you're watching beyond 100 days... heavy rain is forecast in thailand and that is not good news for rescuers trying to save the boys trapped in a cave. officials say there will be a no risk policy in getting them out — which means they could be there for a long time. a doctor and a counsellor have now been sent in to be with the young soccer players — along with food supplies. translation: these are the kids i have trained. they are strong. i've built them up to play at a professional level. but how to get them out when waters are rising, they don't know how to use scuba gear, several can't even swim and the caves are treacherous. also on the programme: all eyes, including mine, on moscow where england are right now kicking off against columbia in the world cup. i found something on the web, syrian democratic forces... what a very rum business that is. and the british defence secretary heckled at the despatch box — not by those on the opposite benches — but by someone, who goes by the name siri.

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. thai authorities say they won't take any risks getting a team of young soccer players out of an underground cave. that raises the possibility the boys and their coach could be there for some time, as they are taught to swim and use diving equipment. they were fed today but they are still weak. the boys were found in a complex of underground caves, perched on a bank of mud. it's 400 meters from an underground chamber, known as pattaya beach. you can see the distance they will need to travel to get out through narrow corridors submerged in water. jonathan head is with the rescue team in thailand and sent this report. there is a renewed sense of mission here now. for the first time in ten days they know where the boys are and they know they are alive.

the constant flow of diverse moves in and out of the caves. they are stocking equipment and food supplies underground preparing for what could be a long and difficult rescue. tonight, they are trying to connect the children to their families. we are bringing in a phone line, said the navy commander in charge of the divers, so they can speak to their parents. there is no rush, he said, all the children will eventually come back. seven divers including two medics are now staying with the boys. they are said to be surprisingly good health after ten days with almost food. days with almost no food. this is the boys' football coach, it was his assistant who went with them that day. he says he had no idea they were planning to go into the caves. but he is not surprised

that they have survived so well. they are strong, these boys, he told me. i was building this team up to play professionally. they're almost amazing discovery is still being celebrated all over thailand. it is as if a cloud has been lifted from this country. translation: it is unimaginable. i have been waiting for ten days and never imagined this day would come. i would like to thank the military, the police and all the officials who came to help to find my son. this is still a huge operation with large numbers of people coming in to help an operation which has achieved a remarkable success but it still does not have an answer as to how they will get those boys out of the caves. translation: it is unimaginable. that is why the pumps

are still working overtime here. no one thinks the boys can be extracted soon. and more monsoon rain is on the way. jonathan head, bbc news, tham luang caves, thailand. you might be wondering why these boys would have gone into a cave system where there was a risk they would be stranded. but in fairness when the team walked into the entrace of the cave system on the 23rd june it was bone dry. it's the heavy rainfall that fell on that day and since, that has flooded and blocked the narrow passage ways. and as their route to higher ground narrowed, so they abandoned their bikes and rucksacks. this is where british rescue workers first found them — some two and half miles from the entrance to the cave network. joining us now from new york is christine dennison. she's a technical diver and remote expedition specialist. thank you forjoining us. what is the challenge from a diving point of view of getting these boys up to speed with diving equipment in order

to get them out, how long would that take? thank you for having me. it is a miraculous situation they have found them. the difficulty is getting them up to speed to get them out of this cave, possibly with scuba gear. they have the best people on the scene at the moment with the british experts and the navy seals. but it is still a big undertaking to get these kids co mforta ble undertaking to get these kids comfortable in the water, teaching them a basic scuba diving prerequisites for that, which they can do well getting in and out of the water. caving is a very difficult type of diving. they have to deal with a lot of added extras on top ofjust basic scuba diving. they will have to do with an overhead environment, they will have to deal with lights. it is a lot of stress for these kids and i hope this is the last resort in trying to get them out. wouldn't it be

possible to send in a professional diverfor possible to send in a professional diver for each possible to send in a professional diverfor each of the possible to send in a professional diver for each of the kids and the coach, as you do with swim training rescue operations, kind of drag them out in some ways? why wouldn't that be possible? it is difficult in cave systems, especially when they are flooded. you have the added difficulty of having to manoeuvre bodies through very narrow restrictions that are now flooded. i am sure they had restrictions walking in, but the added issue at the moment is they are flooded and the moment is they are flooded and the water is cold. there is a lot of mass in the water, and it is not the environment to teach someone who is not comfortable in water and in that situation to try to get them out. it might not be possible to get them through the restrictions out of the cave and they might have to go

single file. to risk having a child panic, remember there is no visibility. when you do cave diving you have lines, you have lights and reels. it is very dear intensive and the divers and the training that will go into getting these kids co mforta ble will go into getting these kids comfortable is a series of staging, getting them in and out of the water with the gear, getting them co mforta ble with the gear, getting them comfortable underwater, breathing underwater and it is a slow process and complicated step. speaking as somebody who is horribly claustrophobic, when you talk about the dangers of the overhangs, can you explain what the water is doing ina you explain what the water is doing in a cave system like that and how you move between one caven to another? from what i understand they are two miles in. that is a very long way to go underwater on scooby give. along the way you will have

narrow areas where you have an overhead environment, like going to a narrow tunnel or an mri scan, it could go on for the length of this which is not the most comfortable situation, which is why cave diving and the experts out there are outstanding in their ability to psychologically deal with the stress and equipment and the gear of doing this type of diving. it is not for everyone, but at the same time, there are different cave systems that are fascinating. i believe this cave that has flooded, there is a lot of mud, and a lot of them have clear water so they are spring fed and they are less ominous in that you could submerge and see, light it up you could submerge and see, light it up with a torch and see clear water. these kids are going into very dark, murky water that add stress and fear and you have to be very experienced

to do the diving they are doing and try to get them out safely. they have a lot to try and accomplish and hopefully get these kids out sooner than that. it's not safe for them breathing in the air. christine, thank you forjoining us. and that there is the point, christian, some of these kids cannot even swim said the challenge of getting them out is monumental. there has been this idea you will parcel them up and passed them to the tunnels, but as christine has pointed out, there is so much more to deal with, went looking after yourself as a diver, not to mention the person you are trying to keep alive. spare a thought for the pa rents, alive. spare a thought for the parents, the euphoria yesterday and then being told what the challenge now is, they are back probably where they were yesterday and the worry that comes with that. dreadful for the parents. terrible roller

coasters. talking of roller—coaster is... attention will be elsewhere, on the football. it is a miracle that my co—presenter even turned up tonight. the truth is that for most of the evening christian's attention will be elsewhere, on the football. how do i know because one of my spies has just sent me this picture. which confirms my suspicions, if you think christian is looking at you, dear viwers, he is in fact staring over the top of the camera at a live feed of the england colombia game, on the big screen behind it. it's only because i am dedicated to bringing you the viewers news as it breaks. and might i say this is a true test of loyalty katty. there are probably ten million people in the uk who knocked off early tonight. and will doubtless be turning up to work tomorrow nursing an almighty hangover. i am just hoping that in two hours' time they are not crying into their beer. olly foster in moscow are you feeling my pain. are you feeling my pain, because you are working? we have anemometer

each, we will have to speak like this without eye contact. —— monitor. it is the last piece of the jigsaw and then we have the quarterfinal line—up at what has been a wonderful world cup. we have had some fantastic matches over the last couple of days. france knocking out argentina, penalty shoot outs, but nothing is more important than england doing well against colombia. it started at 100 miles an hour. ashley young has had an early free kick that has been punched away by the goalkeeper. england back to., gareth southgate made a lot of changes to the team back was beaten by belgian. england, on the side of the drawn—out, that is wide open

now. this match, they are really at each other. england just about have the edge but it is only 11 minutes in. is that man, rodriguez playing for colombia because they said he was the difference between england winning and not? he won the golden boot four years ago in brazil. they reached the quarterfinals colombia, which was their best at a world cup. he is on the bench and it looks like he hasn't got his boots anywhere near him so i think all colombian hopes that radical falcao, who has had a good tournament so far... england just lining up a free kick. into the box but headed away by colombia. rodriguez, he is on the bench and obviously they are leading the race for the golden boot at the moment, harry kane, england's

captain. lots of little subplots in this match but all england want to do is get past colombia which will be their first do is get past colombia which will be theirfirst win in a do is get past colombia which will be their first win in a competition knockout match for 12 years. thank you very much. i thought it had been a long time. i am plotting my wall chart. it goes colombia, sweden and then croatia and then france in the final. can i have one tiny moment. i know it is committing national heresy that the swiss team because my dad is swiss and it was a very sad moment. you are half english as well so i have both your teams are not going out of the world cup. i am clearly a bad omen for everyone involved. we cannot leave this without talking about the japanese. the heroes of this world cup. did you see how they let the dressing? do you leave the studio like that,

christian? always. and my bedroom. that is russian for thank you. that is their dressing room after they we re is their dressing room after they were beaten. they went into the changing rooms and they left it like that. how to be a credit for your country, japan. we love that. moving on... is the iranian nuclear deal dead or can it be saved by those who are still signatories to the 2015 agreeement? on friday the top diplomats from britain, china, france, germany and russia willjoin the iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif in the austrian capital. the goal is to construct and support an "incentive package" that will stop tehran walking away. but can it be done when washington is threatening sanctions against those companies that trade with iran? yesterday, the president's lawyer rudy giuliani told reporters at a conference in france that "european leaders should be ashamed of themselves" and he warned that sanctions will get "greater and greater". may be when the greatest economic power in the history of the world

stops doing business with you, you have the kind of economic collapse that you now see in iran and that's going to get worse because i guarantee you, the sanctions will become greater, greater and greater. this president does not intend to turn his back on freedom fighters. i have been talking to the deputy assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs, andrew peek. there are elements of iranian behaviour that concern us. the support for armed proxy, support for terrorism are ones that concern virtually the entire international community. we are going to remain close with our british partners and allies as we go forward. so we are clear, it's not an administration position that by staying in the deal, the europeans are in some way trying to make it easierfor iran to get a nuclear weapon because that's preposterous, isn't it? the europeans care very much about reducing the threat that iran poses. so rudy giuliani was wrong? the europeans care very much about reducing the threat iran poses. the state department director

of policy planning was asked yesterday if the united states' european allies would be hit by sanctions if they continue to trade with iran and his answer was yes. we will not hesitate to take action when we see sanctionable activity. so what you are saying essentially is, that if any european company props up iran, they will be sanctioned. we have been pretty frank with companies around the world in asia and europe and elsewhere that when we see sanctionable activity, we will try to get it down to zero. we will try to stop this, right? at the same time, the reason we are here, the reason we are engaging our partner so closely is to achieve the end goal. that is not to sanction people but to get the money going into iran to zero. but that would mean that you are actively trying to undermine what the other signatories to this deal are trying to do? it is our policy to stop the amount of foreign currency going into iran

and to reduce investment into key iranians sectors. and to reduce investment into key iranian sectors. that's absolutely right. but if you want this change in policy, shouldn't you be sitting at the table? because these countries are all meeting on friday and you'd have no input. we felt like within the jcp we felt like within thejcp oav didn't have sufficient leveraged on iran to see positive results in the area is the secretary laid out, the 12 baskets of areas. we could never impose economic costs on iran to make them choose, because there was this assumed top line of investment going into iran to incentivise them to remain in thejcpoa.

going into iran to incentivise them to remain in the jcpoa. but is the objective regime change? no. so what needs to happen then to satisfy the trump administration? there were 12 baskets of issues comprising of certain nuclear items, a wide variety of regional aspects. human rights improvements that we need to see to illustrate thatjcpoa is changing its behaviour. that is what we are after, changing behaviour. when you say you are reaching your european partners, what reaction are you getting because it is a difficult relationship? iran continues to behave in a way that continually brings us closer together, even when we have those disagreements because they continue to behave badly. if it fails, iran

says, perhaps by next week they will go to uranium enrichment to 20%, above the level permitted by the deal within days if the agreement falls apart? we believe that fundamentally, the most senior levels in the regime once iran's economy to provide its people the kind of living and lifestyle they need, to genuinely thrive. if the choice is between doing the activities that concerned the whole world and offering that economy, i think they will choose the economy. andrew peek, thank you so much. the iran deal is not the only thing putting the translatlantic alliance under real pressure. next week at a nato summit in brussels, mr trump is widely expected to rebuke european nations forfailing to spend enough on defence. here's the national security advisorjohn bolton. there will be a lot of discussion,

there was discussion this past week at the european council about the eu position on ukraine. this is a subject where there has been disagreement among the europeans as well. the president wants a strong nato. if you think russia is a threat, ask yourself this question, why is germany spending less than 1.296 why is germany spending less than 1.2% of its gnp. when people talk about undermining the nato alliance, look at those who carry out steps that make nato less effective militarily. a lecture from the american president on defence spending is not going to go down particularly well — especially in the midst of a growing trade row. in a number of instances of late, the patience of european leaders has been tested. this is the prime minister of the netherlands mark rutte interrupting president trump yesterday and contradicting him on tarrifs. i think the eu, we will be meeting

with them soon and they want to see if they can work something out. that will be good and if we do work it out, it will be positive. if we don't, it will be positive also. no. it will be positive but mr prime minister, thank you very much for being here. and i was picking up a bit of this on friday at the eu summit i was at katty. have a listen tojean claudejunker talking about those relations and the tensions that are appearing. we have two show that we do exist that we are united and we are presenting exactly the same view. we should the traumatise these relations. we need these relations, the us need these relations. i am not sure we will find an agreement between the us and the european union, but we will try.

took them about ten seconds to a nswer took them about ten seconds to answer that question. when he goes to brussels next week for the nato summit, he still has put anything in the book to meetjean—claude juncker. nigel farage says he will because he doesn't believe in these multilateral nations. even the individual relationships with those countries is strained at the moment because he is producing a series of letters rebuking individual european countries for not doing enough on defence spending. you have the spending and nato, you have trade, which is hotting up across the atlantic. we have the iran deal and the backdrop of pulling out of the paris climate accord and then we are getting everything coming to a head.

he is going after germany, going after ca rs he is going after germany, going after cars in particular. over the weekend, he was surprised, strangely, by the number of troops in germany. he said to the pentagon, come up with a costing and why have we got so many troops in germany. i think he will know how important these bases are to the german economy. 50,000 americans working in the air base and that is just one of several bases on german territory. and he is pulling up the threads. when you talk about article five and collective responsibility within nato, if you interfere with these alliances, post 9/11 in 2001, all these countries came to america's aid. would they be so quick to come to his aid in this climate and the way he's pulling at these alliances, iam not way he's pulling at these alliances, i am not so sure. and since the second world war, american economic growth has been close to trade

relationships and he's pulling up those. being heckled is part of thejob when you are a politician — especially in the uk in the house of commons. but it's just that bit more awkward when the cries don't come from the opposite benches. defence secretary, gavin williamson, was giving a statement on the fight against islamic state today when his mobile phone interjected — take a look. in the euphrates valley and surrounding areas. i have found something on the web from syria, syrian forces... what a very rum business that is. i do apologise for that. it is very rare that you are heckled by your own mobile phone. that has got to be the only time

siri is on subject. does anyone actually said this is a rum business? 191105? many of them still wear tights, so there you go. the woman in my life into jack's in a similar way. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — we'll be talking to a psychologist about what the 12 boys caught in the thai cave and their families— might be going through, and how they can be helped. and you might think, judging by what comes out of the white house, that the us is dragging its feet on climate change. but lots is being done across the country to tackle the issue, as cities start taking action on their own. that's still to come. another day with plenty warm

sunshine out there. it won't be as much though. but from highland scotla nd much though. but from highland scotland to wales, temperatures topped out in the upper 20s again today but there will be more cloud tomorrow and the chance of picking up tomorrow and the chance of picking upa tomorrow and the chance of picking up a shower. there have been a few around across parts of south west england and the channel islands where the risk continues. one might be possible in southern england but few and far between. cloud increasing in eastern part of the uk. awarm increasing in eastern part of the uk. a warm and humid night with the cloud towards the south—west. tomorrow, more cloud in scotland, north—east england, southern england, south wales and patchy cloud into northern ireland. but too much of north wales, the midlands and north west england, a fair amount of sunshine to be enjoyed. if we look at things where we have the

cloud across southern parts, a chance of picking up a shower. they are few and far between and it won't help too much if you do get one on the garden but there is a hint some warm somewhere will get some relief with the hint of a shower coming through. but with more cloud around, not so many of the upper 20s temperatures showing up. at wimbledon tomorrow more cloud compared with how the tournament started. temperature is a little bit lower. the wind will be lighter tomorrow compared with what we have seen over tomorrow compared with what we have seen over the past couple of days. there is even a weather front on the chart as we go into thursday. moving into scotland and northern ireland, this has nothing more than an area of cloud, maybe a spot or two of light rain, but it will bring temperatures down. a hint of something blue on the map which means the change in the feel of the weather. temperatures will have come down a bit. the warmth is there

across much of england and wales, in fa ct a across much of england and wales, in fact a bridge is probably higher towards the south—east. patchy cloud with a slight chance of a shower in england and wales for thursday. looking further into the weekend, north, north scotland could see rain but elsewhere high pressure is building and plenty of very warm to hot sunshine out there. you're watching beyond 100 days. england did not score during our break but we are still here. our top stories: 12 boys and their football coach who are trapped in a flooded cave in thailand have received their first food and medical treatment for 10 days. all eyes — including mine — on moscow where england are right now kicking off against columbia in the world cup. still drawing 0—0. coming up in the next half hour: as new york prepares to report to the united nations on its progress on tackling climate change we speak to the people feeling its effects already.

celebrating 100 years of the royal air force — we take a look at events planned across the uk to mark the occasion. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag #beyond0nehundreddays it's been a day of roller coaster emotions in thailand. yesterday we brought you the good news that the young soccer players stuck in a cave had been found. but it's become clear today that it's going to take some time before they are able to get out. the cave network makes the rescue mission complicated. the thai authorities say they won't rush to take them out of the cave because they don't want any dangerous risks. our science correspondent, victoria gill, has been considering the options for getting them out safely. what was meant to be an adventure has become an international rescue mission. what's not yet clear is just how that mission to bring the 12 boys and their football coach safely to the surface, will be carried out.

when the team walked into the entrance of the cave system on the 23rd ofjune, it was dry, but sudden heavy rainfall flooded and blocked narrow passageways. as their route to higher ground narrowed, they abandoned bikes and rucksacks. this is where british cave divers first reached them, 2.5 miles from the entrance to the cave network. two options are being considered for their rescue. pumping water out of flooded passageways and teaching the boys to scuba dive their way out, and extremely risky swim through tight spaces in low visibility. a third option is waiting for water levels to subside, which at the start of the rainy system, could take months. british cave divers, richard stanton and john volanthen, the first to reach the boys, are now supporting this complicated but hopeful rescue effort. they were called in by thai authorities for their expertise in high risk cave diving, something on display during their 2004 attempts to reach chamber 26 of wookey hole in somerset.

those boys have had a hard nine, ten days underground and now they've got the best guys there. so, john and rick you know, they are calm, they are very collected, they are very organised, extremely disciplined and consume it disciplines. —— consummate professionals. i feel confident from this point on that things are going to work. with even more heavy rain expected in the coming days, rescuers will have to decide on the best way out. victoria gill, bbc news. here to look at how the boys and theirfamilies might have been coping with this ordeal is professor lorraine sherr, a clinical pyschologist at ucl. i was just i wasjust thinking, i was just thinking, aside from the

immense disorientation of not having a torch and light and all the things you would need in that dark space, there must have been the fear that you are going to die. that is enormous pressure for young boys to live with. absolutely. they have had nine days of spiralling downwards, then suddenly, still dark, still hungry, but hope has arrived. now they are being probably educated about how difficult it's going to be to get them out, what do the rescue need to do, psychologically, to improve the chances of doing that, of getting them out safely? it's going to be a real racing game. they talk about a lengthy time to extract them. we know they will be eager to get out of their very rapidly, there will be panic. they will need to be keeping their mood up, they will need to work with them as a. and paste them, accurately, keep their minds busy. you sit there in the dark. —— they will need to work with

them as a group. it can be soul destroying and you can gravitate downwards. one of the little boys, his first reaction was, can we go home today? now? that's going to be tough, and for the parents. yesterday, euphoria, now they are back where they were yesterday? the pa rents back where they were yesterday? the parents will be in a pendulum of emotions. we know from some other rescues where parents have had to wait like in chile where we took 70 days to come out, it's horrific. until those children are in their hands, they won't have any experience of relief. how much will keeping these kids as psychologically strong as possible impact their chances of getting out safely? is there a direct correlation between their mental state of mind and their physical strength as they prepare for what will clearly be a difficultjourney? yes, it's fundamentally important

that they keep their minds is solid and sound. it will affect long—term recovery. we do a we do imagine that in terms of how they do, it will last forever. this is a life changing event. the group is good, the fact they are in a team, they have somebody with them keeping them, hearing parents voices to the telephone will help. but it is an emotional roller—coaster and they are young. they don't necessarily understand. we understand the thai authorities are thinking of building some kind of infrastructure, you can see that muddy bit of beach they are squashed on. how much would improving their conditions in the cave help them psychologically? enormously. the task of building it would distract them and give them something to do. there's nothing worse for people to sit and wait for your fate, than being worse for people to sit and wait for yourfate, than being active worse for people to sit and wait for your fate, than being active on feeling they are contributing will be enormously helpful and help them

prepare their memories when hopefully they are all retrieved. thank you for coming in. the former malaysian prime minister has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of billions of dollars from a government investment fund. najib razak, will be officially charged on wednesday and the malaysian news agency said he's expected to face more than ten counts of committing criminal breach of trust, linked to a former subsidiary of the state investment fund 1mdb. an investigation by the wall street journal newspaper claims ten million dollars from that subsidiary was transferred to mr najib's personal bank accounts. he has denied any wrongdoing. german chancellor, angela merkel, has reached a deal on immigration to end a row which threatened to break up herfour—month—old coalition government. interior minister horst seehofer, who leads her bavarian csu allies, has now dropped his threat to resign. mrs merkel agreed to tighten controls at the austrian border to stop people who have applied for asylum in other eu countries from entering germany. the dutch prime minister has warned that clarity is required on "every aspect" of the future relationship between the european union and britain theresa may is meeting

mark rutte ahead of a crunch cabinet meeting at chequers on friday which aims to finalise a white paper on the uk's future relations with the eu, aimed at paving the way for an agreement in the autumn. some 3000 police officers in france continue to be involved in the hunt for a convict who was sprung from prison by a gang using a helicopter. redoine faid had beenjailed for his part in a bank robbery in which a police officer was killed. faid said his lifestyle has been modelled on gangsters played by robert de niro and al pacino. fans who came to see a basketball match between the philippines and australia last night ended up witnessing more than just the game. match officials spent over 30 minutes trying to restore order in the world cup qualifying game near manila — as players exchanged punches and flying kicks. 13 players were sent off. the international basketball federation is opening disciplinary proceedings and officials from both countries have apologised to theirfans. nothing quite like that in the

colombia, england game yet! that it did look a little tent, there, christian... when it comes to climate change, president trump has made his position clear. but that's only part of the story here in the us. across this country in fact a lot is being done to tackle emissions, most of it by individual cities taking action of their own. next week new york will become the first city in the world to independtly report its progress on tackling climate to the un. nada tawfik has this report from new york, one of the most vulnerable cities doing a lot to fight the problem. the invading waters of jamaica bay have already altered life here in broad channel, and they may yet make this island unliveable before the end of the century. this is one of new york city's lowest lying neighbourhoods. it doesn't take much to flood these streets, just a high tide. this may look dramatic,

but it's actually a regular occurrence here in broad channel, so much so that the city has had to raise several of the streets. so it's easy to see why new york is so concerned about rising sea levels. we can go out on the deck and you can see the marsh. barbara lives in the flood zone. new york has more residents in these high—risk areas than any other us city. it's a key reason why this island metropolis is still committed to the paris climate accord, even though the trump administration withdrew a year ago. is it a matter of belief or is accepting what scientists have discovered? i think trump's attitude is completely wrong. but the united states could still meet the paris commitment, thanks to the actions of cities. at this high school in queens, solar panels now help power the lights and computers. new york city has earmarked $1 billion to make buildings more energy efficient.

when we started doing this, 40 cities came together and created the cities coalition for climate action, and today there are over 200 cities who are part of that. these are the largest places on earth, all working together, sharing the best ideas and lessons learned. downstairs in the classroom, the science students monitor how much energy the solar panels have saved. their studies have left them with a sense of urgency about tackling climate change. just being with my classmates, all of us now make jokes about turning off the lights because we want to save energy, stuff like that, recycling everything. you become more conscious of it when it's something you're working with. and when you're living with it every day, as the residents in broad channel must, then it's impossible not to imagine a future when your home will have to be surrendered to the water. joining us now is nathan hultman who worked on the paris climate agreement under the obama administration which was

signed in april 2016. ny not the only city in america who is taking measures. how successful are cities in the united states being in counteracting the ball back environmental protections and regulations that have happened under the trump administration? cities are really important part of that response to the trump administration's change in attitude toward climate. cities were doing things well before that, building programmes and policies that they can use to drive down their admissions. particularly on transportation and buildings, which aren't two specific areas which cities have real control over. what are the limits of a city's ability to tackle this problem, what do they still need the federal government to do? we have these multiple layers of government in the us, the federal government in the us, the federal government has certain policy

leathers, certain letters are at the state level, for example electricity, there's a lot states can do. cities have a couple of leaders they can have influence over within theirjurisdiction. even businesses can do things in their own operation that can help. the a nswer own operation that can help. the answer is, given the scale of what we need to do for climate change, cities are an essential and important part, in many ways driving action today. but they are not the only solution. ultimately it has to be all of the above working on this problem. give us some other examples of things it are doing, i have heard of things it are doing, i have heard of trying to change people'swork hours so people aren't commuting at the same time, that kind of thing. there are plenty of things, it all depends on the city context. on transportation, cities can have control over what they procure, what kinds of fleet they procure for their own operations. they can make commitments to buy renewable energy, go even 100% renewable energy. there

have been cities who have made commitments to go very high on renewables. they can work on buildings, doing benchmarking, that can help the residents or the landlords of buildings know how to adjust their energy use and often they are seeing savings of six to 10% even with very little effort coming from those kinds of initiatives. i remember at the end of last year we had a big climate change conference in bonn, the americans brought quite a big delegation. there were two rival delegations, the trump administration with their input, and administration with their input, and a huge delegation from the states. the hashtag was, we are still in. if in 2020 donald trump is re—elected, how easy would it be for the us to rejoin paris? the us is still not out of paris technically. there is lots of action going on, as you said, we are still in coalition within 72 hours after trump billing at the paris agreement, we now have something like 3000 actors, both

city states, businesses and others in the us that have stepped up to say we are going to be working in our own restrictions to drive climate action in the ways we can. over the next couple of years, those actors are building the groundwork upon which a future federal policy can be engaged. that is one of the pieces of good news we have seen in the past year, these actors are stepping up and driving forward progress in the interim. you worked for the obama administration. many things are political in this country. is the tackling climate change and cities one of those things? are we seeing more democratic cities take on climate change initiatives than republicans or is this a countrywide nonpartisan issue? it's an interesting question. what we see with lots of these efforts, the more local you get, the more people acting, thinking about their own constituencies, their own interests. while there are many democratic leaning cities taking action, it's not just

democratic leaning cities taking action, it's notjust a democratic and republican issue. what we often see is that lots of these policies that are taken are ones that clean the air, potentially improve land use, quality of life for residents. it's the residents who are demanding those kinds of changes. it's not really a left or right issue. thank you. it's interesting, this is something we have been hearing about for the last few years. i've heard of cities in texas where they have said, don't all commute at they have said, don't all commute at the same time, or encouraging businesses to adopt more work at home policies or flexibility in work schedule so that not so many people on the freeways, doing that kind of thing to try and cut down emissions. we have certainly seen in the international context, its american cities now going to international gatherings rather than the american government because of this pull—back president trump. it's always going to be ata president trump. it's always going to be at a city level when you talk about these boris bikes, emissions we have in london. these things are

run ata we have in london. these things are run at a city level but the impetus comes from the top. you hope the federal government drives it quicker and faster than it might ordinarily go. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — the uk's royal air force prepares to celebrate its 100th birthday — 100 jets, helicopters and aeroplanes from all eras of raf history have been practicising manoevres in the skies above britain. a healthcare professional has been arrested in cheshire, on the suspicion of murdering eight babies and trying to murder six others. the woman's arrest is part of an investigation into the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital, between march 2015 and july 2016. judith moritz reports. managers at the countess of chester hospital called in the police because they couldn't explain the unusual number of baby deaths and near death emergencies on the neonatal unit. detectives initially focused on what had happened to 21 babies. now the investigation

has widened to examine the cases of 32 babies — of whom 17 died. this morning, a woman who is described as a health care professional, was arrested on suspicion of murder. this morning, forensic searches began at a house in chester, which police have confirmed is related to the murder enquiry. a car was also being searched and items taken away for examination. neighbours on the same street woke up to the scene. i got up to go to work about 8am and the police were all there and i didn't see many people there. and i came back about 11:30 and there was a lot more activity going on. didn't know until we drove down this morning and saw all the police cars. saw the police cordon and a more than usual number of police cars, the forensic vans. so obviously something very, very serious. at the hospital, the medical director said... the neonatal unit stopped providing

care for very premature infants in july 2016. it now only looks after babies born after 32 weeks pregnancy. the managers say they are confident the unit is safe to continue. the uk's royal airforce celebrates its centenary next week with a service at westminster abbey, and a huge fly—past over buckingham palace, part of the biggest air display ever seen in london. up to 100 jets, helicopters and aeroplanes from across the different eras of raf history, including spitfires and modern state—of—the—art aircraft, are expected to take part. and today was their final rehearsal in the skies over lincolnshire, as sophie raworth reports. they've been planning this for months.

today raf cranwell in lincolnshire stood in for buckingham palace as some of the aircraft taking part in the fly—past next tuesday carried out their final preparations. all right, g—pads on. the biggest formation will be the typhoons. 22 fastjet pilots will be taking to the skies and they took me along as they practised. well, this has never been done before. we've never put this many typhoons into the same piece of sky, especially not for a fly—past over london. we're really excited about it. we've practised this for a long time, prepared, the plans are all in place. the typhoons will be one element of this huge fly—past, but theirjob will be one of the trickiest to accomplish. precision and timing will be everything. to keep their formation a surprise, we headed out over the north sea. this is where we have

to be on track. approaching buckingham palace. 30 seconds away. seven miles to go. as these jets roar over buckingham palace, the royal family will be watching from the balcony. the mall will be packed with thousands of people there to see dozens of aircraft spanning much of the raf‘s history. if they can pull it off, it will be quite a sight. that was extraordinary, being up there with so many typhoons. have you ever seen anything like it? never in 27 years of serving in her majesty's royal air force, i've never flown in a formation that big before. but on the day, station commander mike balkwill will not be flying a typhoon. he has chosen history over speed, opting to fly one of the last world war ii hurricanes. it is old—school navigation. there is no gps. it's a map and stopwatch, so it's full—on, but it will be good fun. they will be flying wing to wing with spitfires, lancashire and a dakota in what will be the raf centrepiece for its cenetenary year. the biggest fly past

london has ever seen. that is my son's idea of heaven. there is nothing he would like better than watching all of those planes. let's get back to the only news of the day — how's the game going christian? iam i am totally focused on you, now. what we doing...? for i am totally focused on you, now. what we doing. . . ? for the last three minutes of the programme?! cheers! it is half—time, it is 0—0. it's been all england, said the england plan. chi chi uzundu has been watching the game with england fans on a big screen in brighton. didn't you get the golden ticket, in the tent, on the beach, watching the england game?! the sun has been setting, it's not

the only place they have been doing this, there are loads of fan zones across the uk where fans are literally holding their breath, waiting for any kind of momentous action going on between england and colombia. it is currently 0—0 in half—time. people have actually started to sit down. literally the quietest crowd i have ever encountered during an england match, no one has really moved, no one has been chancing, but hopefully in the second half, we will get to hear and see a bit of action. not only on the big screen but with the crowd here on brighton beach. it is half-time and it's that noisy on the beach in brighton! i was at that beer tent last week, it's quite a venue for the football. it's a good screen. a p pa re ntly

the football. it's a good screen. apparentlyjon sobel is not with us tonight because he's watching the football. just as well there is no big breaking news out of washington! our north american editor has gone a while. this is how he is dressed... laughter that is what you call a vintage shirt. i think he looks rather good, actually. we are so jealous of you watching the football on the big screen in your studio, i have asked our editor here to hook me up with the game as well. my screen, by the way, is bigger than yours! laughter that's ridiculous! that is way bigger than mine! this is america, we go big. have you got one of those inflata ble we go big. have you got one of those inflatable chairs you can sit in to watch it with a beer holder? a p pa re ntly watch it with a beer holder?

apparently that is a 100 inch screen in my studio for watching the world cup. i sometimes wonder whether we shouldn't just take the cup. i sometimes wonder whether we shouldn'tjust take the rest of cup. i sometimes wonder whether we shouldn't just take the rest of this month off, let's face it, everyone is watching these games coinciding with this programme. if they weren't so with this programme. if they weren't so much abuse going on around the world, it would just be world cup watching. here in the uk, we are talking to ourselves. last time england england played, 18, 18 million people tuned in to watch it. moore, catty, this will surprise you... more than people watching the windsor royal wedding. even though you were there! i thought you were going to say that you had done audience research and only 18 people we re audience research and only 18 people were watching beyond 100 days! laughter i don't think it's even 18! they will all be back tomorrow. saying, what did we miss? anyway. coming up... we will be here, too.

possibly! coming up next on bbc world news — ros atkins is here with outside source and for viewers in the uk — we'll have the latest headlines. another day with plenty of very warm sunshine out there, though maybe not as much tomorrow. from highlands scotla nd as much tomorrow. from highlands scotland to wales, southern england, temperatures topped out in the upper 20s. there will be a bit more cloud tomorrow. even a chance of picking up tomorrow. even a chance of picking upa tomorrow. even a chance of picking up a shower. a few around today, across the channel islands. maybe thundery as we go through the night, the one possible elsewhere in southern england. few and far between. some cloud increasing, temperatures dipping into single

figures. a warmer, more humid night with the cloud towards the south—west. into tomorrow, more cloud around in scotland, north—east england, southern england, south wales. some patchy cloud into northern ireland. much of north wales, the midlands, it should be a fairamount of wales, the midlands, it should be a fair amount of sunshine to enjoyed. where we have to cloud across southern parts, there is a chance of picking up a shower. they are few and far between and it won't help evenif and far between and it won't help even if you do get one on the garden but there is a hint somewhere, someone but there is a hint somewhere, someone might get some relief with a shower coming through. there's a possibility in northern scotland, too. with the cloud, not so many of those of the 20s temperatures. this is how skies will look for a time at wimbledon tomorrow. definitely more cloud compared with how the tournament started, temperatures a bit lower than the wind will be lighted tomorrow compared with what we have seen. there is even a weather front on the chart into thursday. this is it moving into

scotla nd thursday. this is it moving into scotland and northern ireland. this has nothing more than an area of cloud, maybe a spot of light rain. it will bring temperatures down, a hint of something blue on the map. a change in the field of the weather, particularly into north—west scotland. across scotland and north—west ireland on thursday, temperatures down. the will still bear across much of england and wales, temperatures probably higher in the south—east. patchy cloud with a chance of a shower in northern ireland on thursday. north, north west scotland could see rain, elsewhere high pressure again, plenty of warm hot sunshine. this is bbc news. i'm carol walker. the headlines at 8pm. a female health care worker is arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to kill six others at a hospital in chester. officials in thailand say there will be a zero risk policy

as they decide how to get out 12 boys and their football coach, still trapped deep inside a cave. drug related deaths reach their highest level in 20 years in scotland where the problem is said to be the worst of any european country. anybody can die from drugs. even myself i try to stay away from them but it is hard. also this hour, ministers take action to improve the lives of lesbian gay bisexual and trans people