he's used a lot of this idea of wrestling. i thought you were talking about wearing leotards! he had a fight in the ring ten years ago, and when like a vision of hell, mile upon mile smothered, suffocated by flames. as one was put out, another broad. 47 simultaneous fires ripped through the greek hills. they fled for their lives, hundreds ran into the sea, rescued by the coastguard. but for dozens more it was too late, killed by the worst wildfires greece has seen in over a decade. as morning fell, the mountain is still burnt. 60 mph you're watching beyond one hundred days. devastating scenes in greece where people jumped into the ocean to escape wild fires. up to 100 are thought to have died. one group of tourists couldn't escape and died huddled together with their children. they are the worst wild fires in the country in over a decade. the greek prime minister has appealed for calm. translation: in memory of those who perished, we are declaring three days of national mourning. however, we should not let the mourning overwhelm us the mourning overwhelm us because this is a time to fight, to be unified, courageous and most of all to have solidarity. europe and asia are in the grip of some searing temperatures combined with strong winds. greece, sweden, japan, and the uk, have all faced local emergencies in recent weeks. but why? also on the programme... president trump says russia prefers

the democrats over him. strange, because only last week the russian president said he was rooting for mr trump in 2016. the british prime minister says she will lead in the next round of brexit negotiations. so what is the purpose of the brexit department and its newly appointed secretary of state? hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. firefighters in greece are waging a ferocious battle. one group of 26 people who tried to outrun the flames were found dead, grouped together with their children in a last embrace. the wildfires to the east of the capital athens, burned all the way into the towns, which left the sea as the only exit route. hundreds of people have been rescued by local fishermen. prime minister alexis tsipras has appealed for help from neighbouring european countries. us drones have been employed to detect any suspicious activity after 15 fires started

simultaneously around athens. from the coastal town of mati in eastern greece, mark lowen reports. like a vision of hell, mile upon mile smothered, suffocated by flames. as one was put out, another roared. 47 simultaneous fires ripped through the greek hills. they fled for their lives, hundreds ran into the sea, rescued by the coastguard. but for dozens more it was too late, killed by the worst wildfires greece has seen in over a decade. as morning fell, the mountains still burnt. 60 mph winds farming the flames. and even as some were extinguished, the acrid smoke billowed, choking those caught in its grip. with the trail of destruction,

an almost apocalyptic scene. streets in the seaside town of mati near athens looked like a bomb had hit, many died in their cars, asphyxiated or burned alive. we found this man badly burnt and searching for clues at the spot where he last saw his wife. i took my baby and ran towards the sea but my wife, i don't know what happened. i think she burned herself here. from the skies, man fought nature. cyprus and spain helped with equipment and firefighters. this peaceful holiday resort has been virtually destroyed, many were here at the height of the tourism season. like this man. as the flames consumed his car, he and his family ran to the sea. we went directly with our clothes into the sea up to here to save ourselves, you know?

very quickly and the fire was still coming because it burnt everything and it was coming more and more in our faces. we sank into the water to save ourselves. as the flames came crashing down the hill, devouring everything in their wake, one of the most tragic incidents happened just over here. some 25 people ran towards the sea to try to take refuge but they were too late and they were trapped. when their bodies were discovered, the remains of the parents were found hugging the children. the greek prime minister, visibly shaken, announced a state of emergency in the athens region and three days of national mourning. translation: there are no words to describe the feelings of all of us at this hour. the country is living and untold tragedy. dozens of human lives have been lost. the picturesque has

turned to horror. greece is blessed by its climate, its coast, its lush forests. tonight, it feels cursed. and a brief time ago i spoke to mark in mati. the scenes that we have seen from greece where you are are just awful. the people have no warning in that resort? it seems not. it seems that the fire struck completely by chance, crashing down a mountain and coming with no warning. there have been high temperatures in recent days, there was a haze that was beginning to develop around the acropolis. some pictures showed that. here in mati, about 30, matters from athens, it caught people by surprise. that is why you saw i’ows people by surprise. that is why you saw rows of people trying to escape

in theircars saw rows of people trying to escape in their cars which were scorched as they were trying to escape. it is why you saw people desperately brushing into the sea. some of them made it and others drowned. it is a horrific scene and tonight you can taste the charred air. it is almost like the oxygen has been burnt out of the sky. it really feels almost like the end of the world here. mark, it is rare to see these wildfires coming to towns like this. what are authorities saying or speculating about how this started? basically don't know at the moment. greece is no stranger to wildfires. there would only ones in 2007 which killed dozens. these are the worst wildfires since then. the fear is that it could have been arsonist who we re that it could have been arsonist who were trying to loot empty apartment blocks. an investigation is now under way. even though tonight some fires are still smouldering, most are not completely out. greece was just beginning to get back on his

feet after that crippling financial crisis that lasted four, five, six yea rs. crisis that lasted four, five, six years. once again it has been plunged back into very dark moment. thank you very much. the extreme weather conditions have been affecting many other countries too. injapan, the weather agency has declared a heatwave sweeping the country a natural disaster, with at least 65 deaths recorded in the past week. officials say more than 22,000 people have been taken to hospital with heat stroke. and here in the uk we've been experiencing more heatwave conditions, with temperatures heading towards 32 celsius — that's 90 fahrenheit — and set to rise higher later this week. a level three heat health watch alert is in place for much of the east and south—east of the country until friday. and in sweden emergency services in are continuing to tackle blazes that have destroyed large swathes of forested areas, causing millions of dollars worth of damage. officials say at least 25,000 hectares of land has already gone up in smoke — an area twice the size of paris. there has been practically no rain

since the beginning of may in the nordic country. temperatures have topped 30 degrees celsius, and swedish officials say this year's drought is the worst seen in decades. we're joined now from norwich by professor corinne le quere who is professor of climate change science at the university of east anglia. she also sits on the committee on climate change. thank you forjoining us. we keep hearing whether it's a harry kane or a heatwave, that we can'tjudge climate change by one particular incident. looking at how many countries around the world are suffering from extreme heat this summer. suffering from extreme heat this summer. are we starting to see a pattern which is related to climate change? we cannot be surprised with the events which are happening now with the repeated synchronous heat waves around the world. we are causing climate change, we have caused a lot of climate change so far. world temperatures have increased one celsius so far. this

isa increased one celsius so far. this is a lot of heat which we are putting into the atmosphere and all of the weather events which are related to heat are of course affected by the increasing climate change. when we look back at previous heatwave is, we were looking back at 1976, the last time the uk had a heatwave. this is the map back then. if you compare that with 2018, look at that. the hotspots are right across the northern hemisphere. there is these higher background temperatures that we are seeing. we are seeing higher background temperatures and the other difference that we see now compared to 1976 is that we also see as the same time heatwave is in japan, warm temperatures and heat waves in canada earlier this year in california as well. it is the propagation and the widespread extent of these heat waves which are

typical of climate change signatures. at least a contribution from climate change. as i understand it, when you look at the southern hemisphere, is that a separate phenomenon on going there? i've heard reports that they are suffering reports of el nino. we have natural variability in addition to this. there is an el nino anticipated for this year. so el nino brings more heat into the atmosphere but much less in fact than climate change. an el nino pattern will bring globally about 0.2 celsius and climate change is already 1 degrees 0.2 celsius and climate change is already1 degrees locally. what about what we saw in the usa last year with very strong hurricanes? would you be confident in saying that all of these weather patterns are related to that1 degrees rise in temperatures that you are seeing? not all of them but most of the ones that are related to heat are actually seeing an increase, either

they are more intense, more frequent 01’ they are more intense, more frequent or they last longer. the hurricanes, these events are fuelled by the surface temperature. as the climate warms, the climate that is that the surface temperature brings more heat to the atmosphere. it makes hurricanes more powerful. the damage is higher because of the increase in sea level which is caused by a warmer climate. the impacts of extreme events are increasing around the world. we are seeing this on and on and this is consistent with what we understand the implication that implications of climate change to be. donald trump fears russia will try hard to meddle in the upcoming us elections and it's clear moscow prefers democrats over him. which would all be standard us presidential doctrine — except that it's in stark contrast to what mr trump has been saying until now. here's the tweet from a short time ago... it doesn't particularly fit

with what mr putin said in helsinki either — remember he specifically said he wanted mr trump to win the 2016 election. a short time ago i spoke with democratic congresswoman val demmings who sits on the homeland security committee. you recently introduced legislation to try to prevent russian meddling in american elections. i am assuming that you like what president trump has just tweeted? that he thinks that election meddling is a threat and it must stop. we need to stay focused on number one, russia, what they just focused on number one, russia, what theyjust did in terms of their interference with the 2016 election. what we have recently learned with

their interference with hacking our power grid system in certain states. their continuous effort to undermine the american democracy. and sol their continuous effort to undermine the american democracy. and so i not only want the president to hold all of those who threaten us accountable, i want him to remember that vladimir putin in russia is on that vladimir putin in russia is on that list as well. do you believe him when he now says in a tweetjust a couple of hours ago, that he thinks russia will try to meddle and he is determined to do something about it? look, the president has had one and a half years. we don't conduct business, i don't believe we conduct business, i don't believe we conduct fraud affairs through tweets. —— i don't believe we conduct foreign affairs through tweets. we have any reason to think that whatever the president tweets, he is going to follow through. we saw him on the stage in helsinki, we have seen him talking about removing sanctions on russia as opposed to

imposing additional sanctions on russia. so we did not even see any effort or hear any statement about the president attempting to hold russia accountable until the american people were upset about what the president did in helsinki. we will wait and see. i don't believe we should take any tweet from the president seriously. you sit on the homeland security committee, obviously this is concerning to you. you represent voters in orlando, florida. i'm wondering what your voters tell you about the issue of russia. poll after poll is showing us that russia is pretty low down people's list of concern. what people are concerned about isjobs, concern. what people are concerned about is jobs, economy and health care. not about is jobs, economy and health ca re. not really about is jobs, economy and health care. not really about russia and russian involvement in elections. let me say this, certainly we have seen the polls. at the top of the list americans are concerned about health care and we know that president trump started off his

administration trying to dismantle and trying to repeal the affordable ca re and trying to repeal the affordable care act and take millionss of people's health care way. we understand that. health care, jobs, decent wages, improving our education system, people that things are affected education system, people that things a re affected by education system, people that things are affected by everyday. however, when any foreign power attempts to undermine our democracy, they are also undermining those programmes that americans care about. if we do not protect our democracy, then how can we guarantee that every american will have access to health care or good education? or be safe and secure in their neighbourhoods? so protecting our democracy is really protecting our democracy is really protecting those individual programmes that people do care about. thank you very much rejoining me. meanwhile, amid the furor over russia, the white house is set to announce a big financial aid plan for us farmers who've been hit by mr trump's trade war.

keen to retaliate against us tariffs on steel, foreign countries have now imposed tariffs on us agricultural products. our political analyst ron christie, former advisor to george w bush is in washington for us. i'm a bit sceptical about these ta riffs i'm a bit sceptical about these tariffs on the eu economy. there is no doubt that us companies are beginning to feel the bite but the us economy is huge and it is domestic the driven. it is a huge and it is domestically driven. on thursday, our gdp numbers were supposed to come out. the us economy could be at 4% growth which is a significant. who is going to be hurt by what trump has done is dairy farmers in the upper midwest. you are talking about cloudy bean farmers. talking about people who are pork producers. why are they hurt? president trump decided

unilaterally to get involved in a trade war with china. i think it is a misguided move. if you want to talk about currency and elation and what china have been doing, let's do it at the diplomatic table and not unilaterally. you even have some american companies like harley— davidson announcing that their profits are going to be down because they are going to be hit by the higher steel prices imports thanks to american tariffs. watching the reaction to this announcement of a big $12 billion aid package to farmers. you have republican after republican unified saying that tariffs are a bad idea. this is the one area politically that republican leadership consistently breaks with donald trump. no question about that. why? wide we break with the president on this? the federal government should not be in the business of bailouts. this administration has taken policies and tactics that have harmed our agricultural interests. having a $12 billion set aside for the

administration's actions which have heard our agricultural community is entirely unguided and unnecessary. what did you make about the president was's tweet about russia and how russia was going to meddle in the election? i was interested in the timing of that. i think it is extraordinary given what we heard in helsinki last week, frankly. here you had him saying that he has a special relationship and then president putin saying, "yes, i was rooting for him in 2016." he want to change at this time? why would he wa nt to change at this time? why would he want to go back to a democrat who was tough on russia than this ministry has been? i was more taken by the tweet from later talking about tariffs. coming as it does for sean paul junk arrives about tariffs. coming as it does for sean pauljunk arrives at the white house later. top's top economic adviser says he expects the

europeans to come with a sizeable offer. the europeans have said that thatis offer. the europeans have said that that is not going to happen. hence, perhaps, the tweet. i think there is a lot of attention on russia. watch the tariffs and the trade war that might start biting sooner than russia does for the president. hundreds of people are missing in southern laos after a dam collapsed in a flash flood. there are reports that a fault had developed in the dam a day earlier, and workers had attempted to fix it. 20 people have already been confirmed dead and more than 6,000 have been left homeless. mps in the uk have voted to suspend the democratic unionist party's ian paisley junior following his failure to declare two family holidays paid for by the sri lankan government. his suspension lasts 30 days and he will be absent from some key votes on brexit, reducing the government's working majority. ivanka trump is closing her fashion brand — a year after she stopped working with the company to serve in her father's administration. mrs trump said she was hoping to avoid any potential conflicts of interest in the future and planned to focus on her role in washington.

last week the uk's new brexit secretary went to brussels promising to ‘intensify‘ the negotiations with michel barnier. but today the prime minister wrote to parliament to inform them she would be taking personal responsibility for the negotiations. mr raab will deputise in her absence. in truth that formalises a reality we have known for some time. it is the cabinet office that has been leading the negotiation for months, reporting directly to the pm. number ten has been accused of running a "shadow, parallel operation" and keeping officials and ministers from the brexit department "in the dark". so why have a brexit department? today mr raab insisted he had been aware of the changes when he took the job. there has been speculation about this. we are very keen, olly and i have been working closely together from day one to make sure there is one team, one chain of command, that we get the very best from our brilliant civil servants and that we have got full

ministerial accountability. i think the written statement the prime minister has issued today makes that very clear. let's bring in ourfavourite brexit duo. they have their role and cases at the ready, off to the beach tomorrow for a parliamentary recess. welcome to you both. minute clap, what is the point of dominic raab and the brexit department if the prime minister and the cabinet office is doing the negotiating? as you said earlier on, it is basically a reality what has been going on. we have always known that the cabinet office... ollie robbins is the guy who is pulling all the shots and i'm delighted that dominic has got faith in ollie robbins because i haven't.

he has got europe running through his veins and what i hope is that dominic is able to ensure that the brexit that people voted for a couple of years ago is the one that is now going to be delivered. but i'm afraid we have seen some compromises with that white paper and we need more detail to ensure we can do those trade deals with america. as we heard from president trump when he came the other day, i don't think he is as much of a fan of the white paper as me. we will see. i think liam fox trade secretary needs to get across america pronto to make sure that we can do the trade deals that everybody thought we were going to do throughout the world. everybody thought we were going to do throughout the worldlj everybody thought we were going to do throughout the world. i don't think anyone is happier than nigel that we have finally reached recess. if you look at the government, it is a government in absolute disarray. it is extraordinary that the prime minister in the last few minutes before we broke today sought to

reassert her authority with a change of government machinery notice. that was published i think five minutes before dominic raab was giving evidence to our select committee. i think it is extraordinary and i think it is extraordinary and i think if we now go into recess not actually knowing who is in charge, i don't think it is robbins, perhaps it is the prime minister. we don't know. we don't know what the government's policy really is. eu citizens we were asking repeatedly today, what happens to those eu citizens? there was no clarity on that. this is a government in total disarray and there are people starting to ask the question, what on earth is going on and what should we be preparing for? nobody knows.|j was going to say when labour mps we be preparing for? nobody knows.|j was going to say when labour mp5 get to the beach next week, are they going to be reading about the advantages of moving to a centrist party and what centrist politics

might offer them? there is a lot of talk about a new centrist party. i'm not going to be hitting the beach for a while yet because there is awhile going on in the constituency. even the parliament has stopped sitting, it doesn't mean there is not a lot that people are doing. when we are... when we look at what we are facing and what we should be concerned about over the summer and when we come back in september, there will be people reading the white papers that have recently come out. there will be a lot to do when we come back. it is great holiday reading, isn't it? you were on this programme just after the chequers meeting and you said you could support theresa may's plan. what i gather from recently, you are wavering on that. you are definitely wavering! is the house of falling cards! here is my recommendation for reading for theresa may, she should

not go hill walking in wales, last time she did that we had a general election which was a disaster. she should really be like at a house speech which sets out the red lines... there's been an election since then, she can't get lancaster house over the finish line! no deal is better than a bad deal, that is the mantra. if we can't do a trade deal with the usa because of that white paper, she is to tear it up and start again. that is the jewel in the crown. i asked dominic raab today if he still thought the deal would be thriving. he's said yes but he couldn't say when. we don't know if it is ten or 20 years' time. people did not vote to be poorer. hgppy people did not vote to be poorer. happy holidays to both of you and we look forward to seeing you on the other side. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. for many it has been yet another hot

day, some parts of east anglia got up day, some parts of east anglia got up above 30 degrees once again. the heat has not been universal. further north and west there was more cloud. temperatures topped out at around 18 degrees. further west again in the atla ntic we degrees. further west again in the atlantic we have this curve of cloud. an area of low pressure which will increasingly come into play as we head towards the end of this week. ahead of that, still drawing up week. ahead of that, still drawing up hotairfrom week. ahead of that, still drawing up hot airfrom the week. ahead of that, still drawing up hot air from the south, especially across the south eastern areas. it is the south east that will have the warmest, my dearest weather as we go through tonight. some spots not getting below 19 or 20 degrees. it will be a bit cool and fresh further north and west. 10 degrees there in newcastle for example. mr round for many on

wednesday morning. any mist will disappear very quickly. on wednesday, if you are looking for dry and fine weather, it is another fine looking day. a small chance of a shower across the south east where again we will feel the effects of the heat. temperatures may be higher at 30 or 31 degrees. in a northern ireland and western scotland, the temperatures nudging up a little bit. looking ahead to thursday, again anotherfine bit. looking ahead to thursday, again another fine weather. at west, again another fine weather. at west, a bit ofa again another fine weather. at west, a bit of a change. remember the area of low pressure i was talking about? it starts to throw a band of rain towards northern ireland. the winds pick up in the western areas. in the south east, look at the temperatures, 33 degrees in london. i wouldn't be surprised if they got to 34 i wouldn't be surprised if they got to 3a or 35 degrees. the heat holds an across some eastern areas as we go to friday. a weather system moves

in from the west with some rain. there is some potentialfor some thunderstorms. as they develop through the midlands, these thunderstorms could give a huge amount of rain in a short space of time. there could be some poor travelling conditions if you are heading through this direction on friday afternoon. some real heat holding on in the south—east. we push the rain eastwards and some fresh air follows in the weekend. a bit cooler but most places will be dry. this is beyond 100 days with me katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories. the greek authorities say they expect the death toll from wildfires in greece to rise to over a hundred — it's the country's worst such disaster for more than a decade. president trump has made it clear he's no fan of towing the line when it comes to nato or the eu but does it mean we're witnessing the start of a breakdown of the global order? we'll discuss. coming up in the next half hour. members of the thai youth football team, who were trapped in cave for two weeks before being rescued,

are to spend time in a buddhist monastery to reflect on their experience. flight of fancy or a soon to be everyday reality? is the flying car about to take off? let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag ‘beyond—one—hundred—days'. the conditions in greece have been like a tinder—box. so when a fire started yesterday, it spread, and fast. the death toll now stands at 70 but that is expected to rise considerably. with many more injured. although there have been fires to both the west and east of athens, it is those to the east, in the coastal area of mati which have caused the most deaths. in many cases when people were trapped in their homes and cars. we're joined on the line by olga monachou from the hellenic red cross in athens. she is in rafina port where people are being evacuated to. and it is that the wind that has

made the problem far worse than it might have been ordinarily? yes. can you tell us about the conditions last night and how much worse the wind made it? the weather conditions are better now than yesterday. so it has been going well putting out the fire. but unfortunately many people lost their lives and were injured and many houses have been completely destroyed. in the area you mentioned before, mati, it is very badly affected. how did people managed to get out of mati, the people, we

understand some of them escaped through the sea. some escaped yes through the sea. some escaped yes through the sea. they could not go anywhere else so they tried to escape by boat. other people try to escape by boat. other people try to escape a road. some of them got trapped in their cars and u nfortu nately trapped in their cars and unfortunately they are not with us any more. and because the fire spread so quickly and through the town, we've seen those devastating pictures of houses and cars burned so presumably there is a lot of need of assistance with housing and whatever help you can get? of course, of course. some houses have been totally destroyed. so of course there is a problem of housing. we

started yesterday with our red cross operation with first aid and so we wa nted operation with first aid and so we wanted to try to find people first and rescue them. and then we are very much concerned about finding missing people. and of course offering psychological support to victims. so we're on the spot. thank you very much forjoining us there. these images just you very much forjoining us there. these imagesjust coming out you very much forjoining us there. these images just coming out the stories of people not being able to find their loved ones in that awful story of those group of tourists trapped in mati and basically tied with their children in their arms, just heartbreaking. a lot of people

asking how that happens and it happens very quickly, i covered the greek fires in 2007 on the telephony is peninsula and we actually got caught while we were trying to cover it. the reason it happens, you would think that a fire spreads laterally, movie up a hillside in order but it does not come embers canjump movie up a hillside in order but it does not come embers can jump across a road and then start a new fire in another part of the mountain and very quickly if you're not careful you can become encircled the top and the road you expect it to take out is surrounded by flames so it can very happily —— very easily happen. and clearly and very sadly for those involved last night, they were trying to reach the sea and there would just 30 minutes from the sea and the flames caught up with them. it tells you how quickly it can spread. so sad. are we at the dawn of a new global era? president trump has never put much

store in the transatlantic alliance on which america had depended since the cold war. he thinks his allies are taking advantage. the g7 would be better if russia were back in it. the multilateral alliances america has formed are now perceived as ‘out of date'. if we were to take his policy inclinations to their logical conclusion then the world might soon look a very different place. take some of the examples from the recent european tour and you can see why there are concerns. there were his criticisms of the european union, his very public row over nato spending. and then his comments about montenegro, which beg questions as to whether the united states is, any longer, a reliable nato ally. i think the european union is a foal, what they do to us in trade, you would not think of the european union but they are a foal. russia is in certain respects, china is economically certainly they are a foe. montenegrin is a tiny country

with very strong people. they are very strong people, they are very aggressive people. and congratulations, during world war iii. —— you are in the world war maybe these are temporary blips, unguarded comments, deviations from decades of us foreign policy. but some in europe are not so sure. america does not and will not have a better ally than europe. today europeans spent on defence many times more than russia and as much as china. america, appreciate your allies because you do not have that many. for more on this we are joined here in washington by ron christie, former adviser to george w bush and in london byjonathan powell who served as chief of staff to tony blair. let me start with you, two weeks ago

today we were preparing for the nato summit in brussels, which was the beginning of the period of enormous upheaval in the american relations with europe. how much has changed in the past two weeks in terms of the transatlantic alliance? trump has been good clearly at insulting his allies and praising his enemies but i think you need to be careful reading too much more it. trump is disrupter, and they are bad for things that are working like nato, the g-7, things that are working like nato, the g—7, the world trading system but for things that are not working like north korea, they can be good. disruption was what was needed for the so i think we need to put it into perspective, it may be funny or frightening but i do not think is a threat to the world order. but it is simple, he's a unilateralist and doctor multi—lateralis.

simple, he's a unilateralist and doctor multi-lateralis. he is an isolationist, pulling america out of its leaders it position and that has consequences. china is filling the vacuum, russia is trying to. what is missing is europe which is not taking up the role partly because of our internal preoccu pations. taking up the role partly because of our internal preoccupations. but there is a chance now for europe to ta ke there is a chance now for europe to take ona there is a chance now for europe to take on a bigger leadership role and it is missing that opportunity.“ it is missing that opportunity.“ it really an opportunity that europe is able to seize or will other countries step into the vacuum that donald trump is leaving by withdrawing american power —— look at china, they've just opened the first military base in djibouti, and there are signs when it comes not just to trade but even to military expansion of the chinese are stepping in? i think europe is being pulled apart by brexit and you make an interesting point that the chinese have been going over to africa and they have spent a lot of

money on infrastructure and influence in that part of the world that america and europe have not paid as much attention to, so the chinese are absolutely looking to fill the vacuum of european and american leadership. so the institutions we depended on post—world war ii through the cold war, maybe they're out of date? institutions always need updating, you cannot keep them the same as they always have been and nato has changed, has transformed. i think they will carry on changing but our people prepared to stand up to president trump and if they are not then they will be disruption to the world order but if they are ready to ta ke world order but if they are ready to take ona world order but if they are ready to take on a leadership role they will adapt and survive. when you look at europe, you would have to say it is not donald trump changing the world order, it was already changing before he arrived. we had brexit, which may or may not have helped

him, the more hardline government if you will in poland, hungary, the czech republic, estonia, so maybe something was happening before donald trump put up you have to take into the account the relative position of the united states in the world is declining. and we have this populist international element in europe and elsewhere but if people stand up to it and launch moderate voices and stand—up and defend the world order then we will be ok. but if they roll over then we will be back to the 1930s put up with spoken to foreign diplomats in washington many times and in the course of four yea rs many times and in the course of four years probably things will not change much but if donald trump is in office for eight years and some of these institutions may get undermined put i'm not sure if it is so much the security side of things as the trade side that we spoke about earlier that will lead perhaps

to the unravelling of the world order. i think that is right especially here in north america the relations we have with canada and mexico, how that plays out, donald trump seems in favour of having a unilateral relationship with one country to another, not the usual alliances that we've seen. 0ne country to another, not the usual alliances that we've seen. one thing i would say is article five and nato has only been invoked once and that happened after september the 11th and was struck by a terrible terrorist attack so is the president wants to go it alone i think five in four years but in eight years, that could have significant implications for the way america and the rest of the world conduct business. when it comes to nato we had the comments about montenegrin and mutual self defence which was the bedrock of nato but his comments about montenegrin, does he think it is a rotten montenegrin, does he think it is a rotte n d eal montenegrin, does he think it is a rotten deal and american taxpayers could do better? i think so and the president wants russia to be part of

the g-7, president wants russia to be part of the g—7, nader was created to keep russia out and it seems like donald trump wants to bring russia in. i agree with the comment that of course you have two reassess the relationships but certainly nato is a vital alliance and we must maintain it to keep peace on the continent and around the world. you seem confident about the ability of these institutions to withstand the influence of someone like donald trump, what then do you think that the western alliance looks like at the western alliance looks like at the end potentially of eight years of donald trump? there is such thing as gravity in in international relations and it is hard to define, donald trump has been good at standing on the said after the helsinki summit he stood on his head several times but in terms of world trade, he's going to take on... he reverses himself but we know what he wa nts. reverses himself but we know what he

wants. but he cannot always get it, there are checks and balances on him. he's constrained by the fact that his allies do not want to go along with him and even on the world trade system when he is a danger he will find pressures from farmers in the united states to settle and he will declare it a success but it may be little different to what he has already done. and we already had £2 signing a trade agreement with the eu said the us is not the only actor and the rest of the world can survive a donald trump presidency. —— we already had japan signing a trade agreement with the eu. mention the idea of a flying car and this might come to mind. and soon you too might be commuting like thejetsons. today there was a hearing in congress to discuss "urban air mobility". futuristic? well, not really. the flying car is already with us. david pogue is the tech correspondent for yahoo. how far

howfarare we how far are we from being able to get into a car, avoid a trafficjam of flight over the streets and arrived at work on time? in your lifetime, does that help? most people are saying 20, 23 for the first prototypes being ready to try out. shipping models. they will be very expensive, 400, $500,000. at the moment they have a very short range, they'd be 15 minutes to fly above but a lot of things are lined up, we have carbon fibre materials, new batteries, so things are lining up new batteries, so things are lining upfor new batteries, so things are lining up for this to become a thing. five yea rs up for this to become a thing. five years is up for this to become a thing. five yea rs is pretty up for this to become a thing. five years is pretty quick even in my lifetime. and some big players are investing, uber of course is serious about an investing, uber of course is serious aboutan airtaxi investing, uber of course is serious about an air taxi service and the google co—founder larry page has brought three air taxi companies,

actually we should not actually call them flying cars, they are really passenger drones. like helicopters, they take off vertically, he has bought three of these companies so many people are betting this is going to happen. i have a problem with this, i like the idea of commuting to work in a flying car but i'm not so keen on the idea of someone flying over my back garden spying on me and perhapsjust tearing up the skies. how are we going for example to stay in lanes? this is another reason passenger drones are not imminent, at this point your government and my government have not the faintest notion of how to create lanes in the sky, of what the regulations would be. and in the states we do not even have drowned deliveries as you do in uk, even that technology is ready but there are no rules for that full stops regulatory thing is even further away than the technological ring. either going to be simpler to

fly them my daughter's drone, how easy will they be to fly? extremely easy, most of them will be autonomous. the idea is for most of these air taxis, you put in the address and it will simply fly you there while you read the paper. add do not know what christian is doing in his back garden that he is so worried about. but it seems from what you're saying that this is exactly the same as with automated cars, that the technology is there and we can already do this. the issues are human adaptation, legislation and attitudes to whether we think it is safe, is that right? that is exactly correct, you are very good! and think about the noise over my back garden! very good points. this is an extension of the

autonomous car software idea so now we have three dimensions to handle instead of two dimensions and that is why it will take longer to work out. but so many companies are working on it, in the last year accounted 12 flying car start—ups all with flying prototypes so so much money and effort is being put into this. i imagine it will become reality at some point. thank you very much forjoining us. it is going to happen and you do not want to sound like a luddite, 12 companies investing. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come... how archaeologists may have finally found the remains of the man who introduced the rule of law to britain's first colony in america, four enturies ago. a million public sector workers in the uk will get their biggest pay rise in nearly a decade. it includes 2.9% extra this year for the armed forces,

2.75% for prison officers and up to 3 and a half percent for teachers. police will see a 2% rise, the same increase seen by gps and dentists. but labour says it will come at the cost of other services, because it will be funded by other government departments — and not the treasury. our education editor, branwen jeffreys, has more. the calls to lift the pay cap have been getting louder. the public sector tired after a decade of austerity. growing problems recruiting and keeping staff. nowhere more so than in schools. what we are going to do is we are going to design posters about how to keep safe in the sun. not enough teachers starting training, too many leaving after a few years. so headteachers have been pressing hard for today's pay rise. but it is only younger teachers that will get the full pay rise. classroom teachers are getting

the biggest slice of these government—backed increases. but these are pay rises for some but not all public sector workers. even so, it could be just enough to help stave off the threat of industrial action that was looming for this autumn. all this to be paid for out of further government savings. but not everyone is happy. the union for rank and file police said it was insulting. £2.50 more per week for those starting on the beat. and fears across the public sector that local budgets will pick up some of the bill. there is no extra money for pay, whether in wales or england. this will come out of existing government spending. most of the thai boys rescued from a flooded cave

after being trapped for two weeks have taken part in a buddhist ceremony today as they prepare to spend time reflecting on their experience. their heads were shaved and they wore robes to be ordained as buddhist novices. they'll spend nine days in a monastery to honour the people who helped them survive. idid not i did not realise until i read today that the island government, which begs questions about these pictures, has imposed a 30 day moratorium on speaking to these boys with strict penalties for any media who try to get in touch with them which begs the question why we are seeing these pictures. while they did say at the press co nfe re nce pictures. while they did say at the press conference that that was the last time they would appear before the press so such a different way of dealing with an experience like this to spend time reflecting on it. a

very different cultural approach. rather than speaking to a therapist or talking to the media, they are going into seclusion. let's see how they cope. nine days to reflect on they cope. nine days to reflect on the nine days that they were in the case of the reflecting on the fact that of course one diver died trying to rescue them. as britain's first colony in america, the story ofjamestown, virginia stretches back four centuries but interest remains intense today. even a tv drama has been created about the early settlement and among the key characters is sir george yardley. sir george was the man who first introduced the rule of law to britain's first american colony in 1619, a decade after it almost collapsed from starvation and cannibalism. after years of searching and a slow uncovering process, archaeologists now think they've found his remains. jane o'brien went to join them. 400 years old and this guy is looking pretty good. just as well because those bones are needed to provide the dna that will hopefully confirm what everybody here thinks that this is sir george yardley.

what i'm interested in doing is getting a bone or rate to sample that i can take away to do dna analysis. what i want to do is analyse the dna from the skeleton and see if it matches that of a known relative. to check him out myself, i have to provide my dna as a control. all you need to do is breathe on these remains or touch them and you are putting your dna all over it. one of the things i'm really worried about is contamination. i need you to speak into that. up to that line. it will take you longer. that is a lot of spit. it is, it will take you quite a long time to actually do. then we are going to close the lid, that will keep the dna nice and happy and i am going to take it back to the uk to do analysis. take your time. once we are tested and suited up, we enter the gravesites to look for teeth. over here we have got what looks like a tooth here and another one underneath there. it is looking good, it is looking like we have

some teeth here. we will be able to do dna analysis with those. it is amazing. to make sure they were digging in the right place, scientists used ground penetrating radar. this is the first time that we have imaged a human skeleton with ground penetrating radar. it is a really big deal because it is not supposed to be possible but i think this is going to open a lot of doors for new research for noninvasive ways of looking at archaeological remains. and potentially not even having to disturb them at all. but why does anybody care about sir george yardley? this is where sir george yardley presided over the first general assembly which established the rule of law in america and the principle of representative government. but there is a dark side to the story because sir george was also one of the first english save —— slaveholders and the colles. when he first arrived here the colony was on the brink of collapse. barely 60

settlers had survived the winter and some had resorted to cannibalism bobbed decade later and took george was in charge of a settlement that offered rewards. in 6019 they also managed to get hold of the first enslaved africans who arrived in the colony which was about the same time as the general assembly and sir george became one of the largest of the slave owners. there are 1000 other graves at jamestown, each with a story to tell and with every discovery emerges a more complete history of the origins of modern america. you know what saved jamestown? tell me. it was tobacco. a p pa re ntly jamestown? tell me. it was tobacco. apparently the native indians smoked tobacco apparently the native indians smoked to ba cco for apparently the native indians smoked tobacco for thousands of years but the english when they arrived brought a new type of tobacco which

they smuggled onto the ship as tobacco seeds. and they grew this new to ba cco tobacco seeds. and they grew this new tobacco and the native american indians preferred it. that is what saved them, they were able to start trading. you are a mine of useful information! we will be back the same time tomorrow with more useful fa cts . same time tomorrow with more useful facts. we will see you then. for many it has been yet another hot day, some parts of east anglia got up above 30 degrees once again. but the heat has not been universal. further north and west, western scotland for example, there was more cloud. temperatures topped out at around 18 degrees. further west again in the atlantic we have this curl of cloud. an area of low pressure which will increasingly come into play as we head towards the end of this week. ahead of that, still drawing up very hot air from the south, most especially across

the south—eastern areas. it is the south east that will have the warmest, muggiest weather as we go through tonight. some spots not getting below 19 or 20 degrees. it will be a bit cooler and fresher further north and west. ten degrees there in newcastle for exa m ple. a bit of mist around but most places starting wednesday morning with clear skies and some sunshine. any mist will disappear very quickly. on wednesday, if you are looking for dry and fine weather, it is another fine—looking day. long spells of sunshine. a small chance of a shower across the far south east where again we will feel the effects of the heat. temperatures maybe a little higher at 31 or 32 degrees. further north, northern ireland and western scotland, those temperatures nudging up a little bit, 22 or 23 degrees. looking ahead to thursday, again a lot of fine, dry and sunny weather for the majority. could be the odd shower across eastern england. but out west, a bit of a change. remember that area of low pressure i was talking about? it starts to throw a band of rain towards northern ireland. the winds start to pick up in these western areas.

whereas down towards the south east, look at the temperatures, 33 degrees there in london. i wouldn't be at all surprised if somewhere got to 34 or 35 degrees. the heat holds on across some eastern areas as we go to friday. but a weather system moves in from the west with some rain. there is some potential for some thunderstorms to spread up from the south. as these develop through the latter part of the day across parts of the midlands into northern england, these thunderstorms could give huge amounts of rain in a short space of time. there could be some really poor travelling conditions if you are heading in this direction on friday afternoon. some real heat holding on in the south—east. we push the rain eastwards and some fresher air follows for the weekend. a little bit cooler but most places will be dry. this is bbc news, i'm nicholas owen. the headlines at eight. wildfires sweep across coastal towns near athens leaving more than 70 dead, in greece's worst fire disaster in more than a decade in memory of those who perished, we

are declaring three days of national mourning. but we should not let the morning overwhelm us, because this isa time morning overwhelm us, because this is a time to fight, to be unified, courageous and most of all to have solidarity. a million public sector workers are set to receive their biggest pay rise in nearly a decade, following a government announcement. labour says its a pr stunt. theresa may takes personal control of brexit talks with the eu, as the new brexit secretary insists he hasn't been sidelined under scrutiny for paying thousands into the private bank account of an african politician, aaron banks, who donated millions