you're watching beyond 100 days. theresa may announces a new timetable for a new vote on brexit but the old problems haven't gone away. actually they've got worse — the opposition leaderjeremy corbyn [10w says he'll table a motion of no confidence in the prime minister. there's no date yet for that motion but theresa may says parliament will vote on her brexit plan in mid january. a new report for the us senate concludes russia used every social media platform to help elect donald trump — reaching millions of voters. also on the programme... a tide of legal worries laps at mr trump's feet. 17 probes against him and his organisations, more than any other president in history. and the brits are the but of brexitjokes on saturday night live, with matt damon standing in for david cameron. hello and welcome — i'm kay in washington,

clive myrie is in london. there are less than a hundred days to go before the uk is due to leave the eu but today the prime minister said parliament won't vote on her brexit deal for nearly another month. at the moment it seems unlikely that it will pass. so that would leave just 7a days for a plan b to be found — given mrs may's current deal took more than two years to negotiate. 7a days sounds very tight. so, some mps are calling for a delay in leaving the eu, while others just want her to get on with a vote on her existing deal, before christmas. in the past hour the opposition labour party has promised a vote of no confidence in the prime minister. let's get a flavour of those exchanges in parliament. now onlyjust 14 weeks until the uk leaves the eu and i know that many members of this house are concerned that we need to take a decision soon. shouting my right honourable friend, the leader of the house will set out business on thursday

in the usual way. but i can confirm today that we intend to return to the meaningful vote debate in the week commencing the 7th of january, and hold the vote the following week. mr speaker, when we have the vote, when we have the vote, members will need to reflect carefully on what is in the best interests of our country. this is unacceptable in any way whatsoever. so, mr speaker, in the only way that can think of in ensuring that a vote takes place this week, i am about to table a motion which says the following: that this house has no confidence the prime minister, due... due to herfailure to allow the house of commons to have a meaningful vote straightaway, on the withdrawal agreement, and framework the future relationship with the uk and the european union, and that will be tabled immediately, mr speaker,

thank you. let's cross over to westminster now and speak to our political correspondent rob watson. no vote on theresa may's deal before christmas. still time to go and buy the turkey and wrap presents and so on and so forth, but one wonders whether the whole idea of parliament being sobran, bile and being able to dictate the timetable of all of this, whether that is all out of the window. basically, theresa may is doing what she wants to, isn't she? i guess we will find out in the few days and weeks ahead. i was thinking asi days and weeks ahead. i was thinking as i watched the daily‘s proceedings, people satirising british politics, surely not? i wonder what gave them that idea. i do think that we did learn something about pa rliament‘s role do think that we did learn something about parliament's role in the brexit process. the first point is that theresa may might be plan and eight, the idea of delaying the vote until the middle of january eight, the idea of delaying the vote until the middle ofjanuary in the hope that mps are so terrified by the brexit ticking clock that they

will support her and loved deal, i think we can see that plan a is a massive amount of trouble, and parliament is immensely crossed that this will be delayed until the new year. i think here's the thing, and if you really want... if you weren't sure that britain is in a profound political crisis, you can see from this debate, that it is actually not clear at all what plan b might be. all the different politicians have different ideas, somewhat a second referendum, that should be cross party effort to find an alternative to mrs may's plan. here is what i am left with, no one likes plan eight, andi left with, no one likes plan eight, and i can't see what plan b is. ethic we have what a vague idea what labour's plan is. they would love a general election. they want to topple the prime minister. they have called this motion of no confidence. could that lead to the general election? what is the effect of

that? no. without getting into the detail, think it tells you about the confused position of the labour party leadership, some people are interpreting this as saying, look, jeremy corbyn wants to avoid calling a motion of no confidence in the government, which is far more is serious, than calling a motion of no confidence in a minister. he doesn't wa nt to confidence in a minister. he doesn't want to do that, because he thinks labour would lose, and then you have got to go back to, well, what is labour's position about brexit? would it back a second referendum? a lot of people suspect that as a lifetime socialist than someone who has never had any time for the eu, actuallyjeremy corbyn does not want actuallyjeremy corbyn does not want a second referendum, and does not wa nt a second referendum, and does not want people to vote to remain in the eu should that happen. want people to vote to remain in the eu should that happenli want people to vote to remain in the eu should that happen. i promise you we will bring that saturday night live spoof. it is coming at the end of this half hour. stay with us, you

will get it. how will they know when sbs start and the real stuff and? she looked a little shorter, the actress, and that's about it. is there anything that the primaries there anything that the primaries there is going to manage to pull out of her christmas stocking that is a gift from the european union to make a vote more likely to pass in january than it would if she held at this week as mac no. it seems massively unlikely to me. why on earth would... so why have the boat? let's see whether she really does. maybe she will delay it even further. i think, maybe she will delay it even further. ithink, why maybe she will delay it even further. i think, why have the vote the second time, i think it is that she generally dealt hope that the pressure of time, it reminds me of the monty python sketch about the spanish inquisition, nobody expects oui’ spanish inquisition, nobody expects our weapons! if you are an mp, and you are looking at the prospect of

britain crashing out of the european union without a deal, all of the economic consequences, that may be, and loved as her deal is, they might back it, but it is notjust me, most people here at westminster can't see that happening. meanwhile, this is not a stable situation. it seems that the cabinet discipline, and government discipline around theresa may is breaking down, with ministers openly saying, maybe we should have a plan b. that is why we keep coming back to this point, this is not normal times. by and large, senior ministers don't go around saying, maybe there is a prime bat alternative to what it by ministers proposing. 0k thank you very much for that. that point that rob made at the end, that ideal cabinet responsible at you, the idea that your members of your cabinet, the senior members of your government should be in lockstep with what you think and what your publicly pronouncing as prime minister. that is sacrosanct, usually, but so far

on this political issue, that has not been the case every last few days, and we have seen cabinet ministers coming out with all kinds of ideas as to which way this whole debate should go. i think that is furthering the calls for possibly an extension of article 50, delaying leaving the european union, or even a second referendum? yes, and i guess because she has always had to balance levers with remainers in her cabinet. ever since she has been prime minister, her cabinet has not beenin prime minister, her cabinet has not been in harmony over the most important issue it has to deal with. saturday night live, and monty python — who said brexit was ballmer in —— who said brexit was boring? a second public vote on brexit now seems more likely than ever before. but does the public want it? well latest polling offers a clue. asked about another vote — 35% said mps should decide what happens with brexit. 44% wanted another ballot. and 20% weren't sure. the political analyst and number—cruncher peter kellner is here with me now.

those numbers suggest a shift? yes, there has been some shift over the last few months. if you strip out the don't knows, it is something like 56% say, yes, the public should decide, 44% say parliament should decide, 44% say parliament should decide, and since the withdrawal agreement, opinion has moved against the government. the withdrawal agreement itself is very unpopular. can imagine another monty python sketch. theresa may is rather like the shopkeeper saying that the parrot is still alive. i think that is true of her policy. everybody else can see that there is no chance of it getting through parliament, thatis of it getting through parliament, that is partly why voters are beginning to say well, if parliament

can't sort this out, perhaps it should come back to the people? that idea about another boat, pulling on that depends on how you ask the question. if you say, a second referendum, a do over, that doesn't fly? something else has got to work. that is right. people don't want the same thing again, citing if we are going to move to a public vote or a referendum, it will have to be because parliament is deadlocked, so people can see there is a need for it. if it is thought to be remainers, just those moaning about it, say let's have another boat and get it right. it has to be in a different political context. so, peter, what is that different political context? what way would be undemocratic or not dismissive of those who voted to leave the first time ground, and did not undermine

the confidence in voting. you have got another month also. at some point, presumably, they will have the vote or the government gives up on the withdrawal agreement. does parliament and gopher leaving the eu without a deal, or doesn't look for one of the other options? norway type relationship, or canada type relationship. not many parliamentarians are very keen on that. i think one gets not out of enthusiasm for a public vote, but almost by a process of elimination, it is left as the only sane option left standing. though, i hesitate to predict anything in this brexit saga. but if we get to ward a referendum, it will be because parliament is deadlocked. and nobody can really think of any other way forward. 0k, peter many banks are coming. it is good to see you. ——

many thanks for coming. the irish have had several referendums on the issue of abortion. the last one was a few months ago, this year, and they voted to legalise abortion. but each question, along the road in those different referenda was com pletely those different referenda was completely different from the previous question. and before they had each referenda, each poll, they had each referenda, each poll, they had these things good citizens assemblies, ordinary citizens, sequestered for a few days, a bit like to duty, they are given all the information on the particular issue that the public would have two vote on eventually, so experts, politicians, best of interests, all there, turned up to where these people were held, give them all the information, and then the result of the deliberations of these individual citizens were fed back into the process. so, you had an informed citizen voting on a crucial issue. one wonders why none of that

happened before the brexit referendum? but clive at what point do ireland say, ok, that is the final referendum on this issue. we have one, two, three, what is it, the best of five, or the best—of—7? at what point did ireland get to a point that says we are satisfied. the population as a whole is at peace with its result. actually, peter kellner is sitting right next to me, and that it led to bring him on. let's get him on. we have to be quite quick on this. nobody can ever say it is the end of the process. there may be another referendum in ireland on abortion. if parliament decide something, then in five or ten years, another parliament and decide summing else. in 1975, big referendum, 2—1 to stay in. five is greater, the labour party said, let's come out. these things are never going to end completely. all

right, peter, thank you for that. for the first time two reports prepared for the us senate have analysed millions of social media posts detailing the scope of russian meddling in the 2016 election. they find that russia used every social media platform to help elect donald trump. it's the scale of the intervention that's staggering. through words, images, videos russian operatives targeted us voters. on facebook 20 russian sponsored pages with names like being patriotic, heart of texas, and army ofjesus got a widespread impact. the posts published on these pages were shared some 31 million times... and they got more than 39 million likes. overall these 20 pages managed to reach 126 million people. we're joined now by michael carpenter, former us deputy assistant secretary of defence for russia. mr carpenter, thank you for coming in tojoin us. we know mr carpenter, thank you for coming in to join us. we know that russia we re in to join us. we know that russia were trying to cause divisions. when you see this report and these facebook pages with these names,

what does it tell you about what russia was doing in the 2060 campaign? well, i think peaty big ta keaway campaign? well, i think peaty big takeaway is the scales of this approach, and the sophistication of the russian efforts. —— 2016 campaign. it has been easy to say that the russians created a lot of noise, but did any of it matter? but i think we are beginning to see not only that they affected millions, in fa ct over only that they affected millions, in fact over 100 million american voters with their disinformation and theirfake voters with their disinformation and their fake accounts, but they also had an effect because of the sophistication of some of their efforts. now, some of these fake pages may seem efforts. now, some of these fake pages may seem a efforts. now, some of these fake pages may seem a little inane, but they actually were targeted at very specific demographics. including african—americans, including vetera ns, african—americans, including veterans, active service members, and they tailored the message to each of these demographics to impact their mini particular way, it

including voter suppression efforts. i think we have two concluded overall, that the russian approach was very effective and quite sophisticated. so what were they doing with african—american groups. that was something that i had not releasing much about in this report? —— before this report. stoking a lot of dissatisfaction with the political process, and try to convince that african—american did not —— convince african—americans that hillary clinton did not represent their issues, that it would be best if they simply stayed away or voted for another candidate. it was a very form of —— a very clever form of voter suppression, and attempt to portray hillary clinton in a negative light. this is the kind of tactic that has been used by the russians in other elections, targeting those ashes of

discord within a particular society, “ areas discord within a particular society, —— areas of discord. race, being one. that is aptly right. this is fundamentally a attempt to amplify existing social divisions, and to tap into popular sentiments that go against the establishment. they have done this most recently in macedonia, with a referendum there ona macedonia, with a referendum there on a name change agreement that the government has done with greece. they have done it with my view in the brexit referendum. they did it before that in a referendum that was held in the netherlands, on whether ukraine should have an eu association agreement. whenever they gauge and needs to sophisticated pop propaganda operations, they target pre—existing sentiment in the population, they do not create them from scratch, but they help to amplify them. thank you very much

the joining amplify them. thank you very much thejoining us. amplify them. thank you very much the joining us. my pleasure. the whole issue of russian interference in the election is part of robert mueller‘s work. but that is just one of the investigations into the trump presidency. there are currently as many as 17 different probes into mr trump and his various organisations. wired magazine has done the tally of pending cases and found that mr trump faces more legal issues than any other american president in history. there are currently investigations into the trump administration, his campaign, his transition, his business, his inauguration and his foundation. for more on the president's legal problems, i'm joined by professor of law and former whitewater independent counsel kim wehle. 17 different probes into all the different bits of trump's administration and his campaign. more than any other president. but that in context for us? well, what is adjusting about the 17 princes we hear a lot of figures on the robert

mueller investigation, but those probes are taking part in others department, the district of columbia, district of virginia, in addition to new york state prosecutors, a different set of prosecutors, a different set of prosecutors, as well as a civil system. i worked on whitewater, we are all familiar with watergate, i think it is fair to say that this is bigger than both of them combined. and yet the president's lawyer was on television this week dismissing the legal problems against the president. this is mr giuliani responded to questions about how michael current responded about stormy daniels. take a listen. there is a real motivation to sing like crazy. you've got to do all be singing to get out of the three years, and he will say what ever you has to say. he has changed his story format or five times. so has the president.

the president's not under oath. imean, i mean, what is the legal standard, that it can change his story as many times as he want, and as long as he is not under both, nobody cares? here's the president, and i think there is an image to be made, that it certainly bears on impeachment. we did certainly have to have crimes that can be convicted, in order to be impeached. that is political judgment. i think it would be fair to ta ke judgment. i think it would be fair to take into account all the shifting stories, but it is difficult to replicate around that as an american citizen, that he is not as bad as michael current. that is cold comfort. a lot of these legal problems that the president is having, they are not to do obviously just with the russian investigation, and the possibility, suggestion of collusion, or an attempt to cover up and obstruct justice. they collusion, or an attempt to cover up and obstructjustice. they are about conflict of interests, all these other issues that seem to be

swelling around the president. and his immediate family. one thing that this president didn't do that is unprecedented is complied with the normal basically separating himself from his personal and financial interest, prior to taking office. that has blossomed into these cases, this question of whether he is giving goodies to foreign governments through his hotels in extent for some kind of access. in addition to investigations into his various companies, the question of trump tower in moscow, whether there was a deal there. you know, no democratic government was a situation where there is a pay to play type relationship, that is, foreign governments, people with a lot of money can give elected leaders would be elected leaders something first in exchange for some kind of power access, and that is i think what the broader picture is,

and it is mushrooming not only into investigations into his company, but as you mention, also potentially into his children. ok, kim wehle, thank you so much for coming in. 17 investigations around the country, but it is just his department standards, here, not in the constitution, but his department pot black policy that a sitting president can't be indicted or charged with those crimes. there is growing is decoration are ranked legal experts that perhaps after he has left office, some of these issues, particularly around campaign finance they come back to cause him some problems. indeed, but having said all that, it is simply a precedent on the part of the department ofjustice. there is absolutely nothing to stop robert mueller handing down indictments, is that? but then the question will become political, it would go to congress, whether they would have to impeach the president. theresa may's political problems

are well known in the uk — but you know she has a problem when she's become the butt of late night comedy shows here in america. this weekend the prime minister won the dubious distinction of being parodied on saturday night live. the sketch opens with the prime minister, played by kate mckinnon, busting her now infamous dance moves. let's take a look. # happy christmas, britain # everything is fine # everything is good # happy christmas, britain.# hello, my dears. i am prime minister, theresa may, and happy christmas, britain. what a dreadful week it has been, my brexit deal is falling apart, i almost got booted out, and no one the world likes me at all. ip dip! she is so good. i loved her hillary

clinton. i love her theresa may. she should have paid you!” clinton. i love her theresa may. she should have paid you! i think she should have paid you! i think she should have paid you. think what was interesting, is having, i don't know if this was deliberate on the part of saturday night live, having matt damon played david cameron, because of course, matt damon david bret cavanaugh. some have suggested, in title, some have suggested that someone title, some have suggested that someone who hasn't had to strive to mcfall things in the alive, leading is result is that decisions. well, he comes and he sits down on the sofa, and she said to him, you are looking so well rested. and matt damon as david cameron says, yes, i've just been damon as david cameron says, yes, i'vejust been on damon as david cameron says, yes, i've just been on holiday in races. we should try it sometime, take a holiday, at which point, she puts

her head in her hands, and says, i would love to, happy seeing what is happening? thanks very much, david cameron. hamer this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. hamer s from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — who could be the next to step through the trump administration's seemingly ever—revolving staff door? mick mulvaney was appointed acting chief of staff just before the weekend, as interior secretary ryan zinke was told to pack his bags. and no time to stop for dinner — how nearly one in seven children in south korea is thought to be at risk of addiction to online gaming. that's still to come. hello, there. this upcoming week is

looking relatively and settled. spells of wind and rain at times, tablature should be around normal, perhaps a bit above normal in places. now, that in it, this area of low pressure will be making its way across of low pressure will be making its way a cross western of low pressure will be making its way across western parts of the country. turning wetter than window here. there's developing, 40—60 mph in exposure. this rain will pep up to become heavy and persistence. after a dry start to the night, with clear skies, and also quite a chilly spelt the east, temperatures will slowly rise, as the breeze and the ca rd slowly rise, as the breeze and the card picks up. while stuck the westbu ry card picks up. while stuck the westbury country, and we are in this wedge of milder air across most of the country, throughout the day, particular crossing and and wales and scotland. it starts very wet, though, across western areas, through the morning, atrocious road conditions for the morning commute. after a dry start in the east, the wind and the rain will start to britain from the west. some of the rain will be quite heavy a time. we

will see a bit of a clearance of that rain, some sunshine for western scotla nd that rain, some sunshine for western scotland and northern ireland, but the wind arrows show that it will be a very blustery day across the board. temperatures pretty good, 10-12dc board. temperatures pretty good, 10—12dc for the top temperature. that rain continues to mark its way eastwards, doing the course of tuesday evening out overnight. it eventually clears away, but you will see some blustery showers across the west. all down to the next area of low pressure would will bring a set fairly unsettled dabour wednesday. again, the isobars are quite close together, it is good to be quite a windy one, particularly in western areas. as the sun shines through the day, —— some of the showers will be quite heavy, and a little wintry of scottish mountains. temperatures 7—8 further north, and 9—11 further south. these whether france bringing

spells of wind on friday and outbreaks of rain at times. remains pretty similarity ended the week, with temperatures just into double figures in the south. investigations for the us senate reveal that tens of millions of americans were exposed to russian backed propaganda during the 2016 presidential election campaign. coming up in the next half hour. turkey says it could launch a military offensive in syria imminently and claims it has president trump's backing. plus, the best—selling british chef who's hit back at us tv stations for airbrushing out her stomach. we'll bring you the story. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is tabling a motion of no confidence in the uk prime minister, after she set a new date for a vote on her brexit plan. theresa may told mps it would be put to them in mid—january, and she insisted she was still talking to the eu for reassurances

about the terms of the deal. but mr corbyn called the delay unacceptable and said he was putting forward the motion to force a vote. labour's barry gardinerjoins us now from westminster. good evening. why are you calling for this no—confidence vote in the prime minister? it isjust for this no—confidence vote in the prime minister? it is just symbolic, isn't it? i don't think so at all. last week, as you know, parliament was supposed to take a meaningful vote on tuesday on her deal. on monday, she pulled that vote, saying she wanted to go back, realising there was no prospect of getting it passed through the house of commons and she said sure is going to go back this weekend and negotiate with you at the summit, that she would come back with better news that might enable parliament to pass the deal. in fact, might enable parliament to pass the deal. infact, overthe might enable parliament to pass the deal. in fact, over the weekend, she got nothing. she has no further

legally binding commitments or assurances, so parliament again today gave the prime minister really short shrift. and said, look, the situation hasn't d. now, we had threatened to put down a motion like this if she did not name the day. but, of course, she has now said i'll name a day but it is in the middle of january when i'll name a day but it is in the middle ofjanuary when the i'll name a day but it is in the middle of january when the clock is being run down against the 21st of january deadline. so, at that point, jeremy took the mood of the house and quite rightly i think decided we needed to now ramp up incrementally the pressure on the prime minister by tabling this vote of no—confidence. don't forget, last week, 117 of her own mps said they had no confidence in her. continuing as their leader, there and private vote of no—confidence. as their leader, there and private vote of no-confidence. so, you've outlined some of her party don't want, you've outlined her deal were not get through parliament and she hasn't put forward a concrete date

on that deal. why not table a motion of no—confidence in the government? that could be particularly significant for theresa may's future. well, look... if we had done that, as people called for us to do last week, in fact, they called for us last week, in fact, they called for us to do that on monday last week, that would have stopped the pressure that would have stopped the pressure that came from her own backbenchers, it would have galvanised her backbenchers into supporting her. we we re backbenchers into supporting her. we were being accused by the government then oh, you just want a general election, it is about party interest, not about the country. this isn't about party interest. this isn't about party interest. this isn't about party interest. this is about the country's interest which is what we are making clear today by saying we are calling for a motion of no—confidence in the prime minister to increase the pressure on her to name minister to increase the pressure on herto name an minister to increase the pressure on her to name an early date before christmas one parliament can do what it was supposed to do last tuesday and have a vote on this deal. the deal is going nowhere. she knows

that, parliament knows that. what we now need is to conclude that hand them move forward as a parliament, taking control of the situation. them move forward as a parliament, taking control of the situationm does look like, at this incredibly sensitive moment in dish politics, tabling a motion of no—confidence, which is largely symbolic the moment, isjust increasing which is largely symbolic the moment, is just increasing the sense of crisis around the prime minister and you can see how you'd be open to accusations that what you're trying to do is make her so weak that a general election becomes a prospect you could have. of course, of course, we need to be incremental in this. of course what we need to do is arrive at a position where this bad deal is ruled out of any possibility. we must also rule out a no deal. but you saw that, today, in parliament, what she was doing is simply saying are repeating the mantra, "it is my deal or no deal."

the only way of are not getting no deal is to vote for her. the reason she is doing this is to try to run down the clock so that when this vote eventually comes members of parliament are going to feel they have a gun their head. that is not parliament taking a responsible vote in the interest of the country. that is the prime minister back mailing parliament and blackmailing the people of this country. ok, barry gardner, shadow trade secretary, thank you forjoining us. keeping tabs on who's in and who's out in donald trump's top team can require an eagle eye and a frequent refresh of the president's twitter feed. late on friday, he announced mick mulvaney would become acting chief of staff, following intense speculation about who would replace generaljohn kelly. then at the weekend another high profile departure, this time the interior secretary ryan zinke. meanwhile the clock is ticking to prevent the government

from entering into a partial shutdown — with just five days to go for politicians to reach an agreement. jay newton small is a contributor to time magazine and is washington now. hello to you. a whole host of headaches for the president and his only got a new chief of staff. this is actually probably nothing new for donald trump and i have to say his staff turnover is one of his favourite games. it is sort of the white house version of the apprentice, who is in and fired this week. so, certainly, he has an interim chief of staff, mick mulvaney, who is the director of the office of management and budget. he will continue to wear both of those hats which is quite astonishing, because those are two enormous jobs are not only running the white house but running all of the budget and management of the federal agencies, of which there are 15, employ millions of people around the country, and, so, he will keep doing both of those jobs for the foreseeable future and he's keeping

the second job as a backstop, anticipating, being the chief of staff of donald trump is not the greatest of job security staff of donald trump is not the greatest ofjob security is can he goes through them quickly and that he will go back there producing. so, mick mulvaney and the president seem to get pretty well. mick mulvaney comes from the more conservative wing of the republican party, he has a good relationship with the president, which is important. since it was announced on friday he was going to be the acting chief of staff, video tape has emerged of mick mulvaney, during the action campaign, calling donald trump a terrible human being, saying he wasn't a role model for his children. is that the kind of thing that might cause friction between the two man and problems as he is trying to negotiate this you job in the white house in this complicated moment? absolutely! and we know the president can be quite thin—skinned about these kinds of insults. one of

the biggest betting issues for a lot of potential candidates to fill positions in the administration is whether or not they ever spoke out against donald trump and said a bad word against. almost who said things like what mick mulvaney said did not actually get a job in the administrations of the fact he was caught on tape saying this at some point i am sure is to sell —— to some measure a source of friction with the president but it is two yea rs with the president but it is two years they've worked together through some contentious budget issues, some issues the white house has faced, and mick mulvaney has weathered it quite well. so, hopefully for his sake, he ends up weathering it again otherwise he might have one of them short as ten yea rs of might have one of them short as ten years of chief of staff in what is a high turnover white house in history. keep in mind, it is a contentious time right now, as you mentioned. we are on the brink of a potential government shutdown on friday which would mean 300,000

government workers would get laid off or would be basically furloughed without pay. that would mean potentially going into christmas with really reduced government services, things like transportation and security checks, they would be reduced as millions of americans travel for the holidays, which would be incredibly unpopular. this is a critical time when you need your tea m critical time when you need your team around you acting, negotiating with congress, trying to figure a way out of this so they've got to come together. ok, good to see you, thank you forjoining us. turkey says it could press ahead with a new military operation in syria against us—backed kurdish militia at any moment. the pentagon has urged caution saying unilateral military action by any party in the region, where us forces operate, would be unacceptable. but turkey's president claims that donald trump has been more receptive to his plans. let's speak to mark kimmitt, he's a retired brigadier general in the us army and also served as assistant secretary of state in george w bush's administration. you recently came back from turkey.

there are sensitivities clearly around this because some of these kurdish forces are fighting alongside american troops. what is the military concern from the pentagon side about any kind of turkish action against them? the major military concern is we have troops in that area now not only the sdf isas fighters but also american troops as well. one of the greatest concerns military people have is accidental misco collations. what we are most concerned about is, if in fa ct are most concerned about is, if in fact the turks move into that region, there might be a conflict between two nato allies. it is clear as well turkey, despite some concerns in the pentagon, has always seen as a concerns in the pentagon, has always seen as a priority, movie against the kurdish militia. they were going to do this at some point so now are they waiting for the president's tacit approvalfor they waiting for the president's tacit approval for this? way to differentiate between isis and sdf.

washington sees sdf as valuable allies. turkey sees everyone in the area that is american as terrorists. —— that is not american as terrorists. the united states has not satisfied president erdogan the actions we are taking were sufficient to keep those ypg forces from one day being used against turkey. one wonders how much turkey is potentially spoiling for a fight diplomatically, with the americans on this issue, given the state of their economy at the moment.” on this issue, given the state of their economy at the moment. i think it isa their economy at the moment. i think it is a couple of other issues as well. clearly, resident erdogan has elections coming up in march. there is long—standing disagreement about where united states stands on certain areas, and there is a belief in turkey that the usa was complicit in the coup attempt of two years

ago. so we have had some diplomatic troubles for some time with the government of turkey and i think the military concerns are somehow an expression of that. president from's relationship with president erdogan has been pretty good. do you think you can use that relationship he has established to help these nato allies? if there was a telephone call between president trump and president erdogan, it has been stated that there was a telephone call. there has been no acknowledgement here in america. i can certainly see the president trying to find a compromise position, recognising turkey has a security interest and would like to see a buffer zone inside of northern syria. and, perhaps, directing the americans to stay 10—20 kilometres away from the border. i don't believe that is the right solution but i can see the president coming to that compromise with president

erdogan. thank you for coming in. thank you. hungary's far right government is facing the most serious threat yet to its increasingly autocratic policies. days of protests have led to the offices of state television where two members of parliament were dragged out of the building by security. they'd spent the night trying to broadcast a petition against a new labour law passed last week. protesters are angry with a new law that allows companies to demand up to 400 hours of overtime a year and delay payment for it for three years. on sunday, 10,000 people took to the streets against what they're calling the "slave laws". nick thorpejoins us now from budapest. the demonstration at the television station brings into sharp focus some of the policies of this government. that's right. the protesters here, several thousand here for a second night... they are chancing slogans like factory of lies, accusing the

state television of being the mouthpiece of the government. of course, having moved these protests from parliament, where they began last week, we are now at the headquarters of state television, closing in, in a way, on the demands of the protesters during this current wave of protest in hungary. it is early days, but is there a senseit it is early days, but is there a sense it might be a momentum building up in terms of anti—government protests? building up in terms of anti-government protests? that is the hope of the people here. there we re the hope of the people here. there were 10,000 — 15,000 the hope of the people here. there were 10,000 —15,000 yesterday on the streets of budapest and a part of them broke away to come here. what is different to previous protests against this government is that this covers the people here, sleek young people who are a very wide range of political opinions, from the far right, the more nationalist party to the greens and more left—wing socialist party. so, somehow, he has achieved to unite the whole opposition against him by passing this very controversial rule

limiting overtime or increasing over timejust in this limiting overtime or increasing over time just in this week before christmas. is it just time just in this week before christmas. is itjust this law, the slave law, the 400 hours of compulsory overtime per year that people are united against? or is it more broadly some of the actions of viktor orban that have been seen in the past as less democratic?” viktor orban that have been seen in the past as less democratic? i think it isa the past as less democratic? i think it is a mixture of things, really. what unites many people here, pretty much everyone here in front of the television tonight as a protest against... inaudible. ithink we have lost nick. the protest is happening and it is very cold and hungry, and those protesters have been out despite freezing temperatures. the question is how much longer can they keep out on the streets. some other news around the world. saudi arabia has denounced the us senate's claim that crown prince mohammed bin salman

was behind the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. the country's government has continuously denied any involvement in mr khashoggi's case. he died inside istanbul's saudi consulate in october. vladimir putin may be softening his stance on rap music in russia after telling a government meeting it would be "impossible" to stop it. the russian president said it would be more effective to take charge of how raps are performed in the country. his comments come after a number of concerts across russia one of salvador dali's famous lobster telephones will go on display in scotland this week after being saved for the nation. the sculpture has been acquired by the national galleries of scotland after matching its auction sale price of more than £850,000. it was made in 1938 for edward james, dali's main patron in the 1930s. prince harry is reported to have been banned by his wife from taking part in the royal family's annual boxing day shoot. the prince had taken part in the hunt every year

with his father prince charles and brother the duke of cambridge, but his wife, the duchess of sussex, is said to be passionate about animal welfare and does not approve of the sport. the palace has denied that the prince will not attend this year. how does it go down in the royal household if it is true? it sounds as if the royal household are denying he won't be turning up. he may still turn up, dressed to shoot and all that but he may not actually be pulling up the weapon so, who knows, can and marco's influence on the royal family seems to be getting deeper. that is what a new wife can do for you. this is beyond 100 days. still to come, the celebrity chef nigella lawson tells us tv stations to stop airbrushing out her stomach, more on that, shortly. there's been an outcry after a group

of homeless people had their booking over christmas at a hotel in hull suddenly cancelled without reason. a local charity, which had organised the accommodation, said the group had been discriminated against. following much criticism of the decision, the hotel has now changed its mind, as danny savage reports. christmas last year at a hotel in hull. people here summed up the season of goodwill to all by paying for a load of rooms for the homeless to stay in on christmas eve and christmas day. mark was one of those who benefited. when we got into that hotel, it was a godsend, a couple of nights ina hotel, it was a godsend, a couple of nights in a bed, i didn't want to get up all day! because it was that special? it was that comfortable, i didn't want to get up. this year, 28 homeless people were booked into the royal hotel but over the weekend the

hotel cancelled the booking. they see alleged trouble at last‘s event is why they pulled out. the man behind the effort to raise the cash to pay for the rooms denies there we re to pay for the rooms denies there were problems and is determined to find accommodation elsewhere. christmas is the saddest time of the yearfor christmas is the saddest time of the year for the homeless people christmas is the saddest time of the yearfor the homeless people because they get to reflect on what they've lost and the families they are missing out on. suicide is highest at this time of the year. as we found at the royal hotel, two homeless men, who are hoping to be pa rt homeless men, who are hoping to be part of the christmas day emerged from a warm doorway. some people might be uncomfortable sharing a hotel with a whole load of homeless people, what is the reality of it?” didn't think we got any bad looks from anyone or anything, i don't think anyone looked down their noses. the royal hotel has now said it will accept the booking with conditions. carl is now negotiating with other hotels, though, and believes he will get at least 28 homeless people rooms this

christmas. south korea has one of the fastest growing computer games industries in the world. more than half the population play games. and when they're not playing — they're watching people play in tournaments where professionals battle it out for big prizes. but this rapid growth comes with its own set of problems, with around one in seven children thought to be at risk of becoming addicted. laura bicker reports from seoul. in south korea many kids don't want to be sports stars, they want to be professional gamers. they practice for hours in rooms known as pc bangs. the competition is so tough there is no time to stop for dinner. in this arena you are a fighter, a hero. a winner. but it is having a real impact on this new gaming generation. these teenagers are just

a few of the hundreds who have had to undergo a digital detox treatment. their passion was becoming an addiction. translation: i tried quitting by myself but my friends kept seducing me back to the pc bang. when i played games, hours and hours would pass, so that is when i felt i was addicted. i felt that i wanted someone to help me. they are taught to care for others and taken to a retirement home where they even put on a show. their aim is to help them interact in the real world, develop a human connection before their symptoms become much worse. chay was brought to this special hospital by police after he spent 96 hours playing in a pc bang. he has had one—to—one therapy with doctors for several weeks. translation: i failed

a lot, many mistakes. i could not keep my word. but one headteacher believes the answer is not to limit gaming, but to encourage it. 18—year—old park bo han was struggling with his studies as he was gaming through the night. here he is allowed to play during school hours to develop his skills. translation: i think i can show what i am good at through games. i can show my strength to other people. i feel really happy when we win because of how well i played. this very outgoing headteacher has built an entire curriculum around gaming. translation: everyone looks at it as a gaming problem but if you look beyond that, all the kids have talent and if you just hone that and make them concentrate on it, i think the kids show signs of genius. the south korean paradox is that it's gaming industry is one of the biggest in the world, worth over $5 billion, and it is growing fast.

but this country is also having to invest billions to ensure it does not lose a generation along the way. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. i've spent a bit of time and south korea over the years and it is the most connected, wired country on the face of the planet. the suggestion there are people who end up getting addicted to gaming is really no surprise. yeah, our kids are getting addicted to, you know, they're smartphones, right? ispend my life trying to tell my 12—year—old poppy to get off her smartphone. she was addicted to some games for a while but that sense of collectivity, as you see, it is hard to give it up. we've created something we can't manage. but this is serious addiction, as if you are addicted to addiction, as if you are addicted to a drug. i suspect your daughter is probably not in that category! no,

thank goodness. a best—selling british chef says she's had to tell us tv stations not to airbrush out what she calls her "sticking out" stomach. nigella lawson accused them of hating fat and said it was "pernicious" to assume everyone will be "grateful to be airbrushed thinner". and she's not the only celebrity who's asked the media to leave their body alone. back in 2003, kate winslet was said to be unhappy with some digital retouching on the cover of go magazine. it was still happening a decade on in 2013, when lady gaga criticised a glamour magazine cover she appeared on, which she felt was heavily airbrushed. and more recently, in 2015, helen mirren made a point of asking l'oreal not to airbrush her pictures. but, katty, back to nigella, how common is that sort of behaviour from us tv networks? yeah... i don't know how common it is to airbrush somebody‘s stomach

out. certainly american television is very focused on lighting and the visuals, and i do news shows, so it isn't as prevalent there but if you are in the entertainment industry is out in la, i imagine we are touching up out in la, i imagine we are touching up actresses, it happens a lot more there than in the news business. i don't think it is just in the us, there than in the news business. i don't think it isjust in the us, is it? this is a global thing. all of this technology is getting better, it is easier to do. and i suspect television stations around the world are susceptible to trying to make people look what is meant to be a perfect image of themselves and good for nigella lawson for speaking up about this, it is an important issue. very much so. coming up next on bbc world news, ros atkins is here with outside source. and we will see you tomorrow. this coming week is looking

relatively unsettled without weather coming in off mike the atlantic so spells of wind and rain at times and temperature wise it should be around normal, perhaps a little above normal, perhaps a little above normal in places. now, for tonight, this area of low pressure will be making roads across western part of the countries are turning wet and windy throughout the night with gales developing, 40—60 miles an hourin gales developing, 40—60 miles an hour in exposed areas with the rain pepping up- hour in exposed areas with the rain pepping up. becoming persistent. after a dry start the night with kebab skies and a chilly spell for a while across the east, temperatures slowly rise as the breeze and cloud pick up. it will be a mild start to the west of the country. we are in this wedge of milder air across most of the country throughout the day, particularly across england, wales and scotland. it starts very wet, though, across the west through the morning, pretty atrocious road conditions for the morning commute. after dry start in the east, the wind and rain all start to push on

from the west and the rain might be heavy at times. we see a clearance of that weather front moving through so some of that weather front moving through so some sunshine into the afternoon for western scotland and northern ireland but the wind arrows, the gusts show it'll be a very blustery day across the board. temp job wise, pretty good for the time of year. 10-12dc. that pretty good for the time of year. 10—12dc. that rain continues to march its way gradually ease with during tuesday evening and overnight, eventually clearing away. you'll see some blustery showers following on across the west. it is all down to this area of low pressure which will bring a fairly u nsettled pressure which will bring a fairly unsettled day for wednesday and, again, the isobars are quite close together so it would be a windy one, particularly in the west. the sunshine across the eastern and northern areas, it'll be blustery as well with showers across the west heavy and wintry over the scottish mountains. temperatures, 7—8 in the north, 9—11 further south. if

mountains. temperatures, 7—8 in the north, 9—11furthersouth. ifi mountains. temperatures, 7—8 in the north, 9—11furthersouth. if i run the sequence through thursday and friday, our weather continues to come in off the atlantic with these weather fronts where the systems are bringing spells of wind and outbreaks of rain so it remains pretty similar to how we started the week with temperatures just in the double figures in the south, near normal in the north. hello, this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers. the headlines at 8: the prime minister sets a date in the new year for mps to vote on her brexit deal, saying hers is the best on offer. i know this is not everyone's perfect deal — it is a compromise. but if we let the perfect be the enemy of the good, then we risk leaving the eu with no deal. but labour'sjeremy corbyn says the commons vote should be sooner, and calls for a no—confidence vote in the prime minister. lam about i am about to table a motion that says the following. that this house

has no confidence in the prime minister, due to her failure to allow the house of commons to have a meaningful vote straightaway on the withdrawal agreement and framework for future