you're watching beyond 100 days. we're in florida — where the sun is shining and the polls are already open for early voting. it's the state that can decide elections — and hispanic voters could be the key to democrats taking back control of congress on november 6th. a quarter of florida's population is hispanic — they are being wooed by both republicans and democrats. the final result may well depend on whether this group turns up at the polls. why are you voting this time and you didn't last time? because it matters. cctv footage from turkey suggests saudi arabia sent a body double to stand in forjamal khashoggi after he disappeared — it points to a carefully planned operation.? also on the programme: the united nations says more than 7,000 people are headed to the states in migrant caravans. president trump says he will start cutting off foreign aid to guatemala, honduras and el salvador over the crisis. the british prime minister theresa may says she's prepared

to "explore every possible option" to reach a deal with brexit talks and addressed the concern about the violent language used against her. hitch a lift at the side of the road, end up flying with a famous actor in a helicopter. we'll show you how the unlikely event unfolded with australian actor chris hemsworth playing a lead role. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in miami and nuala mcgovern is in london. chrisjulian chris julian was chrisjulian was last chris julian was last seen chrisjulian was last seen wandering off in wales, he is on his mid—term break. there are lots of good reasons to come to florida in election season — not all of them to do with what you see behind me. polling stations opened for early voting today and people camped out overnight to be the first to vote. that is really unusual for a mid term election — and it shows you how much energy

there is around these elections. in florida there are a string of important races — some that pit conservative trump supporters against liberal democrats. the election could also give the state its first ever black governor. but no—one can win in florida without getting the support of one critical group — hispanic voters. they make up 18% of the population across the us. and here in florida — 25% of the population. but when it comes to elections, hispanic voter turnout is consistently low, like in 2016, when it was lower than that of white, black, or asian groups. so will this time be different? i've gone to find out. in miami, you don't call yourself hispanic. you are costa rican, where the frills are exuberant and the flowers are sweet. or you are bolivian, where the heels are sky high and the moves are sexy. 0ryou are cuban, and voting is a duty. are you going to vote in the election? oh, my god, that's a very

difficult question. yes, i will vote. not even hear everyone regularly votes. translation: i am votes. translation: iam not votes. translation: i am not a citizen, he told me. it matters this time. every 30 seconds here in america, a latina turns 18. therefore, eligible to vote. that is 66,000 potential new voters every month. for both republicans and democrats, it's a bonanza. the problem is, hispanics turn out to vote in lower numbers than any other group in the country. so, how does a democrat like eileen higgins get her solidly hispanic community to turn up on election day? particularly when she has one rather obvious hurdle. you don't look very hispanic. no! i don't.

like, not at all. no, i can't trick anyone into thinking that. how much of a drawback is that, then, appealing to hispanic voters? i didn't find it a drawback at all. in miami, i always like to call it, this is the land of the free and the home of the spanglish—speaking. eileen has a message for other democrats in the country. keep issues local and connected to what we care about. the idea that hispanics will inevitably vote democratic isn't one that gets much support here in hialeah. rene garcia is cuban american, republican and an old school politician. though it's not quite babies he's kissing, his voters are elderly, his challenge now is winning over younger, non—cuban hispanics. hispanic voters tend to be more

conservative in nature. the republican party has given up on them figures, given up the democrats. — — them figures, given up the democrats. —— for years. it's up to us now, the moderates, independents, pragmatic thinkers, to go out and reach out to the hispanics. does trump help with those voters? not with the cuban americans but with those hispanic voters. does he help or does he hurt? i think the immigration issue hurts. america's big demographic fight is over hispanic voters. there are lots of them and whoever can get them to actually vote stands a great chance of winning elections here. paul says more than words ever could. we are battling noises here, so could. we are battling noises here, so forget if we —— forgive if we get interrupted. for more on the political landscape in florida, i am joined now by david smiley, political reporter

for the miami herald. will hispanics in this state defied the national trend and turnout and reasonably big numbers in this mid—term election? reasonably big numbers in this mid-term election? it is hard to say. history says hispanics do not vote in large numbers in mid—term elections, they did not in 2014. but there are signs the parts will in 2018. we have more than1 million puerto rican slipping in the state, their island with affected usually by hurricane earlier. we have seen the politics play out. americans remain reliable voters. we've had a huge influx of people from central america and south america coming into the state and the candidates are courting them aggressively. could democrats have a better turnout amongst hispanics may have donein turnout amongst hispanics may have done in previous years in florida? they are trying and it is possible. we will have to wait and see.

everyone watches florida, it is not just because of the sunshine and warm up just because of the sunshine and warm up on some of just because of the sunshine and warm up on some of the northern states that are critical, what is it about florida at this time around that makes it so important in these mid—term elections? that makes it so important in these mid-term elections? it is the country's largest swing state and there is a nationalfeeling country's largest swing state and there is a national feeling to the senate in 2018 goes through florida. the democrats do not take back the senate if they lose the seat, there's a feeling that the key to be 2020 white house run through florida. donald is campaigning heavily for the nominee, we have seenjoe biden heavily for the nominee, we have seen joe biden and heavily for the nominee, we have seenjoe biden and hillary clinton coming down the street to campaign. it isa coming down the street to campaign. it is a huge state with a massive economy and politics is huge in florida. it is really important to the nation. there was a debate last night and there was a lot of conversation about climate change. how important

is that as an issue? everyone is conscious of climate change, how important is it other voting issue here? i do not remember climate change being an issue like that in the debate. we have seen hugely intensive hurricane is, hurricane michael, some evidence that hurricanes are getting stronger because of warmer seas. see right here in miami beach and received here in miami beach and received here in miami beach and received here in downtown miami and the candidates are aware that more and more floridians are becoming concerned about what is going to happen to the state as the climate changes. the other issue of course that florida has talked about a lot over because of the last of years has been done legislation after the terrible shooting earlier this year in parkland after—school. how much is gun—control issue in this campaign? people like to call florida sunshine state because it is so florida sunshine state because it is so funny to the second amendment. and the —— friendly to the second

amendment. there has certainly been a move to be more liberal on gun laws here but it is a very divisive issue still in the state of florida. the big question is will young people come out in larger numbers with the youth led movement from parkland and that might sway where the margins remain very close historically? david, thank you very much. that issue of the youth vote is so interesting because youth voters, young voters in america are sometimes described as the bride that keeps you waiting at the altar, they never show up. every election cycle there is a lot of interest in whether young voters will turn up. because of parkland, all the rallies organised by parkland students on theissue organised by parkland students on the issue of gun control. they all talked about that time about how important these elections were. it will be interesting in this state and nationally to see whether young

people do show up in the mid—term elections. really interesting. a couple of weeks ago. maybe this is the time they are ready to get married instead of leaving them standing at the altar. i suppose taking a look at some of the hispanic vote you speak to, not really a block different interest, what candidate will actually appeal to them. it is quite something to see. let me move on. jared kushner, president trump's son—in—law, has warned the saudis to be fully transparent about the death of journalist jamal khashoggi. mr kushner, who has close ties with the saudi crown prince, mohammad bin salman, says he told the prince that the world is watching. but mr kushner refrained from passing judgement on the killing, saying only that the white house is still in fact finding mode. turkey has been drip feeding information. president erdogan has

said he will reveal the full details tomorrow. the media are pointing the blame at crown prince mohammed bin salman. the bbc‘s james landale has this report. these are the last pictures ofjamal khashoggi and his fiancee just hours before he was murdered. arriving at his flat in istanbul, shortly before his ill—fated visit to the saudi consulate almost three weeks ago. today, the investigation into the journalist's death continued, turkish police finding a car belonging to the saudi consulate abandoned in an underground car park. all eyes now are on president erdogan of turkey. he's promised to reveal the naked truth about the murder tomorrow. today, his spokesman said it was no accident. translation: we are faced with a situation in which a murder has been brutally planned, and a lot of effort has been made to cover it up. when we look at it from this point of view, it is a very complex murder. and these new pictures seem to show part of that cover—up. a man who left the saudi consulate appearing to wear clothes similar

to mr khashoggi, a body double in a fake beard, according to turkish sources, to give the impression the journalist had left the consulate alive. earlier, saudi officials said the country's de facto ruler, crown prince mohammad bin salman, had called mr khashoggi's family to offer his condolences. but that didn't stop the international backlash growing. today, yet more business leaders pulled out of a big conference in riyadh tomorrow, and the world is still looking for answers. i am sure the whole house willjoin me in condemning the killing of jamal khashoggi in the strongest possible terms. we must get to the truth of what happened. but pressure is growing on her government to take a tougher line. so what action could the uk take against saudi arabia? it could impose diplomatic pressure by withdrawing the british ambassador. it could be more critical of the controversial saudi—led military campaign in yemen.

there could be sanctions against specific individuals linked to the khashoggi murder. 0r britain could even stop selling arms to saudi arabia. but all that will wait until turkish investigators reveal what they think happened, how a man looking to get married went with his fiancee to get the papers he needed and was never seen again. james landale, bbc news. james landale there with the options open to the british government. for more on the international fallout from this incident, we are joined in washington by ivo daalder, a former us ambassador to nato and author of the empty throne: america's abdication of global leadership. let mejust let me just start with the news that is just breaking out of the white house. the national security adviser john bolton has said in the last few minutes that the us wants to know everything that happened in saudi arabia, do you think the white house

will get to the bottom of this? and if they do, what are they going to do about it? ido do about it? i do not think they are going to get to the bottom of this if they are going to rely on the turkish government and the saudi government to do the investigation because both sides have other motives beyond finding out what really happened. i think it is high time for the united states to go to the un and demand an international investigation and saudi and turkish cooperation with that investigation in order to find out what is going on. the turks are playing games by dripping out new evidence as they want and the saudis have changed their story so many times it is hard to believe what really happened, what is true. we need to get to the bottom of it in order to have a relationship with the saudi government that goes on in the saudi government that goes on in the future. european leaders including angela merkel has suggested there should be a halt on all european arms sales to saudi arabia until we know what

happened to jamal khashoggi. so far the white house is resisting that. do you think america is going to be pushed by congress brad into a position of taking some kind of function, meaningful sanctions against them? yes, i think so. i think the white house will be well advised to the bent arm sells ourselves in till such time as we have a very clear picture what happened and that those responsible have been brought tojustice. 0ne would expect the white house normally to leave this kind of effort are not to wait for allies for the governments to come forth and decide what the future course of oui’ and decide what the future course of our policy should be. yes, i do think at this point suspending arm sells, calling for an international investigation and in addition i think it is hardly time for the us do end its support for the saudi and new ae wall against yemen which has now been going on against three yea rs now been going on against three years and the situation in that

country is the greatest humanitarian crisis the world has seen. —— saudi and you ae . that story that has captured the imagination of the american people, we have seen with other issues that it breaks down alongside political alliance and what sort of action they will like the united states to take. how do you it? i do not think this is going to have a huge impact on the elections you just talked about. i think people vote mostly for issues that are closer to home, the economy, health care, those are big issues. immigration has become a bigger issue and in certain places like florida, climate change as your previous report showed. foreign policy generally is not determinative. i do not think this particular issue, people are seas without, from nu ‘s perspective, i do not think it will sway the

election one way or another. maybe you are already answering my next question, this is to do with foreign policy. this is to do with mrtrump announcing he foreign policy. this is to do with mr trump announcing he would withdraw from a cold war era treaty that he feels russia is not playing by the rules, but they are abusing it and it may set offered diplomatic spat. how do you think the significance of the announcement by mrtrump is? significance of the announcement by mr trump is? i think it is very significant, it apparently came quite out of the blue. this is a treaty that was negotiated by ron reagan and gorbachev back in the 19805. it reagan and gorbachev back in the 1980s. it was a treaty that followed and major nato effort to deploy these kinds of muscles, intermediate range bustles in europe that led to large—scale demonstrations throughout the united kingdom and europe. ultimately limited all of these weapons. it was a major achievement, turning point in the cold war. stepping away from it

without consulting with our allies, and having really no strategy to figuring out what we will do instead of the arms control treaty is the kind of action we have begun to expect from donald trump but it does not mean it is right. it will have major re—progressions for us standing i think in europe and among our ila —— allies. thank you forjoining us. the ambassador is right there, foreign policy in terms of these mid—term elections is not having a big impact, whether it is fouls or pulling out of that treaty. it is striking the degree that the jamal khashoggi story has dominated, gerald fisher, who is close to the crown prince mohammed bin salman was asked in an interview today and had to respond. the white house is still enough fact riding position but that

he did talk to the crown prince and say that there had to be full transparency. let's see whether they we get full transparency, it may be difficult to get, it will depend on what president erdogan and turkey decide to release in the way of evidence tomorrow. a lot of people watching is about, i believe it is happening at 11 o'clock istanbul time when people would decide exactly, mr hurd when saying he will let them make up their own minds. —— president erdogan. but also i think as this story has changed every day with a different explanation, we were hearing earlier about a possible double bill with the venues within the consulate, it is something that i think will take a long time to pick about exactly what might have transpired. watch congress, that would be the key to all of this. president trump has hit out at the group of central american

migrants making their way to the us border. taking to twitter he vowed to cut off or substantially reduce aid to guatemala, honduras and el salvador in retaliation for the migrant caravan. trump says he's alerted us border patrol and the military that the situation is a national emergency, after mexican authorities were unable to stop the group of thousands of migrants from crossing the border between guatemala and mexico. the group have now passed the city of tapachula, many surviving on food and water given to them by locals, vowing to continue their march north despite the warnings from president trump, saying it's worth the risk to escape the violence and poverty in their home countries. the bbc‘s aleem maqbool is with the group and filed this report. more than a week trekking hundreds of miles is taking its toll. a town square just of miles is taking its toll. a town squarejust inside of miles is taking its toll. a town square just inside mexico of miles is taking its toll. a town squarejust inside mexico has become a makeshift camp. the place to rest on this long, punishing journey to the united states. translation: every day we get more

and more tight but everything that is happening back and haunt doris and the fact of the future of my children is what motivates me to keep going. —— honduras. mexicans have come out of support bottom by handing out medicines and close. this is just the group of people heading to the region to america, many more are following in what is starting to feel like an exodus. donald trump now says he will cut millions of dollars in aid to central american countries because they have not been able to stop people making this migration. all around us, we can people making this migration. all around us, we can see people making this migration. all around us, we can see people from those very countries driven to do this because of the extreme poverty back home. along the route, local people and aid agencies have provides listeners that this is still no easy undertaking. we are just simple people, he tells me, there is no work back home so we have to go

elsewhere. we are not looking for problems with anyone, wejust we are not looking for problems with anyone, we just want to provide for ourfamilies. this may have become a political story in the united states, but as they prepared to resume their tough journey, it is clear what has brought so many people together is not politics, but sheer desperation. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in tapachula, mexico. interesting that the president is picking up on this a couple weeks before the mid—time elections. this is something that donald trump builds motivates his base of supporters. he has used immigration only passes away to get out his base and he knows that for him, what works with his supporters is a feeling of anger, a feeling of fear, those are more important drivers to the polls, if you would like, and his particular voters are feeling complacent, there is concern in the white house and amongst republicans that now the brett kavanaugh has

been confirmed, people are no longer talk about that, it did not surprise me at all to see this morning that president trump tweeted about this ca rava n president trump tweeted about this caravan of migrants. the un saying 7000 people. the numbers are staggering. the country's that mr trump is singled out, the places, they are travelling through from. they may happen that they arrive on the border in the centre of the mid—term election. also, what happens to them when they reach the border? from what we are hearing, does not sound like they would be able to make it further. no, there are extra troops now on the us border at the moment. tricky for people to get through. this next story is about something i wa nt this next story is about something i want my children about not doing. —— i warned my children. hitchhiking's a pretty risky business, you never really know who might be pulling up to give you a ride. so naturally, american musician scott hildebrand was delighted

to find the actor chris hemsworth behind the wheel, who offered to take him to a surfing spot in byron bay, eastern australia. but scott's good luck didn't stop there. because chris and his friend were heading to byron bay via helicopter, and scott was invited on board tojoin them. watch this. are you guys flying to byron bay? you're choppering to byron bay, brother! scotty— boy! scotty. .. it's his first time. chris, can you help him? there you go. there you go, mate. ok. 0k. pretty good way to travel. i think my days of hitchhiking are a long time ago and i used to be picked up by all the banners, mostly by large families of people. i never got a ride on a helicopter. —— old

cars. i would pick people up in my volkswagen beetle if i ever picked up volkswagen beetle if i ever picked upa volkswagen beetle if i ever picked up a hitchhiker. it is downhill for that matter now, he will never get picked up by helicopter again. i tell you, we did a little bit of searching on celebrity hitchhiking because why not? we found out matthew mcconnachie used to pick up hitchhikers in a golf cart to give them a ride around the university campus. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — one of the world's biggest tobacco firms urges smokers to quit — critics call it ‘staggering hypocrisy‘ — but is it? theresa may warns politicians to be careful with their descriptions, after a stack of violent language directed towards the prime minister, appeared in the weekend's papers. that's still to come. after a weekend brought some

positively balmy weather, the temperatures of 20 celsius in the north—east of scotland on saturday, then across parts of eastern england on sunday. very difficult at the moment to imagine the weekend ahead may bring a seems more like this across northern hills and you will be reaching for some warmer clothes. an arctic blast on the way. all thanks to this area of high pressure that will change orientation in the days ahead and eventually bring our air infrom days ahead and eventually bring our air in from the arctic. at the moment the lines like westies and that means the air is coming in from the atlantic, a relatively mild sauce. to the south, clearer skies, a light breeze, one or two areas may see it drop down to one or two celsius, the risk of ground force. to the north, more carter ruck, more the breeze and temperatures staying in double figures. heavy rain bow to the north. through tuesday morning,

it will get moving, pushing itself further south. affecting western scotland, getting into some of scotla nd scotland, getting into some of scotland mid—morning. shelter in the east though, little bit of like this, could see the temperatures soaring up once again on tuesday afternoon, a high of 17 possible in aberdeen. the south, drier, brighter and a little milder than today. 15 in london. more windy. the middle of the week, we lose the rain from scotland, the wind will ease as well. a largely draped eye with —— friday with hazy sunshine. largely like twins, some high keidanren, out of the blue skies. temperatures, was they should be, degree or down on wednesday. thursday into friday that the big change comes about. we start to lose that westerly effect, and open the floodgates to the arctic.

the yellow subsides to the blue and that cold plunge will make its way across the uk, accompanied by biting northerly wind. we may well see some snow across northern hills. some showers around the coast. a lot of fine weather on the whole but the biggest changes how much colder it feels and that biting northerly wind. you're watching beyond 100 days. our top stories: early voting begins in many counties in florida today as the state's large hispanic population is being wooed by both republicans and democrats. an abandoned car belonging to the saudi consulate has been found in an istanbul suburb three weeks after the journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered inside the building. saudi authorities claim mr khashoggi died during a "rogue operation". also on the programme: the brexit debate becomes even more bitter. the comments about theresa may by one conservative mp have many crying foul.

a video of an elderly black woman being racially abused on a ryanair flight has created an uproar. we'll bring you the latest on the fallout. last night, here in florida, the two men vying to be governor squared off in their first and only debate. from the start, republican ron desantis and democrat andrew gillum made their differences known. from crime to the economy, they sparred for over an hour. of course, donald trump came into the conversation — and it's no surprise, after this ad mr desantis put out tying himself to the president. my husband, ron desantis, is endorsed by president trump. he's also an amazing dad. ron loves playing with the kids. build the wall! he reads stories. then mr trump said, you're fired. i love that part. he's teaching madison to talk. make america great again.

but one of the greatest differences andrew gillum tried to emphasize last night was his support for gun control, after the shooting in parkland, florida earlier this year which claimed 17 lives. he waged this attack on his republican opponent. he's wholly owned by the nra. he's not going to stand up to the national rifle association. that's why they are running all these ads against me, because they want the man that they bought. in my case, we are prepared to stand up to the nra. and joining me now is the mayor of miami—dade county, carlos gimenez. i nearly got it right! thank you for joining us. that debate last night made it pretty clear that ron desantis made it pretty clear that ron desa ntis and andrew made it pretty clear that ron desantis and andrew gillum are different people. to what extent do you think they represent the different wings of politics in

america today? i think they represent them pretty well, in terms of right and left. i am more in the middle, andi of right and left. i am more in the middle, and i think most of america is somewhere in the middle, middle right or middle left, not so much right or middle left, not so much right not so much left. that is down to the two parties, and that's a choice we have. you must be the 20th person i've interviewed in the last two days who tells me they are in the middle of american politics and politics has become too far left or right in this country. but somebody is far left and far right, so why are they getting the attention? it isa are they getting the attention? it is a polarity. if you had more than one candidate or various candidates, it's the person who gets the most votes out of that party. if you really look at it, maybe desantis got over 50%, but on the democrat

side, there were a number of candidates. whoever got the most percentage of the vote is the candidate. i believe that american parties have gone too far right and left and i am more parties have gone too far right and leftand i am more in parties have gone too far right and left and i am more in the middle. i am centre—right and i believe most of the country is in the middle. you are mayor of one of the most important bits of florida. to what extent will miami—dade, where we are right now, be what decides the direction of this state for the next four years? 2.7 million residents fear, the largest county by far in the state. it is a heavily democratic county, so what happens here, it depends what kind of an advantage the democratic candidate comes out of here will determine the outcome of the race, so if they come outcome of the race, so if they come out with a lower number, then the republican will win it. if they get a much higher number, the democrat

will win. could florida be about to have its first ever african—american governor? the polls say it's a possibility, so yeah. what will these midterm elections tell us, because everybody is always looking about the next presidential election, about the direction florida is heading in the presidential election 2020? historically, in the midterms, whatever party is in the white house loses seats. it doesn't necessarily mean that particular individual will lose in 2020. after 2010, barack 0bama the democrat party lost seats in congress but he won re—election in 2012, so knowledge exchanges from week to week. two years is an eternity in politics. i would expect the democrats will pick up some seats in the house but, at the end, is that a bellwether for 2020?

history says maybe yes, maybe no. who knows? i reckon the mayor is taking a super long view, notjust the politics, which changes our tower in this country at the moment. we've spoken about this many times on the programme. stories we were topping that last week get forgotten because something takes its space. everybody‘s watching the florida race because of andrew gillum on the democratic side, and the democrats are desperate for some kind of standard there are going forward and already talking about him as a potential presidential candidate. i told you it was never too early! they are already talking about him as some kind of presidential candidate on the democratic side it a future date. he is the mayor of tallahassee, and already talking about what he could be in the future. it's interesting, these terms globally, the past, it's

something which would have been more within the united states, but when i've been travelling people are talking about the midterms and wondering if it is a wraparound on mrtrump. wondering if it is a wraparound on mr trump. oh, yeah, i've never seen a midterms like this, in terms of global interest. normally people snore through the midterms. this one is quantified be different, the degree to which people are informed around the world, interested, and i think it's not just around the world, interested, and i think it's notjust that it's going to bea think it's notjust that it's going to be a referendum on donald trump, but people in other countries are looking to see if it will be a check on him, or if it will be another two yea rs of on him, or if it will be another two years of trump and in free reign over american politics, and that is why they are at the midterms. rebel conservative mps have been reported saying things about theresa may that are shocking and violent. "the moment is coming when the knife gets heated, stuck in her front and twisted. she'll be dead soon." that's one of the expressions used. a newspaper headline said mrs may is "entering the killing zone" and reports that another mp said that "an assassination is in the air".

the prime minister was also reportedly told to "bring her own noose" to a meeting this week. the level of vitriol reflects how bitter the brexit debate has become — even though, in practical terms, little has changed. there is no obvious successor to theresa may who could either get more support from the party or get the brexit talks moving faster. and the inflammatory language has had the opposite effect to that intended, with conservative mps clearly disgusted by the tone. the prime minister and i have had many disagreements on many things, but i stand with her completely against the violent, dehumanising and frankly misogynistic language we have seen, which i hope the whole house will condemn, because it demeans every single one of us. could ijoin other colleagues here in utterly condemning the use of language that we saw over the weekend, in the fond hope that we won't see any sort of language like that in the future. a sense of it.

conservative brexit—supporting mp crispin blunt joins us now from westminster. first, your thoughts on that language which was splashed across the papers. i think it was pretty silly, probably set in private with a journalist, and the mp concerned would have been wiser to reflect that the journalist, if you use language like that, is liable to report it. silly sounds quite tame. many people were visibly shocked and felt that language needed to be taken out of the debate. felt that language needed to be taken out of the debatelj felt that language needed to be taken out of the debate. i rather suspect the person using the language had no intention other than making the conversation rather more graphic and impressive. but, of course, it could be —— it is being played out and everybody is rightly condemned it, in these days when

members of my profession, latterly, jo cox has been murdered on the streets. this is not sensible language to use, even if you intend it to be private. i'm going to agree that turning this pretty silly seems very mild, given the case ofjo cox being murdered and the kind of reaction this has had. talking of an assassination zone and a killing zone, that is an century language that i imagine you would want to ta ke that i imagine you would want to take the opportunity to condemn wholeheartedly. i do condemn it, but i want to understand the context in which it was said. it is now being reported as if it was public incitement by the individuals who said these things. i think the characterisation of these conversations, they were probably intended to be private and graphic and impressive in private to the individual concerned, who was having a conversation. singularly un—wise,

obviously quite wrong even to run the risk of comments like that getting into the public domain. it's got the condemnation it richly deserves. which i would share. i'm not sure whether it makes much difference whether the comments were in public or in private. do you think the prime minister has lost control of her party? the prime minister is insignificant difficulty, no doubt, because there is very little support for the policy she is pursuing towards the european union. i will have to see how that plays out. i think you characterise the issue as bitterness in your report, and i think that is wrong. i think it is more frustration rather than bitterness. i think frustration rather than bitterness. ithinka frustration rather than bitterness. i think a number of colleagues are frustrated that there would be —— appeared to be a position a deep and free—trade agreement with the eu,

with added elements around things like security and from policy, would command very broad support, but that's got to be a free—trade agreement with the uk, not great britain, which is so far what the eu has offered. that means simply that the eu have got to move on the issue of the northern ireland border, recognised the complexities and historic difficulties and, indeed, the rather interesting geography of that border in order to then put in place an agreement which makes sure that the practical necessity of securing the european single market and their customs union and the future british single market and its customs union can be delivered. do you think that a no—deal brexit is looking more likely? we've got to get the focus on that bit of european union intransigence on the european union intransigence on the european border and, when all of the interests come into play about what

is at stake, if they are going to stand on the legalistic position they have taken on that border, and i'm not going to enter into any kind of agreement with the uk, to ensure that the objectives we share about securing our respective customs unions and single market supposed brexit along the border, if they are not prepared to entertain sensible practicalities, that's where the focus has to be, because that is the central issue. we can't allow, and the uk should allow the whole position, our position to be manipulated around that issue and then caved in. and then end up with a thoroughly bad agreement or not in agreement. that is one view being put across, crispin blunt. thank you for speaking to us from westminster. iam back for speaking to us from westminster. i am back from ireland, for speaking to us from westminster. iam back from ireland, and i have heard many diverging opinions in dublin. it is sticky. 0ur political correspondent rob watsonjoins us. good to have you with us. we are

hearing a bit of how sticky it is. talk to us a bit about this language we we re talk to us a bit about this language we were talking about at the beginning, and indeed it is something that has got people in an uproarand something that has got people in an uproar and really focusing in on brexit and the tone around this debate. it certainly has, and i guess i would say that, frankly, the obvious, and that is that itjust shows you the sort of passion and division and, i guess what some people might say, frankly, the poison that's been tricked into the debate about brexit. notjust in the governing conservative party, and boy, have they got plenty of poison and division there, but in the country, more broadly. with this, we we re country, more broadly. with this, we were hearing there from crispin blunt, when it came to theresa may, but she addressed parliament today. is she politically at risk, as you

seeit? is she politically at risk, as you see it? of course, in the sense that, in some ways, she is trying to do the impossible, to strike a deal about britain's withdrawal and future relationship with the eu that somehow appeals to a divided party that doesn't have a board in northern ireland, which keeps business in this country happy, and they are very worried indeed, and they are very worried indeed, and the eu 27. a lot of people would say that what we are seeing now, the difficulties she is facing, are really some of the contradictions in the brexit promise, and the campaign was all about wanting to take back control of our borders, money and law, but it's quite tricky to take back control of your borders but not in northern ireland. rod i never thought i'd say this, but i'm watching politics in the uk and it looks even more divided and vitriolic than politics in america. we've got members of congress being heckled wherever they go, being shouted at in restaurants, and i

didn't think i was going to see this in britain. i thought this was a largely american phenomenon, and yet we've had what we had this weekend. you know how i like to be like florida, a ray of sunshine, and we may come back what you are doing out there and why i am not there to, but i'd don't think it's an exaggeration to say that britain is in a crisis, and that's because the country at large is passionately and emotionally divided over brexit, a sort of mutual incomprehension of the other side. britain's politicians are at sixes and sevens with no consensus on how britain should leave the eu and what the future relationship should be. businesses are profoundly worried, and relations between the eu and the uk aren't great, and there is the chance of a sort of breakdown in the talks. 0ne hates to be a gloomy person from london, but it seems to

be that that is the very definition of the crisis, population split, politicians split, and an issue of national importance. i was wondering if there was any way i could cheer things up by telling a smalljoke about florida rest is their time? quickly! jerry seinfeld, the famous jewish american, he once said, you know, my parents used to live in new york but they moved to florida. they didn't want to, but they were 65 and its the law. thank you, robert watson, joining us in the london studio. this is beyond 100 days. we'll have the latest. a man has admitted murdering the midwife samantha eastwood

whose body was found in a shallow grave in staffordshire in august. michael stirling pleaded guilty to killing the 28—year—old, who was discovered, wrapped in a duvet with tape around her eyes and face, eight days after she went missing. northampton crown court heard that stirling was the brother—in—law of miss eastwood's ex—fiance, and the two had been having an increasingly tense relationship. stirling denied that her murder had been premeditated. samantha eastwood, a friend, a sister, a much loved daughter. today, this man, 32—year—old michael stirling, pleaded guilty to murdering her after a row that quickly escalated. the court was told the two were having a long—standing affair and that stirling is the brother—in—law of her ex—fiance. samantha eastwood lived in this house in stoke—on—trent, and it was here where stirling killed her after a bout of intense rage. she was reported missing in late july. eight days passed before the police found her body. she is my best friend

and partner in crime. at the time, her sister made an emotional plea. this afternoon, her family watched him via video link from the public gallery. they have been through hell, he has lied to them, he has lied to the police. they haven't known what to think, who's telling the truth. it's been a roller—coaster, an emotional roller—coaster for them. i think that is why today is such a significant moment for them. samantha, on the left, was last seen leaving royal stoke hospital after a night shift on the 27th ofjuly. and then, days later, her body was discovered buried in a shallow grave in rural staffordshire. it was wrapped in a duvet, with tape covering her mouth and eyes. through his lawyer, stirling said he was deeply sorry. he was remanded in custody and will be sentenced in december. sima kotecha, bbc news, stoke—on—trent. the makers of marlboro cigarettes have drawn criticism

after a campaign in today's issue of the uk's daily mirror. the four—page spread called "hold my light" urges smokers to get involved in a 30—day challenge to ditch cigarettes. however, the campaign has been slammed as "staggeringly hypocritical", with cancer research uk saying, "the best way philip morris could help people to stop smoking is to stop making cigarettes". it's also raising questions about whether the tobacco company are "skirting around" advertising standards with the campaign. joining us now to discuss this is dr karen evans reeves, who's a research fellow with the tobacco control research group at the university of bath. could this not be a good thing, that they are trying to get people to stop smoking, at least tobacco? well, that's interesting that you

say at least tobacco. they are not actually asking people to go without tobacco, they are saying smoke—free, andi tobacco, they are saying smoke—free, and i think we need to think of this company's and i think we need to think of this compa ny‘s motives. and i think we need to think of this company's motives. like any other company, they need sales for profit and all they are doing is switching customers from one addictive and harmful product to another addictive product. philip morris ones smokers to switch, so i think smoke—free is not to ba cco to switch, so i think smoke—free is not tobacco free, and that is an important distinction we need to make. there is a lot of concern here in the us about vaping and whether we are creating a whole new generation of young kids addicted to nicotine? they don't understand the risks of vaping, and these kids will tell you, i will never touch a cigarette, but they are vaping everyday and they don't know they

are getting addicted. how should we be addressing this? vaping is an issue here, but i think today's announcement from philip morris isn't necessarily a bad vaping. they are promoting a heated tobacco product, and there is no independent science about the relative harms of heated tobacco products, and one study published this year in a branch of the british medical journal reviewed some of philip morris's and data, and i will quote from the report, philip morris's own data failed to show consistently lower risks of harm to humans using its heated tobacco product they are trying to promote. thank you very much forjoining us. the budget airline ryanair has been

criticised for failing to remove a man from one of their flights after he made allegedly racist remarks to an elderly black woman. the man wasn't removed from the flight as it prepared to leave barcelona to return to stansted airport in london. instead, he was allowed to stay in his seat while the woman was moved. the video was shared on social media and went viral, provoking outrage. ryanair says it has reported what happened to the police. chichi izundu reports. i will tell you this, if you don't go to another seat, i will push you to another seat. this video has now been viewed more than 4.5 million times on facebook and more than 3 million on twitter. it shows an argument between two passengers on a ryanair flight from barcelona to stansted last friday. stop. there's no need for that at all. just stop. this man then becomes racially abusive to 77—year—old mrs gale, who sat next to him. david lawrence filmed it on his phone. i was expecting to see the cavalry turn up, the police, for them to escort him off the flight, for him to be arrested, charged, locked up, everything,

like i often see happen to other passengers who do this. none of that was done. he was allowed to travel to his destination. rya nair‘s chief executive, michael 0'leary, has been doing interviews this morning on the company's falling profits but the company has refused to comment further on friday's incident because they've handled the matter over to essex police. transport secretary chris grayling said authorities should be involved. what we saw was totally u na cce pta ble. the shadow transport minister, karl turner, says police may not have the power to act. the uk law only applies if the aircraft is travelling to a uk destination. it needs to be in flight, the definition of in—flight surprised, disgusted and hurt. that's how the family of mrs gale have described the incident to the huffington post and say they still haven't heard anything from rya nair.

chichi izundu, bbc news. that video going viral and lots of people weighing in. i was interested to see it's been picked up on this side of the atlantic, with the new york times running a story, so pressure on ryanair to come up with an apology. before we head back, back to washington, dc, where it is already getting cold, away from sunny florida, these elections in this state are being watched across the country. we've spoken a lot about this panic voters, but the split between a liberal democrat, represented by alan gillon, —— andrew gillum, and ron desantis, a very key supporter of donald trump, thatis very key supporter of donald trump, that is being watched closely around the country to see which direction these two parties are going in. it will impact what happens to the state for the next two years, but

it's also being seen as a harbinger of what happens in the next election if florida is moving from being a conservative republican state to a more democratic state. i think we will get an indication of the 2020 election and what happens in this state in two weeks. that is why it's a lwa ys state in two weeks. that is why it's always fun to come here. great to hear it. after a weekend that brought some positively balmy weather, with temperatures of 20 in the north—east of scotla nd temperatures of 20 in the north—east of scotland on saturday, and was possibly stunned england on sunday, difficult at the moment imagine the weekend ahead may bring us seems like these across some northern hills, and i think we will all be reaching for warmer clothing. a biting northerly wind and an arctic blast on the way. that's thanks to this high pressure, which will

change orientation in the days ahead and eventually bring air in from the arctic food at the moment, the air is coming from the atlantic, so a relatively mild source. to the south tonight, with clearer skies and a light breeze, temperatures dropping down to two or three in areas with a risk of ground frost and mist and fog. for the north, risk of ground frost and mist and fog. forthe north, more risk of ground frost and mist and fog. for the north, more cloud, risk of ground frost and mist and fog. forthe north, more cloud, more ofa fog. forthe north, more cloud, more of a breeze and temperatures staying in double figures. heavy rain in the north. 0n in double figures. heavy rain in the north. on tuesday, that will get moving, pushing further south, largely affecting western scotland but getting into southern scotland good morning. in the east, some brightness, with temperatures soaring again on tuesday afternoon toa high soaring again on tuesday afternoon to a high of 17 in aberdeen. in the south, drier and brighter, to a high of 17 in aberdeen. in the south, drierand brighter, and a bit milder than today, 15 in london. much windierfor milder than today, 15 in london. much windier for northern ireland and scotland. for the middle of the week, we lose the rain in scotland and the wind will ease a little.

largely dry with hazy spells of sunshine. thursday, pretty similar. if anything, perhaps the rail in the north—west popping up a bit. some high cloud around the best of clear skies in the south and east. temperatures will feel about where they should be for the time of year, perhaps a degree down on wednesday, but it is thursday into friday where the big change happens. we start to lose that atlantic air and we opened the gates to the arctic. that cold plunge will make its way across the uk, accompanied by biting northerly winds. we may well see some snow across northern hills, some showers around the coasts. a lot of fine weather on the whole, but it will feel colder and there is a biting northerly wind. this is bbc news. i'm carole walker. the headlines: theresa may updates the commons on her negotiations with the eu — labour leader jeremy corbyn says the conservatives were "arguing with themselves", after violent language is used

against the pm by some of her own mps. serving our national interest will demand we hold our learned through these last stages of the negotiations, the hardest part of all. the conservative party has spent the last two years arguing with itself instead of negotiating a sensible deal in the public interest. claims that saudi arabia used a body double to try and fool the world — after murdering the journalist jamal khashoggi. a man pleads guilty to the murder of midwife samantha eastwood, whose body was found in a shallow grave.