you're watching beyond one hundred days. donald trump is weathering a storm of criticism after his meeting with vladimir putin. even reliably supportive republicans are not happy with the way the president handled the helsinki summit. republican speaker paul ryan splits with the president saying unequivocally that russia is trying to undermine democracy around the world. let's be veering clearjust so everyone knows, russia did meddle with our elections. not only did they meddle with our elections, they are doing it around the world. —— let's be very clear. also on the programme... the british government has lost one vote on its brexit legislation but crucially, it has survived another that would have tied it to a customs union. and arnold schwarzenegger reignites his long running feud with donald trump. you literally sold out in this press co nfe re nce you literally sold out in this press conference are intelligence community, and more importantly our country. get in touch with us using the hashtag beyond—one—hundred—days.

hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. donald trump is getting bad reviews in the states for his handling of vladimir putin at the helsinki summit. and the criticism isn'tjust from the regular cast of democrats and departing republicans. even the president's favourite tv channel, fox news, isn't happy with him for siding with russia over the us intelligence community. as for mr trump, he has sent a string of tweets defending his european tour. like this one... "while i had a great meeting with nato, raising vast amounts of money, i had an even better meeting with vladimir putin of russia. sadly, it is not being reported that way the fake news is going crazy!" but here is what the republican speaker of the house paul ryan had to say. let's be very clear, just so everybody knows, russia did meddle with our elections. not only did russia meddle in our elections, they're doing it around the world.

they did it to france, they did it to moldova, they're doing it to the baltics. russia is trying to undermine democracy itself, to delegitimise democracy, so for some reason they can look good by comparison. let'sjust be really clear about that. paul ryan there, who is leaving office, feeling like he can speak more freely than other republicans. and joining us now is kurt volker, the executive director of the mccain institute who serves as the us special representative for ukraine negotiations. thank you for coming in to join us. you also serve as the united states‘s special representative to the ukraine and have invested interest with relations between russia and the united states. would you make of what donald trump said standing next to vladimir putin. you make of what donald trump said standing next to vladimir putinli understand the controversy going on

here, and cannot walk away from not. when you look at the substance, i think what donald trump is trying to do is create an atmosphere with vladimir putin where they can work together and doing that without giving away any of the subsequent points that we care about and one i came up in the rest conference is crimea, which president putin confirmed that donald trump indicated we still disagree over crimea and we're not to recognise that. it but the cynic is position where we can work on that. and we

could see if we bring about peace,. donald trump may recognise the annexation of crimea. during the course of the press conference, he was given a specific opportunity to say can you name one was given a specific opportunity to say can you name one concrete was given a specific opportunity to say can you name one concrete thing that the russians have done that has not been helpful around the world. that he did not do that. when you look at the substance again. where do we come out, we did not come out with a sell—out on syria or ukraine. i think as the president said, especially if you look at the opening remarks, we have the worst

relationship with russia that we have had since the cold war. a lot of it is because of russia's own actions. they would like to see russia get out of ukraine and see peace in eastern ukraine. we will like to see north korea get rid of its nuclear weapons. i understand what the president is trying to do, maybe getting help with them on some issues. i think vladimir putin is doing this deliberately. but that is the tactic that he was taking and how he wants to approach it. today

is the disaster, of the aeroplane shot down by the russian do you think that the helsinki summit overall was good for your chances of trying to resolve the situation? it gives me a way forward and that is what i'm looking forward and that is what i'm looking forward and propose a peacekeeping force to replace the forces and let people get on with their lives again. thank you very much for coming to join us. yesterday's summit drew strong reaction from capitol hill as we've heard and the fallout has continued today. right now the president is meeting with a handful of republians members and we'll bring you his comments when we get them but jane

o'brien has been tracking the congressional responses for us. when the former gop speaker of the house and defender of the president says this is the most serious mistake of your presidency, you know you're in trouble. i think you certainly do and that criticism has been mounting as the days progressed. in mention the speaker paul ryan and we also saw another staunch ally of the president saying that he has to do something about this and clarify this. and the brief director of communications, anthony sekera mucci, says that the president has to change course. will he do that? we might find out in a time when he finishes the meeting

with members of congress. we heard from senators who are not standing again but we have not heard from the sort of people like mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader, there was big figures. why is that? the feeling is what can they do. you have the president who has the authority to direct foreign policy. they do not want to anger him in the middle of a mid—term season. he has enormous approval ratings amongst his own party hovering around 90% and his space like what he's doing, he delivered on tax reform, the economy is doing nicely and most importantly he's about to deliver on his second supreme court appointee. so these are big things and it is difficult for congress, republicans in congress to go against a president

who will also show no qualms about fighting back against them if pushed. a very tricky place to be. it is that balance that so many republicans are looking at, looking to see how popular the president is. a few of them have split with him but not all of them buying any means. with me is the british mp damian collins, conservative chairman of the uk's digital, culture, media and sport committee. he has been at a special conference in washington this week organised by the atlantic council to discuss russia's inteference in elections. thank you for coming in. what did you make of the summit in helsinki? i thought what president trump said was extraordinary about russian interference in elections, he had the advice of the intelligence community in washington telling him that has happened and the tech

companies themselves have said it has happened. he preferred to take the word of resin putin over those of his own advisers and i think that was extraordinary and looking at the helsinki summit as a whole and his week in europe beforehand it looks like his mission was to get close to the russians and offend his allies. you spend a lot of your time working on russian interference on how to guard against it. when the president says i have no reason to doubt president putin when he says he did not interfere, does that make your job harder? it does because the danger is for people in europe and not just the uk danger is for people in europe and notjust the uk and france but eastern europe and the baltic states, who are concerned about russian interference it is almost like the president saying do not count on my support if you want to challenge russia over this. but as white i think the event i was at this week was important because it brings together people in the senate, in congress and parliaments

also across europe to say we think this is happening and want to work together to confront what has been done, to expose what has been done and identify russia as involved in seeking to attack our democracies. this week we're focused on his three andi this week we're focused on his three and i know that you made reference to the atlantic charter signed by roosevelt and churchill. let's just show viewers this certificate. this is number three, the right of all peoples to choose the former government under which they will live. that is a fundamental right of the post—war agreement. do you think we need a new charter in light of what is going on with social media but all global powers would sign up to? i think we do, reiterating the right of people to choose their own government free of interference from foreign governments and set some ground rules for what digital interference is in elections. to

establish an international framework to say this is not acceptable from any country against another and you expect some proportional response to that. the agreements we have a thing to not take into account the way technology can be used by actors to destruct elections but the principle of the atlantic charter is fundamental to the western democracies, the right of free people to choose the people that served in the government. also by having free and open media where ideas can be discussed without that being interfered with by fake news. while you are there in washington there is plenty going on back there in the house of commons. let's get more on the crucial vote in the

house of commons this evening. we can speak to our political correspondent. they have lost on one vote tonight. which is embarrassing but really on the crucial bit, and this amendment will tie them to a customs union in the trade bill. la batt customs union in the trade bill. labatt amendment was more critical to the brexit strategy and would have been a huge political crisis had the government not managed to win that vote. we understand mps we re win that vote. we understand mps were told that it would have triggered a vote of no—confidence in the government should that vote not have gone the government's so it is

clear that ministers were seriously taking this vote, it would have made the government stay in the customs union with the eu should know trade deal agreed by the end of march. it would be a huge sense of relief by tonight. there were only six votes in the government won by 307—301 but it goes to show that the remain backing mps in the conservative parties, when it came to the critical moment could not muster the numbers. they cannot vote against the government on a crucial issue

and suggest the balance of power lies with the brexiteer is. that chequers agreement was hammered out by ministers and was supposed to be the plan presented on behalf of the uk to the eu for negotiation. that lies in jeopardy because the uk to the eu for negotiation. that lies injeopardy because it seems to be pleasing by their wing of the conservative party is i think although the votes have gone the way of the government the problems are not disappeared. i'm sure they are all desperate to leave westminster and get away for a bit but when they come back of course we're talking about what is happening within the conservative party and that has not even gone to the eu yet so what is the future still of that chequers plan, now amended, that now has to go to the eu, will it survive there? that has a lwa ys eu, will it survive there? that has always been the main point about

these agreements in westminster, they look incredibly inward looking because as you say this is all about negotiating with the eu and we're here talking about internal divisions more than two years on from the referendum. over the plan to ta ke from the referendum. over the plan to take to brussels. ministers insist that the plan is intact despite the amendment that we had yesterday. they insist they do not change policies of the other wings of the party would beg to differ and say what has happened is a wrecking ball has been driven through that chequers agreement. what will happen over the summer, the plan was to ta ke over the summer, the plan was to take that white paper, that policy document, to the eu and continue the negotiations over the summer. wait for signals of the eu response and then get a deal done by october. we are still a couple of days away, a few days away from parliament breaking up for the summer so they could be more fireworks to come here in westminster but the plan for the

government certainly is to take the paperas government certainly is to take the paper as agreed and wipe out the details and put it to brussels and get the crucial agreement with the eu member states by october. damian collins is still in the studio with us, duke agree with that assessment that what has happened now in the commons that in that tectonic battle between brexiteers and remain as in the conservative party, the brexiteers have the upper hand?|j think brexiteers have the upper hand?” think the prime minister will be really pleased because an attempt to force the government to adopt a negotiating stance with a full customs union would have been a change of strategy. it enables the prime minister to go to brussels and say aye have the support of the house of commons to present my proposals to you... onlyjust, six votes. they will understand it was very tight, it is a big challenge to force the government's cannot

customs union membership and that has failed and strengthens the prime minister's hand and we go into the summer minister's hand and we go into the summer with the minister's hand and we go into the summerwith the eu minister's hand and we go into the summer with the eu (withdrawal) minister's hand and we go into the summerwith the eu (withdrawal) bill passed, the customs bill passed, the trade bill passed, all major pieces of legislation main the groundwork for brexit next year and we have got goes through, sol for brexit next year and we have got goes through, so i think it strengthens the prime minister's position immensely. it is interesting that she mentioned the beaches, because given that time is so beaches, because given that time is so tight and we want to squeeze every negotiating moment out of it, why is the prime minister suggesting all of the mps go on holiday five days early? is itjust to avoid the tittle tattle, a leadership challenge, more infighting over her brexit plan? i don't know, i have beenin brexit plan? i don't know, i have been in washington today and yesterday and so when i left london, we we re yesterday and so when i left london, we were intending to sit until tuesday next week and i have got lots of work in westminster when i get back tomorrow morning. are you against the idea of going on holiday

early? i won't be there, if it is pushed to a vote this evening but i have work i'm intending to do in westminster next weekend meetings of committed i hope we can have on monday and choose their next week, so monday and choose their next week, sol monday and choose their next week, so i hope we continue to sit. mr collins, i don't think christian and i would ever vote against going on holiday early, i would like to see what your american colleagues were doing. we are on holiday all the time. we are on holiday all the time. we would vote against coming back, really. anyway... you know, it is so interesting because i have had americans say to me, american journalists who went on this trip to the uk and brussels, who came back and said, wow, we thought american politics was tricky and messy at the moment, we had no idea until we landed in the ukjust how complicated and how messy british politics is so, we have friends. it is bad enoughjust with brussels, the brexiteers and remainers and

then you factor in donald trump, who would be the prime minister? other news now from around the world but related to what we have been talking about. a russian woman living in the us has been charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of the russian government. maria butina is alleged to have worked at the direction of a high—level kremlin official. she's denied the allegations, saying there was no indication that she tried to influence any specific policy or law. the european union and japan have signed one of the world's biggest free trade deals. the new agreement will remove tariffs on most goods. the eu says the deal sends a clear message against protectionism. in an apparent reference to the imposition of tariffs by the trump administration, the eu council president, donald tusk, described the trade deal with tokyo as a light in the darkness. british government has announced a series of measures to tackle sexual harassment and a culture of bullying at westminster. the new code of conduct comes after a number of allegations of inappropriate behaviour were made last winter; it resulted last winter — it resulted in ministerial resignations

and suspensions from across different political parties. the proposals will be voted on on thursday. we thought it was worth having a look at newspapers around the world which have given prominent reaction to the helsinki summit and are unanimous, pretty much, in their verdict of which donald trump and that a putin came out on top. in new york, the language of the wall street journal could not have been worse for the american president. remember, this is a murdoch paper. the paper says donald trump "showed weakness", even though his russian counterpart is known for "respecting strength". inside, in an opinion piece, the journal accuses trump of marching "through europe with more swagger than strategy" and called his helsinki press conference a "personal and national embarassment." the local view in finland in the paper kauppa—lehti could not be clearer on who triumped at the summit: trump 0 ? putin i, is its front page headline.

in washington, my colleague nick bryant tweeted that even the new york times has ripped into the president, its splash states: "see no evil". not the new york times, the new york post. but across many of the front pages of papers around the world is this word "treason". the daily news in new york accuses donald trump of "buying the russian line hook, line, sinker, pole and boat." the daily news, of course, a more liberal paper, has never been a friend of donald trump's but what is striking to me, waking up this morning, i was in new york looking at the wall streetjournal morning, i was in new york looking at the wall street journal and morning, i was in new york looking at the wall streetjournal and the new york post, both murdoch papers, like fox news, and i think for the president, who is so conscious of how he is perceived by friendly news outlets and really relies on fox news, the wall streetjournal, the news, the wall streetjournal, the new york post to be supporters of his policies, to see them say this

was a personal and political embarrassment, that is tough for him. yes, he got an easier going over from sean hanna t, we would expect that, they are good friends, but some on the daytime schedule to fox news were quite critical —— hannity. yes, let's see, i am very interested to see what happens over the next two or three days because we have had lots of people speaking out, the president sending out the offensive tweets about his trip. let's see if this has legs and we have republicans who carry on talking about this and saying we want some kind of action. there is talk in the senate at the moment of some kind of censure motion, perhaps reiterating that they think russia meddled and imposing tougher sanctions against let's see if any action gets taken on capitol hill. all of this is of course manna from heaven for the former republican governor of california, arnold is fortu nate, governor of california, arnold is fortunate, is unimpressed with donald trump's performance in

helsinki. no love lost between these two men but the star of terminator and the one time boss of celebrity apprentice was so insensed that he tweeted a video statement likening the president to a "wet noodle". president trump, i just saw your press conference with president putin, and it was embarrassing. i mean, you stood there like a little wet noodle, like a little fanboy. i mean, i was asking myself when are you going to ask him for an autograph or for a selfie or something like that. i mean, you literally sold out at this press conference our intelligence community, ourjustice system and, worst of all, our country. you're the president of the united states, you shouldn't do that. what's the matter with you? i mean, whatever happened to the strong words, or to the strength of ronald reagan? i mean, he stood there at the berlin wall and he said, "mr gorbachev, tear down this wall." what happened to all that? he sighs huh. i think you would call that needling the noodle. it is the side at the end.

the president is the master of nicknames, crazy joe the president is the master of nicknames, crazyjoe biden, mr magoo, jeff sessions, jeff lakey and today, if he looks at twitter, there isa today, if he looks at twitter, there is a hashtag, traitor trump and a hashtag surrender summit. that is not going to go down well, is it? i think looking at you yesterday, i would call it hashtag sweaty summit. it was so hot. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — we'll have the very latest analysis from westminter, where the government has in the last hour narrowly survived an attempt by pro—eu conservative mps to change its post—brexit trade plan. that's still to come. stay with us. good evening. some of us got to see

a little bit of rain today in the form of some scattered showers. you can see the way the shower clouds gathered here in aberdeenshire but as we go on through this evening, much of the cloud is going to melt away. so one to showers across northern scotland breadline and then most northern scotland breadline and then m ost pla ces northern scotland breadline and then most places will turn dry with some clear spells and across northern and north—eastern part of the country, it will turn relatively cool, nine in newcastle, ten in edinburgh and glasgow but still on the one side the london and for cardiff, 14 or 15. tomorrow, for many places, again it will be dry with spells of sunshine, a bit more in the way of their developing as the day wears on and against scattered showers. across northern scotland, some of the showers could be on the heavy side and there is the potential for some heavy showers across southern some heavy showers across southern some could contain the odd rumble of thunder. a few showers in northern ireland, a lot of dry and fine weather and much of england and wales will see sunny spells through the afternoon, just a small chance

ofa the afternoon, just a small chance of a shower through the western side of a shower through the western side of england into the midlands and parts of wales. temperature wise, little warmer tomorrow than today, 26 in london and many places looking at highs of 19—23. thursday will bring plenty more warm sunshine and some more areas of clay developing as the day wears on. temperature wise, even warmer as the day wears on, up to 29 perhaps 30 degrees, but a bit ofa on, up to 29 perhaps 30 degrees, but a bit of a chain showing its hand up to the north—west, thickening cloud and outbreaks of rain associated with a set of weather fronts. you may well be hoping for some rain and this will give you some cause for optimism, certainly across north—western parts of the country, scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england, you will see rain to report on friday but as idris further south and east, it will weaken, so we are not expecting huge amounts of rain at all for part of

eastern england. here, another hot and sunny day, 29 in london, little cooler for belfast and edinburgh. that dying frontal system will continue to push southwards and eastwards and into the weekend, high—pressure close enough to exert an influence so for the most part, the weekend will be dry. spells of warm sunshine, a little patchy rain at times but not a lot. this is beyond one hundred days. with me katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories. as donald trump remains defiant to widespread criticism of his summit with vladimir putin — the senior republican, paul ryan, says it's clear that russia interfered in the us presidential election. the uk government faces yet more turmoil over brexit — but tonight survives a crucial trade vote. coming up in the next half hour. in a rare public speech in south africa barack obama describes the world as being at a crossroads with two very different visions of humanity's future. a whole range of new icons are released to mark 2018 world emoji day. yes — that is still a thing.

let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag ‘beyond—one—hundred—days‘. we have been hearing about the crucial vote which the prime minister has just won against rebel mps in her own party. it was a narrow win. the government won by just six votes. we'rejoined by henry newman of open europe and the spectator‘s political correspondent katy balls. most mps like to wear their rebel batch with pride but after the vote last night no one knows if they are rebel or not because the brexiteers came forward with amendments to kill the chequers plan and then the prime minister flipped the chequers plan and then the prime ministerflipped so the chequers plan and then the prime minister flipped so they are no longer the rebels and it is the

remainers who are at the rebels. what we're seeing is what a hung parliament looks like when the governing party are very divided over brexit. it has been said by wise heads in the conservative party that they are in either complacency mode or panic mode. but crucially the government has managed to get another major piece of exit legislation onto the statute books. soi legislation onto the statute books. so i think the prime minister will be pleased this evening. and had they been bound by a customs union believed there was no room for any negotiation. i think there will be huge sighs of relief tonight in downing street because at the moment it isa downing street because at the moment it is a grim situation in general for the conservative party and theresa may but had they lost this boat there was talk of no—confidence letters going into the chairman of the 1922 committee in charge of the backbench mps and rail feeling that

theresa may could struggle to make it to the recess. because people would be so annoyed and had such little faith in her brexit position. this is at least a better result than many had expected. we had damian collins on the programme a short time ago and he tried to suggest that because they had won the vote that puts the prime minister ina the vote that puts the prime minister in a much stronger position, almost making the case that she has one three important votes now and she can go to brussels and it will be much easierfor her to negotiate. do you agree with that? i think strong may not do the word i would use but maybe less week. is good that she has won this vote and when you look at the customs arrangement, theresa may has

been frank that she did not think anyone in brussels would take it seriously unless she showed that parliament would reject a customs agreement and back her plan. but she has a feuding party that cannot agree on the direction of brexit. and if she manages to get brussels to agree to the brexit blueprint it is not clear that she has the votes to get through in parliament.” suppose what it shows is given the numbers in parliament any rebellion whether it is brexit or remain is supercharged. absolutely, the big question now is what happens when the prime minister takes brexit policy that she managed to bash through her cabinet to brussels and they probably will say no and asked for more concessions. the government has come up with a compromise position and that is broadly better

than not having any plan. we had two yea rs than not having any plan. we had two years without any clear plan and now she will put this on the table in brussels on wait to see if they push for further concessions. brussels on wait to see if they push forfurther concessions. but brussels on wait to see if they push for further concessions. but if you look at the resignations in the past two weeks and the votes tonight she has limited space for removal in either direction. so i hope brussels ta ke either direction. so i hope brussels take this offer seriously because it could be just about the best get from the uk. as the ball now in the court of the remainers and having lost about this evening would you expect them to go home and decide over the recess we did not win that so we will let it drop and get on board with whatever the prime minister is suggesting or would you expect them to go away and work on their terms and come back and say we are infighting their terms and come back and say we are in fighting mode again. their terms and come back and say we are in fighting mode againm their terms and come back and say we are in fighting mode again. it is ha rd to are in fighting mode again. it is hard to predict anything at this stage there are so many different options that now are not possible, from a very soft brexit keeping us in the customs union and living as

queasy —— said to the ua —— living is closer to the eu than norway. so it may just is closer to the eu than norway. so it mayjust get to the point where we just timeout. but i suspect the relative attractiveness of different brexit options will begin to shift and this compromise if it flies with brussels will look more attractive as we get closer to the exit date with nothing else on the table. katie last week he said that this is impossible for the prime minister because if they get it passed brussels then it has to come back in october to the ultimate vote and you have remainers in the labour party lining up with remainers in the tory party. and then you have the brexiteers who do not like it one bit and surely they will just build it down. this is the big problem for

theresa may and that is even assuming everything goes right in the next few months. but now the numbers do not add up and it is impossible to see how she will get this deal through. it could be public opinion will change but even if brussels take this deal they probably will want some concessions. and downing street seem to be calculating that some opposition mps will put the good of the country first and help them get this deal over the line, first and help them get this deal overthe line, i first and help them get this deal over the line, i think that is a risky strategy when the labour party have been honest that no deal scenario could be the way to get jeremy corbyn into number ten. they seem jeremy corbyn into number ten. they seem to be living day by day at the moment with no long—term strategy, just to get through to recess with the key bits of legislation on the statute book, and they have done that. thank you very much. news here

seems to move at warp speed and everyday i feel like i'm in a spin dryer because so much happened and it is hard to keep track of it. news in the uk seems to move at a snails pace when comes to brexit because the things that we're having the same negotiation today that we were having two years ago when this process started. just to give you some breaking news to make you feel better, the mps have decided they will not have a vote to go on holiday five days earlier. so the european union said we will stay on through the summer to negotiate with you but they clear off earlier, that would have looked fabulous while the country is standing at the precipice! but they are going to go on holiday on tuesday. as we were discussing earlier, there has been widespread condemnation in the united states of president trump's meeting with vladimir putin — even from some of his more traditional allies.

the president is speaking right now and said he has full faith and support for the american intelligence agencies. but what do mr trump's voters feel about his performance? lets find out. we can speak to a regular guest on our programme, van mobley — he is the president of thiensville, wisconsin. wisconsin of course a critical state when it comes to us elections. thank you forjoining us, what did you make of what happened in helsinki?” think trump did a good job, we have to have peaceful relations with russia and i think he is working to get as in that spot. i think he did a finejob. get as in that spot. i think he did a fine job. you are not concerned that he seems to side with the russian president and his view of what happened in the 2016 elections over the finding of his own intelligence agencies?”

over the finding of his own intelligence agencies? i think there isa intelligence agencies? i think there is a misunderstanding about what he said, the american system ofjustice once someone has said, the american system ofjustice once someone has been indicted then they are presumed innocent until proven guilty so i think he has two ideas in his head. concerning executive brands officials. what do you think of president putin, do you think that he is a reliable partner for the united states?” think that he is a reliable partner for the united states? i think he does a good job in the russian interest. it makes him predictable ina interest. it makes him predictable in a way. and in many areas we can work together including north korea. not so much on ukraine. so we know

where we can work together and there are still some areas where we have to do some more talking full stop you just to find the principles of the legal system that you're innocent found guilty but as president and chief executive of your town you would allow the police and fbi to go about their investigation without criticising them every day? it depends, there are times when it is not in the public good necessarily to enthusiastically chase people for example when they go over a certain speed. i also had a debate recently about murals and whether we should vigorously enforce the law against murals or perhaps not. and we opted to close and i further good of the village. so there is some

negotiation about whether you should prosecute. but in this particular investigation it seems to be the president and also his base supporters who conflate the issue of collusion with the issue of whether the russians interfered in the election. can you please accept the basis of the investigation that the russians did interfere with the 2016 elections? i was on public radio in wisconsin when this started and about time i said i expected that the russians did in fact medal in that election and earlier elections but that does not mean that i am going to continually make a scene about it. how could you protect the next election comes down the line? we need to guard our own systems and be wary but it is not the basis to

break relations with them in particular when we have things like north korea on the plate. well we're going to go to the white house. i thought we had president trump speaking. you know it is interesting listening to him talking about his views on russia because i think this isa views on russia because i think this is a critical part of what is going on, that you had a switch in the republican party that has been quite dramatic. 40% i think of republicans now have a more positive view of russia than they did even two years ago and the number has gone up something like 20 points. so president trump often leads his base by what he says and by example, he has done that on a number of issues, and actually he has done it on president putin and that is why i asked what he thought of as an putin and his response actually was

reasonably favourable to president putin. he was not asking donald trump to say bring up syria and ukraine and crimea, meddling in democracies around the world, that is just not his view of where president putin is. interesting. meanwhile, far away from washington, the former us president barack obama is in south africa warning against a rapid rise in authoritarianism worldwide. he made the remarks in a speech marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of nelson mandela. in remarks that will likely be seen as criticism of his successor donald trump, mr obama said the world is now ‘at a crossroads‘. we are at this moment in time at which two very different visions of humanity's future compete for the hearts and minds of citizens around the world. two different stories, two different narratives. about who we are and who we should be. how should we respond?

let me tell you what i believe. i believe in nelson mandela's vision. i believe in a vision shared by gandhi and king. and abraham lincoln. i believe in the vision of equality and justice and freedom and multiracial democracy. built on the premise that all people are created equal and they are endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. and i believe that a world governed by such principles, is possible. and joining us now from johannesburg is the bbc‘s nomsa maseko. i got the impression it was a large audience, i think 9000 people. i got the impression it was a large audience, ithink 9000 people. but he was speaking maybe notjust to that audience but also to people

backin that audience but also to people back in the united states? that is correct, that is the feeling that a lot of people are saying that he was not only directing his speech to an african or south african audience but particularly to the citizens of the united states and also to his predecessor donald trump in which she said that those who are in power we re she said that those who are in power were undermining the very institution that gives democracy meaning and mrobama institution that gives democracy meaning and mr obama also said the denial of facts could be the undoing of democracy. i wasjust denial of facts could be the undoing of democracy. i was just wondering how the events of the past week have been playing out down in south africa and whether people are concerned about what they have seen, we very much focused over the last few days on europe, the united states and russia. two people in south africa feel that this has

ramifications for them as well, this tectonic shift taking place between these big powers further north? they are thinking about that currently but young people specifically are saying that they are grateful and thankfulfor saying that they are grateful and thankful for what nelson mandela and his generation did to bring about peace and reconciliation and democracy in south africa but they also say south africans themselves andindeed also say south africans themselves and indeed the new government, the new dispensation need to focus on what young people are worried about currently not just world what young people are worried about currently notjust world politics but to bring it back home, youth unemployment, the general discontent that young people are finding themselves in which is why south africa has so many violent protests. because young people are trying to ta ke because young people are trying to take attention, get attention from the government and they want the government to give them attention

and also focus on the widening inequality gap in the country. thank you very much. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come. amazing footage of the moment molten rock came crashing through the roof of a sightseeing boat off hawaii s big island, injuring 23 people. seven million people in north west england are facing a hosepipe ban from early next month. united utilities is due to introduce the measure after weeks of hot and dry weather. the firm says the temporary ban will ‘safeguard essential supplies‘ in the region. danny savage reports. haweswater in cumbria, united utilities‘ biggest reservoir. falling water levels here have triggered the hosepipe ban. the lack of water has even exposed the remains of the village flooded to create this vast storage facility. we have not taken this decision

lightly but we do need to impose this ban. the ban affects nearly the whole of north west england and comes into effect on the 5th of august unless we have prolonged rainfall between now and then which seems unlikely. this hot and sunny weather will stick around for most areas of the uk but we could have more changeable conditions in the north west of the country. as reservoirs dry out in the region people seem to accept that a formal restriction is needed. we are on an island surrounded by it, but we will

go with whatever they decide.” island surrounded by it, but we will go with whatever they decide. i will just water the plants using waste water from the bathroom. you cannot have a good summer and have water as well. the bottom line is in parts of england where rainfall is normally abundant there just has not been enough of it. even the reserves in the neck district are not adequate to keep the conurbations of north—west england supplied with enough water. more than twenty tourists have been injured by what‘s been described as a ‘lava bomb‘ which hit a tour boat off the coast of hawaii. the group had been watching molten rock from a volcano pour into the ocean when their vessel was struck. it‘s understood the boat operators had received special permission to get close to the volcano, as richard lister reports. it‘s one of the most thrilling sights in the natural world. an erupting volcano is a display of immense power and great danger. from a distance, explosions

like this can be viewed relatively safely. but when nature puts on a show, there are people who want front row tickets. wow. on hawaii‘s big island, tour boats leave every day to watch the almost constant eruptions on the volcanic coastline. most are allowed no closer than a few hundred metres, but more experienced crews can get closer. on the tour boat hot spot, it was deceptively calm. people filmed the lava boiling the ocean, sending up clouds of steam. no—one was prepared for this. people scream. the debris punched a hole through the boat roof, breaking a woman‘s leg and showering the passengers with sizzling rocks. altogether, 23 were injured.

as soon as you saw it coming, there was no time to move. the worst part was that you were in a small boat, so as you were getting pelted with this lava, there was nowhere to go. there are 20 feet and everyone is trying to hide in the same spot. it was actually really terrifying. screaming. another tour boat came to help. we saw lava on the vessel when we pulled up to it. there were a few big chunks that were on the roof. we could see chunks lying all over the side of the boat and on the floor of the boat. back at hilo harbour, the hot spot had off—loaded its passengers and some were taken to hospital. an inquiry is now under way into whether the rules on lava tours should be tightened, but the tour companies say the incident hasn‘t affected the demand for tickets. richard lister, bbc news. let‘s bring you some breaking news now president trump has been

speaking to reporters in the last few minutes. he has republicans with him in the cabinet room, i think they‘re talking about tax but focus in how this will go down with republicans, the fallout if you will from the summit in helsinki yesterday. at we have been waiting for the tape to be fed back to us of that cabinet meeting. one of the things that we hear is he says that he misspoke when he talked about russian involvement in the elections. i think we have got that tape now. thank you everybody. yesterday i returned from a trip to europe when i met with leaders from across the region to seek a more peaceful future for the united states, we‘re

working hard with our allies and all over the world we are working and we are going to have peace, that is what we want and what we‘re going to have. peace through strength. i have helped the nato alliance greatly by increasing defence contributions from our nato allies, over $41; billion. secretary stoltenberg was fantastic and reported they have never had anything like this in their history and nato was actually going down and i increased it by my meeting last year, $41; million in this year over hundreds of billions of dollars over the coming years. i think there‘s great with nato, a lot of positive things happening and a great spirit that we did not have before and a lot of money they are putting forward. there were not paying their bills on time and now

they‘re doing that. i wantjust to say thank you to secretary stoltenberg, he really has been terrific so we had tremendous success. i also had meetings with the prime minister theresa may on a range of issues concerning our special relationship and that is between the united kingdom and ourselves. we met with the queen who is absolutely terrific person. she reviewed her honour guard for the first time in 70 years, they tell me. we walked in front of the honour guard and that was very inspiring to see and be with her and i think the relationship i can truly say is a good one. she was very inspiring indeed. most recently returned from helsinki in finland and i was going to give a news conference over the next couple of days about that tremendous success because as

successful as nato was i think this was a low —— more successful visit andi was a low —— more successful visit and i had to do as you know with russia. i met with the russian president vladimir putin in an attempt to tackle some of the pressing issues facing humanity, we have never been in a worse relationship with russia than we are as ofa relationship with russia than we are as of a few days ago and i think that has gotten substantially better. president trump they're speaking at the white house saying he had his most successful visit with vladimir putin. more of that later on. we will see you back here tomorrow. good evening. some of us got to see a little bit of rain today in the form of some scattered showers.

you can see the way the shower clouds gathered here in aberdeenshire but as we go on through this evening, much of the cloud is going to melt away. soome showers across northern scotland and then most places will turn dry with some clear spells and across northern and north—eastern part of the country, it will turn relatively cool, nine in newcastle, ten in edinburgh and glasgow but still on the warm side for london and for cardiff, 1a or 15. tomorrow, for many places, again it will be dry with spells of sunshine, a bit more in the way of cloud developing as the day wears on and again scattered showers. across northern scotland, some of the showers could be on the heavy side and there is the potential for some heavy showers across southern some could contain the odd rumble of thunder. a few showers in northern ireland, a lot of dry and fine weather and much of england and wales will see sunny spells through the afternoon, just a small chance of a shower through the western side of england into the midlands and parts of wales. temperature wise, little warmer tomorrow than today, 26 in london and many places looking at highs of 19—23.

thursday will bring plenty more warm sunshine and some more areas of cloud developing as the day wears on. temperature wise, even warmer as the day wears on, up to 29 perhaps 30 degrees, but a bit of a change showing its hand up to the north—west, thickening cloud and outbreaks of rain associated with a set of weather fronts. you may well be hoping for some rain and this will give you some cause for optimism, certainly across north—western parts of the country, scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england, you will see rain to report on friday but as the system moves further south and east, it will weaken, so we are not expecting huge amounts of rain at all for part of eastern england. here, another hot and sunny day, 29 in london, little cooler for belfast and edinburgh.

that dying frontal system will continue to push southwards and eastwards and into the weekend, high—pressure close enough to exert an influence so for the most part, the weekend will be dry. spells of warm sunshine, a little patchy rain at times but not a lot. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8... the eyes—mac to the right, 301. —— the ayes to the right, 301. the noes to the left, 307. the government narrowly survives an attempt by pro—eu conservative mps to change its post—brexit trade strategy. it‘ll be confident first step that the uk takes towards establishing itself an independent trading nation for the first time in over a0 years. afterfacing a barrage of criticism in the us for siding with vladimir putin against the american in the past few moments donald trump

has appeared to reverse his position.