you're watching beyond 100 days. democrats in congress say us military intervention in venezuela is not an option. which is not the line from the white house, where the president insisted in the past hour that all options are still on the table. sitting alongside the president of colombia, mr trump was asked what would happen if nicolas maduro refuses to step down. i always have plan b and c. and, d, and e, and f. i have great flexibility. back home, mr trump says he does not want another government shutdown but he is still deciding whether to sign the compromise deal with democrats. also on the programme: just over six weeks to go to brexit — and so many questions for bristish companies. what will their customs and trading arrangements be come the end of next month? and if the prime minister isinajam... no, the other kind — she's revealed she would get rid of the mould and eat the good stuff underneath. quite right, too. hello and welcome —

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. debate erupted in washington today about how far america is prepared to go in support of the opposition movement in venezuela. in the past hour, mr trump again refused to rule out the use of us military force as a way to oust president nicolas maduro. but democrats in congress pushed back against that — saying at a hearing today that america would not intervene militarily and accusing mr trump of saber rattling. naomi grimley has been following the story. with candles and murmured prayers, venezuelan students stage a 12 hour the to remember those of their friends who died in anti—government protests over the last five years. a wife of an imprisoned opposition politician declares she is proud of them, as they haven't given up hope of a better future.

over the border in colombia, hundreds of venezuelans chant the words, "humanitarian aid." us aid has been piling up at the border, but the bridge crossing has been barricaded by the venezuelan military, under the orders of president nicolas maduro. it is terrible because this aid is needed urgently for the hospitals, for clinics, because all the children and elderly need it. at the blockaded border itself, venezuelan soldiers look disciplined and defined. a government official arrives to give them moral support, and to tell the media that no convoys will be passing through this point. translation: nobody is going to pass this bridge here, not today, not tomorrow — never. because there bridge is not open to traffic or the transport of goods,

so therefore, any misuse of this bridge is illegal. at the white house, president trump was hosting his colombian counterpart. he told reporters it was imperative the aid could get through. we are trying to get food to people that are starving, you have people starving in venezuela. itjust shows what can happen with the wrong government — you have the wrong government, bad things happen. but you have many, many people that are in real trouble, for just hunger. so, we are delivering and we are sending tremendous amounts of food and other things, supplies. nicolas maduro continues to insist his country is not a land of beggars, in need of aid from america. but, juan guido, the national assembly leader and opposition figurehead, told his supporters at a huge rally in caracas that the aid would get to where it needs to be. translation: yes, oh,

yes, humanitarian aid will come to venezuela. yes, oh, yes, because the usurper has two of the venezuelan. it is not the first time that venezuela has got rid of a tyrant, it is not the first time. mr guido declared the aid would be brought into the country on the 23rd of february. but, in this state of chaos, venezuelans have already learned not to hope too much. at that hearing on capitol hill this morning, democratic chairman eliot engel ruled out an invasion of any sort. i want to make clear to our witnesses and to everyone else watching — us military intervention is not an option. congress decides when, where, and how the us military is used around the world — and congress would not support military intervention in venezuela. francisco marquez was a political prisonerforfour months

in venezuela before he was forced into exile in the us he now works as a political advisor to opposition leaderjuan guaido's ambassador here in washington. mr marquezjoined me a short time ago. you are in a hearing on capitol hill. were you disappointed to hear us congress are out military intervention? we had to focus on the most important thing — to restore democracy in venezuela. there is a big push for humanitarian assistance. interim president guido had one cousin out, he has asked our allies to push forward humanitarian assistance, that is what our agenda

is. everybody is pushing for humanitarian assistance. that is what we are happy about, that is what we are happy about, that is what the main focus has been about. anything else has been a bit of a distraction. people of the size of the aisle have stressed that they are supporting democracy in venezuela and our cause.” understand there are a number of generals wright added to the top if they don't ship, it looks like nicolas maduro will stay in power. how will you persuade them to come over to your side? the venezuelan military people are venezuelan, they have family members. they are suffering at the hands of this regime just like suffering at the hands of this regimejust like any suffering at the hands of this regime just like any other venezuelan. that is something that we know has deeply affected the core of the military. there are many honourable military men who are waiting for the right time and are actively participating in helping this cause. the vast majority want a

democracy, this is a solution being put forward. over 50 international nations have recognised interim president guido. they realise what is to be done to create democracy in venezuela is to come in from within and abroad. we know the military is getting the message. and they're very, it will be key what they decide and we believe they will side with the venezuelan people. you have spent time in prison, you are a patient man and you know what it is to digitise if fighting for e—commerce. how do you keep up the in venezuela? president maduro has mentioned that there has never been venezuela operation. i have witnessed culture first—hand. the director of my present said, when you get out, make sure you tell everybody all the bad things that

you live because the guys up top bow toward me. that systematic violation of rights is what maduro represents in venezuela. i wouldn't describe myself as a patient man because the venezuelan people are not patient any longer. think what it would be like to have a family member who has cancer who could not get their medicine. think what you would like to look at your child and say, today you cannot eat, today your sister eat. that is the current situation of the venezuelan people. that is what the democratic forces are striving to change as fast as possible. appreciate the support of the eu, the us and the vast majority of south american countries. ana quintana is a senior policy analyst at the heritage foundation and joins us now from washington. mrguido is urging mr guido is urging the venezuelan ca rava ns to mr guido is urging the venezuelan caravans to bring the aid in a cross

that bridge in colombia, mr maduro is saying that the military has to stop them. that poses the potential for a very dangerous stand—off? stop them. that poses the potential for a very dangerous stand—offlm does, but it also brings to light and gives now an opportunity for the international community, who once defended maduro to now recognise and bring pressure to bear on the regime to force them to back down. i think your previous guests, francisco marquez, accurately described how acute the situation is. just how effective international pressure is at forcing the maduro regime to behave in a better way. we had over 50 countries that recognise guido, this is the momentum in caused inside venezuela. the potential for possible change as a result of the

international pressure is important. i think this is an opportunity for the international commentary to come and put pressure on the maduro regime and allow this humanitarian ca rava n regime and allow this humanitarian caravan to enter the country. how do you read the situation in venezuela? is the military sticking with nicolas maduro? i think the key problem that you have inside venezuela is that the majority of the military, the vast majority, is suffering the consequences of the humanitarian crisis as well. their families are not eating, they are going without medicine, they are also experiencing the rapid scarcity that exists in the country. but, they are all afraid to turn against they are all afraid to turn against the maduro regime because of the extensive counter intelligence network within the country. every time that you have anybody within

the government defect, automatically, these videos come out against them accusing them of corruption, which is why there has been such a slow number of defections occurring. i think that is an important element to recognise. it's not that maduro has a support, it is that people are scared to turn against him. the president, in the last hour or so, has said that he has planned b through s and that he is flexible. how far is the white house prepared to go to make sure that nicolas maduro does leave office?” to go to make sure that nicolas maduro does leave office? i think thatis maduro does leave office? i think that is for the administration to decide to stop it has demonstrated over the last two years that they are willing and they have develop and are working alongside our partners. notjust in latin america but also internationally. it is not a coincidence that is the us

alongside 50 countries that recognise it. other countries have also implemented reciprocal sanctions. i would also implemented reciprocal sanctions. iwould imagine, think, and hope that whatever future actions take place also take place in concert with countries that we are working in lockstep with. the future and the construction of venezuela will happen within them as well. thank you one of the things that lead to cuts in capital with dressing and they are worried the sanctions hurting the venezuelan people. the in of them is to make it difficult for nicolas maduro to finance the top military brass. if you run out of money, he cannot pay them the money that he needs order for them to stay at his side. at the same side, the americans are giving them incentives to crossover to the opposition side. there are some concerns on capitol hill that the sanctions are hurting

the people and not necessarily doing enough to pressure the top. the pressure was to be what happens on thursday 23rd if the venezuelan military does not allow that eight n? how does the opposition stand up for it and get the eight end? how does the movement carry on in this crisis moment and keep galvanising support? we are in for a pivotal few weeks in venezuela. that is one debate on capitol hill. the other is the shutdown. republicans on capitol hill are openly admitting that the border deal they have now is worse than the one they were offered before the government shutdown. mr trump looks likely to sign it anyway because he has little choice. if the president refuses to sing the deal then us federal workers will be back home, without their pay again, and that didn't do mr trump any good in the polls. but that doesn't mean the president has given up this fight — he says he'll find other ways to fund the wall. a short while ago i spoke to democratic congresswoman from ohio, marcy kaptur.

this is a win for america. america is strong when we are unified. this is strong when we are unified. this isa is strong when we are unified. this is a bipartisan compromise in both chambers, which are in different political hands. obviously, the president has indicated that he appears to be able to sign this bill so appears to be able to sign this bill so it is good for this country. we need to move on and rebuild this country. when to produce and if a structure built so that we can raise wages for people. this bill does give federal employees a 1.9% increase in pay, long overdue, for so increase in pay, long overdue, for so many people seven missing from coast to coast and around the world. but it does also give the white house about $3000 for fiscal border security, 35 miles of wall. nancy pelosi said that any form of a wall was a model for the country. will

not be a problem for democrats around the country? i think there are some existing structures that need to be improved. i believe that those dollars should be spent at the legal ports of entry, where 90% of the contraband material come through. we simply don't have enough inspectors, the imaging equipment, what i call operational border security. if we use satellite technologies, electronic surveillance at some of the other more difficult to access places, thenl more difficult to access places, then i am supportive of that. about then i am supportive of that. about the peasants though once it a wall. he has tweeted that that this one will be built anyway, if necessary, you will get it from alternative sources. if the presences he will declare a national emergency and get the money from other sources, how can democrats respond to that? right fiow we can democrats respond to that? right now we have to reach and commitment for the sake of the country

confused. we cannot afford another shutdown, especially me think about the security of this country. it is notjust the salad border where we have to be careful, obviously, the 9/11 terrorist give you the northern border. we know if we secure in the southern border with systems which don't work, including a wall, which you can fly over, dig under, we have to be mindful of all the bodies of the country and make sure we find homeland security. we have to make sure that the people they do this work for us are funded at a sufficient level and we have enough personal to do the job. you come from ohio, a pretty conservative state that donald trump won in the last election, i would how much you ca re last election, i would how much you care from your constituents that they are fed up with both parties in washington for the shutdown? that is a risk for democrats, as well as republicans. you couldn't say

anything more true. we must keep the government open, we have to run this country like adults. that requires compromise. one of the counties i representjust compromise. one of the counties i represent just had a compromise. one of the counties i representjust had a record number of deaths because of opioid abuse in january. we are living this scourge of opioids in our region directly. we know what must be done. you cannot solve the problem by closing the government down. thank you for joining us. let's check in with ron christie who served as an advisor to president george w bush. ron is in boston today. president trump has had a pretty bad reaction to the steel from people who are on the further extremes of the immigration debate in his base. does that mean that he gaze to the extremes that mean that he gaze to the

extre m es of that mean that he gaze to the extremes of his base, or does he swallow his pride and get on with it and sign it? i think the dynamics in this situation are entirely different. they president wanted to go to war with the democrats, he wa nted go to war with the democrats, he wanted to show that he was willing to shut the government down to prove that he wanted to get the wall built. now the dynamic exchange. republicans in the senate do not wa nt republicans in the senate do not want a shutdown, many of them are up for the election next year. the other republicans stick with the president, or do they go their own way? in this case, they go their own way. i listened to the present en el paso, and then i listen to him again in the white house. the genius of his message is that she does not make just his message is that she does not makejust one his message is that she does not make just one argument, he makes every argument — that way everybody here is what they want to hear. i wonder if that sort of strategy is wearing thin with his base?”

wonder if that sort of strategy is wearing thin with his base? i don't think so. the president was out of this morning saying he was going to build the wall, we are going to have a lot more wall. on our 2000 mile border with mexico, we have a 700 mile wall so far. in this case, the present will get an additional 55 miles. you will go to them and say 50 55 miles is nothing, i think the base will stay with him. the message has now changed. he is now saying, finish the wall. we all know the optics of what the president says and what happens often times differ. he says we will finish the wall but he will only get about 55 additional miles of border security. at this juncture, it is important that the united states government stays open on both sides find a way to

compromise. it looks like he will sign this tomorrow, at which point, everybody can breathe a huge sigh of relief and not talk about shutdowns and deals. in theory, the country can't move on. to what extent has this whole issue, the last six weeks, damage the president's political standing? i don't know if his damage the presidents political siding because the people who voted for him will stick with him. some of the moderate voters who liked him before it might not look as much 110w. before it might not look as much now. i think the real damage is the senate republicans. there is a foot of the senate up for election in 2020, most of them are republicans. how do those will stay who have been out of work for once reward or punish new members of the senate? i think you'll be a lot closer in the

senate in 2020 than it is now. thank you forjoining us. christian has been listening to the present carefully and it is a few discrepancies in what he has been seen. discrepancies in what he has been seen. i noticed the banner at the back of his rally in el paso, subtle changes, that might be the art of the deal. in a sign ofjust how much the us film industry has been disrupted by newcomers recently, the streaming giant netflix is already up for its first oscar nomination for best picture. when you think that the major picture studios like warner brothers and mgm have been around since the 1920s and netlix only began in 1997 — that's a pretty stunning achievement. the film that's getting so much attention is roma. and what makes it more remarkable is that it's not a technicolour action movie — it's a slow paced, black and white autobiographical account of life growing up in mexico city. roma shows just how netflix is changing hollywood. tom brook reports. roma has been the subject

of a massive campaign by netflix to win oscars. the chief aim — to bring a best picture victory to director alfonso cuaron‘s largely autobiographical portrait of his family's housemaid and his childhood home, in mexico city in the early 1970s. cuaron is taking the big marketing push in his stride. of course, netflix, like any of the other companies behind any of the films, they do a lot work doing the promotion and the marketing. i'm very pleased about it because roma is a unlikely film to have this amazing support that is happening, in terms of a marketing campaign. an unlikely candidate for best picture prize for best picture prize because roma is no glossy hollywood production — it is in black and white, in spanish, and features no major stars.

nevertheless, it has earned ten nominations to co—lead the oscars race, with the british picture, the favourite. netflix has reached out to award voters with all kinds of goodies, like this black stuffed roma cushion, and a coffee table book valued at $175, full of stills from the film. it's all part of an effort to win votes. it has been estimated that netflix has spent more than $25 million on it's oscars campaign. it knows winning would definitely generate a return. it would bring top film—makers to them, they need high quality content providers, and oscars help with that goal. if you can show that you might win an oscar, you know, we'll put a lot into helping you get that. i think that helps them retain and attract the very top talent in the film industry. that is important, especially as you have more and more competition. and, more competition is coming. disney will be launching a big

streaming platform this year, as will other media entities. with its oscar campaigning, netflix is taking on the role occupied by harvey weinstein, several years ago, when he was a majorforce in winning oscars. netflix is certainly a big player and i think harvey weinstein‘s a fair comparison, in part, because netflix has bought the publicity firm that harvey weinstein often used to promote his films for academy consideration. that firm now works exclusively for netflix — they are working on roma and some other movies for them. so, it's a fair comparison, although they haven't won the awards yet. the weinstein company and miramax won a lot of oscars, and people would say that he had a sort of special touch. so, what will happen on the big night? well, there is a very good chance that roma could pick up the trophy for best foreign—language film. and, if it won the top coveted best picture award, that will, of course, delight netflix executives but make the big hollywood studios shudder

over the encroaching competition. tom brook, bbc news. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — 45 days to go until brexit and the clamour for clarity from businesses is getting even louder. we'll be talking to a uk importer and exporter about how worried they are. and rarer even than clear answers on brexit, is the iconic, secretive black panther. one lucky man managed to take these photos in the african wilderness. that's still to come. the rest of this week will feel more

like mid april than in early february. we have been getting a lot of sunny weather. a little hazy at times. their wins have generally been lighter, the further south you are, the closer the high pressure and stronger wind in the north and west. we a re and stronger wind in the north and west. we are importing this malady from spain and portugal. it stays busy with a weather front nearby. cloudy skies from much of scotland and northern ireland, may be some patchy rain in the far north—west. lighter winds and clear skies will make it turn actually by the end of the night. a touch of frost in a few places, for the northwest the breeze and the cloud means it will be a mild night. they were that would bring in the cloud to the country migrate a little further away from the uk, as we suck to draw up some

drierair the uk, as we suck to draw up some drier air from the uk, as we suck to draw up some drier airfrom the the uk, as we suck to draw up some drier air from the continent which will likely turn out a lot of the cloud. i'm hopeful that tomorrow will be sunnier than we have seen. chilly in the south—east, plenty of sunshine here. the clouds across scotland and northern ireland will take time to fizzle out. generally speaking, a brighter day across the north and the west. widespread sunshine, temperatures in the double figures, a few spots due to meet reach 15, maybe 16, degrees. on two friday, it's a similar story, a lot of sunshine around. later in a day, may be some light rain across the west of northern ireland and scotland. elsewhere, we hold on to the sunshine. some favourites boys could seen 15 or 16 celsius. as we head onto the weekend, much of the same, high still with us. with a

friend could bring more cloud to western pa rt of friend could bring more cloud to western part of the country, the best of the sunshine will be further east again. temperatures are very mad, mid teens in some places. next make as much of the same, high—pressure still with us. we should see sunny spells around and should see sunny spells around and should stay very much. this is beyond 100 days. with me, katty kay in washington — christian fraser is in london. our top stories: theresa may plays down reports that she could force mps to back her deal, or accept a delay to the uk's exit from the eu. president trump's lawyer calls for regime change in iran, as his secretary of state joins top officials from around the world in warsaw, to discuss middle east security. coming up in the next half hour: one year on from the parkland shooting in florida, we speak to students around the world about their biggest fears, and feelings on american gun violence. plus, details of the first documented sightings of a black panther in africa in nearly 100 years. theresa may is inscrutable when it

comes to the brexit plan. talk to the backbenchers in her party and you will find plenty who say she is ready to put her party first and leave with no deal if necessary. there are others who say there is no way she would take the risk. mrs may's chief brexit advisor however, is apparently less guarded. overheard in a brussels hotel on monday night ollie robbins seemed to be suggesting there is a semblance of a plan. the backstop will be tweaked over the next six weeks he said before mps are told with only days to go they must either back the new deal orface a lengthy article 50 delay. cue outrage on the eurosceptic benches. today mrs may was clearing up the mess. the talks are at a crucial stage and we now will need to hold our nerve

to get the changes this house requires and deliver brexit on time. by requires and deliver brexit on time. by getting the changes we need to the backstop, by protecting and enhancing worker's rights and environmental protections and by enhancing the role of parliament in the next phase of negotiations, i believe we can reach a deal this house can support. it's a time to be positive, because if you would ask that questionjust positive, because if you would ask that question just before positive, because if you would ask that questionjust before christmas, i think lots of people would have been worried they could not see a way through but now we do have a vote in parliament which shows that there is a majority for the withdrawal agreement that has been negotiated. with some important changes to the backstop and i think if we had a good discussion with our friends in the eu, we can make those discussions. meanwhile the uk's department for international trade leaked a table revealing just how little progress has been made meanwhile, striking trade deals in time for the 29th of march. these are not new trading agreements, these are deals

with third party countries, which the uk already has through its membership of the eu. just 6 of the a0 trade deals that the uk currently benefits from are on track to be rolled over on the 29th march. those include deals with chile, switzerland, israel, the palestinian authorities, faroe islands, and eastern and southern africa area. we're now so close to brexit day that uk—bound shipments leaving asian countries this week, will arrive in the uk after march 29th — by which time the uk may have left the eu, with a deal, without a deal, or may still be in the eu. alex waugh, from the uk rice association, joins us now from westminster, to discuss how this is impacting uk importers. we are going to put on the screen all the kinds of questions that importers and exporters might be asking many of which they don't have a nswe i’s asking many of which they don't have a nswers to. asking many of which they don't have answers to. what are we look at that what is the principal concern for

importers right now? let start with europe. for us the main concern is less to do with imports, we think we know where we stand. at the moment, the arrangements that are in place as well as our sector are concerned, we expect to be able to import in the same way as we do today. as far as europe is concerned, it could be more challenging, because at the moment, we have free trade, no tariffs in trade with the european union and its likely that if the government carries on as it started of that there will be tariffs on that trade with the european union. if we are buying, rice from the eu, we are expecting to pay a tariff on that. so if you import or export to asia, then times could be up to six weeks. i understand that as a senior

player in the rice industry, you are more clued up than some but if you are going to be shipping, what decisions do you need to be takingsome be sitting on orders? as faras takingsome be sitting on orders? as far as imports from outside the european union are concerned, there shouldn't really be too much trouble. there's been a little bit of stock building just in case there are delays when the goods arrive here, because of a lot of goods having coming in from elsewhere holding things up, but we are not expecting any significant changes so faras expecting any significant changes so far as the documentation or indeed that the process is concerned when things are coming from outside the european union. so, to be clear that the uk imports a lot of rice from pakistan. a bag of rice loaded onto a ship in pakistan in the course of

the next few days can arrive into the next few days can arrive into the uk after the 29th of march with very little change in the procedure. but ina very little change in the procedure. but in a sense, that is not representative of any of the imports we have from the european union. collea g u es we have from the european union. colleagues of yours reporting from the eu say they face a very different position don't they? yes. we are also imposing rice from the european union and the situation might very well change, because the fullback position of the uk government is that tariffs would apply to that and therefore, goods en route from the european union which is much closer, well if they arrive after the 29th of march in all likelihood could be subject to terrace. in order to prepare for that, what business is in our sector have been doing is building their stocks so that they are not struck immediately by the difficulty and can plan ahead and manage things accordingly. while that is the view from an importer. thank you very much. we can now speak to adam sopher, who runs a uk—based popcorn company that exports internationally including to asia. you've brought your wares with you.

i thought there was those were just standard popcorn, but clearly not, you've got pina colada, espresso coffee, cheddar cheese, salted caramel. actually, some of these caramel. actually, some of these caramel based ones exports very well. so you've got growing markets injapan and well. so you've got growing markets in japan and south well. so you've got growing markets injapan and south korea which is about 5%. so normally, you send it on ships. correct. so what are you doing now? if we send it on a ship, it might get there after the 29th of march and will have potential duties ta riffs march and will have potential duties tariffs as delays, so we started f rating. different to rice, our popcorn is light, so there is a big cost increase but it is not going to be much, not shipping alcohol or heavy goods and buy everything we are mitigating that risk and giving oui’ are mitigating that risk and giving our customers the service they expect from us. of course you've had plenty of warning about what is

going to happen. there are 20 questions up there and they are genuine valid questions that importers and exporters will have. how many of those questions you feel have been satisfactorily answered? there is a lot still to answer. certainly to smaller businesses and some of the others out there, and we don't know a lot of the answers. we don't know a lot of the answers. we don't have a team of experts telling us don't have a team of experts telling us what to do. the department for international trade are brilliant, they are giving us as much support as they can and encouraging us to export to the us and in some countries... you are getting a lecture on the international trade department. yes, where there are deals in place, switzerland, etc, they are encouraging us to go out to those countries, finding missions over to those countries, to meet the buyer when you get to meet the buyer ofa buyer when you get to meet the buyer of a large supermarket group in the us etc... that is really valuable. but the uncertainty ofjust not knowing what tariffs there will be if there will be tariffs is

difficult. it's challenging. you are not just difficult. it's challenging. you are notjust an difficult. it's challenging. you are not just an exporter of difficult. it's challenging. you are notjust an exporter of course, the packaging for that delicious popcorn which are so kindly brought to the studio and not into my studio, some of the ingredients come from the eu. what are you doing about those kinds of imports that you have to deal with? we have a bit of a challenge again. we want to make sure we don't let down any of our customers. for small businesses, this is the most important thing. we have packaging stocks because there is a longer lead time on sourcing the raw materials than turning it into packaging. where are you keeping them? at the moment we have extra capacity, but if we were much better, there are people... storage. some of your company was much money is tied up in stock keeping. it's a really poor use of cash. normally i sit on six weeks stock and we are sitting at six months at the moment asa sitting at six months at the moment as a way of mitigating the risk. it's not a good use of cash. i'd

rather be spending that on hiring more people and growing our business. before you go, because i have a pina colada popcorn? yes, it's my favourite ones. i am so sorry. decent ones that never works. it does taste like pina colada! it really does taste nice. it does taste like pina colada! it really does taste nicelj it does taste like pina colada! it really does taste nice. i know he wouldn't be able to resist. i'm going to let you finish that popcorn. christian is tied up eating popcorn. christian is tied up eating popcorn. shall we carry on? personal lawyer rudi giulliani was in warsaw today calling for immediate regime change in iran. no, he's not a foreign policy representative for the white house. but seemingly he's there to add weight to a summit, which france and germany had notably boycotted. still, more than 60 nations did turn up, including the gulf arab states and the israelis.

at the moment europeans are trying to prop up the iran nuclear deal, the jcpoa, that the americans walked away from. the eu's policy chief, federica mogherini, who was a key player in negotiating that deal, was another absentee. we will talk to her advisor in a second. but first here is the uk's foreign ministerjeremy hunt — who was there — and spoke to the bbc‘s adam easton. a it's no secret we have a different view to president trump on the run, nuclear deal, america is our closest ally but don't always agree with them. but we also do worry about the destabilising impact of iran's activities on the rest of the middle east and so that is all we want to work closely with the us, with ourfriends in europe to make sure that we can get the best of both worlds, which is work out a way to stop these destabilising activities, but also keep iran nuclearfree. as mentioned the eu's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy federica mogherini isn't attending the warsaw event. her special advisor nathalie tocci

joins us from rome. thank you very much forjoining us. i want to get onto thejc poa. what you made of those comments. coming from the president was my personal lawyer. frankly, not surprising. it's quite clear that since the administration withdrew from the jc poa, the intention underpinning the us administration because my policy is indeed one of regime change in iran. triggered by a military intervention at least, that's not the thinking at the moment. but it is very clear that the intention underpinning the position of sanctions, is precisely that of crippling the iranian economy. do i think that is a likely proposition? absolutely not. sanctions had been

imposed on iran, prior to the agreement on the nuclear programme. they did not bring a run anywhere close to regime change. today, iran is as far stronger from strategic perspective then it was ten or 15 years ago and... notwithstanding the discontent that exists within the country, it is going to lead to a regime change in iran. in a way, the summit represents the split between the members of the signatory of the jc poa, senior members of the trump administration attending and the french and the european foreign ministers boycotting this offence. how are the european members are signatories to the iran tilt managing to keep that deal functioning? in many respects, this

seems like we are rewinding back to the past. if one record the lead up to the iraq war back in 2003, there was precisely that same attempt by the us administration to divide old europe from a new europe and in effect, what you are seeing today is a sort of similar sort of attempt, driving a wedge within the european union. when it comes to iran itself, there are different positions. when it comes specifically to the question of thejoint it comes specifically to the question of the joint comments of plan of action, i think as of today the european union remains absolutely united. while i've got you, cani absolutely united. while i've got you, can i ask you about the secretary of state comments on huawei. they put pressure on hungary. they are putting pressure on all of their european allies. it strikes me as a strange situation,

because they are n1 hand putting trade tariffs in place, tariffs on steel and on the other hand they are saying it's them or us. how does europe react to that? the odd thing about it is the attempt that is being made is that of putting pressure on individual member states as if there wasn't something called the european union. when it comes to traditional foreign policy areas, like diplomacy, defence, indeed there are still a european union in there are still a european union in the making, but when it comes to the more economic areas, that obviously are part of foreign policy of the zist are part of foreign policy of the 215t century, they are not national capitals, but it is brussels. ultimately this is something the us administration doesn't really seem to get. thank you very much. it's interesting. while we have put a full page advert

in new zealand, running in the new zealand press, because the national telecoms company in new zealand has been one of huawei by the new zealand spy agency. it is interesting that they feel it necessary to pour out an advert like that comparing new zealand without well way to being without the all blacks, but that is the pressure they are under. we saw that with canada also. that debate over huawei. the us space agency nasa has called time on one of its mars rovers. these are some of the pictures sent back by its robots spirit and opportunity during a more than decade on the red planet. sadly opportunity has been out of contact since lastjune, when it was engulfed by a huge dust storm — and has now been written off. this week marks one year since the parkland school shooting in florida, where 17 people were killed. school shootings are feared by a majority of american teenagers, a study from pew research center has shown.

but what do students around the world make of the prospect of going to school every day with such fears. teenagers in australia, india, lebanon and the uk reveal their feelings on gun violence in us classrooms and their biggest personal fears. my biggest fear as a high school student is... knife crime. bullying. being sexually attacked. basically the future. climate change. sexual harassment. peer pressure. acid attacks, against muslims. my biggest fear is bullying. i'm extremely disappointed by those who bully others. mainly guns, just like in the us, not school shootings but street shootings. i am terrified of swimming or anything related to water, because when i was younger i once drowned. my biggest fear i have to say is the state of our political discourse. our generation and future

generations will struggle to live in the environment that we have created for them. losing a friend ora family memberto suicide, because of mental health issues, because they didn't think they have someone they could talk to. high school shootings in america is sad, because seeing america as one of the most developed countries in the world facing such a tragedy is disappointing. i think they've been happening for too long and why our guns are still available for people to get and go and do this type of stuff. the first thing that comes to my mind is how

did these students and adults get gun so easily? i think we are lucky in australia because our country is very safe, i don't fare anything when i go to school. i fear therefore children, theyjust hear about the shootings and their friends dying. i think it's very sad. because people and teenagers are angry because of something and people should take care of more of them with mental health instead of ignoring them. knife crime is the biggest problem for children here in the capital. interestingly sajid javid says he has more power to stop the these but he doesn't have the power over social media. they've got power to ta ke social media. they've got power to take terrorism and child abuse images of the web and they have been doing some work with you tube on these gang videos but he doesn't have enough and she wants more powers to tackle it. there is one reason why there is such a problem here in the uk. yes, we have been reporting so much and how so much

mental health issues and social problems come through those big social media companies and whether they should be subject to regulations. you wonder whether that is going to have more impact there in the uk also. with very different fa res in the uk also. with very different fares around the world, it's different for australia, whether you area different for australia, whether you are a boy. whatever your gender is, when it comes to the issue of gun violence here in the us, schools have remarkably similar views and how they all could not believe that it was such a prevalence thing here and how people have access to guns and how people have access to guns and why nothing was being done about it in this country. beyond 100 days. still to come — while the british prime minister may be in a jam with her brexit deal — rest assured she knows what to do with the fruit preservative of the same name. we'll explain all. a man has been convicted of killing and mugging a 100 year—old woman in derby. artur vash—kyev—eetch stole zoffeeah katchan's handbag last may and severely

injured her in the process. she died from pneumonia brought on by those injuries. the bbc‘s sima kotecha has more on this story. she survived the horrors of the nazi prison camps and chose to make her home in derby. 100—year—old sofija kaczan possibly has life was cruelly ended by a senseless attack. the man responsible, artur waszkiewicz, a heroin addict who was desperate for cash so he could get his next drug fix. today a jury convicted him of robbing and killing her. it was late may, just before nine o'clock in the morning, sofija kaczan was walking along here, making her way to church. she was approached from behind. artur waszkiewicz knocked her to the ground and snatched her handbag from her with such force that he ripped off its handling the process and then he left her bleeding on the road. she had suffered multiple injuries, including a fractured cheekbone and neck. herfriend visited her in the nursing home afterwards.

she was a total mess, it was just terrible to see. she could not lift her arm, she could not feed herself, it was terrible really. i gave her risks by spoon because she was in such a bad state. she was just in a state of shock. how could somebody have done this to me? really. waszkiewicz fled the city but was caught after the handbag he stole was found. it had his fingerprints on the receipt inside. a frail, vulnerable woman killed for a nasty drug habit. artur waszkiewicz will be sentenced tomorrow. because we have not yet brought you

out animal story, this is our favourite item of the day. our favourite story of the day, the sighting of a black panther in kenya. extremely rare. it is a young male presumed to be travelling with its mother. the lucky man who captured it was the british photographer will burrard—lucas. he had set up a series of camera traps at the laikipia wilderness camp. there were reports from villagers that a black cat had been taking sheep and goats. and there he is. isn't he beautiful? really amazing. so, apparently there isa really amazing. so, apparently there is a really good article on the bbc today. all those pictures are there, but apparently the time that makes them black as melanism, is the same thing that makes a house cat black. you can have parents that look like normal leopards but one of them would be carrying this recessive

gene for melanism and makes like albino but the other way around. so if there's not been seen for 800 yea rs, if there's not been seen for 800 years, had a college started to think they had gone or did which is not managed to photograph one —— 100 yea rs. not managed to photograph one —— 100 years. black panthers are more common in asia with this recessive gene than africa. that's why they know they've existed in africa and in kenya and they may have been there for some years, but the gene is not as prevalent in kenya as it is not as prevalent in kenya as it is in asia. that's what i understand. theresa may has admitted that she will not give up on something that is old and a bit mouldy around the edges. no, we are not talking about her brexit deal. we are talking aboutjam. yes, the prime minister will scrape off the mould, for the good stuff underneath, rather than throw it away. and i am with her on this. my stance on mould assessment is always: if there were a war on, would i eat it? and the answer is invariably yes.

so i would eat it. but if there is to be a shortage of strawberryjam ? god forbid ? and we are stockpiling it then, ladies and gentlemen we need to take care of it. so here is a public service announcement. please pay attention. and that includes you mrs fraser. this is a knife. the knife goes in the batter and the batter goes on the batter and the batter goes on the toast. this is a spoon. this burner goes in the jam, the butter goes nowhere near the jam. the jam goes nowhere near the jam. the jam goes on the toast and the knife spreads on the toast. it's the butter. i know there aren't spores. it's also the butter that goes in the jam. that is the problem. that's why we get mould. you could have

just had this discussion at home. we didn't need to do it on national television. ask your wife. but i 2am with the prime minister, take the amount ofand with the prime minister, take the amount of and carry on. my mother would be appalled. the rest of this week at the weekend is going to four lead early april than mid—february. we've got mild and moving up from the south thanks to an area of high pressure given quite a lot of sunny weather as well close to the area of high pressure, strong winds further north and west and we are importing this miles out from spain and portugal. it stays breezy with a weather front nearby across the north—west corner of the country, cloudy skies for much of scotla nd country, cloudy skies for much of scotland and northern ireland and

there is a light and patchy rain. further south and east, lighter winds, clear skies, further south and east, lighter winds, clearskies, going to further south and east, lighter winds, clear skies, going to turn quite chilly by the end of the night. first in places, mist and fog further north and west though, the breeze in the cloud makes it a very mild night. weather front breeze in the cloud makes it a very mild night. weatherfront bringing the cloud to the west of the country migrates further north—west away from the uk as we start to draw up some dryer and, it's not a lot of that cloud is i'm hopeful, tomorrow actually looks sunnier for much of the uk than what we have seen in the last few days and it will rain very mild. that's of chili across the south and east, plenty of sunshine, the clouds across scotland and northern ireland will take a time to fizzle out, might hang on across dumfries and galloway, parts of northern ireland but a brighter day

across the north and the worst. widespread sunshine, very mild temperatures in suddenly if use favoured spots could reach 15 or 16 celsius. as we head on into friday, a similar story, lots of sunshine around, fairly breezy because the far north—west were the weather fronts may bring rain to the west of northern ireland and scotland, but we hold on to the sunshine and favoured spots, north—east scotland, north—east wales could see 15 or 16 celsius. as we head on into the weekend, much of the same, high pressure with us, it looks like a weather front could bring pressure with us, it looks like a weatherfront could bring more pressure with us, it looks like a weather front could bring more cloud to western parts of the country, saturday and sunday. best of the sunshine further east. temperatures reaching the mid—teens. and then into next week, much of the same, high pressure still with us, when's light, weather front at bay, sunny spells, and very mild. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8.00: the prime minister faces the threat of another defeat in parliament over her brexit deal tomorrow, as some tory mps threaten to rebel, but she insists she will deliver

brexit by the end of march. the talks are at a crucial stage, and we now all need to hold our nerve to get the changes this house requires and deliver brexit on time. a suspect‘s arrested on suspicion of murder, after the deaths of three men in their 80s in exeter. two of the victims are thought to be twins. inflation has fallen to 1.8%, its lowest level for two years. a 100—year—old survivor of the nazis who died days after a drug addict tried to steal her handbag — today her attacker is convicted of manslaughter. a bbc investigation finds dogs are being bred and trained