this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. angela merkel says transit centers for immigrants will be set up on germany”s border with austria. it's part of her bid to save her government by cracking down on migration into germany. we will ask if president obama's government could have been more active in stopping russian intervention in the election. another of president trump's aides is confronted while eating out — this time it's his environment administrator scott pruitt. get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyond1000ays

hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london. freedom of movement is one of the eu's founding principles. you can travel freely across the 26 countries of the schengen zone without a passport. but it is not a system designed to deal with illegal immigration. this weekend germany moved to close its border with austria to secondary migration — those migrants who have already applied for asylum in another eu country. new processing centres will be set up along the border. but in turn, austria is now threatening to close its southern border to new arrivals from italy and slovenia. on slovenia's southern edge are the balkan countries, where a new migrant route has opened this year. and while the numbers arriving are down hugely on previous years — there are still some 5000 migrants trying to cross into europe. in austria the far right now shares power with the ruling people's party. and for the next six months their young prime minister, sebastian kurz takes a prominent role in the eu. austria has just taken on the presidency of the eu council of leaders.

we have been asking the austrian foreign minister karin kneissl how they will respond to the german announcement. to put it the other way around, the picture of fortress europe, i remember having seen that picture in various cartoons, covers of magazines, already in the late 1980s. what you have seen in 2015 was an action by the german government, in tandem with the austrian government then, in order to make sure that migrants from the middle east wouldn't be lost in central europe. so, there was a certain exception to an otherwise rigid asylum policy. so you don't feel like we are at a point where the continent's philosophy is shifting and we are potentially looking at the end of free movement of people and the end of the schengen agreement in europe? in order to make schengen work, it dates from 1985, the schengen

space that was created could only work with working external border controls. we have seen the breakdown of control of external european borders, in particular in 2015, 2016. so, if you want to have schengen work, you have to make sure that the external eu protection works. the one goes in hand with the other. minister, one of the obvious weaknesses of angela merkel‘s plan is that germany doesn't have a bilateral deal with italy to return migrants, nor do they have a deal with austria. so when they send these migrants back across your border, what are you going to do? austria is ready to act. and, again, we don't know yet how the germans will act and what will be the exact procedures. we don't assume that the germans will start sending back registered

or unregistered migrants as of tomorrow or next week. it will take a certain period of time. first of all to know the details, to have that enshrined in some sort of normative basis and to have that enshrined in some of european legilsation. so we're not talking about force majeure that may happen tomorrow or next week. we shouldn't panic. we should work in a subtle way. when you set up these new procedures on your borders, how are you going to differentiate between europeans and migrants? we already have border controls. by the german authorities. we have austrian border controls with regards to slovenia and to hungary and it makes life for people who shuttle from one side of the border to another on a daily basis,

it makes life more difficult. no doubt about that. but we have started to do that. it makes a difference whether you control each and every vehicle or whether you make just punctual controls. and with the controls that the german started, we also started to have our border controls. matthew, this is precisely the knock—on effect that angela merkel warned about last week. we have austria taking action and presumably slovenia. it has an impact on the schengen zone. i think the advice

that the ministerjust gave to take a deep breath is pretty wise because so a deep breath is pretty wise because so far nothing has happened. the most important thing to remember is that angela merkel is not going to do anything, these transit zones are not going into effect until they have these bilateral deals, particular with austria which is going to play a key role. last year there were only about 500 700 —— 5700 refugees who applied for asylum oi'i 5700 refugees who applied for asylum on this border. it's worth keeping these numbers in mind because a lot of people think of the crisis of 2015 when you add tens of thousands of people streaming over the border almost every day. a very useful perspective. maybe the story is not the compromise as the fact that she

had to do it and the strength of the rebellion within her own coalition. the interesting thing about that is the idea of these transit zones that they have agreed upon in the last couple of days is something that angela merkel proposed back in 2015. it is not really a new idea. at the time her coalition partners the social democrats resisted it. if it is going to be done in corporation with germany's neighbours, it should allow europe to keep schengen intact and to keep countries like slovenia and to keep countries like slovenia and austria from closing their borders. this is why the bilateral negotiations that are coming up in the next few days are so crucial. are the germans responding to years too late to a problem that existed in 2015 because the company still has a collective ptsd from those

images when there were lots of migrants coming. is it to pretend a return of those kind of numbers or is it just pure return of those kind of numbers or is itjust pure politics to save her government. let's set up these camps which don't mean very much but it's a peace offering. it is mostly the latter at the moment because the real—world impact of these policies will be quite small unless there is another wave of migration which nobody is suspecting because most of the routes have been closed since 2015. most people are just worrying about the symbolism of having refugee camp. austria has been dominated by the christian social union for decades and they are trying to detect their majority in that state and face a tough election this fall. this has been the background to this. they wanted a powerful symbol to point to their

voters. especially at a time when the far right are making inroads into their territory in bavaria. matthew in berlin, thank you very much. the timing of this is so interesting because there are parallels in europe with the us. the high point of the ball crossing into the united states was in the 1990s. the numbers are really down now but if you listen to the political rhetoric and the way the immigration issue impacts politics in this country, you would think that the numbers are really high. it isn't the case. is it a kind of lag effect that the politicians and public respond a couple of years after the incident. why don't the numbers match the politics of the time? the politics shifted. in austria and

italy, populist hard right forces are in coalition and government and are in coalition and government and are pushing an agenda which allows them to mask the other things that they doing. in austria at the moment, there is a lot of social security reform, better to talk about migration. angela merkel says that this deal preserves the spirit of partnership in europe and it does if they can secure the bilateral agreements. they secured them with france and greece last week but it doesn't currently have one with italy. find while the numbers are low but if a repeat of 2015 happens, it. to tell. security is just as important. the circumstances are eerily familiar. a man and a woman feared to have been exposed to an unknown substance. both in a critical condition. and being treated in salisbury district hospital, in south west england. the pairare being

treated for exposure to an unknown substance. four months to the day since the salisbury instant and another mysterious substance in wiltshire. this time the property seven miles away, here in amesbury.

two people were taken to hospital after possible exposure to the substance, after police initially thought they might have taken a bad batch of cocaine or heroin. the man and woman are believed to be dawn sturgess and charlie rowley, we understand live locally and they are both said to be in a critical condition in hospital. this man says he is a friend of the couple. he was sweating loads, dribbling, and you couldn't speak to him, was making funny noises, rocking backwards and forwards. there was no response, didn't even know i was there, it was like he was in another world, hallucinating. the bbc has been given this video showing the video on fold last saturday night. a number of firefighters turned up at the property before the couple were taken to hospital. the police have now declared it as a major incident. it was initially believed that the two patients fell ill after potentially using contaminated, illegal drugs. however, further testing is now ongoing to establish the substance which led to these patients becoming ill. at this stage, it is not yet clear if a crime has been committed. the metropolitan police said today that following the events in salisbury in march, where sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned with nerve agent, they are now working with wiltshire police. the metropolitan police haven't taken over the inquiry here in amesbury as they did with the skripal case but because salisbury

is only seven miles away, the new incident has left many people here in amesbury deeply worried. at least five sites have been sealed off by the police, including this church in amesbury and this part in salisbury. public health england say it's not believe there is a significant health risk to the wider public and testing of the unknown substance is still taking place. duncan kennedy, bbc news, amesbury. everybody hoping for a bit more information on that. quite a mystery. ina rebuke to president trump, the senate intelligence committee has agreed with us intell services that russia meddled in the 2016 election with the specific aim of helping donald trump. it's a rare bipartisan finding between top republicans and top democrats on an issue that divides us government. in fact the intell committee's review found the meddling was even more extensive than orginally thought. ben rhodes was president 0bama's senior foreign policy advisor when that meddling was taking place.

he's just written a new book the world as it is. he joined us a short time ago. ben rhodes, the senate intelligence committee has found that russian meddling in the 2016 election was extensive and sophisticated and goes far beyond the findings of the us intelligence community of 2017. how much do you know in the white house in the run—up to the 2016 election? a lot less than i know now. i knew then that the russians were meddling in the election to harm hillary clinton and help donald trump. that they had hacked into the dnc and released e—mails and in some sense that they were engaging in the dissemination and creation of fake i'iews. dissemination and creation of fake news. but we have learned a lot more

and it got a lot more alarming. it was a very strange and it got a lot more alarming. it was a very strange feeling to walk out of the white house just as it was getting more alarming. ever since then, every piece of information coming out has confirmed the worst case scenarios. it happened under your watch and the watch of the 0bama administration. shouldn't you have done more to stop it? i think we could have done more, we couldn't stop it because we have an open internet. most of it was creating propaganda and shooting it into social media feeds. we don't censorin into social media feeds. we don't censor in the united states and it is hard to tell where information is coming from. we could have provided more information to the public and givena more information to the public and given a full picture of the extent of meddling. you have been candid in your book about why you think that donald trump won. there was a point where president 0bama might have

stopped and thought he got it wrong, went to quickly, whether people's identity is much more important to them than the advance of globalisation. progressives generally often assume that history is moving inexorably in a certain direction and societies are becoming more open, inclusive and tolerant of difference. i still believe in all of those things but we were wrong in the degree of backlash it provoked and what was going to be taken to prevent that backlash. it was not just a backlash to president 0bama but to globalisation and the world after the financial crisis. it is going to take progressive regroup and turning people out again to return about potent a backlash. the argument is that in some time in the

20 405 argument is that in some time in the 20 40s america becomes a minority white country and we are seeing the inevitable last hurrah of working class white men in particular feeling that they need to protect what they have always had. do you think that the two—time election of a black president in this moment of racial transition in the country has accelerated somehow that backlash? prompted that backlash? anybody who denies that racism played a role is not looking at the facts. an element of this is racism. there are other elements. the fact that it was so difficult for us because 0bama was popular. he could overcome that backlash. he was re—elected in 2012 even after the tea party backlash against him. the problem was his personal popularity was not

transportable to democrats in other elections. you had the backlash from the republicans and from that a white coalition. when 0bama was no longer at the top of the ticket we couldn't overcome it. he did say, in ten or20 years, couldn't overcome it. he did say, in ten or 20 years, he's getting to that demographic tipping point where a guy like john with his coalition could not win an election. it's good to have you over here. —— a guy like trump. we did feel a little bruised in the 0bama years when we heard that we were going to the back of the queue for ha deal. we were here to make the case for the remain campaign. at the invitation of david cameron. we were walked through the arguments that the remain campaign was making. 0ne arguments that the remain campaign was making. one of the arguments from the leave campaign was that we

could make a trade deal with the united states. president 0bama was saying that we had to look at how the economy was afterwards and how we could plug into a trade deal. 0ne of the brits said we would be at the back of the queue. david cameron said it would be great if you could make that point in the press conference. he made that point. humour is not an american word. no, it's not. it's true. you don't see trump rushing to make a trade deal with the british. i think the brexit campaign was disingenuous in suggesting that was easy to do. the book is called the world as it is. not the most optimistic title. do you feel fatalistic about watching the unravelling of much of what you worked for over the course of eight yea rs ? worked for over the course of eight years? it is a formulation from a

speech that i took the title. in order to see the world as it ought to be, you have to see how it is. it's not pleasant to see a successor who is so different from the person i work for and is hostile to the policies i cared deeply about. at the same time, i do believe that the future of the united states is going to look more like barack 0bama's politics than donald trump's. the question is how much damage is done to our standing question is how much damage is done to ourstanding in question is how much damage is done to our standing in the world, our alliances and our institutions at home while you have a trump presidency. july the 4th. a good day to raise those questions. thanks for joining us. just going back to where you started the interview. the senate intelligence committee finding that the work of the

committee was beyond reproach. very different to the finding of the house committee. what does it say about devin nunes and donald trump? we know that the house intelligence committee basically fell apart along democratic and republican lines a few months ago. they've not been able to work together. that investigation is now over. the senate intelligence committee has managed to keep together and there is real concern amongst republicans on the committee and wider that there was russian meddling and what they are going to do about it. i thought it was interesting what came out of the senate intelligence committee, not just that there was russian intervention to try and help donald trump but that intervention was far more widespread than the us intelligence community, the cia, the fbi had found a year ago. this was

interesting. there was even more meddling than we had thought. and a rare side of partisan ship across the aisles. but the fact that they brought it outjust before the 11th ofjuly, trying to bury bad news? maybe it is a bit ofjuly four nominee. i'm here at work, that is a bit ofjuly bonhomie for me. spare a thought for trump administariton officials trying to have a quiet dinner out in one of washington's many restaurants. a string of them have been heckled recently while sitting down to eat. the head of homeland security kirsten neilsen and stephen miller were both booed over border policies. press secretary sarah sanders was even asked to leave a local eatery. now scott pruitt is the latest white house official to be confronted. on monday, the environment protection agency representative was sitting at a washington restaurant when he was approached by kristin mink, teacher and anti—trump protestor who urged him to resign. ijust wanted to urge you to resign

because of what you are doing to the environment and our country. this is my son, he loves animals and he wants clean air, and he wants clean water. she says that scott pruitt did leave the restaurant shortly after that confrontation but there is no independent verification of it. now the trump administration is no stranger to a political scandal or two but when it comes scott pruitt it's hard to keep up. just what do you have to do to get sacked in the trump administration? this is a list of scott pruit‘s indescretions. $105,000 on first—class flights in his first year. a round the clock security detail costing 3.5 million dollars, renting a condo at a below market rate from an energy lobbyists, getting staffers to negotiate a fast food franchise for his wife. he sent an aide to find a specific mattress from the trump international hotel. and then, and then

there is today's report. he sent his security detail on a mission, to find a special moisturising lotion. are you kidding me? it can only be sourced at certain retail outlets. i sometimes think you are underused. there are a lot of things we'd like. we need a celebration. could you go out and fix as mosquitoes. —— mojito. i need a special type of moisturiser, couldn't you get it for others? scott pruitt has very

sophisticated tastes. he particularly likes a type of finger food from an upmarket deli. donald trump has backed him and i suspect he is not going anywhere in a long time. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — still waiting to be rescued, divers consider how best to get 12 boys out of a cave in thailand as the risk of storms threatens to make the task even harder. and england fans remain euphoric after yesterday's nail—biting win against colombia but what's in store for them when they take on sweden next in the world cup? that's still to come. good evening. it's been a try and warm day but we have seen a few showers across scotland. most of

them across south wales, moving northwards up the m4 corridor. showers for the southern part of the uk have been courtesy of an area of low pressure. they will fade away overnight, it's becoming dry. there won't be as much missed and low cloud, most of it into the north sea. if anything, cloud, most of it into the north sea. ifanything, maybe cloud, most of it into the north sea. if anything, maybe a bit warmer, noticeably in the south. a band of cloud heading into the uk. another one of these weak weather fronts that doesn't really bring any rain to speak of but it changes where ourair is rain to speak of but it changes where our air is coming from. behind that weather front, we get some cooler and fresh air from the apple did. behind it, we've got the continental heat. temperatures will rise quickly in the sunshine but for pa rt rise quickly in the sunshine but for part of the day it will be quite cloudy in scotland and northern ireland. further south, the cloud

will bubble up to bring a few thundery downpours in the south—east of england and east anglia. again across south wales a small chance of catching some rain at wimbledon. temperatures widely into the high 20s, not far off 29 degrees but a noticeable drop in temperature compared to today in scotland and northern ireland. for friday, few if any showers. a dry day with plenty of sunshine around. the north west of sunshine around. the north west of scotla nd of sunshine around. the north west of scotland will see some more cloud later in the day. temperatures beginning to rise a little bit in scotla nd beginning to rise a little bit in scotland and northern ireland and we could be up to around 30 degrees on friday. into the weekend, temperatures continuing to rise in scotla nd temperatures continuing to rise in scotland and northern ireland. more heat coming in from the near continent. high pressure dominating our weather this weekend and another wea k our weather this weekend and another weak weather front ending a few spots of rain to north—west scotland later in the weekend. 0therwise

spots of rain to north—west scotland later in the weekend. otherwise it's going to be warm, dry and close to 30 degrees in england and wales again again with plenty of sunshine. the you're watching beyond one hundred days. the undred days. angela merkel says transit centers for immigrants will be set up pa rt this is beyond 100 days. with me katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories: german chancellor angela merkel says migrants will be held for a maximum of 48 hours in transit centres to be set up along the border with austria. two people remain critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance in west england — police say they're keeping an open mind. coming up in the next half hour: dozens die in nicaragua continues as the country's president refuses to stand down — we speak to one of his closest advisors and cabinet ministers. england snuck past colombia in tuesday's world cup knockout match...can they do

the same in their next match against sweden? let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag. has the skripal poisoning claimed two more victims? we don't know but police say they ae keeping an open mind after a man and a woman fell sick near salisbury. the pairare being treated for exposure to an unknown substance. police aren't saying very much yet but they aren't ruling out a crime yet. what have you bought? what we know is that exactly this time format mac days ago, saturday here in the uk, the emergency service was brought to a propertyjust done this street, beyond where the officers are. a man and —— a man and a woman were taken to salisbury district hospital. initially, the police say they suspect of some kind of drugs overdose, or maybe that they had been exposed to some kind of contaminated batch of crack cocaine or heroin, but four is on, police

issued a public message saying that this had now been declared a major incident. the wiltshire police and local force are now working alongside the metropolitan police in london, and their anti—terrorism officers. at the heart of theirs, they just don't officers. at the heart of theirs, theyjust don't know what officers. at the heart of theirs, they just don't know what the substance was that the couple have been exposed to. it has caused them to fall ill, and because we are so close to salisbury, just about six or seven miles, where we have seen a massive investigation whether skripals were poisoned bowled months ago, but that reason, police say they are keeping an open mind. what are the alternative theories out there? talk to people in this estate, and it is a newly built estate. the couple had onlyjust moved in the last few weeks and months. there are lots of theories. and all kinds of concerns, because people are wondering, could it be that this couple had gone into salisbury, just nearby, and could they have come into contact with the

novichok that poisoned the skripals? had isjust one of many theories. this is not being in place that is being searched. it is notjust him, but a church around the corner half a mile away. that is believed to be one of the places that the couple visited on saturday before they fell ill. a park nearby, which is where a neighbourhood carnival, a summer fairwas neighbourhood carnival, a summer fair was happening this afternoon —— saturday afternoon. it has also been cordoned off. police are there doing searches. we have seen some activity in the past few minutes, and there are still people living and functioning normally. they have been bringing their vehicles out and returning home. it seems that maybe the authorities are preparing to begin that might bring in someone official vehicles, maybe a tent or something to carry on more forensics such as, but the key thing is that everyone and the authorities and the public, especially people who live around here, they are waiting to find out by —— via porton down, what

that substance is. we are led to believe that we might get the information later this evening, and that will either take that on to a whole new level, all things might be scaled back, but clearly that is what the police and the public are clear to hear. just a very quick one on that whole new level, we had about the skripals, that they were lucky, and that it took a good while to find where the poison had been put, so why would they start with this? i don't know. in salt spray itself, seven or eight miles away, thatis itself, seven or eight miles away, that is where the skripals were poisoned. where surrogate skripal fasth sergei skripal —— sergei skripal lived. also in salisbury which is being looked at. speculation that maybe this couple from amesbury had gone to salisbury, and had gone into that part, and

maybe there is a possible link, but we have got to stress this is all possibilities. they see a few office rs possibilities. they see a few officers found a couple of vehicles. it has been declared a major incident, it does not look or feel like one, here right now. because everybody is just waiting for that information before they know how they proceed from this point. great to get that update. thank you very much. we will keep an eye on it. nicaragua is the poorest country in central america. until recently it's also been one of the most stable. this but that could all be about to change after two months of unrest and brutal repression. pro—government forces have tried to put down the protests, but that in turn has led to further violence. more than 200 people are said to have died. the situation worries the us which has alot of interests in nicaragua. american businesses operate there. its a transit point for drugs. and president trump doesn't want another country in the region to become unstable and produce more migrants. the nicaraguan president daniel 0rtega is standing firm in face of the unrest. i've been speaking to one of his closest advisors paul 0quist

who has accused protesters of trying to engineer a coup. i heard that in the united states — they are considering reclassifying m513 from the regional threat to a threat to the united states of america, grade one. and president trump talks a lot about the m513 and the things that they do in the united states, but also nicaraguan has been a low illegal immigration country. and this is where it impacts on the united states. because other elements are interesting to the united states, too. nicaraguan is the country that interdicted the trajectory, —— drug trade with good coordination with the eea and the us coast guard. because it had a efficient honest beliefs to be able to do that. but, you know, now we have the situation where all of this has been lost. your opponents want to know, is daniel 0rtega going to stand down? that is the decision of daniel 0rtega, there is no reason for him to resign.

he was elected with 72% of the vote. that was in 2016. the matter of these deaths are going to be dealt with. but we are reporting on an investigation by amnesty international. you say there is a pretence that engaging in this dialogue that you are calling for. the government and its guns for hire continue the repression and they say that when you look at what happened over the weekend, another weekend of violence, it demonstrates that actually there is merely a pretence at finding a solution to the problem? amnesty international shot itself in the foot, there, quite unfortunately. they shot themselves in the foot of the credibility further. because to say that the comment is putting up a pretence of doing the dialogue, a pretence of doing the dialogue, is pathetic. —— the government is putting up a pretence. the government is working vigorously with the catholic church and with the other elements to take up the dialogue. to throw out the dialogue, and say that the dialogue is worth nothing, that the government isn't serious

about the dialogue... they would point to a death certificate, for a iii—month—old baby that was killed, according to the medical certificate, a iii—month—old baby committed suicide. that is absolutely ridiculous. you know, the credibility of that... that is ridiculous, a doctor that is going to risk his entire career doing something like that. it is ridiculous. but they have seen the document. it is part of the fake news that is characterising this. this is characterised by psychological warfare. a coup attempt is under way, using psychological warfare. if there was an open international investigations of the crimes that have been committed, in all likelihood, it would be the responsibility of the president himself, because he is the commissioner in chief of the police? he is the chief of the police, and it is the police that have committed this, so he would be ultimately responsible? ithink...

to assign blame to the government for everything, and to the president for everything is the position of 100% news, the position of 100% news. they blame everything on daniel 0rtega, they blame everything on the police. let's do a serious study of who is to blame for everything, then the chips can fall where they may. you look at all of the violence and haveit you look at all of the violence and have it has dried the migration story in central america, and what people are fleeing from, and it is one of the standout countries where you did not hear people coming from them. guatemala not so much, nicaragua— you wonder if that is about to change? i do not understand the delight of me why the americans and the cia would want to destabilise nicaragua, so if you look at the map it is a transit point through to mexico, and they have stopped the cartel from

colombia over the years. the problem for colombia over the years. the problem foer colombia over the years. the problem for mr 0rtega... colombia over the years. the problem for mr ortega... more stability, not less, right? mr ortega took over in 1989, and the headlines look right as they did then. fight against the students, murder, brutality. it is a problem that won't go away. the 12 boys trapped in a cave complex in northern thailand have been learning how to breathe through scuba masks, while divers consider whether it is feasible to swim them out. right now it's still too dangerous to move them through the dark passages — but storms are forecast this week and that could make the operation even harder. the rescue options are being reassessed on an hourly basis as weather reports and water levels inside the cave change. we are told that even a small amount of rain would quickly flood the cave system and upend all the progress made so far to drain it. remember, when the team walked into the entrace of the cave system on the 23 ofjune 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 2.5 miles from the entrance to the cave network. 0ur south east asia correspondent jonathan head is at the scene in chiang rai province and sent this report. no longer alone, the trapped boys now have an army doctor treating them. they even managed a smile. they are being given foil blankets to keep them warm. they are painfully thin. the food is coming, promises one of the drivers. —— divers. up on the surface, they have been rehearsing for the scenario everyone here is hoping for. getting the boys out

and off to hospital. but it will not happen soon. translation: we need to be 100% confident in order to get the boys out and they don't have to come out at the same time. we are assessing the situation, and if there is a risk, we will not move them out. the options confronting this rescue operation are just as tough as when they found the boys. they are healthy enough, but they say giving them some basic diving training and putting them through the flooded tunnels one by one is feasible, and yet, we spoke to sources inside the thai diving team who said that still too risky. that they still have to leave those boys down there, maybe fof 11—5 months of the raining season. we visited the class of dom, the football team captain, and mick, both trapped in the case. did they have a message for their classmates? translation: i want them to get healthy, to be patient. and to come back safely, so they can be with us again.

come back quickly. there is lots of homework waiting for you. other school friends have been down to the cave entrance to see the rescue effort, and sing them good wishes. spirits are high, here. but the task of the divers, either in extracting the boys or sustaining them underground, is formidable. they will need all the help they can get. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come: england's past colombia on tuesday's knocked out much, what should they expect of the swedes who are they going to meet in the quarterfinals on saturday? here, police investigating

the deaths of 17 babies at the countess of chester hospital have extended their investiagation to a second hospital. liverpool women's nhs foundation trust say there is no suggestion that any of its patients came to any harm. a 28—year—old nurse, lucy letby is being questioned on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to murder another six. judith moritz reports. lucy letby once said she enjoyed nursing babies as she could see them progress and support their families. now she is suspected of murdering eight infants, and trying to kill another six. today, police searchers have continued and the nurse's home, forensics officers searching the house and taking items away for examination is. detectives are dill questioning the 28—year—old about the alleged murders and attempted murders. —— still questioning.

police say the investigation is focusing on what happened to 32 babies at a chester hospital between march and july 2018. the babies we re march and july 2018. the babies were all on the neonatal unit which ca res were all on the neonatal unit which cares for poorly infants. management alerted police because they could not explain the unusual number of the charities and babies that came close to death on the unit. now the murder investigation has widened beyond this hospital. lucy letby went on training to liverpool win‘s hospital. today the hospital confirmed they are helping the police, reviewing what is happening —— what happened to baby is on its neonatal unit during lucy's time there, and say there's no suggestion that any came to harm. since the arrest, the police have also been at the home of the nurse's parent in hereford. tonight, the children's nurse is still under investigation, being asked to extend what happened to the babies in her care. ——

explain what happened. after yesterday's stressful day of football we all need a break. so thank god it's a day off from the world cup — and if you're an england fan, it's time to revel in victory. not that it was a stress free game. we were up, we were down, the penalty shoot out, the history; how many of you went into the garden to escape it? yes — never in doubt really. behind the sofa. laughter which sets up this intriguing quarter final against sweden. it wouldn't really be the same tournament without england versus sweden would it? and yet former england manager sven goran eriksson, says it would be a big mistake to underestimate the swedes. 0h,

oh, i 0h, ithought oh, i thought we were going to hear from them, ken! you did it so well! someone who is well qualified to talk about the upcoming match is yesper blomqvist, who played for sweden before transferring to machester united. also got the world cup semifinal? is that right? that is right, yes. so what are you doing in a neighbouring? tell me that first. lot of work to do everyday, so we are working. right. we talk about was cup pieters in a second. let's talk about sweden. they remind me very much of my team, burnley, in the premier league. very workmanlike, no stars, and they pull funny another and it is a fairly dangerous combination, that. you have got to say you are spot on. you know what it is all about now. maybe

i should add one more thing, they really enjoy playing and being together, the whole squad. they have a lot of fun together. i think all of those ingredients make it a very good and interesting. wanted you make of england last night? be honest. to be bottle all come through with glory? with glory. a lot of glory. i think you deserve to win before the extra time started. i was really impressed to see england bay last night, really. so i am a little worried, i was almost hoping to england, before the game against colombia, but what i saw them made his get. that is it. ok, so reading some of the swedish press, and i say that this match is being described as harry potter meets hippy long sucking. i'm not sure which one has more super powers. sucking. i'm not sure which one has more super powers. 0ne sucking. i'm not sure which one has more super powers. one thing being said in sweden is that the english tea m said in sweden is that the english team has the weight of the country's expeditions on its shoulders, that

is sadly true! is that not true with the swedish team, that they are not going into it with every swede across the country holding their breath? i don't think it is the same pressure here. we are the underdogs. there is no doubt about it. on the other hand, we prefer to be the underdogs. we normally do better that way. so, i think more of the weight of the country is on the england side, definitely. amazing all stopped 9 million people in your country, just 9 million, and they get to all the major tournaments, and they are already there in the shake—up. how do such tyre sweden do it? i think you summed it up before. good team spirit and a great coach, who is making sure that all the players know exactly what to do, in defence, and when we attack, as well. i think that it really pays off, and that is the swedish way of doing it, and everybody working so ha rd doing it, and everybody working so hard for each other, without... you

know, no big stars, everybody putting in all of the effort, there is. so, what will it do for soccer in football and sweden if you get through this next round? it's already hysterical, here. the foot ball already hysterical, here. the football fever is the same as in england. it is fantastic to see all people dressed in yellow shouts. and go to kindergarten in their sights. it is fantastic. would be everything is going to be sold out in the sports shops. i am glad that sven stood us up. we would like you to come back on monday, even if we lose, we talk to us is we did lose as? i will definitely talk to year. if we are against all odds win the game. any does he want to show us? i am starving, what you think about

this one? bbc. i like it. i'm hungry. i am hungry. christian, i am starting to root for sweden, now. he is such a nice guy, i hope that they win. if it is not england, i would retain too. best of luck. bats often get a pretty bad rap — i'm thinking vampires here — but they're actually essential for agriculture, keeping insects down and even fertilising some crops. however, a fungus that causes deadly white nose syndrome is spreading across the us and killing them by the millions. it's been described as a wildlife wipeout, threatening some species with extinction. but in hard hit pennsylvania scientists are hoping to slow the fungus by changing the temperature of bat caves. jane 0'brien reports. the best way to check a bat for

white nose syndrome, is captured, and this specimen shows evidence of the disease. when we hold the win up to the light, you can see some wind damage where she has had infection from disease. c can actually see the damage, here. those spots and that whole. this man has witnessed the population plunged to about 10,000, today. it is probably going to take about 500— a thousand years in order for the bats to get any where close to where they are. that is if scientists can find a way to stop white nose syndrome spreading. research is being done on vaccines, but dissing a bat is arguably tripped —— dosing a bat is rgb checking. —— tricky. it is much colder. white nose syndrome cannot

flourish in colder temperatures, so scientists created a sinkhole in this disused mine to cool it down. before you were in this cave, how many bats were here? seven. and after we manipulated this site, that opening, we went up to 28 bats. still not much. no, but when you are dealing with a 99% mortality, state—wide, you want to do anything you can for the survivors, and now we have 36 bad, so we are on a u pwa rd we have 36 bad, so we are on a upward trend. thereof only if you known site in pennsylvania that are naturally this cold, so plans are under way to artificially manipulate the environment in other caverns across the state. this is huge. it must tarmac may be slow work, but the bats seem to know what is good for them. deepika padukone this is not true production, this is the

survivors aggregating here, because they like what we have done. this is they like what we have done. this is the alternative, a cave littered with dead and dying bats attacked by white nose syndrome syndrome while they hibernate. and without bats, which are crucial pollinators and... the whole ecosystem suffers. couple of holes. that one is pretty bad, too. the disease is spreading, from its first appearance in new york ten years ago, it has been confirmed in at least 32 other states, and canada. if it is not stopped, some bats species could become extinct. good luck, girl. sort of sweet, really. emmanuel macron is hauling in every member of his cabinet to ‘score' them.

they are each going to get an appraisal on how they have performed, and if they are not up to scratch, they haven't reformed or saved enough money in their departments, they are out. apparently this is a trick he learnt while working in acquisitions and mergers at rothchilds. there is no room for weakness. it's survival of the fittest. so i thought we should give it a whirl. here is your appraisal. achievements this year — good engagement with team members. we did have some complaints about the accuracy of your reporting — with one rather odd incident in which you had fixated on ginger hair. but that's not to undermine katty what for you has generally been a very strong year. 0n the down side. could pay more editorial attention — it says — here to major sporting events, and be more a little tolerant of other colleagues passions and wea kenesses. would be good — it goes on — if katty were to encourage team morale by recognising a little more often the obvious strengths and talents of close colleagues. you mean how absolutely fa ntastically you mean how absolutely fantastically wonderful christian fraser is, and let me say that an airto the fraser is, and let me say that an air to the public. will that do it?

that should pass. see you tomorrow. another dry and warm day this evening. but we have seen a few showers across scotland, but most of them across south wales. you can see them across south wales. you can see the rain in the distance, a view showers moving northwards as the m4 corridor. in error of low pressure, you can see the cloud rotating around that. showers that we have seen around that. showers that we have seen developing, will they do overnight. it will be dry. not as much mist or no cloud, most will be keptin much mist or no cloud, most will be kept in the north sea. a gentle westerly drift. maybe a bit warmer tonight, notably in the south. a band of cloud heading into the uk, and that is honoured by the front. another one of these beat by the front that does not really bring any rain to speak of. what it does is change ourair rain to speak of. what it does is change our air direction. behind that weather front, we get some

cooler, fresh error from that weather front, we get some cooler, fresh errorfrom off that weather front, we get some cooler, fresh error from off the hat antic. ahead of it, we still have got the continental heat. temperatures will rise quickly again in the sunshine across england and wales, but it will be quite glad if scotla nd wales, but it will be quite glad if scotland and northern ireland for pa rt scotland and northern ireland for part of the day. cloud breaking up to give some sunshine, eventually. further south, the cloud will bubble up. if use thundery down pours. across wales, a small chance of rain, at wimbledon. but the heat is certainly that, across england and wales. temperatures widely into the high 20s, not far off 29 degrees in one or two places. now, for friday, few if any showers around at all. it will be a dry day with plenty of sunshine around, north—west of scotla nd sunshine around, north—west of scotland will see some more cloud later on in the day. temperatures beginning to rise a little bit in scotla nd beginning to rise a little bit in scotland and northern ireland, and we could be up to 30 degrees around the london area on friday. now, into the london area on friday. now, into the weekend, the upgrade to find

temperatures continue to rise into scotla nd temperatures continue to rise into scotland and northern ireland. more heat again coming in from the continent high pressure dominating our weather this weekend, again, angela the one of our week by the front, and a few spots of rain later on. 0therwise, dry, temperatures rising in scotland and northern ireland and close to 30 degrees in england and wales. again, plenty of sunshine. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. tests are being carried out on an unknown substance at the porton down chemical weapons lab, after two people fell criticially ill in wiltshire. charlie rowley and dawn sturgess were found unconscious on saturday. further testing is now ongoing

to establish the substance which led to these patients becoming ill. at this stage, it is not yet clear if a crime has been committed. police are continuing to question a nurse, after arresting her on suspicion of murdering eight babies, and attempting to murder another six. new footage is released showing the children trapped in caves in thailand. rescuers say they won't try to bring them out until it's safe, and that could be months. also this hour: the government puts forward new proposals on how it will manage fishing in british waters after brexit.