you're watching beyond 100 days. financial markets tumble around the world, all thanks to one presidential tweet. trade talks between china and the us looked like they were heading in the right direction. that's all changed. mr trump threatened to impose more tariffs on billions of dollars of chinese imports, saying beijing was rowing back on its commitments. case closed. that is the republicans on the mueller investigation. not so fast, say democrats — it's onlyjust beginning. also on the programme: it's confirmed — three years after voting to leave the eu, the uk will be holding new european elections in a fortnight. and the campest party in town.

the met gala rolls out the red carpet for the most extraordinary set of costumes you will see this year. hello. i am katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london. financial markets are down world wide today on the realisation that donald trump may not be bluffing when he threatened a new trade war with china. one presidential tweet has now wiped billions from investors' portfolios. mr trump threatened to raise tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese imports, saying talks aren't going as hoped. american officials say beijing is backsliding on commitments. today, that message ricocheted around the world. the dow is down around 500 points. in europe, the dax was down 194, the ftse down 120 points. the nikkei was down 335 points. what's odd is that it all looked like it was heading in the right direction.

chinese delegation is on its way to washington. president xijinping is meant to meet mr trump soon at mar a lago. but suddenly, the tone has changed. what's going on? we're joined from new york by our business correspondent samira hussain. my my understanding is this was about to happen, we were about to get a trade deal. doesn't look its way this week. absolutely, and that is what we are hearing from the chinese delegation and the white house up until last week, that things were moving ina until last week, that things were moving in a positive direction. there were even talks about a joint signing ceremony by the month. now, we see these tweets from president trump and we are getting more understanding of perhaps what is happening. we heard from the us trade representative that are saying that, the chinese delegation has been reneging on some of the previously agreed to commitments. they were changing the language of the deal. and as a result, they

expressed this frustration with the chinese delegation to president trump, and president trump then released the tweet on sunday, indicating that for by friday of this week, he is going to raise tariffs from 10% to 25% on that $200 billion worth of goods. which has certainly spooked the markets as we have been showing our viewers. christine the guard said in paris today this is the biggest threat to the world economy. 0ne today this is the biggest threat to the world economy. one thing that's worth mentioning is there is rare bipartisan sport or the president is doing here. chuck schumer tweeted the other day, hang tough. that probably makes the president were determined at. it could make the present more determined. there are some people who believe this may be a way to try and put some more fire into the negotiations to try and get to some sort of concrete agreements. rememberthe to some sort of concrete agreements. remember the president really needs to be seen as acting quite tough as

this, and to try to get a deal that is really quite concrete and really quite detailed, because if you sign a week agreement, that is a difficult agreement for the president to be in and something difficult him to take onto the election campaign trail for the 2020 election. he needs to be seen as taking a strong stance against the chinese. 0k, samira hussain, thanks for joining chinese. 0k, samira hussain, thanks forjoining us. the economy growing. the president thinking, ican the economy growing. the president thinking, i can take a gamble on these trade tariffs. i'm joined now by zhaoyin feng from bbc chinese. thanks for coming to join us. thanks for coming tojoin us. to thanks for coming to join us. to the chinese think the president is bluffing or he is serious, that he might raise these tariffs? at first committee may think he is bluffing but yesterday, we saw light heiser

and lucian echoing what he said. does that mean the chinese... what are they going to do in response to this threat? are they going to come to the negotiation? are the talks going to continue? are they going to stop backsliding on their commitments? the chinese have appetites. the delegate is arriving. he is arriving slightly later than planned. he shorten his visit slightly but the chinese are still willing to talk. also according to state media, people's daily, he described china as the more rational and consistent party on the negotiating table. and at the same time, it reminds the us that china has resilience and a strategic goal to continue to trade talk and still

setting out tones of a win— win conversation in washington, dc. zhaoyin, the chinese economy had strengthened in recent months. are the chinese playing a long game here? are they trying to see out donald trump? i think the chinese are playing hard ball donald trump? i think the chinese are playing hardball right now because they are emboldened by the gdp records in the first quarter, as you mention. the chinese gdp growth is pretty impressive in the first quarter of this year. it also, china's also emboldened by success of hosting an international summit about... whether the chinese have overplayed their hand, we need to wait and see in the talk this week. and what areas might they be backsliding in? we understand the chinese have backtracked on the legal changes the us demanded regarding forced technology transfers and it threats. those will continue to be be the sticking

points —— ip threats. continue to be be the sticking points -- ip threats. zhaoyin feng my thanks for joining points -- ip threats. zhaoyin feng my thanks forjoining us. what the chinese have been asking for... —— 20 years of asking for. to the chinese want to do that? with the americans one is very significant in terms of the way the chinese economy works, and does that work for beijing? clearly a lot of concern. i was listening to one trader today who think we are maybe taking ari off another hotspot around the world. he focuses all on china but there is deep antipathy in the united states towards iran. now we hear today that the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has cancelled a visit to germany just state, mike pompeo, has cancelled a visit to germanyjust hours before he was due to meet chancellor uncle merkel —— anglo merkel.

speculation it is because of iran. a political hotspot to watch. republicans say the russia investigation is over. the president says it was all a hoax to begin with, and senior white house officials are now doing all they can to frustrate the work of the investigating congressional committees. the democrats want the special counsel, bob mueller, to testify, to explain more fully the findings of his report. the department ofjustice is dragging its feet. and somewhere, trapped between these two opposing camps, is the american public — confused and pretty fed up of the whole thing. polls consistently show the majority of americans believe the president lied to investigators. but at the same time, they don't want to go down the painful route of impeaching him. here is the republican senate leader, mitch mcconnell, explaining today why it all has to come to an end. two years of exhaustive investigation, and nothing to establish the fanciful conspiracy

theory that democratic politicians — and tv talking heads — had treated like a foregone conclusion. they told everyone there'd been a conspiracy between russia and the trump campaign. yet on this central question, the special counsel's finding is clear. case closed. former assistant us attorney kim wehle is in washington for us now. good to see you. steve mnuchin is not playing ball with the tax records, bill barr is not going to come forward with the unredacted version of the other macro reports. at what point do the democrats say, we are going to have to back down and take this to the courts? —— the mueller report. pretty soon. we are ina mueller report. pretty soon. we are in a standoff with two branches of government were this white house, backed by republicans in the congress, is taking the position it is above the law and there is an oversight that is inconsistent with

the very structure of government, whether that's a president that is democratic or republican. unfortunately, this will go to the courts. and i say unfortunate because of something goes to the courts, the american public as vote rs courts, the american public as voters don't have a say because judges are appointed for life or someone judges are appointed for life or someone something is taken to the courts come that is going to be the final word on some of these big separation of powers questions that really historically and legally aren't ambiguous. i think the idea that any time of the white house can doa that any time of the white house can do a complete standoff with congress isjust not do a complete standoff with congress is just not consistent with the law. evenif is just not consistent with the law. even if this does go to court, precedence would suggest this could ta ke precedence would suggest this could take a couple of years, by which time presidential may or may not still be in the white house. this could get resolved after he leaves office. how this would go to court would be congress issues a subpoena, which has done to some degree with the mueller report. there is no

response. then they would issue a contempt citation, essentially a piece of paper. if it is not enforced, it is meaningless for some there are three of enforcing it. congress could actually put its violator in its own jail, so to speak, through the sergeant at arms. the second will be through a terminal prosecution for contempt. the president is in charge of this department of justice. that the president is in charge of this department ofjustice. that is not a viable option. 0ption three would be to file a civil lawsuit in federal court. as you suggest, that is a slow process. there could be a request to extruded it. the courts could move it quickly up to the supreme court will useful talking weeks, if not months. my understanding is when air quarter was held in contempt, that process took extremely long times to get an actualjudicial decision. the democrats are in a tricky posture in this point, and it is incumbent on the american public to educate themselves on this issue. the

looming problem still is russian interference not just any 26 election but between 20 election, andl election but between 20 election, and i was loud and clear in the mueller report —— notjust in the 2016 election but the 2020 election. the big prizes robert mueller himself. the doj still dragging its feet. that is an important discussion to have, in part because of how mr barr handled the unveiling of how mr barr handled the unveiling of the mueller reports. there's criticism on both sides that mr mueller should have made a call of obstruction and there is criticism mr barr came in and made the call of obstruction. there is ambiguity whether there was enough evidence of obstruction for the we have 500 former prosecutors who have weighed in and said there was sufficient evidence to actually indict the president. this is out of the kernel

justice process and in the political process but i think congress needs answers to these questions from the man who not only wrote the report. mr barr had not read all mr mueller knows the evidence —— had not read on the report. they need to stick the facts of the law. kim wehle, thanks very much forjoining us. this is about the separation of powers in the power of the presidency, and that's what democrat appointed you here, this a president that has been set in terms of how powerful the president is. he is meant to have these checks and bala nces meant to have these checks and balances against him. if the white house is going to keep blocking that, what good are the congress's powers? despite all the controversy, the latest polls suggest the president is doing pretty well, in fa ct. president is doing pretty well, in fact. he is more popular right now

that he is ever been since taking office. it's interesting that his... you look at the markets, which today aside, the markets have been doing very well. 3.6% unemployment, the president making it clear he is going to run on the economy. those are great economic numbers for him. in some ways, you might think he should have more than 46% because the economy is doing so strong and if the dictum, it is allah but the economy, stupid, holds, he should be cruising to reelection —— it is all about the economy. here, the prime minister's de facto deputy david lidington has confirmed that today the uk will be participating in the european elections on may 23rd.

they will be doing so because mps have not yet been able to agree on a brexit deal, meaning that as an eu member the country is legally required to participate. we very much hoped that we would get our exit sorted, have the treaty of withdrawal concluded, so that those elections did not have to take place. but legally, they do have to take place unless our withdrawal has been given legal effect. let's have a look at where the two parties stand when it comes to the current negotiations. for conservatives, brexit must mean leaving the single market, the uk having its own independent trade policy. there are fears both leaders are taking and no mocha leap towards each other. —— with leaders are

taking an unwelcome leap. but in case you had forgotten, any deal will require cross party support in the commons — and that's where the problems begin. for conservatives, brexit must mean leaving the single market, the uk having its own independent trade policy. for many, it must mean leaving the eu's customs union, and bringing a complete end to free movement. for labour, it means maintaining as close alignment as possible with the single market, permanent membership of a customs union and the protection of workers' rights. and a large group ofjeremy corbyn's mps are now pushing for a confirmatory vote on the deal that is agreed — code for a second referendum. and without such a pledge, it's unlikely to win majority labour support. let's speak now to our political correspondent ben wright, who's in westminster. let's start with the cross party talks. we went away for the easter break. they did not seem to have got anywhere. did people go away for the long break and come back and after those local elections inside, you know what? we have to get something done. that was exactly the comment about those elections that you heard from both the government and the

labour leader, jeremy corbyn. they interpreted the local election results which hammered both of the main two parties as a signal from the electorate they want to brexit done and dusted now. the only way we can see that getting to parliament anytime soon is if there is some sort of agreement done between the government and labour that would provide a majority in the houses of parliament for the withdrawal agreements to go through and two of these get the first phase of brexit done. —— and to at least get. there are talks going on right now. i think both sides are still looking really for what is being called a landing zone, a place they can at least agree they want to end up in in the near, in the short—term, that they are prepared to make the copper mines is required to get the bulk of the two main parties on board —— to make the compromises required. for the government, that would mean confirmation under opposition to a future customs union and labour are

going to have to move to probably, probably around the issue of a second referendum, which many now in the labour party want to see. but i think the fact these talks are still going on remains pre—remarkable. you've gotjohn going on remains pre—remarkable. you've got john mcdonnell, going on remains pre—remarkable. you've gotjohn mcdonnell, the labour macro shadow chancellor, still try to do a deal now —— labour. we have got sir graham brady, going into downing seat, telling the prime ministers she has to set a date for departure —— going into downing street. he has not devolved what he may or may not have said to the prime minister in that meeting, but there is massive pressuring on many fronts. i think the prime minister lingering in office for as long as she chooses

to. she is safe in numberten office for as long as she chooses to. she is safe in number ten until the end of the year if she chooses to say that long, because according to say that long, because according to conservative party leadership roles, she cannot be charged —— challenge again for another year. she was challenge in december 2018. she was challenge in december 2018. she has said she doesn't want to stick around for longer than the first phase of these negotiations. she has put herjob on the line already. she said to mp5, back this deal and i go full of there's pressure, particularly among the brexiteers, people who afforded this deal going through the first place, who wants or not to name a date for when she will depart. but at the moment, she has showed no signs of giving that concession. ben wright, thanks very much forjoining us. how has this been playing out at the local level? not well. it was announced today that theresa may will be facing an emergency vote of no—confidence among conservative party activists on june 15th.

that's in addition to that meeting today with sir graham brady. let's speak to the chair of canterbury conservative association greig baker, who's in our kent newsroom. have you with us. did you have elections in your neck of the woods last week? we did. thank you very much for having me on. in canterbury, we lost a good of counsellors — — canterbury, we lost a good of counsellors —— a lot of good councillors. we have reached a position now where they say that brexit could be likened amicable divorce, but the withdrawal agreement is almost like fining up your divorce lawyer has been having an affair with your ex all the way through. it means all the trust and all the goodwill is gone. and we've reached a stage now where mps august the don't like the deal, activists don't like the deal, members of the public certainly don't like the deal, which exactly what we saw last

week. we need a change of direction. the way it is supposed to work is that grassroots charge forward with the leader, all heading in the right direction, the same direction. that is clearly not happening in this case. i understand you're one of the signatories to this letter which called the june 15 signatories to this letter which called thejune 15 meeting. i resume you're going to vote against her and that would be quite unprecedented in itself. i do so very sadly. i volunteered and campaign for the party for 20 years. and i've worked with a party for 20 years. and i've worked witha numberof party for 20 years. and i've worked with a number of mps, candidates and undera range of with a number of mps, candidates and under a range of leaders, with a number of mps, candidates and undera range of leaders, and i've always worked my socks off to trying get conservative candidates elected at local and national level. unfortunately come in theresa may has now lost the trust of the party and of the activists and so we have taken us unprecedented step —— unfortunately theresa may has. —— unfortunately, theresa may has. —— unfortunately,

theresa may has. we have to reflect the loss in her the individual and also the significant level of anger ofangerat also the significant level of anger of anger at the local level among party activists. in york canterbury constituency, labour tripled their numbers. conservatives lost out to labour and to the lib dems. what message do you take about that about where voters are in your constituency? are constituency is very interesting because this very evenly split. it was very evenly split during the referendum in terms of remain and leave. what we have seen was voters really entrancing in their positions. 0ne seen was voters really entrancing in their positions. one of our counsellors — — councillors —— councillors lost in a lib dem search. it was really a case of the voting public entrancing themselves in the position they have always had

on leave or remain really. greig baker, thanks so much for your time. let's have a look at the day's news. a british soldier has died in malawi during counter—poaching operations. mathew talbot, of the 1st battalion coldstream guards, was on a patrol on 5 may when he was killed by an elephant. his commanding officer described the 22—year—old as a "determined and big—hearted" man, who devoted his life to serving his country. so sad. authorities in germany have fined the car—maker porsche — part of the volkswagen group — nearly $600 million over the diesel emissions scandal. public prosecutors said the company had been negligent, from 2009, by failing to ensure nitrogen oxide emissions did not breach regulations. the scandal has so far cost the volkswagen group $33 billion in fines, buy—back schemes, retrofitting and compensation. take a look at some of these

pictures. a massive dust storm has covered an australian town and plunged it into darkness as it rolled through. these time—lapse pictures show the extent of the storm in mildura, in the state of victoria, which was on the receiving end as gusts of winds reached up to sa miles—an—hour. locals described it as the worst dust storm they'd seen there in a0 years. extraordinary. i was once in egypt and knew nothing about dust storms. we went out to a party in the afternoon. there is a dust storm coming through, we went and left our windows open. we came back from this party defined sand in the kitchen which took us months to get rid of! if you're ever in a dust storm, closure windows! i grew up in the desert so we knew what to do when a dust storm was coming. now — a pearl as you've never seen it before. this is the giga pearl — said to be the world's largest,

it weighs 27 kilos — that's about 60 pounds. insurers say, if you wanted to own this or give it to your spouse, it would cost you $200 million.|j this or give it to your spouse, it would cost you $200 million. i don't know much about pearls but my wife tells me it's all about the setting. why is this pearl in the setting of an octopus? needs to be set properly. i think that is art from a christian. is that our? -- i think thatis christian. is that our? -- i think that is art, christian. but the owner is reportedly in no rush to sell it, for very personal reasons. they want to show it to everybody so they're going to tour around the world. show it off! excellent! this is beyond 100 days from the bbc.

coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, two reutersjournalists who'd been imprisoned in myanmar in what was widely seen as an attack on press freedom, are finally freed. that is coming up. hello, good evening. it's the first week of may, and it is distinctly chilly. unfortunately, it will be staying that way through the rest of this week as well. but hang on in there. next week, we should be talking about some warmer weather once again. for the next 2a hours, though, it's all about the wet and windy weather, as this area of low—pressure rolls in from the atlantic. we will, i think, see pretty much all of england and wales getting off to a wet start to wednesday. the cloud piling in and the rain to the southwest through the evening, eventually into south wales. much milder, though, as a consequence for england and wales first thing on wednesday. scotland, though, still with clear skies and the risk of a frost, particularly across the northern half of the country. not quite as sharp, though, i think as last night, when we got down to —6.

however, still plenty of cold air across scotland and the north on wednesday. as the rain band pushes in to the south, we could see something wintry for a time. very strong and cold winds feeding in off the north sea. as the weather front rolls north, it will be biting across eastern scotland on wednesday, and those winds particularly gusty through the central belt of scotland. northern ireland perhaps dodging some of the worst of the wet weather. northeast of england, though, looking pretty soggy. to the south, some sunny spells behind the front. but then look out for some heavy, thundery showers on wednesday afternoon. so, basically, that low bringing us almost every type of weather but the kitchen sink on wednesday. it will, though, start to pull out into the north sea for thursday. however, the tail end remains across the northern half of the uk. still plenty of cloud around, still some wet weather, perhaps still some wintry weather for the scottish mountains as well. and still disappointing temperatures, a nagging northerly wind, behind that low for the northern half of the uk. to the south, 15 degrees with some sunshine, but it should feel reasonably pleasant.

by friday, the picture starts to improve significantly, though. the low pulls further out into the north sea. there will be some showers around on friday, but the wind will start to become lighter. we should see more in the way of sunshine. temperatures, though, still lagging. figures below average for the time of year. but come the weekend, high—pressure is going to start to build across the uk. a slow start for those temperatures creeping up. but by the time we get to the middle of next week, many of us could be looking at the high teens, even the low 20s — eventually.

this is beyond 100 days with me, katty kay, in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories: trade talks between china and the us enter a crunch phase. donald trump has threatened higher tariffs if there's no progress. anger on the streets of istanbul as the electoral commission orders they will rerun the city's mayoral election. coming up in the next half hour: the met gala's annual exhibition of the weird, wacky and wonderful. we'll take a look at who pushed the boundaries the furthest. and it's the quiz show which has kept americans guessing for decades. now onejeopardy contestant is changing the rules and winning big.

president erdogan has praised the decision of turkey's electoral authorities to rerun istanbul's recent mayoral election, which his ak party lost. the decision has been condemned by turkey's main opposition republican people's party, whose candidate had won narrowly. addressing party members, mr erdogan said he sincerely believed the original contest had been the target of organised fraud. translation: we see this decision is the best step that will strengthen our will to solve problems within the framework of democracy and law, and arbitrate the popular will. let's go live now to istanbul and speak to our correspondent, mark lowen. mr erdogan was not going to go without a fight. this is his home city. it is his home city and the city. it is his home city and the city he ran as may 25 years ago and which propelled him to national

success and he would never take the loss of control lying down. the opposition says this was a decision by supposedly independent election judges there have been cowed by president erdogan and are under the thumb of the president. they say this is an attempt to steal victory. die—hard supporters believe they we re die—hard supporters believe they were cheated a victory so this will deepen the chasm at the heart of this cap country. it is a risky strategy that the president heard again because the country will take an economic hit. the turkish lira has already slumped today, his own party is divided over the issue, heavy weights are preparing to split and launch a new party. he is reaching out beyond his party's secular base. he could even widen his margin of victory according to polls during the rerun on the 23rd ofjune. there are concerns that the vote the second time around might

not be totally free and fair. how will find it are those concerns? -- founded. the campaign itself is not free and fairon founded. the campaign itself is not free and fair on the whole because the government controls 90% of the media, and the opposition struggles to get any kind of airtime on any media outlets. 0n the day itself, it is quite difficult to have widespread rigging of the vote in this country. the canon has been small rigging, but there are fears that president burdick in is so determined to through the kitchen sink at this and to win back in stempel despite the economic impact and criticism coming in, the mep said that turkey was sliding towards dictatorship in eu accession was impossible, but despite that he is gunning for this. —— win back istanbul. we are waiting to see what he is willing to do and what price

he is willing to do and what price he is willing to do and what price he is willing to pay in order to win back istanbul. it will be a tough six weeks ahead but the opposition says it will contest this. it refuses because for a boycott and the opposition candidate has said, we will bring back our rights with a smile on ourface. we will bring back our rights with a smile on our face. a valuable nato member and concerns already growing in the us that turkey is drifting into a russian iranian sphere of influence and away from the west, this particular ruling that there will be a rerun of that vote seems to be consuming some of those for say. —— confirming. two reuters journalists, who'd been imprisoned in myanmar in what was widely seen as an attack on press freedom, have finally been freed. wa lone and kyaw soe 0o were investigating the murders of 10 rohingya muslims by government soldiers in rakhine state. the two reporters were convicted in september and sentenced to seven years in jail. today, they were released,

along with 9,000 other prisoners as part of a government amnesty and reunited with their families. 0ur correspondent, nick beake, was in the city of yangon, where they were freed. they've endured 500 days in prison for exposing a massacre — now freedom. the outside world hailed them as heroes, but myanmar jailed them as traitors. the treatment of wa lone and kyaw soe 0o gained global media attention — the journalists imprisoned for doing theirjob. just a word in english today. i'm really happy now and i wanted to thank you for everyone who help us inside in the prison and also around the world, people who wishing to release us. so, i wanted to say thank you very much for everything. i'm very happy, excited to see my family and my colleagues and i can't wait to go to my newsroom now. this was the story they were covering — the rohingya crisis.

their investigation forced myanmar‘s army to admit they murdered these ten men, but the journalists were jailed, as enemies of the state. this has been a traumatic time for the friends and family of the two reporters, but it's also had a chilling effect on fellow journalists here in myanmar and it also has raised big questions about the direction that aung san suu kyi is taking this country. the nobel peace prize winner's government has been accused of targeting otherjournalists, as well as democracy activists. until now, all international pressure to release the reuters pair has been resisted. minister, just a word for the bbc — why have you decided to free wa lone and soe 0o today? we got no explanation from this government minister. is this an admission that these two reporters committed no crime? tonight, thejournalists, who inadvertently became global icons of press freedom, finally embraced once again

the roles they had been denied — husband and father. there are many more in prison. courtney radsch from the committee to protectjournalists joins us now. the number of journalists and prisons around the world are startling. there are three years of record high set in around the world, 250 or more over the past three yea rs, 250 or more over the past three years, the most we have ever recorded. what do you put it down to? three countries account for the majority of journalists jailed, turkey, they have a democratic crisis there, china, that regularly tops the list, and egypt, a new

entry, has again tried to clamp down on any sort of independent or critical reporting so it is an attempt to control the narrative. this use of anti—terrorism or anti—state charges such as these official secrets acts. the other charge i'm hearing used against journalists is the charger. news. we hear the president here talking about fake news, the press being the enemy of the people. our authoritarian regimes listening to that? in 2016, two countries imprisoned journalists on full snooze charges, egypt and ethiopia. we have seen fake news before president trump but since that we have seen that number skyrocket in the number of countries using that charge to jailed journalists increased, so we have seen the idea of denigrating the news media and dg

legitimising it has resonated with both authoritarian and autocratic leaders around the world. we saw in that report nick be trying to challenge the government as to what happened. there was a supreme court case and high court case, both rejected, so what has changed in the interim for these journalists? they exhausted all the legal process they could go through. so now we have seen them come along with thousands of others pardoned, then it came from the president. this idea that somehow this is an indication that there is a democratic movement or commitment to press freedom i think is too early to tell. the fact is, their entire legal process was ridiculous. the evidence presented, the people who testified and recanted, saying it was planted evidence, riddled with errors and problems, we cannot possibly say they had due process, we are very glad they are out of prison, but

they never should have been the first place. when did you find that they were coming out? about 11:49pm yesterday. great scenes there. as courtney was saying, the number of journalists locked up around the world a re journalists locked up around the world are increasing and this charge of fa ke world are increasing and this charge of fake news which is used more liberally which can incorporate pretty much anything an authoritarian figure wanted to incorporate is very worrying. two men who champion the freedom of democracy and full tribute to reuters who have spoken out for the journalists. well done to them as well. it is always much harder for freelance journalists who do not have the backing of the big international organisation but reuters have really kept these two in the headlines. everyone who's anyone was at the new york met last night

for the annual fashion gala. sadly, this did not include either of us. every year, there's a theme to the massive fundraiser, and this year it was camp. the organisers say the term invokes the opulence of versailles with a touch of 0tt. sun kings to drag queens was how it was described to me. iam glad i am glad we did not get invited because i have nothing like this in my wardrobe! stealing the show, as she tends to do, lady gaga who wore not one, but four different outfits, which she revealed in quick succession — from voluminous pink ball gown to diamond—studded bra and pants. she went pink, black, pink, all the way through to brown pants. serena williams arrived in a neon yellow green gown stitched with pink and yellow butterflies complete with a pair of matching nike trainers. glad she went with comfy shoes! celine dion didn't dissapoint. this is what 3,000 strands of floor—length glass beads looks like — some rather unkindly likened it to a rack of drying spaghetti.

no, no, no! and here is the actorjared leto, who arrived with a mannequin of his own head, which i like! and if a severed head is too much, how about just the eyes? here's ezra miller, whose face was painted with five extra eyeballs. ifind i find that really creepy. the eyes have it! please don't. we do have a guest. vanessa is with us. i had a horrible feeling you were not with us horrible feeling you were not with us but i am glad you are. camp, what does that mean? i saw a hamburger on katy perry. lady gaga's outfit was

fantastic but not camp. the hamburger came after the chandelier. katy perry came with a number of household objects! camp is a term thatis household objects! camp is a term that is almost impossible to define and the more you try, the more complicated and convoluted and elusive it becomes. what we saw with the gala was people almost resorting to the lowest common denominator, which would be feathers and trains in costume in its most halloween sense. look at that! i need to be carried into work above six bare—chested men like that. i need to get a bit of ego. what i ponder, va nessa, to get a bit of ego. what i ponder, vanessa, is, what did they do when they get into the event? how do you sit down with all of these outfits? how do you go about the rest of the evening? i can tell you that jordan done, who wore zac posen's owed to a

rose, 3d printed construct address on the red carpet, did take of the skirt in order to sit down. there was a constant change once the doors we re was a constant change once the doors were closed. i am sure that every met gala, people afterwards in the fashion industry look back and say, the high points and low points. last year, the religious theme caused controversy. what has been on the bus of the fashion street today after last night's gala? after last year, when rhianna came as the pope and katy perry came as an enormous angel wings, people thought it could not get any more extreme or camp. what this time showed us is that is absolutely untrue and we have no idea how extreme it can really get. lady gaga appeared with her for outfits, but then billy porter came with six bare—chested men in his

wings, then came khadi be with her 30,000 feather dress, and katy perry with the chandelier. every 20 minutes, someone was one upping the last person. hailee steinfeld turned up last person. hailee steinfeld turned up with a dress which said, no photos, please, which is ironic because it has to end in a photo. $30,000 a ticket, so you are not going to this event unless you are one of the rich guys. $35,000. i was five grand short, 0k. one of the rich guys. $35,000. i was five grand short, ok. so how do you get to the met ball? they raised $15 million this yearfor the get to the met ball? they raised $15 million this year for the costume institute, the largest amount it has ever raised. it is pretty extraordinary, the biggest fundraiser in new york.|j extraordinary, the biggest fundraiser in new york. i am going to buy my ticket next year, and we will go! i will find some

bare—chested men to carry me in. will go! i will find some bare-chested men to carry me in. we will pass on from your fantasies. i actually have to say, a lot of money, the costumes are way over the top, that is part of the point of it, but a lot of money is raised for this event, and they are appreciative. we will find a pearl in an octopus and build around that. this is beyond 100 days. still to come: from the marching band in windsor to world leaders, congratulations pour in for harry and meghan on the birth of their son. it's the first day of the inquests into the deaths that followed the attack at london bridge and nearby borough market two years ago. the families of the eight victims — many of them visitors to britain — have been paying emotional tribute to their loved ones. in his opening remarks, the coroner spoke of how lives had been torn apart in just ten minutes.

here's daniel sandford. it was earlyjune 2017 — saturday night — and central london was enduring the third major attack on the uk that year, what the chief coroner called today "less then ten minutes of high and terrible drama". arriving at the old bailey this morning, the families of the eight people killed. they came from all over the world — london, france, canada, australia — for the inquests, and they were asked to pay tribute to their lost relatives. the court heard that chrissy archibald had just kissed her boyfriend when she was struck, alexandre pigeard was a music loving waiter, and ignacio echeverria was hitting the attackers with his skateboard when he was stabbed to death. sebastien belanger‘s mother said she couldn't forgive

the men who killed him. australian tourist sara zelenak was on the trip of a lifetime. her mother spoke outside of court. we've never had anyone die from a terror attack in where we live, and a black cloud went over our town. people were absolutely devastated because this only happens over the other side of the world, on tv. hanging over the proceedings is the knowledge that khuram butt, who led the murderous assault, had long been on an m15 list of men suspected of planning attacks. but the inquest will also hear details of acts of remarkable heroism by civilians and police officers that night. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. if you've ever caught yourself watching countdown or who wants to be a millionaire or any other tv quiz show, that dream of being a contestant

who hits a winning streak may be a familiar one. well, here in the us, one player is making millions on the game showjeopardy. and while he's at it, he's changing the whole way the game is played. this isjeopardy! this is jeopardy! for 35 this isjeopardy! for 35 years it has been a fact filled fixture on american tv. think of it as a pub quiz for the nation but with serious money at stake. unlike other tv trivia games, this one comes with a twist. contestants must answer clues in the form of a question. james is our champion. jeopardy's hostess alex trebek, he is very famous hair. pa rt alex trebek, he is very famous hair. part quizmaster and part lovable professor. he has fronted every show since the mid—80s but that is nearly

8000 episodes. but even alex trebek has not seen anything quite like this. it is exciting and fun, i watched it every night. he has no weaknesses! professional gambler james has racked up more than $1.6 million over 22 games with an aggressive winner takes all style. all of the chips, please. the game's organisers had to create a special website just to keep track of his totals. he makes it look easy. trust me, it's not. what about you? i also went with gone with the wind. what did you risk? i was never going to catch up with chris anyway. chris come over to you now. but if you can't win big you can do is get the last laugh by being a clue yourself. a co ntesta nt a nd last laugh by being a clue yourself. a contestant and a question, my goodness! $8,000, that's not 1.6

million, is it? keith williams is a former jeopardy college champion and joins us from new york. this has caused quite a stink. i was reading an editorial in the washington post where a reporter described this latest winner as a menace, why is he a menace?” described this latest winner as a menace, why is he a menace? i don't think he's a menace. a lot of people don't like seeing someone with so big but it is kinda like going on countdown and knowing all the words on how to do the numbers rounds. it is just on how to do the numbers rounds. it isjust a skill on how to do the numbers rounds. it is just a skill he has spent a lot of time preparing for and is taking advantage of it. you have to admire his general knowledge, he is very good at that, but is there something in the way that he approaches the questions? as i understand it, there isa questions? as i understand it, there is a set of questions under one title, and you can start with $100, then 200,300, title, and you can start with $100, then 200, 300, all the way up to 1000, and he's starting with the

toughest question $1000 first. it's very easy to follow at home if you start at the top of the category and work your way down all five clues then go to the next category, but what he is doing is going to the bottom, that offers clues, then working his way across the board, going across different categories. he is trying to find the daily doubles which allow you to wage any or all of your total, and to rack up a lot of money so that when he does find it he can make these big wages. he is kinda putting himself way out ahead. i understand thatjames he is kinda putting himself way out ahead. i understand that james used to skip class when he was at school in order to play online poker and became a professional online gambler. do you think doing that helps you? it is notjust the general knowledge you need but the skill of using the bus and getting jumping quick enough. for that kits out there, i would say do not skip school but it seemed to work out

well for him! he has got the gambling instinct. he is definitely doing well with that. but it is very important. i'm sure you know this yourself. if you do not have the speed, you cannot get in because all three players are very knowledgeable and all racing to try and get in first, and he's just and all racing to try and get in first, and he'sjust so and all racing to try and get in first, and he's just so good at beating other people on the buzzer. maybe you can both explain that, i don't understand it. you have a buzzer, but you cannot pass the buzzer, but you cannot pass the buzzer until the clue has been said. if you try to posit before the clue has been completed, you are knocked out for another second or two by which time the other contestants have jumped on so you have got to get the timing exactly right. that was one of the hardest things for me. that, and getting used to the idea of answering a clue with a question. yeah. if you watch university challenge, people can buzz and as soon as they know the response, but onjeopardy, you have

to wait until alex trebek is finished reading the clue. there is a string of lights around the board that light up. that says, you can buzz in. once those light up, people stop furiously buzzing in. some people will try to do it based on alex finishing reading the clue, then the lights go on. some people just never get down. when i was on, i was 18, just never get down. when i was on, iwas18, i played just never get down. when i was on, i was 18, i played a lot of video game so is pretty good at it, so it can be very bewitching. game so is pretty good at it, so it can be very bewitchinglj game so is pretty good at it, so it can be very bewitching. i had never played video games and had never even seen jeopardy when played video games and had never even seenjeopardy when i agreed to be on the programme with my daughter saying i had to do it. i said, fine, i would do it, but did not realise what she had got me into, thank you very much forjoining us. sadly, i did not win. i was winning for the first half of the whole competition then answered one question wrong and that confidence thing is surreal

because then i started pressing the buzzer too late. you gamble $200 only? i am very cautious! i am not like james. kids, stay only? i am very cautious! i am not likejames. kids, stay in only? i am very cautious! i am not like james. kids, stay in school! prince william had some brotherly advice for harry about being a new parent, and it had to do with the lack of sleep. second time for me, and you as well. 0bviously thrilled. looking forward to seeing them over the next few days when things have quietened down. i am very pleased and glad to welcome my brother to the sleep deprivation society. welcome my brother to the sleep deprivation societylj welcome my brother to the sleep deprivation society. i tend to find insta ntly deprivation society. i tend to find instantly whether they are asleep or not. my daughter was never sleep and my boy always was, and he is still a good sleeper to this day. my 13—year—old sleeps in until midday

soi 13—year—old sleeps in until midday so i wish we had those sleepless nights back! we will see tomorrow. it's the first week of may and it is distinctly chilly. unfortunately, it will stay that way, but hang on in there because next week, we should talk about warmer weather once again. the next 2a hours, though, it is all about the wet and windy weather as this area of low pressure rose in from the atlantic. we will see all of england and wales getting off toa see all of england and wales getting off to a wet start to wednesday. the cloud piling on and the rain to the south—west to the evening, eventually into south wales. much mudder there was a consequence for england and wales. scotland though with clear skies and the risk of frost, particularly across the northern half of the country. but quite a shop though as last night

when we got down to —6. however, plenty of cold air across scotland as the rain band pushes in from the south, something wintry for a time. very strong and cold winds feeding on of the north sea as the weather front row is not, it will bite across eastern scotland on wednesday and those whence particularly gusty for the central belt of scotland. northern ireland dodging some of the worst of the wet weather. but the north—east of england looking soggy. to the south, sunny spells but then look up the heavy, thundery showers on wednesday afternoon. that low bringing us almost every type of weather but the kitchen sink on wednesday. it will go pull out into the north sea on thursday. however, the north sea on thursday. however, the tail end remains across the northern half of the uk, plenty of cloud around, weather. and still disappointing temperatures, a nagging northerly wind behind that low for the northern half of the uk.

to the south, 15 celsius with sunshine but it should feel reasonably pleasant. by friday, the picture improves significantly. the locals further out into the north sea, shower surround on friday, but the wind will become lighter, we should see more in the way of sunshine. temperatures though still lacking. figures below average for the time of year. but come the weekend, high pressure will build across the uk, a slow start for this temperature is creeping up, but by the middle of next week, many of us could look at the high teens and even the low 20s. eventually!

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