you're watching beyond 100 days. british businesses should plan for customs checks and british drug makers should stock up on extra supplies. the government outlines contingency plans in the event the uk pulls out of the european union with no deal. the government still says this isn't likely but businesses and individuals should make preparations just in case. as his legal problems multiply, donald trump has an unusual reason for why he can't be impeached. i don't know how you can impeach somebody who's done a greatjob? i'll tell you what, if i ever got impeached, i think the market would crash. attorney generaljeff sessions hits back at the president, promising the department ofjustice would not bow to politics. also on the programme... renuited with her daughter — the british iranian woman who was jailed for five years in iran for spying, has been temporarily released from prison. italy threatens to stop contributing to the eu budget if other member states don't take

some of the migrants arriving in sicilly. get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyond0nehundreddays. this is beyond brexit, it's april one first 2019. it is beginning life again as an independent trading nations at the first day of transitions has been chaotic. the ports of dover had long delays today as new customs checks were introduced, stretches of the m25 been turned into a lorry park with tailbacks in kent is now stretching ten miles. in ireland, there were reported scuffles at the border as the irish guards tried to turn away fa ns the irish guards tried to turn away fans and lorries heading into the republic. at heathrow, 100 flights cancelled through the day with delays at dover, the government has

begun to airlift the most urgently needed supplies including shortlife medicines. they ensure the public there are stockpiles for hospitals which will last six weeks. in supermarkets there were long queues at checkouts as people ignored advice not to panic buy on the continent, british expats complained of delays accessing pensions and savings. from today, new charges will apply for british people withdrawing money and european banks. this is beyond brexit, it is april one 2019. a brave new world, despite the fears of chaos and panic. britain is adapting quickly to life as an independent trading nation. this morning at a brexit ceremony, the prime minister and the trade secretary liam fox signed a0 international trade deals with non—european countries. us president donald trump said it was a good day for britain and promised to fast track a trade deal that would supercharge the special relationship. factory orders have

cooled in the period running up to brexit, but mr fox said the new tariff regime which was introduced today will transform britain into we re today will transform britain into were trading superpower. the eu short—term contingency measures seem to have averted the worst effects that remainers had warned about. there are waivers and emergency arrangements in place for customs, airlines, financial services and the pharmaceutical sector. the eu has warned that from today, britain will be treated as a third country but the temporary measures have been welcomed by the british government and reciprocated. european trucks carrying german cars and french wine we re carrying german cars and french wine were waved through at dover, and ireland has been allowed to use uk airspace to fly to the continent. welcome to the real programme. that was two imagined scenarios of what life might be like if britain fails to reach an agreement with the eu. the worst case and the best case — and the reality could be a mix of the two. in an attempt to head off the worst of the disruption that's been predicted, the british government has published

today what it calls "practical, proportionate" advice for british business. the 25 documents cover all manner of industries, including, finance, farming, and pharmaceuticals. here is some of the more eye opening detail. the government says businesses trading with the eu should start planning for new customs checks, and might have to pay for new software help. britons living elsewhere in europe could lose access to uk banking and pension services without eu action. pharmacists have been told to stockpile an extra six weeks‘ worth of medicine to ensure a "seamless" supply. and new picture warnings will be needed for cigarette packets — as the eu owns the copyright to the current ones. susana mendon a is our political correspondent. there is a theory that the government is releasing these governments to try and drive home to people just how difficult a new deal scenario would be one same time, picking up there chequers plan. scenario would be one same time,

picking up there chequers planlj think picking up there chequers plan.” think a combination of their two. what they want is not just for people but for mps here in westminster to support the final deal they get with the european union, should they get a final deal and they don't want to end up in a scenario where that final deal if they come to it does actually get thrown out by parliamentarians. this document, or 100 pages of it here, this is just the first tranche. we will be getting lots more documents like this over the coming weeks. it's about setting out the worst—case scenario, you picked out a few things there. lots of people we've been talking to our quite concerned about other elements in it for example if you are a british citizen living in the eu, potentially you might not get access to your pensions. if you are spending on your credit card in the eu, you might see an increase in costs. all of these things, an increase in farming, we understood that if you are an organic farmer

you may not be able to export to the eu. you might have to wait nine months to get certified. all of this impacting upon whether or not your business could keep going. lots of areas of concern raised in this first tranche of those documents. it's all about getting across that message that if we don't get a deal, it could be a difficult situation. to what extent is this a negotiating tactic? a bit like when you haggle ina tactic? a bit like when you haggle in a market for a turkish rug and you are prepared to prove you are going to stay and you will walk away and you hope that will get you a better price, is that what's going on? people have said time and again the government needed to have some kind of strategy, notjust in terms of being able to tell people what to do in the event of an ideal but also so that the european union knows you do have plans for a no deal. lots of the brexiteers have been talking about that for some time, that we need to be able to walk away. there

is an element of that but certainly for the eu, they have made clear that they have red lines they will not cross. susanne and i would quite like to see catty haggling for a turkish rug! i'm pretty good, i have to say. i drive a hard bargain.” that. a short time ago we talked with the former trade minister and former managing director of the waitrose supermarket chain lord price. there is a lot that's been published today, i don't know if you have read it all but what do you take away from these now new deal preparations? —— these no deal preparations. i think for the first time the rhetoric and reality about ano time the rhetoric and reality about a no deal become much clearer. we have had people talk about dire consequences 01’ have had people talk about dire consequences or it's all going to be 0k, consequences or it's all going to be ok, but these documents put flesh on to what everyone has been saying. really what they say is there's going to be a lot of extra costs for businesses, a period where it will be very unsettled, and it's going to be very unsettled, and it's going to be more challenging for businessmen if we had a deal deal with the eu.

—— more challenging for business. if we had a deal deal with the eu. -- more challenging for business. we outlined a dark scenario at the top of our outlined a dark scenario at the top of oui’ programme. outlined a dark scenario at the top of our programme. labour today said it would be catastrophic. would it? well, we are the fifth largest trading economy in the world, i have no doubt over the course of time the uk can be ok but what i would agree with is if we have a no deal, we will have a number of years when things are going to be much tougher than they need to be. we are going to find that tariffs go up, there is more regulations that businesses, more regulations that businesses, more costs germany. businesses will have to work up around all those things. in any organisation, change is difficult and there are slip—ups. what we would have is a number of yea rs what we would have is a number of years when the economy will be u nsettled. years when the economy will be unsettled. it may be less attractive people to invest in the uk, it may be less attractive for uk businesses to invest in the uk. they may well

wa nt to to invest in the uk. they may well want to diversify a set of operations in the eu. all of that is doable. we are a large economy and we could work through it. i would rather not, and i suspect every business leader you to do would say, they would rather not. they would rather give it —— they would rather we get to a pragmatic place. from the outset, what the government permitted to was a no cliff edge brexit. i took huge comfort when we talked about on in fermentation period because that recognise how complicated this is, common to extricate ourselves from the a0 year agreement. in no deal would not be good, it would not be helpful, i accept that under some circumstances it may happen but i am pleased to hear government continued to say it's not what they want, its not what they are for, and they continue to be optimistic that they can strike a deal with the eu. you also seem to be making the case that the european union doesn't want a ideal because that could possibly push

britain closer to the united states. —— the britain closer to the united states. -- the eu britain closer to the united states. —— the eu doesn't want a no deal. that depends on the americans actually being keen on a big trading deal with britain and i'm not entirely sure how convinced the trump administration is that that's their priority. well, i think you are an expert in that area and you probably know more than me. all i can say is there is a fine line to be tried by the eu at the moment. 0n the one hand what they don't want to do is liberate uk business, do have an even more advantageous position than they have today. there is an element of curtailing. having said that, they realised the uk is an important trading partner, particularly in food where the eu has a net surplus of 6 billion to the uk. the british woman, nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, who's been imprisoned in iran for more than two years, has been temporarily released. her family say she's been freed from jail in tehran for three days. ms ratcliffe has been accused of spying, a charge she denies. the terms of her release are strict, she can't speak to the media,

but ms ratcliffe has been reunited with her four—year—old daughter. carolyn hawley reports. a first family photo of freedom. imagine the moment after nearly two years in prison, eight months of them in solitary confinement. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was still in her bed clothes this morning when she was given ten minutes to get ready to leave jail. her husband richard, who has campaigned tirelessly for her release, called today a very happy surprise. just really positive, we have had so many dashed hopes and false dawns and i had heard rumours that this might happen and i didn't believe them. you know, because after this many, it's easier to keep coping by not getting your hopes up too high. the family haven't been together since the spring of 2016, when nazanin took her daughter to see her grandparents. here she was in tehran with gabriella just a week before she was arrested by iran's revolutionary guards at the airport on their way

back home to london. last december, borisjohnson went to iran to try to push for her release after he was accused of complicating her ordeal by saying she had been training journalists. richard ratcliffe today thanked the new foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, for all he has done to help. mr hunt tweeted that her imprisonment was a gross injustice, and she must now be permanently freed. today is a good day. and probably at this point we are trying to assess what it means and where we are — i still want her home. i still want them both home. i still want the government to help organise that. for now, nazanin has simple plans with gabriella who, until now, she has only seen in prison visits. she told her husband on the phone... she's been granted just three precious days of freedom, but her lawyers are planning

to ask for more. good news at least today for her. donald trump has an interesting theory for why he can't be impeached — simply put, he says, the financial markets would crash and everyone would be poorer. in an interview with fox news, the president said it wouldn't be possible to impeach someone who's doing such a good job. the interview followed the dramatic legal events of tuesday when his former campaign manager was found guilty and his former lawyer pleaded guilty. here's what the president said about the possibility of an impeachement. i don't know how you can impeach somebody who's done a greatjob? i'll tell you what, if i ever got impeached, i think the market would crash. i think everybody would be poor because without this thinking, you would see numbers that you wouldn't believe — in reverse. fighting back, gave himself an a+

today, tweeted out this is the longest bull run in the history of wall street. this tactic is clever because he was reminding people about his achievements. we heard from his supporters in staten island, and it is the economy they prefer island, and it is the economy they p refer to island, and it is the economy they prefer to focus on. it's an interesting argument to make over something that is intensely legal and political as impeachment, the idea you can't possibly impeach me because the financial markets would crash. there are two reasons trump supporters stick with him, one of them is emotional, a sense he identifies with them, he speaks for them, he represents their particular values. sometimes that can be racial as well. the other is around the issue of the economy, they like the regulation, the strong stock market, they like the tax cuts. in that particular fox news interview, he is playing to both of those things and making sure that his supporters do actually stay with him. he looks relaxed but he was tweeting at 1am! you do have to wonder, for donald

trump to be up at 1am tweeting in all caps about the witchhunt, that does suggest he is not getting much sleep at the moment. yesterday we showed you how some of mr trump's most loyal supporters have responded to the dramatic events of this week — and they were unmoved. but they were just a handful of voters on staten island in new york. it is the job of professional pollsters to try to understand what the electorate at large is feeling. polls don't always get it right — as we learned in the 2016 election — but when they're carefully conducted they can give us a steer on issues like a president's popularity, for example. anthony salvento is the chief pollsterfor cbs news, his new book is "where did you get that number?" hejoins us now. thank you for coming in. a tonne to talk about. the events of the past week, we spoke to a handful of supporters. how easy would it be to gauge whether people who voted for donald trump at large are affected

by an incident like this week? how would you go about finding that out? we've been trying to measure this as it gone along and what we have seen from the gecko is that the russian investigation generally splits people into hard and fast potters camps, very much like you just saw. you have republicans who tell us not only that they feel that the matter isa only that they feel that the matter is a politically motivated, they even use the term witchhunt, echoing some of the president's language, but then we ask what will you do about it? that's the important part and they say, seven in ten of his supporters say it makes them feel like they must defend him. there is an actionable component. 0n the democratic side, you have seven, eight in ten who say it's a matter of national security, a critical matter of national security and when they hear information like this they suppose he has done something wrong. you have those two camps already very split. i am watching a smaller

group, a relatively small group, that says they are waiting to see what the evidence shows. even they are very small and divided. it's that small group that may well decide elections. people are looking at all the white house's problems at the moment and yet cbs's latest polling shows the mid—term elections between republicans and democrats as close and lots of people will ask why? why are democrats not sweeping this thing given how many problems there are in the white house? it's a great question and what must happen in orderfor democrats great question and what must happen in order for democrats to take control of congress is for them to pick up 23 seats out of a35. that may seem like a small number but historically, in us elections, the bulk of seats stay with their same party. we don't see a lot of seeds in play, relative to the total number there are. that's because of partisanship. having said that, we

do see the democrats have an edge to just get over that control line at the moment, to 22 as opposed to the 200 they need, then a margin of error around that and it still leaves you the possibility that republicans could retain control. stay with us because we want to talk about another piece of news. president trump addressed a number of topics in his fox interview today and yet again he took aim at his attorney generaljeff sessions. it's a very, very sad day. jeff sessions recused himself, which he shouldn't have done. or he should have told me. even my enemies say that jeff sessions should have told you that he was going to recuse himself, and then you wouldn't have put him in. he took the job and then he said, i'm going to recuse myself. i said, what kind of a man is this? we've become used to those criticisms by now but what is unusual is that todayjeff sessions fired back, saying... "while i am attorney general, the actions of the department ofjustice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. i demand the highest standards, and where they are not met, i take action."

iamjust i am just wondering, and maybe anthony can answer this, whether trump attacking sessions impacts on the public perception and b mueller investigation at large, is that the strategy? it's interesting, we have already seen in the polling, we have asked the views of the federal government, the fbi in particular, and we have seen the president's supporters and republicans showing lower amounts of confidence in those institutions. part of that is clearly them responding to the president's messaging on that, again feeling like this is something that is politically motivated whereas democrats and those on the other side continued to express more confidence in those institutions. many of them will get there information from twitter, from fox news, perhaps also from the national enquirer. 0ne

news, perhaps also from the national enquirer. one of the interesting lines today is that david peck who was a long—time ally of donald trump has collaborated with the prosecutors gone to their side, taking a plea bargain to lay out that the president did know about these payments ahead of time? yes. 0ne these payments ahead of time? yes. one of the interesting things you raise is where people get their information. people do tell us that they have very often segmented themselves into various camps of finding information that does tend to go where they already believe. we do see that continual reinforcement. anthony, thank you. it's amazing there is anyone in this environment to this still left up for grabs, i suspect that slice you are watching is getting smaller and smaller. the president wants to ban flipping. he doesn't think it should be allowed. no, there was also something rather curious and that

fox interview, i have known people all over the years who have slipped and started cooperating with prosecutors, which is sort of the language of crime movies from new york. at the end he said this thing, i don't think flipping should should be legal. which is an odd thing to have said... this year there will be a record number of women candidates running in the mid term elections. and also a record number who identify as gay. but christine hallquist a democrat, is the first transgender candidate to be nominated for a governorship, by a major party. it is not going to be an easy battle. the republican governor of vermont phil scott is running for a second term, and vermonters haven't thrown out an incumbent governor since 1962. i've been speaking to christine from burlington, vermont. you have now secured the democratic nomination for the governorship of vermont. why did you decide to run in this race? my whole passion in life was to solve climate change.

november nine 2016 changed everything, i went into political depression and i was in denial in 2017, because i thought vermont would be isolated from some of these incidents on the national level but icame to incidents on the national level but i came to realise our vermont republican governor was using the same divisive tactics as the national party and he was focused on tearing down our public education system much in the way of betsy divorce. i decided january 20 of this year that i could not sit back any longer. yet you voted for the current republican governor. guess i did. i knew phil scott, our governor, for a long time and many of us knew him and many democrats voted for feel. but this is not. of us knew him and many democrats voted forfeel. but this is not. we knew. so are you suggesting them that donald trump, the donald trump presidency is having an impact on people like phil scott and transforming the nature of other republican candidates?”

transforming the nature of other republican candidates? i do believe that and i should tell you, in late 2017 b started to see white supremacist activity in vermont, which we have not seen since 1983. we are being impacted by of our government level and a cultural level. if you are elected, you will be the first transgender governor in the country, how much of an issue is it when you out there campaigning in vermont? not at all, i talked to thousands of people from vermont, only one brought it up as a curiosity question. they are electing me because of what i will do do for vermont. i imagine the process of coming out as a transgender woman is a complicated and difficult thing and it takes lots of courage to do it. how does it compare to running for political office in an america that is divided and bitterly partisan? you should know, i like to tell people that running for governor is not the ha rd est running for governor is not the hardest thing i've ever done. we certainly... transition was an

incredible challenge, and after getting through that transition, i tell you, everything looks pretty easy. to sum this up, christine hallquist is running for the governorship of vermont because of donald trump, is that a fair statement? i would not say that's a fair statement. i'm running because our governor is using some of the same tactics as the national party. thanks very much forjoining us. a fascinating tale. won the primary if few weeks ago, death threats. 0nly went to the transition in 2015, she was the ceo of the utility company in vermont and did a very good job apparently so she has some track record in public service but it is such an people running for the governorship of the state at the same time as you are going to a transition. yeah, ithink psychologists tell you to take on one big thing at a time but this is

clearly a tough woman and she feels very passionately about this and the reason she is running is a reflection that ties back to what we we re reflection that ties back to what we were talking about with anthony, which is this incredible partisan ship and the growing sense of extremes in this countryjust after we finished talking on air, anthony said to me that group of people still left persuade an very, very small and christine hallquist has to reach some of them now. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — after facebook and twitter revealed they have removed hundreds of fake accou nts they have removed hundreds of fake accounts us national security adviser says he has warned his russian counterpart that washington will not tolerate interference in these midterm elections. that's still to come. good evening. yesterday it was 27

degrees in lincolnshire, today 19. we are seeing cooler and fresh air pushing down across the whole of the country and as we get more of this north westerly airflow, temperatures are set to fall lower again over the next 2a hours. in the cooler air you can see speckled shower clouds coming our way. behind that, cloud, which only gave some heavy bursts of rain. moving south, becoming lighter and should not be much rain in the south—east and east anglia. but the showers keep going in north westerly airflow, towards the north—west of the uk. clear skies elsewhere. it's significant change in the south—east of england where it was 19 degrees in london last night, tonight 12. single figure temperatures as you move further north. many southern and eastern areas start friday dry and eastern areas start friday dry and sunny but there are showers to come. lots of them already towards the north—west, western scotland, northern ireland will get pushed

further south into england and wales. some heavy showers, thunder and hail driven on by blustery north—westerly winds. very few places escaped the showers, and if anything temperatures a bit lower still on friday. 15 in newcastle, not too many showers around. friday night could be particularly chilly. especially in the scottish blends, close to freezing perhaps, this ridge of high pressure coming in and pushing away the showers into the north sea where the stronger winds will be as well. a drier day, more sunshine the way, is shown here and there but a good chance of staying dry. —— showers here and there. disappointing temperatures for the time of year, pleasant in the sunshine but temperatures 16 to 17 on saturday. things change for sunday, and change more quickly because the ridge of high pressure does not last long. weather systems coming in from the atlantic and then moving in in more quickly now.

sunday looks like being cloudy. some outbreaks of rain, already in western areas in the morning, heavy rain over the hills in the west, rain over the hills in the west, rain pushing east and those temperatures will struggle under the cloud and rain, 15 or 18. monday, bank holiday for many, it looks dry airwarm. this is beyond 100 days... with me katty kay in washinton, christian fraser in london. our top stories: the uk government sets out its first detailed guidance in the event that britain crashes out of the european union without a deal. reunited with her daughter, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, jailed in iran and accused of spying, has been temporarily released. we've had so many dashed hopes and false dawns and i had heard rumours that this might happen and i didn't believe them. coming up in the next half hour: we've heard lots of warnings about the impact of donald trump's trade tariffs but now we hear from the american business owner who's applauding the new taxes on chinese imports. and love in the modern age —

are smartphones making it easier or harder to find a romantic partner? let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag 'beyond—0ne—hundred—days' i like the look of him. we are not up for grabs. speakfor we are not up for grabs. speak for yourself! italy's populist government is threatening to stop contributing to the european union budget if other member states won't take in some of the migrants who are arriving to sicily. it comes as the interior minister matteo salvini has today repeated his refusal to let a boatful of migrants land in italy. at the moment more than 100 migrants are stuck on board the diciotti in a port in sicily. but many inside and outside the government are uneasy with salvini's tough stance on immigration. a regional public prosecutor has gone as far as to launch an investigation against "unknown persons" with charges of kidnapping.

james reynolds is in rome for us. james, tell us about this unusual intervention by the public prosecutor? essentially the public prosecutor? essentially the public prosecutor is looking into whether or not there is a case to answer as to the migrants on board have been deprived of their liberty, not allowed to step down from the boat, looking into unknown persons. mateus albini has taken that up and he says iam here albini has taken that up and he says i am here to defend my country.” was watching the polls for the league and it seems to me that although there is some disquiet with some of the officials in government, he says he is reflecting public opinion by taking this stand and

their poll numbers have risen over their poll numbers have risen over the last few weeks? they have and i was in genoa over recent days covering the bridge collapse and the state funerals as well, it was striking to note the cheers the salvini were members of the public gathered at the state funeral. he was shaking hands and then he got in trouble for taking selfies with people who wanted to be seen with him. but he does have striking popularity. he does have a strong connection with people and he does have an inkling about what they are thinking and he has a way of expressing it in a way they understand. there have been fears too many migrants have arrived so foran too many migrants have arrived so for an italian ministers to stop its passengers disembarking will be something they agree with. no doubt they share his frustration. i was at they share his frustration. i was at the summit in brussels injuly and

they said they will set up the processing centres and so they said, where are they going to be? and they said in the frontier countries. so they have done nothing to help italy, which is probably why mr salvini is so popular? that is the thing he rails against whenever he campaigns around italy. he campaigned against italy in a way he used to campaign against southerners in italy. he has stopped criticising southerners and now criticises brussels. the eu's weakness is on display because every time a boatload of migrants, the eu has to work from scratch to work out who should housed them. it has happened several times before, there has to be several days of arguments and essentially, in the end, several countries will take we will take about 15 or 20 each. it may happen in this episode as well but it is a

slow process and it involves plenty of threats. james reynolds, thank you forjoining us. us national security advisor, john bolton, said today he has warned his russian counterpart, that washington will not tolerate interference in november's mid—term elections. this week facebook and twitter told us they have removed hundreds of fake accounts from their platforms linked to russia and iran. in 2016 these accounts were largely targeted at americans, but this time they were also aimed at people in latin america, britain and the middle east. a short time ago i talked with vladimir chizhov, he is the russian ambassador to the european union. i asked him why russia persists with its meddling, especially at a time when the us president would appear keen to improve relations? we are still a few months before the american mid—term elections in the middle of a vacation season. so who on earth would think of subverting something that hasn't yet developed? so come on, this is

really not serious. so all of it is untrue? why should russia be involved in anything like that? because they have previous. there are 12 russian nationals who have been indicted by the special counsel, robert mueller, for hacking democrat computers — all of them working, he says, for the russian intelligence agency, the gru and therefore linked to the kremlin? well, they can say whatever they like, but in order to sound credible, they need to produce some evidence. otherwise, it's just hearsay. but the indictments, the details of those indictments that we have seen have produced quite a lot of detail. we don't see any credible case behind all these allegations. the uk government says only russia have the technical means, the experience, the motive

for the nerve agent attack in salisbury, are you still denying it was the russians? of course, because every word that you just quoted, that is not true. there are at least several countries that are capable of producing something like that. behind every dramatic event there should be a reason. and logically, i think it is impossible to see any logical reason for my country to be engaged in anything like that. you see nato, the united states, the eu, the 0pcw, all of them have come to the same conclusion — none of them are convinced

by the alternative theories that you yourself have put forward over recent months? we have been trying to cooperate with the british investigation from the outset, from the very beginning, from the ath of march. offering our facilities, our expertise on chemical weapons. but the british government, unfortunately has bluntly refused to accept any cooperation. the united states introduced a more sanctions this week and there is another round to come in november, which could be more serious for your country. it would ban american banks from lending to russian companies. it could lead to an outright ban on us exports to russia. how badly would that affect the russian economy? the russian economy will survive, i have no doubt. but let's start by being correct with terminology. sanctions is a tool that only the un

security council can use. everything else is tantamount to unilateral restrictive measures, illegal by definition. so if we see something similar here, evidently those who are behind this anti—russian campaign are running out of pretexts to continue this policy of unilateral restrictions. ambassador chizhov, thank you very much for speaking to us. he didn't really answer the question did he saying the attack on the skripals didn't have any russian interference and he was very

defined. muir asked him interference and he was very defined. muirasked him about interference and he was very defined. muir asked him about iran and the prospects for the nuclear deal surviving after the us has pulled out, what did he say about that? that is an important issue, he didn't give us anything new, flat—out denials. but when it comes to iran, they are part of the group that wants to keep the deal alive. he did conceive it was a big setback that total, the oil company had pulled out of the deal this week and it deals it a severe blow. but in his view, it is still alive. the big question is, can it survive without the europeans? i don't believe he thinks it can so the interesting thing will be to see what sort of discussions there are in the coming weeks. they are due to meet the germans and i dare say they will be liaising with the french as well to see if they can keep it alive. if it is alive, it is only on life support at the moment. german business leaders have urged the two sides in the brexit

negotiations to strike a deal, and avoid a so called hard brexit. the german chamber of commerce has warned that time is running out and the uncertainty is already costing its companies time and money. jenny hill reports now from mosel, famous for its wine. in a region where it pays to be patient they are getting tired of waiting. the wine has to be 100% produced... ernst sends his german wine all over the world butjust as he cracked the british export market, the bitter taste of brexit. i asked my importer, you know, "what do you think the impact of this whole thing has? do we have to do anything?" and she said, "what should i know? we have no clue." i mean, we don't know. nobody knows. that is the biggest problem. everybody is waiting for answers. what german traders fear most,

unpacking a no—deal brexit. at this family firm they import medicine, much of it from britain. they also spend time, money, preparing for the worst. if it would come to a no—deal brexit then we would lose the ability to source from great britain and therefore we have to try to establish new supply lines in other countries. so you might actually end up dealing with other countries, taking business away from britain? yes, but it's not our decision. this country has built its economic success on a reputation for stability. no wonder, then, germany's family firms are so unsettled by not so much britain's decision to leave the eu but by the uncertainty that decision has brought already to this, europe's biggest economy. the german business world worries. jobs, companies depend on britain.

even so, few here would change the country's political stance. we here in berlin, we have never understood, either in talks in brussels or in london, what could be a softer stance of chancellor merkel, what could be a softer stance of germany, because the integrity of the single market is our major goal and we have to and we do want to preserve that, no doubt about it. toasting, then, an uncertain future, whose complexity, germany fears, may not be to the taste of even those who chose it. jenny hill, bbc news, the mosel valley. basically you have this clash in a

country like germany between producers who want to carry on exporting their produce to the uk so wa nt exporting their produce to the uk so want some kind of a deal. then you have people in government ferociously concerned about protecting the european union and i wa nt to protecting the european union and i want to give britain any kind of a break because they don't want to signal to other countries they could get a good deal as well and therefore trigger a domino effect. that is playing out right there in the case of germany? i think i have got it? it is in every country in europe. this is what we need to see in the finalfew europe. this is what we need to see in the final few months of this negotiation, does the pressure from business start to tell when the european council comes together? a lot of negotiation is steered by the european commission, what happens when those 27 leaders get in the room and we are getting to the final hour. we know what happens in brussels when they get up against it, will those business pressures

start to tell? we had the same debate in britain as well, who wins out, the business leaders or the political leaders? financial markets took a hit today as the us and china stepped up their trade dispute. 0vernight the superpowers added 25% duties on some $16 billion worth of each others' exports. the new tariffs took effect even as chinese and american trade officials are meeting in washington to try to defuse tension. they need to move fast because mr trump has threatened far more massive tariffs against china that could afffect nearly every single chinese product sold to the us. here's paul blake. trade wars are fought on factory floors and this assembly line outside of cincinnati, ohio has become a front line in the trade war 2018. sumerel tires remanufactu res some 70,000 tyres per year, sanding down their worn out edges and adding new treads. i've been doing this 5a years and this probably is, the last five have been the toughest. majewski says their business is being run over by cheap nonreusable tyres imported from east

asia. the problem, he says, is that china is subsidising these low—cost imports, allowing them to be sold at the same price as his rebuilt tyres, and given the choice between a new or a refurbished tyre, consumers will go for the cheap import. so, what's the solution? he says tariffs. the low—cost tyres coming in are ruining our business so we want to see something happen so we're on a fair playing field. majewski is so worried he took his concerns straight to the top. so what's this here? i wrote president trump. it says, "i will not tolerate unfair practises that harm american workers, farmers, ranchers and businesses." to many on the outside world donald trump's policies can sound like a trade—based temper tantrum. but for blue—collar workers in towns like cincinnati it's a us president standing up for their livelihoods. this is beyond 100 days. still to come: click, swipe and like, do online

dating apps improve your chances? coming up. gcse pass rates in england, wales and northern ireland have risen slightly, despite an overhaul to make the exams more demanding. 0verall, one in five entries scored at least an a grade, or seven under the new system in england. about two thirds were awarded a c, or four under the numerical grades oh my god! the reactions are familiar... but the way results are measured in england is different. for gcse students, it's out with a star to g and in with a new scale from nine to one with nine being the highest. and it's notjust the grades that have change, there's less coursework and more emphasis on final exams

to make gcses more challenging. the overall pass rate in england, wales and northern ireland has gone up 0.5 percentage points to 66.9%. 90% of the gcse entries in england where the new exams. only a% got the new top grade of nine. exam regulators say pupils haven't been penalised because of the changes and grey boundaries have been moved so the same proportion of pupils get good grades as in previous years. at this school, the principle is not convinced. it's madness really. maybe there was a need to make exams more difficult and i don't think the profession would argue against that. but it's as if nobody knows when to stop. so now we've got the boundary changes and they are trying to equal it as the same proportion getting anato c. what was the point of changing it then? there has been a drop in the a star to c rate in wales and improvement for those in northern ireland. meanwhile, in england the government

says the new nine to one are a better way to differentiate between the abilities of students. you did so well! the reforms have been wide—ranging but there has been criticism that the changes have been far too steep learning curve for schools in england. elaine dunkley, bbc news. this weekend, the belgian grand prix is being held at spa, a track synonymous with the success of seven—time world champion michael schumacher. he dominated formula one during the 1990s — but you will remember he suffered a brain injury in a tragic skiing accident nearly five years ago now, his 19—year—old son mick has aspirations to follow his father into motor racing. our formula one correspondentjennie gow went to meet him at home in switzerland. his father is a sporting icon and the most successful formula one driver of all time. having started out with a go—kart

in the garden when he was just three years old, mick schumacher is carving out his own career in motorsport. recently taking his first win in european formula 3. i always did different sports but there was never this feeling that i wanted to do that in the future. there was always a feeling that i wanted to do that, racing, kind of thing. speeding and being quick and racing and fighting against each other. at the end, i try to be the best. mick's first f3 win came at spa, the very same circuit that his father michael got his maiden grand prix victory back in 1992. the first win ever for michael schumacher... in a career that spanned two decades, schumacher remains the only racer to have ever won five consecutive titles. he had retired from motorsport when he sustained a life—threatening injury whilst skiing in france.

but in mick, the family's talent and passion for motor racing continues. i want to ask about the role that your dad has had on your career. he had a huge influence. as everybody knows, i guess he's my idol. he is the person i looked up to and i am really following everything he did and trying to look at something that i could use myself. and so he had a huge role in how i am driving now. really happy about that. in his early career, mick raced under his mother's maiden name to avoid the spotlight. but now the steely determination associated with the schumacher family shines through. your name is now synonymous with motorsport, isn't it? yes, it is. but i don't know if... for sure, a lot of doors open easier and i want to prove that i am a racing driver and not only someone who has the name. i don't have any rush so for me if i am ready as a racing driver,

a complete racing driver, i think that is the right moment for me to go into f1 and then that is when i am able to show what i have got. at the belgian grand prix last season, mick drove his father's car around the track, a tribute to past successes and a glimpse at the potential that lies ahead. jenny gow, bbc news. he even looks like his dad, he has some big shoes to fill. now to an issue which luckily christian and i don't have to worry about — dating in the internet age. technology has forever changed the way people interact and modern day flirting consists of lots of swiping, clicking and liking of profiles that are listed. but have smartphones changed things for the better? that is the cover story of the economist and we're joined now by the story's author, technology correspondent hal hodson.

the chances of going into a bar and spotting your perfect partner, they are so small. you don't know whether they are single, married, gay, divorced, what they are looking for. it must be better to look at a profile online? you can think about online as being a virtual bar instead of all kinds of people being in the bar, they are not only the people you are interested in. if you are looking for a certain level of jewish person to get married to, you can search for that, filter it out. if you are looking for any kind of a person, tinder is probably for you. it makes it easier to find a big pool it makes it easier to find a big pool. but you go out in your own socioeconomic group and you can cross over into other groups if you are looking online? it is true, it

is both things. in off—line socio— economic group ‘s they are homogenous and they never meet other races to them. 0nline, it is possible to meet people from different races. but people still massively preferred today people of the same race and people with similar levels of education. 0nline world exacerbates that, because off—line, you go around with your education on your shirt sleeve. one profile here is really good, can we put mine up first? i haven't seen it. boyish good looks? tech. home in london, just on the right side of lard. how is that? pretty good, but you are looking straight at the

camera, it reduces the amount of white stripes you get. what do you think about back, katty? are you seriously doing this? do you wa nt to are you seriously doing this? do you want to bring yours in? i believe there is one for me as well. katty, british girl, living it up in... who wrote this? this is not going to work, i am not going to get any likes with this? i think you will do pretty well, well not commenting on the specific profiles, all women get a lot of swipes on my dating apps. there is a lot of online action. how many end in marriage? in america, one third of all marriages start online, it is huge. if we trade up, this is what

we need to do. just as well for everybody else, we are both married and not on the online dating apps because with those profiles, we will not get anywhere. we will see you all next week. goodbye. good evening, yesterday it was 27 celsius in lincolnshire and 19. we have seen cooler and fresh air pushing down across the whole of the country and as we get more of the north westerly airflow, temperatures are set to fall lower again over the next 2a hours. in the fresher air you can see the shower clouds and be that, the band of cloud which brings heavy bursts of rain. as it moves saddles, it is becoming lighter ambition be much rain in the south and east anglia. that moves through

but the shows keep going in the north westerly airflow and skies elsewhere. a significant change in the south east of england where it was 19 degrees in london last night, tonight, 12. single figure temperatures as you move further north. many southern and eastern areas start dry and sunny but there areas start dry and sunny but there are showers to come. a lot of them already towards the north—west, they will get pushed further south and eastwards into england and wales. they will have some heavy showers, hailand they will have some heavy showers, hail and plunder and driven on by some blustery west to north—westerly winds. very few places escaping the showers and if anything, temperatures lower still on friday. 15 degrees in newcastle for example although not too many showers around here. friday night could be chilly, especially in the scottish glens. this high pressure will push away most of the showers into the north sea. a drier day and more sunshine

on the way. a few showers here and there with a good chance of staying dry. winds becoming lighter throughout the day but still disappointing temperatures for the time of year. pleasant enough in the sunshine, yes, but temperatures 16 to 20 degrees on saturday. things change on sunday because the ridge of high pressure doesn't last long. weather systems coming in from the atla ntic weather systems coming in from the atlantic and they are moving in more quickly. sunday looks like being cloudy. we will have outbreaks of rain, already in western areas by the morning and heavy rain over the hills in the west and that rain will push eastwards and those temperatures will struggle under the cloud and rain. 0n temperatures will struggle under the cloud and rain. on monday, bank holiday for many, it does look dry and warm. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at eight. the government attempts to calm fears of a no—deal brexit by setting out advice for people and businesses about how to manage if it happens. contrary to one of the wilder claims, you will

still be able to enjoy a blt after brexit, and there are no plans to deploy the army to maintain food supplies. but will that blt cost more? we'll be getting reaction from those at the sharp end. after two and a half years in prison, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, jailed in iran and accused of spying, is reunited with her daughter after being temporarily released. we have had so many dashed hopes and false storms and i had heard rumours this might happen and i didn't believe them. also coming up, president trump hits back at his critics. the us president warns that there could be severe