you're watching beyond 100 days. microsoft takes on moscow — shutting down six sites it says were targeting the us senate and us think tanks. the tech giant says the russian military was behind the latest attempt to disrupt american democracy. as governments prevaricate, it is increasingly left to tech companies to protect western elections. which leaves britain's foreign secretary urging the eu to increase european sanctions on moscow — even as the uk is about to leave the union. and brexit enters its final phase butjudging from what the eu negotiator said today, there are still a lot of differences to overcome. also on the programme... no one has run faster that usain bolt. than usain bolt. but can he do it with a ball at his feet? the eight—time gold medal winner is down underfor an indefinite professional football trial. this is billy and willy trespassing on a subway line in brooklyn — and this is the comedian jon stewart, who it turns out is a rather good shepherd. get in touch with us

using #beyond1000ays. i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. microsoft says it has ta ken steps to stop interference in us elections. the tech giant last week shut down six internet sites it says were linked to the russian military and were targetting the us senate and us think tanks. microsoft's announcement suggests russia is stepping up attacks ahead of the important mid—term elections in november. and yet donald trump says he might lift sanctions against moscow. speaking to the reuters news agency, mr trump said he would consider it if russia "did something that would be good for us" but he added he wouldn't consider it without that. in the same interview mr trump once again raised doubts about whether russia did actually meddle in the 2016 election. even though all us intelligence agencies say they did.

in regard to russian involvement in the mid—term elections, we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become clear that they are the target of our adversaries, who seek to sow discord and undermine our way of life. as i have said consistently, russia attempted to interfere with the last election and continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day. in the series of people who work for donald trump. two senate committees are meeting today to discuss the latest revelations from microsoft on russia. joining me now from capitol hill is maryland senator van hollen. microsoft has taken this action, do

you think increasingly voters here and europe will have to rely on american tech companies to defend democracy in the electoral processes 7 democracy in the electoral processes? well we should not have too depend on tech companies alone because while they can help harden the system is a little bit and alert us the system is a little bit and alert us to efforts to penetrate those systems, what we need to do as government here is acting to deter this kind of conduct by the russians and others. you just played a tape of the trump national security officials predicting that the russians are interfering in our 2018 elections. microsoft is the recent revelation. putin is not deterred by anything president trump is had to say. it is incumbent on the senate to act. we have a bipartisan bill

that would create vast economic punishments if we catch them again interfering. the us has been tougher than europe has been, but even us sanctionsjudging by than europe has been, but even us sanctions judging by what microsoft has found have not stopped the russians from trying to mess around with american and other european elections. have these sanctions had much impact? they have not had an impact on russian interference in oui’ impact on russian interference in our elections which is exactly why i am saying we have to adopt and do it quickly this legislation that the senator and i have introduced that says clearly that if we catch russia in 2018 there are harsh penalties and not just against in 2018 there are harsh penalties and notjust against a few oligarchs. they would be tough penalties against the russian banking system, energy sector, so if you are putin and are trying to do a calculation about the cost benefit

analysis, this would raise the cost of interference beyond we think putin can expect to benefit but we have to pass it. just talking about it will not do any good. what happens if the president vetoes your bill? well, if he did that he would say to the country, it's ok if the russians interfere again in our elections in our democracy, because these are contingencies. sanctions that take place, they are tough, but they would only be triggered if in fa ct they would only be triggered if in fact trump's own director of national intelligence finds that putin has interfered in our elections once this bill has gone into effect. has he already sent that message? the americans do not speak with one voice and he equivocate on this issue. that is exactly right and why putin is not

getting the message, that is why we need to act with legislation. what president trump has been saying is they really did not do that much in they really did not do that much in the 2016 elections and i do not think they will do much of the 2018 elections so how do you veto legislation where sanctions only ta ke legislation where sanctions only take effective trump's own team catches them and certifies they have interfered with 2018? i am quite confident if we can get this out of the senate and house the president would be forced to sign it. are you disappointed the europeans have not been as tough as the us until now?|j have been as tough as the us until now?” have been and i think the europeans need to act. they should act in a co—ordinated manner if possible but we need a unified strategy and i hope our european allies will look

at this proposal that senator rubio andi at this proposal that senator rubio and i have put forward, a bipartisan proposal and we have senators and republicans and democrats on it, because nobody should be able to argue we should remain defenceless and do nothing if we get attacked again, if our democracy is attacked again, if our democracy is attacked again, so that is why what we hoped was this forward—looking approach would bring people together. it has brought people together in the senate again. hearings are not enough, we need to act and the clock is ticking. thank you. and joining us now is elisabeth bumiller, washington bureau chief for the new york times. microsoft have shut down websites targeting the us senate but also targeting the us senate but also targeting two conservative think tanks. —— conservative think tanks. why would they are targeting

conservative think tanks? it shows putin is not exactly partisan but it comes to politics. the think tanks we re comes to politics. the think tanks were critical of russia. 0ne comes to politics. the think tanks were critical of russia. one was the international republican institute and on the board isjohn mccain, mitt romney and mcmaster. john mccain and mitt romney were critical of trump's press conference with putin in helsinki. hr mcmaster has been critical of russia and has put forward his views russia should be confronted worldwide. the hudson institute has denounced actions by russia. a message from moscow they will go after anyone critical of president putin. listening to what was just president putin. listening to what wasjust said president putin. listening to what was just said and the measures the us senate is trying to take to stop russia, do you see president trump

prepared to take tough action? he seems to say one thing on russia and do another because he has been pretty tough but he is saying maybe the russians did not do it. his government does one thing and he says another. there are two trump administration policies on russia, one is the president and what he says the other is tough measures. in many ways this government has been tough on russia than the 0bama administration was but nonetheless, he runs the government and is the head so people look to him and he sets the tone and this has many people at the state department and pentagon very disturbed. people at the state department and pentagon very disturbedm people at the state department and pentagon very disturbed. it comes from the top, but it is a reminder todayit from the top, but it is a reminder today it is important, going into the important midterms that the tech giant get this right. of course and they are working on it. it is hard

to tell, hard to see, given what happened last time, this is going to be completely stopped but one thing we know is it is harder to into —— interfere in midterms that the national election because all the states have different voting systems and it is more complicated to interfere. the government has taken some measures, also. we have to leave it there. thank you. news just newsjust coming in news just coming in which is why we have cut that short, we are hearing that michael cohen, the president's former lawyer has done a plea deal with prosecutors in the southern district of new york and the fact he has done this deal does not necessarily mean he has done it against the president, but he has

decided to cooperate in some way. you remember he is the man whose offices and hotel room were raided by the fbi, they took away thousands of documents and files and as you know some recorded conversations between the president and michael cohen, particularly on the question of payments made to women who had alleged they had had an affair with the president when he was a candidate. not a very good day for the president, learning his former lawyer has done a plea deal. we will get more on that. it is interesting because you have paul manafort, waiting for the verdict in the virginia court. his former campaign chief, and you have this and also we had word from bob muller he is suspending for the moment the sentencing of michael flynn. you could have a situation

coming up to the midterms with three men surrounding donald trump each facing sentencing, which will not look good. and you wonder why the president is sending out the tweets he is sending out at the moment. we have seen when the white house feels under pressure concerning the russia investigation and michael cohen is not involved in the bob muller investigation, but he has information on the president that relates to his campaign and whether there was dubious financing around that, then that is going to cause anxiety in the white house, knowing he is... it does not come as a surprise, the plea deal, but the fa ct a surprise, the plea deal, but the fact it has been confirmed is not something particular welcomed by the white house. anxious to maintain united international pressure on moscow, britain's foreign secretaryjeremy hunt, who's here in washington today, has called on the european union to follow america's lead and impose tougher sanctions on russia. mr hunt went out of his way to praise mr trump, saying it was important to distinguish between what the us president says, what he tweets, and what he does.

and what he does, said mr hunt, is act more like a globalist than an isolationist. he called on the europeans to match president trump's actions. with the increasing threats we now face to the international order we have been used to since 1945, the united states and europe need to stand shoulder to shoulder and if the united states takes an extra step, because of something that happened on european soil, then europeans need to do something commensurate, it might not be exactly the same but people need to know we are standing shoulder to shoulder. that is the way that we will restore proper red lines on the use of chemical weapons that have been beginning to fray, but also beginning to fray, but are so important for our security. jeremy hunt speaking to our diplomatic correspondent james robbins who joins us now from washington. he wants the europeans to do more,

but when you look at the recent tone of the italians, austrians, the fact the germans are dealing with the russians on gas, he will not get his way? i think that is right, there is no appetite in the rest of the eu, the eu that britain is committed to leave, no appetite to increase sanctions against russia. the italians would like to reduce the present sanctions put in place after russia's annexation of crimea and interference in ukraine so far from wanting to do more, the european union probably wants to do less that is probably whyjeremy hunt the foreign secretary was keen to advocate president trump as a friend britain. important to britain as it leaves the eu. and to advocate him asa leaves the eu. and to advocate him as a defender of the rules —based international order, which will raise eyebrows in europe where donald trump is far from raise eyebrows in europe where donald trump is farfrom being raise eyebrows in europe where donald trump is far from being seen

as the defender of the rules —based order with people pointing to things he has done to undermine it, trashing be wrong deal, walking away from the paris climate called, reaching agreement with the g7 partners and repudiating it. jeremy hunt was enormously defensive and supporter and he thought on 90—5% of issues, he said, britain and the us we re issues, he said, britain and the us were on the same side and natural allies and friends. i was interested in the tone of what he said. have a european leaders and british leaders figured out how to deal with this unusual american administration? we seem to have had some playing it cosy and some come here and try to play tough and some flatter mr trump. what is the latest reckoning in london on how to get the best out of the relationship with the trump administration?” think a bit of flattery and we heard

back from the foreign secretary today. he praised donald trump for that particular style of tweeting frequently. being, he suggested, perhaps the most prolific user of social media among leaders and many of the citizens of the world also. he praised him for his engagement but ina he praised him for his engagement but in a speech he made in washington arguing for the defence of the rules —based order, he was critical of populism and pointed to disaffection with politicians that he thinks feeds the line influences in the world. i think the approach britain wants to doctors to flatter the administration, which it needs on its side as it prepares to leave the european union. thank you. emmanuel macron tried that and it did not get him far on key issues like iran and climate change. the uk's brexit secretary dominic raab has been in brussels today meeting with the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier. both sides keen to demonstrate that the talking goes on despite the summer break.

but still no sign of a breakthrough. mr raab said there had been progress on some issues, but there remain significant gaps he said on the withdrawal agreement and on the shape of the future relationship. 0ur brussels correspondent adam fleming gave us the latest on the talks a short time ago. the unresolved issues that existed a couple of weeks ago still exist and night. when it comes to the withdrawal agreement, the treaty that was would seal the terms of departure, there is no agreement on a back—up plan to avoid the reintroduction of customs checks on the border between northern ireland and the republic and when it comes to the separate documents, so—called political declaration that will set out in the future relationship between the eu and uk and the eu has still got questions about the uk proposals when it comes to a single rule book for industrial goods and agricultural products that will span

both sides, also be complicated customs arrangements the uk proposes, those questions still exists. there will have to be solutions found both those things by the end of october or beginning of november because that is the deadline set by both sides because they need to have a few months to get that agreement approved by eu leaders at a summit and ratified by the european parliament and to get it ratified by the british parliament. that is why both men, the brexit secretary dominic raab, chief negotiator michel barnier, said they were prepared to step up negotiations and throw out the monthly talks timetable with consultation in between. they will now meet continuously. i'm not sure what it means in practice but it looks like we will get the two men meeting in brussels for political talks, having tough discussions every single week. they are certainly going to be here next week

and the reason they aren't doing thatis and the reason they aren't doing that is because there are still some pretty big issues to be resolved. there are plenty of football teams around the world looking for a new number nine. and what they are often looking for — quite apart from clinicalfinishing — is speed. so how about usain bolt? the fastest man that has ever run 100m. an eight—time 0lympic gold medallist. well one team has taken a punt, the australian a league side, the central coast mariners. no secret that since giving up his career on the track bolt has been looking to reinvent himself. but is he good enough? is he young enough? now 32, it's unlikely he will ever play for his beloved manchester united. but he's not the first athlete to try his hand at a different professional sport. michealjordan famously left his nba career in 1993 switching to baseball with the chicago white sox for a short time. one of our finest cricketers in the uk — sir ian botham — also

played as a professional footballer for a few seasons, with scu nthorpe. and sonny b williams — one of the new zealand all blacks — not only a top rugby player, also a heavyweight boxer. welljoining us now is olympic gold medallist hamish bond — who similarly switched careers giving up rowing for cycling. and will compete in 2020 at the japan 0lympics. what do you reckon? usain bolt, will he make a success of football after being so fantastically good as a sprinter? he has obviously got a component of football, running at speed and similarly that was what i did in the switch from rowing to cycling, i picked a sport i had some talent crossover. i guess he has got the speed component but as far as his football skills, i am not sure how far he has to go on that. part

of me is thinking why do it? he has been unbelievably successful, he has become incredibly famous. why not just say i had a great run, i was very good at that? is it the same drive that made him want to be the fastest in the world that means he could never hang up his hat? although he is obviously far more well—known and famous than myself, athletes in the same way, i was almost more motivated by becoming the best i could be than i was about winning say an olympic gold medal. that was a by—product of becoming the best i could be and are ready good one. i suspect he might be the same. if he is honest with himself, can he run any faster than he has in the past? can he win any more? he can't, he has won everything there

is. no doubt he will be motivated by challenges and this is a challenge that he might be able, on the out of bounds of possibility, like myself, athletes are motivated by nothing more than someone telling them you cannot do something or won't be able to soi cannot do something or won't be able to so i expect that his playing a pa rt to so i expect that his playing a part of his motivation. we'll know someone at school who is good with one ball sport and could adapt to another, is it the same with stamina sports? if you are good at rowing pairs, are you good at time trials? there is crossover. rowing, you mainly use your legs and it takes a massive physiological and cardiovascular capacity. that is what i have trained to do 15 years and time trials cycling, all the power comes from your legs and you need a big heart and strong lungs.

there is a huge crossover and also the mental approach, the same way i approach training daily is tra nsfera ble approach training daily is transferable from one sport to the other. what i have found, because i ama other. what i have found, because i am a runner, and i did a marathon cycle race recently, when i got out of bed, i had obviously used a different set of muscles because i could hardly walk. it does not necessarily follow because you can row, you can cycle. i did not go from 0lympic rowing to trying to do the tort of france the next day, which sounds like you might have done. i still have to put a lot of neat on the bones before i had a successful package —— meet on the bones. i had the same issue! maybe i could adapt to being a cyclist, i don't know. we wish you the best in the 2020 olympics. we will be looking out for you and we hope you wina looking out for you and we hope you win a medal. best of luck. thank

you. i think he is modest, i think it takes a lot of talent and determination to switch sports at the level hamish has. talking of switching jobs. the us tv personality jon stewart, former host of the comic news programme, the daily show has been herding goats. two goats disrupted the n line in new york on monday morning, where they were spotted roaming the tracks in brooklyn. so up stepped the us comedian and his wife, who guided them to a nearby animal shelter. you can see him on the left of the screen in the black top. it turns out he is a pretty good shepherd. subway bosses were delighted thanking jon and the sanctury who took billy and willy under their wing. this is our pet segment.

the animal slot. billy and willy, thatis the animal slot. billy and willy, that is the same name. i was looking forfun that is the same name. i was looking for fun facts on goats. apparently they have four stomachs and no top teeth and apparently abraham lincoln kept goats, two. yes. and apparently his sons rode them around the white house grounds, so you can tame them. that is why you such a brilliant presenter because you come up with interesting information about goats. adaptable, all the time! this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — we take you the latest on the trial of former trump campaign manager paul manafort. and as the national currency is in free fall in venezuela, hundreds of people are fleeing to brazil. that's still to come. it has been another warm and humid

day but sunshine has been easier to come by than over the past few days. that is how it looked in london earlier but cloud has been thickening across north—west scotla nd thickening across north—west scotland ahead of the change in the feel of things. at the moment we are bringing in south—westerly windss and warm and humid air but something cooler is lying in wait up to the north—west which will head in our direction over the next couple of days brought in by this system and the front will bring a lot of rain across northern ireland and western scotla nd across northern ireland and western scotland through the night. could see 25 millimetres over some of the high ground. eastern and southern scotla nd high ground. eastern and southern scotland seeing lighter rain during the night. below cloud developing and another humid night but something fresher showing its hand in the north—west. tomorrow, the

frontal system continues to move southeast and the rain turning lighter across northern england and down into wales. ahead of that, cloud with sunny spells and still very much in the humid air, but further north and west you start to get into something cooler. still in the mid—20s in the south—east of england. wednesday night, some light rain trundling across the south—east of the country and another cold front on the way towards scotland and northern ireland with rain through the early part of thursday and behind that, this is the big change. you will notice this change. much cooler air pushing its way across the country and temperatures on thursday well down on where they have been. rain early in the south—east and the next weather front bringing rain through the day in northern parts. showers packing

into the west of scotland. it will be breezy, particularly in the north—west and much cooler, perhaps 15 degrees in aberdeen, just scraping 2a in london, but turning cooler as we get into friday and for the weekend, some rain that time, some dry weather and we stick with the fresher feel. this is beyond 100 days. i'm katty kay in washington, christian frasier is in london. our top stories: michael cohen, the president's formerfixer and lawyer, has former fixer and lawyer, reached has formerfixer and lawyer, reached a plea deal with l authorities. the judge at the trial of donald trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort tells the jury they must reach a unanimous verdict on all of the fraud charges he faces. microsoft says it's managed to stop russian hackers from launching cyber—attacks against us political organisations. the software company claims the hackers were planning to steal

data ahead of november's mid—term elections. coming up in the next half hour: venezuela's runaway inflation — sparks a runaway crisis. a general strike is called while hundreds cross the border to brazil. a long—awaited project to boost the population of golden eagles in scotland takes off. three young eaglets are released into the wild from a secret location. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag ‘beyond—0ne—hundred—days‘. in the last hour it has been reported michael cohen, a former personal lower to donald trump has entered into a plea deal with prosecutors in new york. he is under investigation for possible bank fraud. also, the jurors from the judge

in the paul manafort trial when it was suggested they may be deadlocked on at least one of 18 charges. mr manafort, who served as donald trump's campaign manager, is being tried for financial wrong doings, including tax evasion. but while this trial does not touch on russian collusion, the stakes are high for the legal team of special counsel robert mueller. here to help break it down is the bbc‘s north america editorjon sopel. as serious is this for donald trump that his former lawyer has just done a plea deal. his former lawyer, former mr fixit, he was responsible former mr fixit, he was responsible for paying stormy daniels $100,000 to buy her silence before the election. let's go through what we do know and some of what we don't. as you say, appearing in court but he had a separate taxi business where he took $20 million worth of loa ns where he took $20 million worth of loans and it may be the court case is largely about that. it won't contain anything about election

finance transactions. but if it does, he said he will let it be known that donald trump new about it before the election. is this a straight plea deal, for me pleading guilty and saving millions in fees, i will come to this judgment or is he cooperating? is he telling the prosecutors other stuff about things that went on in the trump campaign in return for a lesser sentence? we don't know the detail of that and maybe it will become clearer when he appears in court in less than an hour and appears in court in less than an hourand a appears in court in less than an hour and a half time. some of the new york times writers are suggesting it is linked to these payments to women, is it significant? of course, that brings the focus, the president has previously tweeted my personal

lawyer got in trouble over a separate taxi business. if it was just about the taxi business, you could argue there are errors of judgment that donald trump made in having a man like this as his lawyer. but if it comes square to theissue lawyer. but if it comes square to the issue of campaign finance and the issue of campaign finance and the manner in which he paid off these women and if he is testifying about what went on and the communications that took place between him and the president, then potentially that is more damaging for donald trump. on the issue of paul manafort, now we have the jury, talk about a bad day for the president potentially, we have michael cohen and paul manafort, his former campaign manager and the jury is sitting on tenterhooks trying to make a decision on whether he is guilty of tax evasion and bank fraud? there are 18 separate counts paul manafort has been charged with. it looks as though the jury has come toa it looks as though the jury has come to a decision unanimously on

virtually all of them but 12, there is still a split. the jury came back and said, can you give us some guidance. the george has said, for the moment, why don't you go back and try and resolve some of your differences and come back to me with a unanimous verdict. it maybe if they remained deadlocked it may be they remained deadlocked it may be the case that the judge will separate accounts and you can be guilty on some counts all guilty and not guilty on others. briefly, the phrase the company you keep, is it too harsh today? there were three great slogans from the trump election campaign, bill be wall, lock her up and drained the swamp. drain the swamp is one of those ones that will come back, when you maybe have the president's former lawyer and the president's former campaign manager both going through the courts on the same day. jon sopel, thank you very much. it has been a quiet news cycle the last few days,

i get the sense it will be hotting up. we shall see. president trump loves to brag about the performance of the us economy and many indicators are definitely making his case. but when it comes to real wages, there may be a hitch. for american consumers, the fact that the price of goods is rising faster than their paycheck is putting a pinch on their wallet. the bbc‘s business correspondent paul blake has been taking a closer look for us. we have the greatest economy we have ever had. we have the best numbers and we are setting records in every respect. the us economy is booming, the president is right, but our average americans feeling any of the benefits? wages, for the first time in18 benefits? wages, for the first time in 18 years benefits? wages, for the first time in18 years are benefits? wages, for the first time in 18 years are rising again. wages have been stagnant for decades, but let's look at the last five years. it is generally heading north, wages are up 2.7%. we have so many jobs coming in and they are raising wages. that is what we call norman

and wage growth meaning we haven't adjusted for inflation where ever rising prices for everyday goods. 0ver rising prices for everyday goods. over the past day, average prices for consumers have gone up 2.8%. while the numbers aren't paycheques may look like they are going up, when you factor in costs, wages are effectively flat. let's look at the nominal wage growth graph again. let's suggest it for inflation. it's not a good look. our economy is soaring and we are creating opportunity for everyone. what is driving prices? i am for massive oil and gas uk everything else and a lot of energy. it is mainly oil prices, they have shot up because of the situation in venezuela and the middle east. and the iran deal, with trump slapping new tariffs on the country, it is likely global supplies of oil will be tightened higher and raising prices at the

pump. we have had record numbers, numbers nobody believed possible. the best numbers? it depends on which one you are looking at? it's notjust those numbers which are changing the american workforce, it's also the type ofjobs people are doing now. the last few decades have seen a radical change from careers spent at one company to increased mobility and temporary positions. companies like uber and taskrabbit now help drive the gig econmy but are they good for workers and what is the wider impact? it's the subject of louis hyman's new book temp and he joins us now from new york. i was thinking there is a distance between here and the united states, we do have a gig economy here but it is smaller than the united states, so why has it been much smaller daily—macro bigger over there? so why has it been much smaller daily— macro bigger over there ?m ta kes pla ce daily— macro bigger over there ?m takes place in the context. it is

easy to blame uberfor takes place in the context. it is easy to blame uber for insecurity, but the long before uber, there was job insecurity. when you look at the debate on the side, it will be fair to say there is suspicion on the left of the gig economy, people think it is eroding people's labour rights, is it true? it is true. it is creating new spaces for work outside traditional kinds of regulation. what is often forgotten on the left, it is not a law that makes workers have good lives, it is the organisation of workers. in the united states, the reason we have those laws is the labour more than —— labour movement in the 40s and 50s. what we need to look forward to in the next few years, is notjust the expansion of this kind of work but new ways for workers to express their voice. is it possible to paint a profile of the average gig economy

work in the state, or is it so ubiquitous, everybody is doing it? it depends on who you are. part of it is the question of demographics. about half of people under 3a, that is the millennial ‘s, are participating in some way in this gig economy, freelancing, alternative work arrangements, not just doing things on their phone but looking for all kinds of side hostels. it varies between 10%, if you have done it in the last couple of weeks. to about 40% if you have done it in the last 12 months. in the us, it has become a central part of many working people's lives. maybe not all the time, but pretty frequently. do you think it is increasing economic stability or decreasing their long—term economic stability? i think it is the context in which it happens. the alternative

to uber is not working, a good factoryjob or working in an office, it is slinging coffee or delivering pizza. people are looking for ways to make ends meet. when people have access to freelance and gig work, they borrow less. it is a direct substitute for other kinds of debt. thank you very much indeed. the un's nuclear watchdog, the iaea, said today that it sees no indication north korea has stopped nuclear activities since president trump's meeting with kimjung un injune. it's a far cry from mr trump's tweet when he came home that read, "just landed — a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day i took office. there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea." joining us now is james acton frrom the carnegie endowment‘s joining us now is james acton from the carnegie endowment‘s nuclear policy programme. injune you wrote is not impossible

the singapore summit will spring up process in curbing the threat from north korea, do you think it is still the case? good afternoon. i said it's not impossible, which is a way of saying it's not completely impossible, but it's not very likely. everything we have seen since the summit has suggested the agreement reached at the summit was extremely superficial and is not paving the way towards reducing the dangerfrom north paving the way towards reducing the danger from north korea. paving the way towards reducing the dangerfrom north korea. there is two different interpretations, the optimistic interpretation is that north korea will continue with its programme until it reaches a denuclearisation agreement but it is trying in good faith to reach it. the pessimistic interpretation, the one i subscribe to, the two sides are pursuing different goals and there is little prospect of north korea giving up its nuclear weapons. in order to reach the white house's

timetable as to when denuclearisation will take place, when will we know about which scenario is the right one? about five to ten years ago. if north korea would give up its nuclear weapons, and i don't believe it will, but if it were, the complexity of this process means verifying it giving up this complex programme, spread over many different sides and involving many people. it could give up involving many people. it could give upa lot involving many people. it could give up a lot of hardware in the course of the year, if it were willing to, but the process would be a decade—long endeavour. that is the path we are engaged in at the moment. when north korea says denuclearisation, it is not what president trump means. would a better strategy be to take small

steps instead of this bombastic, all or nothing approach by president trump? north korea has decided that nuclear weapons are necessary for its regime survival and i don't think it will give them up. i would rather we focused on modest, confident building measures to roll the nuclear programme back over time rather than going for this high tension or complete denuclearisation. unfortunately i think the white house has backed itself into a rhetorical corner and is unlikely to pursue a more modest route. thank you for coming in. cases of measles in europe have hit a world high according to the world

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something niggles i thought it was about the eagles having the best selling album. never mind. most venezuelan cities have come to a standstill for a second day running, as the government introduces a new currency, the sovereign bolivar, to try to tackle the world's highest inflation rate. the crown prosecution service has dropped all charges, against the former south yorkshire senior police officer sir norman bettison, in relation to the force's response to the hillsborough disaster in 1989. he faced four counts of misconduct in a public office. judith mortiz reports. sir norman bettison says he's been the whipping boy for revenge. his name, long linked with hillsborough, accused of lying and blaming the fans. he was facing prosecution, but today the announcement that he won't stand trial.

my involvement in the events around hillsborough has often been misrepresented, even in parliament. since then, i've been forced to deny strenuously, that i have done anything wrong in the aftermath of the disaster. and today's outcome vindicates that position. 96 liverpool fans died when the terraces at hillsborough became overcrowded in 1989. in the wake of the tragedy, sir norman, then a chief inspector, was part of a team that gathered evidence about the police for the taylor public enquiry. in 1998, he was appointed chief constable of merseyside, home to many of the bereaved families. his appointment was deeply unpopular. one of the recent charges faced by sir norman bettison, goes back to the time of his appointment on merseyside. he was accused of lying about his role in the wake of hillsborough. sir norman was also facing

prosecution for his behaviour when he was chief constable of west yorkshire in 2012. he was accused of issuing untrue press releases which said he'd never blamed fans for the disaster. sir norman left court without further comment. some hillsborough families say they believe the wrong charge was brought and they want a review of today's decision. you are watching beyond 100 days. most venezuelan cities have come to a standstill for a second day running, as the government introduces a new currency, the sovereign bolivar, to try to tackle the world's highest inflation rate. the measure introduced by president nicolas maduro eliminates five zeros from previous banknote denominations as part of an economic reform package aimed at trying to beat the country's severe economic crisis and soaring hyper—inflation. inflation in the country has produced eye—watering results. take a look at this.

here's what you'd need to go shopping in venezuela right now: 2.5 million bolivars for a kilo of rice. three million for a few carrots. 7.5 million bolivars for a piece of cheese. 9.5 million bolivars for kilo of beef. those prices are given in the currency before yesterday's new notes were issued. but nevertheless that's quite a purse needed to do the grocery shopping. the bbc‘s guillermo 0lmo is in the capital city caracas and sent this update. long queues are quite a common thing in banks in venezuela, but today it's a different day. today is the first day of the new sovereign bolivars, the new currency introduced by the government. they say it will help to tackle hyper inflation and high prices that are killing off venezuela's purchase power.

we have talked to some of the people in this queue and they told us that problems continue. the atms working over there are just giving them a small amount of ten sovereign bolivars and that is less than what they will be asked for if they want to have a cup of coffee in one of the cafeterias near the area. this is just one of the challenges venezuelans have to overcome in their everyday lives. we have talked to some of the people, as i said, and quite a few of them fear the new government's plan for the economy will make things even worse and harder. we're joined now from new york by the former president of the central bank of venezuela ruth kivoy. thank you so much forjoining us. give us some sense of what has happened in venezuela in the course of the last 48 hours since this new currency was introduced? in the last

48 hours, the currency was devalued by 96%. the minimum wage went up by almost 10,000%. a number of bonuses have been announced that will double the monetary base over the last... 0ver the monetary base over the last... over the coming ten or 15 days. so basically, we are going through a shock, because on top of all bats, companies have been told that prices cannot be increased in response to higher costs and the devaluation. people are confused about the new which was hastily currency, introduced and not sufficiently explained. after months of shortages in currency. it is just adding explained. after months of shortages in currency. it isjust adding one layer of trouble on top of an already very troubled economy. we

are seeing pictures of shops in venezuela that are all shut up today, google going into the supermarkets and there seems to be very little on the shelves when those shops are open. in practical terms, if you are living in caracas today, what can you do and what can't you do? you can walk around trying to find something. if you are not careful to anticipate your shopping. it is hard to buy gasoline because there is no way to pay for the gasoline at the old prize with the gasoline at the old prize with the new currency. because the price of the gasoline is by far lower than the lowest the new currency that you cannot get any way. i remember it in

zimbabwe when things got really chronic, there was a $100 trillion note which was worth about 40 cents and then the government relented and allowed them to start using the dollar. and the montenegrin, who started taking the mark when the former yugoslavia collapsed. if you we re former yugoslavia collapsed. if you were the president of the venezuelan bank today, would you say, let rip up bank today, would you say, let rip up the bolivar and have a currency which is stable from another country, is it feasible? that is not the solution because by adopting the currency of another country, you are changing the unit of account. but if you don't change the whole policy framework, it is useless. what we have now is monetary and fiscal anarchy. if you adopt the currency of another country, you have to be prepared to give up all your policies and follow the new

currency. in a highly impoverished economy in virtually destroyed private sector with no local production and no foreign assets. what the country needs, rather than desperate moves to another currency and seeking for an anchor, is a stabilisation programme, rebuilding credibility. giving up ill—advised fiscal and monetary policy, re—establishing the property rules and the rule of law and restoring credibility. you don't do that overnight. thank you very much for joining us, i wish we could do this programme from venezuela at the moment because what is happening there at the moment, is really extraordinary. before we go, you have parked your car and then came back to where you think it is but cannot find it. well spare a thought

for lawrence rivers who left his mercedes on a road in edinburgh and returned the next morning only to find a large hole where he had parked it. mr rivers spent the next 12 hours trying to find his car. his wife eventually helped locate the vehicle after phoning "every car recovery company she could find". mcphie recovery, which moved mr rivers' car, said they had put the vehicle where scottishpower had asked, and that it was not their responsibility to contact the owner. have a look at how far away the car ended up. nearly a mile away. mr rivers said it had been quite a day. wandering the streets of edinburgh are trying to find his car. what did he think when he arrived there and he think when he arrived there and he couldn't find his car? i have gone back to my car sometimes and it has been towed away because i left it in the wrong place, but to find a huge hole in the ground! how many times have you lost your car and it

hasn't been removed or replaced by a whole? maybe, maybe three orfour times this week. that's what i thought. these new cars tell you where you apart. in this army and your white topaz and you said it was because of age but you are so young you remember all of these things. but i forget you are perfect and it is ok. it has been another warm and humid day for many but sunshine has been easier to come by than over the last few days. that is how it looked in london earlier on, but cloud has been thickening across the north west of scotland ahead of a big change in the feel of things. we are bringing in the south—westerly winds, a feed of warm and humid air but there is something cooler lying in wait up to the north—west, which will eventually head in our direction over the next couple of days. brought in by this frontal

system and the front will bring a lot of rain across parts of northern ireland, particularly western scotla nd ireland, particularly western scotland to the night. 25 millimetres of rain over some of the high ground. beast scotland scene patchy rain by the end of the night. areas of low cloud developing and a fairly warm and humid night. something cooler and fresher showing its hand up to the north—west. into tomorrow, the frontal system trundles southeast would and rain turning light and patchy moving into wales as the day wears on. a fair amount of cloud ahead of that but sunny spells developing and very much in the humid air. further north and west, we start to get into something cooler and fresher. temperatures in the mid to high teens across scotland and northern ireland but in the mid—20s across the south—east of england. 0n wednesday night, this weather front with patchy rain continues across the south—east of the country. there is another cold front is the way towards scotland and northern ireland and a bit of rain here

through the early parts of thursday. behind that, this is the big change, you will notice this change much, much cooler air pushing its way right across the country. temperatures on thursday well down on where they have been. the first weather front bringing patchy rain early on in the south. the next wandering in wales, rain here to the day. hefty showers packing into the western side of scotland. spells of sunshine as well, it will be breezy up sunshine as well, it will be breezy up to the north—west and much cooler, perhaps 15 degrees in aberdeen. just scraping 24 in london but it will be cooler as we go into friday. for the weekend, but it will be cooler as we go into friday. forthe weekend, rain but it will be cooler as we go into friday. for the weekend, rain at times and dry weather as well and we stick with the cooler, fresher feel. this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines at eight. sir norman bettison — the former police chief accused of trying to blame liverpool fans for the hillsborough disaster — sees all charges against him dropped. i've been forced to deny

strenuously that i have strenuously that i have done anything wrong in the aftermath of the disaster. in today's outcome indicates that position. in his first major speech as foreign secretary, jeremy hunt calls on the european union to stand ‘shoulder to shoulder‘ with the us in taking a tougher stance with russia. president trump's former lawyer — michael cohen has entered into a plea bargain deal with federal prosecutors — he's due in court shortly eighteen windrush migrants who could have been wrongfully removed from the uk are to receive an official government apology.