you're watching beyond 100 days. just two days after notre—dame was engulfed in flames, thoughts turn to restoration. the donations have been pouring in and president macron met with his cabinet to plan the steps ahead. bells rang across france a short time ago to mark the moment the fire started, as new pictures are released of the damage inside the cathedral. the mueller report is released tomorrow — at least the bits we're being allowed to see. buckle up for a fight to get the rest. also on the programme: peru's former president has died after shooting himself in the head — alan garcia was being investigated as part of a massive bribery probe. hundreds of climate

protesers have been arrested in london — they're calling for the uk to be carbon neutral by 2025. hello and welcome — i'm jane o'brien in washington and matthew price is in london. parts of notre—dame cathedral in paris were removed today as a precaution following the fire that destroyed the medieval building's roof. statues were winched off the exterior to help stablise the structure, and supports were placed around a pinacle that houses one of the 13th—century stained—glass rose windows. we learnt more about how the emergency services dealt with the fire — arriving they said on the scene as quickly as could have been expected. and we now know that the interior of notre—dame seems — remarkably — to have been spared too much damage. lucy williamson reports from paris. notre—dame today is a cathedral divided by the fire.

marks of tragedy surrounded by tranquillity. this video, given exclusively to the bbc by a member of the police, shows stained glass intact under a jagged hole where the roof used to be. polished pews lined up before piles of charred timber. that so much survived is perhaps extraordinary. the local mayor said there was a moment that night when fire crews told president macron they were not sure if notre—dame could be saved. it is a very difficult site to attack. they couldn't get there, up there, with their scales. the normal scales are not large, they are not tall enough will stop so they had to use other devices. they had to get into the building, they had to check the building was safe. they went in there and they did not have 100% certainty that they would be able to get down and get out. this is what firefighters faced that night. today, one of them spoke publicly for the first time. translation: i went

up into the towers. it was only when i got to the top that i saw how daunting it was. it was extremely hot and we had to keep moving back, moving back. it was spreading very quickly. at some point, we heard an enormous noise which must have been the spire falling down. investigators have so far interviewed around 30 people. early reports suggest the fire began at the base of the cathedral‘s central spire, where a major restoration project was starting. the main contractor involved in the restoration work told us they were the only ones in the building on monday and had been putting up scaffolding, not doing anything involving heat or sparks. they left at 5:50pm, he told us, turned off the electricity, and handed the keys to the caretaker. along the banks of the seine today, artists came to record a rare change in the city landscape. the prime minister has announced an international competition for architects to design the cathedral‘s new spire.

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. at churches across france tonight, bells rang out in solidarity with notre—dame. the sound of continuity after a crisis that lets all of paris know they are not alone. let's talk to the french commentator anne—elisabeth moutet, who's in paris. good evening to you. we heard at the top of the programme the bells ringing out, the national bell—ringing 48 hours after the fire started. i wonder what the symbolism of that is for the country? bells ring in churches to sound the alarm, to call to mass, to markjoyous occasions and to mark death and desolation. these were wrong in

remembrance and in solidarity. they started at 6:59pm, which is when the fire started on monday, and they started today at that very time and they ran for one hour. is it possible to talk about a national mood across the country? 0r possible to talk about a national mood across the country? or are primarily, is this mood focused on paris itself? 0h, primarily, is this mood focused on paris itself? oh, no, it is the entire country. you only have to see how people react abroad to realise how people react abroad to realise how much stronger this is in notre—dame, the cathedral is a key pa rt notre—dame, the cathedral is a key part of the french history, culture, civilisation and psyche. it ties us to our past and until monday, it was there as something, and the idea that we need to rebuild it is our strong idea and keep a bit being happy about this. —— keeping people happy about this. —— keeping people happy about this. and it was announced they would be a contest to rebuild the spire, and there is a

great worry among the country that an architect will be let loose, because the spire was a renovation in the 19th century. i think it would be misleading to try and have an architectural experiment on notre—dame. they can do this on all sorts of buildings, but not in the heart of paris. and what about who should do the building, because this is an international competition and given what you just said about it, this monument of being part of the psyche of france, is their concern that you might get somebody who isn't french? that isn't the concern. cathedrals were built by guilds of workers who travel the roads of europe, italians, flemish, french and spaniards. that isn't my worry at all. my worry is that there will be someone who will want to leave his or her mark in a place where every builder subsumed their names to glorify god. the only names

in the cathedral, which u nfortu nately in the cathedral, which unfortunately bound, were on the trunks of the trees that built the great ceiling. it was known as the forest, the coach each beam was from a single oak tree. the idea that somebody suddenly will have a designerfor the spire, somebody suddenly will have a designer for the spire, we don't wa nt to designer for the spire, we don't want to design a spire, we want it as it was and we want what happened to the cathedral, which was not planned, it was an accident, the idea for people to go and leave a mark of the time, with all the risk that it leads, is not something the french are in the mood for right now. thank you forjoining us. very interesting that when the fire started, there was that critical half an hour where we just didn't know that 48 hours later, we would be talking about rebuilding already and that is so much had been spared. absolutely, it is now shocking looking back to think of the fears

that many people had on that night, that many people had on that night, that were being expressed on this programme. and then to hear in lucy williamson ‘s report there, the deputy mayor of paris saying that the firefighters are said to emmanuel macron that they may not the building. no wonder president macron looked so shocked when he turned up and when we saw those pictures of him looking at the fire as it progressed. we now know through a long press conference today with the french firefighters, who were discussing how they went m, who were discussing how they went in, the decisions they made, the tactics they employed, that shot there we were seeing on screen of there we were seeing on screen of the water hoses, spraying the top of the water hoses, spraying the top of the cathedral, that was all we were seeing on monday night. behind the scenes, away from the cameras, there was such an effort going on, more than 400 firefighters, and they did astonishing job. astonishing, and so

brave to combat the heat and danger. the highly anticipated special counsel report on russian meddling in the us election will be released tomorrow — but far from settling some of the central questions about donald trump's presidency, it's more likely to fuel the partisan divide. democratic lawmakers are already gearing up to gain access to the bits that won't be made public.