all eyes on exactly how roberto martinez is going to set up is belgian men, who are all in red, against france, all in blue. looks like chadli is going to play as an orthodox right back. that will be in a back four. france get the semifinal under way, kicking from left to right and here is kylian mbappe, the teenage sensation roaring into action and griezmann was arriving. kevin de bruyne with the clearance. when they first met in the world cup finals back in 1938, france scored in a0 seconds, and they nearly beat that. if we needed reminding about mbappe's case and effectiveness, we saw that in the early moments, didn't we? danny, the belgian formation? looks like chadli strop —— celozzi ihnat writeback in a

normal back four, which i expected —— as normal back four, which i expected ——asa normal back four, which i expected —— as a normal writeback will stop they are giving france the respect they are giving france the respect they deserve with the midfield they possess. here is raphael varane. pavard. pogba. varane, scorer of a lovely glancing header in the quarterfinals against uruguay. embolo can to hearfor france. —— embolo can say. lukakuis lukaku is playing as an orthodox number nine. kevin de bruyne played asa number nine. kevin de bruyne played as a false nine if you like. but there is nothing false about romelu lukaku there is nothing false about romelu lu ka ku as there is nothing false about romelu lukaku as a number nine. it looks like fellaini will be ahead of everyone, which is unusual. he was magnificent in the game against brazil. i had the you're watching beyond one hundred days...

it's a very good news day in thailand where all the boys and their coach are safely out of that underground cave. the rescue operation was dangerous but the boys didn't panic and the divers performed heroically. no—one could contain their glee as the final ambulances brought the remaining boys to a local hospital. no one thought we could make it but we did. it was a first for the world. brett kava naugh went to capitol hill to woo senators who will now decide whether he's going to be america's next supreme courtjustice. also on the programme... theresa may gathers her new cabinet around her. the american president who visits her on thursday says britain is in turmoil and his meeting with vladimir putin will be easier. the first of the world cup semi—finals kicks off as france take on belgium in st petersburg. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington christian fraser is in london. it is a stunning triumph. for nine days rescuers in thailand worked two and a half miles beneath the surface, in dark, flooded caverns, and in passageways so narrow a person could barely the rescue was always risky. the 12 boys and their coach, were weak. some couldn't swim. and with the oxygen levels dropping there were fears on friday it could all go badly wrong. but today the last five, some of the youngest and the weakest, were brought out alive. all 13 are recovering well in the isolation wing of a nearby hospital.

would this be the day that saw all the boys and their coach out safely? with the sky darkening, it had to be today. helicopters in the afternoon told us they were getting ready. then the tell—tale flashing lights. well, this is the second ambulance we have seen — behind it the third — on this, we are hoping, the last day of this truly remarkable operation. and every ambulance we have seen so far has meant another life saved. inside the caves, dozens of divers have been working in wet, claustrophobic conditions to support the rescuers. there hasn't been a cave rescue this big or this ambitious before. and then the news we had all been hoping for. these men run the boys' football team 17 days of worry, of ups when the boys were found and downs when they couldn't get out were over. translation: i want to hug them first. i want to cheer them on, i want to tell them how worried i have been. i don't know what to say. we had something else to tell the coach. from manchester united. an invitation from manchester united to the rescued boys, most of them man united fans, to visit old trafford next season. this is the man who has run the rescue operation from the start. thai bureaucrats rarely get this kind of reception but he pulled off a rescue the whole country had longed for.

translation: today, the thai people, team thailand, government agencies and the private sector together with media and all the international support, no one thought we could make it but we did. it was a first for the world. everyone involved in this huge and complex mission was celebrating. these are engineers who have been diverted and streams to lower water levels in the cave. people came out to cheer the ambulances as they brought the last of the boys into hospital, safe and sound. only a week ago when they were found trapped and exhausted, who would have believed this was possible? jonathan head, bbc news, chiang rai, northern thailand. such great scenes there in thailand. danjohnson is in tham luang, where the caves are. what we know about the conditions of

the boys now? they're said to be remarkably well, especially when you consider what they've been through. it isa consider what they've been through. it is a fantastic evening here as the newsjust got better and better. and considering their ordeal, they are apparently sat up and talking, doing well. they are in isolation, being carefully monitored and it will be awhile before they can actually be physically reunited with their families because officials are concerned about what they have been through and what they may have picked in that case because they have been through such a weird, strange, difficult, tough ordeal. and no doubt it will take some time for them to get over that. even when they're reignited with their family they're reignited with their family they're not going to leave hospital for another week so there is still

some way to go in the recovery. this is the outcome everyone was hoping for but they were worried that this rescue operation was so tough, so tricky, so many risks, so many dangers, it is amazing that they pulled it off with such success. joining us now is brendan sloan. he s the medical officer at the british cave rescue council. you have to do at my what these divers have pulled off. every day they were moving oxygen along this 2.5 mile route towards the group. can you just explain for is the intricacies and just how difficult it would have been. absolutely. it's an absolutely phenomenal achievement. it's beyond anything that we have seen in any type of rescue before. cave diving is incredibly risky, incredibly complex and the challenges involved, particularly in a cave that will not have been known to most of the people, calling teams in from around the world and the british cave rescue council is delighted to have sent over some of rescue council is delighted to have sent over some of our rescue council is delighted to have sent over some of our volunteers to help with this. the fact that it took so many days to get the rescue attempt even set up before trying to evacuate anyone goes to underline

just how difficult this rescue was and what an achievement it was to pull it off. is it possible to say that actually finding them and the british divers were of course at the front of that rescue party, was that an even greater challenge than the actual rescue effort itself? the situation that the british cave rescue council were asked to assist with was a party of boys who are gone into a cave which are subsequently flooded and what exactly was going on was very unclear. finding them was not easy. it sounds like the diving was incredibly challenging. we are lucky with some of our volunteers to have some incredibly experienced divers but even buy the stuff that they do, this was exceptionally travelling. challenging. the visibility would have been terrible and the conditions, as we have heard, were really quite awkward in places with tight passages. finding them through all that is only incredible

achievement. and very, very good news when they were found remarkably well but then obviously the challenge is how you get them out from there. we have just been looking at the pictures again of the football players and that rescue operation. we know there was a lot of terrorism, there was one diver who died in the process because of a lack of oxygen. the coach gave his own food supplies to the kids so that they would stay even stronger. if somebody had described this challenge to you two weeks ago, would you have said it was possible? so cave rescue is very rarely easy, we doa so cave rescue is very rarely easy, we do a lot of training to deal with the eventualities that are thrown at us the eventualities that are thrown at us but the situation that we were asked to assist with a week and a half ago was challenging. when it turned out that there was such a large numberof turned out that there was such a large number of boys trapped beyond flooded passages with the awkwardness of getting there and the uncertainty of what the water levels

we re uncertainty of what the water levels were going to do, we never say anything is impossible but it was a challenge that has required a remarkable amount of effort. there has been effort from the thai authorities, people from around the world contributing and we are very, you know, it is a remarkable achievement to everyone has achieved. it is incredible what can happen when people work together and put their mind to these kind of challenges. it is indeed incredible. thank you forjoining us. love this story, incredible to be able to show those pictures of the boys been rescued and now in hospital. they will be with their family soon we're soon. president trump has nominated brett kavanaugh to replace justice kennedy on the us supreme court. today, he was making the rounds on capitol hill to meet with top republicans and those who will try to guide his nomination through the senate. so what do we know about mr kavanaugh? well, he is 53 and a conservative at heart. he is a former adviser to president george w bush and he is currently a judge

at the district of columbia appeals court. 0n abortion he has not expressed outright opposition. in a ruling last year he said that the right to abortion was ‘based on a constitutional principle as novel as it is wrong'. but he also recognised previous abortion rights cases ‘as precedents we must follow‘. 0n the powers of the executive branch he has written that there should be ‘a law exempting a president from criminal prosecution and investigation' while he is in office. mr kavanaugh is pro—second amendment. in 2011 he ruled that ‘semi—automatic rifles are also constitutionally protected' and finally, he has issued several rulings against the regulations of the environmental protection agency. he wrote that... as he accepted the nomination, mr kavanaugh launched a bipartisan message. here's what he said. that i rever the constitution.

i believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic. if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case. judge kavanaugh is a well—known figure here in washington and rose to prominence when he served under ken starr — the independent counsel who investigated bill clinton. for more on his record and what we can expect if he becomes a justice — mr. starr joins us now. you weren't closely with him. what was he like to work with? a privilege, extremely bright as you would expect but also quite humble. even though he was always at the top of his class academically, you would not know that from chatting with

him. nota not know that from chatting with him. not a brighter, let'sjust get the job done, very practical, very focused, and as he said last evening he is going to take these cases one ata time he is going to take these cases one at a time and i think he's going to distinguish himself on the supreme court. has the presidentjust nominated someone who is going to be difficult for democrats to vote against? that is obviously the huge question right now. i think the answer should be no because judge cavanagh has amassed this magnificent record as the judge. —— brett kavanaugh. but look at his service, it is universally acclaimed as being... inherited from the mother country in no small measure. he also goes about his work in such an amiable way that he is very well liked by his colleagues, he was recruited to teach at the harvard

law school by nowjustice alone a cave in. he is a man full seasons. democrats today are already saying that ifjudge brett kavanaugh becomes a supreme courtjustice then abortion rights in this country are on the chopping block and he will do everything he can to oppose gun control in the country. is that fair? i think it is a bit polemical right now, it is political. that is what nomination process is. well, it shouldn't be. i hope that the voices that have been rising will be quieted somewhat by his reassuring performance as a future justice during his confirmation hearings because i think is get to make very clear i am open—minded and i need to hear every case on its merits which

is exactly the way he is being is a circuit judge is exactly the way he is being is a circuitjudge or court of is exactly the way he is being is a circuit judge or court of appeals judge. after your investigation into bill clinton, he wrote in 2009 that presidential investigations are so own arrest they get in the way of presidential duties. if the presidential duties. if the president does something dastardly, the impeachment process is available. which makes me wonder whether the president has picked something that republicans can get around or has he picked somebody thatis around or has he picked somebody that is get to look after his only interest, the president's interest right now? well, i think his reflection and it was an academic type reflection as opposed to a judicial reflection, represented the combination of years of studying colluding reflecting back on other investigations that affected the president of the united states. the watergate investigation, and those we re watergate investigation, and those were deeply controversial and they also deflected the president from his or her very important duties. i

think whatjudge brett kavanaugh his or her very important duties. i think what judge brett kavanaugh was essentially saying it might of rotation is let's leave this to congress. if congress believes that there is reason to question the fitness of the president then let the people's representative deal with it, as opposed to reliance on criminal law which in our country thing we do overmuch. i think there is frankly wisdom in what he wrote. he spent five years as a staffer for george w bush, thousands of pages of e—mails and documents will of been circulated through its office. if the democrats were going to try and stop him they could really hold it up stop him they could really hold it up if they start delving into all the documents that are there. that depends upon the rulings of the chair. the senator from the midwest is very experienced, he has been in the united states senate for almost ao the united states senate for almost 40 years. he has a sense of fair play, sense of reasonableness, so i

think we can look to the chairman to make sure that there is a thorough examination of this admittedly considerable record but at the same time the process moves forward. thank you for coming in to join us. no overstating, christine, how important and this is for the president to get notjust one but two chances of influencing the supreme court for potentially a generation to come during the first 18 months of his presidency. and thatis 18 months of his presidency. and that is why voting matters because if you take out the 80,000 votes in the three votes, michigan and pennsylvania, wisconsin, hillary clinton winds but now you get a very conservative court. and hillary clinton campaigned on the importance of supreme court nominations. she was absolutely frank about this. she said that whoever the next president of the united states is going to get one, potentially two, potentially

three orfour one, potentially two, potentially three or four chances to influence the supreme court. she was very blunt about this during her campaign pitches, i heard her say. she campaigned directly to women saying if you feel the supreme court is important in protecting abortion rights than you should vote for my candidacy. they didn't. 5a% of women, white women in this country, voted for president trump, so she made the case and she didn't manage to come make it convincingly. and of course there are no voted turnouts which is why it's important to vote in this country. prime minister theresa may has a new—look cabinet, a fresh new foreign secretary and a host of old, familiar problems. there is still the possibility of a leadership challenge. she still has to convince her party to stick with her new brexit plan. and she then has to sell that plan to the european union. it's been a calmer day here in london, the cabinet briefing only slightly marred by news that ben bradley and maria caulfield have resigned as tory vice chairs. 0h — and a threat from the brexiteers they will be fighting a "guerilla campaign" against the prime ministers new brexit plan.

so let's get the thoughts of our favourite brexit duo, nigel evans, conservative mp who voted for brexit and seema molhotra, labour mp who voted for remain. now, if i didn't think you are going to get behind this plan, nigel eva ns, to get behind this plan, nigel evans, you would have been dressed in combat fatigues today. but given that you are not get into rally for it. rally may be too strong a point because what i've said is i am content with it. it is a basis by which we can now present that to the european union in order to start the negotiations properly. what i want to hear now is what michel barnier has got to say about this plan. it was made quite clear to theresa may at the committee that we do not want to see a leadership election, we don't want to see an early general election but we don't want to see any more concessions that have been made to the european union. we want to get on with brexit, we want to make absolutely certain on march the

29th next year we are leading the european union and we're starting a by which we stop paying billions of pounds to access a market where we have got £80 billion deficit.|j pounds to access a market where we have got £80 billion deficit. i can tell you to remind me of though. it reminded me of when neville chamberlain came back the year before the start of world war ii... you don't look old enough! he landed in my constituency in way a piece of paper saying he is for ourtime. it felt a bit like that with the prime ministeremerging felt a bit like that with the prime minister emerging from chequers with this 3—page agreement, which is to be honest, nigel, is a sticking plaster to paper over the cracks in a divided cabinet. and it didn't ta ke a divided cabinet. and it didn't take more than two days of things to unravel and quite frankly we still don't know if there is good to be a sta ble don't know if there is good to be a stable plan that is put forward the point which is weise we seem to keep missing is this is now two years since the referendum and it was supposed to be three months before we have got a deal that should be signed off by both houses of

parliament. so i'm not yet sure if we are further forward but i think certainly for nigel, he is clearly content but i think it is kind of a holding pattern right now. leisure say i was cheering louder on saturday for the england victory against sweden than i was further chequers deal, lectures but it that way. nigel, this plan now is to get the european union. in brussels there going to look at it and there isa there going to look at it and there is a strong chance they're going to say this is not going to work we are not going to accept it. where does that leave you? you have potentially just signed up for something that might make you unpopular with fellow brexit voters won't get anywhere anyway. therese responded over backwards to get some kind of proposition whereby we all get a frictionless trading goods between the united kingdom and the european union. michel barnier wants to say thatis union. michel barnier wants to say that is not good enough, which he normally does say, that is his default, then of course he must know that we are upping their preparedness for a no trade deal,

which means we will be leaving the european union without a trade deal at all and quite frankly that will hit the european union very hard indeed. don't forget they do, the germans give is 850,000 cars a year. i always remind seema that we drink more champagne than the french. and we will see tonight if they drink more champagne. and we buy a lot of per second from italy. want to carry on doing that after brexit. isis out up to them to make sure that we get a trade deal that is to the benefit of the european union and the united kingdom. benefit of the european union and the united kingdomlj benefit of the european union and the united kingdom. i think you know that no deal situation would be catastrophic for our country to be honest. there is almost universal consensus. i think the only people missing that some of the harvard brexiteers in your party who are now clearly planning gorilla warfare. but there is a more serious point here which is the plan so far falls short of compressive customs union

which we really need for stability and for planning and for reducing costs at the border, reducing time for goods to cross. but also it completely misses services right now and that is a big missing piece to make sure that we have got a brexit eyes go to work for our economy. we have to leave it there, guys. comeback as again soon. it looks amazingly sunny way both are. i am jealous. there's a cartoon that's gone viral on social media today. and i think you'll recognise the characters. asterix on the left, tin tin on the right. france versus belgium. the first of the semi finals is under way tonight in st petersburg. i'm looking at my score. 0h, 0—0. we haven't mist anything yet, christian. i'm hoping all the goals in the second half. the winner tonight will take on the winner of

tomorrow's game, either croatia or england, on sunday. 0lly foster is in moscow for us. it's been all tintin, belgium of look fantastic, they have come straight out of the blocks. most of them daily coming in for belgium for them. the only change. they have looked so good. remember they'd knocked out brazil. you get thrown all these statistics, we are at the sharp end of the world cup. ag% of the players left in the four teams all play in the premier league and i think belgium have got an awful lot to do with that. the one real chance we have just had in the last few seconds, a swivelling shotjust inside the box, saved by the french goalkeeper. but it is the french goalkeeper. but it is the french goalkeeper who looks a busier. the first real saviours had to make.

budge on top. it is beginning to open upa budge on top. it is beginning to open up a little bit. surely there will be goals in this one. when we breezed into the world cup final tomorrow, when would you —— which of these two teams would you prefer?” am back in belgium in this because i just think the way they've been playing is fantastic and i think france are relying an awful lot on p0p france are relying an awful lot on pop but —— no wonder kids to come good. france just on the offensive now. i think belgium look good for a place in the final and that could be bad news for england. but of course they will know each other so well, inside and out, because so many of those belgians play in the premier league and every single england player play within their own domestic league as well. but you know what, tomorrow night it is going to be a dress rehearsal that of who comes through between england and croatia. croatia have an extra half— hour of football in the and croatia. croatia have an extra half—hour of football in the legs. they've been through two sets of extra time and penalties, knocking

out the russians. they've had a couple of extra days here in the capital, the croatians, but they we re really capital, the croatians, but they were really battered and bruised by that. england's main task is going to try and keep luca muggeridge quiet. if they can do that they have got half a chance. —— to keep the croatia captain choir. cristiano ronaldo has moved ronaldo. all i see wider shopping is 99p. they've got about an hour. this is beyond 100 days the bbc. can other channels —— coming up for views on the bbc news channel and bbc world

news and bbc world news — as he sets off for europe we discuss news ff for europe we discuss why donald trump thinks britain's in turmoil and meeting vladimir putin may prove to be the easiest part of his trip. that's all still to come. good evening, today has been a fresher day with that breeze around you can see that over the sea here and it is likely to stay quite breezy throbber is this evening. we do have more cloud though compared with yesterday across scotland and it has been producing rain. nearly an inch of rain across parts of highland scotland and that will continue through this evening and overnight. it doesn't move much but actually what happens it extends its influence south to northern ireland so damp weather here. no more than the odd shower elsewhere. the humidity is slightly lower than elsewhere, the temperatures are recovering elizabeth by night and they will do by day. the most of tomorrow a lot of sunshine again, quite fresh to start with but we are losing the breeze gradually and starting to increase the heat. so

back to business as usual. not necessarily during the day but more cloud and rain and northern ireland and western scotland. the odd shower elsewhere but dry fine and sunny and increasingly warm, 2a25 more widely tomorrow. but as we pushed to the rest of the week temperatures will increase again. another pleasant day for spectators and players at wimbledon as we get ready into tomorrow. temperatures around 23, 20 4 tomorrow. temperatures around 23, 20 a degrees, strong sunshine around. richard of high pressure still withers into thursday but it is starting to weaken a bit. as that high weakens its influence it means with the heat of the sun it could just be enough to spark a few showers. mostly we think in western areas and not for all but with the heat it will be coinciding with the highest temperatures of the day, mid—afternoon when we see those rising again. a couple of degrees up again on thursday and starting to recover parts of northern ireland

and scotland. similar story on friday, more widespread as that high—pressure relinquishes its grip. when they come along they could be really quite heavy and thundery where we have that intense heat. we're expecting temperatures to rise another degree or so into friday. you can see we are repeating what we have seen already through this current hot spell. as for the weekend, the heat remains withers. a lot of dry weather across from the north—west withers increasing risk of showers. this is beyond 100 days with me katty kay in washington, christian frasier is in london. our top stories. they're out — relief and joy in thailand following the successful rescue of twelve boys and their football coach, who were trapped in a flooded cave system for more than two weeks. theresa may gathers

her new look cabinet together but there are more resignations in protest at her brexit compromise plan. coming up in the next half hour. they were rescued off the coast of libya and then turned away by italy — but this time the migrants were having none of it — forcing the coast guard to intervene. and in the world cup semi—final between france and belgium it's nil — nil at the moment. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag ‘beyond—0ne—hundred—days'. because it's such a treat to have good news on this programme, let's get more on our top story now — that extraordinary rescue in thailand. all 12 boys, their coach and all the rescue workers are now out safely. 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. welcome back. so they are in the

isolation wing of the hospital and much focus on their physical condition at the moment. you would say you need to also focus on the mental health? absolutely because now every moment will count towards the totality of their experience, not just being isolated the totality of their experience, notjust being isolated in the case or the ordeal of the rescue but the aftermath now. if i just been offered world cup final ticket i would be quite keen to take up that opportunity but doctors are saying no, stay here and we will look after you. should they have gone? depending on their physical state but for mental health, we know they have been through a physical trauma but what about traumatic repair and if they can be repaired by something amazing they will always link this with not only negative thoughts but something unbelievable. so you think they should have gone? well it would be wonderful if it had been offered,

i would hate them to remember this is the time they did not go to the world cup. on top of everything else. but they have been invited to manchester united. they will get tickets to all the games! i wanted to ask whether there are cultural differences in the ways that people cope with this kind of trauma, does the fact that this took place in thailand rather than the uk or america make a difference to the way people recover and how? the bottom line is people are fundamentally human, culture plays an enormous pa rt human, culture plays an enormous part in your coping styles and support systems so yes, i imagine there is their own family way and their extended family and their belief systems, all of which will help. the short answer is it matters but i do believe that they will have very similar motions to anyone on this planet locked in a cave for

nine days. and of course the doctors must look at their physical health and there are concerns about some kind of infection that they could have picked up in the case but will it help them psychologically in the long term to get home as quickly as possible? i do believe that restoring normality is fundamental in the recovery process. and to be isolated from their family at this moment when the natural human reaction is protection, warmth and reintegration into normality, but should be quick and we should not add to their ordeal by keeping them for too long in isolation. how they handled mao really is going to matter in their recovery process and adaptation. their families probably desperate to hold after such an ordeal. thank you very much. 66 migrants who were rescued at sea off the coast of libya, will be allowed to dock in italy. rome had initially turned away the italian supply

ship vos thalassa. it was the first time a private italian—owned ship has been stopped from docking in italy. on monday evening the ship responded to a distress call at sea and took the migrants onboard. but today — when permission to dock in italy was denied and the migrants were told the libyan coastguard would be coming for them — the situation turned ugly. in the end the italian coastguard was forced to intervene to help save the ship's crew. nancy lindborg is the president of the us institute of peace and has just returned from libya. are we going to see more and more situations like the one we have just seen situations like the one we have just seen of immigrants being rescued by ships and not being able to find a breath for them to dock as european countries get more restrict it and still more people come from libya. that is certainly a possibility. what we are seeing is a significant drop in the crossings of the

mediterranean to europe since the height of this crisis two years ago. but what fundamentally it signals is that people are going to continue to ta ke that people are going to continue to take enormous risks for a better life. and the solutions have to rest not only in how do we deal with the problem but how we deal with the symptoms of why people are leaving their homes in the first place. there's been a in the number of syrians coming but the numbers of people coming out of libya where you have just returned from is still fairly regular at the moment. 0ne have just returned from is still fairly regular at the moment. one of the conditions, you just came back a week ago and what conditions did you find migrants in? the situation in libya is you have a well oiled smuggling machine, in a country that is basically without a functioning government. so there are built—in business and economic incentives to move people from, from further south

in africa, up through libya and then to turn them over to the human smugglers to cross the sea. a large pa rt smugglers to cross the sea. a large part of the issue has got to be stabilising libya, helping form a functioning government and creating different incentives for the smugglers who right now are making a lot of money on this human smuggling operation. i remember when i was one one of the ships off the coast some of the boys we saved had been kept ina of the boys we saved had been kept in a hole on the beach until conditions were right to send a to sea. conditions were right to send a to sea. they had been in a whole on the beach for days and that experience today that we've seen tells me that they are so desperate not to be sent back to these people smugglers and these detention centres that they will take on ship crews that save them. well what we know is they, as somewhere between seven and 10,000

migrants who are in a series of detention centres in libya and again it is without the kind of regulation or oversight or ability to know that they are being taken care of and it adds to the tragedy of the situation. they are a small percentage of about 700,000 migrants who are in libya overall. so there isa who are in libya overall. so there is a much larger population, some of whom were trying to find work in libya but either the work was not there or the insecurity and the lurking violence of libya pushes them to keep moving on across the sea them to keep moving on across the sea into europe and take that risk. thank you very much for coming in to join us. this is of course happening ata time join us. this is of course happening at a time when we need to look at the root causes of this, people will still keep on trying to leave and prepare enormous risks and pay large

sums of money to these people smugglers. there has to be a better way of addressing this problem rather than just building walls and stopping ships from docking. but governments do not seem interested in something to stabilise these countries. there has to be a better solution for the ships at sea, there isa solution for the ships at sea, there is a maritime law that you pick up people in distress and if you cannot dock with the people, if you cannot ta ke dock with the people, if you cannot take those people back to land them what to do. and if you're basing the risk of your ship being taken over and the italian coast guard has to come and save the crew, that puts ships ina come and save the crew, that puts ships in a terrible predicament so europe for me has to find a better solution. it seems that these disembarkation centres, that is not really going to be the solution. when you're on the ship off the coast of libya what was the impact on the crew of rescuing all these

migrants? it is pretty awful, i think people overlook the fact that these ngo crews are on board in rough conditions for months on end and then you pull these people on board and they are without documents, without clothes, maybe some dead people about, maybe people who have drowned, it is a desperate situation and of them carrying diseases because they have been in these detention centres so it takes a huge toll on these crews and they are being given a pretty raw deal by the italian authorities. the italian government is saying they are the taxi drivers for the migrants but also bear in mind thejob that taxi drivers for the migrants but also bear in mind the job that they do. donald trump lands in brussels in the next hour for a nato summit and he has been letting european allies know how he feels about the seven decade old alliance. "nato countries must pay more, he wrote. the united states must pay less. very unfair!" he has a point. nato countries sign up to a goal of spending 2% of their gdp on defence — only 8 of the 29 members meet the target.

0thers aim to get there by 202a—5. but after a year and a half of being lectured by mr trump some european countries are pushing back. today the president of the european council warned mr trump to stop berating european countries over how much they spend. "america doesn't have and will not have a better ally than europe," he said — " i think you can have no doubt that this is an investment, which can't be said with confidence about russia and china." "america, appreciate your allies because you don't have many." mr trump's stance has raised a few eyebrows in europe and in germany in particular. 0ur berlin correspondentjenny hill has sent this report from grafenwoehr which is home to a large us army base. it's a partnership that's danced to the music of time. 60 years ago the young american soldier sang for his german hosts in this barracks town.

for grafenwoehr, elvis is still the king. but they worry here about what the real american leader will do next. grafenwoehr hosts the biggest us training facility outside america. 35,000 us soldiers stationed in germany. for europe, it's protection. for the us, it's a strategic base. but for its president, it's seemingly a question mark. translation: there have been debates for a long time about the number of us troops in germany. but the training grounds are so important for the american army and for nato that their existence is safe. but these are tense times for the nato alliance. war games on europe's russian border. no one is sure of vladimir putin's next move. neither can the west predict what its american ally has in mind.

ijust hope that president trump will not find it attractive as he thinks about his voter base at home, to argue that the united states could save a little more money by reducing this commitment or that commitment. that would only play in the hands of those who we don't like. of the russians or of other adversaries. the second world war still casts a shadow here. germany favours diplomacy, development aid over defence. that is changing. the government has promised more money for the military. it is not enough for donald trump. all of this was supposed to be about guaranteeing security. but there is a growing sense of unease here in germany and in the eu. at a time when europe is redefining its entire approach to defence it can it seems, no longer rely on its biggest ally.

daily routines, long—term alliances. what was once a certainty, no longer taken for granted. jenny hill, bbc news, grafenwoehr. the us remains one of the uk's closest allies — a relationship that is particularly important in the area of defence. so what can we expect of the uk—us special relationship going forward? earlier we spoke to lord richard dannatt — the former head of the british army. i put it to him that he wants the uk to spend 2.5% of its gdp on defence and how will you sell that to the british public? the point is not well done britain, we're spending 2% but 2% is the best we've ever spent. why do we need more, we have a growing range of threats against our security whether it is a resurgent russia, the ongoing threat from so—called islamic state in a variety

of places around the world, dealing with other threats such as migration to southern europe and said that against the smallest maybe, army and air force against the smallest maybe, army and airforce since the against the smallest maybe, army and air force since the second world war and you build the case that 2.5% over six £7 billion is about the right number that we should be in order defence. we one of eight nato countries that meets the 2% threshold but the us said it is in the best interest of both nations for the uk to remain the us partner of choice. not for me to tell you how to prioritise spending but i hope you will be able to share with us soon hope you will be able to share with us soon clear and funded defence blueprint. is a long overdue? it is andi blueprint. is a long overdue? it is and i think defence secretary james matters is right, whether that was supposed to be a private letter a public, the fact is it is a public document effectively. but what he's

doing is expressing a genuine concern on behalf of the us and the us military that the uk armed forces have always been the partner of choice. the multispectral capable forces in europe and the united states can do business with. they do not want to see us move away from that position. the threats you mentioned, but nato face potentially over the coming years, resurgent russia, islamic state, the issue of migration, are those threats that need big defence spending, big conventional armies or do they need smaller and more intelligent special forces ? smaller and more intelligent special forces? we certainly need smaller and more intelligent specialforces of course the problem of, and i do not like the analogy of the golf bag but the problem with only having that say a sandwich and maybe apart is that come the day you might require a big driver and if you

haven't got a full range of capabilities, if you have not invested across the range then you are backing a hunch, taking a risk and hoping one day about the threat that challenges you is the threat europe repaired for. if you just ta ke europe repaired for. if you just take a backward glance at history, whatever you prepare for is not what happens and what we have not expect it is what has turned up. so in that context it is always a bit cheeky of the americans to tweak the british by suggesting that france could be their new best friends. but they are moving, the americans would suggest, in the right direction. emmanuel macron is investing in the french defence forces whereas the uk is scaling back. does that put the uk ina more scaling back. does that put the uk in a more vulnerable position? yes, the americans and french are working more closely together and they are tweaking our tail saying the french could be our partners of choice. we

should rise to that challenge, there's a strong case for us to increase our defence spending is not just to see off this competitive threat from the french but to do it on its own merits. i for one like the golf bag analogy. thank you for joining us. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — the french ambassador on the entente cordiale ? and whether europe is ready to do some heavy lifting to help get brexit to work. the chief medical officer for england has warned people in the salisbury and amesbury areas not to pick up "any foreign object which could contain liquid or gel". the comments follow the death of dawn sturgess from nerve agent poisoning. her partner charlie rowley is in a critical condition in hospital. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds has more. this is thought to be charlie rowley the day before he fell ill, buying drinks in salisbury. what happens next? and what was the object that he and his partner touched,

which left her dead and him fighting for his life? police don't yet know. they are still searching for it. hence today's new and specific warning. in quiet corners of parks like this one in salisbury, it's not hard to find all sorts of things lying around, often in places where people take drugs. including, things that might be of interest to children, like this. the advice today is clear, do not pick up anything that you haven't dropped yourself. i think it's sensible advice. in terms of getting little kids not to pick up things... good luck! exactly. we are sitting yards from where the skripals fell ill in march. at the time, nearby in a corner of this car park, we saw people sleeping rough. now, it's closed off. a friend says charlie rowley sometimes hung out here. could he have picked up something dropped then by the skripal‘s attackers? 0rdid he find a contaminated object? this weekend, in his local park, sealed off by police officers.

today, the family of dawn sturgess mark their loss with the statement. but, tonight, doctors reported a small and significant improvement in the condition of charlie rowley. he's now conscious, which means he may be able to give the police critical information. tom symons, bbc news, salisbury. let's get more on the nato summit in brussels tomorrow. nato chief jens stoltenberg has said that eight out of 27 european members were on course to spend the required two percent of gdp on defence in 2018: britain is one of them. france however is not. it's a point i put to the french ambassador when i met him recently.

and i asked him if france is concerned about the tougher us attitude to nato which president trump brings with him? we have to make a distinction between the us and the trump administration as we stand in the g7. and i hope that nato will be a very efficient summit. we hope that trump will be wise. he might say he has a point because if you look at french spending, he has been critical of british spending as well of course, but france spent 1.71% in 2017 of its gdp. short of the 2% target. out of a $2.6 trillion economy. why, he would say, are we carrying the burden? fance in previous years was one of the most operational countries in the realm, in syria, in africa,

and perhaps more than the us. you have said that irrespective of what happens in the brexit talks, france and britain must have a close strategic partnership. so why are you, france, and the germans, denying britain unrestricted access to the galileo project to which britain has paid over £1 billion? in former responsibilities, ten yea rs ago, we created the galileo programme. first in the space industry we need a very close cooperation with the uk. because france and the uk are the most important contributors in the space industry. but forgive me, why would britain work closely with france again on a close project is, when it suits strategic french interests, france says oh yes, but this is now a european project?

there has to be an element of trust. there is a trust between the uk and france on the space industry and on the security system. but you can work very closely in the european space agency because it is an intergovernmental agency. but not on this project? but not on this project. and the borders between the european space agency and the european commission programme, you know, the border is always... a grey area? a grey area. it is going to take a little time to implement brexit. there are purists who interpret the acquis of the european union, the legislation of the european union, and then there is the european council who from time to time can compromise and move. can you see a scenario in the coming months as we come to the

deadline, where the leaders are prepared to compromise because there has been no compromise so far. it depends on the proposal which will be made by the uk authorities because there is no compromise because we have not got the position of the uk government. so we need to have a common position, we have a position and a proposal from uk government to the commission. and after, we can find a compromise if it is acceptable for the european commission, it is the legal framework of europe, it's very clear. in just under a8 hours the american president will be arriving in the uk for a two day visit. shorter and less grand that was perhaps first anticipated. before he left washington he told reporters he had "a very good relationship" with theresa may. but maybe he has a better one with borisjohnson. so i have nato, i have the uk which

is in somewhat turmoil and i have putin. frankly, putin may be the easiest of them all. who would think. but the uk certainly has, they have a lot of things going on. have you spoken to theresa may or boris johnson? i have not. but borisjohnson is a friend of mine, he's been very, very nice to me, very supportive. and maybe i will speak to him when i get over there. i like boris johnson, i have always liked him. never afraid of telling you how it is, or putting himself in the middle of a controversy. which you might remember is how he approached his first visit to the annual nato summit. note to those attending tomorrow's meeting don't get in the president's way. that is montenegro's prime minister, one of nato's newer members, who deigned to stand in front of the american president. and quickly found himself ‘superceded'

for the group photograph. from the american embassy in london, a quick note, keep a low profile next week if you are an american in london and they say you should exercise caution if you are and it's basically in the vicinity of large gatherings that may become violent. but warning to americans from the us embassy in london. in particular those that might be staying near regent park. of course he's going to be in brussels tomorrow. we will be covering the nato summit, dojoin us from that. good evening, today has been a fresher day with that breeze around you can see that over the sea here and it is likely to stay quite

breezy throughout this evening. we do have more cloud though compared with yesterday across scotland and it has been producing rain. nearly an inch of rain across parts of highland scotland and that will continue through this evening and overnight. it doesn't move much but actually what happens is it extends its influence south to northern ireland, so damp weather here. no more than the odd shower elsewhere. the humidity is slightly lower than elsewhere, the temperatures are recovering... by night and they will do by day. for most of tomorrow a lot of sunshine again, quite fresh to start with but we are losing the breeze gradually and starting to increase the heat. so back to business as usual. not necessarily during the day but more cloud and rain for northern ireland and western scotland. the odd shower elsewhere but dry, fine and sunny and increasingly warm, 2a—25 celsius more widely tomorrow. but as we push through the rest of the week, temperatures will increase again. another pleasant day for spectators and players at wimbledon as we get ready into tomorrow.

temperatures around 23, 2a degrees, strong sunshine around. ridges of high pressure still with us into thursday but it is starting to weaken a bit. as that high weakens its influence it means with the heat of the sun it could just be enough to spark a few showers. mostly we think in western areas and not for all but with the heat it will be coinciding with the highest temperatures of the day, mid—afternoon when we see those rising again. a couple of degrees up again on thursday and starting to recover for parts of northern ireland and scotland. similar story on friday, more widespread as that high—pressure relinquishes its grip. when they come along they could be really quite heavy and thundery where we have that intense heat. we're expecting temperatures to rise another degree or so into friday. you can see we are repeating what we have seen already through this current hot spell. as for the weekend, the heat remains with us. a lot of dry weather across from the north—west

with the increasing risk of showers. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 8pm. rescuers in thailand have now freed all 12 boys and their football coach — trapped in a flooded cave for 17 days. there was a mix of celebration and relief as the boys were driven to hospital for health checks. charlie rowley, one of two people exposed to novichok in amesbury last weekend, regains consciousness in hospital. it comes as health officials warn the public not to pick up suspcious items. here, the prime minsiter urges party unity following yesterday's high—profile resignations from cabinet. tonight two vice chairs of the conservative party have also stepped down over brexit. also tonight — parched land and dwindling water supplies.