you're watching beyond 100 days. a new royal baby. it is a boy for harry and meghan. he was born this morning and he is seventh in line to the throne. prince harry announced the throne. prince harry announced the news saying he is incredibly proud of his wife and both mother and baby are doing well. as every father and parent would ever say, your baby is absolutely amazing. but that little thing is absolutely to die for so i am just absolutely to die for so i am just absolutely over the moon. the official notice went up at buckingham palace and prince harry has asked for two days of family time before speculating on the name.

also on the programme: a million species are threatened with extinction. and the us has deployed a us aircraft carrier to the middle east to send an unmistakable message to iran. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. the duchess of sussex has given birth to a baby boy with prince harry by her side after going into labour this morning. the couple has yet to choose a name for their son. they said beforehand they would share news of the baby's arrival "once they have had an opportunity to celebrate privately as a new family". today harry said he would introduce his son to the british public in a couple of days‘ time, his little boy was he added was "absolutely to die for". here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell.

this does contain flash photography. in the forecourt of buckingham palace, the orthodox ways of doing things. the couple have been at pains to do things their way. cue, a beaming father eager to share their news. i am very excited to announce that meghan and myself had a baby boy early this morning. a very healthy boy. mother and baby are doing incredibly well. it has been the most amazing experience i can ever possibly imagine. how any woman does what they do is beyond comprehension. but, we are both absolutely thrilled. i haven't been at many births... this is definitely my first birth. it is amazing, absolutely incredible. as i said, i am so absolutely incredible. as i said, i am so incredibly proud of my wife and as every father and parent would

ever say, your baby is absolutely amazing. but this little thing is absolutely to die for so i am just over the moon. it is thought the birth took place at their new home, frogmore cottage and windsor, just as meghan wanted. the birth at 5:26am this morning was a few days overdue. for both it is the fulfilment of a wish to start a family. harry has seen the happiness william and catherine have found in their children and has made little secret of his wish to emulate them. unlike his brother and sister—in—law, harry and meghan are free of the responsibility of producing a child in direct line for the throne. no photo on hospital steps, instead sharing the news with the followers of their instagram account. the manner in which this birth has been handled is a measure in particular of harry's determination to control the way in

which his family is presented. he and meghan recognise the level of international interest, but it is their determination to manage things as much as possible, their way. maybe sussex will be seventh in line to the throne. he will not automatically style his royal highness or designated as a prince, but such things will be of little account tonight as his parents, harry and meghan, marvel at the safe delivery of their son. nicholas witchell, bbc news. let's go to anita mcveigh at windsor. the duke and duchess of sussex trying to do things their way, but this will still be a royal baby, still is a royal baby, what can young baby harry and meghan expect from life? baby sussex, iwonder what the name will be, we are waiting to see. it was a bit of a surprise that prince harry came out and made the announcement himself.

the couple had let it be known that when the baby arrived, they would spend a couple of days celebrating privately as a family. but he couldn't contain his excitement, his jov- couldn't contain his excitement, his joy. as he said himself, he was over the moon and utterly thrilled to announce it in front of the cameras. prince harry said in the next couple of days that we would see those first images of the three of them as a family. that will be the beginning of royal life, if you like for this family, the photocall that happens ina family, the photocall that happens in a couple of days' time. but beyond that, his parents of course, they note the huge, worldwide interest, especially in america as well about this baby. what he is eating, what he is doing, what he is wearing and where he will eventually go to school. they will try to balance that desire for news about the baby with their desire to give him as private an upbringing as

possible. we know that his little cousins, prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis, their pa rents, charlotte and prince louis, their parents, the duke and duchess of cambridge have set the tone, if you like, setan cambridge have set the tone, if you like, set an example of how this can be done with some carefully placed images of the children on their birthdays, for example. that is a model, if you like, for the duke and duchess of sussex to follow with this baby. maybe, within a few months, they will decide they want to bring this new baby to america. perhaps there will be a tour of some sort where we will see more of him. i think given their backgrounds, harry's experience in the royal family and the duchess' experience as an actress, they will manage this process well, as they introduce this baby process well, as they introduce this ba by to process well, as they introduce this baby to public life, albeit in a carefully managed way. and frogmore cottage, just off the long walk where you are, it is no ordinary

cottage. it is in a little secluded spotin cottage. it is in a little secluded spot in the grounds of windsor and if this was a home birth, as we think it was, it wouldn't have been any ordinary homebirth? the cottage doesn't do itjustice, ten bedrooms, millions spent on the renovation of this home on the windsor estate. it is already a very special place for the couple, it is where those beautiful engagement photographs we re beautiful engagement photographs were taken. and where they had their wedding reception as well. it is just a week or so shy from their first wedding anniversary and a lot has happened in a yearfor them. this place is a special part of their life. it will afford them the privacy they want in these early days and weeks. yet, it is so close to, as you say, the castle, to the heart of royal life here in the uk.

we know the duchess' mother arrived from the united states a little over a week ago in anticipation of the arrival of her first grandchild and she will be spending these early days and weeks with them as well, we understand, to help the couple settled into parenthood and give them her experience, the benefit of her experience as well. it is right at the heart of royal life and should be a real haven for this new family. granny, not far away. i need to, thank you very much, let's go to buckingham palace. the bbc‘s lucy hockings is outside buckingham palace. there is a lot of interest in this baby stateside, it has been covered all morning on the american news channels as well. they are pointing out this baby is half african—american and therefore the queen has a quarter african—american great—grandchild. which is a remarkable thing for the very

traditional british royal family? remarkable thing for the very traditional british royal family7m is indeed. the other thing the americans are pointing out as well, this baby is a dual citizen, he automatically gets american citizenship to his mother, through meghan. i have had a few american tourists say to me, will we see the us flag flying above buckingham palace? i don't think that will happen but lots of tourists feel a sense of ownership over this baby as well, and as anita was to, they hoping he will make it to the sometime soon. tradition still abounds and we saw the easel come out with the announcement, the very formal announcement of the baby's birth? we are looking for those moments at times like this, moments of royal protocol and that was definitely one when the easel came out and was set up in the forecourt of buckingham palace and it said the queen at the royal family are

delighted at the news that her royal highness, the duchess of sussex was safely delivered of a son. her royal highness and her child are both doing well. there was a real ripple of excitement to the cry. lots of people who have gathered, excited londoners and tourists and journalists all pressing their cameras up journalists all pressing their cameras up to the gates of buckingham palace to take a photo. the thing here today, people feel like they are part of something special, a moment of history. tourist delighted they managed to time this trip to london accurately. other people had been concerned here that everything wasn't well at the baby was a little bit late and there was also a sense of relief that both the baby and meghan are doing well and harry is looking so delighted. people are looking so thrilled at the joy people are looking so thrilled at thejoy on people are looking so thrilled at the joy on harry's face. and we were surprised to see him because we thought it would be a few days before we saw any of them. but i

don't think he could contain himself, he had to share hisjoy with the world today. absolutely, the birth of any child. lucy, the curious elements, the palace announced that meghan had gone into labour and announced that meghan had gone into labourand infact announced that meghan had gone into labour and in fact the baby had already been delivered because he was delivered to 5am this morning so do we think the palace was not in the loop? what do we think happened? we don't know, christian. we got the announcement she was in labour and then quickly afterwards we found out then quickly afterwards we found out the baby had been born. i don't think twitter knew what to do, the hashtags were changing by the minute. we will have to wait and see what happened. but it will be interesting to see just how much harry and meghan control the process , harry and meghan control the process, how they balance privacy versus public life. one thing is for sure, this baby is notjust the newest member of the royal family, he is also a celebrity already. one australian, i know there is lots of

speculation about the name and whether he will have a traditional english name, but some australian girl said earlier, they should just call him sussex. one name only, just sussex because he is a celebrity after all. lucy at buckingham palace, thank you. i was absolutely convinced it would be a little girl andi convinced it would be a little girl and i wore my pink shirt especially. the only pink shirt i have and it is a boy. i was thinking back, with some nostalgia, almost a year ago today, the two of us who are standing on the long walk for the wedding. they met three years ago, got engaged two year ago, they got married a year ago and things have moved fast for prince harry and meghan markle as well, having been an actress and then giving it all up and having a baby. we wish them all the very best. so glad to say they have had a good day. baby sussex

shares a baby with george clooney, friend of the couple and also your daughter. yes, my daughter mia gets a royal baby to share her daughter with. a bit less of an uplifting story this one. the human race is destroying the planet and the eco systems on which we all depend, at a speed which is no longer sustainable. the global rate of species extinction is already tens to hundreds of times higher than it has been, on average, over the last 10 million years. the warning comes from a un study published today that took three years to write. hundreds of scientists have compiled 15,000 academic studies from indigenous communities around the world. and the conclusion is that unless we change, not halfheartedly or incrementally, but drastically and boldly, the impact of this destruction will have major consequences within 20 years. so to give you an idea ofjust how catastrophic the damage has been we are going to show you some

headlines from the report and some of the figures. starting with this... one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. 75% of land has been severely altered. 85% of wetlands have been lost in the last 300 years. and one third of global forests and one third of globalforests have been wiped out since the preindustrial era. to illustrate that last statistic — here's a satellite image of rondonia, in the western part of the amazon rainforest, from 1984. here's the same section just last year. the rainforest has been cleared to make way for crop growth, grazing cattle, as well as logging and mining — leaving behind only fragments of forest. let's speak to our environment correspondent. this is sober reading when you get into the report and the sobering element of it as it is

going to have an impact on this next generation within a time we can already see before us? absolutely, christine. the report we have is only a0 pages but it contains dramatic scenes on every page. the picture it paints for the future is a pretty complex and dismal one, in many ways. particularly for children born today or in this time period. it is looking at a world where 25% of the plants and animals may be extinct within two or three decades. ata time extinct within two or three decades. at a time that the things we take the future now, the ability to feed ourselves and have clean water and clea n ourselves and have clean water and clean air may be more rare as we are seeing the eroded loss of species. what is the call to action? we have had lots of climate change calls over the last six months, but what is the call to action for this one?

it is interesting that climate change is mentioned throughout this report and the destruction of species is very important. but it interesting to know that climate change is only the third most serious threat the scientists here say they see coming down the road. it isa say they see coming down the road. it is a very serious report in that sense. what they are hoping for is what they are calling transformative change and this isn'tjust a few little movements from government, they are talking about having vast tra cts they are talking about having vast tracts of the world, about a third of our land tracts of the world, about a third of ourland are tracts of the world, about a third of our land are turned into national parks, preserving large amounts of the season as well. looking to individuals to make the changes in their lives. we define what we call a good life, the idea that in the past people might have put money aside and got a bigger house or a bigger car. they want people to change how they think about that, it isa change how they think about that, it is a philosophical change they want to see as well as government is taking significant action to ensure a sustainable future everybody wants

to see. one of the figures that jumped out to me is 70% of the agricultural land that we use is related to meat production, said that it's something that we can change ourselves in the way we consume? that is right, christian. over the last a0 or 50 years that has gone up three or four times. it isa has gone up three or four times. it is a consequence of more people on the planet having more money, being wealthy and changing their diet to have a more meat —based diet. but it comes at a big prize. a huge amount of our emissions that go up as carbon emissions come from deforestation and it is killing a lot of species as well. there is a double whammy to that expansion in agriculture. how it is tackled in the future, the report is very clear, and subsidies for fossil fuel extraction. if that is done and that would be very hard to do, it may encourage a switch away to a more

planet friendly diet. but it will be a major focus for governments going forward from here. ok, thank you very much. earlier we spoke to one of the authors from the university of the authors from the university of minnesota. in terms of species, are we prioritising saving or are ecosystem so interconnected in order to protect the diversity of the planet, we have to protect everything? one of the things that this clear from this report, we have to think about nature and the benefits it provides to people as an interconnected system. we need to think of these environments as a whole. the report raises the complex issue of land—use and sustainability, the population of the planet has grown from 3,000,000,019 60 and we are over 7 billion today and more than 11 billion today and more than 11 billion by the end of the century.

is it possible to feed those people and protect the biodiversity of the planet? it really is. one of the things that is clear in this report, we are already producing enough food and enough calories to feed the whole population of the world. but we are doing two things we need to think about changing. we are not distributing that food very well. what we actually see is that 20% of mortality is due to diet and that is both because of undernutrition but also because of over nutrition, obesity and diabetes. we have some distributional issues we have to address. then we also need to think about how we grow our food and water agricultural system looks like and there is a of opportunities for change there as well. in some of this down to globalisation? it seems to me that in recent years we have moved away from growing locally. if

you go to your supermarket, you can buy mangoes from africa, you can buy crops from south america. do we need to move to a more local form crops from south america. do we need to move to a more localform of produce? it is in part due to globalisation and there are drawbacks to that. we actually see in this report there is no homogenisation in the world, more places look more like each other than being differentiated. on the other hand, to some extent, trade is good. it allows us to grow food in places that have abundant water and abundant sunshine and great soils. not put that pressure on ecosystems that have a harder time supporting that. i live in minnesota and it is winterfor that. i live in minnesota and it is winter for a that. i live in minnesota and it is winterfor a long time. it is nice to be able to have vegetables in the middle of the winter! it is, but when you talk about transformative change, that seems to require change at the top in terms of how we

structure our societies. at the moment, politicians and governments arejudged on growth and expanding gdp. and as as individuals have to go further and faster, have the latest gadgets and the new things off—the—shelf. it will require something from top to bottom? you are absolutely correct. that is another thing we try to highlight here. there is individual actions we all need to take. everything from thinking about what our diets are, to consuming less. but also really looking at what our governments can do. so that is related to what the structure of the food system looks like. how we govern the global commerce. yesterday i was in brighton and looking at the see turbines turning ata looking at the see turbines turning at a rate of knots and wondering

what impact those technologies have. the uk right now is in its fifth consecutive day of powering the national grid without any coal. so since wednesday night, as we know coal—fired power in the uk, it is mostly gas and renewable energy. that is the longest time the uk has gone being powered without coal since the industrial revolution. this is a statistic that shows wind power is not something we aspire to. it is making a difference now and it shows if we do change we can make a sizeable difference. yes and market forces are driving as similar change yes and market forces are driving as similarchange in yes and market forces are driving as similar change in the us. most would assume under president trump and the deregulation he has implemented in the coal and fossil fuel industries, then consumption of coal and fossil fuels would have risen. actually it has declined under president trump. it is lower today, consumption of

coalin it is lower today, consumption of coal in the united states than it was under president obama. it has gone down from 730 million tonnes to 619. a a0% low. although there has been an attempt by this president to implement rules that are friendly to the coal industry and market forces are driving people away from fossil fuels. it is happening because production of alternative sources of energy is cheaper now, fracking and natural gas is cheaper than fossil fuels and also people are more conscious about trying to use alternative sources of energy as well. but it does need the big countries. as he said last week and these reports are coming thick and fast, those coal—fired power stations that are coming online now in china, equate to three times the electricity output of the uk. that isa electricity output of the uk. that is a massive element of the story, which governments have to address. a

ceasefire appears to be holding between israel and militants in gaza after clashes between the two sides in years. palestinian militants fired hundreds of rockets into israel with a protest against the blockade of gaza, prompting retaliatory strikes into the gaza strip. 23 palestinians and four israelis have been killed so far. democrats in the us house of representatives have decided to launch contempt proceedings against the us are —— attorney—general. the attorney general missed a deadline last week to release an uncensored version of the report. michael cohen has begun his three—year prison term in a new york prison. he was sentenced after admitting having pate hush money to two women who said they had affairs

with president trump in violation of the election laws. he also admitted tax fraud and lying to congress. many will be familiar with the name from game of thrones. also the coffee cup. it cost $10 million to produce an episode of game of thrones, you would think they could make sure there wasn't a branch of starbucks suddenly popping up on the table. it is cold in the kingdom of the north. even the mother of dragons needs a warming drink. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers

on the bbc news channel and bbc world news. an american aircraft carrier heads to the goal. —— to the gulf. that's still to come. good evening. the bank holiday has not been a wash—out but it has been on the chilly side. nothing like the warm easter weekend we enjoyed. for the week ahead it will be chilly and wet at the weekend as well. the re m na nts of wet at the weekend as well. the remnants of a weather front at the moment and that will keep quite a lot of cloud across northern england through the night and also feeding into north wales, parts of east anglia during the small hours bringing showery outbreaks of rain and in northern ireland. clearer skies to the north across scotland, wintry showers and a chilly night to come with an extensive frost and rural lows of minus three. to the south, six and seven as the sky is

clear. tuesday will start with fine weather and always more cloud across the central swathe where we have the rare moments of the front. as the day brightens the sunshine will inject a bit of energy into the atmosphere and see some lively showers breaking out. more showers to come on tuesday afternoon for scotla nd to come on tuesday afternoon for scotland and again wintry across the highlands and the grampians and it will feel chilly at just 7 degrees in aberdeen. ten in glasgow and edinburgh. some of the showers across northern ireland, northern england, north england and the midlands and into east anglia, could be punchy through the afternoon. thick cloud here in the south—west through the second part of the day. that runs in ahead of the slow area of low pressure that will push into our show overnight tuesday into wednesday. that will bring rain to all areas. very cold day to the north with an easterly wind off the north—east and wintry weather across the northern half of scotland. rain for the south and brightening sky the afternoon. some sunshine but the chance of some intense, thundery

showers. still, some disappointing temperatures and feeling more chilly when you factor in the wind especially across scotland with 20 mph sustained wind on wednesday afternoon. top temperature in aberdeen, just 6 degrees. 15 in london but the wind will have a knock—on effect on how that feels. through the latter part of the week, that low will pull out into the north sea. and settled in the north on thursday. looking quieter in general by friday and next weekend it looks like high pressure will build once again. finally, the weather turning milder if not potentially warm.

you're watching beyond 100 days. our top stories. a baby boy for prince harry and meghan, the new father announces the happy news. as every father and parent would ever say, your baby is absolutely amazing but this little thing is absolutely to die for so i'm absolutely over the moon. official notice went out at buckingham palace. we will get more reaction from windsor where harry and meghan married last year. we're very happy, aren't we? we were here on the day of their wedding, we came here to didn't we? suite. coming up, us aircraft carrier is en route to the middle east based on

concerns that american forces face threats in iran. the us and russia meet top of the agenda is the power play they've both made in venezuela. there is a new royal baby in britain. the baby as a boy. we don't know its name, it is healthy and the dad is excited. if you hours after the birth of a beaming prince harry appeared outside his home in windsor and announce the news to the waiting press. i'm and announce the news to the waiting press ' and announce the news to the waiting press. i'm very excited to announce that megan and myself had a baby boy. early this morning. a very healthy boy. mother and baby are doing incredibly well. it has been the most amazing experience i could ever possibly imagine. i was so incredibly proud of my wife. and as

every father and parent would ever say, you know, your baby is absolutely amazing but this little thing is to die for. i am just over the moon. as you'd expect, there's been widespread reaction to the news. the official twitter account of the royal family tweeted. .. a rather tongue in cheek tweet. our correspondent helen wilkinson has more on the response to the royal baby. it isa baby. it is a boy! and the bubbles are flowing in the streets around windsor castle. a grey afternoon he

had transformed into a celebration, almost a year after harry and meghan's wedding. the newest addition to the royal family may only be seventh in line to the throne but try telling them that. 0h, throne but try telling them that. oh, well, we've got champagne. carol, where is the champagne? can i borrow your champagne, please? we've got champagne. we've had one bottle already. we've been here at the day of the wedding, we came to celebrate. good news! are youjust as excited? i hope they name it after me. matthew was a very good name. the atmosphere in windsor is absolutely electric. windsor is the place to be. if you had a message to give to the couple, what would it be? lots of love and good luck getting up in the night, not that they have to do that because they'll have a nanny. it isn't quite as busy here today as it was during the royal wedding last year but news has

struggled through this town and all eyes a re struggled through this town and all eyes are now fixed on frogmore cottage where the couple lived. the baby isn't just british cottage where the couple lived. the baby isn'tjust british royalty. it is hollywood royalty, too, with huge interest from across the pond and around the world. we continue to follow breaking news from across the pond. it is good news. a fox news alert, it's official, it is a boy! the global media circus is once again fixated on the british royal family. and with the first official photos of the new family due on wednesday, the excitement here in windsor is unlikely to calm down anytime soon. helena wilkinson, news, windsor. lots of people pleased here in the uk, a very popular royal, he is good with people but he has a natural affinity with children, when you watch him, katty, and because he has lived so close to his brother and to

catherine, who have three children, he has been envious of that and quite keen to start his own family. you could tell when he appeared today just how chuffed you could tell when he appeared todayjust how chuffed he is about it. i think when you listen to them, this is going to be a different style of parenthood to the sort of parenthood we've had in the royal family before. i was listening to one of the photographers, from the sun newspaper i think, who has photographed prince harry when he came out of hospital in diana's arms. he was saying he has been on tour with the duke and duchess of sussex and one thing that is amazing about her as she is always smiling and she is impressed by how much effort she puts into her role as a member of the royal household. he had one comment when they were in morocco and she was eight months pregnant, she was wearing a high heels but she was still eight months pregnant and squatting down and crouching down to chat to the young kids they met in morocco. both of them clearly very excited. just a line because they postpone his visit to amsterdam on wednesday. they are confirming he will go to the

invictus games on thursday which is a big event for him, which would tend to suggest we might get some news tomorrow or wednesday, perhaps a picture, who knows. we will bring it to you. mike pompeo is in finland and has met his russian counterpart sergei lavrov. he said he would be telling the russians to stop messing around with venezuela. president trump told us he had spoken to president putin about the crisis and was given assurances there would be hands off approach. of course, the russians have been talking to the venezuelans. nothing russians have been talking to the venezuela ns. nothing is russians have been talking to the venezuelans. nothing is going to force president maduro from power, it seems. here's how the us secretary of state described the situation. the venezuelan people are speaking, demanding democracy, demanding their country not to be hijacked by socialists, cubans, who will destroy their economy. they have children starving on the streets of venezuela. mike pompeo in

finland. the interim president, obama, has been speaking to our north america correspondent, nick bryant. you have tried now three times to overthrow president maduro and you have failed three times. are you worried this is undermining your personal leadership? translation: i think the only one that really hurts himself is maduro. he has been losing again and again. he is increasingly weak, increasingly alone. he has no international support. on the contrary, we gain acceptance, support and future options. but he has the support of the military? translation: partially, obviously. part of them, not all. the trump administration has said it is considering military action, but at the end of the week, president trump himself spoke about humanitarian aid. are you worried that washington's position is softening?

translation: president trump's position has been decisive at this time without half measures. but simply, accusing not only what has been the most severe, complex humanitarian emergency in the region, seven million venezuelans, 25% of the population at risk of death. recognise that figure, indeed by the united nations. what specifically would you like to see the trump administration do? would you like to see them intervene militarily? translation: that question is very important because today in venezuela, there is a president in charge and a national parliament that is looking for change. the only intervention that exists today in venezuela is that of the cubans, which makes intelligence and counter—intelligence to our armed forces and also intervention of russian military aircraft on venezuelan soil. i believe it is not only responsible

to have avoided even the crisis and tragedy venezuelans have been through, but to maintain an alternative if the regime intends to radicalise a process that has brought us to this disaster. i, as the president in charge of the national parliament will evaluate all options, if necessary. the self—declared venezuelan interim leaderjuan guaido speaking with nick bryant and he brought up both the us and cuba, just two of the countries with a lot at stake in venezuela's future. and when you add in russia and china to the mix, it's clear that some of the biggest powers are taking sides over who should lead venezuela. our correspondent barbara plett usher is in the capital caracas and been examining why some many countries are making a play for control. a famous cuban in caracas opens the production of a famous play, cat on a hot tin roof, venezuelan style. he

has made a name for himself on the stage but lately it is the cubans you don't see you are getting attention, security officials who protect the president from plots to oust him. this isn't the actors world but it affects him. translation: it hurts. i'm sorry. it hurts when they burn your flag but i don't see that as an act against me or the cuban don't see that as an act against me or the cu ban people don't see that as an act against me or the cuban people but against the cuban government, which is a different thing. president president maduro is backed by the cubans but not russia would surprise most of his weapons and buys most of his oil. they are up against full throated us support for the opposition with hints of military intervention. russia has won the us to back off but recently it has sent military personal and is helping to offset the sanctions. russia hasn't sent enough tricks to make much of a difference and we will see how deep its pockets are. it needs payback on billions of dollars of debt from president maduro. the main point as it is challenging... and it is

leveraging its toehold in america's backyard. a leftist intellectual wa nts to backyard. a leftist intellectual wants to see the end of the president maduro regime but he is more worried about america than russia. getting rid of the regime is done by force, this will lead to a never—ending conflict in venezuela, could lead to a civil war. are you saying that abra ham could lead to a civil war. are you saying that abraham at‘s approach is leading towards force?|j saying that abraham at‘s approach is leading towards force? i think it is. juan guaido is usually one step ahead of a rest but at this private university he felt secure enough to hold a campaign style event. the opposition leader has picked up the rhetoric of his us backers, talking about the invasion of cubans and russians. he has to be wary of looking like an american stooge but as fervent supporters believe he won't be able to oust president maduro without them. the only thing that keeps president maduro thinking

about leaving or on the negotiation table is the fear of american reprisals. if the americans back down, we lose our cards on the table. at a sunday night vigil, venezuelans table. at a sunday night vigil, venezuela ns reflect of that table. at a sunday night vigil, venezuelans reflect of that amount of the past week. the future looks dangerously uncertain, even more so because of the countries that have sta kes because of the countries that have stakes in their struggle. it has been interesting over this weekend, there's been something of a mixed message from the white house on venezuela when it concerns russian involvement because you had president trump on friday saying he had a conversation with president putin and he'd been told the russians were not involved in venezuela, then you had the next day mike pompeo coming out and saying actually the russians had been involved and that was why there were so many refugees going to colombia. i spoke to somebody who was a supporter of the opposition movement last night he was saying they are concerned that kind of mixed messaging sets them back and they need the white house to be firm on

the russian involvement and trying to support them and showing they don't want the russians to be involved in venezuela. yes, the national security adviser taking a harder line when it comes to military intervention and so it may be with a run. the us says it is in seeking a war with iran but it's deployed an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf, a decision the national security adviser said was intended to send a clear and unmistakable message to tehran. they say there was intelligence iranian forces may have been preparing an attack on us troops in iraq. over the course of the last week, both sides have taken steps that have hardened their respective positions. on tuesday, resident kelley signed bill that labelled the us terrace. then it ended the oil waivers, usa. on friday us officials extended most

of the nuclear waivers that allow some countries to work with the ron's civil nuclear programme but those waivers are going to be limited to 90 days. we are joined those waivers are going to be limited to 90 days. we arejoined by a seniorfellow at limited to 90 days. we arejoined by a senior fellow at the carnegie. mike pompeo has said they feared an escalation and they had a credible threat is how he is describing it by a run but he didn't spell out what. do you know? have you heard anything more? my understanding is both had intelligence that iran was planning to escalate against them, talking about saudi arabia, bahrain, united arab emirates, iran was planning to escalate against them using their proxies in the region. there was a report which came out saying israel had also passed that intelligence to us officials, that iran was planning it. in a terrorist -type attack against us interests? not necessarily against us interests. it could have been against us allies in the region. iran has or has been

clever in the past to have plausible deniability, to not to leave their fingerprints. with this statement the us is trying to pre—empt iranian activity and make it clear that if you attack us interests or allies, we are going to hold iran responsible not its proxies. what kind of message and effect does sending an aircraft carrier have? the aircraft carrier was on its way through the persian gulf in any case. but it is intended to show iran the united states, if iran chooses to escalate, the us is prepared to retaliate. this is in contrast to the obama administration which was always seeking to de—escalate with a run. the trump administration, some officials, like john bolton, are seeking to escalate. what do you make of what katty was telling us, the way things have been going, the oil waivers

been withdrawn, the nuclear waivers reduced. it is heading in the wrong direction if you're sitting in tehran and the iranian people will suffer the worst of it so what does tehran do in response? the supreme leader is in a very difficult position. he essentially has three bad options. add option number one is to doa bad options. add option number one is to do a deal with donald trump. he doesn't want to do that because he doesn't trust or like donald trump. bad option number two, he doesn't trust or like donald trump. bad option numbertwo, he simply waits trump out, wait until november 2020 and hope the democrats are elected. in the meantime, he'd have to endure 16 or 18 months of pain, which is going to be difficult for him. the third option he has is to counter escalate against the united states, whether that is as we've talked about using geranium proxies to agitate usa proxies or

resume nuclear activities. i think there are signs that he is looking at option number three, escalation, certainly more than doing a deal with the trump administration. that looks like there are splits and you alluded to them within the trump administration of a how to handle iran. the foreign minister has pointed out those splits. is there a risk in situations like this that you get into a position of escalation in conflict almost by mistake? absolutely. and this is as you said what the iranian foreign minister was trying to warn about, we don't want conflict, president trump doesn't want conflict. but we are like two ships heading at one another. and trying to impress upon president trump that even though you advocated against conflict in the middle east, against regime change, your national security team and in particular mike pompeo and john bolton, are pursuing policies that could lure you into a conflict which

you don't want. ok, thank you very much for coming in. this is beyond 100 days. still to come. prince harry and meghan markle have their baby. we don't know what it is called yet, that is a book is delighted. we will look at the front runners. police searching for a fugitive over the kidnap and rape of three women in and around london, have arrested a man after the abduction of two other women in cheshire. it's understood joseph mccann was arrested after a car chase with police officers. olivia richwald reports. this is the moment a national manhunt came to an end in rural cheshire. in the back of the car joseph mccann, who had been described by police as extremely dangerous. they'd wanted to speak to him in connection with three rapes in london and hertfordshire. this afternoon, detectives confirmed they we re afternoon, detectives confirmed they were also investigating him for a series of violent attacks yesterday

in the north—west of england. the attacks include three more rapes and attacks include three more rapes and a sexual assault. the victims are male and female and aged from 11 to 71. these were and they are a grotesque and appalling series of offences, that are thankfully exceptionally rare so it is extremely important he is in custody and england is a safer place. yesterday evening to make 1a—year—old girls were forced into a car in congleton in cheshire. the car in congleton in cheshire. the car was chased by police before colliding with another vehicle. the driver ran away and the girls escaped uninjured. at extremely shocked. as the manhunt forjoseph mccann came to a close, people living in this rural area of cheshire were told to stay indoors. police, a helicopter and search teams eventually found him hiding in one of these trees. these negotiators were brought in and he was talked down and taken into custody. i knew something was going on but oversee had no idea how serious it was. i heard a lot of

helicopter activity of a head just after 9pm. didn't really look out rather than just to lock the back gate and make sure whoever was looking for didn't find our way into our front looking for didn't find our way into ourfront garden. looking for didn't find our way into our front garden. police want to hear from anyone who's been in contact with are approached by joseph mccann in the past few weeks. olivia rituals, bbc news, congleton. the pilot of a russian plane that burst into flames in moscow says it was hit by lightning forcing him to make an emergency landing. a1 of the 78 passengers and crew on board were killed. survivors escaped byjumping onto a inflatable slide at the front of the plane. you may find some of the pictures in the report from moscow distressing. the carcass of aeroflot flight 1a92 still lies where it crash landed in moscow. burned and twisted by the ball of fire that tore through this

plane after it hit the ground. some are calling it a miracle that anyone survived. approaching at speed, the plane then bounced along the tarmac. before bursting into flames. the pilot had reported problems soon after take—off. he was. pilot had reported problems soon aftertake—off. he was. bring pilot had reported problems soon after take—off. he was. bring the plane down with its tanks full of fuel. as the flames spread from the back, some passengers rushed for the front doors. one flight attendant describes kicking open an exit and pushing people to safety through thick, black smoke. some stopped to grab bags on the planet, possibly blocking the way for others. all day investigators have been searching the wreckage, trying to understand what went wrong. they recovered the flight what went wrong. they recovered the flight data recorders. and the pilot himself has spoken. he says the

plane's electronics failed after the flight plane's electronics failed after the flight was struck by lightning. communication with the ground, he says, was cut. translation make the investigation deals with various versions of what happened. among them insufficient pilot qualifications, aircraft malfunction and bad conditions. the plane was a superjet like this, and bad conditions. the plane was a super jet like this, meant and bad conditions. the plane was a superjet like this, meant to symbolise the revival of russian civil aviation. aeroflot has 50 of them. but asked whether they would be all grounded pending an investigation, the transport minister was blunt. there is no reason for that. six survivors are in hospital. mostly with burns. others have described what happened as hell and praise the heroics of the cabin crew for saving lives. but

a1 people died in this disaster. and the work to find out why is only just beginning. awful pictures. us stock markets have had a volatile day in reaction to threats by president trump to raise tariffs on many chinese imports. in the first few minutes of trading, the dowjones industrial average was down around 1.a% before recovering some of its losses on sunday. you may have seen president trump unexpectedly threatened to increase tariffs on 200 billion dollars worth of goods from china from 10% to 25% as soon as friday. the feeling was that we were in the endgame. but president trump is make tone has changed in recent weeks, he seems quite frustrated the chinese are pulling back from commitments they had made. clearly the strategy on the chinese side is their economy recovers a little bit is just wring it out as long as possible. yes, the

chinese, president xijinping is meant to be coming to mar largo soon, and the hope is that he won't cancel. this might lead to something destabilising. yes, something to watch. the chinese delegation supposed to land midweek. where is the money going on the royal baby names? not a given he would be styled as an hrh, his royal highness, there are rumours his official title could be this, the earl of dumbarton. the betting companies say there are plenty having a flutter on the first name as well. arthur at the moment leading five to one, l not far behind 6—1. —— leading five to one, l not far behind 6—1.—— mike leading five to one, l not far behind 6—1. —— mike albert not far behind. philip, 6—1,james, alexander, alfred are all popular as is charles, after his grandfather.

by is charles, after his grandfather. by the way, i don't think they have to choose because i've done a bit of research here. and the duke of windsor, who i think was king... edward viii, he had seven names. here they are. his names were edward albert, and look at that third name, christian christian, george, andrew, patrick david. so, why choose when you can have seven names! just go with all of them! why notjust go with all of them! why notjust go with christian? that is a good one! i checked on donald. it is 1000—1, bit ofan i checked on donald. it is 1000—1, bit of an american theme? yes, and i saw some kid, an american kid interviewed earlier on the bbc on the long walk, he came up with the idea of bob, which i thought was unlikely. bob windsor? catchy. a modern couple, but, really, prince bob? anyway, we think somebody will

be making money out of this. money to be made, clearly. more baby names tomorrow. ross atkins coming up with the world news. we have all the latest headlines. for a bank holiday, not a wash—out but it has been on the chilly side. nothing like the easter weekend we enjoyed and the news is for the week ahead it'll remain chilly, pretty wet midweek as well. the remnants of a weather front with us at the moment, that'll keep quite a lot of cloud across northern england through the night, also feeding into north wales, parts of east anglia, during the small hours, bringing some showery outbreaks of rain, a little bit for northern ireland, too. clear skies to the north across scotland, some wintry showers, and a chilly night come, an extensive frost with rural lows of minus three. to the south, we are looking at sixes and sevens as our skies clear. tuesday will start with a lot of fine weather, more cloud across the central swathe

where we have the remnants of the front. as the day brightens, though, the sunshine will inject energy into the atmosphere and we will see lively showers breaking out. some more showers to come on tuesday afternoon for scotland and, again, wintry across the highlands and the grampians. it'll feel chilly at 7 degrees in aberdeen, ten for glasgow and edinburgh. northern ireland, northern england, the midlands into east anglia, some pretty punchy affairs of showers through the afternoon. thicker cloud in the south—west in the second part of the day which runs in ahead of this area of low pressure that'll push in to our shores overnight tuesday into wednesday. this will bring rain to all areas, a very cold day to the north, though. easily windy off the north—east, wintry weather across the northern half of scotland, rain in the south, breitling skies in the afternoon, some sunshine with a chance of some intense thundery showers and, still, very disappointing temperatures but feeling all the more chilly factoring in the wind especially across

scotland with 20 mph sustained wind on wednesday afternoon. top temperature in aberdeenjust 6 degrees. 15 degrees in london but the wind i think will have a knock—on effect on how that feels. through the latter part of the week, the low will pull out into the north sea, still unsettled in the north on thursday, looking quieter in general by friday, next weekend it looks like eye high pressure builds once again, and, finally, the weather turning milder if not potentially warmer.

i'm annita mcveigh at winsdor where the duchess of sussex has given birth to a baby boy. prince harry announced the news, saying he's incredibly proud of his wife and that both mother and baby are doing well. as every father and a parent would ever say, your baby is absolutely amazing, but this little thing is absolutely to die for, so i am over the moon. a baby boy has been born today. god said the queen, thank you! —— save. there were celebrations at windsor as news came through that the baby was born at 5:26 this morning, weighing just over seven pounds.