to lenny henry! how are you? lovely to see you. hello. we are a bit premature, because it is next week. it is, but what a lovely welcome, hello. are you all right? have you got plans for the big day? yes, we are having a bit of a do, there are going to be parties, pro—seco. are having a bit of a do, there are going to be parties, pro-seco. what is the best pie for you? steak and ale orjerk chicken, one of those. it is going to be good, it is going to be nice and we are just praying for the weather to be nice. it is supposed to be nice next week. you are in good company, madonna turned 60 at the end of last week, got a bus pass. she is still going. and she is in a leotard. she has all of those kids brom abaco going, "ma'am, please, put some clothes on! we did not come all the way from mullally to see this." —— my lowry. madonna

is the living proof that you can keep going. the only thing is, what do you wear know when you are approaching 60? i think this is good, lenin. i was approaching 60? i think this is good, lenin. iwas going approaching 60? i think this is good, lenin. i was going to wear a wu tang clan tracksuit, but i looked up wu tang clan tracksuit, but i looked up at myself and... it hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the first shots in a trade war between china and america were fired last month. but they were small compared to what the trump administration is planning next. this week chinese officials will fly to washington to try to prevent a full scale artillery assault on chinese exports to the us. and today hundreds of american businesses added their voice telling the white house, please don't ratchet up this battle. many us importers don't like it and nor do some exporters. here's one example — american lobster sales to china had been growing steadily in recent years, but that stopped when beijing hit the american lobster industry with a 25% import tax. it was retaliating against us tariffs on chinese goods.

it's exactly how trade wars start. nick bryant reports from maine. the waters off maine has become an unexpected theatre of the trade war. with the local lobster fishermen in the defenceless victims of the battle that is intensifying between washington and beijing. china has targeted lobster imports with a 25% tariff. putting a barrier in the way of the industry's second—biggest export market and reducing the price locally of each catch. for fishermen such as chris, that has made a gruelling business even tougher. this is a real concern for us for the simple reason that at the end of the week we don't know where our product is going to end up. with 20% of our product normally going to china, we have to find a new home for that now. this company usually exports up to $100,000 worth of live lobster to china each day.

a customer base that took 20 years to build. between five and 7,000le per day. seven days a week. today? zero. yesterday? zero. the day before? zero. right. before the imposition of tariffs, china accounted for 30% of sales. in this processing facility, stefanie has been forced to lay off one third of her staff. i am one of the people that brings the money back from china. i am one of the people that reduces the trade deficit. why am i getting punished? how big a threat does this pose to your business? we may survive this year. we will not survive next year. the preparation of a maine lobster roll is a near sacred undertaking. this local delicacy partly explains why so many tourists flock here from afar. that high season demand is helping to offset the chinese shortfall. summer ends in just a few weeks. these queues will soon dwindle. the chinese doubtless

know who are the main beneficiaries of these tariffs. the lobster industry north of the border in canada is giving a huge competitive advantage to another country. the trump administration is also in dispute with. the lobster trade along this coast line has been through worse, such as the aftermath of 9/11, which meant people stopped buying lobster because it was seen as a feel—good food. veteran lobster manjohn says the industry prospered before china became such a big deal five years ago. and can whether this squall. and can weather this squall. it is not an existential threat. we are hunters and gatherers, we are used to dealing with whatever nature or the marketplace imposes an us. you can survive this? we can survive this. this is america first trade battle has already had the collateral effect of costing american jobs. right now, much of the lobster industry is in a state of limbo. finding it hard to chart its own course.

criticism of china's trade practices is one of the things president trump has been entirely consistent on. but initially he tried to settle the issue through diplomacy — flattering xi jinping and starting negotiations with china. the two countries did come close to a deal — but then the agreement was called off. injuly president trump imposed a 25% tariff on $34 billion worth of chinese imports — the tax targeted construction materials, car parts, even purses and umbrellas. china retaliated with its own 25% import tax on american products like soybeans. but the trump administration didn't stop there — last friday he said he was ready to increase tariffs on $500 billion worth of products — that would cover almost all chinese imports to america. the impact of these escalating tensions is being felt not only in the us and china

but right around the world — with the international monetary fund warning that this trade war could cost the global economy $430 billion. here at bbc we have been covering this story with our reporters from china and from the us. let's start then in shanghai — our china correspondent robin brant is there and sent us this report on the chinese reaction to mr trump's latest threat of huge tariffs. china will send a delegation to the united states in the next few days according to the wall streetjournal for what will be a fifth round of face—to—face talks but the expectation of any kind of resolution is not high. it is low—level officials going from china. it is low—level officials hosting in the united states. the focuses instead on thursday 23rd of august. a gloomy realism is setting in because the next round of tit—for—tat tariffs are due to be implemented by both sides on that

day, a further $16 billion of trade affected by these new tariffs, taking the running total to $50 billion worth of trade hit by new ta riffs billion worth of trade hit by new tariffs between the united states and china. the core issues here for the united states is what it says is an unfairtrading the united states is what it says is an unfair trading relationship between itself and china, number one and two economies in the world. on the other side, china says in particular it has an industrial policy, made in china 2025, it is advancing various sectors of its economy. moving away from microbes, made in china teachers. into industrial robots, electric vehicles. the donald trump administration see an extension —— existential threat to united states dominance. they say the 3025 policy

is based on an unfair relationship. -- 20 25. and concerns are growing also among american businessmen. to talk more about this, let's cross now to our correspondent paul blake who is in new york. ifiama if i am a middle—class american living in kansas, how does all of this impact may daily life? that is a really good question. a number of different ta riffs a really good question. a number of different tariffs in play. if you haven't felt the ones in already, thatis haven't felt the ones in already, that is to be expected, largely targeted at industry and farming. the average american has not felt it largely. the new set of tariffs, $200 billion tranche, making its way in now, that has the potential to be more impactful on the average american, including furniture, lighting, seafood, furniture, car tyres, baby seats. the impact on the

average american is likely to be much higher. how long can you keep going tit—for—tat? at what point are these two sides getting around the table? the chinese delegation is on its way to washington for talks this week. no one seems to know what can be achieved. us business is not particularly optimistic. the us chamber of commerce said the trump administration has no coherent strategy for the relationship with china. in terms of how long they can go on, the us imports more from china than china from the us. china has the ability to tariffs more and markets. there are nonmonetary measures. . . markets. there are nonmonetary measures... there is the potential for the chinese to hit the us and other ways in an escalating trade war. the tit—for—tat goes on for as long

as it is sustainable? there are few things he has been consistent on, evangelical christians support, unfair trade deals, emigration. when i was travelling around, i kept hearing from people who support the donald trump —— immigration. he would finally get tough on china's and fair trade practices. that is what he is doing. when you hit one country, he is starting to realise, that can come back to bite you and it is coming back to bite american farmers. we love american farmers,

hang with us, he is saying at the moment. the white house is where this comes at a cost and they... something else, more politics from the white house was a truism... of our times that we live in an age when facts are up for grabs. but it is still shocking when a senior political figure admits that he believes truth is a fungible commodity. this weekend, the president's chief lawyer, rudy giuliani did just that. now maybe it was a slip of the tongue, except that there's a history of officials in this white house suggesting that there are various versions of the truth. here's the pattern from mr giuliani, and mrtrump himself and the president's senior advisor kellyanne conway. when you tell me he should testify because he is going to tell the truth, that is silly. it is someone's version of the truth, not the truth. it is not truth, truth

isn't truth. the president of the united states says dart donald trump says i did not talk about flint. comey says he didn't. we charged 2.596. comey says he didn't. we charged 2.5%. other than that, comey says he didn't. we charged 2.5%. otherthan that, a comey says he didn't. we charged 2.5%. other than that, a fair deal. carthago delenda est. similar things with other countries, the european union. it is all working out. just remember. what you see and what you are reading is not what is happening. don't be overly dramatic, chuck. you are saying it is a faucet. the press secretary gave alternative facts. alternative fax! —— facts. four of the five fact he

uttered were not true. alternative fa cts uttered were not true. alternative facts a re uttered were not true. alternative facts are not facts, they are falsehoods. and joining us now is our political analyst ron christie who worked as an advisor to george w bush. everybody chooses what facts and numbers they want to support their political arguments, numbers they want to support their politicalarguments, presidents numbers they want to support their political arguments, presidents have done it since time immemorial. i don't remember seeing this many insta nces don't remember seeing this many instances in one administration of the administration is saying, black is white, white is black, there is no such thing as truth. great to see you, we are back. this administration and white house seems to wa nt administration and white house seems to want to have the narrative their way. they want facts out the way they want them to be interpreted by they want them to be interpreted by the public regardless of truth. you saw rudy giuliani say truth isn't true. i have never had such a thing. asa true. i have never had such a thing. as a lawyer, i can tell you you are supposed to do no harm for your

client. we are talking about ready giuliani and kelly anne conway, not the substance of what the president is trying to do. that is a problem. you will know the law is a search for the truth and rudy giuliani has a point. some people will say on twitter, kristian frazier is —— christian fraser is useless. i want to meet the one or two who say he is a world beater! it is an interpretation of the truth. christian, you are something else, man. good to see you back. two day holiday. a0 minutes in, it has gone off derails. back in the serious, as a lawyer, yes, you are trained to acetate the truth. —— ascertain the

truth. a former us attorney in rudy giuliani, he should know better. to protect his client, the institution of the white house and the man he is there to serve. these distractions only continue what has been a too summer only continue what has been a too summer in washington, what is the truth, what is not the truth with the trump and magician? talking of homogenous, i looked at the president's twitter feed and he seems to have gone off on a stream... this gets to the truth issue. responding to the new york times, the white house's top lawyer spent 30 hours with both mother and the white house doesn't seem to know what the lawyer told the special

prosecutor. the white house counsel is the lawyer there to serve as the firewall between the president of the united states and the public. the notion of the president not having any idea what is white house counsel is saying i found outstanding. the fact the special council has sat down with a white house lawyer for 30 hours and does not have an indictment, that should tell you something. thank you, and by the way, kristian, it was pointed out for lunch but like thank you for lunch last week. that i am too harsh on you. the truth is, clearly, that you are the best presenter there has ever you are the best presenter there has ever been. wonderful, smart and extraordinary in every way and that will be the turn of this relationship. is my contract up for renewal? pope francis has written a letter to all roman catholics, condemning what he called

the "atrocities" of clerical sexual assault. in the letter, the pope acknowledged that abuse had been ignored or silenced by the church. it follows the release of a report by a us grand jury last week, which found that 300 priests in the state of pennsylvania had abused more than 1000 children over 70 years — and revealed a systematic cover—up by church leaders. several gunshots have been fired at the american embassy in the turkish capital of ankara. reports say the shots hit a window in a security post at around 5am local time but caused no casualties. police are searching for the attackers. the government in venezuela has begun issuing new banknotes today, after slashing five zeroes from its currency as part of a plan to solve the country's economic freefall. the international monetary fund estimates that inflation could reach one million percent by the end of the year. thousands of people are trying to flee the crisis, prompting countries like ecuador and peru to impose strict border controls. yoga and singing — that's what one british woman has credited her amazing survival to,

after she fell off the back of a cruise ship and was left stranded in the ocean for ten hours. kay longstaff was rescued from the adriatic sea by the croatian coastguard. on landing on shore she was in good enough health to give a short and somewhat plucky interview to the waiting media. dan johnson has more. kay longstaff, returning safely to dry land on a different sort of ship. the croatian coast guard rescued her from the sea after she spent a whole night treading water. i fell off the back of the norwegian star and i was in the water for ten hours. so, these wonderful guys rescued me. this is the moment she was pulled from the sea on sunday morning. her coast guard rescuers said she was tired and a bit sunburnt, but remarkably well, considering her ordeal. she was exhausted, a bit

hypothermic. all in all, pretty sound. kay was aboard the norwegian star, filmed here on an earlier cruise. it's thought she was on the seventh deck, close to the back, when she fell. the ship left the croatian port of dubrovnik and was heading north, towards venice. on saturday evening, just before midnight, kay went overboard, 60 miles out in the adriatic sea. a passenger took this photo showing part of the deck closed off. the ship turned back to try to find kay and its next cruise was delayed. there are questions about how she fell into the water and how she survived. lam very i am very lucky to be alive. she certainly is. in winter, colder sea temperatures would mean a survival time as short as two hours. dan johnson, bbc news. so how did kay longstaff survive that ordeal? mike tipton is the author of the essentials of sea survival and an expert on coping

in extreme environments. he joins us from portsmouth. as danjust as dan just said, as danjust said, these as dan just said, these were favourable conditions, quite benign, but still, ten hours to tread water is some feet, isn't it? yes, it is. the water temperature was ok. the sea was flat and calm. 20—25 hours, survival predictions. but you can't put aside the fact, we know now it was ten hours but when this lady was in the water at seven, eight, nine hours, she didn't know that. the fortitude to keep going and to be positive about it and not give up, which we see a lot of people do, is to be commended certainly. i suspect she was floating quite a lot as well because in the calm sea you won't have to do that much exercise to

stay afloat which is important because it means you offset exhaustion, which would also lead to a problem and drowning, etc. interesting story. how much of this was luck that the water was calm and relatively warm, and how much down to the way she handled it, trying to keep a calm attitude, keep her head in the right space, floating and not trying to use too much energy? the water temperature is not really luck because it tends to be warm in the adriatic to stop she may be lucky it was slightly warmer because of the weather we have had. the fact that it was flat calm was lucky because if she had been fighting in waves, very little chance of surviving ten hours. that is important. the fact she had had presumably some training in emergency procedures in herjob as an air hostess probably helped

her stay calm so maybe that is lucky. she studied yoga, which may help with mindfulness, keeping calm. she was pretty fit as a of that. and she obviously is a lady who has an innate positive mental attitude to be in that situation... i suspect the lucky aspect in all of this was the lucky aspect in all of this was the water being calm and the rest of it she brought with her.|j the water being calm and the rest of it she brought with her. i have to be very careful here but does it help that women are shaped slightly differently to men? in terms of voting, it helps, yes. females have about 10% more body fat than men and the things that keep you floating in water are the air in your body, lungs, and your body fat. men and

women can lungs, and your body fat. men and women can vote —— float but men not as well as females. the distribution of the fact is slightly different so women of the fact is slightly different so women have, find it easier to vote horizontally in the water. that removes horizontally in the water. that removes and reduces the amount of effort that is put into staying afloat. woman definitely have an advantage. the other thing about fa ct, advantage. the other thing about fact, it is notjust helping you stay buoyant, it is an insulator, the same thermal characteristics as cork. providing extra insulation. lucky story for kay longstaff, thank you. as if one tale of amazing endeavours wasn't enough, a baby has got off to a flying start in life by being born on board a coastguard helicopter. emergency crews received a call on saturday night asking for urgent assistance for a woman who had gone into labour while visiting the isles of scilly. there was no midwife on the islands, so a helicopter picked one up and then went to get the couple

to the mainland as quickly as possible. they weren't quite quick enough though as the healthy boy was born 1a00 feet over penzance. we are back from the holidays. thank goodness we are back. i couldn't afford to stay away any longer. do you know how much i paid for betty, the long—lived, fraser rabbit to stay at the pet shop this past two weeks? £198! for two weeks. is there more expensive lodging in london? i very much doubt it. and why? why am i paying for betty's lodging when this is all she does to my garden? this is one of my aliums...which i like to think is a metaphor for my cash. disappearing. i think you have chosen the wrong pact. my dark, i

paid for two, charlie was so happy to see me. like i was the best person who walked through the door. __ my person who walked through the door. —— my dog. not as bad as the time my petjoseph, the monkey, in morocco when i was a child, the people who stole him brought him back after a week because he trashed their house. he was pretty vicious. you would not wa nt to he was pretty vicious. you would not want to steal him. you could arrange for betty to be stolen for a week and then return. how about that for and then return. how about that for a saving solution? if anyone wants to steal betty for a few weeks, get in touch. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — french energy giant total leaves iran bowing to pressures from the us administration. and they haven't seen their family members since the korea war more than 60 years ago — now dozens of koreans are being

reunited with their loved ones — even if only for a short encounter. that's still to come. some very humid air wafting across most of the uk. warm and moist air. many of us have had cloudy skies to continue today. tomorrow i am hopeful the client will break up a little bit more to reveal sun spells of sunshine, a warm and humid feel. extensive card across many areas, a few breaks here and there. the best across northern scotland. here through the night, clear starry skies and the misty patch. turning cool and fresh. further south, skies and the misty patch. turning cooland fresh. furthersouth, humid air, cloud, spots of drizzle and temperatures in some places no lower than 16—18. tomorrow, warm and humid

airfrom the than 16—18. tomorrow, warm and humid air from the south—west. with that, air from the south—west. with that, a lot of cloud. the northwest, a weather front coming into a lot of cloud. the northwest, a weatherfront coming into play across north—western areas later in the day. for the most part, quite a lot of dry weather. a lot of cloud to start tuesday, breaking up through the day, some sunshine. showers in northern england and scotland. those temperatures if you get sunshine towards the south and south east, maybe up to 27 degrees. the frontal system bringing heavy and prolonged rain across northern ireland and scotland tuesday night and wednesday. sinks further south and wednesday. sinks further south and east during wednesday, moving across northern england, wales, south—west. fizzling away to the south east of this front, a lot of cloud. some sunny spells, still humid. further north and west,

behind the weather front, bringing in something cooler and fresher, aberdeen, glasgow, belfast, 17. 27 in norwich. the frontal system tapping up in the south east corner into thursday. a cold for an hot on its heels. then we get into some significantly cooler, fresher air. dropping significantly, 1a—15 in the north, struggling to hit 20 in the south, mixture of sunshine and showers. this is beyond one hundred days... i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories: the french energy giant total confirms it's withdrawing from a multi—billion—dollar gas project in iran as the us threatens sanctions against companies operating there. the european commission says greece is now a ‘normal country‘ again, as it exits from its final bailout programme. coming up in the next half hour, families from north and south korea

who've lived apart for decades are finally getting to meet. and he's best known for lead roles in some of hollywood's biggest films. but now british actor idris elba takes on a new challenge — he's directed his first film. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag: the french oil giant total has walked away from a multi billion dollar oil contract in iran citing the impending threat of us sanctions. since donald trump pulled out of the nuclear deal, the remaining signatories — britain, france and germany plus china and russia — have tried to keep it alive, but they are struggling as washington increases the pressure on investors. and total is a good example. it's giving up a gas project that was worth a.8 billion dollars, signed in july last year, the first such deal in over a decade. but, 90% of total‘s financing comes from american banks. they have investments in the united states,

and so far have failed to get a sanctions exemption from the us administration. other businesses have also left iran — from car maker renault and daimler to companies like deutsche bahn and deutsche telekom. a short while ago i spoke to former french diplomat and head of the european centre for foreign relations, manuel lafont rapnouil. various emmanuel macron promising to keep the iran deal alive and yet the french government cannot find a way to keep the biggest french company in it. yes, that is the main issue. the deal is still alive in terms of iran, playing with it but the reason they came to the deal is they wanted sanctions released and the fact the us sanctions are going to deprive iran from the kind of economic benefits it was looking for is actually a problem for those who

wa nted actually a problem for those who wanted to keep iran in the deal and with compliance with its international commitments. what european leaders have tried to set up european leaders have tried to set up in terms of tools and instruments to prevent the european companies to comply with un sanctions, we are not sure right now it is working very well because you see a number of european companies coming out from the iranian markets which is a problem not just the iranian markets which is a problem notjust in the case of the iranian deal but for european leeway and influence in foreign policy in general. so in the short term then, this will be seen as a victory by the white house, but in the longer run isn't this going to cause more divisions between the united states and europe, traditionally two very important allies in the liberal world order? absolutely. in the short term you can save us is taking

advantage of the symmetry in terms of trade and finance and currency exchanges, but in the long term there will be an impact of this decision. it's not just there will be an impact of this decision. it's notjust the idea there is a realisation in europe that you can have diverging interests between both sides of the atla ntic interests between both sides of the atlantic but the fact the trump administration is not agreeing to this, saying it is my way or the highway. i take the sanctions and you have to greet with them. the scenario already happened in the mid 90s but the administration finds a way to compromise. right now trump is not compromising and forcing european companies to make arbitration. you see also china and russia are working to escape these economic and financial asymmetry. china and russia will have the power

to slot into the gaps left behind, in fact to slot into the gaps left behind, infacta to slot into the gaps left behind, in fact a chinese company will pick up in fact a chinese company will pick up from where total has left can you keep the nuclear deal with just china and russia in play gesturing mark that is a very good example, but the thing is obviously china and russia are not able to provide to iran what iran was looking for, which is why europe's role was important for tehran. in the long term you can have a sense in europe that obviously europeans should be able to insulated themselves from the consequences of these so—called us secondary sanctions. thank you very much indeed. the second round of sanctions due in november. an american member of the us—led coalition targeting jihadists in iraq and neighboring syria has died after what appears to be an accidential aircraft crash. it's the latest casualty in a region that has seen great sacrifice by international forces.

often we talk about the long running wars in iraq and afghanistan in terms of policy or future direction but our next guest has taken a different view. veteran war correspondent cj chivers has traced the lives of six american service members over the course of 17 years and the result is the fighters — a raw and first hand account of what it is like for those on the ground. cj joins us now. you made the decision with this book to concentrate on the people fighting this war, the troops. there isa fighting this war, the troops. there is a pilot, a navy corpsman, a marine sergeant, but you don't talk about the strategists and the generals, why was that? for a simple reason, having read a lot of war history of the year is too much comes from the perspective of generals and not enough from the warrant officers and the private first class and the like, and i decided to focus on the people with the experience of combat, notjust those driving the war, and to look

at the consequences of those experiences. you went to across a broad swathe, was there a commonality of experience? no, because there were different phases of the war and different doctrines and states of equipment and ambitions, so the characters are in many ways quite different. the one commonality they have is most of them in the end were fighting for them in the end were fighting for the people on the left and on the right and leaving a solid personal account of themselves rather than for many of the ideas that shaped the national discourse around the walls. you are an ex-serviceman yourself, does that help you tell the stories of lower ranks a little bit better? i would say it helps and it hurts. socially i am able to relate to and commune to a degree within the infantry soldiers and the like but sometimes it would be

difficult as well because there might bea difficult as well because there might be a sense among senior commanders that because of my background i was perhaps on board with the prevailing narrative of the warand with the prevailing narrative of the war and clearly i'm not. do you think these men resent the war more because of the drift there has been in recent years? does it help soldier or an in recent years? does it help soldier oran airman in recent years? does it help soldier or an airman come to terms with the sacrifice if it is for a greater good? i would be careful about the world —— word resent. there's a broad range of views, some feel resentment but there's a range of less intense than that. it is difficult to square their commitment and good—faith service with the outcomes of these prison which have not achieved what was promised. they have a sense of duty to their country and fellow service members. are there points in which you spoke to them in which they questioned

though the strategy of the generals backin though the strategy of the generals back in washington? do they ever say we are not convinced this war is worth fighting, the sacrifice is worth fighting, the sacrifice is worth it? certainly, as plans became unrealistic, both the doctrines that we re unrealistic, both the doctrines that were shaping the action is day—to—day of the soldiers, particularly the counterinsurgency doctrine starting in 2006, certainly that doctrine was greeted with a lot of scepticism in the rank and file. then the plans at times were quite unrealistic. the creation of afghan security forces was bound to fail as it did. and the people on the ground knew that? yes, they were often saying it in real—time and certainly retrospectively. 0k, saying it in real—time and certainly retrospectively. ok, the book is the fighters cj chivers, thank you. thank you for having me. dozens of south korean families

are meeting with north korean relatives they have not seen in more than 60 years, in a series of highly emotional reunions. the brief encounters are the first official family meetings to be held for three years and reflect a thaw in diplomatic tensions between the governments of the two koreas. the 89 south koreans and 83 north koreans — many now elderly and frail — were separated from their relatives by the korean war. they've waited more than 60 years for this moment. and some simply couldn't find the words. the joy of meeting also brings with it the pain of all those missed years. most have brought photographs to help them catch up. but these are the lucky few. half of the 130,000 families waiting to meet their loved ones have died before getting this chance. this man is one of 88 who were chosen this time around.

he got a call to say he'll meet his younger sister. he hasn't seen her for nearly 70 years. translation: after hearing the news, i was so shocked that i drank and couldn't sleep at all that night. he fled north korea in the middle of the night, leaving his family behind after growing concerned about the spread of communism. he fought the north during the korean war and is unhappy with the current division. i want to tell the world that we should allow separated families to meet whenever they want. instead of how it is now, with few people meeting rarely. for decades, this man kept looking north across the border for his mother in the hope she would return. she went back to north korea in 1953 to prepare for peace. he even built his house near where she left him. he's never been selected for the reunions. translation: when can we meet our loved ones?

after all of us are dead? 100 people per event isjust meaningless. there are 50,000 people waiting all over the country. as well as bringing joy, this week's reunions will remind koreans on both sides that the pain of separation has not and may never leave this peninsula. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. in us politics there is no greater feud right now than the one playing out between president trump and former cia directorjohn brennan. last week the white house stripped mr brennan of his security clearance after he repeatedly criticised the president, going so far as to suggest his actions were treasonous. since then more than 175 former national security officials have come out defending brennan and today the president shot back with this tweet. with us again is our political

analyst ron christie. let's start by explaining the tradition, why is it that former national security officials in the united ‘s days to keep their security clearance? it's about continuity. if you are an outgoing cia director and an incoming and administration comes in, you want to have the ability to have those individuals salt and look at intelligence and say when you had thisjob how did intelligence and say when you had this job how did you intelligence and say when you had thisjob how did you handle intelligence and say when you had this job how did you handle these situations? so it is courtesy. so it's not that these high ranking officials are getting high—level secret national security clearance every day sent to them in their

offices? that's right, it's on a case—by—case basis but what the president did say is that if you retain your security clearance you can makea retain your security clearance you can make a lot of money consulting with defence contractors. that has a lwa ys with defence contractors. that has always happened, right? so i actually think president trump did the right thing but the way he handled it turned it into a pr disaster. because no other administration has raised this conflict—of—interest. is this part of his vendetta at large?|j conflict—of—interest. is this part of his vendetta at large? i think it is but i also agree with the president in this sense, the former cia director has been very critical, saying president trump's actions amounted to treasonous behaviour. if you are the president and you have someone with high—level clearance saying you are treasonous i can see why he would want to strip him of that but yes, this is something we have never seen before where that professional courtesy has not been extended. i cannot remember it being

raised as an issue. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — british actor idris elba has been talking to the bbc about directing his first film. ‘yardie,’ which is out next week, is an adaptation of a novel set injamaica and east london in the 1970s and ‘80s. we'll be hearing all about his directing debut. a man accused of attempting to murder members of the public and police officers in an attack outside the houses of parliament last week has appeared in court. salih khater, who's 29 and from birmingham, allegedly drove a car into cyclists and pedestrians before crashing into a security barrier. he was remanded in custody by westminster magistrates until the end of this month. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford was in court. it was last tuesday at 7:37 in the morning that a ford fiesta

ploughed through a group of cyclists on the edge of parliament square. without stopping, it drove up the access road to the house of lords car park and smashed into the security barrier. because of the location and the use of a vehicle, counterterrorism officers led the investigation. salih khater, the driver of the car, has now been charged with attempting to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament square and with attempting to murder the police officers who leapt out of the vehicle's path. this morning, he was brought to court for his first appearance in the dock. salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers and confirmed his name and his address in birmingham. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese and then quickly corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got his british citizenship six weeks ago. born in darfur in sudan, he came to britain in 2010, after travelling for two years through africa and europe. he continued his education here while also working as a security guard. this morning's hearing lasted less than six minutes. the chief magistrate,

emma arbuthnot, told salih khater he would remain in custody until his next appearance in court at the old bailey in 11 days' time. daniel sandford, bbc news, at westminster magistrates' court. could greece finally be emerging from the great depression? the country has today reached the end of its three—year international bailout. the fund, set up by eurozone countries, gave 70 billion dollars to support the greek government's efforts to reform its economy and recapitalise the banks. it follows years of austerity, soaring unemployment and political instability. let's talk about the impact that eight years of bailout has had on the greek economy and its people. elena panaritis is an economist and former member of parliament. if you go out onto the streets of

athens today and say to people the bailout is over, are they celebrating? no, they are very much numb and there's so much lack of trust and confidence at whatever they government have said since 2009, originally hoping we will be out of the crisis in 2011. later on the promise was that we will be out in 201a. then now it is 2018 and people don't really hold their breath about anything that has been presented as the beginning of a new beautiful economy. you have plenty of experience in this because you worked at the world bank for ten yea rs. worked at the world bank for ten years. you were appointed to the imf

as the greek representative. where has it gone wrong, is it the fact the money has not gone to what is really needed which is structural reform? indeed. this was an initial plan that was structured very much asa plan that was structured very much as a crisis management due to the fa ct as a crisis management due to the fact that greece have zero money to pay its creditors and that presented itself in the end of 2009, so the panic created some sort of an initial bailout plan that would give greece enough liquidity to be able to pay its creditors and believe it or not, out of the 250 billion we have received, only 25 million have remained in the country. the remaining has actually gone by passed through athens. 50 it wasn't

really your standard struck —— structural adjustment loan. it concentrates and focuses on the problem of the country, what has been the correct diagnosis, why the country has come to the crisis. in our case country has come to the crisis. in our case it is low productivity, overregulation and over bureaucracy so none of this was resolved. gdp is down, employment is down. what happens now that greece is out of the bailout stage? do you have any reason to be optimistic that things can turn around and get better? there are more figures that make the situation more challenging and reduce the concept of optimism. more

than 300,000 young professionals have left the country and moved themselves, the white—collar workers, they have moved to western europe or other parts of the world. we have a demographic statistic which is completely confusing because in the 100,000 deaths per year, we have only 52,000 births and the democratic —— graphic ofjust after the second world war. in addition to that we have a shrinkage of over 25% of our gdp and only a growth, average growth rate for the next 20 years of 1.2% sale all of this suggests that we will have a very difficult time. and it's nice that we will not be within the european union imf austerity

obligation but we will be under the straitjacket and the obligation of the financial markets and now we will actually have to borrow from the financial markets. 0k, thank you for bringing us up—to—date with the picture in greece. he's best known for lead roles in some of hollywood s biggest films and dramas but now the british actor idris elba has taken on a new challenge; he s directed his first film. yardie is an adaptation of a novel set injamaica and east london in the 1970s and ‘80s. he's been speaking exclusively to our community affairs correspondent adina campbell. yardie is a nostalgic film about a time in my life when i was growing up in the mid—1980s, starts off in the ‘70s injamaica. follows a young man who goes through a traumatic thing at 11 years old and finds himself in england, still chasing his demons. why won't you stay? mummy has work, vanessa.

she can't stay with me. i think people expect a massive gangster film and it isn't that. it is a story about trauma management, if you like. and this is your first big production as a director? were you not tempted to be one of the main characters, or were you solely focused on being behind the camera and leading from the back? ijust wanted to put all my energy behind the camera, support the actors and let it not be about me but my vision and their vision and, you know, share that. i want you to be real, yeah? really real. first—time directors are typically younger than me. but i have had the university of my career, which has been to work with some of the greatest directors. and for your directorial debut, to film back at home, where you grew up in hackney, that must‘ve been quite special. i did an open casting for extras to come and sort of be a part of the film. like, 2000 people showed up. i think they called it idris carnival day for that day. idris castival day. ijust did that. very good!

how do you feel that the film industry is going at the moment in terms of bringing in and nurturing new, fresh black talent? i think it is a very healthy time. you and i sitting here right now, you as a presenter, me as a film—maker, it is an amazing thing. that never happened when i was growing up. when we look at england, we should all be proud that we are quite a multicultural society here. and it is starting to be reflected in our stories, in our content and our television shows. still a long way to go, you know, but at the end of the day there is movement. series five of luther is coming out soon. lots of people excited. are you surprised byjust how popular it is, notjust in the uk but all over the world? yeah, definitely surprised. started off as a six—part series about a warped detective. and has become an iconic character. the luther fan base deserve a really good luther this year and i'm hoping i have given them one. i can't let you go without asking about the tweets recently. see you later!

i've got to ask you. am i looking at the next 007? no. absolutely not? no, you're not. would it be a role you would like to do? i don't want to talk about it, honestly. idris, thank you so much for your time. thank you, wicked. shaken not stirred. i love luther. have you seen it? no, iam have you seen it? no, i am still debating that 007 line. it has been a brexit free comeback today. but of course in the next few weeks, plenty of important votes ahead of us in the house of commons. and that's when the whips come into their own. they are the government's enforcers. and if you wanted to know more about how they operate but were too afraid to ask, then there is help — of sorts — from the conservative mp michael fabricant. it all goes back to fox hunting days

when you used to have the workers in keeping the foxhounds together and that's what whips try to do with members of their party but really it's like herding cats. so is whipping all about discipline? that's not allowed any more. aren't you glad they are back? more of that tomorrow. see you then. good evening. some humid air has been wafting across most of the uk, very warm and moist as well and that gives us a lot of cloud. many have had cloudy skies to contend with today. i'm hoping tomorrow there will be more spells and sunshine but with a warm and humid feel. here is

the satellite picture from earlier on, just a few breaks here and there. here through tonight you will see some starry skies and some mist patches and will turn relatively cool and fresh but further south a lot of cloud and spots of drizzle here and there. temperatures in some sports no lower than 16 celsius. as we get into tomorrow we keep the speed of warm, humid airfrom the south—west. with that a lot of cloud streaming in. what we have up to the north—west is a weather front and that will come into play across north—western areas later the day. for the most part a lot of dry weather around but a lot of cloud to start tuesday and it is breaking up to give spells of sunshine through the day. a small chance of a shower and some showers across scotland, the cloud here thickening up later in the day as the weather front approaches from the north west. those temperatures if you do get sunshine to the south—east up to 27

degrees. this system is likely to bring heavy and prolonged rain across parts of northern ireland and scotla nd across parts of northern ireland and scotland during tuesday night and wednesday, then sinking southwards and east during wednesday moving across north england and wales, sizzling away. to the south—east of the front, a lot of cloud, some sunny spells, still in the humid air here but to the north and west we start to bring in something much pressure. aberdeen, glasgow and belfast 70 degrees, 27 in norwich. this system is likely to pep up as we go into thursday, then another weather front hot on its heels, then after that we get some significantly cooler air so temperatures dropping significantly for the end of the week, maybe 15 degrees in the north, struggling to hit 20 further south. a mixture of sunshine and showers this is bbc news i'm ben brown.

the headlines at 8: the government takes over the running of birmingham prison from the private firm gas after inspectors warn that it had slipped into a "state of crisis". it's not out of control yet. but it's not far from it's not out of control yet. but it's not farfrom it it's not out of control yet. but it's not far from it and the physical conditions there were among the worst we have ever seen. the british woman who survived ten hours in the sea after falling from a cruise ship, is due to be released from hospital in croatia this evening. a man appears in court charged with attempted murder after a car crashed outside the houses of parliament. as the venezuelan government brings in a plan to curb hyperinflation — we'll be finding out how the currency devaluation is affecting everyday life. also coming up — a flying start for a baby boy born on a coastguard helicopter.