to do, what the alternatives might be to this deal, they‘re indisposition where even michael hayden is having to say, we don‘t really know so we have to speculate. but the assumption must be that even if there is a delay in restarting those centrifuges, even if they go from zero to 20 rather than to 100

in the first few weeks, at some point the risk of confrontation or iran expanding its nuclear capability in a weapons manner is expanded. quick final thought on this — the key to what happens next is really what happens in terror mclnnes if they stick with it and say, we will stick with the other european partners, that might give some breathing space but that is really the key. and you have put the ball into tehran‘s court at that point. the lebanese election this weekend is a win for iran. the iranian—backed hezbollah movement won just over half the seats in parliament, while the western—backed party of prime minister saad al—hariri won only 21 out of a total of 128 seats. lebanon has a complex sectarian power—sharing system which means mr hariri is still likely to form the next government, but iran‘s growing influence in the country is clear. the gains for the parties that support hezbollah will complicate western policy in lebanon — its ailing economy needs the foreign aid and loans.

let‘s get the latest from beirut and speak to jasmine el—gamal from the atlantic council. lovely to see you. talking about that very carefully construct it parliament, delicate, fragile system, how does this election upset the balance? well, first of all, thanks for having me. the election result i don‘t think will be too surprising to anybody. there were main outcomes, one is that hasbro la and its allies emerged as the clear winners, particularly hezbollah itself and that the prime minister saad al hariri and his party was the real loser and there were several reasons for that, the most important being that it was really seen as just a widescale rejection of what was seen as a completely inefficient

reign over the last few years, corruption and a sense of the prime minister really looking out for himself first and not necessarily for the interests of his community. it is another reminder tears when we talk about the games that has, obviously. have made, that there is another cold war within lebanon between saudi arabia and iran? shortish one of the interesting things about the lebanese elections and lebanon itself is that nothing is really just about and lebanon itself is that nothing is reallyjust about lebanon, it is not everything which happens within the border, it is what is happening outside its borders as well. when you look at the regional contacts, this cold war as you mentioned between saudi arabia and iran, and you look at the increasing tensions between israel and iran and you look at the syrian conflict right next door, all of these things have a repercussion for what is happening inside the country right now. i don‘t think that that necessarily

affected the elections themselves. but the election results could very well end up affecting regional dynamics. it is tempting to look at, say this was all being decided in a global context, and the people had more support for the iranian backed hezbollah than they did for the western backed government of saad al hariri but to some sank politics is local and was this not a referendum on the fact that the garbage is not picked up in beirut town, or that there are power cuts most days? absolutely, you took the words out of my mouth. i don‘t think that people in lebanon really view has gone as an iranian backed party, and vice versa for prime minister hariri and his allies being viewed as supported by the west. i think that is an external way of looking at things. but to your point, what was happening inside of lebanon was that people were just sick and tired of, you know, having garbage over flowing in the streets and having

leaders viewed as corrupt and not the cemetery out for the interests of their community. and if you want to call it a referendum on hariri‘s performance, basically, over the last few years, it was a resounding no, we do not think that you get a good job. whereas if you look at the other hand at hezbollah and how it was able to garner so many seats and how it did so well in the elections, it‘s couple of factors. one is that inherently hezbollah is a very organised party and it has always been. it comes a little bit from being a religiously —based party, they have an infrastructure like the mosques for example, which the more secular parties do not have. but they have also been a party which has regularly provided local services in the community near deep the government has failed. and a party and a leader in hassan

nasrallah which is seen as being not corrupt, which is a huge departure from the perception of hariri by the people and other leaders as well. so it was a combination of factors which ended up being manifested in this huge gain by hezbollah and resounding loss by prime minister hariri. thank you very much indeed. two teenage girls have been raped and set on fire in separate incidents in indiaone girl died on sunday and the other is in a critical condition. the supreme court in india decided to move the trial for the rape of an eight—year—old girl and murder to a different court. president trump announced the

recognition of jerusalem president trump announced the recognition ofjerusalem as israel‘s capital back in december and said the consulate would be repositioned. it remains a controversial issue with lots of countries keeping their embassy in tel aviv. air france shares have fallen by 1a%, the biggest one—day drop in a decade after the chief executive officer said he would resign in response to a pay dispute with staff. pilots and crew members have been on strike for 14 crew members have been on strike for 1a days and they are asking for a 5.196 1a days and they are asking for a 5.1% pay rise. cable news doesn‘t always command viewers‘ undivided attention. often, its there in the background with the volume turned down in the hotel lobby or the airport terminal. so what happens when you see president trump‘s lawyer, who is currently dealing with the fallout from the stormy daniels affair, doing this? that is rudy guiliani petting his hand as if it were hillary clinton. and, of course, it has gone viral. the show he was appearing on, justice with judge jeanine,

is known to be one of president trump‘s favourites. the question that drew this bizarre response was about the treatment of trump‘s personal attorney, michael cohen, compared to hillary clinton. when you juxtapose that against the so—called investigation of hillary clinton, where she was basically given a warning, she bleats... nice, poor little hillary, we've got to be nice to have...! i'm not going poor little hillary, we've got to be nice to have. . .! i'm not going to poor little hillary, we've got to be nice to have...! i'm not going to do that on television, because then i would look weird! that i was watching giuliani over the weekend and quite often i did have the volume down on several of his appearances, and it is notjust that, there is a load of other stuff he was doing which looked slightly clown—ish, actually. he was doing which looked slightly clown-ish, actually. do you know what, if he was the only thing between me and bob mueller, i would between me and bob mueller, i would bea between me and bob mueller, i would be a bit worried right now! it has been four days of the most unbelievable television, to watch

really giuliani... and there has been all of this speculation from during the transition that donald trump was telling people that giuliani was past it and that he would fall asleep in meetings, that he did not quite have all of his marbles and that was why he was not going to make him secretary of state just there was a big lobbying campaign, about him saying, you can‘t do that! campaign, about him saying, you can't do that! it speaks volumes because no way would you have giuliani running your legal team if there were other top lawyers available! this is beyond 100 days from the bbc! coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news: vladimir putin is sworn in for a fourth term as russian president, promising to focus on the economy and improve the lives of ordinary russians. donald trump‘s real—life star wars — we look at the president‘s plan for a so—called space force. pie in the sky stuff orforward thinking? that‘s still to come.

not only has it been a very hot start to the new month panel it has been the hottest early may bank holiday weekend on record, smashing the previous record from 1999. today we hit 29 degrees. understandable, with clear skies seen on the satellite picture and scenes like this recorded to the west of london this recorded to the west of london this afternoon. it was not the same story everywhere. beach looked disappointingly grey there in cornwall. it was just 11 disappointingly grey there in cornwall. it wasjust 11 degrees in some parts of cornwall. the low cloud will be on its way over the next few days and the sirjack la will be even a note. atlantic air coming in and things will turn a little bit cooler. tonight, a reasonably warm night for many. still misty low cloud in the western coasts and hills. potentially some rain into the west of northern

ireland by dawn. sirjack la holding at, especially across some central areas. the big driverfor change will be this weather front coming in from the west. —— temperatures holding out. some rain spreading towards western parts of wales. to the east of that lots of sunshine to begin with but we will start to see some heavy showers and maybe some thunder anywhere from temperature through to north—eastern part of england‘s. that is one thing to watch out for. a brighter day for some western areas but it will turn fresher, with outbreaks of rain in the evening across northern england pushing eastwards. clearer skies pushing eastwards. clearer skies pushing into wednesday. a cooler start on wednesday. a little bit of overnight rain. in the west, wetter and windier conditions coming in. by the end of the day the western fringes of wales will be affected as well. cooler towards the south—east as well but still hitting 19 or 20.

into thursday morning, some rain affecting central and east in parts of. by thursday that is out of the way and it is sunny spells for many with a scattering of showers to the north and the west, particularly in the morning just but i think for most of you it will be a predominantly dry day with temperatures back down to where they should be for this time of the year. this is beyond 100 days, with me, katty kay, in washington. christian fraser is in london. our top stories: the british foreign secretary, borisjohnson, appears on president trump‘s favourite american tv show to urge the us not to abandon the iran nuclear deal. speaking on this programme, the former cia director michael hayden gave his reaction. the judgment of the american intelligence community is that iran is further away with this deal than they would be without it. coming up in the next half—hour: hawaiian hell — flowing lava and toxic gas from an erupting volcano destroys homes and forces hundreds to flee. swamp captain mich mcconnell has

created thousands of jobs swamp captain mich mcconnell has created thousands ofjobs for china people. the west virginian republican running for the senate that donald trump doesn‘t want in washington — we‘ll be finding out why. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag #beyond100days the economy, health, education — three things we don‘t usually hear the russian president speaking about on a world stage, but as he was being sworn in today for another six years in the kremlin, vladimir putin very much hammered home his domestic agenda. in a lavish ceremony, he promised to improve the lives of ordinary russians. but in setting out his future, mr putin turned to the past, nominating once again dmitri medvedev as prime minister. from moscow, here‘s our correspondent, steve rosenberg. he probably could have walked this with his eyes closed. for the fourth time in his career, vladimir putin climbed the staircase of the grand kremlin palace,

to take the oath of office. on the stroke of midday, he entered the hall where russian emperors were crowned. the symbolism and the message couldn‘t be clearer — putin, the modern czar, loved by his people. he swore on the constitution to serve his citizens, protect russia‘s sovereignty, and made this pledge to the russian people. translation: our main goal is a new quality of life, security and health. our reference point is russia for the people, a country where everybody has the possibility for self—fulfilment. vladimir putin is arguably the most powerful russian leader sincejosef stalin, but in this power lies a potential problem for the president and his country. he has built a political system in which all other institutions,

from the parliament to the court system, are weak, and all key decisions are taken by him — by putin. that‘s not only a huge responsibility. it begs the question, what will happen here when vladimir putin exits the political stage? according to the constitution vladimir putin must step town in six years. but many say he will stick around. he knows he can't leave the kremlin voluntarily, because he will be responsible for everything he did and failed to do. so he's prisoner? he‘s prisoner of the system of personalised power in the kremlin‘s powers. not everyone‘s been celebrating six more years of vladimir putin. police broke up this anti—putin protest in moscow at the weekend. the kremlin is facing international pressure, too, over the salisbury poisoning,

and the war in syria. meanwhile, western sanctions against russia are biting. russia feels it‘s being squeezed by the west, and at this moscow arm wrestling club, they tell me only putin has the political muscle to protect them. we don‘t have somebody to substitute him. there is no rival, opponent of him. even in a country of 146 million people, there is no substitute for putin? ah, yes. it sounds not very good, but it‘s true. that is precisely how vladimir putin wants to be seen by his people, as the only choice for russia. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. if we did an arm wrestling

competition you would win. six more yea rs. competition you would win. six more years. i don‘t want six more years in thisjob. years. i don‘t want six more years in this job. what is it with the job swa ps in this job. what is it with the job swaps in russia? who bring back a former prime minister? so long as we don‘t have to do six more years doing the show. that would kill us! in just half—an—hour from now, melania trump will be in the rose garden outlining her policy priorities. it‘s a traditional role for the first lady, but mrs trump hasn‘t been one to seek the spotlight unduly, which is why there is such fascination. the first lady is expected to focus on the many issues facing children — which she has spoken out on in the past. it comes though at an awkward moment — her husband under scrutiny over that hush money that was paid to the porn star, stormy daniels. with us is the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan. so mrs trump has been great at all the photo opportunities and put on a great state dinnerfor the photo opportunities and put on a great state dinner for the french president. isn‘t that enough. why

does she have to take on this role? it is tradition, although she is private and has taken a back seat, she didn't even move to washington until six months into the presidency. it is custom that she takes on roles and what we hear is she does care about a lot of causes and of course the traditional role ofa and of course the traditional role of a first lady is to promote causes they care about. it is a fine line. what the white house is saying is she will focus on children a it will bea she will focus on children a it will be a broad speck strum. she will talk of cyberbullying. there was criticism saying that is rich given the way her husband tweets about people. she did address that. she said, i know people are sceptical about my work, but i'm going to take it on. we have had a preview. her

public schedule has been stepped up. notjust the state dinner. she hosted a tech forum at the white house and spoke to kids in michigan. she is upping her presence, ready for if big announcement. one columnist in america dubbed her the slovenian sphinx, because she didn‘t give much away. the danger we are thatis give much away. the danger we are that is people try to interpret what you‘re thinking and leave room for them to do that. yes, she doesn't give much away. she has a smaller team in the east wing and a smaller operation, managing what she does. it is around half that that michelle obama had. the other thing that strikes me is that unlike first ladies before her, she hasn't had the training being married to somebody's who held public office before. others have been married to governors and have been used to

pressing the fresh and making public appearances. this is new to melania and she has been criticised for her public appearance, such as the photo in high heel after the flood. it will be an schedule for her. thank you. her approval ratings have gone up you. her approval ratings have gone up ten points since january. so clearly whatever it is she is doing. you have a soft spot for her. i won‘t say she is doing anything wrong. she is doing a great job. there is speculation about the state of her marriage to donald.” there is speculation about the state of her marriage to donald. i don't think it is a problem to give a year to think of what to do. particularly after following michelle obama. better to give it some space and then decide what you‘re going to do. we will see what her policies are.

more than 20 homes have been destroyed and hundreds more are in danger after a volcano erupted in hawaii. 1,700 people have been evacuated from the largest island as a result of the activity from the kilauea volcano. some people have been allowed to return temporarily but only to collect their pets. james cook reports. fountains of lava, bursting from one of the world‘s most active volcanoes. kilauea has been erupting constantly for more than 30 years. but not like this. destruction unfolding in slow motion, gobbling up the ground in a residential area called leilani estates. since thursday, lava has been spewing forth from more than half a dozen fissures in the ground. this community was built on a field of fire, and no one knows where the next rupture will emerge. already, two dozen homes have been destroyed, and nearly 2,000 people have fled. as you go down the hill you can see

the avenue doesn‘t exist any more. there is a black lava thing. everything is all gone. at one point lava burst more than 200 feet into the air, higher than nelson‘s column in trafalgar square. at the crater of kilauea, geologists are using time—lapse videos to keep watch. but even the experts say that predicting the behaviour of a magma plumbing system which extends a0 miles beneath the earth is practically impossible. instead, they can do little more than watch in awe and issue warnings. there is sulphur dioxide gas in the air. it can be deadly, and the forecast is for more eruptions and earthquakes, perhaps for months to come. james cook, bbc news. italy is still without a government,

two months after the election. there was a meeting of party leaders today, and president mattarella said he will form a technical government that will be in charge until december. if the short—term caretaker administration is not supported by the parties, the president is warning that he‘ll be forced to call another election. it was one of the most intriguing theories of egyptian archaeology. a secret chamber in the tomb of tutankhamun. officials had said they were 90 per cent sure that there was a hidden room — maybe the resting place of legendary queen nefertiti. but now, after months of searches, egyptian authorities have concluded that the chamber does not exist. we all love a good ice cream, especially with summer fast approaching here in the northern hemisphere, but this year ice cream is going to be more expensive. it‘s all because of the rising prices of vanilla — the ingredient that is at the base of most flavours. the vanilla price has soared by 75% in the past two years, making it even more expensive than silver. she‘s stunned by that! oh, she‘s

actually gone. oh, well, we will see if we can get her back! tomorrow, the voters of west virginia will decide which republican gets to run for the us senate. among the candidates is don blankenship — who just last year finished a one—year prison sentence arising from a deadly mine explosion. even the president is weighing in, tweeting: "problem is, don blankenship, currently running for senate, can‘t win the general election in your state...no way! remember alabama." part of the reason his own party is running from him is the language used in his ads. just have a listen. hi, i‘m don blankenship, candidate for the us senate and i approve this message. swamp captain mitch mcconnell has created millions ofjobs for china people. while doing so, mitch has gotten rich. in fact, his china family has given him tens of millions of dollars.

mitch‘s swamp people are now running false, negative ads against me. they‘re also childishly call me despicable and mentally ill. the war to drain the swamp and create jobs for west virginia people has begun. i will beatjoe mansion and ditch cocaine mitch for the sake of the kids. i thought you had gone for an ice—cream. i thought you had gone for an ice-cream. i was so shocked at the idea my ice—cream would cost me that i was frozen. get it? i did a christian! joining us to discuss the race is the bbc‘s anthony zurcher. the president said don blankenship cannot win the primary, can he win after what he said about china people. that would be a challenge, because he would have to work with mitch mcconnell. he is leading the

republicans in the senate. but you notice what donald trump said there, it wasn't an objection because of his opinions or china people or the fa ct his opinions or china people or the fact he was in jail. he was convicted of evading mine safety laws, it was a practicality argument, he can't win. a lot of trump supporters will say if he does win he will support him and donald trump will come around eventually. lest we forget, these need this seat the republicans? yes there are 51 republicans in the senate and 49 democrats. it is really only 50 republicans. john mccain is struggling with brain cancer and he has not been back to washington this year. so it is the narrowest of margins. a lot of democrats are running for re—election and are running for re—election and are running in trump country. it is

still a very narrow path to any sort of democratic majority. but the reality is every seat count and they're looking at this race as one of the ones they want to pick up and if you have somebody like don blankenship that has a background of controversial statements and running against his party leadership a mine conviction, it will make it harder. so we have had an accused paedophile and somebody who spent a year in jail running on the republican ticket. perhaps they should broaden their searches. thank you for joining us. still to come: forget about fights on earth — donald trump keeps talking about a ‘space force‘. today, we see if it could become a reality. police say a 13—year—old who was one of three teenagers shot in london yesterday was an innocent bystander. it‘s one in a series of shootings over the weekend, as our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. the scene of london‘s

latest gun attack. the latest victim — a 13—year—old boy walking down the road with his parents, hit in the head by a stray pellet from a shot gun. i was walking down the road, just round here, and basically there was a whole load of commotion, boy bent down with his head down, and basically he had a pellet wound, and luckily there was a first aider, a good samaritan, who came off the bus. the boy was treated in hospital after the attack which happened yesterday lunchtime. he has since been discharged. the intended target is believed to have been a 15—year—old who was hit a number of times in the head and whose injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. a third victim was hit in the arm but has not come forward. clearly an appallingly cowardly act with no regard to the safety of the members of the public, enjoying a lovely bank holiday weekend. as a father myself i can understand

how people are extremely concerned for their safety and that of their children. police say a 39—year—old man has been arrested in connection with the attack and released under investigation. the shootings here in wealdstone were the latest in a series of violent incidents this weekend, fuelling more concerns about gangs, guns and knives on our streets. on saturday, rhyhiem ainsworth barton was shot and killed in in southwark in south london, aged 17. else where are men were injured in liverpool and elsewhere. the weekend‘s violence reflects the rise in gun crime across england and wales. community leaders and politicians are still searching for long—term solutions. danny shaw, bbc news, wealdstone. you are watching beyond 100 days.

some news coming in from president trump‘s twitter feed. the some news coming in from president trump‘s twitterfeed. the president has tweeted, i will be announcing my decision on the iran deal tomorrow from the white house at 2pm. that is 1900 london time, the time of beyond 100 days and we will bring you that tomorrow. we should get a dealfrom the white house on the iran deal, whether they‘re going to carry on waiving sanctions or reimpose them. let‘s move on. is the trump presidency causing irreparable damage to america? that‘s the question our next guest will be trying to answer later this week at a discussion by the name of ‘disunited states‘. the writer lionel shriver will bejoining other eminentjournalists and experts to examine the political health of the us at a critical juncture in its history. we‘re told the panel will not shy away from considering whether these fears are indeed founded, or merely liberal hand—wringing. i‘m pleased to say lioneljoins me now. let‘s start there. is there a

comparison between the united states and great britain where the remainors here and those on the democrat side in america, they cry foul, why do you think that is happening? i resist the political comparison. they're very different issues. but i do think there is a big social comparison. because the us is notjust cleeved in the way people vote, it is the way they socialise, whom they know, whom they like, people are living in political ghettos and you know it would be commonplace for someone... if you we re commonplace for someone... if you were a democratic voter and you discovered a friend of yours was a trump voter thashs, that might be

the end of relationship. i find the same thing happens in britain. i have lost a couple of friends because of the position i took on prebgt. -- brexit. do you think we are defined by politics rather than job orfamily? are defined by politics rather than job or family? increasingly. that is very re ce nt job or family? increasingly. that is very recent for britain and, i mean there have always been the working class labour voter, and the upper class labour voter, and the upper class tory voter. but that has broken down. but we have reconstructed in its place the leave and remain voters. and they're incredibly hostile. and it makes real discussion almost impossible. there is a perfect parallel in the united states now between democrats and republicans, they don't see each other, they don't like each other. it is on every level. it is at the dinnertable and it is on every level. it is at the dinner table and also in congress. they don't dine together either in

the senate dining room, the way they used to. you can see how congress has become dysfunctional. no longer reaching... all of it being votes... you know republicans versus democrats. but this is happening to the larger country and i think it's tragic. i'm not sure she is hearing me. you wanted to ask a question. yes, i don‘t know if she is hearing me. we saw this before the election of donald trump. he is not the cause of donald trump. he is not the cause of this, because research was doing research on this beforehand, how the country was becoming tribal. but what has struck me since donald trump is how people who might have voted democrat who may agree with president trump on some things like the need to look at immigration or look at diplomacy with north korea, they can‘t even say that, because

they can‘t even say that, because the priority is to be anti—trump. if your not anti—trump, your denying the democratic cause. i'm for example frustrated, i would like to have an intelligent conversation about immigration policy in the united states. i would like to see it... easier for high skilled immigrants to get in and maybe be stricter on the border. but because i'm nota stricter on the border. but because i'm not a trump supporter, i can't have that conversation. that... issue has been contaminated with trump. so that anything that he has supported has... for a trump. so that anything that he has supported has... fora large trump. so that anything that he has supported has... for a large parts of country become a no—go area. supported has... for a large parts of country become a no-go area. can i ask you a quick question about your collection of short stories,

which is called property. which is an interesting title, here in britain and in many places in europe and the united states, property for young people is a real issue. i wonder whether the difficulty on getting to to the property ladder is driving policy. it is a big political issue and one thing that puts people in different camps, it is another dividing line, do you own property? especially in london. as soon as you join the home—owning class, it is not an issue for in fa ct, class, it is not an issue for in fact, you want the value of your home to go up. and but what you're doing is shutting people, other people out. and i bought my first home very late in my life and i haven't lost that feeling of what it was like to be shutout, that i felt asi was like to be shutout, that i felt as i would never own my own home and

that sense of keen resentment. that is why it makes a great thing for collection —— theme for a collection of stories. thank you very much. now to the space force! it may sound like the latest summer blockbuster, but instead it‘s donald trump‘s idea to create a new branch of the us military dedicated to fighting in outer space. recently, he‘s been pressing the idea, so we‘ve taken this opportunity to see if it could actually become reality. the space force — does that make sense? the space force. we may even have a space force. president trump has mentioned the space force a couple of times and what he's alluding to is an ongoing debate in congress — that is creating a separate military service that focuses on military space capabilities. space is a war—fighting domain. just like the land, air and sea. the us has become

increasingly reliant on space capabilities for military operations across the full spectrum of conflict — from fighting terrorists in iraq and syria and afghanistan. we need to protect the american people and security‘s going to be a very big factor in respect to space. in 2001, there is a special commission created by congress and the final report of that commission recommended eventually transitioning to an independent military service for space. war fighting in space is not like star wars, it is not space marines, there are no military space members fighting in space. it's all remote. all of these are unmanned satellites that the military uses. we have the air force, we will have the space force, we have the army, the navy.

there are a lot of things that president trump has said that other presidents haven't said before, but the us military's critically dependent on its space capabilities and it's something we have to take seriously. at some point in the future we will look back and say, "how did we do it without space?" it would take several years, even if the decision was made today. first of all for congress to decide what to do. i think it will take at least five years, maybe more like ten years, to transition to a new military service for space. because we‘re getting very big in space. yeah, idid yeah, i did hope humans might fight as one in space against the klingons. we are back tomorrow. goodbye. not only has it been a very hot start to the new month, it has been

the hottest early may bank holiday weekend on record. it smashed the record set in 1999, 23.6 celsius. today we hit 29 degrees to the west of london. and scenes like this recorded just to the west of london. it wasn‘t the same story every where. the beach looked grey in cornwall. some low cloud has been lingering around the coast. while we had 29 degrees in london, it was just 11 in cornwall. that low cloud will be on the way out and we even the temperatures out. the warm air is pushed out and things will turn cooler. tonight, a reasonably warm night for many. more cloud still in the west. still misty low cloud in the west. still misty low cloud in the west. still misty low cloud in the west. some rain in the west of northern ireland by dawn. for most temperatures holding up. specially in central areas. the big change will be this front that will move in

tomorrow. we will see cloud, rain initially in northern ireland and western parts of scotland and wales. some heavy showers and some thunder developing from cambridgeshire, north of london to northern eastern parts of england. that is one thing to watch out for. temperatures again hit 26 or 27 celsius. a brighter day in the west. but will turn fresher. rain in the evening in northern england pushes eastwardses. and clearer skies for wednesday. a cool start on wednesday. a bright in the start on wednesday. a bright in the start east. but wetter and windier in the west. temperatures only around ten to 12 degrees here. cooler to the south—east, but still 20 celsius. a spell of rain through wednesday nights into thursday. affects many central and eastern parts. for thursday sunny spells for

many with a scattering of showers in the north and west. for most a dry day with temperatures back down to where they should be for the time of year at 13 to 17 degrees. this is bbc news. the headlines. the foreign secretary is in washington in an attempt to stop president donald trump abandoning the iran nuclear deal. working with our european friends. we can be tougher on iran but not throw away the heart of the deal which is about stopping them getting a nuclear weapon. president trump says he‘ll make an announcement about the iran nuclear deal at seven o‘clock tomorrow evening. the uk has its hottest early may bank holiday on record — hitting a high of 28.7 degrees celsius. just make the most of it because this incredible weather is unheard of this early. it was the beast from

the east a few weeks ago but now we are in shorts and t—shirts,