you're watching beyond 100 days. not a good day for theresa may, who is told by european leaders that her brexit plan just won't work. the eu believes the prime minister's chequers proposals risks undermining the concept of the single market. and after eu chiefs told the pm to go away and try again, she admitted there is still a lot of hard work to be done. the suggested framework for economic cooperation will not work. as i've always said, you know, we are preparing for no deal. looming over any deal is the issue of ireland, and how to avoid the reinstatement of a hard border there. also on the programme: the woman who has accused president trump's supreme court nominee of sexual assault is given until tomorrow to decide whether to give evidence. christine blasey ford wants the fbi to investigate before she testifies and so do many democratic senators. i think that we let the fbi move forward, do their investigation. even if it takes three weeks

or a month, they can do that. and which of these is last night's dinner, and which is a famous scene from a bond film? we will reveal all later in the hour. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in salzburg. progress? what progress? the head of the european council, donald tusk, says that theresa may's proposed new economic partnership with the european union simply will not work. he was speaking at the end of the eu summit in salzburg where leaders of the 27 remaining member—states discussed brexit. mrs may has urged them to evolve their position on the irish border and back her proposals. but the only thing that both sides could agree on is that they disagree.

here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. following her every move, every step matters. in this spectacle, neither side wants to budge. there is no progress. there is only position explained. stand—off still is in place. as long as there is no deal, there is a risk of no deal. don't doubt — this is one against 27. from the german chancellor, a polite rebuff. "substantial progress is needed." the french president said the proposals were not acceptable, and those who said britain could leave easily were liars. then, from the boss of the european leaders club... everybody shares the view that while there are positive elements in the chequers proposal, the suggested framework for economic cooperation will not work. theresa may could not pretend this afternoon that nothing had changed. instead, she was cross and frustrated. our white paper remains the only

serious and credible proposition on the table. so with the eu against your plan, with large chunks of your party at home against your plan, how can you credibly cling onto the deal you struck at chequers with your cabinet? well, look. i'm negotiating, and i'm negotiating hard in the interests of the british people. yes, concerns have been raised. i want to know what those concerns are. there's a lot of hard work to be done, but i believe there is a willingness to do a deal. but let nobody be in any doubt that, as i've always said, we are preparing for no deal. have the chances for no dealjust gone up? we are continuing to work for a good deal. i think you will have heard both president donald tusk and a number of the eu leaders saying that they are looking and hoping and working to that good deal. but there's a lot of work to be done. it certainly is, prime minister.

more heat from rival voice trying to force her to ditch her plan. it's looking very clear that it will be very, very difficult to deliver a chequers strategy that will meet their requirements, so it's time for a reset, time for a rethink. the prime minister can't, and won't, step away from her proposals yet. but the choreography of doing the deal today has gone badly wrong. the uk is on its way out of this club, but theresa may is finding this a long and lonely way out. maybe a long and lonely trip home as well. but speak to our europe editor. that was not supposed to happen. not exactly, no. whatl think is the case can and we cannot

forget this, eu leaders had no intention at this summit to take on theresa may's chequers plan on its totality. they had no plan on backtracking on the backstop. no intention at all. but what they did wa nt intention at all. but what they did want to do when they can do this summit is have praised for theresa may, to praise parts of her plan that they do like like on security in orderto that they do like like on security in order to help boost her at home. they know she's in political trouble and of course, they want a brexiteer because if they don't get one, it will be expensive for eu businesses, notjust will be expensive for eu businesses, not just those will be expensive for eu businesses, notjust those in will be expensive for eu businesses, not just those in the will be expensive for eu businesses, notjust those in the uk... but they've given her a headache! she goes back now and he risked his she could go. i think there is a fundamental misreading between the two sides. eu leaders have kind of beena two sides. eu leaders have kind of been a bit token is thick... you had their key negotiator the night before the summit saying he was going to put forward a new proposal oi'i going to put forward a new proposal on the backstop because it was so contagious in the uk. it was not really new at all. i think you're

misreading the political situation that the prime minister finds herself in, but then, she misread eu leaders. they were frustrated and angry that straight after michel barnier's proposal, she categorically rejected what he was coming outwith. bluntly categorically, then came here and said her plan was the only way forward. otherwise, there would be i'io forward. otherwise, there would be no deal. there was frustration. you cannot ignore though, christian, they did make an effort. he did praise parts of her checkers plan. —— they did praise parts of her chequers plan. they also said the atmosphere negotiations has been prove n atmosphere negotiations has been proven between the eu and the uk, and they still think a deal can be done. and of course, this is absolute disappeared from the limelight now because what is being focused on at home is the nonwork ability of parts of the plant according to the eu. where we tonight? as the chance of the no deal increased? as i say, the eu is

always rejected theresa may's plans oi'i always rejected theresa may's plans on the hard border, and a storage is plans. i think if you take a cynical step backwards, you can say, actually, it suits both sides for this to be the public perception that this automobile tough and be difficult in negotiations, because it's in the end there is a brexit deal, then the impression will be that it was hard—fought and hard—won. of course, what in the mind of eu leaders tonight is not just about them, it's about the political turmoil that faces theresa may at home as she does now into the annual conference of her party.|j don't want you taking a cynical step backwards. you'll be in the flowers. katya adler, thank you very much indeed. christian committed to drink —— christian committed to string to

me, listen to the french president today. it makes me wonder what does the eu really want? do they want to send a signal to other european countries, don't leave because it's hard, or do they want the best possible deal with the uk is that because the two might be mutually exclusive. i think probably they wa nt exclusive. i think probably they want both. they make it very clear time and time again they don't want the uk to go. but if they want to 90, the uk to go. but if they want to go, what they are absolutely resolved about is they want to protect the integrity of the single market. they have not budged an inch on that fundamental principle. there's no doubt that downing street is angry tonight. they were calling foul play. they said they used in elbow here because, of course, their focus is now on that party conference in two weeks' time. and i spoke to one german official leading internet who said if you this negotiation is a vitamin a can think again. it is nearer to about half

past eight. well, as we heard, one of the main sticking points remains the border with ireland. both sides say they want to keep an open border on the island, but the issue is how. a last resort would be a backstop. this means that until a proper deal is reached, northern ireland would continue to play by the rules of the european common market. theresa may agreed to that last december, but in britain, there are fears that this could endanger the unity of the united kingdom itself. today, mrs may had a sideline meeting with her irish counterpart, leo va radkar, to try to find a compromise. but mr varadkar told the british prime minister that she needs to negotiate with the european union as a bloc. prime minister may and i have conversations about this all the time, but this is a negotiation between the european union and the united kingdom, and ireland is staying at the heart of europe. we're staying in the single market and the euro. we helped to found those great projects that have brought enormous prosperity across the continent of europe, so this ultimately

is going to be a new treaty, a new negotiation between the eu and the uk. leo varadkar there. what did you make of the face to morning?” leo varadkar there. what did you make of the face to morning? i think it was actually positive. i was informed that it was regarded in asa as a useful meeting for both sites. there were perhaps the bigger teams and officials and we've normally seenin and officials and we've normally seen in recent bilateral meetings. i think there is a willingness to get done, to the detail of the backstop. but i fear that a lot of the very, very tentative steps forward that we may have seen to date have been eclipsed by the whole question about

the eu's appearance hardening of language on chequers and the economic and straight aspects of chequers. because the way to understand the backstop is that it is connected to the future relationship, because of theresa may can work out a future trade relationship with the eu that makes any need for checks on the irish border disappeared, if the trade relationship is so close she can ta ke relationship is so close she can take to the unionist community in northern ireland, this backstop was never really go to take effect because we will have this very close trade, regular custom agreement in the future... i see that. the backstop it is more of a reality. and therefore more important. what about the strategy... why do you think they do that now and not at the october summit? because they don't want to leave theresa may ——

lose theresa may. i think what has happened today is symptomatic of the fa ct happened today is symptomatic of the fact that both sides have been talking past each other or talking at different levels. there's been a lot of camouflage, a lot of not an weak politics. anyone i spoke to in brussels in the institutions or member states we re in the institutions or member states were categorical they did not want to kill off chequers at salzburg. they came to praise chequers, not to bury it, to borrow a phrase. i think what happened was there was perhaps an expectation on the british side there would be any negative commentary at all about chequers, and when there were two key remarks from donald tusk and from emmanuel macron, who are of course hugely influential and important figures, that was simply enough to burst the balloon of chequers, and then to give rise to a resurgent view among

brexiteers that, "look, the european union have rejected it. we hate it, so union have rejected it. we hate it, so therefore it's dead." the eu said privately the trade and economic elements of chequers are very problematic. the idea of outsourcing the eu's customs collections of uk are problematic. tony, very interesting. thank you very much indeed. a difficult they then for theresa may, and of course, she's had one of the brexiteers say that as far as he's concerned, chequers is dead as a dodo. not exactly the summit you were expecting in that one. christian, glad we got some shakespearean there. christine blasey ford has less than 2a hours to decide whether she will testify before the us senate about her allegation that brett kavanaugh sexually abused her as a teenager. the republican chairman of the senate judiciary committee says that if dr ford agrees

to testify, the hearing will take place on monday. dr ford's lawyers say this timetable is not fair. in a letter to the committee chairman, they say a "rush to a hearing is unnecessary, and contrary to the committee discovering the truth." so, right now, we don't know whether donald trump's nominee for the supreme court will be questioned in public about whether he sexually assaulted a girl at a party 36 years ago. among the democratic senators pressing for an investigation and for further hearings is tammy duckworth. she's from illinois. shejoined me from capitol hill a short time ago. senator, you have dealt with victims of sexual trauma from your time in the military, so you know what this kind of investigation entails. after 36 years, and with no forensic evidence, do you think it will be possible to find out what actually happened in this case? you know, one of the things i learned dealing with military sexual trauma is that it wasn't until the pentagon put in a fully anonymous reporting system that they finally found the extent of incidents of military

sexual trauma. it was only then that so many victims came forward, because they could report it anonymously, to say, "you know, i was traumatised, i was attacked, i was abused 20 years ago when i was a recruit in basic training by my drill sergeant." and many of them, even 25 or 30 years later, still were dealing with the trauma and still did not want to come forward. and to me, this is much the same case, where we have someone who says that she was assaulted, says she suffered. we need to take that seriously, we need to protect her, and let's have an investigation. and if it turns out that she's lying, the fbi will find out. senator, if there is a senate hearing, how do you avoid this becoming a case of he said versus she said? well, i think that the best thing we can do is to hold off on the hearing until after the fbi does the investigation. during the anita hill hearings, the confirmation forjustice clarence thomas, during that time, the fbi said that they needed three weeks to investigate.

they were given just three days, but they were still able to do the investigation. and in this case, we're not even allowing them three days. i think that we let the fbi move forward, do their investigation. even if it takes three weeks or a month, they can do that. remember that republicans control the white house, the senate and the house of representatives, at the very least all the way through to december, so we certainly have time left for them to still be in charge and call the shots. why would you rush this through without allowing the fbi to do itsjob? right, but if senator grassley, the chairman of thejudiciary committee, says "absolutely no way, we are not going ahead with an fbi investigation," do you think it would be wise for dr ford to come forward and testify in public on monday so that the american people can make their own judgment? well, i think that's her decision to make. that's one of the things i learned about dealing with victims of military sexual trauma is, you have to let the victim set the pace. she has to make that decision for herself, whether or not she wants to come forward. at the end of the day, this is about a crime, and we have to first and foremost protect her,

protect the alleged victim. and, look. she's already getting death threats. she can't even go back to her own home, they're hacking her e—mails. this is not acceptable. let the fbi investigate. if it turns out that she's lying, then let's learn about that and let's have the hearing. then let's have the vote onjudge kavanaugh, but let's not rush into this. senator, how do you respond to republicans who say that the democrats have played politics about this, that they had the information about this woman for weeks and left it till the very last moment in these confirmation hearings to make that information public? as frustrating as it is for me that this information didn't come out sooner, i think it's important that at the end of the day, the most important thing you can do is to let the victim set the pace, because we don't want to set an example for the rest of the country. ahat if there's a young girl getting sexually abused right now, and she's watching this on tv, amd she knows that, "whoah,

if i come forward, people are going to be against me and they're going to put me through what dr ford went through." we can't do that. we're better than that as a nation. senator duckworth, thank you very much. tammy duckworth is a democratic senator from illinois. from the kavanaugh controversy to the russia investigation, major garrett covers it all as chief white house correspondent with cbs news. he has just released a new book mr trump's wild ride, and hejoins us live now from new york. major, think is very much for joining us. to the last few days, donald trump has been uncharacteristically restrained. you cover him everyday. how do you account for that? but as he prioritised the supreme court in the legacy he might leave on the supreme court, and therefore, the entire americanjudiciary court, and therefore, the entire american judiciary almost about everything else. i have an entire chapter in the book devoted to not just the neil gorsuch picked up the way that donald trump with the

federalist society and some of the leonard leo am a not well known in europe and britain, put that list together, how crucial that was during the campaign to not only helping donald trump win the nomination but eventually the american presidency and how it informs and doesn't still inform them and all the central players right now in the brett kavanaugh drama are still there. getting back to your question he prior ties the screen “— to your question he prior ties the screen —— he prioritised the supreme court. he knows he has limited political capital and moral authority on this question about brett kavanaugh. he stands back. he says the process can go on but is relying on mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader, to move this to the process so he can get that second nominee on the courts before the midterm elections. major, in your book, you write this. you say "covering the trump white house is like watching cirque du soleil on

acid. what's the toughest part of cutting through that?" it's what i say i would imagine it would be like to watch cirque du soleil on acid! tempting though it might be... most challenging part of the day—to—day operations of this white house is it, the white house surprises itself. the president surprises those closest to him. and therefore, that surprise radiate outward. he through twitter, he does at the decision—making or moving against something many people close to him that was almost decided. he will reverse himself almost by himself. that creates unpredictability and volatility. and certainly, the president's rhetoric itself is unpredictable, volatile and 60 rest of the road on an up and down cascade on either rich or conciliation or confusion. all of thatis conciliation or confusion. all of that is part of the hour to hour,

day to day spectacle of covering president trump. major, i don't need to tell you this. you know it. there isa to tell you this. you know it. there is a huge amount of interest in this president from people right around the world. i was in the uk last weekend and the question people kept asking me is what this donald trump wa nts ? asking me is what this donald trump wants? does he want a second term in office? is the actually enjoying thisjob? what office? is the actually enjoying this job? what do you think he wa nts ? this job? what do you think he wants? i think he does want it. for one particular reason above all others, vindication. he was improved to himself, the country in the world that 2016 was not a fluke. does that mean i'm guaranteeing to your audience is going to reelection? no, i'm not. i'm not in his head. i don't have any absolute knowledge. but i do know what his intentions are in and know that he's been building his reelection campaign for a long time. earlier than any other previous occupant of the american presidency. all of the things that need to be laid down are laid down for donald trump for reelection. those are as close to them that wonder, does he have the intensity,

the energy? my sense is that he does and first and foremost, it was to prove 2016 was not only not just a flu ke, prove 2016 was not only not just a fluke, it wasn't an accident and it would give him something that was historians ascribe to significant american presidents, a second term. major, you've covered washington for so major, you've covered washington for so many years. has this presidency changed washington the town irrevocably? that's a question i received so often. i don't have an absolute answer to it. it has changed washington. washington has had to adjust and adapt, and it still in that process. it's a fitful process of adjusting and adapting. he certainly has become to change the batteryjudiciary he certainly has become to change the battery judiciary —— he certainly has become to change the batteryjudiciary —— federal judiciary. he has changed how corporations and individuals. extending and amplifying, if you

will, the difference between those who have a lot and those of a little in america. even though he promised something going to the opposite. he's changed the american conversation, and therefore, its global image on the question of immigration. something that the world and republicans and democrats before donald trump thought was essentially a settled issue. he is calmly turned that upside down. and in terms of deregulation, the federal government's role in regulating the economy, he has paired that back dramatically. all of those are significant changes. they will be part of a long running truck legacy. the removal —— a long—running truck legacy. irrevocable is a big word. if he is eight years, the chance of that are certainly higher. major garrett, thank you very much. good to get your thoughts. can we go back to the dinner here in salzburg last night? mrs may, the stakes were high. she had ten minutes. the dinner

setting was this concert hall where the von traps... did we need more drama? course we did! cue the drums. donald tusk, it's fair to say, is not for his overt displays of emotion. but this picture tells a thousand words. and here is the picture released last night of the 28 leaders sitting around this table, locked in discussions, with mrs may, surrounded by these dimly lit arches. does it look familiar? maybe you are thinking of this — the scene from the james bond film spectre where christoph waltz suddenly appears from the shadows. you remember that? or maybe, as the mp andrew gwynne tweeted, you were thinking... # it's time to play the music,

it's time to light the lights... the muppets. no pun intended. i was just i wasjust thinking i was just thinking what major garrett was saying. maybe we should be watching brexit as he suggested, cirque du soleil on acid. baby don't make it much more amusing! with the drums! this is beyond 100 days with the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, we'll be asking why doping wins, as the suspension of russia's anti—doping agency is ended. the move's been labelled "the greatest treachery against clean athletes." and, kim jong un says he wants a second meeting with donald trump as soon as possible to speed up the denuclearisation process. that's all still to come. good evening. hot on the heels of storm ali,

we've had storm bronagh. a combination of the miserable weather. torrential, driving range which will be most of us through the night. the winds are escalating now. gusting across southern areas. they are not escalating further eastwards, and on that weather front is well, we got some really intense bursts of rain. let me show you how the rain has been hanging around northern england. it only gradually going to ease its way eastwards. it is bringing quite significant amounts of rain, 40, 50, even 60 mm in some areas. probably higher over the hills. and we've got more hours of that persistence will be quite intense rain to come. maybe even be a little bit of sleetiness over the top of the pennines overnight. it

will be awful on the roads without driving rain. the report is ability —— very poor visibility. the winds gusting at 60 mph. that's stronger than yesterday and could well... not a great night. for most, further showers. a fresher night here as well. and that is something we will notice, a fresher day tomorrow. we still awakened to some really quite lively gust of wind. there could be quite a bit of in around as we awaken. the wind very dusty indeed. gradually through the day, it tends to ease. there will be a whole host of showers with some hail and thunder. but that will ease as well into the afternoon and there will not be that many reaching the south. it will feel mostly fresher. and that's because we will see this brief ridge of high pressure doing off those showers overnight into

saturday, but the fine weather does not last, because we get more rain gushing into the south as a guide to the day on saturday. a chilly start. bit of mist and fog. loosing a decent day for most, except for the south and west. potential from morstead —— potential for —— potentialfor some —— potential for some more —— potentialfor some more stormy weather. more on the website. bye— bye. this is beyond 100 days with me, katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in salzburg. our top stories: the head of the european council donald tusk says theresa may's proposals, won't work, because they risk undermining the single market. the woman who has accused president trump's supreme court nominee of sexual assault is given until tomorrow to decide whether to give evidence. christine blasey ford wants the fbi to investigate before she testifies.

coming up in the next half hour. the world anti—doping agency moves to re—instate russia marking the first step in allowing its athletes to compete on the world stage. it follows a scandal over state—sponsored doping in 2015. and the south korean leader's trip to the north ends with a triumphant handshake — and the announcement that kim jong un hopes to have a second summit with donald trump soon. christine blasey ford, the university lecturer who's accused us supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, of sexually assaulting her in high school, has been given until friday to decide whether she'll give evidence to members of congress next week. judge kavanaugh denies the incident ever happened, but dr ford has asked the fbi to investigate. her lawyers say other witnesses should also be called to give testimony. so just what role can the fbi play at this late stage?

we are joined now by the agency's former deputy director ron hosko. thanks very much for coming in. i'm getting conflicting advice about whether the fbi has a role to play in this or whether they can investigate. the president has suggested it is not something they could do. could say? they certainly could. it has already conducted a background investigation. the fbi is a service providerfor a client investigation. the fbi is a service provider for a client and the client is the white house. they do this with nominees and other sensitive positions. the fbi does the background and prefers it to the white house staff. the fbi does not make recommendations, but they will surface derogatory information as pa rt surface derogatory information as part of that background investigation, and they do it for the client here. the client can easily contact the fbi and say, please go and conduct this additional investigation. it will be treated as high priority and will conceivably be conducted within a

few days. if you were put in charge of the investigation, walk us through the steps. what would you do to try and find out what happened? the starting point is obviously, three key people right now. step one is to go to christine blasey ford and have a sit down with her where she is asked to recall every salient fa ct she is asked to recall every salient fact about this encounter, to include the best available information about location, and more importantly who else was there? who else was that the party in a position to see herself, the other participants, anyone who was at the party is a potentially relevant witness because they can potentially put three people in one place at one time. then i think fanning out from there. if that doesn't exist, this is pretty compact and pretty finite. what i don't understand about this,

ron, isa what i don't understand about this, ron, is a democratic senator received a letter back injuly and it wasn't forwarded to a colleague. it was sent to the fbi and a redacted version was put intojudge kavanaugh's redacted version was put intojudge kava naugh's file. what redacted version was put intojudge kavanaugh's file. what is the point ofa kavanaugh's file. what is the point of a background check if they don't then investigate? well, we don't know that that is what has occurred. right now we know what has occurred. right now we know what has occurred. right now we know what has been told to us in public. it could be that the white house was aware of this redacted letter, chose not to move forward, chose not to have the fbi push forward. there is also the concern about confidentiality, of being a potential victim, particularly here in america where we need to movement is given added weight to any sort of encounter —— the metoo movement. this is a three—dimensional chess

game, given the politicalfallout this is a three—dimensional chess game, given the political fallout as well. thanks for coming in. by pleasure. the north korean leader summit with donald trump. the president of south korea delivered the message after a three—day visit to the north — that included cheering crowds, fireworks and a symbolic climb up the mountain which is seen as the spirtual heart of the peninsula. but scaling mountains is a lot easier than delivering peace. mr moon says kim jong—un wants the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula as quickly as possible. there's a fair degree of scepticism here in the us about whether that's really true. barbara plett—usher is in the state department for us. what is the reaction there in the state department to this offer of another summit, and kimjong—un saying that he would like complete denuclearisation? the state department has responded quite positively to offer made by kimjong—un and certain quite positively to offer made by kim jong—un and certain steps that he said he might take. he hasn't

said anything specific about the summit. there has been a change in tone from north korea. the messaging and the attitude seems to be quite positive, as you said. kimjong—un a p pa re ntly positive, as you said. kimjong—un apparently was rapid denuclearisation so he can focus on the economy, and he wants a summit with the president as soon as possible so the two of them can work these things out. on the practical side, the concrete steps on offer, those not so much actually. he has said he would dismantle a missile test site. he promised to do that before but this time he said international inspectors can watch. that is moving. he also said he might be willing to dismantle his main nuclear facility. might be willing to dismantle his main nuclearfacility. he said it is conditional. the us has to take corresponding depths. he has made these offers before and drop them. the experts say the practical offers

are quite thin, but that seems to be enough for the state department to feel that they can restart negotiations at least. barbara, if you want complete denuclearisation by 2021, you need the verifiable bit. you need an infa ntry of the verifiable bit. you need an infantry of what kim jong—un has and you need it quickly because you don't have long to verify it. exactly. they have talked about that date because kim jong—un exactly. they have talked about that date because kimjong—un himself said he wanted denuclearisation before the end of donald trump's first term. the state department is given with that and saying we would like that as well. in terms of the detail about the very difficult steps of denuclearisation— verifying it, how many people would be on the ground, how it would work, they don't even have an infantry. there is talk that he is trying to conceal various sites that he has made

public. all of that is swirling around and a lot of questions about how sincere he actually is. we know donald trump would like a summit. the white house said as much a week or two ago. we know that donald trump is very excited about these latest offerors. and kim jong—un trump is very excited about these latest offerors. and kimjong—un has made a point about saying nice things to donald trump. i think the momentum now is that they will try to organise a summit. they have talked about a high level meeting next week already, and i'm sure that will be the goal. still a lot of questions, barbara. thanks. hopefully tomorrow we will get a nswe rs thanks. hopefully tomorrow we will get answers to those questions. you will be sitting down with the secretary of state. hopefully we will get some of those answers on north korea. there's been a mass shooting at a distribution centre in the us state of maryland. local police have said at least three people

were killed in the town of aberdeen, near baltimore. residents have been warned to avoid the area. authorities say the suspect — who is among the injured — was thought to be acting alone. the uk's takeover panel has announced that the takeover of broadcaster sky will be settled by auction. the broadcaster has been subject to rival bids from rupert murdoch's fox and us conglomerate comcast. the takeover panel said that the auction would start at 17:00 local london time on friday and end on saturday evening. police investigating a suspected poisoning at a restaurant in salisbury at the weekend are to examine whether it was a hoax. the incident sparked a major medical response at the same hospital which treated a former russian agent and his daughter, who were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok in march. now, take a look at this spider web — which takes some beating. warmer weather conditions have led to the eerie sight of a 300m—long web in western greece. experts say it's down to tetranatha spiders building large nests for mating. the world anti—doping agency — wada — has come under stinging

criticism from the us for lifting a ban on russian national anti—doping agency. the us anti—doping agency says the world body has delivered a devastating blow to clean athletes becuase russia hasn't met the conditions for having the ban lifted. it ends a three—year suspension that came after a major scandal over alleged state—sponsored doping. earlier we spoke to goldie sayers, a british athlete and bronze medalist in the beijing games of 2008. here is her take on the wada decision. there has been a lot of criticism of this decision by wada why do you think they made it? i'm not sure. it is a fairly devastating blow for clean athletes around the world, and i'm sure i'm not the only olympian to feel that way. for me, i don't know why they have to make this decision so

quickly. if russia isn't complying with the last prerequisites of the suggestions that were made to them to the year to the rest of the world's doping standards, i don't know why they need to be allowed back quite so soon. is there some kind of control that russia has over wada ? is there some kind of control that russia has over wada? the conditions haven't all been met so it looks like they are bending the rules? it does look like they are controlling wada, rather than the other way around. they should be there to protect the rights of clean athletes all around the world and this u—turn looks like the opposite. if you were an athlete competing in the next olympic games, would you have confidence in the russian testing regime, which will now oversee russian athletes? not the don't comply with these last two aspects that they need to comply

with. if i was going back into winter training now i would certainly be disheartened. i am all for them being reinstated and forgiveness, only if they complied with these two aspects of the code, and they certainly need to be seen to be wanting to comply, and that is theissue to be wanting to comply, and that is the issue i have with it. they haven't admitted state—sponsored doping, which was quite clear from the mclaren report. you sound very depressed about it. how do you think it affects the spirit of competition? well, one of the pillars of the olympic movement is about fair play andl olympic movement is about fair play and i think it is notjust about athletes, it is around people watching the olympic games and spectators and fans wanting to see clean sport and everybody competing ona clean sport and everybody competing on a level playing field. for me it is around the message it sends out to kids who are aspiring to be

olympians. if you are an olympic athletes and are found to be doping, it isa athletes and are found to be doping, it is a four—year ban, and yet there is state—sponsored doping and yet they get a three—year suspension and a slap on the rest. it is not a good message for sport, absolutely. such a good point that this sends out a message to children looking to become athletes as well. thank you for joining become athletes as well. thank you forjoining us. more now on our top story and the countdown to brexit. over the years hundreds of thousands of britons, have chosen to set up home in other eu countries, with more than 300,000 in spain. our correspondent sarah corker has been to the south of the country, to find out how some expats are coming to terms with all the changes, that lie ahead. music: la bamba.

parts of the costa del sol look and sound more british than they do spanish. more than 300,000 expats live in resorts like torremolinos and benidorm. steve and jill run the mariners bar — a little slice of grimsby on the costas. and then we brought pictures because my grandad was a trawlerman, steve's dad was trawlerman. and mention the b—word here, this is the response. you see, the spanish aren't going to stop brits coming to spain, they're not going to get shut of us — we pay too much money into the system. they moved here four years ago. now brexit, they say, has forced them to choose between spain or the uk. we thought we'd best move, lock, stock and barrel, to spain before brexit hits, so because we had business in england and a business here, we thought we'd get shut of the one in england first. so brexit almost made you make the decision to move to spain. brexit definitely made us commit to spain. but since the referendum in 2016, it's become more expensive for brits to buy here — the value of the pound has fallen against the euro. since the '605, the british have

been buying here in quite considerable numbers. estate agent ian irvin says, in use recent years, though, the british market has slowed right down and some older expats, now in their 70s and 80s, are now selling up. british, as one nationality, are still the biggest market. they probably represent at this point in time roughly about 40% of the market here. so 40% of people buying here are british? that's correct, yeah. whereas before, say in the early 20005, it was probably closer to 80%. there's been quite a large drop in the market. for brits living and working here on the costa del sol, brexit has thrown up two major concerns — access to health care, and pensions. at the moment, brits get free medical treatment here in spain, but will that continue post—brexit? and the weak pound has, for some pensioners, wiped off almost a third of the value of their pensions. further along the coast, in the small town of torrox

near malaga, i met two sisters originally from lincoln. they opened a restaurant and hotel here 16 years ago. the brexit vote came as a big shock. the day after the news of brexit came out, i did look at having dual nationality so we could get a european passport and obviously have our british passport. but spain doesn't allow that — you have to renounce your british citizenship if you want to have a spanish passport — so that's obviously a no—go for us. and neither of you wanted to do that. no, we don't want to do that, no. music: these boots are made for walkin'. 0n the costa del sol, there is a sense of brexit fatigue, frustration it's all taking so long, but a feeling, too, that it will eventually get sorted out. the brits — and the expat bars — are here to stay. sarah corker, bbc news, torremolinos. and some bad news for those expats.

at around 3pm this afternoon, the pound started to fall again. every time there is a hitch in the brexit proposals that seem to happen. still to come: this election season the us presidents past and present are out in full force. we'll look at whether these endorsements make a difference. an investigation into the weeks of chaos and thousands of cancellations across the rail network in may has concluded that nobody took charge. the report found there was a lack of clarity about roles and responsibilities. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge reports. a big—money upgrade to our railway. passengers will benefit further down the line. but in may, it was the cause of major disruption. the work in lancashire by publicly—owned network rail got way behind schedule and messed up plans for new timetables.

hundreds of trains cancelled on northern rail each day meant misery for passengers. it shattered their trust. today, the rail regulator said the problems on northern and on govia thameslink demonstrated a complete lack of leadership. when things started to go wrong, neither train companies, nor network rail, nor the government took control. myjob is now to make sure we have a better way going forward. your critics call you failing grayling. given the record, there is some truth in that. what we've done in the last couple of years is to proceed with an investment programme, and in many parts of the country, it's making a real difference. it didn't make a difference in the areas it was supposed to this summer. 0n the gtr network, in northern, we've got to make sure that doesn't happen again. 0ld infrastructure is being rooted out to modernise the network. the work on this line alone linking manchester and preston has taken years and has cost the taxpayer nearly £500 million.

but for passengers, it will mean that ancient diesel trains can be phased out and replaced by faster, more reliable electric models. but the work on the bolton corridor which was the root cause of problems in may shows the dilemma. britain's rail network needs improving, but if upgrades cause too much disruption, they jeopardise the confidence of passengers. managing that balance is key. there are six weeks to go until americans vote in mid term elections that are widely seen as a referendum on donald trump. the president himself has been out on the campaign trail several times, making the case for himself and other republican candidates. he's not the only

president out campaigning. george w bush has been showing support for republican candidates in texas. 93—year—old former democratic presidentjimmy carter turned out for a candidate in georgia. and barack 0bama has been endorsing democratic candidates in california and ohio. so how much impact do these endorsements really have? we're joined now by washington correspondent rajini vadiya nathan. all of the evidence shows you can get as many superstar endorsements as you like from celebrities and film stars it doesn't make much difference to your chances of winning an election. 0ur presidents different? it depends. let's start with donald trump. he never really stopped campaigning, ever since he won the election he has been holding rallies. i remember his first thank you rally in ohio. you have been to these rallies as well. that is how he connects with voters and i think

it is an important asset in congressional districts the won in 2016, where republicans want to mitchell they can win a game. when you look at his predecessor barack 0bama, yes he is back on the campaign trailand is 0bama, yes he is back on the campaign trail and is going to philadelphia tomorrow and california, there are some democratic candidates who say, we don't want you anywhere near our state. people likejon tester in the state. people likejon tester in the state of montana. it could axe fire on the democrats and give the republicans another punching bag. —— it could backfire. i wonder if it is a different regime from the old presidents. we know that donald trump's approval ratings are that donald trump's approval ratings a re pretty low. that donald trump's approval ratings are pretty low. is there a renewed nostalgia for the old guys? i think some of it is nostalgia and some of it is practical. let's talk about george w bush who is perhaps a surprise entrant to this campaign.

he is only doing closed—door events, fundraisers. because money is everything in us election campaign stop he is being used to reach the parts of america that perhaps donald trump can't. let's take a texas congressional district he has been fundraising in for the candidate will herald. that is a district donald trump last 2016. you are right, they do have star power and it isn't just the right, they do have star power and it isn'tjust the presidents themselves but we have seen donald trump junior at a lot of rallies and michelle 0bama, who i saw through the 2016 campaign was a really valuable asset for the democrats. fob yet for me to take a contrary position to christian but you could also argue that donald trump is such also argue that donald trump is such a new type of president and campaigned in such a different way, these old presidents look quite old and establishment. we have both covered american

politics for a while and i have to say that candidates i have seen, in the uk as well, there are rock star politicians— donald trump and barack 0bama. they have a star power that really ca n 0bama. they have a star power that really can translate into votes. both parties see them as assets. thank you very much. playing into this is the process of the nomination ofjudge kavanaugh. we are getting news that kristian dacey ford is prepared to testify but she wa nts to ford is prepared to testify but she wants to make sure it is fair. it looks like the phone calls are being set up so that testimony can be set up set up so that testimony can be set up on monday. it's been a fashion trend for some time — to give new, and sometimes very expensive clothes a "distressed look". but many people are saying that this company took it a step too far. these are the new sneakers of golden goose, a luxury brand known for its "worn out style". would you wear them ? what if i told you that these shoes cost a cool 530 dollars.

users on social media have had a field day, accusing the company of making a mockery of poverty. it does remind me of a couple of yea rs it does remind me of a couple of years ago when macy's put on sale a pairofjeans years ago when macy's put on sale a pair ofjeans that years ago when macy's put on sale a pair of jeans that were years ago when macy's put on sale a pair ofjeans that were meant to look mud splattered, so it was meant to look like you had just come off a construction site. they were selling for more than jeans were selling that were actually clean. what are we coming to? yes, no, quite. istill have we coming to? yes, no, quite. i still have a we coming to? yes, no, quite. istill have a pair of jeans yes, no, quite. istill have a pair ofjeans in my wardrobe with cuts on the knees. they are an old pair but i think they are still in, and they? no, dear. no, 0k. write, shall we talk about salzburg ? no, dear. no, 0k. write, shall we talk about salzburg? there is a delay on the line.

and story, viewers. normally when i come to these summits, the egg in brussels, let's face it is a pretty dour place to be. here you can wander around, you can smell the flowers, walk past the fountain. there is a free bar that the austrians have put on. so i am fully signed up to the austrian rotating presidency of the european union and i think we should embrace it. we should come to salzburg all the time and shamelessly use the songs from the sound of music to lift the mood of the brexit negotiations. we could have... we could have climb every mountain when the deal inevitably fails. we can't use lonely goatherd

because theresa may is not very good in wheat fields. and then the sound of music when we arrived at the brexit deal in 2029. if you think i am the only one running, here is donald tusk. no cherries. we will see you on monday. good evening. we have had a storm brewing up through the day. a combination of miserable weather, torrential driving rain which will ease for most of us through the night but the winds are escalating. already hitting the 50 mph mark, gusting across southern and western areas. even more in exposed parts

and escalating eastwards. 0n areas. even more in exposed parts and escalating eastwards. on that weather front we have got some really intense bursts of rain. let me show you how the rain has been hanging around over northern england, wales and the south—west through the day. it is only gradually going to ease its way eastwards so it is bringing quite significant amount of rain. even 60 millimetres in some areas. possibly higher over the hills. and we got more hours of that persistent really quite intense rain to come. there may even be some sleep across the tops of the pennines by the end of the night. it will continue to be pretty awful over the roads with that driving rain and poor visibility because of the hill fog as well. combine that with gusty wind, stronger than the other day and it could felt since trees —— fell some trees. it will feel fresher and we will notice that across england and wales. a fresh

day tomorrow. we still awaken to some lively gusts of wind. some debris around over friday morning. heavy rain to content with if you are travelling across north—east england. that wind will be very gusty indeed. gradually through the day it tends to ease and there will bea day it tends to ease and there will be a whole host of showers for scotla nd be a whole host of showers for scotland and northern ireland were some thunder initially. it will feel notably fresher with i6—70d the highs. we have seen it in the low 20s. that is because this brief ridge of high pressure killing off the showers, but we get more rain rushing into the south as we go through the day on saturday. a chilly start with mist and fog got a decent dave for most, apart from the south and west. a huge question over sunday because there is the potential of stormy weather. there are weather warnings and eric. goodbye. —— weather warnings out there. this is bbc news.

the headlines at eight: the head of the european council tells theresa may her brexit plan is not acceptable. the suggested framework for economic cooperation will not work. mostly because it will be undermining the single market. but the prime minister inisits her plan is the only serious credible way to avoid a hard border in northern ireland. there is a lot of work to be done. and we'll be doing that over the next few and what we would try it for the mccartney is delivering for the british people. —— what will drive me is delivering. thousands of cancellations and chaos on the railways over the summer — an investigation concludes the problem was that nobody took charge. at least three people have been killed, and others wounded, after a gun—woman opened fire at an industrial unit in the us state of maryland. police say the suspect is now in custody. councils in england warn that the worst is yet to come