you're watching beyond one hundred days. maybe the sound of a child crying in texas will change the minds of adults in washington? a secret recording from an immigrant detention center is unsettling politicians on capitol hill. child crying. these desperate cries don't help the president, who is heading to congress to defend his policy of separating kids from parents who try to enter the country illegally. even some top republicans now say the controversial practice must stop but president trump stands firm. we want a country with heart. but when people come up they have to know they can't get in, otherwise it's never going to stop. also on the programme. a senior british politician calls for cannabis to be legalised — for recreational as well as medicinal purposes. the canadians are on the brink of doing just that — but is it the answer? does this small, propeller plane represent the future of flight? it's powered purely by battery.

get in touch with us using the hashtag ‘beyond—one—hundred—days‘. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. if donald trump thinks he'll find the same support on capitol hill for his new zero—tolerance immigration policy that he's getting inside the white house, he may be disappointed. the sight — and sound — of young children crying in detention centres along the mexican border are rattling republican lawmakers who fear these distressing images could lose them votes. as members prepare to vote on immigration legislation, mr trump will need to defend his controversial policy of separating children from parents who enter the country illegally. since we were on air yesterday more republicans have denounced the scheme as heartless. what seems to have had a particular impact is this audio tape reportedly of children crying — it was recorded secretly in a detention center in texas. children crying

well, despite that audio and the pictures that have emerged the president spoke just a short time ago defending the current policy. he said it was necessary for border security, blamed the democrats and took aim at mexico. child smugglers exploit the loophole and they gain illegal entry into the united states. putting countless children in danger on the perilous track to the united states. they come up through mexico. mexico does nothing for us. you hear it here. they do nothing for us. they could stop it. they have very, very strong laws. try staying in mexico for a couple of days, see how long that lasts. 0k? well, as we reported yesterday — a number of us lawmakers travelled to the texas border this weekend and visited the facilities

where these children are being held. among them was democratic congressman david cicilline from rhode island. hejoins us now from capitol hill. thank you forjoining us. what did you see down at the border? we went to see where our own eyes the impact of this zero tolerance policy. the border patrol facility where people are processed we saw a detention facility where people are kept temporarily and then the detention facility where children and adults are kept. so the impact of a horrific policy, started by president trump and attorney general jeff sessions that literally rips children from their mother ‘s arms in an effort to discourage people from coming to america even those seeking asylum. what is important is this administration has said eve ryo ne this administration has said everyone who crosses we will criminally prosecute you even if you have a legitimate claim for asylum

and even if you come through a port of entry, they arrest you, they prosecute you and separate your child from you. it is barbaric it undermines the founding values of this country, it is consistent with our special responsibility to children and needs to stop immediately full stop the president could stop it today with one phone call what we need is to continue to bring light to this issue so american people will demand that this administration. this barbaric practice and that is the reason for the visit, to see with our own eyes and also bring attention to it because it is inconsistent with the long tradition of this country of being a beacon, a place that welcomes people who are fleeing from warand famine and welcomes people who are fleeing from war and famine and violence. but they can come here and petition for asylu m they can come here and petition for asylum and get to stay here and not the arrested and have your children ripped from you. we've had reports of some parents being deported the because children go through different legal process they are

staying in the united states and meanwhile their parents have been sent back into mexico. can you confirm that, did you hear reports of that happening? we did hear reports of that and we spoke to one mother who also told us that she was told that she was going to be deported first and then her child who had been taken from her would be deported that some future date which of course is monstrous. here are some other fleeing domestic violence, gang violence, and she is in prison and when she gets deported she will leave without her child. that is completely unacceptable and there has been a lot of questions about the way that they track the people that they are separated, how they make sure the that they get reunified at some point in this process. but the idea that they are taken away in the first instance is what is so horrific and should not be, it does not have to be the president needs to stop it immediately. just to show the viewers are tweaked the president sent out today blaming democrats.

democrats are the problem, they do not care about crime and the what illegal immigrants no matter how bad they may be too poor into and infest our country. what do you make of that? it is a ridiculous claim. of course we take border security seriously, we understand the responsibility of securing our borders. but this is not what this is about. none of these women or children pose a risk, they go through a vetting process when they go through the processing centre. there is no requirement under our law to separate mothers from their children. the president is making that up because he's feeling the heat from everyone about how horrific this policy is and so he's blaming someone else. this was put into place by the trump administration and developed by stephen miller along with jeff sessions to charge every single person who crosses no matter what the lawful basis for their application and then celebrate their kids from them. so this is the

policy they put in place and they confirmed that when we spoke to people who ran the facilities. that this was a wallasey put into place and they are simply executing that, they did not advocate for or against it but you said this is what we were told to do. it is horrific, these young children separated from their pa rents young children separated from their parents and remembered that these folks are coming from very violent places. el salvador, honduras, their fleeing threats to their lives and their children's lives, not leaving just to go for a walk. they are fleeing from incredible fear and they're being charged criminally under this new zero tolerance policy. thank you very much for joining us. attorney generaljeff sessions has dismissed comparisons of the detention facilities for migrant children to nazi concentration camps. and last night gave this response. well, it's a real exaggeration. in nazi germany they were keeping

thejews from leaving the country. but this is a serious matter, we need to think it through, be rational and thoughtful about it. we want to allow asylum for people who qualify for it. but people who want economic migration for their personal financial benefit and what they think is their family's benefit, is not a basis for a claim of asylum. well despite the outcry the trump administration is holding firm that these families are trying to enter the country illegally and polls show a majority of republicans agree with them. conservative commentator salena zito knows the president's base better than most. her new book is the great revolt and shejoins us now. thank you for coming in. in the course of writing your book your travel 75,000 miles around the united states. you interviewed 300

trump supporters. what do you think that those supporters would make of this scene with these families? well you have the political implication and you have the personal, how people see this from home so politically, the president, his base may be ok with this. but what is living are those independent voters that took a chance with him. 0nce the grant not typical republicans or independent voters or democratic voters. and you never want to lose the independents, you want to split them but you do not want to lose them. and on this issue i think it isa them. and on this issue i think it is a political risk. 0n them. and on this issue i think it is a political risk. on a personal level a lot of the voters that supported him, even evangelical voters, this is difficult for them to stand behind. they made a

pragmatic choice to go with him as opposed to going with someone that was just like them, they want with someone who shared their priorities but not their values. this is a moment where he's revealing that he is not sharing their values. when he talks about things like people coming in and infesting the country and young kids being potential supporters of gangs in latin america and he plays on those fears about immigration, you think that that is an argument that resonates with his voters because he keeps making it at the moment. i wonder if that is a way that he thinks he can drum up support for this policy?” way that he thinks he can drum up support for this policy? i think every morning he makes a decision to throw out a board of cocktail on twitter and it does not matter to him if it is good or bad news, it is news about him. sometimes they do not think that he thinks through whole policies and he does not have the best economy of words. he does not use words in the way traditional politician uses them. which his

supporters like. a portion of his supporters like. a portion of his supporters but you will find many of them saying i like that he stands up for this or this but not a big fan of his comportment. the thing to remember about this coalition is donald trump is the result of it, he did not cause it. so they will move forward with and all without him. there are so many elements of this debate which are familiar to people over here in europe, we went through this in 2015 with thousands of people pouring into europe who were not been processed and so people do get anxious about open borders and can understand why republican voters get anxious. but these pictures of children being wrenched away from their parents. is that really what their parents. is that really what the base once because we could get no end of people to come on and talk about the trauma and the long—running effects that that has children. do they really support that? no, of course not. one of the

counties in the book is in pennsylvania and it has the largest refugee population in the country. in the united states. and yet it voted for donald trump and there is this great support for the refugees and helping them getjobs and become pa rt and helping them getjobs and become part of the community and work within the church organisations but also there is that conflict where they say look, i follow the rules every day, i obey the law every day, why can't we just enforce laws. and so there is a lot of voters that have a conflict with that. it will be interesting to see how they're able to sustain their support, they might or might not, throughout this process. the problem i think we have right now is that everything that happens, whatever happens with donald trump, whether it is a hangnail or donald trump, whether it is a hangnailora donald trump, whether it is a hangnail or a big problem like this, is it all adds the 11th decibel.

sometimes it gets last. thank you so much for coming in to join us. sometimes it gets last. thank you so much for coming in tojoin us. and the book is a very good guidebook to what is going on. well the fact i was watching and he's not budging, he is digging in and it seems that he is digging in and it seems that he once this fight to go once and be the centrepoint of the midterms. to some extent they may be a strategic calculation taking place which is that the economy is doing better, people are feeling a little bit wealthier, feeling better about the nature of the country and the direction of the united states, that is not a good way paradoxically to get people out to vote. they go to vote when they feel they need to fight, whether on the issue of trade or immigration and perhaps no coincidence that both those issues are surfacing at the moment. but your mould —— you're more likely to

get your supporters that when they feel they have a struggle on their hands rather than feeling slightly complacent about the direction of the country. i do not know if that is the deliberate political calculus going on in the white house but you're right, listening to him speaking, taking on the latin american countries in a fight. well meeting the public. what is he going to hear? mixed things, we have a conservative republican now saying they must be legislation to make the stop, a slew of senior republicans just in the last day since that audio tape came out, who have started to say ok, we're not co mforta ble started to say ok, we're not comfortable with this. and as you heard maybe they're hearing from voters that they are not comfortable with this. i've travelled around america are not and i do not think i could name a single trump supporters who would like images like that of children being supported from their pa rents. children being supported from their parents. so this may be a risky

strategy. we just want to bring you some news that's emerging tonight the us is expected to withdraw from the united nations human rights council. the us ambassador to the un nikki haley and secretary of state mike pompeo are expected to reveal more at a news conference later today. let's get more on this with our correspondent nada tawfik. we can't know where they're coming from on this, just explain why they are irritated about this council? the us ambassador nikki haley since last year has been consistently warning that unless there was reform of the un human rights council that they would leave. she has a couple of issues, the first of which, the biggest is she objects to the fact that israel is the only country that has a dedicated agenda item which means has a dedicated agenda item which m ea ns every has a dedicated agenda item which means every time the council means they have to discuss israel. she said that undermines the credibility of the council and that needs to be abolished. she says there is a chronic anti—israel bias on the council. and secondly she says there

needs to be more competitive elections, she does not like the fa ct elections, she does not like the fact that many states accused of human rights abuses themselves are really a ble human rights abuses themselves are really able just to get sleep by having uncompetitive elections, regional blocs can basicallyjust barter whose turn it will be to have a seat. so she said those were the minimum necessary changes that needed to be made and we know diplomats had been trying to convince the united states they should stay on the council and that reform needs to come from within. and if they were concerned about protecting israel is better to have a voice on the council. but we are expecting they will the decision that they just want to withdraw this point. just to give you brief reaction, we got from human rights watch, nikki haley has said that this, the human rights are undermined by political agendas and thatis undermined by political agendas and that is what human rights watch thinks is happening with the trump administration, that the withdrawal isa administration, that the withdrawal is a signal of the one—dimensional human rights policy to defend israel

from criticism. britain is one of the only western countries in which cannabis use — even for medical purposes — is completely illegal but a change has been signalled today by the home secretary, sajid javid, who has said he would personally ensure changes to the laws on the use of medicinal cannabis. in recent days, the government has come under mounting pressure to review the law in the light of cases of children with severe epilepsy who have been refused cannabis oil. with that debate in mind the former conservative leader lord hague has gone further, much further, writing in a national newspaper today that the war against cannabis had been "comprehensively and irreversibly lost". he's called on the government to legalise the recreational use of the drug. in canada they are on the brink of doing just that. and of course here in the us in several states they have already done it. for more on this we can speak to kevin sabet, a former white house adviser on drugs who helped to write president 0bama's drugs control strategy. he's in new york. it was during your time in the white

house that we started to see american states move towards legalising cannabis. you do not think it is necessarily a good idea for the uk to follow suit? not at all, and that is why president 0bama never enforced this and does not endorse legalising marijuana. this really is all about money, it is like the new tobacco industry, it is the commercialisation of cannabis. it is not really about sick people or even low—level use, we should separate the issues from these calls like william hague is calling for, the legalisation of all cannabis. we should be celebrating this issue, the medical is very different to the recreational. and in the states, it has taken us many years to figure out what is happening so far it does not look good, we have more children using, young adults whose brains are still developing, heavy use has gone

up still developing, heavy use has gone up and it is commercialisation with special interests. and that has ruled the day. that is a bad idea for public health especially after our disaster with tobacco. you're right, the states that are doing it are enjoying a massive tax windfall because the legalisation of cannabis but the argument used in favour of legalising cannabis is that then you can control it and you stop teenagers getting on to harder drugs and you take it into the market in a way that stops becoming gateway to opioids and heroine and that kind of thing. if that not happening? the reality is the opposite. first of all we now have more opium deaths in colorado than ever before, going up since the legalisation and not down and new research also has found a link between marijuana and other drugs. so i think it is a bad idea,

it does not help to control it at all. colorado has seen a thriving illegal market even though it is legal there as people try to undercut the tax revenue. and talking of the tax revenue, those states do not offer any more social services than they used to, they are not paid on their roads, this idea ofa not paid on their roads, this idea of a tax windfall, i'm still waiting for basic drug treatment in this country to be paid for through even drink or tobacco. it is a drop in the bucket, there are long—term costs a nd the bucket, there are long—term costs and we need to slow down this train. the only people the benefit from going fast on this issue are the wall street billionaires that are investing in cannabis to make money. that is what the whole thing is about. we need to slow down the train. thank you very much. is the uk moving this way?” train. thank you very much. is the uk moving this way? i do not think they will move towards legalising cannabis, in fact they rule that out

today. but they moving quite quickly because of the fuss over medicinal cannabis and that probably is a step in the right direction. imagine jetting off on your holidays on an electric—powered aircraft. not as pie in the sky as you might think? a new battery—powered plane has taken off over norway, as part of the nation's bid to tackle climate change and air pollution. the country is planning to run all its transport systems on electricity and says passenger flights could start by 2025. our environment analyst roger harrabin has been to norway to find how quickly it will take off. flying, the worst thing you are likely to do for the climate. all those co2 emissions. is this an answer in norway? the pollution—free plane, powered by batteries. getting into this thing is a feat of human... he laughs. human origami. she is tiny, but bigger electric planes are coming as technology improves.

they're quiet with no exhaust. norway aims to have all its short—haul flights battery powered by 2040. is it realistic? now we see the development with batteries and technology and the focus from leadership in the aviation industry going so fast forward that i think it is feasible. norway's boats are going electric too as part of the battle against climate change. this battery—powered boat is faster than a normal ferry with two big advantages. no exhaust, no noise. the batteries are hidden below decks. in future, all norway's ferries will look like this. norway is also subsidising electric cars. it is cheaper to buy,

to run, and to maintain, and it is good for the environment. no conventional cars will be sold in the country after 2025. that is way sooner than the 2040 date proposed by countries like france and the uk. so are norwegians environmental saints? no, they're not. in winter, they fly long—haul for the sun. and they are rich from oil and gas. but the lead norway is setting on electric transport is creating a real buzz. ibm has held what it's described as the first live debates between a computer and humans. neither side was given prior knowledge of the topics and the audience decided the contest was a draw.

ibm says it hopes the technology can be used to help people make strong arguments and decisions based on evidence, not emotion. did you watch that, i thought it was fantastic. i loved the computer.“ you have two people who debate on a daily basis you could take one of them out and replace them with a computer, is that right? not the woman, though, because the computer was also a woman. worth bearing in mind for the salary negotiations later this year! but also the computer had a good sense of humour. so it would be quite nice to have somebody to respect against you with a good sense of humour, wouldn't it? and told quite good jokes? yes. moving on. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers

on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — donald trump's ‘out—of—this—world' plan to flex america's military might in space. that is all still to come. whether it was cloudy or sunny with you today it was another day of temperature contrasts. towards the south and east we had temperatures peaking at 25 degrees. further north though a fresh date with grey skies overhead and west of scotland is not getting above 13 degrees throughout the day. this is the cloud that has been separating them, the fresh air to the north and some heavy rain to finish the day and take us into tonight. for northern ireland and a good part of mainland scotland will see heavy rain at times. to the south of that the cloud will break but stayed very breezy and muddy

with temperatures up at around 15 degrees. to the north of the weather front temperatures down in single figures, clear skies later. that is the setup to start wednesday. the cold front then move south and the fresh air goes with it. so our bags of rain across scotland and northern ireland who north of england. the cold front working in towards the midlands and east anglia by the afternoon, turning lighter and more showery. so some showers around in the afternoon, but a distinct separation between the fresh air rushing into the north and west, and the south—east and east anglia. but some good sunny breaks for the afternoon across northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland. a scattering of showers further north and a breeze which keeps temperatures down around 12, 15 degrees. and we finished the day

with showers continue across scotland. weather front eventually clearing away from the south—east corner to leave a fresher night to ta ke corner to leave a fresher night to take us into thursday. i pressure —— high—pressure building in for thursday. quite a strong breeze around. mostly a dry day on thursday. some cloud building up through the day but still some good sunny spells and temperatures around i7, 21 sunny spells and temperatures around 17, 21 degrees. with high pressure in charge it stays dry into netsuite but the story is temperatures are on the rise again. this is beyond one hundred days. katty kay in washington — christian fraser's in london. our top stories: as the us faces growing criticism for its border policies, donald trump says mexico does nothing to prevent illegal migration into america. using cannabis for medicinal purposes — here, the uk home secretary announces a review which could see more patients allowed to use the drug. coming up in the next half hour:

us markets take a tumble on fears that a trade war with china is becoming a reality. the billionaire watching his back — as russia revels in world cup glory, we hear from the exiled oligarch who's fallen out of favour with president putin. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag. there is a news coming in from the senate, we have been speaking about the republic ‘s reaction, outspoken reaction from the top two republicans in the senate, they think they need to address this issue of families being separated on the us mexican border. mitch mcconnell saying they are going to reach out to democrats, try to come up reach out to democrats, try to come up with something within days or this week, he said, all senate

republican support a plan that will keep migrant families together. every action, cushion, coming from the very top. these are not people who are soft on immigration, hardline conservatives, it'll be interesting to see how the president will respond. we had him in the last hour doubling down on this.“ sounded will happen quite quickly. he said the senate will address family separations in a bill. another says his aim is to address family separations on the border in days, possibly this week. it is going to be something that we will be talking back in the days to come. hot on the heels of his visit last week to singapore, kimjong—un is now in china. it's his third meeting with xijinping in as many months. the chinese may not have been at the summit last week but their presence was certainly felt. and on his visit to beijing the north korean leader was praised by president xi for the way he had handled donald trump. suddenly kim is well positioned to play both powers, talking sweet to donald trump

while pursuing an ever closer relationship with xi jinping. and maybe he is looking to take advantage of the growing rift between the two superpowers. mr trump has just threatened to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion of chinese goods. to which the chinese say they will "strike back hard" with me now is vincent ni, from the bbc‘s chinese service. the first time the kim jong—un went to china, he went in an armoured train and we got the pictures while after the event. today we see him in the grand hall of the people, xi jinping rolling out the red carpet and we get the photos whilst he is still in china. what does that tell us? what it tells us is this is a major boost for kim jong—un's reputation, serious international geopolitical player. it also i think he does not go to china without any strings attached. he wants china to

lobby the united nations security council to lift the sanctions for it. i suppose the chinese will much obliged to say, yes, we are going to help you. but we do not know how the security council is going to respond. he wants that help to help them when they are changing their economic policies. i guess for the chinese, there is also something to gain from it, the fact that china releases photos before kimjong—un safely went back shows that china is happily playing along. china wants to tell the united states in particular that china is a serious player in this rather congregated relationship as well. a confiscated relationship between —— complicated relationship, a looming trade spat, is it possible that kimjong looming trade spat, is it possible that kim jong and could play one—off against the other? very possible.

also both us and china want something completely different. america wants north korea to the more friendly to the west and this is exactly what is going to upset the chinese. kim jong—un is exactly what is going to upset the chinese. kimjong—un knows is exactly what is going to upset the chinese. kim jong—un knows this very well, that is why he goes to beijing, he meets with donald trump, all pomp and ceremony, he has based benefits for all of these meetings. cani benefits for all of these meetings. can i ask you about this trade spat because the conventional wisdom is that it hurts china more than the united states because china imports less from america than it exports to america, so it cannot retaliate in kind? when they say the bitter strike back hard, what is actually mean? what will be stripped back withi suppose when china is talking about striking back, there is a lot of rhetoric going on. ultimately china is the country that has a massive trade deficit. this is

the 375 billion us dollars trade deficit between us and china. today, donald trump threatened to impose 200 billion us dollars for this tariff, damaged china has much to lose. —— that means china. so if this trade war is really going ahead, china has much to lose. having said that, doesn't mean that us does not have anything to lose if china the tally it with similar —— retaliates with a similar matter tariff, that means consumer goods sold in the walmart united states, the prices going up as well. this is not going play well ahead of the mid—term election later this year. vincent, good to talk to you. thank you for coming in. the world cup is a showcase for russia. for president putin a valuable opportunity to demonstrate, accurately or not, that western sanctions have not

had their intended effect. perhaps the tournament also serves as a useful distraction. while the russians are enjoying the football the government has just announced it will be raising the official retirement age. yes, a good day to bury bad news. 0n the eve of the tournament president trump was calling for russia to be allowed back into the g7. in spite of the behaviour in ukraine, crimea, its inteference in the us and european elections, and of course the poisoning in salisbury. i have been talking to the exiled oligarch mikhail khodorkovsky. this is what he told me. so you think it is no coincidence that while we have this festival of football in russia, president putin is using that to unveil some

of the more controversial policies he wants to get through? and, simultaneously, we have president trump last week urging g—7 countries to readmit russia into the group. what do you make of that? so in what sense do you think he's doing that?

and recently he has been travelling to austria, he has a new government in italy that is supportive of easing sanctions in russia and, of course, he has some sympathy in the white house. what does that mean to putin? but he has not corrected in any way russia's behaviour, they still have kremlin,

they are still in ukraine. there is the salisbury poisoning. so do you think in a way donald trump is playing into the trap? how valuable is president trump's support to president putin? and we know about the russian interference in european elections,

what is the ultimate goalfor moscow here? is it trying to bring down the european union? mikhail khodorkovsky, once russia's richest man. he spent ten years behind bars. i asked him if he lived in london in fear of his life. he said you have to get used to living in london, he said there is a lot of old buildings and a lot of falling masonry.” said there is a lot of old buildings and a lot of falling masonry. i did not know your russian was so good, i am impressed. there was a translator. now, a space force sounds like something out of star wars, but in fact it could be the newest arm of the us military. president trump has ordered the creation of a sixth military branch, an extension to the existing five. the military, coast

guard, navy, army, and airforce. the idea of a space force, which has been floated in the past, has not been universally welcomed by the generals or the lawmakers. and congressional approval would be required for it to take effect. yesterday before a meeting of his national space council, the president explained why he thinks it is necessary. when it comes to defending america, it is not enough to nearly have an american presence in space, we must have american dominance in space. -- it is —— it is not enough to merely have. well, for more on what a space force might look like, we'rejoined now from new york byjeffrey kluger. he's a science reporter for time magazine. you heard the president the saying they must have dominance in space. is this the way they are going to get back, this space force? no, it is not. we should begin that the dominance in space is not a realistic goal. at the moment there is no such thing as the kind of

technology that would allow world wari technology that would allow world war i style dogfight in low earth orbit. for we are talking about is satellite technology, surveillance, ground surveillance, communications security, the ability to coordinate ground assets during military operations from space. this is all sort of observing the grand and coordinating military facilities on the surface of the earth. this has nothing to do with the kind of grandiose swashbuckling space combat that the idea of a space force brings to mind. dominance in this kind of situation isn't really possible, every nation will have a technological edge, yes, go ahead i am sorry. when the president made that speech yesterday, he singled out two countries, russia and china. i do not know if russia is involved in the high—tech end of this as other countries, china in particular is a

country that is making huge strides when it comes to ai, cyber issues, when it comes to ai, cyber issues, when it comes to ai, cyber issues, when it comes to the things you are talking about. isn't the right to be concerned about china's emergence in this field? he absolutely is right to be concerned. china in particular has got somewhat adept at satellite destruction. 0ffensive approaches to other nation's assets, russia would like to do this as well. you do not need a space. do this. we have a space force, it was established in 1982 under president reagan, exists as an arm of the airforce. we 1982 under president reagan, exists as an arm of the air force. we have not gone to the point where we need any more than that. before the existing air force was established in1947, existing air force was established in 1947, america's air assets, aeroplanes, early military aircraft we re aeroplanes, early military aircraft were coordinated by the army and the marines and the navy. that was fine for a long time. then finally when aircombat for a long time. then finally when air combat truly became reckless and

sophisticated, we established nfo. we are not there with these these false. having the air force managing this, managing the technology and the satellite defence is perfectly acceptable. you are being short—sighted because if we are going to mars and we are going soon, we are going to need a martian army. and that is entirely true, but remember this is a conditional premise, if we are going to mars soon. let's examine that premise. if we actually do get to the point that we actually do get to the point that we we re we actually do get to the point that we were on other planets and we had military assets on other planets and not against martians, because they do not exist, but if the russians and the chinese and the americans we re and the chinese and the americans were on mars or on the moon, also in 1967 space treaty that forbids us from miniaturising any other celestial body. as long as we do not plan to abrogate that treaty and nietzsche ‘s dude break treaties, as long as we do not plan to do that,

military forces on another planet would not be allowed to engage one another. —— nations do you break treaties. geoffrey keeping us real. you would like a little space force, wouldn't you? i can tell. you would like to send me to mars as well. never! this is beyond 100 days. still to come — presidential pride as emmanual macron tells a teenager in no uncertain terms to address him properly and not by his nickname. here, a minute's silence has been held at a ceremony in north london to mark the first anniversary of the finsbury park terrorist attack. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. london at rush—hour. but today, a minute of silence and reflection. among the leaders, the daughter and grandson of makram ali, who was killed in the finsbury park

attack one year ago. and the iman, who preserved the rule of law, making sure the attacker was kept safe until the police arrived. this is our city. this is our way of life. those who seek to divide us should know this — you will never succeed. applause. darren 0sborne had deliberately driven a hire van straight into a group of muslims on a warm night during ramadan. 0ne survivor, abdirahman ibrahim, was hit by the van and then helped restrain the attacker to protect his more seriously injured friends. he says that many of those caught up in the violence are still suffering, either physically or mentally. the anxiety, the post—traumatic stress disorder. some of us have panic attacks. so, this will be ongoing. no matter how much counselling or therapy you take,

no—one will ever forget what happened that night. makram ali, who was killed, was 51 years old and sat in the same chair for prayers at his local mosque every day. and there is now a memorial to makram ali overlooking the playground where he watched his six children grow up and, until last year, his grandchildren too. but at makram ali's mosque — lit up overnight with the #londonunited hashtag — they say that a tragedy that might have divided has actually brought people closer together. daniel sandford, bbc news. this is beyond 100 days. the interior minister in italy, matteo salvini, is demanding a register of all the roma people in his country. the census he says will be carried out to answer the roma question. those who have no entitlement to stay will be expelled said the minister. "unfortu nately, " he added, "we will have to keep

the italian roma because we can't expel them". there are at least 130,000 roma living in italy. and a survey of the italians by the pew research centre suggests there is a universally negative view of them. 0ur rome correspondent james reynolds told us how the italians have been reacting to mr salvini's comments. it is still something that i think some italians are getting used to, to seeing someone who used to be on the sidelines saying something, in possibly an uncontrolled way, now having the levers of power and deciding to say things in exactly the same way. and finding also that what he is able to say, what he wants to do, is able to be borne out with the facts. bear in mind last week he was able to turn the direction of a migrant ship, moving away from italy and it was essentially accepted towards spain. whether or not he is able to conduct some kind of his own headcount of the roma community in italy or whether or not there may be legal

cases against a partial census, we will have to see. james reynolds in italy. with the migrant crisis stoking tensions in the eu, and within her own government, the german chancellor angela merkel has been given two weeks to broker a compromise. her sister party, the csu, which forms part of the coalition in germany, says europe must take some tough decisions. the issue looks set to dominate next week's eu summit in brussels. today in berlin the chancellor was meeting with french president emmanuel macron to talk eu reform. but migration is the insurmountable problem. countries like italy and greece say they can no longer bear the brunt of arrivals from across the mediterranean. the quota system to share out the burden, agreed two years ago, has been rejected by a number of eastern european countries. so what next? we spoke tojenny hill a little earlier. one of the most obvious things today is that we had president macron and angela merkel simply repeat some of the things they have said in the past, so, yes, they want solidarity among the eu. well, good luck with that. we knowjust how divided europe

is over the issue of migration. we did hear a little bit about maybe strengthening frontex, putting more officers on the external border of the eu and one particularly interesting subject, first mooted in fact by the danish prime minister a few weeks ago, the idea of detention centres outside the eu border but on the european mainland where migrants could be effectively held and processed. now, mrs merkel was asked about this during a press conference this evening. she didn't rule out the idea, which may surprise some. she said there may be a place for such a facility if it is to house people who have no chance of being granted asylum in europe. an interesting one for mrs merkel, that, and rather at odds with perhaps what people might expect to be at her other more liberal view view on this subject, but perhaps that is just a reflection of the pressure she is under. yeah, and, jenny, what does this mean for her domestically? how important is that she can come with some kind of plans from these meetings with macron,

with the eu in order to save her own political career? well, mrs merkel will be in a corner regardless of what happens. if she comes back with something from the eu summit then her interior minister, the leader of her bavarian sister party who has been pressurising her, will say, well, you know what? you have only acted now because we have forced you to do so. if she doesn't come up with something satisfactory then horst seehofer is going to go ahead, implement his plan, turn migrants back at the border if they've been first registered in another eu member state, that is going to bring the crisis rushing back because mrs merkel at that stage is probably going to fire him. if she does that, that puts the alliance between her party and his party under considerable pressure. it is likely to fall apart, that threatens her fragile coalition government. worth pointing out that she did score a bit of a victory today with president macron. he has supported really the idea of a bilateral agreement, remember that is what mrs merkel‘s trying to achieve, bilateral agreements with countries which

would effectively say we will take migrants back if they were first registered here. she's trying to thrash out with countries like italy and greece, very difficult, of course, but president macron tonight said, actually, yes, france will take back anyone who is first registered in our country. so, a show of support for mrs merkel at the very least. jenny hill in balance. —— fouls. from the day of his inaugaration emmanuel macron has made a deliberate pitch to restore the presidency to the status it had under charles de gaulle. so we shouldn't be surprised by what we are about to see. the french leader was on a visit to the fort of mont valerien near paris, where the nazis had executed resistance members during world war two. and as he was passing through the crowds, a young french teenager addressed him by his nickname, manu. can you imagine going back to school

being brandished by the french president? text on. -- picked on. he makes reference quite a lot to the waiter heartland played it, francois harland, he made that they made the french people anxious, they want to look up to the presidency. i think he is right. there's a lot of comment on twitter today that he is too stiff and arrogant, there will be other people who i think would properly applaud him.

i was much more interested in something else which is what your nickname would be in a crowd like that. i have come up with scu in the last few minutes. chrissy, you are not going to like that. chrisu. superstar. we do make friends. i can't make you a present, but i can make you a superstar. is it my jokes? we will see you tomorrow. see you all tomorrow. whether it was cloudy or sunny with you, start temperature contrast. when the culprit, we saw temperatures peaked at 25 this afternoon. further north certainly a fresh take grey skies overhead,

western scotland not getting about 13 celsius throughout the day. this is the part that has been separating the milder air to the cell. with this little bubble developing, some heavier rain to finish the day. northern ireland, good part of mail in scotland and the far north of england will see some heavy rain at times. to the south of that, the cloud will break that staying fairly breezily and muggy. temperatures staying up to 15 celsius. to the north of our weather front, temperatures down into single figures, clearer skies into stornoway later. that is the setup to start wednesday. the cloud front moussaka to start wednesday. the cloud front moussa ka and the to start wednesday. the cloud front moussaka and the fresh air will go with it. we start the day, south—east of northern ireland, north wales, the cauldron works his way through wales into the midlands and east anglia by the afternoon, turning lighter and more showery. 0nly turning lighter and more showery. only one or two showers, you can hardly spot them in fact on the charts here. one or two around but there will be a distinct separation

between fresh air pushing into the north and west, 25 and 26 celsius across the southeast and east anglia. the good sunny breaks, across northern england, northern ireland, southern scotland, scattering showers further north than a breeze which will keep temperatures down at around 12, 15 celsius for many. we finished the day with a showers continuing across scotland, weather front eventually clears away from the south—east corner to leave a fresh night to ta ke corner to leave a fresh night to take this into thursday. if you have been struggling with the humid air, there will be a change. high pressure building on the thursday. the cold side of it to begin with, the wind coming down from the north. as few showers and shetland, a strong breeze. most of you having a dry day on thursday, a bit of cloud building up to today that with some good sunny spells. temperatures at i7, 20 good sunny spells. temperatures at 17, 20 one celsius. a marked drop across southern counties of england. it stays dry the weekend that the

big story is temperatures will be back on the rise again. this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 8pm. the home secretary announces a review into the medicinal use of cannabis, in a move prompted by cases of children with epilepsy not having access to cannabis oil to control their seizures. i will do everything in my power to make sure that we have a system that works so that these children and these parents can get access to the best possible medical treatment. republicans in the us senate say migrant families should be kept together while their immigration status is determined, as president trump faces increasing criticism for his zero tolerance policy. religious and community leadersjoin together, for a minute's silence, to mark the first anniversary of the finsbury park terror attack. also coming up: how's this for a telling off,

not just from anyone, but the president of france.