you're watching beyond 100 days. donald trump says he'll stick with saudi arabia, even if the crown prince knew about the murder ofjamal khashoggi. in a remarkably frank two—page statement the us president makes a clear calculation — this is all about america first. mr trump says the real problem is iran and he will continue to side with the saudis against that threat — whatever happened to the journalist. as a caravan of migrants heads to america, a san franciscojudge counters the white house, saying people can apply for asylum in the us even if they enter the country illegally. also on the programme... downing street is looking again at technical solutions to the irish border problem. one dutch expert tells this programme europe already has the answer. i hereby grant you a full pardon. and peas for the pardon. the lucky turkey that has just been given a presidential reprieve. hello and welcome.

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. donald trump is sticking by saudi arabia, even if crown prince mohamed bin salman knew about the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. in a statement titled simply "america first," the president effectively gives the prince a pass, in the name of us national security interests. mr trump makes the case that iran is the bigger problem and the us should continue to back saudi arabia — whatever the facts of the khashoggi killing. his statement says the relationship with the kingdom is too important to jeapordise, and mentions specifically the value of defence and oil contracts. mr trump repeats mohamed bin salman‘s own denials to him but tellingly he adds this... joining us now is robin wright,

a staff writer at the new yorker magazine and an expert on middle east policy. thank you for coming in. you have had the chance to read the 2—page statement. the president is in utter denial. it's shocking given intelligence assessments by his own people, that the crown prince had possibly a decisive role, certainly a role, in this murder, this execution. to frame it in the context of iran is also shocking. the message it sends about us foreign policy generally, it has sweeping repercussions. what kind of repercussions and why? it says we don't care about human rights. the execution, even if we have evidence oi’ execution, even if we have evidence or indications that somebody was involved in the murder, we are willing to give it a pass. he gave a pardon to the thanksgiving turkey,

and it's like he's giving a pardon to the crown prince of saudi arabia. didn't we know that he was not interested in human rights and his biggest concern is iran? this document documents what we already know about president trump. in a way it is stronger than it has been. he uses it is stronger than it has been. he uses arguments about arms sales to saudi arabia as context, but we know factually that the arms sales are nowhere near what he claims and some of them date back to the obama administration. levels of understanding have not been actuated oi’ understanding have not been actuated or realised. it's a really stunning development. christian? there is a lying ina development. christian? there is a lying in a statement where he says representatives of saudi arabia say jamal khashoggi was a enemy of the state and member of the muslim brotherhood. my understanding is not based on that. he didn't need to say that. he didn't. to make the case

for saudi arabia, its argument was striking to. he said, i believe what the saudis claim, understand their argument, and whether he formally embraces it or not, he repeated their case and that in some ways is shocking as well. he has put out this statement before we get the full cia report. we already know from some of the reporting this week that they feel there is a link with the crown prince. there is no question. i have done my own reporting on it and the us intelligence community and us foreign policy establishment believes there is a direct link, both because of the kind of evidence the turkish government has revealed in leaks at first and then state m e nts in leaks at first and then statements by people as high up as president erdogan. and then the political analysis, this is a man, mohammad bin salman, the crown prince, is in total charge of the military, security, and the royal court in saudi arabia. nothing gets

done without him and there hasn't been this kind of autocratic rule since the founder of saudi arabia who died in 1953. it is very hard to understand how the president could make such an open break with his own intelligence community. having said that, i suspect we will never get a formal cia report. thank you for your thoughts. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the saudi captial riyadh and we can speak to her now. the choreography of this is interesting because the president's statement is out before the cia report which is likely to be quite damning of the crown prince. they are obviously watching very closely the reaction of saudi arabia's most important strategic ally. there were reports in the wall streetjournal that the crown prince mohammad bin salman was ta ken that the crown prince mohammad bin salman was taken aback by, why was there such a big reaction, a huge

anger around the world to the killing of a saudi journalist in the consulate in istanbul. there are many journalists, consulate in istanbul. there are manyjournalists, including consulate in istanbul. there are many journalists, including the washington post for which jamal khashoggi was a columnist, that they don't want the story to die. president trump's statement tonight might not be the end of it, but the president is making it clear that when it comes to saudi arabia, it is the kingdom of saudi arabia which is oui’ the kingdom of saudi arabia which is our ally. to hear what robin wright has said, the statement begins by exclaiming what a dangerous world it is, dangerous because of iran, which he again describes as the world's biggest sponsor of terrorism. so matter how horrible the crime was to kill, murder, jamal khashoggi, that saudi arabia is the most important ally in this very dangerous world, and that is how president trump is thinking, and he has made it clear that as president of the united

states his mainjob is to put america first. you have spent a lot of time in the middle east. you know american foreign policy has always been a balancing act between american values and american interests. does it make a difference not just interests. does it make a difference notjust in terms of us national security, but to go so far as to say peace in the region, if it is absolutely explicit that america has 110w absolutely explicit that america has now chosen its interests over any sense of values? you follow american foreign policy more closely than i do, andi foreign policy more closely than i do, and i think our viewers would find it hard to say that other american administrations put values of interests, and now we have a situation where under president trump, interests are coming before values. certainly the kind of language and the kind of policies

pursued by president obama and his democratic administration were in some ways different from president trump's, but others would say there isa trump's, but others would say there is a lot of continuity. i think ithink any i think any diplomat would say that when it comes to foreign policy, interests come first. and of course, across the middle east many would say that there has always been problems with american foreign policy, looking at the us led invasion of iraq and the failure to bring about peace between israel and palestine. you can count issue after issue. but with president trump, byfor after issue. but with president trump, by for example choosing to make his first foreign policy trip to the kingdom of saudi arabia and then tojerusalem, he made it clear that his approach to the middle east will be based on his most important allies and friends, and that has had allies and friends, and that has had a huge impact on his approach to the region, including critical questions, like how to deal with iran, and the nuclear deal, which he pulled out of, and president obama

had negotiated. lyse doucet in riyadh, thank you. a lot of news has come from ankara. secretary of state mike pompeo is meeting the turkish foreign minister tuesday today, after president trump released a statement saying the us would stand with saudi arabia. here he is speaking at the press conference a short while ago. so, it's a mean and nasty world out there. the middle east in particular, there are important american interests, to keep the american interests, to keep the american people safe and protect americans. not only americans who are here, but americans travelling, working and doing business in the middle east. it is the president's obligation and the state department duty as well to make sure we have policies that further america's national security. as the president said today, the united states will continue to have a relationship with the kingdom of saudi arabia, they are an important partner of ours. we

will do that with the kingdom and its people and that is the commitment the president made today. mike pompeo speaking a short time ago. and for more on the congressional reaction we can speak now to republican congressman adam kinzinger who sits on the foreign affairs committee and joins us from illinois. i get the point about putting america's interests first and you have said you side with the president in supporting the relationship with saudi arabia. but is there growing concern in congress that actually, perhaps mohammad bin salman is not the best person for the united states to be backing. he has bungled the murder ofjamal khashoggi and the war in yemen is going on for a long time with civilians being killed and america being implicated. is that the right person right now for america to be backing? forget values and interests, it could be a question of competence, couldn't it? possibly. there are definitely conversations

in congress. i don't necessarily share all that concern. what we have to do is look at how the world is. we have to look at how people think differently. if you are not a western civilisation like the uk or united states, they wage war very barbarically and very differently. as terrible as this murder is, and it is terrible and i don't want to cover that beauvue anything like that, it is awful, but there are 500,000 people that are dead in syria that russia and the government emboldened to be killed. looking at the invasion of ukraine, the occupation of georgia, the journalists that are killed in moscow, seemingly on a daily basis, although not that much, this is a bad world. if we go to a point, for whatever reason, and in congress, some of the far left and far right have always had this thing against saudi arabia, and as terrible as this thing is, but they are using it

as an opportunity to fundamentally realign america interests and i don't think that is the right thing to do. you say you don't want to whitewash what happened to jamal khashoggi, but doesn't the 2—page statement from the white house effectively do that because it gives the crown prince of saudi arabia a pass? yes, i don't like this statement. i don't like the questioning of the cia and intelligence reporting. we can't know a thing for certain, short of a confession, so i don't like what the statement says. but the result of the statement is what i think is the right thing in a bad situation. it is important for us, when you look at things and questions foreign policy, as you know very well, it isn't as easy as, one country has done a bad thing, so let's cut off the relation with that country because dominoes fall all over the place. unless you want to side with iran, andi place. unless you want to side with iran, and i can point many egregious

a cts iran, and i can point many egregious acts committed by iran, including folks that are dead in syria today because of their terrible behaviour, we have to do this cautiously. i don't like the statement but i like the result. congressmen, you have put forward the real politic of this forward , put forward the real politic of this forward, and many people will agree. mike pompeo standing in turkey, hardly a country with a good record of protecting journalists. i wonder if the statement speaks to america first. i have read it twice now, and i think it makes america look weak. i don't disagree with you on that. i don't know if it makes us look weak, but part of an america first agenda and foreign policy is our belief in human rights and belief in the value of individuals, whether they are in the united states, the uk or anywhere else. in many cases the foreign policy reflects that. we can't engage everywhere where there isa can't engage everywhere where there is a terrible thing happening and we

know that. one of our big regrets is not intervening in rwanda in the 90s. but in areas where we are not necessarily going to intervene, sanction, or make big actions, it's important to make clear in our speech, and i think that is where the president and white house fell short in the statement. it should be a page and a half of making clear of how terrible it is, and making that clear, and then half the page, of saying, in light of the alternatives, this is the best pick. that is the balance for any administration, as the congressmen put it, do you push human rights and democracy, as president george w bush did in his second inaugural address, or do you put american interests and financial interests first. some critics of the statement, including perhaps the congressmen, who supports the action, but is against the statement, the message for autocrats

around the world is if you have financial interests for the united states then you could act with impunity as faras states then you could act with impunity as far as this administration is concerned when it comes to human rights. it's worth pointing out also that it speaks to the importance of saudi defence contracts. he has always overestimated these defence contracts, talking about $450 billion of defence contracts. the reports do vary on how much these contracts are worth, but apparently the actual value of us arms sales to saudi arabia since mr trump took power is 14.5 billion, so nowhere near what the president has always asserted. clearly the white house thinks this is a strategic ally and there are many people who will agree with that assessment in the united states. the poem stamped at the base of the statue of liberty famously appeals to other countries to send their poor and huddled masses to the united states

in the promise of freedom. the trump administration wants to change america's relationship with immigration — but us courts aren't convinced. in the latest move, a san francisco judge has ruled the white house cannot stop people who enter the country illegally from being allowed to apply for asylum. it is part of a pattern of mr trump restricting immigration that includes. a travel ban for people for coming to the us from several muslim nations. rescinding protection for young undocumented immigrants. cracking down on so called "sanctuary cities". seperating families at the mexican border. and now restricting locations for asylum applications. this latest actions don't stack up against the international laws to which america has been subject since 1951 — which says if a person arrives on american soil and claims asylum, the us is legally obliged to deal with their claim. with us now from san francisco is our political analyst ron christie who served as adviser to president george w bush. and you are also a lawyer. the court in san francisco, a liberal court, we know that, and thejudge

in san francisco, a liberal court, we know that, and the judge was appointed by president obama. it's pretty clear that under us law at the moment, however you enter the united states, legally or illegally, you may have the right to apply for asylum. does this mean it will continue to be us policy?” asylum. does this mean it will continue to be us policy? i don't believe so. reading the court opinion of this case and i find it ironic that the opinion seems to undercut its own legal authority of what constitutes asylum and what constitutes presence in the united states. we have an obligation to ta ke states. we have an obligation to take people when they arrive at a point of entry in the us, but it makes clear the three criteria necessary to become an asylum seeker in united states, and looking at the basis on which these people would be applying for asylum, i question their legal status to do so before they even arrive. the most immediate issueis they even arrive. the most immediate issue is what impact it will have in the coming days at the us and mexico border because i read there are 2000 migrants in the border city of t1,

and 3000 more around 100 miles further away. down whether troops are gathered, what will happen?” think it's a political hot mess. you have a situation on both sides of the border with people protesting on the border with people protesting on the mexican side in tijuana, where there are thousands of people, and then you have the american military on the other side. i am worried, there are reports that women and children could be put to the front of this and is there the potential for violence? cool and calm heads on all sides need to be present and i worry about the political ramifications of what we will see in the next week or so. other people might look at the united states on this issue ofjudges and they seem confused by the fact judges seem this issue ofjudges and they seem confused by the factjudges seem to be political, appointed by different presidents. this is a judge appointed by obama who is currently countering the white house. in last

week we had to incidents ofjudges appointed by trump issuing state m e nts appointed by trump issuing statements the president might not like. so explain howjudges might act independently when they are appointed politically. the way the system works here is that appointments to the federal bench, be it at district court level, the mostjunior level, the be it at district court level, the most junior level, the district court, supreme court, the president appoints them with the advice and consent of the senate. when they are in office they are supposed to act as independentjurists, they are not looking at the republican or democrat side, but they look at the law. 0ne democrat side, but they look at the law. one thing that is confusing for a lot of people in the us and around the world is hearing this is a republican or democrat appointee but they are not applying the law in an evenhanded manner. in this case it was an obama judge who handed down the ruling about immigration but last week we saw a trump appointee dealing with another matter. it is

confusing all—around, candidly. dealing with another matter. it is confusing all-around, candidly. and i guess people would point at it and say this is the system working as it should. a trump appointee is doing things the white house might not like. so thank you forjoining us from san francisco. you may remember, back in the early days of the brexit negotiation, that the eu dismissed as "magical thinking", a proposed technological solution to the border problem in ireland. well, maximum facilitation or max fac as it's known, is back. last night a delegation of senior brexiteers went to see the prime minister to discuss a proposed alternative arrangement. so what would this maximum facilitation or max fac look like. well, the technology might include some element of number plate recognition. most customs clearance could be done away from the border by accredited shippers and receivers. and regular or trusted traders, would be moved through fast lanes at the border. hans maessen is a dutch customs broker. he gave evidence to the northern

ireland committee last week in the house of commons. i spoke to him a short time ago. it's called transit and it's a system with which you can move goods under customs surveillance from one country to another. it's available in all of the european union and ireland, the uk and all other countries. it can be used right away, it's available. explain. so if i was moving something from germany to, say, switzerland, how would it work? well, for example, i'm a customs broker and we use this system a lot. we would transport plants from the netherlands, make a customs declaration inside the netherlands at the premises of the exporter, then we use such a transit declaration to move the goods across the border in basel into switzerland and there you do the customs clearance to declare the goods over there. so no checks on the borders? no checks on the border. because the problem has always been in ireland monitoring. you can't have hard customs posts, you can't have cameras. would you need cameras like this? no. this seems remarkably simple. i'm struggling to understand why it's not been mentioned thus far.

well, i think it's not mentioned because at chequers the facilitated customs arrangement was chosen, which is basically your customs union in which you don't need any customs controls or customs formalities. but the maximum facilitation was basically your free trade agreement. and then you have two territories — the uk and the eu — and you need some customs formalities. but since this facilitated customs arrangement was chosen, hmrc and the government didn't look at any customs issues any more. let me just show you what hmrc said in committee in may about the cost of maximum facilitation. take a look. you need to think about the highly streamlined customs arrangement costing businesses somewhere in the late teens of billions of pounds. i started to lose count there at the number of billions. so, somewhere between 17 and 20 billion. is he right? would it cost so much money?

no, not at all. it depends on how many transactions a shipper has or any exporter has. you can automate anything. you can automate these declarations. but of course if you have one declaration a year, then you need a specialist to help you make that declaration. but, for example, nissan importing goods 100 times a day, they would automate everything and there would be no interference with supply chains. final question — everybody will point to agricultural goods, veterinary goods, plants, those sort of things need to be checked. there is a system for that, it's called traces. it traces all goods between producers, for example, biological goods or veterinary goods, because we want to check on the supply chain of food for our health. it's available as well, so that be used to solve the northern irish border also. mr maessen, grateful for your time, thank you. you're welcome. it's that time. a regular feature of the thanksgiving holiday. the one and only white

house turkey pardon. unmissable. since 1947, us presidents have been pardoning turkeys, and today donald trump held the fate of two young birds in his hands. and before i forget, i just want to say that what i am about to read is a straight lift from the white house website. the first is called carrots — hatched on the 28th ofjune. a bird with a strong and confident gobble, who likes elvis music. perhaps even the song i got lucky. he comes as a pair, with his friend peas, also hatched on the 28thjune. a bird who reportedly likes watching planes. maybe because he is a turkey, and sadly he can't fly. this is a happy day for peas and carrots. although a spokesman for virginia tech, the university which traditionally tends to the turkeys that are pardoned, said both birds that mr trump exculpated in 2017 are already dead. drumstick and wishbone. we didn't

need to know that part, it was meant to bea need to know that part, it was meant to be a happy story. they are goners. they went to gobbler‘s rest and now they are at the pearly gates, like brexit secretaries, they don't last long. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — we talk of how britain leaving the eu is affecting the lives of ordinary people. and as the international space station turns 20, we speak to an astronaut who lived there for six months. that's still to come. whether your tuesday has been cloudy

and wet, or whether you have been lucky enough to have sunny spells, not many others escaped the cold and raw easterly wind. a great view in cumbria, some sleet on the hills, and a moment of blue sky in cornwall, but again, the brisk and chilly wind. staying with most of us overnight, with further showers and outbreaks of rain, sleet and hill snow, wettest in the north—east of england, the pennines and north—east scotland. the wind easing in the southern midlands, wales. sunspots close to freezing, a touch of frost and most of us around 3—5d. fog patches possible as well. into tomorrow, the bulk of the cloudy and wet weather will be into scotland and northern ireland but southern scotla nd and northern ireland but southern scotland will brighten up into the afternoon. and improving picture in england and wales with sunny spells developing. this is 3pm, a finger of

heavy showers running through south—east england, wales and maybe the west midlands, and it could contain hail and thunder. more frequent showers in northern ireland, southern scotland brightening up. northern scotland with rain, sleet and snow on higher ground. the strength of the wind, a windier picture for scotland and northern ireland tomorrow compared with today. certainly going to feel cold in the wind. for many of us, temperatures higher and particularly so across parts of southern england to today. the wind chill, it has felt closer to freezing today for some of us, but not as chilly as tomorrow. bear in mind, tomorrow evening and tomorrow night, it will become mainly dry and clear, allowing the temperatures to dip away, allowing widespread frost on thursday morning. and on thursday, cloud increasing from the east and the best sunny spells in the west. still damp through eastern scotland and north—east england, temperatures

most of us finding rooted in single figures. parts of southern england could be close to that area of low pressure coming from the south and you could see rain. the picture overall, quite a bit of dry weather to come. cloudy weather and still chilly. this is beyond one hundred days. i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories: donald trump says the united states will remain a "stea dfast pa rtner" of saudi arabia even if it is the case that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman knew about the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi. conservative mps opposed to theresa may's brexit withdrawal deal claim they may yet win the support of the 48 backbenchers required to trigger a vote of no confidence. coming up in the next half hour...

the international space station reaches a 20—year milestone. we'll look at its two decades of success and baseball legend alex rodriguez tells us why london is to host major rivals the new york yankees and boston red sox next year. amid all the political drama surrounding brexit at the moment, the prime minister has been reminding mp's that this will have an impact on lives and on livelihoods. so, over this next few weeks we will be talking to people across the country about what they make of this brexit deal. how they think it might affect them. tonight in our first real lives segment we're joined from cowbridge in wales by shop owner sally stevenson and from high wycombe by former soldier peter ward. i own two shots here, and i have a

toy and game shop. -- tell us about how you are dependent upon european supply? i buy it through uk wholesalers. 0r supply? i buy it through uk wholesalers. or i go through european wholesalers. i cancel european wholesalers. i cancel european stock, that gives me a unique selling point, otherwise i would not have a niche in which to operate. peter, you believe "brexit" will be good for the british economy, what would your reply b—2 sally and her concerns over the brexit negotiation?” sally and her concerns over the brexit negotiation? i think the first point that needs to be made, the deal that the eu offered back in march was a free—trade agreement with zero tariffs on goods. her ability to import without tariffs should not be affected if we go back to the deal that donald tusk put on paper. -- what would your reply be to sally. there should be no impact

to sally. there should be no impact to her business because of what she has said, the delivery of sovereignty, which is what was wanted, it is worth it. that is my response. sally, you say you are already feeling a brexit impact, if only from the uncertainty, you have had to let a couple of people go, you do not want to replace them until you know what is going to happen and suppliers on the continent are saying to you, are you going to pay now, we need your orders in, you don't want to do that, not knowing what will happen. that is exactly right, we have been suffering for 18 months because of brexit, the crashing of the pound, the referendum, cost prices have gone up by 15 to 25%, 8% again after christmas, that has put a huge pressure on the business, small business like mine, that cost price increase is really threatening the very existence of the business. i have lost two members of staff already, just to save staff. —— save

money. it is not going to get any better. we know from the government analysis that any variation of brexit, we now have one on the table we can look at, will lead this country worse off, leaving people with less money, they will have less money to save spend in shots like mine and sales go down and we end up ina mine and sales go down and we end up in a difficult position. does the deal on the table equate to your brexit vote? the government analysis does not say we will be poorer, it makes a comparison, if we look 15 years into the future, there will be a difference in growth, it is not saying we will lose money, it is trying to make a comparison between two alternate timelines and they have not shown us the mathematics behind that, there is no argument to say why they have come to that conclusion. the drop in the pound is going to have an effect on her business, i agree, going to have an effect on her business, iagree, unfortunately,

due to what george osborne was pushing during the referendum campaign, that caused panic when the leave vote was a result map that is why the pound crashed, it is not because of brexit or the brexit vote itself or the decision we have taken, it is the threat of the recession, the threat made by the remain campaign of the instability that caused the pound to lose value, looking afterwards, it has been gaining back ground lost. mark carney dropping the interest rate straightaway was the worst decision made by the bank of england in decades, he did not need to do that, he needed only to wait, since then we have increased interest rates because the economy is strong. let me ask you, the prime minister was talking directly to you yesterday, saying to warring mps that when they vote down the deal, if indeed they do, it could be a no deal, it could be another referendum, it might be

no brexit at all, did that give you any heart, what was being said yesterday? the more the public sees what a mess this is, then the more there is a demand for a people's vote, nobody voted in 2016 for this shambles, it is a complete disaster however you look at it, nobody voted for this, the only way out of this now is to put it back to the people, we now know what the withdrawal agreement looks like, we now know the rough framework of what the future relationship with the eu will be, the government has conceded yesterday they will release the analysis in terms of the comparison between no deal, this deal and remaining in the european union, so we can compare factually what will cost benefit us, once we have those facts in front of us let's have a look map put it back to the people, for us to make a decision on which way we want to go. thank you, we have to leave it there, we will get you back on though, peter, we would

love to have you come back at a later point. "lock her up." you all remember that. one of the themes of the 2016 campaign, the chant that rang out at every donald trump rally and has even since. hillary clinton pilloried for using a private email server to exchange classified information. and last night critics of the president suggested those cries of lock her up might be heard again. except... it wouldn't be hillary clinton in the firing line. but ivanka trump. it has emerged that since taking up her role in the administration, she too has been using an email account for white house business. oops... ! hillary clinton claimed the reason for her illegal use of a private insecure e—mail, write, she claimed this, was that it was "more convenient to use just one device"... if i win, i am going to instruct my attorney general to get

a special prosecutor to look into your situation, because there has never been so your situation, because there has never been so many your situation, because there has never been so many lies... she is guilty of disservice, look at information, confidential information, confidential information, all the information that has probably got out all over the world... . the lawyer for ivanka trump has been through this and there is nothing classified in the e—mails, he says, but then, that is what hillary clinton said and the fbi found pacified material. and there are concerns here in the white house that the number of e—mails that ivanka trump reportedly sent from the private e—mail server to other members of the cabinet may mean there is things that are classified that should not have been sent and she could be in trouble over this, her reply, apparently, when confronted with this, that she should not have used it, is that she did not fully understand the rules around this, which is odd because, as we said earlier, so much of the

election campaign and of the reporting around the election campaign, focused on hillary clinton and her e—mails, and exactly what the rules and regulations well. if she was the president's daughter, that would be one thing, but she is a member of the administration and thatis a member of the administration and that is what makes this different. does it go further? speculation that gerard —— jared kushner use this special e—mail server, and there are e—mails he may have sent as well, i suspect what you will get, and this is why there is a difference in the house of representatives, the democrats are coming in, this is exactly the kind of thing that if they wanted to, they could investigate further. some of the day's other news. a doctor, a newly—graduated pharmacist and a police officer were killed after a gunman opened fire at a hospital in chicago. juan lopez was first seen arguing with the doctor,

tamara o'neal, with whom he had once been in a relationship. he shot her dead and then turned his gun on others. he also died but it is not clear if he was killed by police or took his own life. forty people have been killed and another 60 injured in an explosion in the afghan capital, kabul. according to local authorities the blast took place at a meeting of top clerics, who were gathering at a wedding hall to mark the prophet mohammad's birthday. it's one of the deadliest attacks on the afghan capital in recent months. six people trapped in a falling lift in chicago thought they were going to die as they plummeted 84 floors to the ground. the group, including a pregnant woman, fell from the 95th to the 11th floor of a skyscraper formally known as the hancock centre. they then texted friends who called the emergency services. they were eventually freed, unharmed physically, after a three—hour ordeal. wow, that is terrifying. if you've ever wondered

what the inside of mafia don's luxury home looks like, take a look at this. these pictures were filmed by police raiding a mansion belonging to a leader of the casamonica clan. 33 of the alleged gangsters were arrested lastjuly — the mayor of rome says eight of the houses, which were built without permission, will now be demolished. that is a lot of bling! the international space station is 20 years old today. it's a remarkable collaboration. since 1998, sixteen nations inlcuding the united states and russia have been involved in its construction. helping to advance not only the understanding of our own world — but many of those beyond. so, here's some eye popping, space station stats. leroy chiao is a former nasa astronaut who commanded

the international space station. we can speak to him now in houston. lovely to have you with us, can we stop, just explain to me, what the space station is, is it a bunch of classrooms linked together by tubes, and you walk to work? are you in zero gravity all the time? is there a canteen? what is it like. the space station is the world's premier microgravity labradorian, the astronauts do also live on board, and, you know, it is weightless, everything is weightless, the only exceptions would be small centrifuges that are used for experimental purposes, not nearly large enough for a human to fit into, typically up there for six months at a time and you are weightless the whole time. —— laboratory. there have been other space stations in the past but nothing quite as large or capable as the iss. nothing quite as large or capable as

the 155. i have always wondered, hanging there in the orbit, is it propelled? does hanging there in the orbit, is it propelled ? does it just hanging there in the orbit, is it propelled? does itjust hang there? we are flying this at an altitude of about 400 calamities, travelling, as you said, a very high speed, 25,000 kph, and so what happens is, even at 400 kph altitude, there are air molecules up there, and with solar rays acting like barn doors, the space station, because of the drag of hitting those air molecules, it actually loses somewhere around 15 or 20 feet of altitude every day, so periodically it needs to be boosted again back into higher orbit, usually done by the russian resupply ship that docks to the back of the space station and carries a little bit of extra fuel, so that afterwards, transferring fuel and water through the internal tubes, thenit

water through the internal tubes, then it fires its engine, and brings then it fires its engine, and brings the space station back up. only 230 people in the whole world have been up people in the whole world have been up on the international space station in the last 20 years, you are one of them. what was it like? it was really a great mission, my fourth flight, three space shuttle missions before that, it is only ten to 14 days in duration, even through my space shuttle missions, i had only a month of total time and space, so only a month of total time and space, so getting up to the space station, living there for six and a half months, well, i thought i knew everything about space flight after three shuttle missions but i learned i had not! your body really does not have time to adapt over two weeks, it usually takes six weeks or so before your body fully adapt to zero gravity, so that was an interesting experience as well. it has cost $100 billion, some people will ask, i have to ask you this, as it been

worth it? i think it has, have to ask you this, as it been worth it? ithink it has, expensive project, to be sure, even annually, it takes several billion dollars to continue to operate it, launch cruise, bring them back, it has worked from many different perspectives, probably the most visible, the international framework that you mentioned at the beginning of the story, one of the biggest accomplished, bringing together cold war adversaries, world war ii enemies, building this project together, one very visible project, all the countries can point to and all the countries can point to and all the countries are aligned in wanting it to succeed. on a scientific level, very important that we operate the space station, continued to as long as we can because the biggest technical challenge for sending astronauts barber and the free space, hopefully one day to mars, is biomedical, we meet a situation like the station to

figure out countermeasures, to keep athletes healthy in that environment which is pretty hostile to life as we know it. i am going to posit the theory that 20 years after 1998, looking around at the state of the world, we probably need as much international cooperation as we can! the space station certainly does that. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come: we speak to one of baseball's biggest stars, alex rodriguez, as he promotes the first games in england between the yankees and boston red sox. the public health sector here in the uk — the nhs — has come under criticism as patients are having to wait longer than they should to receive treatment.

our health editor hugh pym has been looking into that. maria, who is 84, is in constant pain because of swollen feet and ankles. she's endured constant delayed nhs appointments. in august her daughter told me what they were going through. you just can't get through to people, it is answer phones, you are just banging your head against a brick wall most of the time. but now, after eight months, it's still not resolved. one appointment was cancelled, apparently because of a lack of medical staff. i'm very, very frustrated that my mum has not got the quality—of—life. she can't do anything and she's just suffering. and i don't like to see anybody suffer, and i don't see why she should be suffering all this time. suman works in intensive care and is also a representative of the royal college of nursing, which has done a report warning that the nhs has been so stretched in recent months, there could be serious problems ahead. we are really concerned that because we've had quite a bad winter last year, and we've not really had much on the three key waiting time targets, a&e, routine operations and cancer treatment, 16 out of 131 trusts in england missed everyone over the year, and in northern ireland it was every one in five, and in scotland, three out of 14 boards missed the targets. in wales, five out of seven.

some hospitals did meet most of their targets over the whole year like north tees and hartlepool. managers say they are constantly looking at ways to improve things, for example, putting on extra clinics of there are surges in patient referrals. so is hitting the target achievable? at senior levels of the nhs in england there is now a review under way to see if the targets might be rewritten to reflect the different ways patients are treated. ministers have said they will look seriously at any proposals that nhs leaders come up with. the department of health covering england said more patients were being treated and there was a long—term funding plan. the scottish and welsh governments have launched plans to speed up progress. nhs leaders in northern ireland conceded waiting times were unacceptable. carol's mother is still waiting, after eight months, meaning more pain and frustration that the system is letting her down. julia gillard made history when she became australia's first female prime minister in 2010. but her three years in office were overshadowed by misogyny from her opponents and dysfunction within her party. as part of the bbc series 100 women, she's been speaking to yalda hakim about the abuse she had to face.

you were australia's first female prime minister and then since leaving office you said to lot of women who want to go into politics, go for it but you've repeatedly said there is this about that, the misogynist and sexist and bit, don't pretend it isn't there. were you prepared for the kind of attack she came under? no, i wasn't and i sort of entered into parliament not having really felt in a personal way sexism or misogyny. of course, i knew it existed, feminist at university. i thought the rate of change was pretty fast. if you had asked me,

i would have said by the time i was prime minister, it would have been over. i entered into a law firm which was overwhelmingly male at the leadership level but even with that i did not really feel i reckon we sexism. so, by the time i was prime minister and the sort of gendered abuse was flying it did take me back that it could get as bad as that and there was still so much sexism lying under the surface of our society and i think many other societies around the world and went it came to me becoming leader it look through. yes, it is a blokey culture, many of

those turns of phrase, mail, make ship, masculine turns of phrase, i never felt alienated by any of that, andi never felt alienated by any of that, and i do not feel alienated by that now stop —— male, mateship. he's one of baseball's biggest stars and despite being retired stills commands a $20 million salary yes, and now alex rodriguez has come to this side of the atlantic to promote the first games in england between the yankees and boston red sox, next year. he's been speaking to our own stefan levy about why british sport fans should take note and what it's like sharing his life with fellow a—lister, jennifer lopez. must confess, i don't know much

about baseball, and i think that many of our audience are in the same boat. in many ways, it is like a religion for us back home, in 25 years i don't ever recall going to fenway park and not being a sold—out crowd, standing room only. we are coming here afterten, crowd, standing room only. we are coming here after ten, 15 years of thinking about it, processing it, really wanting to lead with our best, major league baseball is doing exactly that, leading with the new york yankees, 27 time world champions, and the boston red sox, the current world champions. he retired in 2016, no surprise they have picked you for this role, what are you doing to bring the brand along here in the uk but also across the world. i enjoyed it. along here in the uk but also across the world. ienjoyed it. iam along here in the uk but also across the world. i enjoyed it. i am a yankee, i understand what the rivalry is all about, talking about two franchises that have played together almost 120 years. 2000 matches against each other. i played

for a quarter of a century. i love london, i love major league baseball, the only regret i have, if ican give baseball, the only regret i have, if i can give you one, i wish that i was a player, i am so upset! i am kind of bombed out about it, i feel like i am missing out! —— bummed out you have said that you were punching above your weight with your wife, jennifer, you talked about that this morning, i don't think you're being fed yourself! it must be the pinstripes! thank you very much. i think i am punching above my weight in every way, you are talking about one of the greatest people in the world, a leader, someone who represents a lot, she is from the bronx, she came from nothing, and she has really created what we call the american dream, so much opportunity for people and because we have been so fortunate and we are so grateful, our biggest role is what we are doing today, selling what we are doing today, selling what we are doing today, selling what we love most. baseball saved my

life, the boys and girls club saved my life. i come from a single parent, my mother worked to jobs, serving tables at night and if it wasn't for the boys and girls club and baseball, iwould not wasn't for the boys and girls club and baseball, i would not be here talking to you. alex rodrigo alves, thank you very much for your time. —— alex thank you very much for your time. — — alex rodriguez. thank you very much for your time. -- alex rodriguez. i understand cricket, i understand rounders, i have got to get with the programme here, because i don't understand it! laughter. it isa laughter. it is a fairground atmosphere, people selling stuff, you do the wave, all the innings... this is like manchester united and liverpool, boston red sox and the new york yankees, that is the big one. yes, but you ask most americans, the most famous baseball player in the world, they would say a—rod, and he retired two years ago! he is still the number one player, and, he has very good teeth as well. who has been in his position longer

than any of the current british political leaders... yet still does not have an access—all—areas pass for downing street? we are of course talking about larry the cat. not as famous as a—lo orj—rod...(!) the number ten mouser—in—chief left on the doorstep this morning, in the rain, until a policemen spared everyones blushes. cats have this remarkable attitude to look disdainful at anyone, that thing that dogs just do not have, maybe they have sent in a message and they have said jacob rees—mogg. .. and they have said jacob rees—mogg... is on the doorstep... not the moggy. i liked that the

policeman immediately went back into position, as if this is hisjob! my dog loves me unconditionally and ex presses dog loves me unconditionally and expresses its... my cats never expressed any kind of emotion, and i kind of like the cats! i have two. the independent quality. in our howl the cat feels —— i know how that cat fields. —— feels. whether it has been cloudy and wait for you, on this tuesday, or whether you have been lucky enough to have sunny spells, you could not escape the wind. sleet into the hills, a moment of blue sky in cornwall again, that brisk and chilly wind, stays with most of us overnight, further showers, outbreaks of rain, sleet and hill snow, wettest through parts of north—west england, the pennines, into eastern scotland. clear spells, some spots close to freezing for a

touch of frost, most of us three to 5 degrees, mist or fog patches possible as well. into tomorrow, bulk of the cloudy wet weather will be into scotland and northern ireland, southern scotland brightening up. improving greg jennings and and wales, some sunny spells developing, this is how it looks. heavy showers, running into the west midlands, could have hail and thunder with them. for northern ireland, frequent showers. southern scotland brightening up. northern scotland, sleet and snow. look at the strength of the wind certainly going to feel cold in the wind, for many of us, temperatures a little bit higher and particularly across parts of southern england compare with today, showing you the wind chill where it has felt like it is closer to freezing today for some of us, not quite as chilly tomorrow

but bear in mind, tomorrow evening, tomorrow night, becoming mainly dry, mainly clear as well, and that will allow the temperature to dip a way to give a widespread frost into tomorrow morning, before, on thursday, cloud increases from the east, best of any sunny spells on the west, eastern scotland, north—east england, and temperatures still for most of us rooted in single figures. low pressure to the south, high—pressure to the north, parts of southern england can be close enough to the area of low pressure to see some rain, we will keep you updated on that. the picture overall, dry weather to come, cloudy weather, quite chilly. this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines at eight: two key budget votes take place in parliament this evening, as theresa may tries to keep hold of power since presenting her draft brexit agreement. president trump says the us wants to stand by saudi arabia, even if saudi crown prince mohammed

bin salman knew about the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. one in five local hospital services fail to hit any of their waiting time targets, for cancer, accident and emergency and routine operations. nhs hospitals blame the increasing complexity of their existing cases. we will have more capacity for the emergency work, the trauma work, that we do at our other hospitals. that will enable us to improve the services that we have in cancer, in waiting times for patients for surgery, as well as our emergency department.