you're watching beyond 100 days. the british government delays publication of theresa may's revised brexit plans, amid a growing backlash in her own cabinet. her withdrawal agreement bill was due to be published tomorrow, but downing street says the prime minister is listening to the concerns of colleagues. all this as pressure increases on mrs may to step down. we'll have the latest from westminster. narendra modi promised nationalism and economic progress for india — the message worked, he's won a resounding victory and 5 more years in office. also on the programme..... john walker lindh has been

released from prison — serving 17 years for fighting with the taliban. mike pompeo calls the decision unconscionable. and the popular children's authorjudith kerr has died at the age of 95. she wrote and illustrated some 30 books over a 50—year career, having fled nazi germany with her parents. escaping hitler in the first place, a lwa ys escaping hitler in the first place, always conscious of the fact that millions of people would give anything to be in my shoes. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. the british government has decided not to publish theresa may's revised brexit withdrawal bill tomorrow as was planned — instead they say it will be published in earlyjune. that delay comes amid the increasing pressure on the prime minister to resign. yesterday andrea leadsom,

the leader of the house of commons, stepped down over new proposals that were inserted into the draft bill. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. emergency? it may well be. an investigation on whitehall, while behind downing street's gates, the prime minister is hanging on. a senior mp joking that the bunker is locked from the inside. calls for her to quit, growing. morning. after one of her colleagues jumped first. i have no doubts that i made the right decision, and of course it's for the prime minister to decide what's right for her and for the country. thanks very much. will others follow her out the door? plenty of them have concerns, but no sign yet. will you be following the steps of angela leadsom and resigning to strengthen your position? no. loyalists in and out of number ten. is it over for the prime minister? how can they deal with restive backbenchers, who want theresa may out? is it time for her to stand aside? and fears in cabinet about the brexit plan. the home secretary and the foreign secretary both

told her of their worries today. but publicly at least... discussions between the foreign secretary and the prime minister should remain confidential, and i'm not going to change that this morning. ..he‘s saying she should stay. at least to host the american president, who will be in town in ten days. theresa may will be prime minister to welcome him, and rightly so, and we are absolutely at one with the united states. but mps on all sides have condemned theresa may's new brexit plan. there is no sign of it emerging in the commons any time soon. we'd hoped to hold a second reading on friday the 7th ofjune. at the moment, we've not secured agreement to this in the usual channels. of course, we'll update the house when we return from recess. this is yet another broken promise from the prime minister on brexit. could the honourable gentleman confirm why the bill is not coming forward for a second reading as promised, and when is it likely to do so?

she might have more time for small talk soon. the most serious conversations are happening now about her departure. is it over, prime minister? and when? only she knows. laura kuenssberg reporting. let's speak now to our political correspondent jonathan blake in westminster. a strange day, because we are limited in what we can say because of the election, but bring us up to speed with what's been happening at number ten. tonight the prime minister will be in no doubt at all about the level of anger and frustration and pressure on her from her own mps to quit, and also about the unhappiness among certain members of her cabinet with her key brexit legislation, which last night, andrea leadsom, the former leader of the house of commons, resigned over. sajid javid and the foreign secretary jeremy

resigned over. sajid javid and the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt both saw the prime minister this morning in downing street and made their feelings clear about it. we are told by number ten that the prime minister is listening to the concerns of colleagues about that. there has been some minor reshuffling, as when someone leaves the government, they must be replaced. mel stride, formerly at the treasury, is now the head of the house of commons. as for what theresa may's next move will be, we don't know. the only thing we can say for certain is that she'll meet the chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench conservative mps tomorrow. he will be expecting the prime minister to name a date for her departure. so if she does that, that may well secure her future for at least the next week or so. if she doesn't, we may well see further moves by conservative mps to instigate a vote of no—confidence in the prime minister and trigger leadership contest. thank you.

narendra modi and his bjp party have won a second term in office, in a landslide victory. it guarantees mr mohdi another five year term as india prime minister. the leader of the main opposition congress party — rahul gandhi — has conceded. partial results give the bjp and its coalition allies 350 seats so far. congress and their allies have 84 seats. the rest, which includes a variety of regional parties, have 108 seats. it is always worth taking a moment to marvel at the sheer size and efficiency of indian democracy. the voting took place at1 million polling stations across the country. there were seven phases of polling over 39 days.

counting began at 8am local time this morning, and already we have a result. let's hearfrom mr modi's victory speech and gandhi as he concedes defeat. translation: since independence, many elections have taken place, but only in this election we have seen the highest turnout, and that, too, in 42 degrees heat. this shows the commitment of our citizens. millions of indians have blessed us. my thanks to the people. today is the day of the mandate, and i don't want to colour the decision of the people of india by getting into a long conversation with you about what i think went wrong. frankly, today, it doesn't matter what i think went wrong. what matters is that the people of india have decided that narendra modi is going to be prime minister, and as an indian person, i fully respect that. rajini vaidya nathan is in delhi for us. this election has been called the battle for the soul of india. do we know what mr modi wants to do with his mandate? well, i think this

election, when it comes to issues, could be divided into two things. firstly the economy. when he won his first term in 2014 mr modi promised to bring better days to india. but unemployment in india is at a record high, the highest in 45 years. the jobs he promised never materialised. but he also likes to talk up the fa ct but he also likes to talk up the fact that he has brought in a lot of development schemes in india, promises to build toilets for the country's rural poor and improve gas connections for them. in the second term he will be building on some of those promises because of the toilets he mentioned, they were built in many parts of the country but some people complained that they we re but some people complained that they were not properly fixed to sewage. so many feel that on the economic front this is a work in progress. but talking about the soul of india, the real heart of this issue came

down to mr modi's hindu nationalist agenda. under his first term, human rights groups say there was increasing marginalisation of minorities, hate crimes towards muslims and other minorities, and in many cases the bjp party turned a blind eye to that. there are fears tonight that mr modi's huge majority in terms of this is a country that normally exists on coalition politics, two back—to—back majorities could embolden him to further that agenda. it is unusual for incumbents to be returned in a landslide. is that a reflection of how he ran the indian government over five years, or more about the campaign and how he styled it around his own persona ? campaign and how he styled it around his own persona? it all came down to mrmodi. some his own persona? it all came down to mr modi. some people even saying that if it was someone else running the party, they might not have done as well. mr modi in many ways turned

what is a parliamentary system here, modelled on the british system, of course, into a presidential one. he made it all about him. i went to one of his rallies and it reminded me a lot of the truck rallies that i covered in 2016 —— trump rallies. as i walked in, covered in 2016 —— trump rallies. as iwalked in, large covered in 2016 —— trump rallies. as i walked in, large cardboard cutouts of mrmodi, i walked in, large cardboard cutouts of mr modi, people wearing t—shirts. instead of those make america great caps, people wearing other things. people had a sense of loyalty towards him. they were prepared to overlook some of the promises that he still hasn't met because they felt he was the man who would defend their country. through this campaign mrmodi said he their country. through this campaign mr modi said he was india's watchman, the gatekeeper to keep the country watchman, the gatekeeper to keep the cou ntry safe. watchman, the gatekeeper to keep the country safe. 0nly watchman, the gatekeeper to keep the country safe. only a few months ago this nation was on the brink of possible nuclear war, with neighbouring pakistan, and i think

that one event, those tensions, i should say, actually helped to tip him over the balance and get such a stunning victory. those tensions that the rest of the world looks at nervously. thank you. let's get more from political analyst — dr manisha priyam — who is also in delhi. 0n the issue of security and the crisis we saw in february, does this make the world a safer place, or does it give mr modi more power and does it give mr modi more power and does it give mr modi more power and does it become a little bit more dangerous because of course he will wa nt to dangerous because of course he will want to prove himself to those hindu nationalists? security is indeed a big issue, and the attacks and skirmishes we had with pakistan could be seen, but in more ways than one, this issue has been raised in the eastern and north—eastern states bordering bangladesh. in these states there is a feeling that there has been a lot of illegal infiltration from bangladesh, and

assa m wa nts infiltration from bangladesh, and assam wants the illegal infiltrators to be identified. so there is in a sense a siege in states that are to the north of india, that india is kind of being attacked by pakistan on one side and on the other by the bangladesh infiltrators. there is a denial... mr modi is felt to be able to ta ke denial... mr modi is felt to be able to take strong decisions on both ends of the border. this is the kind of sentiment at this point of time. it comes with a mixed package. but yes, nationalism and security are very important issues and there's a desire for their to be a strong leader to handle these issues. just to pick up on the issue that we were talking about, hindu nationalism. the bjp today have said that they protect minority rights and they have spoken out against lynchings of muslims in the country. if you are

in muslim in india today, do you have reason to feel nervous?” in muslim in india today, do you have reason to feel nervous? i would say that during the campaign a lot has been heard, especially by the chief minister of one state who was shown the red card by the electoral commission of india. he referred to them as the green virus. he also said something i wouldn't want to repeat. there are reasons to worry about mrmodi is repeat. there are reasons to worry about mr modi is firmly in command and he will put these words out of the lexicon of anyone ruling any indian state. the challenge remains and these words will have to be reined in. but more than that, the protection of minority rights must be provided and i hope it will be. are there concerns, though, that being a hindu nationalist himself and having a background from there and having a background from there and having a background from there

and having members of his party who have a hard line on that, he uses the mandate of the next five years to ta ke the mandate of the next five years to take the bjp in a more hardline direction, and the country any more divided direction? i don't know if that's the agenda. the agenda is to get the thoughts of the hindu majority, and the next steps are for him to be someone who can be counted in the global body of big leaders. he would like to emulated good economic progress. there's a lot of desire in india to turn them into a china —like economy. they are the aspirations of the new middle—class, and also of a rapidly urbanising country. i'm not clear what the agenda will be because there is no agenda will be because there is no agenda as such in terms of a blueprint of the new government. 2014, promises were made aboutjobs and they remain largely unfulfilled but the government could deflect

thoseissues but the government could deflect those issues and won a very resounding majority in this parliament. at this point i'm not clear what the next steps will be and one can only wait and see what will happen. . thanks forjoining us. fascinating to see how something built around the cult of personality, the range of modi, and his nationalist views, has been so successful at winning a democratic election. interesting what she said aboutjobs, bearing election. interesting what she said about jobs, bearing in election. interesting what she said aboutjobs, bearing in mind 50% of the indian population is under the age of 25. he must create 8-10,000,000 jobs age of 25. he must create 8—10,000,000 jobs every year to sustain the economy and he got nowhere near that over the last five yea rs. nowhere near that over the last five years. nationalism can only take you so far. right. at some point he will be under pressure. notjust unemployment is up, agricultural wages are down. let's see if he can

deliver. john walker lindh had been fighting for the taliban for months when he was arrested by us forces in afghanistan in 2001. today the man who was sometimes referred to as "the american taliban" was released from top security prison in indiana after serving 17 years behind bars. this was what he looked like when americans first learned of him — bearded, dirty with a bullet wound in his leg. born to a middle class catholic family, lindh had converted to islam as a teenager and gone to afghanistan to join the fight against the west. he is now 38 years old and on his way to freedom — albeit with restrictions. as part of his release he has surrendered his passport, he will need permission to access the internet and will only be allowed to communicate online in the english language. these conditions have been imposed in part because officials fear he is still radicalised. here's the us secretary of state mike pompeo. an expendable and unconscionable. ——

unexplainable. he still, as i understand it, still is threatening united states. still committed to the veryjihad that he engaged in. we're joined now by seth jones — the director of transnational threats at the center for strategic and international studies. mike pompeo clearly has concerns still. do we know whatjohn walker lindh is like after 17 years in prison in indiana? we don't entirely but there has been some communication with john walker but there has been some communication withjohn walker lindh and others, including journalists. what it looks like, as far as we can tell, he still harbours some extremist views. they've evolved a bit since 2001. he may harbour some pro islamic state views, evolving from al-qaeda and the taliban. still concerning. we'll have to see what he's like when he gets out. in a way, an interesting case for testing the american system of integrating individuals who have been radicalised, putting them back into society. what happens to him now,

what's the process for making sure he's integrated in a way that's safe ? he's integrated in a way that's safe? there are restrictions on what he can do, but there is not an american disengagement programme from the government, like in the uk, with the prevent strategy, there's no programme to de—or disengage him from radical beliefs stop —— disengage. it isn't trying to evolve his ideology, which puts him in a dangerous situation. this is a problem that the us is going to have to grapple with because there are around 60—100 prisoners that will come out over the next five years, so in come out over the next five years, soina come out over the next five years, so in a way he is come out over the next five years, so inaway he isa come out over the next five years, so in a way he is a test case. he's an important test case. i think the us is way behind europe now. the french and british and other countries have developed

disengagement and de—radicalisation programmes for people who have come out of prison. the numbers in the us have been relatively small. the us has made some progress on gang programmes, individuals in prison for gang activity and have come out, to keep them away from gangs. but this is different. the department of finance security, which should have the lead on this, does not have a systematic programme —— department of homeland security. this huge to satisfaction in the administration will surprise some people, that donald trump hasn't intervened. why couldn't he stop him being released? good question. we are coming to a weekend where the us president looks like he's going to pardon some individuals, including military individuals, including military individuals, from going to prison. why he wasn't willing to step up, it isn't clear to what degree he was briefed on it. it's not clear to

what degree he wanted to keep him in prison. he would have had to fight a justice system that has assessed right now that he was behaving fairly well in prison and that he has now been released somewhat prematurely. . thanks forjoining us. fascinating story. 17 years ago, i covered john walker lindh going to prison in the us and it makes me realise how much time has passed! see what he's like when he gets out. plans to put anti—slavery activist harriet tubman on the face of the $20 bill have been put on hold until president trump leaves office. steve mnuchin, the treasury secretary, has said that the bill wouldn't come into circulation until 2028, eight years later than originally planned. the 0bama administration gave the go ahead to replace the current face on the bill, that of president andrewjackson — someone donald trump has described as a "populist hero". in fact he has a portrait of him in his office.

but jackson divides opinion. he was a cotton farmer from tennesseee, who built his fortune on slave labour, and his indian removal act resulted in the forced displacement of nearly 50,000 native americans, from their ancestral lands. (katty so here's a look at the $20 bill now and here's an artistic rendering of the bill with tubman on it. this caused a lot of discussion three years ago when it came up, there was a push from women's groups, christians but also african—american and minority groups who said hold on, it's time we had a woman or a minority on one of these big bills. the plan had been to put harriet tubman on the $10 bill but the $10 bill has alexander hamilton on it. this coincided with the musical being such a massive broadway hit, there was a push back against taking hamilton off it, so they were given the $20 bill and told it won't happen immediately, it will happen when it comes up for

redesign. now it's been pushed back again. stephen nugent said it was a security issue. because of counterfeiting concerns —— steven mnuchin. i've been looking back at women on bills. my research is patchy but i think there are four or five countries in europe who have women. sweden is the best, it has equality on it, it has three women, including one on the 100 kroner note. 0ther including one on the 100 kroner note. other countries like norway and denmark are going away from the issue. so controversial, they are now going towards seascapes and bridges. i quite like that idea. american national park, and then no one would complain. someone would complain, there's bound to be someone! there have been more than 60 tornados in missouri so far this week, and overnight,

a major tornado ripped through the capital, jefferson city, causing extensive damage and injuring people. a little earlier, on wednesday, three people were killed in western missouri when a tornado struck the town of golden city. china's housing boom has been blamed for a mysterious increase in a chemical that destroys ozone in the atmosphere, scientists have discovered. cfc11, which was once widely used in refrigerators and insulation, was supposed to have been phased out by 2010. but a significant rise in levels found in the atmosphere has now been traced to insulation foam being made in eastern china to supply a housing boom. a painting by an artist known as the "chinese picasso" has sold for a record £2.64 million at auction in the uk. large scroll painting grand view of chao mountain went for two million more than the artist's highest previous uk sale. the painting was gifted to the seller's father over afternoon tea in hong kong during the 1960s. a nice thing to give your dad over

tea! we realised at our morning meeting we've been woefully negligent in our news coverage this week. we haven't had a single random animal story. so, to mark the european parliamentary elections, here are some random photographs of dogs at polling stations around the uk. these are all photos from the 100 days viewers. this is from jon kay, our correspondence in bristol. this is posey posing at the polls, which only got in because of the alliteration! this is frodo, courtesy of ashley prime, enjoying the sunshine in pimlico in central london. i have sat with frodo! here is fraggle, who is height deficient, and campaigning for better signs for sausage dogs. a late entrant to our stack, but squeezed in courtesy of that leapord print shirt.

here is raffie in gateshead waiting patiently with lead for michael scott. who must have promised a much longer walk. this is not a dog, but for balance, here is thumper, with heather cornwall‘s and i have looked a few times, this is not a dog either. this has britain talking, is it a sheep, or a goat? this has britain talking, is it a sheep, ora goat? we this has britain talking, is it a sheep, or a goat? we should have a referendum. have you ever seen a goat looking like that? i've done my research. you have an investigative correspondence with you. i did research of images of long—haired goats. it is a goat.

coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — the future of the boeing 737 max is up the air — we'll be live in texas where aviation regulators from the around the world are discussing the grounded plane. slow, gradual changes with the weather through this afternoon. for many of us, bright with slow spells of rain. clowns like these seen earlier today in shropshire —— clouds. some cloud and rain. this afternoon, thicker cloud in south—west england may see some batches of rain getting in. 0therwise, temperatures are ok. temperatures around five or 6 degrees. turning a bit cooler in scotla nd degrees. turning a bit cooler in scotland and northern ireland, the cloud thickening. 0vernight the

northerly wind pushing cloudy skies over scotla nd northerly wind pushing cloudy skies over scotland and northern ireland. england and wales having clear spells. for many, between six and 10 degrees. 11 in the london area. mixed fortunes for friday. the weather is going to turn a bit cooler over scotland and northern ireland, where it will be cloudy. rainfor ireland, where it will be cloudy. rain for the ireland, where it will be cloudy. rainforthe far ireland, where it will be cloudy. rain for the far north of scotland. for england and wales, a dry day with spells of sunshine. temperatures climbing into the low 20s. there may be some isolated showers breaking out later in the afternoon over parts of the south—east. most areas are going to keep the dry weather. for the weekend, the weather prospects look like this, some spells of sunshine but rain at times in north—western areas, and generally things are going to turn cooler by the time we get to bank holiday monday. saturday, warm fronts moving in, bringing cloudy weather to northern ireland. then it will spread into

scotla nd ireland. then it will spread into scotland and the north of england. further south again staying dry. similar temperatures, further south again staying dry. similartemperatures, low further south again staying dry. similar temperatures, low 20s in the best sunshine. quite cool in the north of scotland, just 10 degrees in stornoway. second half of the weekend, a cold front pushing in, bringing wet weather. the rain coming over northern ireland, scotland, getting into northern england. behind the cold front, the areas going to be turning cooler and fresher. still some reasonable temperatures ahead of the front, but fresher in the north—west. temperatures continuing to fall away into bank on the day monday. that's your weather.

this is beyond 100 days, with me, katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories: the british government delays publication of theresa may's revised brexit plans, amid a growing backlash in her own cabinet. his supporters are happy as prime minister narendra modi wins the indian general election in a landslide — giving him five more years to fix a divided country. coming up in the next half hour: aviation regulators meet to decide the fate of boeing's 737 max — a majorfix might be in works before the plane is allowed to fly again. heating up the debate over

office temperatures — because the latest study says women are more productive when it's a bit warmer. aviation regulators from 33 countries, including the uk, are in texas to discuss the future of the boeing 737 max. the american regulator the faa is likely to face some tough questions about its oversight of the anti stall system on the plane, and why it took so long to ground it after two crashes. reports today suggest the cost of grounding the fleet will be $1.4 billion, and that's assuming it is flying again by october. but authorities are refusing to set a date for its return and it seems almost certain, with trust in the faa at an all time low, that each country's regulator will want to carry their own checks on the software fixes boeing has been testing. our business correspondent samira hussain asked the acting head of the faa about action taken following the first plane

crash in indonesia. after the crash, we didn't have the information or data we needed to ground an aircraft. the action we took after the accident was sufficient to make sure that the world, we put out an international notice, if that happened again, could handle it, that the crews and operators could handle it. but it wasn't sufficient, there was another crash, and now there are 354 people dead. the investigation will determine whether or not it was sufficient. lets speak to her in fort worth, who has been watching events today. boeing has not submitted its softwa re boeing has not submitted its software programme to the faa, do we have an idea at all from the meeting when it might return to service? the faa has been very clear in terms of when we will see the 737 max feet up in the airagain,

when we will see the 737 max feet up in the air again, they are giving no timeline. they are really saying that they will wait until they see the software fixes to make sure that they are in fact there and working to the satisfaction of the faa. remember, they are still facing a lot of criticism for the actions that they took following the first plane crash, and the second ethiopian air crash, and the fact that the faa was one of the last regulators in the world to ground that fleet. there are 33 nations represented down there in texas, and whatever the faa says, other countries will say, we also have to look at our own security concerns, will they then want to apply different security standards, checks or process before the planes can fly ain? or process before the planes can fly again? that is the thinking that the faa... that is why they are doing this, by gathering all of the global

regulators to try and reassert themselves as the global leaders in air safety, because what this incident has highlighted is that the confidence in the faa has really eroded amongst global regulators around the world, insofar as you have heard from regulators who have said, look, the faa may approve these planes for safety, but we want to do our own checks. that is normally something that would not have been heard from from other regulators, specifically europeans and canadians. thank you forjoining us. you with sense, given all these different regulators will want to do their own checks, it will be a staggered return to service, very expensive for boeing. what will make it longer is the fact they will want to retrain all the pilots, because we have seen leaks from pilots flying in the usa who didn't know the software was in there, they should have been trained or retrained on it. so there is talk today of pilots having to go through the simulator again in each country,

familiarising themselves with what appears to be a different plane to the standard boeing 737. they are saying it is ok for pilots to train on an ipad and canadians don't trust that, they want pilots to retrain on a flight similar to, which is more expensive and time—consuming. so even on how the pilots retrain, they are not on the same page, the different regulators. botswana has lifted a five—year ban on elephant hunting after a committee set up by president masisi recommended it be lifted. the government points to a growing conflict between elephants and the rural communities. botswana is home to 130,000 elephants, it is the world's largest population and one—third of all those left in africa. but the move could damage botswana's reputation for conservation. tourism is the country's second largest source of foreign income after diamond mining. joining us now is markjones, policy director at animal

rights group born free. we talk, mark, but the decimation of the elephant population in africa. we are now talking about culling them after a spike, it is so depressing. it really is, we were very pleased five years ago when the ban on hunting was introduced in botswana. botswana, unlike a lot of countries around it, has a relatively low human population, and a healthy elephant population. putting this into context, the population of elephants across the whole of the african continent has beenin whole of the african continent has been ina whole of the african continent has been in a steep decline. botswana has been lucky and the elephant population is very important and precious as we move forward. when the ban was introduced five years ago, we celebrated this as a very forward—thinking move and look forward—thinking move and look forward to working with the authorities in botswana to ensure that those populations of elephants

and other wildlife were managed responsibly. but we are very disappointed to see the reversal of this ban, bearing in mind as well, that hunting and trophy hunting is notjust a question that hunting and trophy hunting is not just a question of whether it can be used to manage numbers or manage conflict elephants, it is also a serious ethical and animal welfare issue, when you hunt these animals, the animals concerned, but also their family members, other members of their population, can be very seriously affected. so we are disappointed to see botswana reverse this ban. there are elections coming up this ban. there are elections coming up in october, and they are looking for support from rural communities. it is all well and good for wealthy tourists jetting into botswana and nice places in the country, admiring the elephants, but rural communities would say that when you get a collection of elephants, they can

damage crops, livelihoods and houses. absolutely, and we recognise that as human populations increase, as we move into wildlife areas, and as we move into wildlife areas, and as people in those areas are coming into contact, closer contact, with wildlife, then conflict can result. elephants are animals that can certainly threaten people's livelihoods, and in some cases, threaten lives as well. but reintroducing trophy hunting in particular is not a reasonable or credible way to go about mitigating these threats or dealing with problem animals, because the trophy hunters that will pay a large amounts of money to come in and hunt these animals will not necessarily be targeting animals that are identified as problems. there are many innovative and much more conservation friendly and much more compassionate ways of dealing with human wildlife conflict. born free runs quite a number of projects

aimed at mitigating human wildlife conflict by using innovative techniques such as repellents, which will deter elephants from entering areas where crops are being grown or where people live. so we would urge the botswana authorities to think again and look for much more innovative ways of dealing with these problems. 0k, markjones, thank you forjoining us. still to come on 100 days... we hope! imagine a world without auto correct for google. we would not survive without it, we will tell you about an eighth grader who could. in january a video of the american gymnast katelyn 0hashi performing a "perfect

10" routine, went viral, gaining her millions of new fans around the world. but her amazing performance in competition in california, betrayed none of the struggles in her life dealing with crippling body image issues. katelyn has been speaking to our sports correspondent, jo currie. it was the gymnastics routine that flipped the internet on its head. but behind that smile, katelyn 0hashi has had a difficultjourney, quitting the sport when she was younger after coaches told her she was too large to be a gymnast. i was told that i didn't look like a gymnast, i was told that i looked like i swallowed an elephant, or i looked like a pig, my face was three times the size it was this morning. and as a 14—year—old, that's impressionable, you start believing those things. it hit me so hard, i felt so uncomfortable looking in the mirror, i felt uncomfortable walking back into the gym, because i felt like there were eyes targeted at me and i do think

it is a form of abuse. katelyn 0hashi had been tipped as the next big thing in us gymnastics, even beating simone biles in a senior international competition. but the constant mental strain around her body image, coupled with a serious back injury, led to her walking away from the sport. i came home and i was balling, my mum was like, are you happy? i was like, i'm miserable. i don't think the coaches were necessarily aware of the damage they were doing. to never put on a leotard again, to never bejudged critically by anyone, i felt like was a relief. but after a year of recuperation, katelyn did return to gymnastics, albeit not as a professional, but at college in california. and it's here that she created that routine and found her voice.

in our office here in washington, me and my female colleagues are engaged in an on going war of control over the thermostat. 0ur producers sam and kate and i are permanently freezing, grabbing ourfleeces in mid summer — while our male colleagues complain that its too hot. so we were intrigued by a new study from germany suggesting there may be some science at work here. researchers studied more than 500 college students and found that men perform better on verbal and maths tests at colder temperatures — while women do better at warmer temperatures. it suggests that room temperature isn'tjust a matter of personal preference but of scientific differences between the sexes. and while you've been freezing me and my male colleagues glyn and leo have been finding it too hot in the newsroom

to concentrate on our work, but it could just be that it's a particularly balmy may day in london. 0r or it could be scientific, shall we discuss? yes, christian does not like the story, but we are doing it anyway. we are joined now from germany by the co—author of this study. so, what is the science behind this? why do women perform better at warmer temperatures and men perform better at colder temperatures? hello, first of all. i am in france right now, thank you for having me. so, there is a lot of debate for a long time at that women prefer higher temperatures than men. there are many articles about it in science, and they say temperature we re science, and they say temperature

were set in the 605, and according to middle—aged men. so this is the reason why to middle—aged men. so this is the reason why women are to middle—aged men. so this is the reason why women are too cold, because the temperature was set by men. me and my co—worker from the university of california were talking about this, is it a thing? the preferences are different, but what about the performance? so, we conducted this experiment in germany, in the lab, people at low and high temperatures, and we saw that women are better at higher temperatures, while men are the best at low temperatures. go ahead, christian. what is your temperature set to in that room at there? we have different temperatures full stop anything between 16—32 celsius. anything between 65—90 fahrenheit. and do you know that you perform better? have you tested this and

tried it yourself? do you perform better when it is warmer?|j tried it yourself? do you perform better when it is warmer? i wasn't in the experiment, i didn't participate. but we have over 500 people, so 542 people, men and women. they had a very simple tests, one is a maths test, adding up numbers. women are so much better at high temperatures, so when they are at low temperatures, around 65 fahrenheit, the gender gap is huge. men are so much better than women in adding up the numbers. however, as soon as we increase the temperature a little bit more, gradually, the gap disappears. and women and men are at the same level in the maths test. i didn't try it myself, about 542 students did. but if men do better at cooler temperatures, and you are concerned about office efficiency, aren't you then worry that if you increase the temperature in the office, suddenly all the men will perform less well? one has to

think about gender composition in office starts, that is for sure. could we not just office starts, that is for sure. could we notjust wear more clothes or less clothes? maybe i should come in in shorts and katty should wear a jumper, then we will all be happy. in in shorts and katty should wear a jumper, then we will all be happylj do weara jumper, then we will all be happylj do wear a jumper! this is not fair that they have to adjust all the time. men should adjust, too. more importantly, for women whose performance was increasing significantly, for men, it was decreasing by a little bit. so, while women are disadvantaged by cold temperatures, men are so much disadvantaged at warmer temperatures. that is very interesting, so thank you for joining us, i think she hasjust given me the winning argument that i needin given me the winning argument that i need in my battle here. the thermostat is in my office and i turnit thermostat is in my office and i turn it up so i am comfortable. john comes in every day and turns it down

so he is comfortable. at which point, iam so he is comfortable. at which point, i am freezing and i have to put on more and more jumpers. point, i am freezing and i have to put on more and morejumpers. agnes just said my performance will improve exponentially, i will know weather that is a sheep or a goat if the temperature is higher in my office. john will only suffer a tiny bit if we turn the temperature up so it is comfortable for me. there we 90, it is comfortable for me. there we go, i would it is comfortable for me. there we go, iwould be it is comfortable for me. there we go, i would be so smart if it was warm enough! mars and venus, let's leave it there. there is a book in my seven year old's room, that i feel i must have read to him a thousand times. perhaps more. and still he loves it. the tiger who came to tea. written of course by the children's authorjudith kerr who has died at the age of 95. she immortalised not only the hungry tiger but also mog the loveable cat. it was one of my favourite books, two, when i was a child.

and over a 50—year career she published more than 30 books. one of her other best known "when hitler stole pink rabbit", it was based on her memories of fleeing nazi germany as a young girl. david sillito has been looking back at her life. "excuse me, do you think i could have tea with you?" the tiger who came to tea. forjudith kerr, it was the beginning of a 50—year career and it all began when she and her daughter were feeling in need of a bit of excitement. it got really very boring. i mean you would go for a walk and have tea and that was it really. we wish somebody would come and so i thought well, why not have a tiger come? and then came forgetful, accident—prone mog. it was for her friend and fellow children's author lauren child, trademarkjudith kerr. her work is beautiful because there is a lovely stillness to it, it never preaches, never tells you what to think. she is an extremely kind person, very thoughtful. but, she is funny,

really, really funny. but to understand judith kerr's own life story, you need to read when hitler stole pink rabbit. it was based on her own family, her father was a jewish theatre critic and they fled nazi germany in the 1930s. talking to the author michael rosen, that refugee experience was the source of many stories. she was a wonderful, lively, witty, clever woman. she always had a new story and there was always another surprising story, whether it was from her childhood when the nazis first came, or how it was something about how she came to write a book. she was witty, clever, funny, loving and kind. she was a wonderful, wonderful person, i'm very sad today. she could make children laugh, but could always tell the truth. the final mog book is how the lovable, family cat dies. for someone who only began

writing when she was 45, she leaves behind dozens of books that have become part of childhood for millions. her life, her success was, she said, a blessing. she always felt she was one of the lucky ones. escaping hitler in the first place, i'm always conscious of the fact that millions of people would give anything to be in my shoes and just to have a tiny bit of what i've had. i've been ridiculously lucky. and modest with it as well, judith kerr, who has died at the age of 93. worry not, she has a new book out next month, the curse of the school rabbit,, next month, the curse of the school rabbit, , about a next month, the curse of the school rabbit,, about a boy, a rabbit and a lot of bad luck.

let's speak now to frank cottrell boyce, the screenwrighter and novelist — who's in liverpool. you cannot really separate her writing from her escape from the nazis. we were talking particularly about the tiger, because as much as i have read this book so many times, i have read this book so many times, i have never thought about who the tiger was, and some in the office say it is supposed to represent a nazi, it comes and goes and eats all the food and takes everything away. is that what she envisaged or are we reading too much into it?|j is that what she envisaged or are we reading too much into it? i don't think you can read too much into it because it is so rich. people were consta ntly because it is so rich. people were constantly coming to judith with different ways of the book, was at the nazis, the sexual revolution of the nazis, the sexual revolution of the 19605, that the mother was a drunk and had eaten all the food? and judith said, no, drunk and had eaten all the food? andjudith said, no, it is drunk and had eaten all the food? and judith said, no, it is a tiger and it wants some t. i think it was far too lovable a tiger, i used to read this book all the time when i was a child, how many children's

books are there that christian's seven—year—old today loves, and i loved back in the early 1970s? what incredible longevity that book has had. absolutely, does it goes on, it gains the patter of nostalgia, you love it more because your mother read it to you and he will love it more because you read it to him, and it goes on. what is brilliant about the book is that the man is in it. so many children's books start with the parents got rid of, and of course, because of what she had been through, judith knew how precious family through, judith knew how precious fa m ily love through, judith knew how precious family love was. parents all over the country have had to stock tiger food in their cupboard after reading this book. she was a brilliant illustrator, not the same for every author, but that was perhaps the magic. she could immortalise these animals and bring some human life to them. and she could think in pictures, like you said, the picture

of sophie hugging the tiger's tale is so beautiful. 0ne of sophie hugging the tiger's tale is so beautiful. one of the most beautiful pictures ever created is that brilliant picture of sophie going out with her parents after dark, they go out for tea, and i remember looking at that picture when i was seven saying, i want to be in that picture. to this day, if i take my children out to tea at night, it is just i take my children out to tea at night, it isjust that picture. it is that bit more glamorous, even if we are just going out for sausages and ice cream. it is all the lovely details, visually as well, did she ever feel that that first book of hers had been such a success and the others didn't get as much attention? i never heard her say that, she always felt she was blessed and lucky. she took these very different directions, hitler style pink rabbit isa directions, hitler style pink rabbit is a substantial account of her family escaping the holocaust. mog is different again, she was full of surprises and was always reinventing herself. she was always able to

painta herself. she was always able to paint a picture of something deeply pleasurable and beautiful about life, but you were always aware of its fragility. you know, mog dies, a tiger could come through your door, your family tiger could come through your door, yourfamily might tiger could come through your door, your family might have to uproot herself. she was aware of how fragile life could be as well. ok, thank you forjoining us, thank you so much for that. all of us loved that book, what a great book. christian, much of an over—achiever, were you, in eighth grade? that's between the ages of 13 and 14 for non—americans. not much, but it was always very hot in our school, so that probably explains it. you'd find it hard to beat niharjanga from texas. he's the 2019 champion of the national geographic bee, which is a us—wide competition designed to test student's knowledge of the earth. let's have a listen to the winning question. a third of norway's northernmost county is located on what plateau?

heads down, you may begin. beep. nihar, what do you have? the finnmark plateau. atrea, what do you have? hardangervidda. for one point, and the win, the correct answer is... the finnmark plateau! cheering. niharjanga is our champion! atrea is out second place finisher, congratulations! he was so happy, especially because this is not the first time he has aced a competition like that. janga was also previously a top ten finalist in the 2018 geobee and a co—champion of the 2016 scripps national spelling bee. i have three words, by the way, i would like you to spell for me. there you go. yes, i went to a

gentle man's barber today. he set fire to my ears! i was telling everybody to press the mute button, i knew you would tell them that story. we don't want to know about your ears. sorry, guys. looks like the weather will change as we head into the bank holiday weekend, it will turn unsettled and cooler as well. today was warm in the sunshine and many of us had blue skies, a bit like this, patchy cloud around, too. the cloud is rolling into the far south—west of england, bringing with it in the grey skies, limiting the temperature rise with a little bit of rain, too. mostly high cloud across england and wales, in the south—east, temperatures hit 25 celsius. much chillier across northern scotland in the breeze, the cloud and rain. the rain is moving away through the rest of the night, we will see cloudy sky is pushing

further south across scotland. cloudy for northern scotland, and cloudier spots in the north of england. clear skies elsewhere, nothing too cold, temperatures down to 4-5. nothing too cold, temperatures down to 4—5. during friday, wet weather pushing towards the highlands. more cloud across scotland, even across southern areas. a fair bit of cloud for northern ireland, bringing a few showers. as the cloud increases across england and wales, the chance of picking up the odd shower here, not many, most places will be dry, sunny skies in the south—east, temperatures 23 degrees, temperature is could be a shade lower than today with the cloud. 0ver is could be a shade lower than today with the cloud. over the weekend, there will be some sunshine but also some rain, more likely in the north and west. for all of us, it will feel cooler by monday, if not before. saturday starts with a few light showers across england and wales, there was fade away and then we have sunny spells. a lot more cloud further north, rain and drizzle setting and across scotland

and northern england during the afternoon. that will limit the temperature it here, but further south, warm in the sunshine, 22—22. -- 20-22. south, warm in the sunshine, 22—22. —— 20—22. weather fronts on the scene, they won front is responsible for the patchy rain and drizzle on a saturday. the low front will put a cold front across, more rain widely. rain can be heavy for a while across scotland, north—west england and wales. should improve quickly in northern ireland and dry off in southern scotland and northern england. the showery rain will head into the south—east in the afternoon. temperatures down here, 20-21, afternoon. temperatures down here, 20—21, further north in the central belt, colder in northern scotland.

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