you're watching beyond 100 days. just what friends are for. donald trump causes theresa may a whole heap of problems with his comments on brexit. his remark that the prime minister's brexit plan is good for the eu and not good for us/uk trade comes at a particularly sensitive moment. she is pushing back, but with that critical vote his comments on brexit have just complicated her already difficult task of selling her brexit deal to parliament. the prime minister has rebuked the president, saying he was wrong when he made this assesment of future trade relations between the uk and us. sounds like a great deal for the eu, and i think we have to do this... i think we have to take a look at seriously whether or not the uk is allowed to trade. because you know, right now, if you look at the deal, they may not be able to trade with us. and that would be a good thing, i don't think they meant that...

—— that would be a good thing. i don't think that the prime minister meant that, and hopefully she'll be able to do something about that. but right now as the deal stands, they may not be able to trade with the us. for more on the future of uk—us relations post—brexit, i spoke a brief time ago with democratic senator chris coons, who co—chairs a caucus dedicated to the issue. senator, you are the co—chair of the us—uk trade caucus in the senate, i suspect that many britts would be surprised to learn that there was such a thing. what did you make of the president's comments yesterday that the deal that theresa may is trying to get the parliament is good for the eu but bad for us—uk trade relations? well, my understanding is that that'sjust not true. that it will be possible for us to reach a us—uk fta if this agreement is in fact ratified by parliament on 11 december. this is one of sadly many instances where donald trump has not been

as helpful as he could be to theresa may as she attempts to get ratification in the uk of this brexit agreement. perhaps not helpful to her politically, but he has a point in the sense that the closer the uk ties itself to eu regulations, the harder it makes it to have a free—trade agreement with the us, which has different trading relations and priorities and regulations. the understanding i've gotten from a number of sources is that this understanding with the eu and the uk makes it perfectly clear that the uk has the power to enter into free—trade agreements. so it isn't that they can't, it's not that we can't between the us and uk, as close and trusted long—term allies reach a free—trade agreement. and part of my leadership with senator portman of this caucus is to show an enthusiasm on the part of many of us in the senate for reinforcing this long—standing relationship

with the new free—trade agreement. it just complicates some of the detail of how we will be negotiating. i've had american trade negotiators suggest to me that it would be easier if britain crashed out of the eu, if there was no trade deal and the customs alignment with the eu, that it would actually make it simpler to have some kind of meaningful us—uk free—trade agreement. do you think that is what the president wants? does he basically want a hard brexit? he may want a hard brexit, i don't think that is in the best interest of the uk, of its people, economy, and relationships with europe. and as one of the closest allies of the uk over decades, if not centuries, the us should want what is in the best interest of the uk, and i think hard brexit would have some significant negative consequences for the uk's economy, people, and security. so that may be what donald trump is really pushing at, but i think his mischaracterisation of this deal will not make easier for prime minister may to secure ratification in parliament on 11 december.

do you see britain's departure from the eu in any way affecting uk—us intelligence sharing? i would hope not. we have the closest security, military to military intelligence relationship in the world, and it is important to us to sustain that. there are also important us security relationships with nato, with eu partner countries, canada, new zealand, australia, with other countries that also enjoy a bong and close historic ties with the uk. —— a long and close. but senator, if the uk is excluded from some eu intelligence sharing systems, would that therefore devalue britain in any way in terms of its relationship with the us? the uk has an exceptionally capable and robust intelligence service that has access to a whole lot of both human and signals intelligence. it is of great value to its close allies and partners,

in particular we here in the us. so i see your point, we would have to find ways to work around that access to resources, but i frankly think there is still plenty of reasons why the us and uk would intend to continue to be very closely allied on national security issues. senator chris coons, thank you so much forjoining me. thank you. georgina wright is from the europe programme of the international relations think—tank chatham house. she has given evidence before the uk parliament's brexit select committee. welcome. there are two regulatory superpowers in the world, the eu and the us. if you align yourself with the us. if you align yourself with the eu, does that automatically rule out trade with the us? it does not, but obviously it constrains your ability to shake that trade agreement. but that is a choice. if you look at a lot of our big businesses in the uk, they already

conform with eu standards, and export more to the eu market anyway. so actually they would probably want to continue that regulatory alignment instead of starting from scratch and try to treat —— deviate. they would constrain our ability, but does not exclude free trade with the us. let me put it a different way, this political declaration is a sliding scale. they say you can have deep and meaningful relations with us, perhaps norway style agreement, a single market customs union, or you can go the other way and have a canada plus plus plus deal, which is a basic free trade agreement on goods. is it easier to do a trade deal with the us if you stick closer to the canada model? the devil is in the detail, honestly. it's not like you have ready— made the detail, honestly. it's not like you have ready—made options you can just put on the table, and what the political declaration signals is that the eu would be willing to explore new opportunities. and a lot

of their countries are thinking that much depends on what kind of trade agreement you have with the eu for us agreement you have with the eu for us to really understand what we can expect from the uk. so a lot hinges on that, but it is impossible at this point to say which model would facilitate what kind of trade agreement. . facilitate what kind of trade agreement! georgina, to what extent with the prospects of a significant uk— us free—trade agreement depend on who is on the —— in the white house? because it is possible that we don't actually know what the uk's trading relationship will be but europe, therefore we don't know what it will be but the us after this president has left office potentially? potentially. we have heard reports that talks of begun, and let's take it back —— a step back here. even if the withdrawal agreement goes to parliament and the uk has a transition period with the eu, throughout that time, the uk would still remember it —— remain a member

ofa still remember it —— remain a member of a single market customs union, but still negotiated and ratify trade agreements with other countries. theyjust would not be able to come into effect until the uk has left the eu. does it depend on the president? discussions have already started, so we shall see. but as i said before, a lot depends on the outcome of trade arrangements between the uk and eu, because that will determine the uk's flexibility in fda's around the world. thank you very much, georgina. this'll be the big question that you raise with georgina, if britain has to make a decision between allying itself with the eu and the us, which is better off? is there a short—term gain in one over the other? that is the debate, will he stay closer to the eu or move slowly over towards

regulation that is more familiar with the us? it is worth looking at the figures, and when you look at uk trade with eu and us, you see the country by country basis, america is oui’ country by country basis, america is our closest partner. £70 billion of imports, but trade to the european bloc, 27 countries is much bigger, and it is key to the uk's economic well—being. much bigger there, and it is key to the uk's economic well—being. much biggerthere, £274 billion worth of exports. you see the deficit there was a lot of brexiteers point towards. but brexiteers point towards. but brexiteers would say our trade with the eu is tricking and growing around the world, which is true, but the uk does more trade with ireland that it does with china, and germany does more trade with china within the eu than we do at this moment in time. so it is notjust about what sort of trading block your in or what —— it is also about the structure of your economy. as georgina has told me off—camera, it

is difficult to do free—trade agreements on services to include services, and services are 80% of the british economy. and a lot of oui’ the british economy. and a lot of our trade with asian countries seems to be imports, not exports. asia is not the place that we need to be able to look. brexit is not the only thing on donald trump's mind. judging from his twitter feed, he is particularly preoccupied with the russia investigation at the moment. that may be because his former campaign manager, paul manafort, now faces a long prison sentence after the special prosecutor said he's ending their plea deal on the grounds that mr manafort has been lying to the prosecutor. manafort was convicted of financial fraud in august, relating to his work as a political consultant in ukraine. with us now in washington is ron christie, former adviser to president george w bush. good to see you, ron. how much do you think robert miller knows if he

is able to catch paul manafort out? it suggests he knows more. good evening, good to see you. this is an interesting case. the fbi has been investigating manafort for some time now, so the special counsel has a very good indication of what has been said and not been set. i wonder whether he was lying to the special counsel by what he said or didn't say. but this is a very serious case, which makes you think if you are paul manafort and have lied either by omission or commission, are you still secretly hoping that donald trump will pardon you to get you out of this mess? that is honestly what my thinking is right i'iow. honestly what my thinking is right now. maybe he think he can lie because trump will pardon him. if he is now seen as a liar, that paints him asa is now seen as a liar, that paints him as a witness. does he take his value to the special counsel? him as a witness. does he take his value to the special counsel7m does, this is the most significant aspect of this. manafort, the former

campaign manager for donald trump, was someone campaign manager for donald trump, was someone widely viewed as being a heavyweight, someone who had close connections to the president, someone connections to the president, someone who is credible. now his credibility is in tatters, which makes you wonder what other witnesses the special counsel might have to bolster whatever investigation they might be undertaking because paul manafort was a critical element to their work up was a critical element to their work up to this point? ron, can we get to the spy element of this, which is the spy element of this, which is the other theory? it is also much he thinks he will get a pardon from donald trump, although that may or may not happen, but that there is something paul manafort fears more than the prospect of spending potentially 15 years in jail, than the prospect of spending potentially 15 years injail, which is his former ukrainian pro russian partners in business who would not like it if he started telling the truth about what he knew about them? good afternoon to you. i don't know. there is a lot going on in the crimea and ukraine and russia right

now, and let's politely say that manafort's associates have been less than savoury. i just manafort's associates have been less than savoury. ijust don't know that it isa than savoury. ijust don't know that it is a question of whether he is going to get offed by somebody for something he may have seen or overheard... i knew you would put it better than me! i'm doing my best here, we miss you in dc, you have to come back. but there are elements here that we just don't know that i think we will here pretty soon. robert mueller has to come out sooner robert mueller has to come out sooner than later, and at least appease those on capitol hill who are funding his investigation that there is a legitimacy that he continues. sol there is a legitimacy that he continues. so i think we'll hear something sooner than later as it relates to manafort and others. funny policy both here, because sara sanders has been talking about paul manafort, and she asked specifically whether the president would pardon him. i am unaware of any conversations of anyone's pardon regarding this at all. you also said this morning that robert mueller is doing tremendous damage to the

criminal justice system. doing tremendous damage to the criminaljustice system. if that is true, is he considering picking up the phone and calling it his acting attorney general, and saying fire robert mueller? i think the president has had robert mueller doing hisjob for the last president has had robert mueller doing his job for the last two years, and he could've taken action at any point, and he hasn't. let that speak for itself, he has no intent to do anything. with the caveat that you have not beena with the caveat that you have not been a fly on the wall of the investigation last few months, the president has tweeted a lot about it the last 24 hours. he seems to be exercised, is he worried, should he be worried? 0f exercised, is he worried, should he be worried? of course he is worried, otherwise he would not in the last 24 hours have been tweeting to the extent that he is. anytime that you a white house officials say they are unaware of any conversations... and you might say to yourself that you know there will be conversations going on, she may not be aware of them, buti

going on, she may not be aware of them, but i guarantee you someone in his 18 acres at 1600 pennsylvania ave a re his 18 acres at 1600 pennsylvania ave are discussing paul manafort and the fallout could have for donald trump, no question about that. ron, stay with us. robert mueller went dark for the midterms, but there was plenty going on in the background, you sense it might burst into life very shortly. the british academicjailed for spying in uae has thanked his "brave and strong" wife for helping secure his release. matthew hedges landed at heathrow airport on tuesday morning after receiving a pardon. his wife, daniela tejada, tweeted a picture of her and her husband being reunited, saying they had been through hell and back. a man has gone hand gliding for the first time, only to discoverjust after take off that his instructor had forgotten to attach him to the craft. american tourist chris gursky was left hanging on to the glider‘s barfor over two minutes, after taking off from a steep mountain edge. meanwhile, the pilot tried desperately to steer with one hand, while holding on to his passenger with the other.

i love this story. there is the check list for the instructor, turn on the camera, press record. am i checked in? check. 2000 feet? check. where is the client? i feel rather sorry for the man, i'm glad he had us sense sorry for the man, i'm glad he had us sense of humour about this will think. he said he had been hanging on so long that his hand was imprinted on the bar. there is him being dropped. he ripped a bicep, and apparently he broke his ankle while he was landing. you know, this is switzerland we are talking about. i'm concerned. you know that part of the world. my grandmother is from that time, she would not have let that time, she would not have let that happen, i can tell you. the final votes of this year's midterm elections wil be cast in the us state of mississippi. the republican senate candidate

is cindy hyde—smith, and comments she made about public hangings have brought back memories of lynchings, making race the dominant issue of the campaign there. her opponent, mike espy, hopes to become the state's first african american senator in over a century. chris buckler is in mississippi and filed this report. the politics of modern america can feel chained to the past. at the national memorial for peace and justice, they make a point of remembering decades of racial division and racist attacks. there are 800 steel monuments hanging here, one for every country where lynchings took place, including many in mississippi. and it is that history that has made supposedly light—hearted comments about hanging so controversial. cindy hyde—smith, who's the republican candidate in today's senate election, has since apologised

for her choice of words. but at polling stations today, there were some voters reluctant to forgive her. i thought they were very hurtful, very hurtful. because we've come a long way, and everybody needs to learn to love and get along with each other. so it was very hurtful. it's time for that to go, and not even be coming out from anybody's mouth, no matter what. and we hold onto that in mississippi. race has become an issue in an election where opponent mike espy is african—american. and some companies have asked cindy hyde—smith to return their campaign donations. i will say that her comments did not reflect the values of the company, but they don't. her comments did not reflect the values of the state. donald trump flew into mississippi on the eve of election to hold not one, but two rallies. this should be a safe republican seat, but cindy hyde—smith's

comments have left the outcome of this vote anything but certain. this campaign, this election is not about me. it's about the people of mississippi, it's about what you believe in, and what you care about! that is a direct appeal to the values of conservative voters. i am voting for the best candidate that the lord has put on my mind. i'm not happy with some things she's said or done, but she is the better candidate. there's a difference between a public hanging and a lynching, than this narrative that has been drawn about her use of the term "public hanging". she's referring to a lawful execution, and the way she made her comment, that if the gentleman invited her to a public hanging, she would be on the front row. but we don't have public hangings. we need to. some feel america has still to face up to its past. and in mississippi, that history could have an impact on today's vote.

and chris is in oxford, mississippi for us now. for mac to win this race, he needs to get a sizeable portion of the white vote in mississippi —— mike espy. but there are not many suburbs in mississippi, it is very rural. can he pull it off? i think it will bea can he pull it off? i think it will be a very tough battle for him to try and win this senate seat. the truth is when you look at the polls, cindy hyde—smith is well ahead. but the big question is about turnout, andl the big question is about turnout, and i think that is why donald trump made that specific attempt to come here and do his best to try to get people out. because the other statistic that is worth mentioning about the state is there are around 40% of an african—american population, and there was this feeling that perhaps there would be a certain amount of voter fatigue, that people not —— might not come out between thinks giving and for

christmas. but what we found this morning is the polling stations have been pretty busy. they were queuing at the door at 7am, and one polling staff member told me that if anything, people are fired up. that seems to be the case on both sides at this time. chris, thank you. and let's bring ron christie back into the conversation on today's election. this one has become a battle about race in mississippi. what did you make of trump's comments about the race at the rally last night, about where mike espy fit in mississippi last night? this entire situation saddens me greatly. my families from the deep south, and donald sounded like he was dog whistling. now the president will tell you that he didn't mean anything by it from a racial aspect, and perhaps that is true. but when you throw in the fact that some nooses have been found in re ce nt that some nooses have been found in recent days, which had been used for lynching blacks in the past, and the

comments made by cindy hyde—smith, you have to say to yourself but we have come so far, and yet race is still front and centre in the senate race where it should not be in the first place. let me ask you that question, do you think there will be quite republican voters in mississippi who will have been turned off by the whole issue of race and how it has been handled by cindy hyde—smith, and may decide to either stay home or fight —— vote formike either stay home or fight —— vote for mike espy? i think so, this is all about turnout. there is a lot of election fit —— fatigue, this is the la st election fit —— fatigue, this is the last midterm election we're looking at for the senate, and a lot of people might say that they are disillusioned by what this woman had to say, and they don't like mike espy and they will stay home. 0r that as republicans, they're so disgusted by what she said that they don't care about party affiliation, they don't want her representing them in the us senate, so they will vote for the democrat. either way you look at it, the notion of

talking about nooses and hangings and lynchings shows you really have tarnished and unfortunate this senate race has deteriorated. that is recent history in mississippi. thank you very much forjoining us, ron. sometimes, it pays to stand out from the crowd, especially if you're a cow that goes by the name of knickers from western australia. his owner, geoff pearson, tried to sell him at auction last month, but meat processors said they couldn't take him as he'sjust too big. we are not making that up. holy cow, look at him! he's huge, look at him! the seven—year—old is among the largest of his kind in the world, weighing 1.4 tonnes and two metres tall. that's one animal you wouldn't want any beef with. do you have any more puns? if you

haven't. .. laughter do you have any more puns? if you haven't... laughter. should we move along? quite milky. that is a very big cow. should be to stop there? we're done, done with the cow stories. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news: is this a moment ofjeopardy for president macron, as thousands take to the streets to protest against higher fuel prices? and politicians from around the world question facebook about fake news, but they leave an empty chair for the company's founder, mark zuckerberg. that's still to come. good evening. today brought us to

different phases of autumn. we started off with fog that caused a bit of disruption, and then it turned wet. it also started to turn windy, this was the scene from a weather watcher in county down earlier on. it is all because low pressure has taken charge of the scene. one band raina moved its way today, one coming later tonight. as the slow deepens, tomorrow will be very windy, likely to seek gales in the west combining with more heavy rain, likely because some travel disruption. your bbc radio station will keep you updated. this first band of rain clearing from the eastern areas. in between, it may just turn, enough for the odd mist and fog patch, we aren't expecting a foggy night like last night. temperatures creeping to 10 degrees overnight. this first banda rain

pushes north eastwards tonight, then a slightly drier slot, then more heavy rain pushes in over scotland. they could see 50 mm of rain, it is going to be a mild day, temperatures higher than we've seen for quite some time, 12—14dc, but also windy. we will see very strong winds for western coast, 50—60, 65 mph gusts. scotla nd western coast, 50—60, 65 mph gusts. scotland could see gusts in excess of 70 mph here. going through wednesday night, it is not over yet, because we see more rain feeding in the southern areas courtesy of this. it doesn't look like much, but we may spin up quite a deep area of low pressure here. some heavy rain with that, the rain and windy weather pushing eastwards to leave a mix of sunshine and blustery showers. as we start to bring the air in from the

northwest, it will start to cool off just a little bit, that is a process that continues as we go into friday. low pressure still firmly in charge, a lot of isobars on the chart in the north, but the air coming down from the northwest so something a bit cooler as we close out the week. but it stays unsettled and there will be some rain at times as we head into the weekend. this is beyond one hundred days. our top stories. theresa may is forced to fend off criticism from donald trump, who describes her brexit deal as only good for the eu. president macron faces down protests about fuel tax rises and vows that france will move towards cleaner energy. also on the programme. facebook under the spotlight — lawmakers from nine countries quiz the social media giant over its use of personal data — but there's no sign of mark zuckerberg. and she was a codebreaker in world war two, and a rebel in the house of lords — politicians past and present pay tribute to baroness trumpington, who's died aged 96. over the past fortnight,

france has been hit by nationwide protests against a controversial rise in diesel taxes introduced by president macron. he says it's necessary if france is serious about moving towards cleaner energy. but what started as a group of drivers blocking streets and highways, has transformed into a series of vast anti—government protests about the cost of living in france, which many say is now unaffordable. two people have even died in events related to the protests. today president macron said that while he sympathised with the demonstrators, he would not tolerate violence. translation: i want to say here that i do not confuse these unacceptable acts with the demonstrations with which they have been associated. i do not confuse thieves with fellow citizens who want to send a message. i have understanding for those fellow citizens and i will not give anything to those who want destruction and disorder,

because the republic is both public order and the free expression of opinions. let's speak to alain richard, a senator for the president's la republique en marche party. good to see you. the british prime minister felt it necessary recently to reassure a group of people in our country, that just about to reassure a group of people in our country, thatjust about managing, the people who work hard and go and pay their bills and come home and have nothing left at the end the week. it seems to me there a similar problem in france that people do not feel but president macron understands them. well you could say that, i feel that he understands them. well you could say that, ifeel that he is understanding them deeply. the only obstacle understanding them deeply. the only o bsta cle is understanding them deeply. the only obstacle is that we have to be serious and be responsible about our movement against climate change so we have two reduce steadily but

co nsta ntly we have two reduce steadily but constantly the use of fossil fuels whether that be diesel or ordinary gasoline. so we're moving to that prepared increase of taxes so that the price of fuel is making people, influencing people to change their vehicle or change the kind of fuel. so the origin of the protests is that other situations have added to each other. salaries have not been increasing in recent years. taxes have been increased during the previous majorities on people feel fed up with the addition of this. the popularity of the president is

so low at the moment, and you well know that fuel protests, six or seven know that fuel protests, six or seve n years know that fuel protests, six or seven years ago as know that fuel protests, six or seven years ago as we saw, know that fuel protests, six or seven years ago as we saw, they can get out of hand and this could become a real problem for president macron. it is not going to be but the president this morning explained that he wants to have practical solutions for the people who are most verdant by the different costs. —— most burdened. most people can change their carfor a —— most burdened. most people can change their car for a lower consumption of fuel. so it is rather a minority who are really concerned and really under this burden. so

we're going to discuss with local authorities and employers and trade unions to find adapted solutions according to the kind of local situation especially for people who live far from the towns where they work. and who have a constraint in the length of travel to go to work. so we're going to make adjusted solutions to reduce the charge for some people. and of course there will be protests and there will be dispute. macron has said from the beginning that he wants this country to be more marketing wind and more competitive. so if you do not go with the reforms that have been

prepared you are simply giving up. as you said he had made it clear he wa nts as you said he had made it clear he wants these economic reforms and also made it clear that he is not going to back down as some of his predecessors did in the face of straight protests. but how is it going to restore his approval ratings, 26% is extremely low and he needs to get that up if he's going to carry on with a series of economic reforms. he has got to do something to make himself more popular with his people. what is going to do is to adjust the next increases of tax according to the level of international prices. our problem this autumn was that there was a further step of increase in taxes at a moment when the level of price of oil was higher than before. and it is already going down. so the

decision will be next year and the year after, the decision to increase the tax will be varied according to the tax will be varied according to the international price. so the increase on fuel is more regular and more limited. thank you very much for joining more limited. thank you very much forjoining us. global greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high in 2017 — that's according to a un report released today. the emissions will keep growing — despite repeated warnings. last week the white house released a similarly alarming report on climate change — though yesterday mr trump said he didn't believe the findings of his own scientists. in the first interview of our series, climate matters, the canadian environment minister catherine mckenna told us last week that it is difficult to put a price on pollution — and protectjobs. today the uk environment minister claire perry addresses the challenges — and answers your own questions on the subject. claire perry, here is a question from our viewer, rob. why are they not taking action on diesel vehicles and continuing to break air quality laws?

the government has lost in court three times now. we are taking action on diesel vehicles so the plan we have got, which is to phase out the sale of all fossil fuel vehicles by 2040, is one of the most ambitious that is out there. but rob is absolutely right, i think the thing we have all realised, and i was one of those people that bought a diesel vehicle because we were told they were better for the environment, is that the particularate problem especially in urban areas is one that means not only do we need to phase out diesel rapidly both for the climate impacts but also for the air quality impact. and of course, interestingly, in cities like london we also have some very innovative plans being put in place around clean air zones, parking supplements for diesel vehicles, so there's lots of signals that diesel is no longer the fuel of the future. we need to move rapidly, very

rapidly, to all electric vehicles. debbie shrub asks, why is the government so silent on climate change every day? there is no coherent policy on public transport. fracking is supported by government. the interests of big business are put before the environment. what i'm going to say is i talk about climate and clean growth every single day and michael gove does the same. unfortunately the news channels are often dominated by other things that are going on like brexit. your viewer, if she's in the uk, should be really proud of the fact that we were the first country in the world to pass the climate change act, ten years ago, it was its happy birthday yesterday. i am one of the few ministers in this role that actually has to set carbon budgets and our budgets are very ambitious, much more ambitious by the way than many other countries in the eu. and we have a clean growth strategy that works right across government, notjust in the energy sector that i am responsible for, but on transport, on heavy industry.

in fact tomorrow we have got one of the world's biggest summits happening in edinburgh looking at the problem of carbon capture usage and storage, a vital technology that we are not going to hit our climate targets without. so she should rest assured that we are absolutely in the leadership point. terry daly asks what is the plan now that thailand and other asian countries are joining china in refusing to accept our plastic waste? what about a sustainable solution here in the uk that doesn't move the problem elsewhere? he is absolutely right and i think, so we have had a kind of slow burn on the plastics problem. the wonderful sir david attenborough with his bbc programme i think really brought home to people the impact of this waste. and of course the countries saying that there are no longer going to accept it and effectively recycle and use some of that but dump others i think that has sharpened the problem. so we're very focused on that. michael gove in the environment

ministry is working on the waste and resource plan. but ultimately what we are seeing is a huge shift away from single use plastics here. we have banned things like micro beads, we are looking at how we phase out or indeed help support things like recyclable bottles and deposit schemes. there's a huge amount of activity. i think this refusal to accept waste from the west was a really good wake—up call because of course we know government and in particular industry and of course consumers want to do more. and we can do more. here is a very indulgent question from a certain christian fraser of south—west london, who just bought an electric car! hurray! and says, why are there so few e—car charging points? well it is an excellent question because we know that the two things people worry about, it is the cost although the cost is dropping. but it is called range anxiety, christian. it is a technical term. you need to lobby your council. i live in the middle of my constituency but i rent a flat in wandsworth and of course wandsworth has committed to rolling out many more charging points including on lamp posts. because i do not know where you live, but the idea of charging cable trailing

across the pavement is not particularly attractive. there is a lot of funding coming out of government, £1.6 billion to really boost this infrastructure. and we need to get on and deliver it. but well done, you, for making that decision. there you are, doing your bit. that's excellent. a tick in the right column. absolutely. thank you for being a sport, claire perry. thank you. you are shameless, trying to get compliments! compliments and charging points in equal measure. in the past couple of months we had a series of reports from the united nations, from the un today, from the white house and we still have the president of the united states saying last night he basically does not believe the findings of its own scientists. until you have a change

of attitude from the top here in america it is hard to see how we're going to reach any of the target set for western countries. from our series, with a two ministers are now saying you have got to balance your cost on pollution with protecting jobs and industries. very difficult for governments to push this through. wejust for governments to push this through. we just spoke about violent protests on this street of france because of bad diesel tax. problems in canada as well. trying to stay in power and bring these things through even though we know they need to be brought through, very difficult. and of course debate here about whether it is innovation from the free market or from policy level. a child believed to be just 18—months—old is among 18 migrants who've been rescued from two small boats in the english channel. the dinghies were intercepted early this morning. there's been a sharp rise in the number of migrants trying to cross from france into the uk by boat this year — more than one hundred people have managed the dangerous journey across the channel in the past two months alone.

colin campbell reports. rescued off the coast of dover, in an inflatable dinghy, these are migrants from northern france trying to get to britain. in the last few months, there's been a surge in this kind of activity. a migrant camp in dunkirk we're secretly filming using an undercover researcher. it's smugglers like this man who are at the heart of the problem, willing to risk lives forfinancial gain. translation: a boat, it will cost you £3—4,000. i'm taking three people with me. they're paying cash. we get a boat, and off we go. he says he was a fisherman in iran, and getting us across the channel would be easy. translation: look, i will check the weather. you have waves in the sea, ferries cross the water and they can drag you underneath them even if you are one kilometre away. but i know the sea routes, where you will not be

disrupted by the ferries. more than 100 migrants have reached the kent coast. but not all that depart succeed. farhad from afghanistan was put in a dinghy with 11 others. he was rescued at night after the engine stalled. he thought he was going to die. it was freezing a couple of days ago, and when you get wet, i was like that to myself. a couple of guys they fainted, they were sleeping and we were trying to wake them up, and they were, we were trying to wake them up because their hearts will stop from the cold. this migrant told me the boat he was in capsized after being battered by waves. living in a squalid makeshift camp in calais, they claim they fled their countries because of religious and political persecution. their desperation to get to the uk is being fuelled by fears of brexit. how many of you think it's going to get harder, put your hands up? you all think it's going to get harder?

there is a rush. everybody‘s talking about it in here, in thejungle, we're like we need to get in quicker, you know what i'm saying, in case the security get fired up. even as winter sets in and temperatures start to plummet here, migrants in this part of the north of france are continuing to prepare to cross this treacherous stretch of water. it's happening at night—time in the dark, and they're using their mobile phones to navigate across to the kent coast. waiting to catch a dinghy to the uk, these iranian migrants told me they paid £6,000 each and were waiting to be taken to a nearby beach by smugglers. translation: we have to go by boat. we know we are putting our life in danger. i've tried before, but the waves were three metres high and came up over the boat. i already stared death in the face. there are fears drowned migrants could wash up on to calais' beaches. migrants trying to cross are risking their lives, every night, here in calais. is the french authorities

doing enough? we try to stop them, we stopped quite every boat that tried to cross the channel, but we need to face the truth. the truth is we cannot stop everyone. overloaded with migrants, this was the boat stopped by french authorities this morning. they were rescued, but there's real fear lives may soon be lost. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — ‘simply one of a kind'. tributes are paid to the wartime codebrea ker and internet sensation baroness trumpington, who has died at the age of 96. a bus company involved in a fatal accident has been fined 2.3 million pounds for allowing their driver to continue working despite concerns about his abilities. a midland red bus crashed in coventry in 2015, killing two people.

sima kotecha reports. it was a bus journey that went terribly wrong, and cost two people their lives. behind the wheel was 77—year—old kailash chander, a driver who lost control as he pulled out from a bus stop and ploughed into a sainsbury‘s store. today, his former employer, midland red, was fined £2.3 million, after admitting failing to prevent the accident by monitoring the driver's performance and tiredness. there were failures at an operational level in driver supervision and we deeply regret the opportunities that were missed to act decisively on emerging warning signs. the court was told how on numerous occasions the company had been alerted to mr chander‘s problematic driving and had failed to respond. midland red had received several complaints from passengers about his driving. a driver assessment system installed on buses consistently scored his performance as poor, and just 48—hours before the crash, one of his managers had warned

that he was not safe and that the company should consider ending his contract. thejudge said midland red had deliberately disregarded the evidence because of staff shortages. he said mr chander, who had beenjudged medically unfit to stand trial, had worked more than 70 hours in some weeks prior to the accident. 76—year—old dora hancox and seven—year—old rowan fitzgerald were killed in the crash. today, rowan's family said mr chander should have known he posed a risk, and midland red was equally to blame for the cruel way in which the child died. a peculiar thing took place in the british parliament today. a grand committee, comprised of representatives from nine international parliaments met to discuss ‘fake news'.

it's the first time the house of commons has held such a multi parliament hearing since 1933. unfortunately the man they wanted to question, one mark zuckerberg of facebook, again, didn't feel it necessary to attend. instead, this is what they saw. just an empty chair and an unused name card. which is surprising. roughly 80 percent of the 2.2—billion people that use facebook worldwide are non american. the firm can no longer be viewed as merely a us. company, and by failing to treat the global complaints on an equal footing to those being investigated by congress, some argue the company is doing itself no favours. the man taking mark zuckerberg's place was facebook‘s european policy director, richard allen. and he got a grilling. we have never seen anything quite like facebook where while we were playing on phones and apps, our democratic institutions, our form of civil conversation, seemed to have been appended by frat

boy billionaires from california. so mr zuckerberg's decision not to appear here at westminster to me speaks volumes. don't you see that by using the same tactics of misinformation, rather than being accountable, that you have lost public trust and cannot be trusted to police yourselves? i'm not going to disagree with you that we have damaged public trust through some of the actions we have ta ken. againjust for the record on the issue of the hiring of this outside firm, mark zuckerberg himself said that was not what he expected of us. he was not personally responsible for the hiring. an engineer at facebook notified the company in october 2014 that entities with russian ip addresses had been using a pinterest api key to pull over 3 billion data points a day through the ordered friends api. if russian ip addresses were pulling down a huge amount of data from the platform, was that reported or was that just kept as so often seems to be the case, just kept within the family and not talked about? on the specific question of whether or not we believe,

based on our subsequent investigations, that there was activity by russians at that time, i will come back to you. i think this is surprising that mark zuckerberg did not show up, both he and the ceo sheryl sandberg are under pressure over this issue and not being responsive enough fast enough when they knew what was going on with russian interference. and secondly the facebook share price has fallen 40% sincejuly and you think that alone would be enough to make the bosses think that they need to be seen to do everything they can to be seen to do everything they can to be seen to do everything they can to be more responsive. they have a big pr problem at the moment and they have a new global medications director. you know who it is? foreman deputy reddish prime minister lick quake. he was not there today because reportedly he is

ona there today because reportedly he is on a global getting to know you trip around the facebook business. he has some work to do when he finally gets into thejob. she was a code breaker during the second world war, she was the mayor of cambridge, and held a long peerage in the house of lords. today tributes poured in for the conservative peer baroness trumpington, who's died at the age of 96. she earned a reputation as one of the most colourful, outspoken characters in the british parliament, serving under prime ministers margaret thatcher and john major. our deputy political editor john pienaar looks back on her life. always in her place in the house of lords, always the same. so lucky to be here. as david cameron said, theyjust don't make politicians like that any more, and he meant it. wartime code—breaker, oldest woman ever to be a government minister, and even, after a long life, a youtube sensation. the grainy black—and—white photos tell of a colourful past. land girl on the farm of former pm david lloyd george, during world war ii.

then a member of the near legendary code—breaking team at bletchley. churchill visited us. he said "you are the birds that laid the golden eggs, but never cackled." and that was the important thing, was that we never talked. never conventional though. wife to a headmaster, one day, fully clothed, at the school pool... ijumped. and half the schooljumped in with me to save me. and my husband wouldn't speak to me for three weeks. why did you do it? just for the hell of it! she was made a peer in 1980, seemed proud of standing up to the iron lady, margaret thatcher. we were really good friends, but if i didn't agree with her about something, i said so. and that was very good for her. she chain smoked her way through several government

departments, and then came fame. telling her tales on prime time tv. i've had to sign a piece of paper in order to be on this show to say i wasn't pregnant. laughter. why the fame though? well, watch this. a tory peer suggesting she was a revered relic of world war ii. and her silent reply. that picture went viral on youtube. complimentary tributes are normal. they're not always as warm as today's forjean trumpington. so lovely. she will be sadly missed. and that from the house of lords is my favourite meme. one quote and she was talking about her son adam and she said that he loved to travel

down in the lift and to my shame head—butted lady astor. history does not record why. that is the reply to everything, the answer is always you did itjust for the everything, the answer is always you did it just for the hell of everything, the answer is always you did itjust for the hell of it. we will see you tomorrow. good evening. today brought us to a different faces of autumn. we started with some fog which caused a bit of disruption and then it turned wet and also started to turn windy. this was the scene in county down a bit earlier on. this is because low pressure has taken charge of the scene. we have one band of rain today and another to come tonight. and tomorrow is going to be a particularly windy day with sales especially in the west and that combined with more heavy rain is

likely to cause some travel disruption. so here is the first band of rain clearing from eastern areas, more rain returning to the south west for the in between it may be calm enough for the odd patch of best and fog. and temperatures creeping up all the while. 10 degrees the overnight low in plymouth. so tomorrow we have more heavy rain pushing in the grass northern ireland and southern scotland. we could see up to 50 millimetres in some places. it is going to be a mild day with temperatures are higher than we have seen temperatures are higher than we have seen for some time but also windy. we will see a strong wind on western coasts, and then later in the day the strongest of the wind transferring to the north east of scotla nd transferring to the north east of scotland and could be in excess of 70 miles an hour. through wednesday night it is not over yet, more rain

feeding back into southern areas courtesy of this. quite a deep area of low pressure which could bring some really strong wind in western areas during thursday. the rain and windy weather pushing east. blustery showers behind. and it will start to cool off just a little showers behind. and it will start to cool offjust a little bit and that process continues into friday. low pressure is still firmly in charge. a lot of isobars in the chart. but something a little bit cooler to close out the week. but staying u nsettled close out the week. but staying unsettled and still some rain at times as we head into the weekend. this is bbc news. the headlines. eighteen migrants are stopped as they try to reach the english coast by boat — amid a surge in the numbers trying to cross the channel. they're being taken by smugglers — some are stealing boats and charging the migrants thousands. translation: cost you

three to four thousand i , i ,iam , i am taking three people with me. they pay in cash. we did in the boat and off we go. the prime minister begins selling her brexit deal to the public as she makes flying visits to wales and northern ireland. we will be able to negotiate trade deals around the rest of the world. we have been talking with agreements that we could have in the future. the driver who crashed into a supermarket killing 2 people — a bus company is fined more than 2 million pounds