you're watching beyond one hundred days. there are just six months to go before brexit — but is anyone ready to agree a deal? i've come to burnley — where people voted 2—1 to leave the eu — to find out how confident they are britain made the right choice. theresa may says her plan can get the best deal for britain. and she's warning opponents there's no viable alternative. we'll get a good deal, we will bring that back from the eu negotiations, and put that to parliament. i think that the alternative to that will be not having a deal. an allegation of sexual abuse haunts president trump's nominee for the supreme court — throwing the confirmation into turmoil. also on the programme: floods after hurricane florence leave the town of wilmington, north carolina, cut off from the rest of the state. and aside from katty kay there is another constant in my life and that is burnley football club so where better to take the pulse of the brexit debate. get in touch with us

using the hashtag... 'beyond—one—hundred—days' hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in burnley in the north of england. he's there to help us understand what's going on with brexit with just six months to go. i'm here in my home town, about a0 kilometres north of manchester, to look at where the brexit process stands. there's a key european summit coming up 7 in austria, i'm there from wednesday, where eu leaders will debate among other things what to do if there's no brexit deal. today the british prime minister theresa may made the case for her own proposals. we'll hear from her injust a moment — but first let's look at the timetable. on march the 29th, 2019 — the uk and the eu formally part ways. the terms of that

separation are still to be agreed. notably, what sort of trading arrangement will britain have with the eu? how will people be able to move around and work? and what will happen to the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland? theresa may has a plan — known as the chequers proposal — but it doesn't please everyone. leading brexiteer boris johnson resigned as foreign secretary in protest over it — his latest take? "if the brexit negotiations continue on this path they will end in a spectacular political car crash." but mrs may has told the bbc that as far as she's concerned, it's either her deal, or no deal at all. i believe we will get a good deal, we will bring that back from the eu

negotiations and put that the parliament. i think that the alternative to that will be not having a deal because i don't think there will be a deal and we are leaving on the 29th of march 2019. so — mrs may seems to be entering into a game of chicken with notjust the eu negoriators, but also her own mps. her key message — if there's no compromise — there could be no deal. that's been seen by some as the doomsday scenario, and in no—one‘s best interest. and it's being taken seriously as a potential option. here's the managing director of the international monetary fund, christine lagarde. clearly, if that was to happen, our assessment is that it would have dire consequences. it will be a shock to supply and it could inevitably have a series of consequences in terms of reduced

growth going forward, increased deficit most likely, depreciation of the currency and in reasonably short order, it would mean a reduction of the size of the uk economy. so christian — let's just point out that in burnley, two thirds of people voted for brexit. but not the town's member of parliament, julie cooper. yes, and she's here with me now. she represents a constituency and she voted one way and they bought the other. we'll talk about the town and the way they voted and how they see their future in a second but coming back to that point that theresa may was making there, if either her deal or a no deal, a binary choice. do you see it that way? absolutely not. clearly there are way? absolutely not. clearly there a re lots of way? absolutely not. clearly there are lots of options for us. theresa may's refusal to listen to anyone

else over many months now is doing none of us any favours. you are a local mp so you know the people of burnley very well and you were re—elected in 2017 after the brexit boat. but you voted against the repeal bill and there be some, surely, here in the constituency who do not feel you represent what they want? i've been very clear that i voted remain. they accepted the result and i voted to trigger article 50 because the people of the country decided that we should leave so country decided that we should leave so leave, we will. i didn't want to be sure that we get the best possible deal people in my constituency and probably overall. what surprised me, and i am a burly boy coming back after many years, is just how well the burnley economy is performing despite brexit. what are your concerns about the uncertainty that we have at the moment and how

that we have at the moment and how that might affect business that is arriving here in burnley and the investment that the town hall is trying to bring in? you're absolutely right, there are good news stories here and i am very proud to be the mp here. i was cancelling before that and in 2013 we we re cancelling before that and in 2013 we were acknowledged as the most enterprising town in the uk and we have built on that. we have been working in conjunction with the mp added has been going well. there are lots of world—class businesses here andi lots of world—class businesses here and i am very proud of that. we want to grow more but increasingly during the last few months, businesses are queueing up to seek answers, not to overturn the brexit deal. but what of those businesses saying that want to invest here, the russians and the swiss is like they are saying that we wa nt swiss is like they are saying that we want some certainty. we have not turned our back on the uk, we want to do with this. those looking to

expand see enough being here. they need some certainty and they want a nswe i’s. need some certainty and they want answers. i have had meetings government ministers and they have had meetings and if there is one thing that is going to destabilise oui’ thing that is going to destabilise our local economy it is that lengthy instability. companies have started to look elsewhere and we have already seen outside burnley companies going elsewhere. we have companies going elsewhere. we have companies who have bases overseas and is really important for in this constituency that those companies stay here and continue to grow and prosper and create the jobs at burnley people want to see. there is nobody who will disagree with that. congratulations on what you and the town hall have done here, it is quite incredible and the pricing i came back and you have these ideas of what burnley is and maybe in a

way, iam of what burnley is and maybe in a way, i am a little part of this story because i have not lived here for some 20 odd years and i left here, as did many young people, looking for a job, looking for opportunity and suddenly the population of this town sunk below 80,000. what we have seen over the last 67 years is his extraordinary effort to bring these blue—chip companies back to brexit, back to burnley and what i think would be a concern for everybody who is connected with those businesses is that they start going backwards and they cannot give certainty over the horizon. if that happens and they start to go backwards, that would be a real shame. ican a real shame. i can see you start to build a case for a burnley bureau wanting to present the programme from there. interesting what we heard julie saying, the same thing we have heard from every business leader in the course of the last year and a half, that they need certainty one way or another. they have not got it yet and we only have six months to go

which is worrying people. and viewers in the uk can watch the full interview with theresa may on panorama — inside number ten: deal or no deal tonight on bbc one at 8:30. supreme confirmations are usually dull affairs but the one going on right now has just exploded into high drama. in the midst of the metoo movement, president trump's chosen judge, brett kavanaugh, has been accused of sexual assault. the allegation was made by christine blasey ford and dates back to high school years. ms ford is a professor of psychology in california. she has told the washington post that when he was 17, drunk and with another male friend in the room at a party, the supreme court nominee pinned her to a bed, groped her and stopped her from screaming by putting his hand over her mouth. she said she feared he might inadvertently kill her. brett kavanaugh has categorically denied the allegations, saying they're false. but a number of republican senators have joined democrats, calling to delay the vote on mr kavanaugh's confirmation —

due on thursday. this morning, white house advisor kelly anne conway says ms ford should be heard. i have spoken at length with the president, put aside all the nonsense. she should not be ignored 01’ nonsense. she should not be ignored or insulted, she should be heard but i talked to senator lindsey graham and he said that can be done tomorrow so we can proceed forward. the allegation against mr kavanaugh goes back to the 1980s and at the time, his accuser says she didn't tell anyone about the incident. it wasn't until 2012, that christine blasey ford reportedly told the full story, in a therapy session. her lawyer was asked this morning why her client had decided to speak up now. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, this issue continued to come up and be extremely

problematic in her adult life, affecting her relationship with her husband and that is the context in which this came up, which was in the couples therapy, where she disclosed is very dramatic event, that she had tried, for decades, to try and analyse in her own life but it was analyse in her own life but it was an event that was so traumatising, she continued to have anxiety in the aftermath affects that really have defined her life in a city way. with me now is former advisor george w bush, ron christie. you have been a support of mr kavanagh all along. do you think any environment we are in that we can get to the bottom of what happened and happyfair get to the bottom of what happened and happy fair hearing, both from brett kava naugh and happy fair hearing, both from brett kavanaugh and this force herself? yes, i do, buti brett kavanaugh and this force herself? yes, i do, but i believe it or not in order to do this fairly

and quickly, they should go before a closed session so we don't have the grandstanding element and it should bea grandstanding element and it should be a counsel for the minority and counsel for the majority to ask questions of both the judge and his accuser with the notion that this will be a public spectacle, we'll never get to the bottom of it. you have always been a supporter of bread kavanagh. if this incident we re bread kavanagh. if this incident were found to have been true, how do you think this would affect his nomination? i have known him for17 yea rs nomination? i have known him for17 years and the allegations that are out there are nothing like the judge that i know. certainly, if there is a way to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that these alleged incidents took place, i think is non—issue would be withdrawn. you're also talking about information that would not stand up in court. the statute of limitations has already expired on alleged sexual assault. you're also looking at the instance that she has taken a lie detector test,

which is not admissible in court. the facts are to be difficult for us to ascertain what really allegedly happened six years ago. what if she's telling the truth? if she's telling the truth, then i think his nomination is over. plain and simple. but what i found we look at the truth is, the senator has been in possession of this letter for nearly two months and in 36 hours of testimony, republicans and democrats should have had the opportunity in open session to have asked the judge about this so, is she telling the truth? i just don't about this so, is she telling the truth? ijust don't know. it is rarely ha rd truth? ijust don't know. it is rarely hard for anybody to say except for her and the judge. should there be a delay on the boat. committee was scheduled to vote on thursday, we are now monday afternoon. wednesday isjohn cooper and not much business can get done then on capitol hill. do you think

we should delay on this vote and have more time to hear from the side? certainly i don't think delaying the vote for a couple of daysis delaying the vote for a couple of days is going to be catastrophic for his nomination, it could help exonerate him if there are fact that prove that he did not commit this alleged incident. the notion that we are trying to ram wrote a build through makes many senators on capitol hill who are republicans very uncomfortable and they don't wa nt to very uncomfortable and they don't want to be seen as part of a process. this needs to be done fairly and properly and i think that is what everyone wants to see. for more on this, we're joined now by nan aron, an american lawyer and founder and president of alliance forjustice, a liberal judicial advocacy group? what about this point that it will be extremely difficult to prove conclusively whether it is ms ford or conclusively whether it is ms ford oer conclusively whether it is ms ford or mr kavanagh who is telling the truth in this incident because he has denied these allegations? well, first of all, i don't think this is a criminal trial. in virtue,

first of all, i don't think this is a criminaltrial. in virtue, —— number two, we have been treated to a committee of republicans who have done everything possible to hide the fa cts done everything possible to hide the facts from the senate and the american people. senate republicans on the shared 7% of his records with the public, so who knows what is in the public, so who knows what is in the rest of his background and experience. there are very serious claims that brett kavanaugh misled the committee and several different issues, so this comes before a committee, number one, where doctor ford is very credible, telling the truth. two, he has come before the committee with many, many mistakes. what about the argument that i have heard republicans making in the course of the last day or two, but this was, even if it happened, it

was 36 years ago, it was one indiscretion of a teenage boy, not the same thing if an adult had done this? it is first of all a very credible allegation of sexual abuse. he was 17 at the time, he was now cared, and the facts are alarming. i think women in america. should it have an impact on his career 36 yea rs have an impact on his career 36 years it? yes, after all this is an individual who has been portrayed by the white house as a champion of women. a man who will defend women's rights and we know now from a week—long hearing that he is anything but. other issues regarding women and certainly abortion. ron made the point this will become hugely political and the best thing to do is take this behind closed doors and have a private hearing but surely part of the process, when you

are electing a judge to the highest bench in the country, is to hear all the evidence in public, that is surely the very purpose of a public hearing? that is correct at the moment i think the recommendation for many of the democrats is that the fbi ought to conduct a fair, impartial, thorough investigation and try to get at the truth. i think thatis and try to get at the truth. i think that is what members of the senate wa nt that is what members of the senate want at the moment and i think there area number of want at the moment and i think there are a number of different options on the table under consideration, but one thing is clear. there is absolutely no rush to confirm this individual. there is no rush to even the yet at committee to take up his nomination until it allegations are fully considered. it does look like this vote on

thursday is going to be delayed, there will be some kind of hearing. the question is, in this intensely impact, if we can get to the truth and what impact it has on this nonissue. over the weekend hurricane florence killed at least fifteen people in north and south carolina and led to widespread flooding. the town of wilmington, in north carolina, has been completely cut off. 400 people have been rescued from flood waters in the city — which is now more an island. president trump is going to the region tomorrow. the bbc‘s chris buckler is in pollocksville, in north carolina and sent us this report. here in this part of north carolina, the grey skies have gone and you can start to see the sun but that does not mean the problems of the storm

have gone away. if you take a look behind me, you will see this street has just been covered with floodwater. this is a river that has broken its banks, is a mixture of that and the high rainfall and it has damaged businesses and if you look beside it, you will see a house that has had its front for breached by the height of this water. of course, causing a huge amount of damage inside and breaking people's possessions. that is the worry going forward because the reality is, you can clear all these branches, as they have done, but it is the water that has been dumped by florence that has been dumped by florence thatis that has been dumped by florence that is continuing to cause problems. just a further bid up the street and yes, this is a street, we saw somebody being rescued a short time ago, someone who had decided to stay inside their house and ultimately had become trapped in there. the bottom floor and first floor had just filled with water and while they had moved their possessions upstairs, the truth was, they were not able to get out. they

had stayed because they had cats and they had moved all of those cats onto the second floor in the vague hope they will be ok, but their own they had to leave. behind me we have seen they had to leave. behind me we have seen people using canoes and boats to go in and get their possessions out of their houses. i will not go any further because it gets very, very deep here. believe it or not, but were gardens and streets but you can but were gardens and streets but you ca n start but were gardens and streets but you can start to see that where each of the properties has a line, they have just completely disappeared in all of this floodwater. we have just been talking to the mayor of the town and he says, if anything, he believes these water levels are rising, just causing more and more damage and affecting more and more homes. now — today is a bit of a treat for christian — who's spending the day back in his home town, in burnley, in the north of england. just to give you an idea of how excited he's been since we gave him the go—ahead for his day out, here's

what he tweeted earlier — as he put it, ‘great to be back‘. so christian — how's the homecoming working out? it's going very well. i spent an hourin it's going very well. i spent an hour in the club shop earlier this afternoon and i met lots of people around the football club which is where i like to spend some time so yes, it has been good. it has been surprising, i have to say, because what i hope the report i am about to show you will do is some way change preformed ideas about what northern industrial towns are, where they are headed and perhaps why people voted the way they did and what i found yesterday, there was a whole range of issues that people had in mind when they went to the ballot box in 2016 and where better to get that point of view than at the football clu b point of view than at the football club yesterday? they were heading to wolverhampton to play an away game and we went with them. it's one of the oldest stadiums in

england in a smallest town ever to be in england in a smallest town ever to beina england in a smallest town ever to be in a premier league team. this burnley squad loves to upset the established order with players that seemed to reflect the same stubborn character as the men and women who follow them around the country. this time it's a trip to wolverhampton wanderers, another chance to defy the odds and as with football, so it is with breakfast. if we don't leave now, it will raise its head again, our children will have this in years to come. we've spoken, that's the end of it, now get on with it and make the best of it. i agree that we've ordered to leave and we cannot just keep changing our mind. i do have worries of what's going to happen but as i say, it's the fear of the unknown. does that uncertainty lead some here to reconsider? those who voted for

brexit, keep your hands up if you still think it's a good idea. so you'd not change minds at all? jeremy is not telling me what to do anyway! they think they been forgotten about. immigration is the big thing in burnley. the reasons are complex. immigration, sovereignty and yes this town has some of the poorest wards in the country. amid tight, terraced houses by the likes of the cotton industry, the mills that long ago powered the industrial revolution. but following the canal from the old mill chimneys to the gleaming new business parks on the edge of town and you find that for all the brexit uncertainty, burnley‘s economy is in fact remain. they have embraced aerospace, digital innovation, telecoms and at 80%, there is now record employment. ernie is one of the fastest—growing tech towns in britain. they tell me

businesses in burnley are as bullish about brexit as the fans. yet the longer the uncertainty continues, the greater the risk that progress comes unstitched. i went to all the european games and six different people came up to talk to me about brexit. four of them were saying, we got to stay, this is crazy. two said, get on with it. my argument is, what is it? is the question that are starting to make people reflect. would you vote brexit again? i'd like to think that the promotion of more information, the population would be better informed. the eu are going to have two show their cards at some point, and they? it will probably go down to the wire like our season in the premier league. some are righteous, some have turned, some are impatient for progress, both on and off the pitch. after a 1—0 defeat, burnley remained

without a win in the premier league. it has been touched since the summer. sound familiar? my summer. sound familiar? my poll on the bus, not free scientific, there were more remainders on the bus and break the tea rs remainders on the bus and break the tears but you will have to seem brexit here's a solid behind the decision they made and i have to say with the exception of one or two, whatever alister campbell tells you ina whatever alister campbell tells you in a package, there were not many people i spoke to who wanted another referendum about the wanted another people's vote on the final negotiated deal. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, we'll discuss what impact the sexual assault allegations could have on the confirmation of brett kavanaugh. and dozens of people are dead after typhoon mangkhut ploughed across the philippines, hong kong and now southern china. that's still to come. we are looking at a turbulent spell

of weather. in the next 12 hours, strong winds will be brought by this. another harry kane. it has been spreading cloud and outbreaks of rain to the north—west of the country whilst we have been dredging up country whilst we have been dredging up some country whilst we have been dredging up some warm country whilst we have been dredging up some warm airfrom country whilst we have been dredging up some warm air from the continent and that it has been hot and humid for the time of year across england and wales. for many of england and wales, we have had blue skies and cou nty of wales, we have had blue skies and county of sunshine. in kent, today's top temperature, 26 celsius. looking at the weather picture overnight, the storm will edge closer. some squeezing of the isobars south through the night, the winds are going to ratchet up and really pick up. gale winds developing. through the nights, bubbly gusts of up to 60 miles an houraround the nights, bubbly gusts of up to 60 miles an hour around the coast and thatis miles an hour around the coast and that is enough to blow down some

branches so there might be some debris out on the roads first thing in the morning with some transport disruption possible. heavy rain heading into western parts of the uk. a mad mad everywhere. through tuesday, a met office yellow warning is in force with no strong winds extending into the midlands and northern counties of england as well, so it is a blustery day for sure. we have heavy rain across northern ireland and scotland. damp weather to start the day in england and wales but as we go through the day, the brisk winds will blow some holes into the cloud and we will see some honey spells coming out. another warm day across the midlands and eastern england with temperatures pushing well into the mid—20s. the north and west, feeling quite humid at times with temperatures around 17 or 18 degrees. have more wet and windy weather on the way towards the middle part of the week is to this area of low pressure. this one targeting northern ireland, northern england and scotland but some strong

winds expected. the strongest winds probably getting up to 75 miles an hour according to the met office yellow running in force across exposed parts of western scotland. there will be a lot of heavy rain to come across the north which could bring cutting issues. but to drive towards the south east where it stays warm. this is beyond one hundred days, qith me, katty kay, in washington. christian fraser is in burnley. our top stories: calls to pause the confirmation of brett kavanaugh are multiplying, as the woman who accuses him of sexual assault says she's ready to testify. six months ahead of brexit, theresa may says it's either her way or the highway — but the international monetary fund warns a no deal would come with a heavy price. coming up in the next half hour... dozens of people are killed as typhoon mangkhut hits the philippines, hong kong and southern china. politics is more divided and partisan than ever — but francis fukuyama thinks this

is not necessarily a bad thing. brett kavanaugh, mr trump's nominee for the supreme court, went to the white house for emergency meetings this morning, shortly after issuing a statement denying allegations of sexual assault. the case raises a lot of sensitive questions. not least, are the allegations that he assaulted a girl in high school true? and if so, what bearing do they have on his nomination 36 years later? if they aren't true, why were they raised now? here to help answer some of those questions is our north america editor, jon sopel. thank you forjoining us. there is some precedent to this and everyone is thinking about this in the united dates today. arquin 1991, is thinking about this in the united dates today. arquin1991, the supreme court nominee, clarence

thomas, was accused of sexual harassment by a woman called anita hill. he was confirmed to the debris record despite those hearings. what is different today? and he is still on the supreme court. i think the a nswer on the supreme court. i think the answer is in your question, what is the difference between now and 2018? there is the need to movements. you have an awful lot of people who once upona time have an awful lot of people who once upon a time would have been dismissive answer to carers what she has to say, this was a long time ago. i don't think that politically that washes today. you have a woman who is prepared, apparently, to testify before congress. that will change her life. it won't go back to normal anonymity after this. achieving cities for civic duty. there will be a lot of people who think she needs to be heard. —— she thinks it is her civic duty. there will be sympathy and supporters of mr kavanagh who say they cannot equate this to the man they know.

and it will become partisan and it will become brutal. and who knows what the outcome would be? last week, if you had asked me if brett kavanaugh week, if you had asked me if brett kava naugh would be week, if you had asked me if brett kavanaugh would be the next supreme court justice, i would kavanaugh would be the next supreme courtjustice, i would say it is gliding effortlessly towards that. now i still think he will but nothing is worsened. democrats are pushing for these hearings, had their perils in this fry the democrats or republicans in the way they handle this? i think there are perils on both sides. but not talk about just the confirmation perils on both sides. but not talk aboutjust the confirmation hearing, if he doesn't get nominated, that would be a huge loss for donald trump and a bitter blow to him. then you go through the whole process again. on the other hand, if the republicans railroad this through very fast, looking as though they are not very interested in the views of this particular woman, how does that play with suburban women who turned out for donald trump in 2016 but apparently had the biggest

demographic who are moving against him? and could alter a lot of races —— a lot of races come midterms, both the senate and the house midterms. there is an awful lot of ifs in this sentence but what if you suddenly have a republican senate and house, how does donald trump get anyone nominated to the supreme court? it all becomes a lot more difficult. there isjeopardy on both sides. the democrats can also overplay their hand and seemed to be just seeking partisan advantage and not really interested in the woman making the complaint. 0n not really interested in the woman making the complaint. on all sides, they have a —— they have to handle this with some delicacy. with that in mind, i wonder if there is another precedent for the white house and that is doctor ronnie jackson who was nominated to be the vetera ns jackson who was nominated to be the veterans secretary. there was a lot of controversy around him, the white house stood behind him and then they let him go later. and they would not wa nt let him go later. and they would not want a repeat of that. you have to

wonder who on earth would want to submit themselves to being in public life when this is what happens to you? johnnie jackson was life when this is what happens to you? johnniejackson was a physician who had treated three presidents and suddenly he is cast into the spotlight. —— ronnie jackson. suddenly he is cast into the spotlight. —— ronniejackson. brett kavanaugh spotlight. —— ronniejackson. brett kava naugh now finds spotlight. —— ronniejackson. brett kavanaugh now finds himself in a very similar position. i think that kelly and conway coming out and saying this morning that she needs to be heard, very contrast into what donald trump junior had to be heard, very contrast into what donald trumpjunior had is that which was a kind of rather mocking, some might find offensive tweet about this woman. i think that conway perhaps is recognising that there is a big danger there that you don't want to repeat what happened to admiral ronnie jackson. don't want to repeat what happened to admiral ronniejackson. you have to admiral ronniejackson. you have to proceed cautiously. thank you. a lot of sensitive and difficult issues to deal with in a tense political environment. let's hope this does not get as ugly as people think it might. as anyone who's ever negotiated will know, the closer the deadline gets,

the higher the stakes seem to be. and that's definitely the case with brexit. there are just six months to go before the uk is due to leave the eu — and a deal has not yet been done. theresa may knows what she wants. but she's not only got to get the eu leaders to agree — unanimously — she'll also need to get the british parliament to back her. let's get the latest from westminster and our political correspondent alex forsyth... thank you forjoining us. she says again to the bbc that it is either my deal or no deal. i can't believe that will sway a single sceptic in her own party. remember when we first started on this brexit journey, the slogan of the prime minister was no deal is better than a bad deal. it now seems to be my deal or no deal. she is quite a fan of this ultimatum. that is essentially what this is, this is meant to put forward what the uk government sees as the only credible

proposalfor a government sees as the only credible proposal for a negotiable deal. government sees as the only credible proposalfor a negotiable deal. that is the point, there is an admission from the prime minister that some people have concerns over elements of the blueprint she has drawn up. but what she is hoping is that enough mps in parliament will think, well, what is on the table is better than no deal at all. so framed in that situation, she is hoping she might get this through parliament. but she has no working majority here and that is a real problem for her. there are critics in her own party who were opposed to the blueprint she is working to. the labour party are not completely sold on this either. at the moment it certainly does not look clear that she is going to even with this ultimatum get it through parliament. that comes get it through parliament. that co m es after get it through parliament. that comes after she has to finish to ghost using it with brussels. and of course we have the party season coming up, she will go to the tory party conference, a precarious time for her. i sense that the eu leaders who will give —— who we will hear

from later in the week will try anything they can to prop her up. it's been interesting that there has been a real shift in tone from brussels and the summer. the eu's chief negotiator has taken a pretty stern approach in the brexit talks up stern approach in the brexit talks up until this point. but now has publicly, quite deliberately, softened his stance. that doesn't mean the detail of the negotiation will be anymore, my —— that there will be anymore, my —— that there will be anymore compromise from the eu but i think they're trying to give the prime ministers race in her own party to give her some support so she can get enough people on site to get a deal because we have heard from you 27 that the remaining —— that they also want a deal with the uk because, as the uk itself has said, it is not in the interests of either the eu or the night of kingdom not to have a deal. you get this sense that they are aware this will be a crucial party conference, a gathering of the conservative party. the prime minister has a lot to prove and i think the eu 27 and

the negotiating team are trying to give her a little bit of breathing space. thank you for the moment. i am here today a town with a great industrial heritage, about forty kilometres to the north of manchester. people here voted by two—to—one for brexit — but like everyone else, they didn't know exactly what sort of brexit that would mean. with me is miranda barker from the east lancashire chamber of commerce... iam i am really surprised by what has happened here in the last six or seven yea rs. happened here in the last six or seven years. you must be very proud of the businesses you have attracted to burnley. you worry that some of them might - because to burnley. you worry that some of them might- because of brexit? them might leave because of brexit? we are not seeing any sign of that at the moment. these are extremely confident businesses. they are not seeing lack of trade or lack of contracts. but what they need is more people to come and work here. they are on a 13 quarter increase in terms of manufacturing and export

success will stop you have all these specialised, high—tech companies, i imagine success breeds success. you have a skilled workforce that is growing and developing, bringing in others. why are companies here so bullish, perhaps even about a no deal? they understand how to export. they have been doing that successfully for many decades. and reading the success of that in terms of employment rates and success. we have companies here, micro companies, you are exporting to 50 to 60 companies —— countries around the world. they know how to export, they know how to export under a range of trade tariffs. ! under wto rules. exactly, to america. what would they think of harmonisation with the eu rules, a common rule book, a common way forward on goods and products? does that give them

the source of competitive edge they wa nt the source of competitive edge they want or would they like to be a flight want or would they like to be a flight from europe doing their own thing with british tariffs, perhaps getting a competitive edge over at european companies? they voted two to 14 european companies? they voted two to 1a brexit. i think that is because they saw an opportunity. —— 2-1. to because they saw an opportunity. —— 2—1. to not be hamstrung by some of the failure is to create trade deals we have seen within the youth. being outside does not hold there for them, they want to take advantage of them, they want to take advantage of the opportunity. —— deals within the eu. there will be concerned that it will become harderfor eu. there will be concerned that it will become harder for those eu. there will be concerned that it will become harderfor those people in the centre of hanley. would you argue with the other way that the more business you create, the more you attract? —— in the centre of burnley. burnley is thriving. in the last year, we have seen £51 million of inward investment of private sector cash. burnley bondholders we re sector cash. burnley bondholders were set up in 2009 and in the seven

yea rs, were set up in 2009 and in the seven years, they saw 18% increase in employment locally. that is 7% in lancashire and 9% nationally. this area is thriving. they are shorter see, work here. thejobs are waiting. you don't hear that positively —— that positivity about northern towns. certain areas in the north of england are perceived down southin north of england are perceived down south in a certain way. thank you. very interesting. even though there are some concerns among remainers, there is more unity here about brexit at both sides saying get on with it, and there is in western will stop booming burnley. president putin and his turkish counterpart, recep tayyip erdogan, say they have agreed to create a demilitarised zone separating syrian government forces and rebels besieged in idlib province. after a summit between the two leaders in the russian city of sochi, mr putin said the 15—20 kilometre—wide zone

would be created by october the fifteenth and would be patrolled by russian and turkish forces. the threat of a major offensive on idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in syria, has been looming for weeks. the us ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, has accused russia of systematically helping north korea to evade un sanctions. speaking in the security council, she said washington has evidence of consistent russian violations. russia responded saying that sanctions would not persuade pyongyang to end its nuclear programme. a british cave diver who helped rescue 12 thai boys from a flooded cave is suing the tech billionaire elon musk for defamation. mr musk has made several accusations against vernon unsworth without evidence, including that he was a "child rapist". what is identity politics and do we need them? the concept of tribal identity in politics has been a target from both ends of the poltical spectrum, and it often has a negative connotation. it's seen as part of the problem of political polarisation in both europe and america.

but a new book says maybe a sense of social, racial or cultural identity in politics is not so bad after all. with us now is francis fukuyama, a fellow at stanford university. he is the author of new book is identity: the demand for dignity and the politics of resentment. thanks very much for coming in. give us thanks very much for coming in. give usa thanks very much for coming in. give us a definition of identity politics. identity has to do with this feeling that you have an inner worth, often connected to your membership in a group. that is not being adequately respected or disregarded by the surrounding society. it draws you into politics because you want people to recognise you and to accord you the dignity and respect you think you are worth. that sounds like it can be a fine thing in the politicalfield. the problem, it seems to me, comes when people in different identity groups

see the other groups as a threat. that is a problem. if you think your identity depends on the hostility to other groups, or if you think your differences what needs to be recognised rather than what you hold in common, for example, with other citizens in a democratic society, that becomes very problematic. how are you arguing that identity politics can be a good thing? first of all, identity is a fluid concept. we can shift identities. they tend to get smaller and smaller as more groups put forward their claims. but i think that they can also be made larger. for example, national identity can be liberal, can be open to many people in different religions, cultures, backgrounds. but it can also be integrated if it is based on ideas of constitutionalism the rule of law, of basic democratic principles. democracies need a common look, a

language by which people can communicate and work together and deliberate within a common shared framework of... so the slices of the pie are getting smaller and if we could merge some of those slices together, we could have larger groups with some kind of common interest beyond the narrow identity they might feel? how do we go about doing that? when i look at american politics, and i'm thinking of a research poll which came out around the election, those identity groups see each other notjust as wrong or having different political views, they see each other as being a threat to the nation and a threat to national—security. how do you ove rco m e national—security. how do you overcome that? the polarisation in the states is is aptly as you describe. the problem is that it is beginning to centre around these categories into which you were born like your ethnicity, your race. —— exactly as you describe. it started on the left with movements by marginalised groups which were perfectly legitimate. but it has now

triggered a national list was once by white people that i think 50 yea rs by white people that i think 50 years ago would not have thought of themselves as white, theyjust would have said they were american. now they regard themselves... in this very partisan environment, how do we ove rco m e very partisan environment, how do we overcome that? you need leadership, people who will focus on the inclusive kinds of broader identities that bring americans together. in our case, it does revolve around the constitution and shares political values. something like national service would be very important for bringing —— giving people a sense that they belong to 80 minutes each to which they owe things, not just 80 minutes each to which they owe things, notjust our right errors. —— belong to the community. things, notjust our right errors. -- belong to the community. does this resonate in burnley? i think it is very important. yesterday i spoke to people who listed immigration as one of the reason they voted four brexit. that is about identity. the strange thing about burnley is the immigrants came here in the 1950s. they used to work in the cotton

mills which were finding it difficult to compete. at what point do people stop looking at different sections within their society and just see this as burnley, as one town as remarked i think it depends on how well immigrants integrate. the south asian immigrants you were talking about integrated extremely well. they don't speak differently from other people, they have jobs, they are contributing to the society. in the immigration debate, i think we have overlooked the importance of that kind of integration into a broader set of shared values. if that is the issue then i think people will relax a little bit about it. the book is identity, the demand for dignity and the politics of resentment. thank you for coming tojoin the politics of resentment. thank you for coming to join us. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come: the deadly aftermath of typhoon mangkhut — we have a special report on the devastation it caused in the philippines. the mp tobias ellwood has told

the inquests into the victims of the westminster bridge attack how he fought to save the life of pc keith palmer who had been stabbed outside parliament. daniel sandford reports. the photographs of the minister, tobias ellwood, helping in the desperate efforts to save pc keith palmer's life became some of the defining images of last year's westminster attack. today he arrived today he arrived at pc palmer's inquest to give his official account of that traumatic day. he described the panic inside parliament, with people shouting "go back", as he went forward. and how he walked past a line of armed police officers, pointing their guns, to go and help their unarmed colleague, who had been stabbed by khalid masood. when he got there, he found pc palmer with, among other injuries, a serious knife wound

onto his left armpit. it lost a lot of blood and he was unconscious, tobias ellwood told the course. i checked for a pulse, there was a pulse. the minister said he tried to stop the bleeding but his heart soon stopped and they started cpr. at one point, he was close to tears in court, saying "forgive me, sometimes it's easier to do the helping them to talk about it afterwards". when a doctor arrived on the airambulance, there still seemed to be a chance but even surgery on the spot couldn't say the police officer and he died. the doctor moved on to help other patients, leaving the minister his family wept as the court watched cctv footage of two armed officers patrolling near the gate at a quarter to two, but then patrolling elsewhere until after the attack, almost an hour later. pc palmer's family then heard one of those armed officers, lee ashby, said on wednesday

as they were encouraged to patrol where ministers were dropped off in their cars for prime minister's questions rather than by the open gates of parliament, where pc palmer was left undefended. he said he had not agreed with those instructions. daniel sandford, bbc news at the old bailey. in the philippines hopes are fading of finding survivors buried by a landslide that has killed at least thirty—two people in a mining town. the gold miners and their families had taken shelter from typhoon mangkhut in a temporary shelter on the side of a steep mountain. more than sixty—five people are thought to have died across the philippines following the typhoon. 0ur correspondentjonathan head is there, he sent this report. in the end, it wasn't the wind, but the rain that was the real killer. that huge brown gash in the mountain is where an entire waterlogged hillside slid down and buried a building where dozens of miners had taken shelter from the typhoon. for two days, rescuers have battled to find survivors, clambering over the treacherous mud.

they've been unable to bring up heavier excavation equipment because of the damaged roads. so far, only bodies have been recovered. dozens more are believed to be trapped under the mud. they aren't sure exactly how many. relatives have come up, to wait for news, clinging to the hope that there may yet be survivors. translation: this is the first time i've seen a landslide this massive. almost everyone here is affected. even the miners are helping the rescuers, the police, everyone is giving their best. further north, where they bore the brunt of the storm, they're starting to count the cost. in places, it's been very high. not so much in lives lost, but in damage to homes, crops and infrastructure. the lessons learned from previous typhoons have certainly cut the death toll in this one. filipinos now know to heed official advice to evacuate their homes

when a storm is on the way. but the tragedy of the buried miners underlines just how vulnerable this country is to natural disasters. its eroded and deforested hillsides are all too prone to collapse under the weight of heavy rainfall. and they get that all the time during the typhoon season. we have been watching that storm as we we re we have been watching that storm as we were watching the hurricane. a lot of attention paid as we knew that might happen. more people were killed by the typhoon. when people are proper and their dwellings are a strong, they are often the ones badly hit. we did see that so sadly at the weekend. let's go back to burnley. i understand you were something of a celebrity in your hometown. and that wherever you have gone over the last couple of days,

you haven't been able to move for the crowds of people wanting to see the crowds of people wanting to see the return of the prodigal son. hardly! it is not because i am a celebrity it's just that i still know a lot of people here in the town. people like play football with 20 years ago, people i played golf with. this area here is where the court is and the police station so they are all on their way home. i was in the football club and my dad tells me that for generations of our family have supported burnley football club, going back to the beginning of the last century. i have a real struggle keeping my children to the line that they are burnley supporters. this is not easy given the fact that they now live in london. i have been to the shop today and got my son the burnley away kit. this is for his birthday, ican be away kit. this is for his birthday, i can be watching. —— i hope he isn't watching. i got one for

clementine. we live in barns in london. we have got ashley barnes's name on the back. she will like that. very good, well done. you a lwa ys that. very good, well done. you always have a go at me because i never get you anything. i know you're not arsenal raise its van or a city fan, so i have bought you your very own burnley shirts. i was going to buy you... joe and sarah askedif going to buy you... joe and sarah asked if they didn't have any women's shirts so this is a size ten. i think that is an american size will stop on the back... 0h, christian fraser! do you like that? i'm very touched. i am now a fully paid—up member of the burnley fan club. you cannot share the screen with me unless you are a closet

cla rets. with me unless you are a closet clarets. you are an honorary claret from this moment on. with my own shirts. thank you! i'm very touched. you are coming to washington, you can bring it here. i will give you a united shirt. we are looking at a turbulent spell of weather over the next few days with some strong winds on the way. over the next 12 hours, strong winds will be brought by this old hurricane. now a normal area of low pressure. that has been spreading cloud and rain to the north—west. and stretching warm air from the continent, that is why it has been quite hot and humid. for many of england and wales, skies like this, blue skies, sunshine will stop top

temperature of 26 degrees. overnight, the storm edging closer, squeezing the ice across wales and south—west england. through the night, the winds will ratchet up here. picking up, gales is developing. through the night, gusts of around 50 or 60 miles an hour around the coast. that will blow down some tree branches of the might be debris on the roads in the morning. some transport disruption possible. heavy rain in western part of the uk. a mild night everywhere but ex—teen or 70 degrees across parts of southern england. through tuesday, a met office yellow warning in force. strong winds extending across south—west england and wales, into the midlands, northern england. a blustery day. we will have heavy rain across northern ireland and scotland. doubt weather to start in england and wales, light rain and drizzle mostly. through the day, the

brisk winds will blow some holes into the cloud and we will see some sunny spells. another one—day across the midlands and eastern england. temperatures well into the mid—20s. feeling humid at times. temperatures around 17 or 18. more wet and windy weather on the way towards the middle part of the week thanks to this low pressure. this one targeting northern ireland, scotland, northern england and the north—west of wales with some strong winds. strongest winds probably getting up to 75 mph according to the met office. it will be a lovely day with a lot of heavy rain from the north. covering surface water flooding issues. further south, the north. covering surface water flooding issues. furthersouth, rain for england and wales. largely dry in the east where it stays warm. this is bbc news. the headlines at eight. with six months to go until brexit, the prime minister insists the only alternative to her plan is to leave the eu with no deal. we'll get a good deal, we will bring that back from the eu negotiations,

and put that to parliament. i think that the alternative to that will be not having a deal. you're not really fulfilling the mandate of the people, and you're not really coming out of the eu, and that would be a real, real shame, and i thinka bit of a political disaster. the international monetary fund warns that a "no—deal" brexit on world trade organization terms would entail "substa ntial costs" for the uk economy. i'm in brexit burnley, where the economy is booming.