you're watching beyond one hundred days. the prime minister is reaching out to the opposition labour party. but mrs may says their plan for a permanent customs union won't work. the international trade secretary liam fox who today signed a trade deal with switzerland, says britain must have the freedom to sign its own deals post brexit. it is very clear from the european union, that no non—eu members how they stayed in trade policy so to pretend that you could do so is a dangerous illusion. president trump heads to el paso texas this evening to drum up the support for his border wall. but we are just days ahead of what could be another government shutdown. also on the programme... should he stay or should he go? the voters of virginia are split on the fate of their embattled governor and the trouble doesn't stop there. and, it's christian fraser's favourite day of the year. it's international pun day, you have been warned.

hello, i am christian fraser in london, jane o'brien is in washington. as it stands, the uk will leave the eu in just under seven weeks, but by the end this one british companies will already be operating in a post brexit world. goods that are being readied for shipping can take as long as six weeks to reach their destinations. and amid the uncertainty there are many companies are now sitting on orders wondering what to do. on sunday mrs may responded to a letter she received from opposition leader jeremy corbyn, in which he set out labour's conditions for backing her brexit deal. he wants her to negotiate a permanent customs union and an agreement that would give the uk a say on future eu trade deals. in her letter she writes: i am not clear why you believe it would be preferable to seek a say in future eu trade deals rather than have the ability to strike our own deals. a question raised again today

by the international trade secretary liam fox. of course we always want to work with the opposition. but the opposition have put forward some ideas that are not workable, the ideas that are not workable, the idea that you can have a customs union with the eu and at the same time have a, as an outside country, have an effect on eu trade policy, is to not understand the eu treaties. it is very clear from the european union that non—eu members do not have a say in eu trade policy so do not have a say in eu trade policy so to pretend that you could do so isa so to pretend that you could do so is a dangerous delusion. i'm joined now from westminster by labour party shadow minister liam byrne. you are not yet leader, almost elevated you there. but we are glad to have youth nonetheless. let me

put that point that liam fox has made there, directly to you, why do you want to stay in the eu trade policy and why are you giving up the chance of an independent trade policy? we need two things, frictionless trade with our neighbour because we are still a great manufacturing nation, crucially exports are still really important to big parts of the country like my own, come to jaguar land rover. because those plans in places like birmingham import so many parts in the day that we need to integrate products, we need no delay, not even minutes of delay at border which is why the permanent customs union is just common sense if you want to stay a great manufacturing power like us. the second as you go into the future and the eu begins negotiating for their trade deals around the world, then it obviously makes sense for britain not to be a will taker but had some

influence on those wells because we area large influence on those wells because we are a large market the sixth biggest economy in the wild, different from other partners in the eu and so it is making sense for us to have influence on things like technical standards and we have been really important in the you the next eu and we think it will add value to you deals to come. theresa may would say that her deal does offer a chance of friction in the last trade at the border which is the first thing in the second thing is non—eu members do not have influence on eu trade policy, they just do do not have influence on eu trade policy, theyjust do not. that is simply because the eu is not being in this position before i say you are talking about a giant economy that wants to retain that very tight link with the eu. so it actually makes sense for the uk to have some kind of influence going forward and thatis kind of influence going forward and that is the proposal thatjeremy has

asked for. the second, we do not think that the current arrangement delivers the kind of frictionless trade and crucially forward certainty over frictionless trade to big manufacturing firms and that is not something that manufacturing firms are saying to us weekend and week out and that is why we are seven weeks ago and we still have not got theresa may to agree to read minds that actually work and make sense for the great country. what you say to companies that are already dealing with the reality of the fact that there is none of this in place and their supply lines are being affected and having to make up their own rules effectively to import or export. what we say to those companies is what we say to them as constituency mps, we are trying to desperately get theresa may into a common—sense position that parliament will agree that will

maximise support across parliament and crucially not destroy our manufacturing industry going into the years come and it has been a couple of years and frankly that theresa may has taken to actually begin reaching out tojeremy corbyn and start talking turkey about some of the detailed rules and jeremy corbyn has set out with some clarity a proposition that i think is welcomed by many to make many manufacturing firms. it is a shame we are so manufacturing firms. it is a shame we are so late in the day before the talks are starting but the channels are still open and labour is going to try to strike the best deal for it and we still have parliament in parliamentary vote still to come. plan view and i talked to a lot of tory mps as well as some people in my own party, there is a lot of conservative mps to think what jeremy proposed is sensible because they are representing manufacturing districts as well.

here in the us talks aimed at averting another government shutdown this friday have broken down. they were never going to be easy, president trump said from day one he thought they were a waste of time, but the latest sticking point isn't so much funding for his wall, but the facilities to detain illegal immigrants. democrats want to limit the number of detention beds available, for those immigrants that are being held in the us. republicans say a cap would lead to violent criminals being set free. the threat of crime is something the president regularly uses to fire up his base — and he'll be heading to the border city of el paso, texas tonight for his first big rally of the year. the bbc‘s gary o'donahue is there with this report. this is the fence that transformed el paso from one of the most violent cities in america to one of the safest or at least that is according to donald trump. i want to welcome everyone here... but when he arrives here he is likely to find a lot of people who do not believe that and they are prepared to tell him so. it is an absolute lie, it is an outright lie.

el paso is a community full of families, we have next documentation, we have people who cross every day to come to take care of our children, who come to take care of our families and we have been a community united by the border. we are not divided here in el paso. with a powerful barrier, in place, el paso is one of the safest cities in our country. there is no doubt there is a huge difference in the crime rate between el paso here in texas and juarez over there across the highway and mexico. here, there were 23 murders last year, over there a town admittedly twice the size, there was 1200. that is a 50 fold disparity. the question is, is the president right to say it is the wall that makes all the difference? on the other side of that fence is mexico. el paso's republican mayor was one of those taken aback by the president's use of his town to make a bigger political point. i am not saying the fence should not

be part of a border strategy, i mean we are a sovereign nation and we need to control our borders, but as far as el paso's crime rate, no. it was low before the fence came up and it has remained, it has gotten even lower sense. in reality, violent crime has fluctuated in both el paso and juarez. for two years after the fence went up into thousand nine, —— and 2009. it actually rose on the texas side of the border as territorial wars between the drug cartels intensified. but there are those here who believe a fence or a wall has played an important part. but what about those who accuse the president of using misleading facts? i do not agree that he lies. the number of violent crimes went up after the walling up? well, but how much have a drop before then and why did they go up?

did they go up because of the wall or did they go up because of other crimes that were occurring? winking immigration and crime have been constants for president trump but it has antagonized democrats and that has made a deal and congress all the harder. so as the fight over border security continues — president trump's acting chief of staff made it clear this weeeknd that all options remain on the table. we cannot definitively rule out a government shutdown at the end of this week. you absolutely cannot. for more on the stall in negotiations we can speak now with ron christie, former advisor to george w bush. hello, neither side clearly wants a shut down. but none of the alternatives seem to be particularly good, how will they get out of this? both sides have to find a way to save face and for donald trump he

needs some sort of barrier or some sort of wall or mechanism he can say to his campaign base that i kept my promise and for the democrats they do not want to give the president anything relating to a wall but perhaps they call it something other than a wall, a barrier, they could get wiggle room to allow nancy pelosi back—seat did not get money for the wall but she is enhancing border security. but donald trump would declare a national emergency and what would be wrong with that? he has the power to do that, he could use resources and allocate them from the department of defence to co nstru ct them from the department of defence to construct a wall without going to congress for additional appropriations. a lot of people are questioning the legality of that, i am not but certainly there are many who believe that might not be a legal action or a legal ability of the president to pursue but certainly that would add an even more acrimonious nature to the atmosphere that we have in washington, dc today should he go

down that route. but we will get tonight is more politics injected into the debates and we have the president and el paso on one side of the street and in another, you have a rising star in the democratic party pushing back. yes, i half expected him to be on a skateboard going by the president's rally to attract attention to himself but in all seriousness, he is? this is a pet of global —— pivotal moment for the president, what they need is to get x—rays to walk along the us and mexico border and have an assessment and what is practical as opposed to making this a political decision. stay with us because the next story is about trouble in the home state as the political crisis in virginia deepens... the state's top three democrats say

they have no intention of resigning. a second woman came forward on friday to accuse lieutenant governorjustin fairfax of sexual assault — charges he flatly denies. meanwhile, the governor is under fire for his racist yearbook page, and the attorney general has apologized for wearing black face in the 80s. national democrats say there should be zero tolerance for such behaviour. but the washington post has conducted a poll which found that many virginia residents are divided over governor northam's fate. 47% think he should stay in office. 47% also want him to step down. and interestingly, ralph northam has high support among black residents— 58% of those polled say he should remain, compared to 46% of whites who said the same. not that northam is doing himself any favours. in a tv interview over the weekend he was talking about the history of slavery — and then struggled to define it. in16i9,

in 1619, the first indentured serva nts in 1619, the first indentured servants from africa landed on our shores and what we call fort monroe. also known as slavery. virginia also need someone who is strong, who has empathy, who has a moral compass and thatis empathy, who has a moral compass and that is why i am not going anywhere. with us now is karen tumulty, political columnist for the washington post he seems to put his foot in it again and again and that combined with your fascinating poll, and again and that combined with yourfascinating poll, which shows voters are divided, where does he go from here? i think that he still has a heavy burden of convincing people in the state that he is the right person to continue to govern effectively and the thing about this that was so shocking is that there was really nothing in his earlier

life or his more recent life that would have suggested that he would be connected to the sorts of photos that photo that appeared in his yearbook. i think he has to come up with a deeper knowledge of the issue andi with a deeper knowledge of the issue and i think he has got to come up with more fluency and talking about it. the problem here is that this is not just a it. the problem here is that this is notjust a local issue and it is a national issue and a battle ground state and how do democrats reconciled that 0—tolerance policy with the crisis unfolding on their doorstep? and puts them a very bad spot because of course one of the major arguments that they have used against donald trump and against the republican and against people like ila congressman steve kingsmill has a history of saying racist things is that there should be zero tolerance of this and that is why you had seen

a number of officials call for the governor to step down then all of a sudden it is lieutenant governor who is hit by allegations of sexual assault and by the guy third in line and brought up and admitted that he too had once worn black face so it is an incredible mass down there right now. the reason it is of interest to us this side is because this will dictate the shape of the debate in 2020. . virginia has been one of the biggest examples for the democrats of things coming their way politically and for many decades it was a reliably republican state and now in the last few government areas have been democrats and in the 2017

elections they had their election scheduled a little different than the rest of the country, democrats made extraordinary gains and they we re made extraordinary gains and they were poised and probably still are to make big gains in their legislative election this year. preaching as a bellwether for the national mood. is there a disconnect between what democrats nationally are saying at that policy level and what voters themselves want?|j are saying at that policy level and what voters themselves want? i think so and as you mention, the number among african—americans was really interesting. and i would love to dig deeper into that and is it because they think that his particular, and with virginia being a southern state, did they think his stands are typical of someone who was raised when he was raised and that he has true remorse or is when he was raised and that he has true remorse or is it that the alternatives may be to have a republican governor? i am not really

sure with the mac which is the greater issue right now and voters minds and specifically an african american voters minds. let's bring it back and wrong chrissy who is from virginia, what they are exercising is the donald trump and half on nature and date however deep the allegation seem to be? the true essence of what we are talking about here is power, the democrats obviously do not want to have this going into the november election in 2019 and all the veryjunior legislative seats are at this year and have an albatross around their neck and they want a claim to power but if they patient at the top three democrats who hold office and virginia, they will hand it to the republican speaker of the house. you have called for his resignation but like you make of the fact that he is actually supported by a majority of

african—american democrats and virginia? what strikes me as he got 87% of the black vote for his election and now among blacks is 50% and it seems to me that he has lost and it seems to me that he has lost a significant percentage of those in the black community who once supported him. ithink the black community who once supported him. i think he the black community who once supported him. ithink he needs the black community who once supported him. i think he needs to go andl supported him. i think he needs to go and i think he shows remarkable and sensitivity when it comes to matters of race and at this point and 215t century and people walking around in black face and having clansmen on their medical school pages show they are not fit for public service. we will focus on democrats now and 2020 race and what are they saying and how are they dictating their message? are they saying and how are they dictating their message ?|j are they saying and how are they dictating their message? i think at this point, they, i believe several of them have called for his resignation. the national democrats though i think are in some ways operating on a different standard here. they have also pretty large

number of them have called for the resignation of the lieutenant governor as well who are is under accusations of sexual assault said there is a parody test that goes on in the presidential primary that is maybe not necessarily lead people and virginia are weighing right now. has asked for an fbi investigation and the lieutenant governor in terms of the sexual abuse allegations. do you have some sympathy with what he is trying to do, digging until there is trying to do, digging until there is an investigation? i deal in these allegations are very serious, serious sexual misconduct but on the other hand here in america, we are a nation of the rule of law and he deserves due process and he deserves to see his accusers and court and have this case adjudicated.

obviously his political standing is ata obviously his political standing is at a very low point right now and thatis at a very low point right now and that is why democrats want to push them out but from a legal perspective, i believe he deserves his day in court. thank you very much. i think this is really interesting because the final point that he made about due process, this is a really tricky area for the democrats because they have this policy of saying that the woman, in the case ofjustin fairfax and other men who have been in this position of being accused of sexual misconduct should be believed. and now they are having the pigeons come home to roost and the pigeons come home to roost and the fact of the matter is as he said it is about power and they cannot afford to lose virginia and cannot afford to lose virginia and cannot afford to lose these top democrats and risk putting republicans and power. at the national picture aren't that people of colour and

women are electing democrats. but what will that mean come 2020 when you have voters saying we want an alternative to the behaviour that donald trump has been demonstrating and we want a bright line between democratic candidates, which way will they go? it really is very interesting. living on... a bahraini refugee footballer, facing extradition to the middle east after travelling to thaliand — has been freed. hakeem al—araibi was given refugee status in australia — but was detained when he travelled to thailand on his honeymoon. bahrain had convicted him in abstentia of vandalising a police station and wanted him back — but have now dropped their request to have him extradited. the case led to an outcry from the footballing world. hungary's prime minister has announced a range of financial reforms to try to boost the country's birth rate, including new tax and loan benefits for families. viktor orban has promised to end personal income tax for women with at least four children. he's also pledged to create thousands of nursery places and subsidise families buying seven—seat vehicles. the congressman behind ‘freedom

fries' — walterjones — has died. the republican was a keen supporter of the 2003 invasion of iraq and changed the name of french fries in government cafeteria's to ‘freedom fries'. mrjones represented his district for 3h years, first in north carolina, then in congress. fox news host pete hegseth has confessed on air that he hasn't washed his hands for ten years because ‘germs are not a real thing‘ mr hegseth said the infectious micro—organisms did not exist because they could not be seen with the naked eye. the harvard graduate‘s confession came after his co—hosts made fun of him for eating left—over pizza. his comments were met with both support and concern on social media. no one has yet shaken his hand. jane, today is a special day. do you know what day it is? go on and tell me.

it is uk pun day. many viewers have been putting stomach pointing that out to me. there are some crackers on the internet today. here‘s my favourites. "all this talk about vegetarianism and veganism is a big missed steak" "i went to that new mary poppins restaurant last night. super cauliflower cheese, the lobster was atrocious." and gary‘s: "i‘m dating a girl from the zoo. i think she‘s a keeper". like that? well, i have until the end of the show so anything to allow me you better make a quick. when you call a chicken staring at a salad?” did not know. chicken caesar salad. another one got back i have to wait for you to catch up. did you hear about the spanish magician? he

walked off the stage and he started counting the now, does and then vanished without a tres. you know where to find me, send me more. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news... britain‘s defence secretary reveals plans for a new squadron of ‘swarm drones‘, as he warns the uk must show ‘hard power‘ when standing up to russia and china. and a warning that human activity could drive the earth‘s entire insect population to extinction within a century. that‘s still to come. hello there, it was a little chilly

out there but a lovely start to the week and it looks really promising for the rest of the week. there would not be much rain around at all but some sunshine from time to time and the days will be very mild for the time of year and some chilliness perhaps overnight especially in the southeast of the uk and be there place a northerly wind with more of a south to south westerly wind tomorrow and the next three days. with those winds coming in from the atla ntic we with those winds coming in from the atlantic we start to topple landmark cloud from the northwest as well and that will be thick enough to bring more rain or drizzle from scotland and northern ireland overnight and cloud pushing into the northwest of england. this temperatures will not be far away from freezing so ground frost at the very least and we have higher temperatures so milder air and western scotland and northern ireland and here will be a cloudy start with rain and drizzle around

for a while and it will topple its way into england and wales and we may see spots of rain and drizzle. more rain coming into scotland for a while before it brightens up later on. and the northwest where we have the stronger winds but it is the south—westerly and that is a mild direction and temperatures will be significantly milder than they were today. especially scotland on the eastern side of england and could get to 12 or maybe even 13 degrees. the weather front is so far and then swept northwards with the strengthening south or south westerly so if there is any rain or drizzle it is in the northwest of scotla nd drizzle it is in the northwest of scotland on wednesday. a fair bit of cloud around on wednesday but it should start to stand and break particularly the midlands and eastern england and the northeast of scotland. mild here for the time of year and temperatures across the board in double figures. it is so mild because our air is coming from a long way south and it is coming

from the top area of high pressure which will sit there for the next few days and whether funds will be kept at bay. a lot of dry weather around on thursday and the crowd breaking up in the northwest and we are introducing some slightly drier air which means less cloud and more sunshine on thursday and quite windy in the north and west of the uk but this temperatures again hitting double figures very mild this time of year. this is beyond 100 days. with me jane o‘brien in washington, christian fraser is in london our top stories, it‘s only february, but already there is a crowded field for democrats running for president. eight have already put their name in the hat with more to come. the british defence secretary sets out a tougher military stance for the uk after brexit , starting with russia and china. coming up in the next half hour... wondering why the wait — there is still no verdict in el chapo‘s us trial as the jury begins its second week of deliberations. jane and the favourite is — "the favourite" — taking home seven awards at last nights baftas.

we‘ll take a closer look at the winners and losers. this weekend two more contenders jumped into the presidential race on the democratic side. senators elizabeth warren and amy klobuchar joined their colleagues corey booker, kamala harris and kirsten gillibrand in the already crowded field to take on president trump in 2020. senator warren made it official in her home state of massachusetts. she is running as a progressive and has drawn the ire of the president over her claims of native american heritage — leading him to consistenly call her pocha ntas. amy klobuchar represents the state of minnesota — there was a blizzard in full force during her announcement. she has promised to work across the aisle but also to help promote greenjobs and protect the environment. and as if there wasn‘t

enough choice already — there are still some big names everyone is waiting for like beto o‘rourke, bernie sanders, joe biden, sherrod brown and michael bloomberg. for more on the growing list of candidates we are joined now by asma khalid — a political reporter who covers all the twists for national public radio. welcome to the programme. clearly a record number of women, butjust because democrats are voting for them does it mean that that is going to translate when it comes to 2020 in an open field? i think that's exactly right. to your point about the record number of women we were discussing this point with an editor last night and debating whether or not we should put this in our story in the morning in part because it did not seem that newsworthy given the fact that there are so many women running and it‘s newsworthy to

me in the sense that it does not feel that newsworthy. in a broader question about what this means for the nominee i think that‘s an open question. perhaps the most consistent thing you hear from them is they want someone who is electable and will definitively be able to beat donald trump. what that means though is up for debate when you talk to the voters. does that mean the democrats will have to modify their demands for ideological purity? we will see. at this point it‘s a democratic primary field and so we certainly have seen everyone who is announced move fairly to the left in a fairly progressive stance. this has raised questions about whether or not bernie sanders should enter the race because many of his progressive ideas to universal health care or greater access to education, college affordability, these are all things that bernie

sanders was talking about extensively in the 2016 presidential campaign. all ideas that now pretty much every democrat who has entered the primary so far seems to be on the primary so far seems to be on the same page as and we are seeing this across the board and you can point to the green new deal that the freshman representative alexandra cortez introduced next week. it‘s many are sponsors of it. the president loves to talk the candidates especially elizabeth warren and so far she is not really rising to the debate until this weekend. but the time we get to 2020 donald trump may not even be president. he may not even be a free person. i imagine neck of the journalists setting up. here‘s the problem for democrats, it‘s got to be more than just running against

donald trump. they have to offer something different but there will be that temptation on the way to dive in. and so far we have seen elizabeth warren fairly restrained andi elizabeth warren fairly restrained and i was out with her campaigning earlier on a few weeks ago and i was amazed at how really she seemed to ever mention the president. this was noticeable because i think it was rather forthright in what she had to say and there she was suggesting that donald trump can be imprisoned and that‘s what she was alluding to. it's and that‘s what she was alluding to. it‘s might play all right in a primary field specifically are you are trying to court the base voters. the big question is when you talk about questions of impeachment and running against donald trump i don‘t know how that will play necessarily ina know how that will play necessarily in a general election field but that for many democrats feels like it‘s just ages away because the field is so crowded and need to make sure that they are the one that can get

through this crowded field. that they are the one that can get through this crowded fieldm that they are the one that can get through this crowded field. it is if you like it that long to go at all. thank you very much indeed for joining us. the one name she did not mention was joe biden. when is he going to throw his hat in the ring? that‘s what eve ryo ne his hat in the ring? that‘s what everyone is waiting for and when he does does that mean that the democrats are going to be hauled back towards the centre or are they going to continue this left draft? and why is he waiting? you like putting me on the spot. i don‘t know. we hear about these exploratory things. his age might have something to do with it. they be waiting to see what the others are going to stand on, where he fits into all this and who knows. it‘s an interesting one. the british defence secretary gavin williamson says the uk must be ready to intervene" in foreign wars otherwise it risks being seen as a papertiger. today he announced that britain s

new aircraft carrier hms queen elizabeth will be sent to the south china sea, carrying two squadrons of british and american f—35 fighter jets. the south china sea is one of the busiest, most militarised shipping routes in the world. china claims nearly all this body of water for itself, ignoring competing claims from the phillippenes, vietnam, malaysia, brunei and taiwan. to reinforce it‘s territorial claim china has been building these artificial islands in the spratly chain. mr williamson says hms elizabeth will be carrying out operations in the area to keep the shipping lanes open. we must be ready to show the high price of aggressive behaviour and ready to strengthen our resilience and ready where necessary to use

ha rd and ready where necessary to use hard power to support our global interests. it went on to announced plans for the british defence secretary went on to announce plans for a £7 million swarm squadron of drones capable ofjamming enemy air defences. and potentially plans for two new bases in the caribbean and the far east. malcolm chalmers from the royal united services institute joins us and you were there today to hear with the defence secretary had to say. remarkably upbeat. some might say. remarkably upbeat. some might say a little far—fetched given where we are with brexit. i think one of the most interesting parts of this speech was the link with brexit because traditionally they‘ve been told that defence and brexit are two separate conversations which they are in large part in the art. because the eu does not have a significant defence role and any of the announcements made today could have been made even if we stayed in the european union. but the defense secretary chose to make a link as if we we re secretary chose to make a link as if we were leaving the european union

and have new opportunities to put a global role. we will talk about the south china sea in a second but that shopping list he has put forward from the armed forces building new ships and more drones the public accou nts ships and more drones the public accounts committee says he cannot afford the equipment that he has put in place so far. where is he going to find this extra money? as always it will be from deficiencies. he talked about the need for efficiency and doing things fairly. the two new things we‘ve heard about before these ships and the drone squadron are going to be bought from commercial sources and not from the classic defence industry but they are we are told will come from converted fairies or container ships. you still need to have people from the weapon systems they will have to be paid for. we have already said to the region is pretty

crowded. what is the uk‘s regional interest in this part of the world? i think with the government would argue is that the uk along with many other powers as an interest in maintaining freedom of navigation and through the sea and other waterways and of course if you look at the south china sea have ships there from australia, india, japan, as well as the uk. what they will have to be careful about is being seen as have to be careful about is being seen as doing disproportionately more and some of those other powers and be more aggressive than the other powers. as long as we stay in the lane contributing as it were our appropriate part of international effo rts appropriate part of international efforts and i think it‘s manageable in terms of relations with china. things being different during the day at the moment is that you can have nato challenging the ussr but

we are challenging china here. country that we are trying to do all of these trade deals with. the economy in defence are almost intertwined at the moment and it's kind of unique. this is not a pivot to china. we are not talking about the main enemy of our armed forces being china like the soviet union in the past. our main focus is going to continue to be europe and most of our defence efforts are going to be through nato on european security primarily but russia also threats from africa in the future. it‘s a case of whether having a pinprick if you like and having an occasional deployment in the pacific we contributes to good relations with countries like australia and japan but you are right it‘s a difficult balancing act we are not in the cold war with china. china is as much a partner in many areas of our life and competitor in others. we will have to strike a balance. jury deliberations in the trial

of mexican druglord joaquin "el chapo" guzman stretched into a second week today. guzman faces ten counts including engaging in a criminal enterprise, drug and gun charges, and money laundering. the trial lasted two and a half months and jurors have been asking for some of the testimony to be read back to them. the jury is made up of eight women and four men who have been sequested throughout the process. so why is it taking so long to come up with a verdict in the case of this notorious drug lord? the bbc‘s nada tawfik nada tawfik is outside the courthouse for us. this was supposed to be a slam dunk for the prosecution, are they sweating? well, you can imagine the types of theories that all choco inspires about why they are taking so inspires about why they are taking so long but the reality is that they are coming through in overwhelming

amount of evidence and when they we re amount of evidence and when they were putting together their case that they had built up over a decade they knew they had to really walk a fine line of having enough evidence to prove all of the ten charges against him without overwhelming the jury. if you think about it and a verdict sheet that runs eight pages long. each of the ten charges have several points to it that they have to show without a reasonable doubt that he was guilty of it. that was certainly the major reason here that it‘s taking so long but nevertheless he and his lawyers are upbeat and happy that the jury is taking their time. you've been following this trial very closely. what stood out about it most for you? well, it was really interesting how over the course of this 11 week trial prosecutors were able to get his

closest a ides prosecutors were able to get his closest aides to come in and really detail not only the inner workings of the cartel for the first time in an american courtroom but also his rise from a humble farmer to become a billionaire drug lord who had his own gods, his own private fleet of jets, ease do it with tigers and lions. they outlined how he did that not only by paying high—ranking officials enormous bribes but also by using the threat of brutal violence. we saw how he ordered the murder of his one cousin simply for lying to him and how he would torture and kill some of his enemies and so it was really an interesting insight into the kind of lavish lifestyle and also the way he was able to have an iron fist over the cartel to become the most powerful cartel to become the most powerful cartel in mexico and in fact around the world. and security for the

trial has been phenomenal, hasn‘t it? absolutely. every week when el chapo is transferred to where he is staying to hear the brooklyn bridge is shut down in a motorcade follow him sober. you think about the jurors here having for months been sequestered and they are escorted here by armed federal marshals and back home the same way. security has been a top priority because el chapo was notorious for escaping prison in mexico twice and so there will certainly continue throughout the trial and in fact a major challenge for the government if he is found guilty will be how to secure him in prison in the united states for the rest of his life. thank you very much indeed. currently they requested those transcripts from the stitches and looking into the background of whether they are trustworthy and been given something

from the state to speak the way they have. prosecutors, just imagine if he walked and you were the prosecutor. that would not be good on your resume. it really would not. could be a sacking offence. human activity could drive the earth‘s entire insect population to extinction within a century. insects have played a pivotal role in the development of the earth‘s ecosystems for hundreds of millions of years but a major new scientific study has warned that 40% of insect species could be gone within just a few decades. before you cheer at the idea of saying goodbye to mosqitoes, cockroaches, and fleas, remember insects are vital pollinators so any drop in numbers threatens food production. pesticides, agriculture and climate change are being blamed for the decline. here‘s our environment correspondent, victoria gill. producing ourfood,

producing our food, cleaning producing ourfood, cleaning up our waste and changes we are making to the environment threaten the very existence of the insect population. that‘s according to scientists who analysed dozens of insect surveys that were carried out all over the world of the last 13 years. reveal that many species are now sliding towards extinction at a dramatic rate. overall a1% of the insect species are in decline and then include some very familiar creatures. for now percent of beatles are declining at 37% of mayflies and 53% of butterflies and moths. one of the groups that‘s troubled. moths are all massively in troubled. moths are all massively in trouble right now. those losses, scientists say, could jeopardise our way of life. so much of our carbon which is linked to climate change is

stored in the soil and that‘s cycle through the soil by insects. our food is grown in the soil is made by insects in our food food is grown in the soil is made by insects in ourfood is food is grown in the soil is made by insects in our food is then pollinated by insects. every step along that has an insect associated with it during an importantjob and without that they would just lose the ability to produce food. as much as we are rely on them it‘s primarily our activities and food production that‘s been driving them for the declines. three key things that they highlight as threats to our planets insect diversity. climate change, invasive species and critically how we use our land. the increasing intensification of agriculture. around the world suitable habitat is being consumed by farming suitable habitat is being consumed byfarming and suitable habitat is being consumed by farming and urbanization. in a study says widespread use of synthetic pesticides is a major driver of insect loss. we can help

by making gardens were pollinator friendly and that food production will have to change to stop our most important pollinators becoming collateral damage in the battle against pests. i‘m a bit of a fan of insects and i don‘t know about you. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — lady gaga stole the show at the grammy‘s but it was her stare not her singing that really had people talking. brexit uncertainty is being blamed for a sharp decline in the growth of the uk economy. the office for national statistics says last years growth was 1.4% — the lowest since 2009. it also pointed to a sharp fall in the manufacture of cars and steel products, and a decline in construction. the bbc‘s dharshini david has more. protecting middle capos from the ravages of the weather is all in a days work as this galvanizing plant.

insulating the business against outside forces has been tough and in fa ct outside forces has been tough and in fact their sector has been one of the hardest hit. anxious times mean business spent less on equipment and buildings. investment has been wavering ever since the referendum but over the last year it‘s dropped by almost 4%. squeezing growth across the economy. lower investment affects how efficient companies can be and so how their profits and our jobs and wages might fare in the future. the chancellor admits a lack of clarity over brexit is hurting. there‘s no doubt that the uncertainty around brexit is taking a toll on the economy. as we want to get the deal done so we can put this issue behind us, move on growing our economy and creating morejobs issue behind us, move on growing our economy and creating more jobs and higher wages. the uk‘s biggest car—maker blamed not only brexit but

following diesel sales and announced job cuts. we seen a slowdown in germany, italy is in recession and it's down to a number of factors in particular trade wars in this minute slowdown trade and also geopolitical concerns. service orjust the start of this year has not been any brighterfor business. of this year has not been any brighter for business. consumers are faring better but this will be the outcome of the next few weeks. it was the bafta last night ‘the favourite‘ lived up to its name sweeping a string of awards, including best leading actress for olivia colman and best supporting actress for her co—star rachel weisz. rami malek was named best actor for his role as freddie mercury in bohemian rhapsody.

and best film and best director went to the netflix movie, roma. controversial. yes but not to be outdone, this side, we had the music industry‘s biggest night of the year, the grammy‘s where women dominated this year, with lady gaga picking up three awards and album of the year going to country singer kacey musgraves. meanwhile british pop star dua lipa was named best new artist. i‘m joined now by entertainment journalist natalie jamieson, who was there at the bafta‘s last night. they won that. does it ever stop? it's they won that. does it ever stop? it‘s all downhill from here. let‘s talk about the best picture. not one for the big stream. there was bit of a gasp in the room because the favourite was sweeping the boards and already won the outstanding british film and expected to win best film as well so there were some surprise that roma had done that and

it could not have come at a better time. everyone represents something quite unique and yes it‘s a beautiful, glossy, black and white the cinematography is fantastic. and every day mexican story that deserves to be seen in the big screen deserves to be seen in the big screen but most people see it sitting at home on their sofa because it‘s been by netflix. i think it‘s a great thing because so often with these award ceremonies with film awards especially people don‘t have the chance to see the films, many of them have not come out in the cinema but at times they get around to a word season and yes of course i‘m sure alfonso would love ever want to go to the cinema to be able to see this but i have two kids and work as well but husband works and so it‘s great to have the option to see such a range of cinema but from home. olivia coleman very warm and funny a cce pta nce coleman very warm and funny acceptance speech of course she will be in the crown on netflix as queen elizabeth. the favourite is a

strange film and it‘s very funny and iurge strange film and it‘s very funny and i urge you to see it if you have not yet. will make you laugh but also leave you with a very melancholy into the evening but she is just, leave you with a very melancholy into the evening but she isjust, i know the words national treasure get thrown around a lot but she falls to that category. she brought a wonderful lightness to hear speech a particular at the back to awards last night because she was funny and she was a bit forgetful and she was just very normal and when you‘re presented with this big honour to don‘t take it all in. presented with this big honour to don't take it all in. we are going to turn from baptist to the grammys. hello, i‘m over here. grammys. of course it‘s a huge musical extravaga nza course it‘s a huge musical extravaganza but the big star of the show was michelle obama. when you're comparing the two word ceremonies as well in terms of viewing figures the

grammys has got about 18 million people tuned in to watch it compare to the baptists which got about three and a half million people here in the uk. obviously a different playing field but the grammys came out strong. alicia keys hosting and she walked on stage and very much show this is a representation of diversity of women in particular she was standing alongside judy pinkett smith and jennifer lopez and lady gaga and michelle obama who got the hugest cheer in the room and she had to stop her speech because people we re to stop her speech because people were just applauding so loudly and finally she managed to get going and it was really good to see her there and a lot of warmth in that room for her. thank you very much indeed for joining us. so the grammy‘s was a night full of memorable moments, but it was lady‘s gaga‘s final pose during her rendition of ‘shallow‘ that hit a home run in the meme department. watch this. hold the pose. do not blink.

the internet loved it. me said one, when a video turns sideways on my phone that is the stare i am sending said one when i write per my previous email and this my favourite: "what my food sees when i check on them in the oven." a lovely start to the week and it looks very promising for the rest of the week. there will not be much rain around at all you got sunshine from time to time. that is good be very we‘re starting to topple in more clout from the northwest as well. as would be thick enough to bring a little bit more rain and

drizzle to scotland and northern ireland overnight. some of the cloud pushing into the northwest and west wales and for the south end use we will have clear skies and those temperatures will be far away from freezing so a pinch of frost at the very least and high temperatures and moderate mild air. here‘s could be a cloudy start with rain and drizzle around. that will tumble its way around. that will tumble its way around with spots of rain and drizzle into the northwest of england and north wales. more rain coming in to scotland for the afternoon before it brings up later on. the northwest that we have those stronger southwest winds but the southwest as we all know that the mild direction and temperatures are going to be significantly more mild than they were today. which is to get 12 or maybe even 13 degrees. there weather front is bringing a little bit of and so far against sweat northwards again with the strengthening south to southwest winds. there is any rain or drizzle

it‘s really in the northwest of scotla nd it‘s really in the northwest of scotland on wednesday. fair bit of cloud around but it should start to thin and break around the midlands in eastern england across the northeast. very mild here with those temperatures across the board in double figures. areas coming from a long way south and it‘s come around the area of high pressure that will sit there over the next few days this weather fronts for the most pa rt this weather fronts for the most part will be kept at bay. i get a lot of dry weather around on thursday the cloud breaking up with the northwest we are introducing slightly drier air so that means less cloud, more sunshine on thursday and quite wendy the north and west of the uk but those temperatures again hitting double figures very mild this time of year. this is bbc news. i‘m shaun ley. the headlines at eight. the uk economy grew last year at its slowest rate for six years and there‘s more bad news forecast. 2018 was a challenging year for us.

we have had rising raw material costs a nd we have had rising raw material costs and customers have suffered raw material increases and we have suffered from a high employee turnover this year. dinner a deux — eu negotiator michel barnier meets the brexit secretary in brussels, but says negotiation is off the menu. theresa may will update mps tomorrow on how her proposed deal is progressing. the labour party has received more than 670 complaints in less than a year, alleging acts of anti—semitism by its members. it‘s decision time for horse racing.