you're watching beyond one hundred days. the world's industrialised nations meet in canada this week — but china isn't even in the bloc and america doesn't seem to want to be. in the age of trump, is the g7 still relevant? a populist, protectionist president is challenging decades of western liberal unity. american trade tariffs make it harder for western leaders to work together against global threats. in a phone call, theresa may tells donald trump his decision to apply tariffs to eu imports is unjustified and deeply disappointing. also on the programme... at least 38 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in guatamela after a volcano erupted sending ash and lava into surrounding villages. kayla, k—a—y—l—a. and meet kayla mckeon, the washington lobbyist breaking new ground in political circles. get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyond1000ays.

hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. if you follow donald trump on twitter, you'll know that today the president is marking 500 days in office. no other presidency has been this divisive. so it may surprise you to learn that only one other american president since world war ii has had a greater approval rating within his own party at this stage in office. "we have accomplished a lot," mr trump tweeted today. "massive tax & regulation cuts, military & vets, lower crime & illegal immigration, stronger borders, judgeships, best economy &jobs ever, and much more..." his supporters definitely agree. in 500 days, he has redefined america's relationship with the rest of the world. he's withdrawn the united states from the iran nuclear deal, tpp, the paris climate deal — he has just levied tariffs on america's closest allies. this weekend, ahead

of the g7 summit in quebec, the french finance minister quipped that the g7 had become the g6 plus one. the six other countries issued an unprecedented statement expressing "concern and disappointment" with the us decision on steel and aluminium. this is what the british international trade secretary had to say a short time ago. the use of national defence as the rationale for this action threatens to create a worrying global precedent. we're clear that these unjustified additional tariffs could harm consumers, hold back growth and ultimately damage industry by driving up the price of inputs and production and diminish global competitiveness. we remain of the view that issues of global overcapacity in the steel market are best solved through international collaboration, not unilateral action. let's get the latest from our political correpsondent chris mason. unjustified and disappointing

tariffs, but he went on to say that the response must be measured and proportionate. why is there that added sense of caution? this is the intriguing thing with the british government's response. in their language and condemnation and their view that these tariffs would be counter—productive and the basis for levying of them is wrong, they have left a caveat by saying they are not convinced that what the european union is planning, of which the uk is still a part, is necessarily the best way to resolve this, because they fear that the nature of the eu's response, and the eu were quick in responding to these tariffs with talk of retaliatory tariffs, is that you get yourself into rated at a trade war which then gets very hard for either side to extricate itself from. so over the weekend and again today with the phone call between the president and the prime minister and the contribution of liam fox and the british houses of parliament there, we have seen the language

remaining strong, but that caveat about the response as well. so there isa about the response as well. so there is a real nervousness from the british side about the potential consequences of the eu's response. the germans seem to be concerned that america could respond to any eu response by slapping tariffs on german car exports. it seems that the brits have similar concerns about scotch whiskey if there were to be eu responses on american bourbon. donald trump has made the calculation, hasn't he, that the country with the biggest economy is going to win this kind of trade fight and the others were back away and he seems to have got it right. that is clearly his calculation. and to that extent, given the nervousness we have seen articulated in different pockets of europe since the view expressed by brussels and the view expressed by brussels and the european union and the other day, it would suggest that in that brutal power politics that is playing out in all of this, there is something in the argument that you put forward. as you say, we saw the

british government expressed concern about the indications for the scottish whiskey industry and the whiskey industry in northern ireland if there were tariffs on bourbon that was put on by the european union and the potential for retaliatory tariffs that would affect geographical pockets of the uk. was intriguing listening to the commons debate that we had the extra ct commons debate that we had the extract from liam fox earlier and picking up on the conversation you we re picking up on the conversation you were having about the g7 and quebec, there were a couple of remarks, one from a liberal democrat, a guy who was in the british government until just three years ago. it is small party in the british government now, but tom brake suggested that given that the us in his view is acting like a rogue state, had it not reached the point where they should be suspended from the g7? liam fox responded for the government by saying that would be wrong and that in his view explain why the liberal democrats were such a minor party in

british politics. that gives you some sense of the scale of the anger that there is around what the trump administration are doing. chris mason, thank you. the world is responding to donald trump with caution, confusion and loud words but sometimes not much action. joining us now from new york is richard haass, president of the council on foreign relations and author of a world in disarray. before we get to you, i want to play you the counterpoint to the softly—softly british approach, and thatis softly—softly british approach, and that is justin softly—softly british approach, and that isjustin trudeau over the weekend, who was speaking on american television. the idea that the canadian steel that's in military vehicles in the united states, the canadian aluminium that makes your fighter jets, is somehow now a threat, the idea that we are somehow a national security threat to the united states is, quite frankly, insulting and unacceptable. richard haass, it takes a lot to

kiss off the canadians, do you think? and yet there we havejustin trudeau saying hold on a second, we are not a national security threat? well, he has notjust a point, he is right. it is insulting and outrageous. it is a dangerous precedent. it's not going to help us economically. it will cost us more jobs than it is going to save, but it reinforces the sense that the united states is no longer prepared to play the sort of role it has played for 70 years. and this kind of confrontational, treat everybody asa of confrontational, treat everybody as a competitor, don't distinguish between your allies on one hand and your adversary is on the other, this will come back to haunt the united states long after donald trump has left the oval office. but what are the practical implications? is america's allies have found over the

last 500 days, they may not like what donald trump says or does, but they still have to deal with washington. that is just a fact of life, whether you are germany, great britain or canada. absolutely, but it doesn't mean you always have to go along. we are beginning to see elements of it in france, canada and australia, countries essentially following their own lead internationally. they don't have to wait for the united states to join them. they do what they want and climate. they can introduce changes to the wto. they don't have to give washington a veto over everything they want. in these narrow areas, maybe it is a game that everybody loses, but they can retaliate if they choose. what do you make of justin trudeau's point that he is offended by the idea that canada is a security threat. is steel manufacturing a strategic industry?

it is, less because of the jobs involved than it is because of the importance of steel. that is one of the reasons you diversify your sources and it is one of the reasons that many of your suppliers ought to be friends and allies. the only reason the administration has done this under the label of national security is that that is the only mechanism they have. it was never intended to be used for this purpose when congress gave the executive branch this authority. this is an abuse or misuse of the authority they have been granted. but all the same, people are justifiably going to have the reaction that the prime minister of canada is having. let me ask you about something else. it looks like north korea is fast becoming a centre of global diplomacy. president assad of syria says he's planning a visit to the communist state. that would make him the first head of state to meet inside the country. at the same time, reports

from russia say president putin has invited kim jong unto visit vladivostcok in september for an economic forum. what do you make of this? you have the us rivals muscling in. what do you make of this? you have the us rivals muscling inlj wouldn't see it quite that way. the fa ct wouldn't see it quite that way. the fact that russia, which has voted for several security council resolutions tightening sanctions, they are a major power, if they want to, they can help us or hurt us in putting pressure on north korea. but i think they are signalling that the era of pressure is essentially over. and here they are joined by china and funnily enough, probably south korea. so we are seeing the world accommodating itself to some extent this "more reasonable and open" north korea. we haven't got anything in return for it, and that is the danger, that the normal diplomacy seems to be getting in front of any

change in north korean behaviour. during this on—again, off—again summit process, donald trump has made the case that it was china that put north korea off the idea of the summitand made put north korea off the idea of the summit and made north korea sound more belligerent again. but i read that you are making the case that actually, a rapprochement to some sort with north korea could help the sino—american relationship. how would that work? two things. i never bought the idea that china were responsible for north korea toughening its position. it reflects the fact that north korea had no interest in going to a summit where we would demand that they give up nuclear weapons on day one. and the united states seems to have backed off from that. so that round goes to north korea. the united states has accepted the fact that the summit is the beginning of a process, not the end of one. and the united states and china, look, we have lost the strategic rationale of our

relationship to oppose the soviet union. we lost that decades ago. the economic underpinnings are now frayed, given that all the differences between the united states and china. so my point is simply that geopolitical cooperation vis—a—vis north korea, or maybe one day on afghanistan and pakistan, this provides a rationale for the united states and china going forward and this would be a good demonstration if the united states and china could find a way to come up and china could find a way to come up with a mutually acceptable formula on north korea. richard haass, thank you forjoining us. i think we have set out how strained us relations with the europeans at the moment. and then we have the new us ambassador to germany, only a month into thejob, giving the interview to bright spot in the last few days, saying he wants to empower european conservative right, and ambassador weighing into some fairly

sensitive political issues. is that unprecedented? i would have to go back through every ambassador to find out whether it is totally unprecedented, but it is certainly not the norm and you now have the german government saying they want clarification of those remarks. is the ambassador actually meddling in domestic politics? it is worth pointing out that american ambassadors are not the same as british ambassadors, who are career diplomats. they have got to the top food career service. american ambassadors are political. they are appointed by president and you are given the ambassadorship to berlin or to london as a reward, usually for the fact that you get a lot of money to the president'scampaign or you help fund raise for him. so nobody would think that donald trump's ambassador in london or berlin was not a trump supporter. they are republicans who support the president. but it is still unusual to have one weighing in this obviously into european politics. and the germans clearly don't like

it. and by the way, christian, welcome back. i hope you had a lovely holiday. in europe. let's move on. at least 38 people have been killed and hundreds injured after a volcano erupted in guatemala. the fuego volcano, which is about 25 miles away from the capital guatemala city, has been spewing black smoke and ash into the sky. a state of emergency has been declared in much of the country. richard lister has more. el fuego is one of latin america's most active volcanoes, but sunday's eruption was the deadliest in more than a century. ash billowed thousands of metres into the sky. the explosion forced rivers of lava and mud down to the communities below. those that could fled for their lives. emergency workers urged everyone in these villages to evacuate. these people are used to living in the shadow of el fuego, but this was a close call. many in this village were injured

and had to be taken to hospital. but for some it was already too late, their homes smothered in a thick layer of mud that had raced down the volcano at terrifying speed. it could be weeks before everyone buried here is found, their stories told by those who survived. translation: not everyone escaped, i think they were buried. we saw the lava pouring through the cornfields and we ran towards a hill. the search for survivors went on into the night and resumed this morning. many people are still unaccounted for, and the total number of dead is still unclear. rescue teams are stretched and hundreds, maybe thousands of those who escaped are now homeless. translation: we are considering the need to call for a state of emergency. we have to see, according to our legislation, what could help us to do this. we think until now that there

is a state of devastation in at least three areas. the volcano was more peaceful today. but another smaller eruption created mudflows. that has complicated an already difficult task for these emergency teams as they search for bodies in the debris. the difficulty we have had is that the volcano is still active, he says. the larva has created very hot ground temperatures. several villages have been ruined by al fuego. holmes, property and lives destroyed. the rainy weather means more mudslides are still possible. and, of course, another eruption like the one at the weekend could come at any time. richard lister, bbc news. matt watson is a vulcanologist at

bristol university. tell us about el fuego. what sort of volcano is it? it is what woodward described as a strap though volcano, meaning it is very steep sided. because it is in the tropics, that means it is a volcano that has very deep incisions in it down which these flows normally head. your report listed to market are flows, which are lava flows a nd market are flows, which are lava flows and mudflows. the things that are killing people at the moment are not either of those. they are rightly called pyroclastic flows. they are very hot and travel quickly. that is what has been killing people. there is never a warning with an earthquake, but what about volcanoes? would there have been any notice that it was going to blow? interestingly, fuego has been ina blow? interestingly, fuego has been in a state where it has erupted quite regularly for the last few yea rs. quite regularly for the last few years. it has probably erupted about once a month since 2015. the start

of 2018, it slowed down. this is only second eruption of this year. but normally, there are some portends a few hours before the eruption, which is probably also true here. the difference here is the scale of the eruption. it is much larger than any other eruptions we have seen since 1974, and that is what has caught people out. to the extent that we look for patterns around the world, we have spent the last couple of weeks reporting on the volcano in hawaii. is itjust random that we have two big volcanic explosions in the space of a few weeks of each other, or is there a pattern here? lo, those two are not in any way linked. there are thousands of kilometres between them. there was no way that one volcano would feel the other one. the system is too large for that theory to hold any water whatsoever. at any one time, you have around 20

volcanoes erupting or producing lava flows. these two just happen to have beenin flows. these two just happen to have been in the public eye, and one of them has tragically been fatal. can we tell from this explosion how much we tell from this explosion how much we can learn in terms of what will happen with fuego next? would that give us an indication of whether there was going to be another one or whether it was going to continue the way the one in hawaii did for weeks on end? fuego normally erupts and produces short, sharp and violent eruptions. i think we can expect that to happen again. the worry is of course that it starts to mimic the last really big eruption in 1974, which was a series of much larger explosions than this over about two weeks. that is the thing to be worried about. since 2015, when the volcano has gone quiet for a while before activity has ramped up a while before activity has ramped up again. your video was accurate in that it up again. your video was accurate in thatitis up again. your video was accurate in that it is inevitable that a lot of this material will be swept down slope by heavy rains, and that the

thing that the guatemalan authorities will have to do battle with. thank you forjoining us. philippine president rodrigo duterte is at the centre of fresh controversy after kissing an overseas filipina worker on the lips during an event in south korea. he called the woman on stage in seoul and persuaded her to kiss him in exchange for a book. the incident drew cheers from the crowd. but it's attracted widespread criticism online. the us supreme court has ruled in favour of a christian bakerfrom colorado, who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. in a 7—2 decision, the justices faulted the colorado civil rights commission's handling of the claims brought against jack phillips, saying it had shown a hostility to religion. now, every off—duty fbi agent is entitled to have a good time, but beware the backflip. as he performed the move on the dancefloor of a denver bar, this agent's gun dropped out of his belt. when he tried to grab it, it discharged, hitting another customer in the leg.

the man is now being treated for a non—life—threatening injury. police in colorado are investigating. now, i have a few problems with this. one, chinos with no socks, but maybe that's just me. secondly, the dreadful dad dancing for which he could incur a charge alone. and thirdly, what sort of a man, never mind an fbi agent, backflips with a gun stuck in his waistband? what, because you backflip over time without a gun in your waistband?” never backflip. i can hardly get out of bed. on the socks, you have just had a week in france. i thought you had a week in france. i thought you had gone all european and didn't wear socks any more. maybe it is just that i am british. whether this has any impact on the gun debate, i

very much doubt it, just for the record. mention the term lobbyist, and it's often back rooms and high rollers which come to mind. but kayla mckeon is definitely breaking that mould as a first in her field. kayla has down's syndrome and now she's pushing us politicians to help others like her. you can find her working the halls of congress and often the phones to accomplish her goals and recently we caught up with her on capitol hill. before we go, i should apologise for using some diplomatic language in relation to the canadians, who are seemingly irritated by trump's tariffs. i think the language used is not appropriate. you are forgiven. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — why is this ex—president turned thriller writer saying the us needs to return back to paper ballots? and does getting rid of your mobile phone improve your mental health? that's still to come.

if your weather this week has got off toa if your weather this week has got off to a cloudy and cooler start, it will warm upa off to a cloudy and cooler start, it will warm up a bit as the week goes on and the sunshine comes back. most have been glad today, but there have been some showers, some thundering around the channel islands. but there will be a lot of dry weather in the days ahead as we remain close to this area of high pressure to the

north of us. just watch for lower pressure to the south, occasionally causing a few showers and thunderstorms. a lot of cloud through the night, just across western parts, which saw sunshine today. from the thicker cloud, there could be a bit of drizzle in places, but it is essentially a dry night. sunspots dipped down into single figures, but most of us are in the range of nine to 14 celsius with a lot of cloud first thing. but for many of us during the day, things will improve as the sun comes out across much of scotland. then you can see that process under way in northern england. some sunny spells will be developing. northern ireland stays cloudy, as will the west midlands, south—west england and south wales. some low cloud may linger towards north sea coasts, where it is cooler than it is elsewhere. there could be a stray

shower in northern ireland and one or two shower in northern ireland and one ortwo in shower in northern ireland and one or two in the channel islands. through tuesday night and into wednesday morning, some low cloud near north sea coasts will further inland, but there will be a clear whether around. this will be the coolest night of the week as temperatures dipped widely into single figures away from town centres. and the picture is the same on the wednesday, hide to the north, low to the south. the north sea coast could see some cloud lingering and it could remain cloudy in parts of northern england and the east midlands. but for many of us, it will be dry and sunny and pleasantly warm in the sunshine, although the north sea coast is holding in the mid teens. midweek, while most of us will stay dry with light winds, there will be a few showers, particularly in parts of england and wales. some parts of eastern england on thursday could be thundery. this is beyond 100 days,

with me katty kay in washington. christian fraser's in london. our top stories: tensions over us tariffs on steel and aluminium. ahead of a g7 summit in canada later this week, theresa may has told donald trump of her deep disappointment. the israeli prime minister is trying to convince european leaders to follow in the footsteps of donald trump and ditch the iran nuclear deal. we'll be assessing his chances. coming up in the next half hour: former us president bill clinton makes his debut as a novelist. we've been speaking to him about swapping politics for the pen. we're travelling through england to test how proud people are of their national identity, and revealing which characteristics are seen as typically english! let us know your thoughts by using #beyond100days. can a sitting us president be prosecuted?

we know they can be impeached by congress, and two presidents have been. but curiously the question of whether a president can be prosecuted is up for legal debate. you'd think the answer would be clear, but it's never been fully tested. nonetheless, mr trump's legal team are arguing the president does have the sweeping constitutional authority to pardon even himself of federal crimes. in a letter to robert mueller, they've said the president can't be guilty of obstruction ofjustice because under these powers he can terminate the inquiry. on sunday, mr trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani, put it a different way. "i don't know how you can indict while he's in office." "no matter what it is." "if he shot the former fbi directorjames comey, he'd be impeached the next day." "impeach him, and then you can do whatever you want to do to him." joining us now is alexis simendinger, national political corrrespondent for the hill. a very odd example for rudy giuliani

to have chosen, shooting the former head of the fbi and still not be prosecuted, is there some legal grounds to this, it seems a murky area? it is, legal experts are not of like mind about this, and as you pointed out, it has not been tested. it is interesting, though, that this arguments is coming up now, more thana year arguments is coming up now, more than a year into the investigation, and one other element of it is that the president is maintaining that he can pull the plug on a federal investigation any time he wants. if that was the thinking a year ago, you would have imagined that he and his legal team would have felt that way, the justice department would have understood that, but this is coming upa have understood that, but this is coming up a year after when the special counsel began his work. so i am scratching my head, the aga and from trump's lawyers is that he cannot be guilty of obstruction of

justice, because he would have the right to terminate the inquiry, so he would have to be obstructing himself? but there are nine republicans in the senate who, back in the late 1990s, voted to impeach president clinton on grounds of obstruction of justice. president clinton on grounds of obstruction ofjustice. and so did, by the way, jeff sessions, the sitting attorney general, so back then they clearly did believe a president could obstructjustice. yes, but in this case, the president is trying to put out a force field against something else that his legal team seems to be worried about, that they could be grounds for obstruction, that he could be subpoenaed, and the president wants to be able to argue with his legal team against having to respond to a subpoena. when you listen to is personal attorney, rudy giuliani, what he expressed quite clearly over the weekend is that truth and memory are not fixed around this president, and they are concerned about that,

that they are advising the president he should not go toe to toe with robert mueller, and they are trying to create the kind of doubt in the public mind, and in the legal community, to give the president some flexibility. a good example of that this weekend, alexis, the changing story over the letter that the president dictated on behalf of his son, donald junior, about that meeting in trump tower with the russian lawyer. all last summer, we we re russian lawyer. all last summer, we were reporting it, the white house was saying that he was nowhere near that letter, his lawyer came out and said, no, the president was not dictating it, but then we find out he did, and rudy giuliani said he should not sit down for an interview with robert mueller because the recollection keeps changing. this is the dangerfor recollection keeps changing. this is the danger for him, recollection keeps changing. this is the dangerfor him, isn't it? recollection keeps changing. this is the danger for him, isn't mm recollection keeps changing. this is the danger for him, isn't it? it is, and it is interesting that the 20 page letter that the new york times got a hold of and published allowed the legal team at the white house,

the legal team at the white house, the president's advocates, to slip into our bloodstream the idea that the president indeed had dictated that to try to add another narrative to this, and as you will member, rudy giuliani did something very similaron rudy giuliani did something very similar on television when he talked about kind of extending what the president remembered about his personal attorney michael cohen. alexis, thank you very much for joining us in the studio. to some extent, this is legal, but it is also being tried in the court of public opinion, but the more they talk about the russia investigation has a witch—hunt, the more they say that it can't be tried for obstruction of justice, that it can't be tried for obstruction ofjustice, the more it seems that people are coming over to the president's point of view, siding with him, saying we think this is politically motivated. this is what he does, use the pulpit of twitter to reaffirm the same message again and again, people are mesmerised by it, and eventually they start believing it, interesting

tactic. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netenyahu is in europe this week trying to persuade germany, britain and france that they must abandon the iran nuclear deal. ahead of his meetings, the israeli's have been sharing secret files, which further reveal tehran's determination to build a bomb. one of the key documents is a memorandum that formally handed responsibility for the production of weapons—grade uranium to the iranian defence ministry. it was part of a cache of 100,000 files snatched from a tehran warehouse by mossad injanuary. a little earlier, mr netanyahu appeared at a press conference alongside the german chancellor. we have shared with the german government, the german specialists, the information we retrieved from a secret atomic archive that iran has. we think it is important, as chancellor merkel has said, that the iaea investigate iran based on this new information, a lot of new

information that israel has now provided to the iaea as well, and it is important to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. we commit andi getting a nuclear weapon. we commit and i commit again that we will not let that happen. translation: germany did not cancel this agreement, together with other european partners we stand by it, but we act as one in saying that this issue of regional influence is a very worrying one, the security of the state of israel, we feel that we ought to make every diplomatic effort we can in order to address the ballistic missile programme of iran and also its activities, for example, in yemen and the presence of the iranian army also in syria, and to exert our influence here in such a way that iran is pushed out of the region. joining us is thejerusalem post's intelligence and terrorism analyst, yonah jeremy bob. good to see you, thank you for being

with us, what is the prime minister's ultimate aim? what is he trying to achieve? two main thing is, the iran nuclear deal, and the presence in syria, which is on the northern border of israel, so the iran nuclear time, there have been several major points that netanyahu and trump, who are really on the same wavelength, have wanted to change, whether they would fix it or not, they want to be able to change iran so it is not involved in terrorism. they want it to cut down on ballistic missile testing, they wa nt on ballistic missile testing, they want access to military sites, and they want the expiration date of the deal, that is probably the biggest point they say, if you are restricting iran, even just point they say, if you are restricting iran, evenjust for seven years, what happens at the end of it? a big point that netanyahu was arguing about the mossad

documents, that iran is time to get a nuclear weapon, so documents, that iran is time to get a nuclear weapon, so after another seven years you a nuclear weapon, so after another seven years you can't take their word for it that they won't try to do it again. that is probably the short—term biggest issue for israel, because if it is in syria, that is a big problem for israel, which is a powerful but small army. with regard to the documents, some who support the deal say there is more evidence of the ulterior motives that iran is trying to get these nuclear bomb, but they say that maybe, you know, the americans should have stayed within the deal and then pointed to these documents, saying, we need greater access for the iaea — the head of the iaea has said that his agency continues to verify the iranian compliance with the deal. wouldn't it be better to signpost where they need to go? up until trump went out of the deal, i was writing analysis that he would

partially go out, but my analysis ke pt partially go out, but my analysis kept changing and deal the deal was on life support, and he basically we nt on life support, and he basically went to try and save the deal. angela merkel said we will try to work on iran, reducing iran's terra footprint in the region, reducing the ballistic missile programme. those are two big points. can they trade with them to get them to acce pt trade with them to get them to accept or fully push the sanctions on the expiration date is due? that isa on the expiration date is due? that is a big question. would it have been better to stay within the deal and try to negotiate, a lot of people thought so, even in the israeli defence force tablet and, but ultimately trump decided. —— even in the israeli defence

establishment, but ultimately trump decided this was the best way, and we will find out what the real position is, the jury is still out. benjamin netanyahu position is, the jury is still out. benjamin neta nyahu knows position is, the jury is still out. benjamin netanyahu knows that he has a fairly sceptical audience when it comes to european leaders, and he raised another point today, not about the weapons programme but refugees, and i wonder if you think that his argument was, if iran is allowed to continue with its influence, you will have another huge wave of refugees coming out of syria, and i wonder whether you think that is not more of a winning argument, given that he is speaking directly to sceptical european populations about immigration. listen, this is where you see netanyahu listen, this is where you see neta nyahu has listen, this is where you see netanyahu has been on this page for somewhere around 13 years, he knows the particular countries, he knows that he's beating to domestic constituencies in the united states and germany. he knows that the migrant issue is a major issue in

europe, and you could be right, he could be right, that if there is continued conflict in syria, which could be created by air and, this could be created by air and, this could mean more refugees streaming into europe. —— created by iran. he was into europe. —— created by iran. he was definitely speaking to a domestic audience on that. the main concern for israel, again, is that iran is several dozen come at us from the israeli border and not be using experimental drones and other fa ncy using experimental drones and other fancy weapons, giving them to hezbollah in lebanon. i think turning to the refugee issue was probably a clever move for that audience in germany. thank you for your thoughts. when us presidents leave office, it's not uncommon for them to shed light on their time in the white house in multi—million dollar memoirs. but bill clinton has used his experience in another way, to write a fictional thriller about a cyber attack in washington. he's teamed up with the world's best selling novelist james patterson. they've been speaking to our arts correspondent rebecca jones. he used to be the most

powerful man in the world. and he's the world's bestselling novelist. meet a writing team like no other. there is an old saying, at least in american english, that you can't teach an old dog new tricks. i'm an old dog and this is a new trick. at the age of 71, bill clinton finally got round to fulfilling a lifetime's ambition. i love thrillers. i read huge numbers of them every year. we had met once before, i have always have wanted to do it and he was willing, we started and that's what happened. what you're going to get here is what it would be like to be president under the most extreme circumstances. the novel sees a fictitious commander—in—chief battling to save the free world from a devastating cyber attack. it's a plot both men say is all too plausible. what's happening in north korea

is nothing compared to the threat of cyber terrorism. i hope and pray that this effort with north korea succeeds, not because i think north korea is about to knock off a nuclear bomb because it would be the end of their country, they know that, but this cyber threat could kill a lot more people in a lot less time just by shutting down things. malicious cyber attacks are not confined to the pages of fiction and despite the use of electronic voting machines in america, the former president thinks a return to old—fashioned pen and paper is the best way to prevent the democratic process from hacking. at the computer hacking convention that's held every year in las vegas, the governor of virginia sent his voting machine and his expert, and it took them six minutes to hack it. so they went to paper ballots, and nobody complained about the election, and they were counted just as quickly. and the most important thing is, until we get this straightened out, every state should go to some sort of paper ballot system. the tv rights have

already been sold. who should play the president? george clooney? that would be good. a very good actor. well, he looked great at the wedding, didn't he? not as great as amal did, but he was great. you think he'd make a good president? in the movies. in the movies, yes, i do. how much fun was it being the president again? it was a lot of fun. i loved it the first time. i told somebody, i was glad we had a two—term limit because otherwise i would have made them carry me out in a pine box or vote me out. you will have seen that in america, he was asked about monica lewinsky in the context of the me too movement, and he said that although he had apologised to her publicly, he had apologised to her publicly, he had apologised to her publicly, he had never personally apologised. yeah, in that same interview, he said that he didn't think he had

done everything right, that was what he said, in the context of how he then handled that. that interview is getting quite a lot of push back in the states, with people suggesting the states, with people suggesting the president has really internalised everything in the me too movement, and if he behaved that way today, he would have had a tough time as president, potentially even getting elected. it might explain why the democrats are nervous to have him on the campaign. diaspora is been a massive hero in the democratic party, someone very good at raising money, turning out votes, but that questioning suggests that there is a new line of question. —— he has always been a massive hero. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — most of us are slaves to mobile phones, so would we be happier if we could just break free altogether? we'll be asking a psychologist. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has said northern rail should be stripped of its franchise, if it can't end the chaos caused by new timetables.

about 2,000 services have been cancelled since new schedules were introduced just over a fortnight ago. a new emergency timetable, the same old problems. it has been two long weeks of misery for rail travellers across england. thousands of last—minute cancellations, long delays, and the dreaded rail replacement buses. commuters today aren't impressed. hoping to get to work at eight o'clock in the morning, i work in manchester, the 7:07am hasjust been cancelled. now i will probably get in at 8:30, 8:40am. just a disaster, don't know what to do with it. mps whose constituencies are affected are meeting the transport secretary chris grayling later today to express their frustration. because most of the people making decisions about our transport in the north never, ever travel on those networks, never use them, don't understand the human cost of the decisions they are making, we have ended up in this mess, and now the government has to show

that it understands the frustration and the anger in the north and is prepared to act. there are now calls for the companies to be stripped of their franchises. people are saying they are on warnings at work because they are late so often, or not being able to pick up their kids or having to pay for extra childcare, or getting taxis or hotels. they shouldn't be allowed to inflict their miserable substandard services on the public of the north on an ongoing basis. today, northern rail and govia thameslink introduced new reduced timetables in a bid to deal with what has been described as a total shambles. since the new timetables was introduced on may 20th, the service just hasn't been good enough, and we are really sorry about that, and we are now putting in place an interim timetable to help sort this out. if you live in england,

do you feel proud to be english? the answer to that will likely depend on your age. a survey of more than 20,000 english people conducted by yougov and commissioned by the bbc suggests that almost three quarters of those aged over 65 said they are proud to call themselves english. that's in stark contrast to younger people, with less than half of 18 to 24—year—olds surveyed saying they are proud to be english. you can go on the bbc website to find out how people think about it, in fact, have we got an address for that? i put in where i grew up, burnley, and 65% of people are proud to being glitch. people think the best years are in the past, what is quite obvious, three quarters of

people in england think they have little or no influence over central government decisions, and that is very prominent there. westminster feels a long way away, brussels even more so. there is a crossover here, when you talk about us politics and the base, they don't think they can affect decisions within federal, central government. there is a long history, right, of scepticism towards government in the united states, the founding fathers, the pilgrims, that idea of the western sentiments that people want to show g washington and live free of government, and in the us that has nothing to do with party is in power at any one time, it is a general feeling that they want government off their back, that they want to exist independent of a centralised government, and it is a slightly different feeling from what you find in the uk, because this has been

around for decades, centuries in the united states — it is nothing new. yeah, let me just give you that address again. you're watching beyond 100 days. the media mogul simon cowell may be one of the busiest men in the entertainment industry, but he is also one of the hardest to get in touch with. and that's because he has gone 10 months without his mobile phone. he says he feels happier because of it. free from the constant bombardment of texts, emails, twitter abuse. and he is not the first celebrity to ditch the phone. eltonjohn, tyra banks and sarah jessica parker are all reported to have done the same. we're joined by london—based psycholgist felix economakis. you have looked into this, there is a science to this, why are we addicted to our mobile phones?m

hit activates the same centres as any other addiction, opening up a circuit, and circuits need completion, they need to be consummated, in a way, so it is like a craving for something, you want it to end. the problem is, if you want a chocolate craving, you can have chocolate and you are fine for a few hours, but with a mobile phone you never get enough, do i stop looking now, one more check? there is no way to have a good exit with it. the problem is, though, some of us need our phones, elton john problem is, though, some of us need our phones, eltonjohn and katty kay have people to answer their phones for them, i don't! me neither! you start looking at the phone, i will just checked my e—mail, i will see who is abusing me on twitter, that is where it all goes wrong, especially in my case! well, i applauded simon, but it is not viable for a lot of people, so i try to have limits. this is e—mail time, checking facebook time, but there

has to be a cut—off point, or there will not be one. if you don't plan it, there will never be one. do have a lock your phone in a cupboard?” usually leave it on mute, people try to get in touch with me. that is the excuse you use with me!” to get in touch with me. that is the excuse you use with me! i do not have somebody to answer my phone, thatis have somebody to answer my phone, that is enough! there was a big study done here a while ago, felix, which talked about the concept of variable rewards, that compared our mobile phones to slot machines in las vegas, we keep going back to them because we never quite know when we will get something, snapchat or instagram, some nuggets that is of interest to us, is that is what is going on? it is, something very similar, those experiments with pigeons pressing a lever, they get a palette of food. sometimes nothing will come down, sometimes something will, and you never know whether you will, and you never know whether you will have something. they can't

switch off, in the same way that they can with other things. the phone companies say they will show how long we have been on a phone for a particular period of time, do those sort of things work? it is a bit like the fitness one, i guess, with 10,000 steps. it is a great idea, the energy saving things, because you are thinking, i am spending two hours of my day on this, i could be learning a language or doing something useful. i am a fan. some of the stats are interesting, 55% of users check everything within 15 minutes of waking up. and other people have it undertheir waking up. and other people have it under their coercion, waking up. and other people have it undertheir coercion, like waking up. and other people have it under their coercion, like members of my family, despite the evidence that it of my family, despite the evidence thatitis of my family, despite the evidence that it is not good for you, still they do it. is their science on using mobile phones before you go to sleep? yes, the sciences don't do it, it stimulates the brain, so you have to wind down. if you can cut

it, at least three hours before, thatis it, at least three hours before, that is a good start. felix, one other very quick thing, 50% of teenagers say that they are addicted, but what is interesting is that even more parents think their kids are addicted, so do we have a misperception about this? probably, but we get absorbed and lost in it, everyone is imagining, it is only ten minutes, but two hours, and my kids are probably longer, as long as you are, i guess. it is a thing that takes us away and makes us mindless. and yet we needed. comeback on the show, i would give you a call! lovely to see you. i did pardon my phonein lovely to see you. i did pardon my phone in the cupboard on my holiday, i took it out on one day, tuesday, to check what was happening, you we re to check what was happening, you were with clive, i looked on twitter — fatal, the abuse! were with clive, i looked on twitter - fatal, the abuse! bad idea! in the south of france, on your yacht! if your weather has got off to a

cool start, it will warm up as the sunshine comes back, most have been dry, but there have been some showers around, one or two for wales, south—west england. a lot of dry weather in the days ahead, as we look at this area of high pressure to the north of us, low pressure to the south, occasionally a few showers and thunderstorms coming our way. a lot of clouds through the night across western parts, a bit of sunshine today, clear spells, showers fading away. from the thicker cloud, there could be drizzle, but essentially dry night, some spots in single figures, scotla nd some spots in single figures, scotland and north—east england, for example, 9—14dc as tuesday begins,

with a lot of cloud first thing. for many of us during the day, things are going to improve as the sun comes out across much of scotland, then you can see the process and away in northern england, the east midlands, east anglia, into the south—east, sunny spells developing, north wales, northern ireland staying cloudy, some low cloud mailing get towards north sea coasts, it is cooler here than elsewhere. —— some low cloud may linger towards north sea coasts. a stray shower in northern ireland, one or two in the channel islands as well. into wednesday morning, some low cloud near north sea coasts may filter inland, but lots of clear weather, this will be the coolest night of the week as temperatures quite widely tipped down into single figures away from the larger towns and city centres. the big picture is the same on wednesday, high to the north, low to the south, a gentle breeze from the north north—east.

north sea coasts could see some areas of cloud lingering, remaining cloudy towards parts of northern england and east midlands too, but for many of us dry, sunny as well, pleasa ntly warm for many of us dry, sunny as well, pleasantly warm in the sunshine as temperatures head into the low 20s. north sea coasts holding around the mid teens. deeper into the week, whilst most of us will stay dry, high teens, low 20s, a few showers around, particularly affecting england and wales. some in the south—east on thursday could be thundery. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8:00pm. the grenfell fire inquiry has heard that a catalogue of problems led to the tower being engulfed in flames. the blaze started in flat 16 on the 4th floor near a fridge. the 999 call made by the man who lived there was played at the hearing. can you quick, please? yes, ijust have to get the address, 0k? flat 16, grenfell tower, w11 1tq.

the fire brigade are on their way. the blaze claimed 72 lives and the inquiry was told that the fire brigade's advice to residents to stay in their flats as it spread was wrong. a teenager has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack in london with her mother and sister, as part of britain's first all—female cell pledging allegiance to islamic state. there's been more misery for rail passengers in the north