good evening. tributes have been paid to the former us president george hw bush, who's died at his home in texas. he was 94, and had been living with parkinson's disease. he'd served as an pilot in world war two before turning to business and politics, becoming president in 1988. he lead america as the soviet union collapsed, and in the first gulf war, ousting saddam hussein from kuwait in 1990. president bush had been critical of mr trump but today's president paid tribute to the former leader, saying, "president bush inspired generations of his fellow americans to public service." president barack obama said, "the us has lost a patriot and humble servant. " our north america editorjon sopel looks back at his life. i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. that george herbert walker bush had reached the highest office in —— america's 43rd president served to some of the most momentous times

on the 21st century. 20th—century. so help me god. congratulations. the cold war ending, the berlin wall coming down, the soviet union collapsing, turmoil in the middle east and the first gulf war. yet he seemed to embody a more noble sense of politics rooted in duty, respect and public service. that he should reach the highest office in the land almost seemed predestined. he was born into a family of wealth, privilege and politics. his father was a us senator. george attended yale before volunteering for the navy in world war ii. he was shot down over the pacific, his rescue remarkably caught on film. peacetime took him to texas, where he made a fortune in the oil business. and then came the lure of politics. he was elected to congress, served as an ambassador and became head of the cia, before pitching to become the republican presidential candidate in 1980. he lost to ronald reagan, but reagan put him on the ticket and served as vice president.

in 1988 he had another crack at the presidency — this time successfully. bush senior was the last of america's cold war leaders on the demise of communism in his period was managed deftly, as former soviet satellites embrace the values of democracy and freedom. but there were new uncertainties, notably iraq's surprise annexation of kuwait in 1990. margaret thatcher told him to stand firm, apparently saying "this is no time to go wobbly, george." he didn't. the 1992 election pitched the patrician bush against the young, charismatic and hitherto little known democratic governor from arkansas called bill clinton. his clear advocacy of a new vision for america swept him to a decisive victory. within a decade there was another bush in the white house, george w. two years ago his younger certain

jeb took on donald trump for the republican nomination as president. it was ugly. in turn, george bush senior called donald trump a blowha rd senior called donald trump a blowhard and senior called donald trump a blowha rd and later said senior called donald trump a blowhard and later said he voted for hillary clinton in the election. the one constant throughout all that — his wife barbara. they were married for over 70 years. she died in april. he said he was looking forward to being reunited with her. george hw bush, who has died at the age of 94. theresa may's brexit plans have suffered another blow, with the resignation of the universitites and science minister sam gyimah. he says the prime minister's agreement with the eu is a deal in name only which would remove britain's voice and veto, and lead to it being hammered in future negotiations with europe. mrs may is in buenos aires, for the g20 summit of world leaders, from where our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. her predicament‘s one few other world leaders would want to.

her own party poised to reject her main policy. much more serious than friendly sporting rivalry with australia. but not always that friendly when it comes to sporting events. but the hand of friendship from him. i think you have shown great resilience and great determination to resolve one of the hardest issues i think there is. reporter: new job?! but another minister's joined the dozens of mps pledged to vote against. sam gyimah was invited into government to be a science minister. but he's quit with an almost apocalyptic warning about theresa may's brexit compromise. all the big issues are being kicked down the road, so we're in for several years of negotiations at the point at which we have no leverage and the eu has all the control, and they will hammer our interest and cripple our country, making us less secure, poorer and weaker in the pursuit of our national interests. i regret very much that sam's

leaving the government. i think he's done a good job in a number of roles as a minister, but i don't agree with him on this. and i think that you need to look at the deal, as i say, as a compromise. and also i would like to take this opportunity to express my tribute to your leadership... and while other leaders might want to help, they are worried too about what might happen next. japan asking for reassurance there won't be no deal. once again ask for your support to avoid the no deal... and forget the ceremony here. at home, there's brutal argument going on. can the prime minister persuade more mps to back her compromise with the eu that imagines close economic ties but our own control of immigration? right now, it doesn't seem so. i think there's a majority, i don't know what the size of that is, but i think there's a majority against the deal that the government is putting forward, theresa may is putting forward. after that, we're into almost unknown territory, a lot of negotiations will have to go on.

this grandeur will be replaced soon by trying to persuade one mp at a time. whether the prime minister succeeds will influence where she and the uk line up in the world. laura, another brexit blow for mrs may, in what could be a crucial month for her? certainly a crucial few days, no question. another day, another departure, another barrage of criticism for theresa may for her brexit compromise. this time with the departure of sam gyimah from government, a reminder it as much as brexiteers who fear the deal ties is too closely to the eu for good, but also former remainers cross and worried that the deal is an unsavoury halfway house and that we

don't know enough about the future to sign up now, sign on the dotted line and sign away what may well be agreed by the eu in years to come. sam gyimah‘s words are perhaps the most blunt criticism of the prime minister's plan from any of the ministers who have gone, and quite a number have quits over her plans compromise with the european union. she will leave argentina tonight from this bubble of this summer ‘s, going home for an epic battle with her own political party. herfuture rests on whether or not she can get this deal through, if there is a defeat, how bad it is. there is that much at stake. thank you, laura kuenssberg in buenos aires. sir terry morgan, the head of britain's most expensive rail project, hs2, has told bbc news he expects to be sacked, afterjust four months in the job. there's been speculation over his future, after recent disclosures about costs and delays on hs2 and the other project he runs, building london's crossrail. more than 200 people have been arrested in paris

after violent protests around one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, the arc de triomphe. it's the third week of demonstrations originally sparked by rising fuel taxes, but now a wider movement of discontent with the government. hugh schofield reports. the arc de triomphe this afternoon. groups of yellow vested protest as have pushed past police and gone past the tomb of the unknown soldier. all day, scenes of serious violence in the streets around, maybe agitators of the far right and left in the thick of it, taking on police with cobblestones and other projectiles, setting fire to cars and even buildings. it is an extremely tense situation made afternoon, we have been chased down a side street by riot police with tear gas and anti—riot grenades, a car is on fire behind me

just off the champs—elysees, it is a real scene of street warfare. of real scene of street warfare. of destruction, ordinary people who had come from across france to demonstrate peaceably. they do not wa nt demonstrate peaceably. they do not want the violence to divert attention from their message that taxes and france have gone too file. translation: abraham lincoln said something important, government should be of the people, by the people, for the people. paul —— for the people. our politician should keep that in mind, they will not get any way... anywhere until we put the people first. translation: it has been going on for so long and eventually you have to resist, there is no choice. who are you? translation: we are the people, look i'io translation: we are the people, look no further, not right or left, we are just the simple people. seems like this at one of paris' most famous landmarks cannot be glossed over at a minor problem.

president macron needs to find his way out of this confrontation with the people, quickly. that's it. the late news is at 10pm, now the news where you are. good evening, i'm asad ahmad. by the end of this weekend, london should have 80,000 more hello. this is bbc news. her majesty the queen has paid tribute to president h w bush, who's died at the age of 94. in a statement she said. "it was with sadness that i learned of the death of president george h w bush last night. president bush was a great friend and ally of the united kingdom. he was also a patriot, serving his country with honour and distinction in office and during the second world war. prince philip and i remember our days in texas in 1991 with great fondness. my thoughts and prayers are with president bush's family and the american people.

president trump has also paid tribute to george bush senior, saying he inspired a generation of americans to enter public service. mr bush died early this morning at his home in texas. the white house has announced that wednesday will be a national day of mourning across the united states. he was elected president in 1988 — as the cold war came to an end, and led the united states in the first gulf war, when saddam hussein invaded kuwait. earlier i spoke to the us ambassador to the uk, woodyjohnson, who paid this tribute. i think ithinki i think i would sum it up by kind of going to the top line which is that everybody in america loved the two of them. george and barbara. i think. they were the most beloved

people particularly after they retired as president that i can remember and there was a steady strea m remember and there was a steady stream of people that would visit the president in houston. don't come down just to see me, oh the president in houston. don't come downjust to see me, oh no, mr president i'm not coming downjust to see you. i have business and this. we would go out to lunch and i would talk to him. i used to talk to both of them and then he was the president. the way he reacted to the people in the restaurant, we would go to mexican. i can if you do you wa nt go to mexican. i can if you do you want today? 0h, let's go to mexican. tex—mex. want today? 0h, let's go to mexican. tex-mex. do you think there were american people were aware that he was the doctor is determined? he came from a family dynasty. that's the thing that i think people endured. he treated pretty much

everybody the same. i don't think he differentiated a team whether it was the head of state or somebody that worked at the white house. that was a nice quality about him. how did he reflect or approach his sons entering political life like him? was he ever attempted to step in? what was his take on that?” was he ever attempted to step in? what was his take on that? i think he was willing to answer questions but it was my impression that he did not force his will on them. he was a gentleman. he really was. i think he knew that there was a fight that they had to do themselves. he did speak about it once he has started writing his biography and his opinions became more vocal. 0f course president bush's time in office and i'm really interested to know about his love for the outdoors

because i was surprised to come upon a story about his love for baseball. he was a bit of an outdoor man. he was a great athlete. 0ne he was a bit of an outdoor man. he was a great athlete. one of the best baseball players i and captain his tea m baseball players i and captain his team at yale. i played tennis with his brotherjonathan. he says his brother can beat him and jonathan was really good. i played golf with him. great athlete. really fun to play with and always had an interesting bets. i went fishing with him one day and this will tell you a little bit about who he is and so we you a little bit about who he is and so we go charging out of this speedboat and he used to aggravate barbara because he would go on it right from the dock. she would say you can't do that. we would go out about ten miles followed by his detailed boat. he used to love to beat the detail boat. we are catching and how they're casting for blues. i get a snack. i thought,

he's the president of the united states. he would cut the line. he sat there and untangled this line and said here's your rod back. i was kind of embarrassed. the president of the united states untangling my line. that's the kind of person he was. he was patient and said no problem. have fun. we had a lot of fun and we came back in and said barber is watching. he came full speed and did this big turn right up to the dock. sure enough when we got m, to the dock. sure enough when we got in, why did you do that george? were you surprised that 90 he decided to parachutejump you surprised that 90 he decided to parachute jump or was that just typical of him? it's kind of typical. he was always, i mean if you look at his career from fighter aeroplane and the young boy writing notes and getting captured all the things he did in china and everywhere else at the cia he was

a lwa ys everywhere else at the cia he was always up for his next adventure. and barbara was right along there with him pushing i think and not letting him get, you know, depressed 01’ letting him get, you know, depressed or anything like that after losing election. let's just or anything like that after losing election. let'sjust talk or anything like that after losing election. let's just talk about his diagnosis. he was living with parkinson's disease. did he, what sort of perfection city have with that diagnosis came through? did he ever talk about it with his friends? .he ever talk about it with his friends? . he dida ever talk about it with his friends? . he did a lot. anderson. he really went full bore on that disease and set the clinic at the anderson hospital. i went to some of those with him. it affected him in a major way. that was very serious and a big pa rt way. that was very serious and a big part of his life was that. away from the life of politics when he spoke with his circle of friends what was

the most proud of, his achievements? i think he always knew that he gave at the college try and give the tribe. he tried his hardest to the american people and to work very ha rd american people and to work very hard for them. he worked hard for his family and was very determined and an ethical person. i think that he gave it everything he had to give. what do you think is his legacy on the country and on america? history has not been written on him yet. i think when history is written and people have a chance to reflect on both ronald reagan and the communist era of the ussr and what impact he had on world events as it will a very positive

historical writing on him. that was the us ambassador to the uk woodyjohnson who spoke to me here on bbc news. with renowned as freddy gray the deputy editor of the spectator and joining us our newsroom in washington. i like to know how ordinary americans, we're hearing a lot from politicians and leaders, how are ordinary americans reacting to this news? they're reacting to this news? they're reacting with sadness and why they couege reacting with sadness and why they college to have been very civilized and a noble man who had very good intentions and was a real patriot and americans taken very seriously. it is also the sense that he's a great elite figure and as close as they get to a natural born aristocrat with a silver spoon in his mouth. he's not a man of the

people in a way that donald trump is because a large acknowledgment that this was a very civilized man that presided over america and perhaps a more civilized time when america really was at the height of its power. hearing a lot about this very civilized by god political era and i think earlier this year we were following the death ofjohn mccain and very similar sentiments were spoken about. we also learned via the white house that the trumps will be attending the funeral. what sort of relationship did they have or did president bush ever give any indication of his opinion of the trumpet ministration? it's well known off the record that he was not a great fan of donald trump and certainly his sons were not. and the bush family is a sort of high powered mafia really and i definitely did not approve of the trump revolution in the republican

party and so it's a bad relationship. nevertheless he's in a different category i think given the sense that he's such an older statesman and so revered and had this amazing and full life. and perhaps he's learned a little bit from the mccain funeral were he got why the bullied for not showing sympathy. slightly unfairly. it will be very keen to show his grief and show the country that he cares. lot of people we have been hearing about his foreign policy legacy but what about closer to home? how did he do domestically? one does not wa nt to he do domestically? one does not want to criticise a managers guide but you could say the collapse of the republican policy did start with him and his betrayed campaign promise raised he would not raise taxes and then he did. the base, if you like, the republican grassroots moved further and further away. they kept feeling that they were being betrayed by the party in washington.

we all know what is ended up with donald trump in the republican party is not the party that it was in any way. thank you very much. more than 200 people have been arrested in paris, after violent protests around one of the city's most famous locations, the arc de triomphe. it's the third weeked of demonstrations sparked by rising fuel prices. let's go to paris now to speak to telegraph columnist anne—elisabeth moutet. it's not just about fuel prices. these protests seem to have evolved 110w. these protests seem to have evolved now. it was never really about fuel prices. fuel prices break trigger and what you really have here is the people called macron‘s deplorable. same people that voted for brexit and england and the people that voted for trump and the people that voted for trump and the people that voted for trump and the people that voted for solving in italy. they

feel that it's getting worse and worse and nobody is listening to them and as an us versus them situation with the government led by an aristocratic president who is all about startup nation and high—tech jobs and not so much about people who have difficult jobs jobs and not so much about people who have difficultjobs and need things that are no longer available for them. the question of fuel prices are important is that this semi places in france now where small treatments have been shut down and buses only happen once a day and if you want to have a job you need to drive in thejob is if you want to have a job you need to drive in the job is very far away. the lesson player in your own town has closed down the one not be any others. that was silly that coalesced and maybe we'll very angry. this dismissal of you're not intelligent enough to understand this is good for the planet and they wa nted this is good for the planet and they wanted to be good for their lives as well. interesting window watching

these protests a re well. interesting window watching these protests are today and they appear to have gotten more violent as the day has progressed. the tone of them very different to what we have seen the last two weekends and could you update us on the latest koziello it's very easy to understand and the demonstrators that come from the provinces are still same people that you had last week and the week before. i lived on a street rehabbed scuffles with the police under my windows. i'm 200 yards from champs elysees. we have professional hooligans that come at the end of every demonstration and right—wing and left—wing, they belong to both extremes and they are in there to get into fights with the police and to sometimes pillage shops and these are different people. it's very easy to put on a high of his jacket because by law in france every person who has a car has to have one in the car in case you have an accident and it's dangerous to see you at dusk or

something. these peoplejust disguise themselves as the yellow jackets and is a feeling possibly detects conspiracy theory that the government let these people aggregate themselves to the demonstrations because that would disqualify them. thank you very much for that update. the chairman of the hs2 rail link, sir terry morgan, says he expects to be dismissed formally, even though he was only appointed injuly. ? it's thought the scheme, britain's biggest infrastructure project, is over budget.? sir terry is also in charge of the delayed crossrail programme. ? i've been speaking to our business correspondentjoe miller. he's a very well—respected engineer who has been running crossrailfrom said decade. as he said he was appointed and at the time of his appointment the transport secretary was effusive in his praise of sir

terry. they had world—class expertise to the project. now he has just told us today that he first learned from the financial times from a leak to the financial times that the chancellor work unhappy with how it was performing and delayed and over budget and therefore they felt that it was untenable for him to be at helm of echo to. listen to what he just told bpm programme on radio earlier. echo to. listen to what he just told bpm programme on radio earlierlj have not yet been told and because hsz is a cheap critic really... hsz is a cheap critic —— have not yet been told and because hsz is a cheap critic —— critically important programme that was considered to be too risky for a programme like hsz to continue in my role as chairman. and audibly perturbed sir terry and he went on to defend both crossrail and hs2. it was disappointed by crossrail which

was disappointed by crossrail which was the largest and for church or project in europe and beset by delays and is over budget but he said he did not expect that hs2 will run into those same problems and he really left a parting shot from the politicians that people in west is to make these decisions. he said that a researcher projects like that with the envy of other countries across europe and across the world and by their nature very complex. what he was saying was getting rid of someone like me want and all of the problems. labour's kate 0samor, the shadow international development secretary, has resigned from her front bench role. it comes after a report that she verbally abused a journalist from the times who was looking into controversy surrounding her son's conviction for drug possession. in a statement, she said she will now ‘concentrate on supporting my family through the difficult time we have been experiencing'. mexico's president elect andres manuel lopez 0brador has been sworn in as the countries

new president in mexico city. mr lopez 0brador ran on an anti—corruption platform and his supporters are hoping he will implement policies to tackle the issue as well as combat the country's widespread poverty and inequality. international leaders from across the political spectrum attended the event time for a look at the weather with alina it's a dry into the day for many and rain soon clearing from the far north of england and southern scotla nd north of england and southern scotland with clear spells for time this evening before more rain arrives into southwest england, wales and northern ireland worked with north east overnight. there are skies for north and east of scotland here. a touch of frost in mist and fog. temperatures only just here. a touch of frost in mist and fog. temperatures onlyjust above freezing and headed to england and wales is a very mild night. no much lower than eight or nine celsius. continuing to work its way north and

east este ba n continuing to work its way north and east esteban sachetti cold air and you could see snow fort times. more showers piling from the west through the afternoon. after dirk wales and england with average speeds gusts could touch 40 mph and other mild afternoon for of england and wales with 14 of 15 celsius. like eight or nine for scotland and parts of northern ireland. into monday some sunshine for money but bred for southern parts of england and further snow for the far north of scotland. goodbye. seems hello this is bbc news, the

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