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you're watching beyond one hundred days. the duke of edinburgh has been involved in a car crash near the queen's sandringham estate in norfolk. buckingham palace says prince philip was not injured in the accident. local police attended the scene where the 97—year—old prince's range rover overturned. another car was involved in the incident. president trump's personal lawyer changes his position on russian collusion. rudy giuliani doesn't discount the possibility that someone on the trump campaign worked with moscow to get him elected. also on the programme. there will be another brexit vote but not for another two weeks. the government says it's looking for consensus. and one of basketball‘s biggest stars says he doesn't feel safe to travel to the uk, after turkey issues an international arrest warrant against him. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington
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and christian fraser is in london. in the last hour, it's been confirmed that the duke of edinburgh has been involved in an car accident near the sandringham estate and in norfolk in the east of england. prince philip — who is 97 — was not injured, according to buckingham palace. let's talk to our corresondent sarah campbell who is outside the palace now. in the what more do we know the accident? the statement was issued just before 6pm by buckingham palace confirming that the duke of edinburgh, 97, was involved in a road traffic collision near the sandringham estate in norfolk area this afternoon. you can see pictures from the recovery vehicles that would have taken the vehicles involved away. we had a very interesting call to the bbc earlier this afternoon from an anonymous eyewitness and they said they had
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witnessed the road traffic collision. they said it was at babington a crossroads in norfolk and they said the vehicle was turned over which when you see the daylight pictures you can see the range rover prince phillip was driving was on its side. the eyewitness said that its side. the eyewitness said that it had been t—bone and. it is a nontechnical calm for one car going into another and looking at the pictures that had to be some sort of force of impact because to turn over a range rover takes a certain amount of effort. the eyewitness said they help to get the duke of edinburgh out. he was conscious but very, very shocked. the statement we have from buckingham palace, again they confirmed that the prince was driving. we do not know who was in the vehicle with them, one must assume a royal protection officer, and we know from the police two
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people suffered minor injuries and we believe them to be the people on the other vehicle that you can see involved. that is essential if what we know at the moment. going back to the eyewitness, this hasn't been confirmed so we cannot independently verify this. they were saying the accident happened at around 2:1i5pm when the duke was pulling out of the driveway. that is what we know at the moment. the most important news for people watching the royal family is that he has been checked over by a doctor and he is not injured. i think it is amazing, you look at those pictures, the prince 97 years old, that car clearly on its side. he seems like he was incredibly lucky to have got away with it injuries. we are literally going from what we can see in those pictures. any road traffic accident is scary to be involved in but we
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are trying to get the angle, that that he was driving, he may well have been at the bottom of the picture as you can see, which one would imagine would be quite tricky to get out of the vehicle. so certainly a very exciting incident. the eyewitness saying the duke afterwards was very shocked, which one can totally understand. that question is, it is worth raising the fa ct question is, it is worth raising the fact that questions on media from people asking whether it is right are advisable for the duke, who is 97 and will be 98 and june, to be driving on public roads, which clearly this is a public road. that will no doubt form part of the discussion as we move on from here. looking at these pictures, it is very good news that he has walked
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away from a heart but shop should never be taken lightly, especially for the 97—year—old man? never be taken lightly, especially for the 97-year-old man? years incredibly fortunate to have escaped from what seems to be a crash with some impact. he is fortunate to have escaped without injury. he is back at sandringham now and the other people at the scene had minor injuries. it is really great news in that respect, but certainly shock, which should eyewitness talks about, that cannot be underestimated. it is a very shocking experience and the duke, he loves driving, he is always driving and loves carriage driving. so it will be a real shock to him. not going too fast on the reasonably quiet road, this does happen.
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certainly country driving he really loves to do, so he will be quite shocked and i think he will be very grateful for the shocked and i think he will be very gratefulfor the queen by shocked and i think he will be very grateful for the queen by his side, he will be grateful to have her support this evening. he will be grateful to have her support this eveninglj he will be grateful to have her support this evening. i visited sandringham house recently and i often report on christmas day on the royal family's activities, i wasn't aware until visiting that they stayed through january aware until visiting that they stayed throuthanuary until the first week of february and i was told the queen likes to do that because she likes to mark the death of george vi who died at sandringham. george vi, who the queen was very close with, died at sandringham and she had wonderful times with them and it is a very important place to him late macha, and she focuses on having this quiet time with her family and husband, and she focuses on having this quiet time with herfamily and husband, so they stay for the first week in
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february and the queen has an extended christmas holiday which for her is a really important part of a calendar, because as we know, the queen is a tireless worker as is the duke of edinburgh, and as soon as she comes back works absolutely nonstop, so this brief moment of rest during january is so important to have and it is important not only to have and it is important not only to mark the death of her father but the day she became queen. thank you, the day she became queenjé—| % will have much. ————— the day she became queenjé—| % will have q the we will have much more than the story later in the programme. for an entire year, rudy giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, has regularly appeared on tv news here in the us fiercely rejecting questions of collusion. but now he has a problem. last week court documents, revealed that paul manafort, mr trump's former campaign chairman, handed internal campaign polling data on the 2016 election to a russian operative linked to the kremlin. at least 13 times on twitter and on countless occasions in front of cameras, president trump has repeated —
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over and over — there was no collusion. in fact here's a tweet from the 10th of december — democrats can't find a smoking gun tying the trump campaign to russia. that was the line — no—one on the trump campaign colluded. but last night in an interview on cnn rudy giuliani moved the goalpost. she they never said there was no collusion between the campaign and people on campaign. yes, you did. i said the president of the united states. but wait a minute — that is definitely not what the president's lawyer has said in the past and we have the tape to prove it. regardless of whether or not collusion would be a crime, is it still the position of you and your client that there was no collusion with the russians whatsoever in behalf of the top campaign? correct. i don't even know is a crime. you
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start analysing the crime, the hacking is decrying. the hacking is the crime, no collusion from the president of the campaign, but that doesn't seem to be what he's right now. what to make of it all? our political analyst and former adviser to president george w bush, ron christie, is with me now. you are a lawyer. either they went out and was totally freelancing and said the stuff about the fact that was a possibility that somebody from the top campaign worked with the russians, or they have had conversations in the white house and he went out to put that in some kind of strategy. what do you think is going on? that is the hippocratic oath where they said do no harm. what rudolph giuliani has done here is harm his client, the president of the united states. the president has made it very clear there was no collusion between him and his campaign with russia. to have his lawyer go out and say that, either of the two possibilities are not good. either he is freelancing or
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- gm effo rts efforts handed an i documents ed an i documents ed a polling data gameéianeé z somebody linked gameéian%fla¥ 7 somebody linked to russian to somebody linked to russian intelligence, that effectively is somebody who was working on the campaign and colluding with russians. —— paul manafort. are they now in the white house, rudolph giuliani by saying this, trying to isolate the president and perhaps throw others under the bus? you could be but let'sjust recognise that collusion in the united states is not a crime in the specific instance. what we are talking about, he may be trying to walk something back politically to try to distance the president but collusion in and of itself is not a crime. except that the president repeatedly said there was no collusion? 10096, and thatis there was no collusion? 10096, and that is why he did some serious harm to his client because now we are talking about this and will be eight
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story for days to come. president trump said there was no collusion but no rudolph giuliani says there might be. he has said in the past thatis might be. he has said in the past that is not a single bit of evidence, is this the only crime that could have been committed? if he had known about paul manafort earlier on and he admitted, would that be a crime? not necessarily. running a presidential campaign, i have served on them before. campaign operatives are often speaking to different people that the candidate has no knowledge of. the question is, that somebody from the campaign work in such a method is to get donald trump collected using the help of the russian government? is ita help of the russian government? is it a crime? it is not back politically speaking it looks very bad and undercuts everything we have heard from the president for the la st two heard from the president for the last two years. just wondering if president trump wouldn't be better off with ron christie as his lawyer?
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lam off with ron christie as his lawyer? i am staying right here in the studio! before giuliani, mr trump's lawyer was the now indicted michael cohen. today the wall streetjournal reported that cohen paid a technology company to rig online polls in his boss's favour, before the presidential election. the contractor said he met michael cohen at trump tower where he was handed a walmart shopping bag stuffed with cash, between $12,000 and $13,000. today in a tweet, mr cohen seemed to confirm that, reporting: "what i did was at the direction of and for the sole benefit of realdonaldtrump. i truly regret my blind loyalty to a man who doesn't deserve it." what he doesn't address in that statement, are the far more intriguing details about the other services cohen had paid for. including a personal, online makeover. the firm set up a twitter account in his name, called women for cohen, which is still active. the twitter handle, reads as follows.
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"women who love and support michael cohen. strong, pit bull, sex symbol, no nonsense, business oriented, ready to make a difference!" which i had always thought was the twitter handle used by ron christie, who's still with us. i don't know what michael cohen is going to get charged with confessed to next but i think they should throw the book at the sex symbol for this! this jacket. pet will? he looks more like huckleberry hound. you couldn't make this stuff up. is what michael cole and doing trying to set up a twitter handle for himself as some sort of sex symbol? who did president trump surround himself with? matters my question. we are seeing who he surrounded himself with. some two bit people of dubious character reputation. the series when —— serious thing is the
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same as! series when —— serious thing is the same as i would relate to rudolph giuliani. they have put their current and former boss and a bad light and that will guide the democrats who can say it looks like there was russian collusion.|j there was russian collusion.” checkedif there was russian collusion.” checked if the twitter account was tweeting that, and there was no tweets on that particular day he warned that jacket. we would never wear a jacket like that! it is evidence now, joking aside, the comment that he made today, he has so comment that he made today, he has so much. and he has come out today, some report that he has practically confessed to this, and it looks bad for the offices of trump tower with a bag of cash. and it looks once again like more salacious, even sleazy behaviour, that doesn't make
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the president look good. having worked for the president for four years, you do everything to keep yourself out of the headlines, and these two gentleman by their actions have put president trump in the limelight. there's a line coming out of the white house. rudolph giuliani has clarified, saying that the president was not involved but has that everybody else, i couldn't possibly know that. and awed line coming out now which seems to be, oui’ coming out now which seems to be, ourcampaign coming out now which seems to be, oui’ campaign was coming out now which seems to be, ourcampaign was too coming out now which seems to be, our campaign was too chaotic as to know whether somebody was deliberately colluding with the russians as to get the president elected. when you look at paul ma nafort elected. when you look at paul manafort are michael cohen, you wonder that they were not in it for themselves. i find it wonder that they were not in it for themselves. ifind it hard wonder that they were not in it for themselves. i find it hard to believe there were strategic collusion right from the top all the way down, just because there was a certain level of chaos, and because these people were in it for themselves. it is true, a number of
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people, who works freelancing off the back of the president and making money, so the back of the president and making money, so it is not unbelievable that they didn't know what was going on in the campaign. that is by the way i knew twitter handle coming up, one in the first phase! 35 years ago. 35 years ago, ronald reagan unveiled an ambitious project to fund and build a space—based anti—missile system. the program was dubbed "star wars." back then it was ridiculed by congress. the plan was so costly and it required advanced technological systems that didn't exist yet. but technology has moved on. and today at the pentagon, president trump has returned to that same missile defence strategy — once again it will focus on space. no—one needs reminding of the threat. north korea and iran are advancing in ballistic missile production, russia and china are pressing forward with sophisticated cruise missiles. the pentagon wants to put a ? constellation of sensors above the earth that can track these missiles as they launch, and eventually, shoot them down from space. here's what the president had to say. we will terminate any missile
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launchers from hostile powers, or even from powers that make a mistake. it will happen regardless of the missile type or geographic origins of the attack. we will ensure that any main missiles find no sanctuary on earth or in the skies above. so where are we with the global stockpile of nuclear weapons. according to last year's figures, russia is reported to be stockpiling the most nuclear weapons with close to 7,000, the us was close behind with around 6,500. france, china, the uk, pakistan and india all have capability, and on a lesser scale north korea. joining us now is derek chollet, who formerly served as us assistant secretary of defense and is now at the german marshall fund. will the ideas and the vision that president trump laid out to be at
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the pentagon ever come to fruition? what we saw today is your typical trump performance of traditional republican foreign policy ideas, missile defence. typical cluster, speaking about the government shutdown and making partisan attacks on the democrats in congress, and some big promises that are going to be really ha rd some big promises that are going to be really hard to fulfil. even the pentagon's own report doesn't claim it will create a missile defence system that will take out any potential missile from enemies and even those countries that make mistakes, so this will be really ha rd to mistakes, so this will be really hard to see implemented, if not impossible. so why make this announcement? in a sense there was nothing terribly new in these ideas, some of them floated before, so why go in and make this announcement today? the pentagon has been performing this review for the last several years, it was supposed to have been done last year but was
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delayed. missile defence has been one of the key issue is that some of his top advisers, likejohn bolton, have been carrying forward for decades now. and it is actually sort of setting that the president has chosen this moment to go to the pentagon because in many ways this isa pentagon because in many ways this is a space wall he is talking about. the report the pentagon has split out is trying to create this dolmen, ina way, out is trying to create this dolmen, in a way, around the united states in space. —— this dome. i doubt that the democrats in congress are going to find it. there is a lot of talk at the moment about new types of weapons. the russian president has been talking about a hypersonic nuclear weapon and the americans are talking about a more look a localised tactical nuclear weapon they could utilise. are we entering
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a new arms race? there is no question that our adversaries are seeking to develop sophisticated missile technology and ways to thwart systems. missile defence is important. the united states currently has a missile defence system, the 0bama administration implemented their own plan, sort of that so—called legitimate for the pentagon to take a close look at our systems and how they can be improved. what i think was revealed today are a lot of promises that will not be fulfilled and once the democrats in congress start investigating and look at the price tag and whether or not the technology isn't there, a lot of this will not happen. when you think about the space station and the cosmonauts and astronauts going up together, then as a lot of collaboration, but recently we have seen collaboration, but recently we have seen the chinese landing on the other side of the moon, and now we have seen talk of an arms race in space. maybe some of the
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collaboration will fall by the wayside? it is hard to see the future as one of collaboration between the united states, china and russia in space, given that it is going to be one of the next arenas of competition between us. that is why want to make it clear, it is important for the united states to have this missile defence system, and one that works and that we can afford, and that actually the technology supports. i am just not convinced that what was revealed todayis convinced that what was revealed today is the right system. thank you are joining today is the right system. thank you arejoining us. the big brexit question remains. is the pm prepared to soften her brexit stance to win over opposition mps? thus far the prime minister has given no suggestion that she is prepared to do so, athough cabinet ministers are somewhat more ambiguous, describing her red lines as "principles" with which to kick off the talks. with the clock running down to brexit day on 29 march, there it is 71 days to go — we are told the talks with opposition leaders — all of them butjeremy corbyn who is yet to take up the invitation — have been conducted in a ‘constructive spirit‘.
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let's get the latest from westminster with our political correspondent vicki young. meanwhile, france's economy minister bruno le maire has told the bbc a hard brexit "would have negative consequences" for the uk, and that france has a plan in the event of britain leaving the eu without a deal. speaking exclusively to hardtalk, mr le maire said britain's campaign to leave the eu was "based on lies" and the british people were now paying the price for those. his comments echo earlier comments by the french president, emmanuel macron, that the leave campaign in britain had lied to the people of britain. lam not i am not here to criticise the british politicians, but i fully share the assessment of emanuel macron. the campaign for the leave and the brexit has been based on
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lies, and the british people are paying now for those lies. there is currently a huge division among the british people, and i deeply regret that division among the british people, on the question of brexit. and i really hope that the british people won the british government will be able to find a way out ads to find a compromise on the deal thatis to find a compromise on the deal that is currently on the table. for the time being, what strikes me is that there remains a very strong unity among the eu member states, andl unity among the eu member states, and i really hope that we will be able to preserve that unity and to preserve also the single market, because the key question behind that is to be very clear on the fact that you cannot be out and in, you cannot decide to leave the eu and to keep all the benefits of being a full memberof the eu. all the benefits of being a full member of the eu. you cannot decide to leave the single market and to keep all the benefits of being a
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memberof the keep all the benefits of being a member of the single market. that is the key political question which is behind the question of a fairer deal. so, i go away for two days, to freeze my, you—know—what‘s on the westminster green, two days hard slog on brexit — and this morning somebody forwards me this. sorry, while you have been slaving away i've been living it up in new york with kenneth branagh. care to explain? asi as i said, quite reasonably, somebody had to do the tough shift of going to new york and meeting him, who by the way is absolutely delightful and articulate and thoughtful. we had a very interesting conversation about shakespeare. like you, he is slightly ginger haired sort was nice to be in that familiar zone with somebody who i consider a companion. it was a very pleasant occasion. i
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am glad you such a fun time keeping warm down at westminster for such a short couple of shifts.” warm down at westminster for such a short couple of shifts. i really like rory stewart, the prisons minister, but he is not kenneth branagh. i know you wouldn't have wa nted branagh. i know you wouldn't have wanted to be with me in new york meeting kenneth branagh, much happier westminster. is he the replacement? we're talking about it and we'll let you know!” replacement? we're talking about it and we'll let you know! i think it is much ado about nothing. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — both britain and the united states experiencing unprecedented political deadlock — we'll be speaking to one of america's most senior diplomats on what to do about it. and feeding the world and saving the planet — we'll hear how it could be all about what we eat. that's still to come. it was a much colder day and right
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across the board are many places enjoyed crisp sunshine and blue skies which compensated for the cold buts showers around. some settling snow, 6—7 recorded across north—eastern scotland and the high ground of north—eastern england, but the snow showers continue to fizzle out, this ridge of high pressure builds in. this weatherfront pushing in the western areas which bring thickening cloud and outbreaks of rain. here, as the clouds be too cold cold :oo cold 2 cold with old 2 cold with clear g and light winds, ice could be skies and light winds, ice could be a problem across eastern areas. a widespread frost developing, quite sharp in the east of the country, the temperature well below freezing for most but further west because of the feel of cloud and the inane, not quite as cold as it will be for
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east. this is the picture for the running to friday, most places under this ridge of pressure but the weather system bringing more cloud and outbreaks of rain to northern ireland and wales and the south—west of england. some rain heavy and could see snow down to lower levels but otherwise mostly over high ground. north and east areas should stay dry with hazy sunshine and another called date with the temperature coming up a little bit further west. into the weekend, most parts, dry and staying quite chilly and probably the best of the sunshine on sunday. saturday, we still have that weather front around lingering, bringing outbreaks of rain and hill sleet and snow but it tends to fizzle out leaving a legacy of cloud and the best of the sunshine in northern scotland and sunshine in northern scotland and sunshine appearing elsewhere. in the south—west the temperature could reach ten but otherwise chilly. we are in between weather systems for
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sunday, this weather front bringing rain to the north—west of scotland but otherwise the area prior so we should see the close break—up and as a result more sunshine and particularly far england and wales, particularly far england and wales, particularly northern ireland. again, remaining on the chilly side. this is beyond 100 days with me, katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london. our top stories: the duke of edinburgh, prince philip, has been involved in a car crash near sandringham estate. president trump's lawyer leaves the door open that collusion may have happened in the trump campaign — but says it didn't involve the candidate. coming up in the next half hour: it's day 27 of the government shutdown and democrats ask trump to delay the state of the union speech. and how to feed billions of mouths in the years to come. scientists say they now have the answer. in the last hour it's been confirmed that the duke of edinburgh has been
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involved in a car accident near the sandringham estate in norfolk in the east of england. prince philip — who is 97 — was not injured, according to buckingham palace. 0ur correspondentjonny dymond is here. he doesn't carry out any official duties but is still active and he would be driving around the estate. yes, this is a man who has spent decades at a level of activity most of us cannot imagine. he was described as a dynamo in his 705 so he is not someone toju5t 5it described as a dynamo in his 705 so he is not someone toju5t sit on the porch and what the world go by. he drive5 porch and what the world go by. he drives a team of horses and a carriage around the estate so this i5
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carriage around the estate so this is an active man. we don't know the detail5 is an active man. we don't know the details of the accident, we know he wa5 details of the accident, we know he was driving a range rover, an suv, so was driving a range rover, an suv, 50a was driving a range rover, an suv, so a big car and according to a photo of the accident, it ended up on its pa55enger photo of the accident, it ended up on its passenger side so it left as a result of the accident but the duke of edinburgh somehow, if not walking away, wa5 unscathed. buckingham palace 5aid walking away, wa5 unscathed. buckingham palace said he was checked out by a doctor but had no injurie5. checked out by a doctor but had no injuries. you would be shaken around in that carand injuries. you would be shaken around in that car and his 97 and a bit more frail. i was on the sandringham estate recently and when i walked through the house there were so many awards he had had from various organisations he was patron of and i was reminded that he is very interested in the upkeep of the sandringham estate, which is presumably why he drives around so much. yes, it was one of the duties
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gifted to him, looking after sandringham, which is why, it is one of the queen's private properties rather than a state property like windsor castle, and he has taken it by the horns and shaken up the whole estate over decades, so i'm sure he wants to get around the estate and one way to do that is to drive himself, but there may be a chance to take stock and think is this right forl man of i age to take stock and think is this right forl man of. age and he a hip in 2018, soa had a hip replacement in 2018, so a of and frailty. had a hip replacement in 2018, so a of- and frailty. i remember when he drove michelle and ‘when visited ‘ when visited i ‘ when visited i don't ‘ when visited i don't know |en they visited in 2016. i don't know, , they visited in 2016. i don't knew, , they visited in 2016. i don't knew. . they were surprised he - so they visited in 2016. i don't knew. . they were surprised i do i so they visited in 2016. i don't knew. . ti uedatef surpriseffffzou where now, is by his
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m have m hav very 7:57- . . i the is that if he think the presumption is that if he was uninjured and didn't need medical treatment, he would be carrying on as normal in sandringham. he's retired from mum +£3.56; . .. . . much giff“? . ~ ~ . walk . church on traditional walk to church on is pulling i he is lie, is with line he is with his feet presume he is sitting with his feet up, meditating on his good fortune. and as far as you know, the queen is with him? i understand the queen is at sandringham, i haven't seen anything from the palace on that but i presume she is. politics here in washingtonjust became a big uglier. the president hasjust written a letter to speaker of the house nancy pelosi saying
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he is sorry her trip to brussels, egypt and afghanistan has been postponed due to the shutdown. basically he is taking away her aircraft. then he told her if she would like to fly commercially, go ahead. it comes after a letter yesterday in which the speaker asked the president to delay the state of the union address which was originally scheduled forjanuary 29th. this all comes on day 27 of the shutdown with no end in sight. joining us now is our north america reporter anthony zurcher. we have the letter here with donald trump's big signature, i think i said the trip was next week but you'd told me you thought it was permanent. that is what i heard, she was scheduled to leave today and the afghanistan part of her trip may not have been public knowledge but donald trump called this a public relations event so he is disparaging
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the nature of the strip and emphasising what he sees as a pre—oratory of having border security, he talks about his border security, he talks about his border security movement, so this is clearly a response to nancy pelosi's move. we have been waiting almost 24 hours, some people cite the white house work when their options and weren't sure house work when their options and we ren't sure how house work when their options and weren't sure how to respond to this but this is the first of what i imagine will be a series of swipes at nancy pelosi. i'm talking about two of the most powerful people in the world but this sounds like two children. i think this will be viewed by the public as a juvenile response and the fact that nancy pelosi threatened to take away the state of the union address from the president was fairly unprecedented, i don't think anyone considered that although if you look historically in
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the 19th century, presence didn't give state of the union speeches to congress, theyjust delivered a letter and nancy pelosi hinted that he could do that. i think that white house was looking to give donald trump and option, either to give it ina different trump and option, either to give it in a different part of the capital or in the oval office but this is an interesting way to fire that volley. i wasn't aware until today that it is in the power of the host to suspend the state of the union. it's the invitation of the speaker of the house, both chambers issue an invitation to the president and a lot of procedural growing work has to be laid, security and logistics, the supreme court, that nancy pelosi has a lot of power over her own chamber, republicans are looking for ways around that to invite him and
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there has been a suggestion that donald trump should just show up and make nancy pelosi bar him from the house of representatives. these are hypotheticals but it shows what sort of uncharted territory we are in. and the longer shot down, i read todayit and the longer shot down, i read today it will cost the us $1.2 billion in lost growth for each week, so i imagined the president will have to choose between these two great pillars of his campaign, the wall for the economy. he is trying to get more of those government workers to get back to work unpaid to keep key bits of the government functioning and hopefully targeting areas of the country where his supporters are so they will not be as affected. this letter is pretty remarkable, the latter he has just sent to nancy pelosi and it
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says, dear madam speaker, i am sorry to inform you that your trip to brussels, egypt and afghanistan has been postponed, he ends by saying i look forward to seeing you soon and look forward to seeing you soon and look forward to our dangerous southern border finally receiving the attention it deserves x, ——! is that when did the drift begin? when did the west begin taking for granted those values and post—war alliances that have bound us together for 70 years? faced with a shutdown in washington, and a scarcely believable political crisis in london, many are left wondering what happens now. our next guest, the former us ambassador to nato, nick burns, made this observation. ambassador burns, welcome.
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ambassador burns, welcomem ambassador burns, welcome. it is an oxymoron to talk about anglo—american order. oxymoron to talk about anglo-american order. five years ago we would have said two of the strongest, most confident governments in the west were the us and the uk, now in an existential crisis, you hear in britain debating about whether you are staying part of the eu and what is happening. a lot of questions about the prime minister's position, in the west president devaluing the values that brought us together in the west, disavowing our partnership with the eu and even supporting democrats against and five democrats. we reported on it earlier, you have the president setting out the new us missile defence strategy which you ta ke
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missile defence strategy which you take an interest in as a nato ambassador, while his critics say he is doing everything to tear apart the alliances contained the ambitions of china and russia and north korea. that is a bitter irony because the us has always been dedicated to nato, a linchpin of that alliance. the president quoted a new york times story this week telling his aides consistently, why are we then they why don't we pull our troops out? that wasn't harry truman or ronald reagan's point of view. nothing was more fundamental to our security than the alliance and he has made the eu out to be a trade competitor to the us, he doesn't see the partnership we have. today in the new york times, bret stephens, a conservative
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commentator, bemoaned the rudderless west, as he calls it, writing that the uk and the us cannot even go on themselves so how can they lead the western border, and he says the repeat, partly because of brexit and the us under trump wanting to pull back, is not happening in camp says that there are alternatives, russia in its meddling and china in its vision of how it can run itself. what is the risk of these countries not stepping up and being adults in the room? these are the two leaders of the west, economically and militarily and now europe is an existential crisis. anti—democratic populists in hungary and poland and italy, traditional london or washington would have made sure these countries came in line in
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institutions like nato and the eu, and as an american when i see donald trump supporting viktor 0rban, the authoritarian president of hungary, yet criticising angela merkel and theresa may and emmanuel macron and justin trudeau, it is like he has turned american policy on its head so turned american policy on its head soi turned american policy on its head so i think our institutions are strong in both countries, i imagine in two or three years we will get through these crises but until then there is no natural leader of the western alliance and the russians and chinese are seeking advantage. what is the timeframe? brexit could ta ke what is the timeframe? brexit could take another few years to sort out, trump could be there for another six yea rs. trump could be there for another six years. as a non-bread, watching the events here in london, you need leadership here, you cannot allow
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this great country to leave the eu with no agreement in uncharted waters, that would be very damaging to britain and to the eu. in the us, you know us well, i think we're facing a year of constitutional crisis, as robert mueller gives his report, as president trump continues to sink in that polls and as the act so to sink in that polls and as the act so unpresidential late, so we have a lot of work to do to restore our entrees because they are so critical to the rest of the world. the present waited that the battle in syria was won against islamic state, yesterday for americans were killed among 19 people, the sixth major attack in recent weeks. is that because of the announced withdrawal and can it —— should it be delayed?
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we cannot say it was because of the announcement. do they feel emboldened? announcement. do they feel emboldened ? they announcement. do they feel emboldened? they have only pulled out machinery so far but may they feel emboldened? it was a great mistake for the president to announce our withdrawal when the islamic state has clearly not been defeated. this group once claimed 48% of the territory of iraq and syria, so we have to stay. we saw last time with a smaller force that they become the lodestar for extremists in the world. if you haven't eradicated them, they have staying power, they can draw other people to their cause so this campaign conducted by special forces and our kurdish partners has to continue. the president made this decision without any regard to the
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secretary of state and the secretary of defence. james mattis resigned in protest at how donald trump went about this so we need to stay there and finish the job. good to see you here in london. this is beyond 100 days. still to come, donald trump lays on a feast for football champions at the white house. we will discuss what former presidents may have to say about that. the japanese company hitachi is suspending work on a £20 billion nuclear power station in north wales. about 9,000 workers were expected to be working on the plant on anglesey. 0ur correspondent colletta smith reports. in less than a decade this site should have been powering
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6% of the uk's homes, but not anymore. and that's a big blow for everyyone who had been banking on that huge investment into this corner of wales. edward farms, just down the road from the wylfa site. they were upskilling and getting ready for these jobs. but also a lot of local businesses were getting ready to supply goods to the local nuclear power plant. the 400 staff already working for the company have now been put on notice of redundancy. that financial structure between us as a commercial operation through hitachi and through uk government and the government of japan has just been, at this moment in time, too hard to deliver, but that's not to say that down and that story has been repeated across the eight coastal sites the government had hoped private companies would build new nuclear plants on. although building has begun at hinkley point, two sitesbadeeeinteuest alal-ll :-; .z; 2722; z£122£e; ! sites have been paused indefinitely. we will work closely with hitachi and the industry to ensure we find the best means of financing these and other new nuclear projects. the energy market has changed a lot since plans for those new nuclear schemes began.
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the products that we use in our homes have become a lot more energy efficient in recent years and renewable technology has become a lot cheaper, meaning we can do it on a much bigger scale. if the government decides to invest more in nuclear, it could be that those costs are passed on to current customers, adding a little extra to all of our bills now to keep the lights on in the future. colletta smith, bbc news, on anglesey. there's a big basketball game here in london between the new york knicks and the washington wizards but one of their bigger players won't be playing. enes kanter, who plays for the knicks,
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has had an interpol warrant issued against him by turkey — they accuse him of having links with armed groups said to be behind the 2016 failed coup. kanter has been explaining why he didn't feel safe leaving the us to nomia iqbal. he's the nba star who's not afraid of confrontation, both on the court and now off. enes kanter is a wanted man in turkey. enes kanter explains his fears have been justified. are you worried you'll be sent back to turkey? yes because now everyone was saying you're just talking about it, you don't have any evidence, but when my team was talking to london and the turkish government put a red notice under my name with interpol. as soon as i left the plane they would send me back to turkey. do you feel you've been proven right? yes. kanter has been a long—standing critic of president erdogan, seen here with theresa may. the turkish government believe he is part of the group that wanted to oust him in 2016 but he believes
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mr erdogan is a dictator who will target anyone who criticises him. if i step in turkey, you probably won't hear a word from me ever again. so you fear you will be killed? i don't know what they would do but i know it will be ugly. we put this to the turkish authorities but haven't had a response. the 26—year—old says it's been years since he had contact with his parents in turkey for fear of reprisal. he's worried about even going to the shops in the us on his own. the new york knicks play at madison square garden, one of the world's most famous arenas, and the nba wants to take basketball around the world but it seems going global means getting caught up in other countries' problems. kanter admits he feels bad about letting his team—mates down by not travelling to the uk for the match tonight but believes his cause is bigger than basketball. i'm risking everything,
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i'm risking my life, my family, everybody i love around me to only one thing, stand up for human rights, for freedom and for democracy, and whatever happens, to me to my family or anybody, i will not back down. he is the latest sport star in america using his platform to highlight political issues but it comes at a cost. enes kanter now says he's effectively trapped in the country for years to come. so he is staying home. healthier and protecting the planet? a group of scientists think they have the answer — it involves eating less red meat and more plant based food. it's not such good news for fast food lovers with the recommendation being just one burger a week. as you digest that, here's our science editor david shukman.
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so what's the answer? i join a cookery teacher. she says the key is flavour, not quantity. so you use a small amount of lamb or chicken and you can get... the impact is just as tasty. so you get the flavour of the meat without using too much of it. yeah, and i think six or seven small cubes on your plate is ample. a major new report confirms this, saying these things should make up our daily diet of less meat and more veg. it's really surprising when you see just how little the report recommends that we eat every day, and here are some of the key suggestions. it says no more than 14 grams of red meat a day, no more than 13 grams of egg. that isn't a whole egg, it's just a quarter of one. now for whole grains it says
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we should have 232 grams, we've represented that with this rice and these rolls. and for veg, they say 300 grams a day but it's got to be colourful. red, green and orange. the authors reckon that, if we all stick to this diet, it will be not only good for our health but also good for the planet. beef in particular has an impact because when cattle burp they give off the gas methane, which adds to global warming. growing feed for cattle takes .a lot..of land and wale-l. the challenge outlined in the report is.— nee' te feed a eleee! needletien .. . .. .. premature deaths each year because of bad diet. in north america for example, people eat six and a half times more meat than is recommended. but switching to the new
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diet won't be easy. how practical is this for, let's say, a single parent with a busy life and lots of kids? virtually impossible, i would say, because very often, firstly, this depends on really good home cooking and on planning. the implications of what we choose to eat, both for ourselves and for the planet. david shukman, bbc news. do you know anyone who orders more than one hamburger a week? yeah, i know a guy. he orders take—away quite a bit. in fact i'm told his loyalty card is off the charts. what did she say in that report, be
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organised and think ahead? did anyone notice in this picture, which you wanted to run a couple of days ago but we were focusing on brexit, the man at the back? abe lincoln. we asked for your thoughts and here are some. 300 burgers ordered, and the advertising industry says that was $15 million in free advertising for the fast—food industry the united states. a quick look at art top story, the duke of edinburgh was injured —— was
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involved in at collision but was not injured. buckingham palace said the crash involved another car and two people were treated for minor injuries. from us, good night. a much colder day right across the board although many places enjoyed lovely sunshine and blue skies but there were some snow showers for north and eastern parts of the country. settling snow, 6 or 7 centimetres recorded in scotland and high ground in north—east england that these snow showers will fizzle out tonight in north—east england but these snow showers will fizzle out tonight as this high pressure builds in, but we have this weather front pushing into western areas which will bring thickening cloud, outbreaks of rain and more of a breeze, so here as the cloud thickens up it shouldn't be too cold but elsewhere it turns very cold under clear skies with light winds and ice could be
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a problem in eastern areas. a widespread frost developing, quite sharp in the east of the country, temperatures well below freezing for most but further west because of the veil of cloud and rain, it will not be as cold. these are the pictures as we go into friday, most places still under high pressure but this weather bringing more cloud and rain to northern ireland, wales and the south west of england, some of the rain could be heavy and we could see sleet and snow down to lower levels. otherwise it will be mostly on higher ground. north and eastern areas should tend to stay dry, some hazy sunshine, another cold day with temperatures coming up a little bit further west. into the weekend it looks like it will be mostly dry and quite chilly, probably the best sunshine on sunday. saturday, we still have that weather front bringing rain and hill sleet and snow but it will fizzle out as the day goes on, probably the best of the sunshine
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in northern scotland, when it appears in the south west we could see temperatures reaching 10 degrees but otherwise a chilly day for most. on sunday we are in between weather systems. this weather front brings some rain to northwest scotland but otherwise the air is dry so we should see the clouds break up more with more sunshine for england and wales, perhaps northern ireland later in the day. it will stay cloudy with rain, hill sleet and snow for scotland and again remaining on the chilly side. this is bbc news. the headlines at 9. buckingham palace says prince philip, who's 97, was driving at the time close to the sandringham estate, but was not injured. a new date, another brexit vote, as senior politicians from a range of parties hold talks with the prime minister to try to find a way forward. mps will cast their votes again in 12 days' time. but, in a letter, jeremy corbyn has urged labour mps not to engage
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with the government until a no—deal brexit is taken off the table. thousands ofjobs at risk as the japanese firm hitachi suspends work on a multi—billion pound nuclear plant on anglesey. the defence arguments get under way in the trial of the police officer in charge during the hillsborough disaster.
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