you're watching beyond one hundred days. the pound jumps on hopes britain can find a way to avoid leaving the eu without a deal in place. in paris, the french president suggests an arrangement could still be possible, as the british prime minister repeats his desire for a negotiated departure. but how to get there? mrjohnson now has to produce solutions to the irish border issue. and mr macron doesn't want the blame if the uk can't find them. that was quite a week in the white house — mr trump threw out one extraordinary suggestion after another. we ask what's behind it all? also on the programme... brazil's jair bolsonaro says his government lacks the resources to fight wildfires in the amazon rainforest. satelitte images show a record

number of burning spots this year. and looking for somewhere safe to keep your credit card? if you're the proud owner of apple's new one, turns out the best place might not be your wallet. hello. i'm katty kay in washington — david eades is in london. the british prime minister has had his first encounters with european leaders and it's not entirely clear how the meetings changed the puzzle that is brexit. in paris today borisjohnson said clearly said he wants a deal, the french and german leaders say they want the same thing. how to get there, in the short time that remains, well, that's still the problem. the onus now is on mr johnson to come up with practical alternatives to the irish border issue. president macron says he's open to looking at those plans, but they must respect the integrity of the single market and ensure stability on the divided island. enough there for the pound to rise 1% against the dollar and the euro today.

it is vital for trust in politics that if you have any referendum, then you should act on instructions of the voters. and that is why we must come out of the eu on october the 315t, deal or no deal. translation: the key elements of this agreement, including the irish backstop are not just technical constraints or legal quibbling, but are indeed indispensable guarantees to preserve stability in ireland. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in paris. am not sure thatn on i am not sure that currency markets on the best barometer of brexit but did borisjohnson on the best barometer of brexit but did boris johnson come on the best barometer of brexit but did borisjohnson come away from these two chips closer to some kind of deal on brexit? no, i think in the short answer. i think the currency markets will have responded

as many did to what seems like an overture from the europeans, saying they are open to hearing whatever possibilities and suggestions mr johnson has. that sounds like a shift from the idea of no changes to the agreement on the table which has been set along that they may be softening but i do not think that is the case. it is simply smart politics by the european leaders, by angela merkel yesterday and emmanuel macron today, they did not want to be seen to be saying a big no to mr johnson so they said, if you have ideas and you do not like the irish provisions in this current withdrawal agreement and you think there is another deal which can be done, which is what she said to them when he met them in front of all vice, then they both said you have 30 days, so go away and come back with new ideas. —— in front of all

of us. there's a willingness to listen but no willingness on the eu site to compromise on the fundamentals that they believe have to be in on that agreement which is as you heard, something which deals with the problem of the border on northern ireland and the integrity of european borders, single market. presumably, rather crudely, they know they don't need to do anything, certainly before parliament here does sit again. yes, certainly, they are very aware, all of the european leaders about the political situation in the uk and the fact that mrjohnson ultimately has the same parliament to deal with that theresa may had to deal with, the calculations are similar. anyway yes, but equally from their point of view, they do want a deal, they want

a solution, they do not want the uk crashing out with no deal in place so crashing out with no deal in place so it is in the interest of all that the old branch but ultimately, they have made mrjohnson take the position where he owns the issue, he owns the problem. if you can present solutions, all well and good. emmanuel macron said if he could not present solutions, it would be clear that the uk face the choice and it would be theirs, to accept the deal thatis, would be theirs, to accept the deal that is, or to live with no deal but again, that would be a uk decision. a lot of this was about the eu avoiding to take blame for any of that and eu leaders will feel they are ina that and eu leaders will feel they are in a position where mrjohnson has to make the decisions. let's speak now to anne—elisabeth moutet — a journalist with the telegraph — who joins us from near paris. we have picked out a couple of the

quotes from emmanuel macron in the course of this afternoon which we wa nt to course of this afternoon which we want to reflect on but let us start with a positive one if we can, here is emmanuel macron perhaps giving a little glimmer of hope to the british prime minister. let us have a look at this first. he says... so there is the shard of light there?‘ small shard of light. it was not the to on of the general meeting between these two but it is a little something. it was difficult at that stage they were both standing in the courtyard of the palace, answering questions byjournalists after making their presentations and boris johnson had just quoted the 30 day

timetable, hoped for by angela merkel. so it was very difficult to see the chancellor was wrong but i think it was more a kindness towards the chancellor than it was to the prime minister of great britain. the chancellor than it was to the prime minister of great britainm sounded from emmanuel macron‘s comments he is conscious of the fight he is being portrayed as the bad guy in all this and does not wa nt to bad guy in all this and does not want to get saddled with the blame if there is no deal. he said this is about uk politics, and domestic issue for boris johnson about uk politics, and domestic issue for borisjohnson to deal with, this is not something to do with, this is not something to do with french politics, it is a political decision for the prime minister. he concerned that he will be the one people turn to and blame if there is no deal and britain crashes out of the european union on october and 31st? quite honestly i do not think so. i think you missed

the tone of when he said i am often described as the bad guy but the truth is he had a smirk on his mate in seeing it. he was not so displeased to be described as tough and fighting in the corner for the eu. the generalfeeling, notjust in france to be honest, is that in the last three years britain has spectacularly mismanaged the handling of discussing her 20 brexit and the best possible conditions and most of the time it has been impossible to understand from our state of the channel because they we re state of the channel because they were tethering. they were fighting among themselves. there have been reports from brussels and the eu negotiators that actually a british tea m negotiators that actually a british team of mps came and disagree between themselves in front of the eu negotiators so when the french president says this is a problem for

britain, he does not say brexit is only a problem for britain but he certainly says the way britain approaches negotiation is a political problem for britain. it is not a question of which party and leader, it is not something which is a problem for the european union. thank you for that interpretation, putting us straight on how we should read the french president. so he survived two days of meetings with european leaders and we have to see what he comes up with now.|j european leaders and we have to see what he comes up with now. i think she is onto something there, the attitude across the channel to brexit. if you go back to last year, the french have a freeze, i have had enough. emmanuel macron has com pletely enough. emmanuel macron has completely had enough. 30 more days

if that is it. he will probably put up if that is it. he will probably put up with that but the french are in the vanguard of saying enough is enough. so after three years we may have a solution in the next 30 days. even by the standards of the trump presidency, this has been a remarkably tumultuous week. on a range of signficant issues, mr trump has upended existing policies and conventions causing chaos at home and abroad. here are just a few of the more surprising things the president has said this week. he offered to buy greenland. and then cancelled a state visit when he was rebuffed. he told jewish american voters they were disloyal and weak if they voted democrat. he suggested it was time for russia to be readmitted into the g7 club of nations. and — yes — he called himself the "chosen one" for taking on china over trade. so at the end of this exhausting week in us politics we ask is there a reason for all this? jonathan swan is political correspondent for axios and joins us now.

is this all some grand scheme and there is method behind it? new, it is not. there is almost never a clear strategy behind any of this. u nless clear strategy behind any of this. unless it is the strategy of distraction. you could coal that strategy but that is just his entire method of operation. donald trump does not think beyond the next news cycle. he constantly receives input from the televisions, he programmes cable news throughout the week. the greenland story is something he had been talking about privately for quite a while. national security officials think it is a good idea, the wall streetjournal officials think it is a good idea, the wall street journal publishes officials think it is a good idea, the wall streetjournal publishes a story and trump likes the story. it gets on the front page and donald trump runs with it and makes a big theme of it for the week. enjoys

distracting everyone, everyone is off on the story. ultimately comes to nothing which is often the case with these weeks where we get spun up with these weeks where we get spun up with certain things and they don't amount to much. when the president is not saying he is the chosen one and proposing russia get involved in the g7, what is he really focused on at the moment, does the economy concern him? he sends exercise about something. does the economy concern him? he sends exercise about somethinglj cannot speak to the inner depths of the psyche but i do know senior white house officials who have been talking him say he is concerned about the economy. the expected to go further in a negative direction and he will potentially look for extreme tools to get out of it. that might be expect it might go further. the problem is officials say there

is no more tools left. you can try and bully their federal reserve, we have done tax cuts, hero tax cut is not going to happen so you get into other things like infrastructure, probably not. does he do a big deal with china which would give the stock market a bit of a run and potentially get some big agricultural purchase? these are things which are on his mind at the moment as the economy starts to jitter. plenty to focus on for him as well, do you think it is one of those weeks when it came tumbling out or if there is, do you discern a change in approach know that we have elections next year and mr trump is going out on the front third on every issue we can meet his hands on? i do not discern much of a change in approach. he has already said he wanted to admit russia to

the g7, gs. a lot said he wanted to admit russia to the g7, g8. a lot of this stuff is on repeat and comes at times. as for his re—election strategy, it is really simple, they believe, the people around him, if the economy goes off the rails they are in real trouble. the president is now exploring policy options to steady the ship. briefly, other members of the ship. briefly, other members of the white house, senior officials, who are concerned about things like greenland and the response to that. yes, sure. ispoke greenland and the response to that. yes, sure. i spoke to a senior official who said it is actually a good idea, it cost denmark a fortune in subsidies under a strategic value but whether it is a good idea or not, it will not happen now because the way he handled it has destroyed any chance of it being viable. yes, this happens all the time, they get frustrated but is new? what is new indeed? what

frustrated but is new? what is new indeed ? what is frustrated but is new? what is new indeed? what is new is that i and exhausted. it has been a busy week on the news front. president trump says he now considers the us movement "antifa" — short for "anti—fascist" — a terrorist organisation — and is now looking at officially designating it as such. critics have called his statements hypocrisy, because he's done little to curb white supremacist groups. there's also debate as to how antifa can be an ‘organisation‘ at all. earlier this week, our north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, reported for us on the current state now, from portland in oregon — where antifa took to the streets this week to counter a neo—fascist march — he takes a look at the far—left. the rise of white supremacy in the us has seen a counter surge in an antifascist movement that has come to be known as antifa. it gets attention when activists come out to oppose far right

marches, often in dangerous confrontations with neo—nazis or the police. it is our duty, our obligation as human beings to come and use our voice and body to protect our communities. i personally am comfortable with the thought that my life could be, like, i could die to make it easier for other people to live. many conservatives here say that antifa and not the far right is the real danger. in the past, antifa protesters have vandalised businesses and beaten people during rallies in the name of anti—fascist. we are not going to let the fascist takeover peacefully. by whatever means? by any means necessary. which means the potential use of violence? u nfortu nately. luis has been arrested many times and insists it is never his objective to start violence, only to physically confront hate groups on the street.

but even in recent days, we have seen that the antifa movement takes many other forms to oppose fascism. you don'tjust see anti—fascism expressed in this country on the streets when people come out to confront white supremacists, antifa has also found a home with the supporters clubs of some of america's professional football teams. the stadium at this portland timbers game was awash with antifascist slogans and signs, and messages of inclusion. even the supporters‘ club logo is that of the iron front, three arrows representing opposition to nazism. and this is antifa 2, the metal band lockdown,

part of a thriving us antifascist music scene. what do they think about the president saying he is thinking of designating antifa a terrorist organisation? antifa is not an organisation whatsoever, it should just be how you should be as human being. we have done nothing terrorist at all. unlike the atrocities of the far right side, where there had been very many deadly terrorist attacks. when you do look at the mass shootings by white supremacists at a black church or synagogue or targeting latinos, there has been no equivalent violence from the far left. that is not to say things are not heading in a more extreme direction. very interesting to get the reporting from both sides. since the

el paso shootings, we have had a spate of people being arrested who might have threatened to use violence or threatened to have some kind of mass shooting attacks going on, some of them associated with some of those white supremacist groups. a lot of violence and tension in the country at the moment. yes, that is clear. yes, that is clear. as forest fires rage through the amazon, the brazilian president says he doesn't the resources to tackle them and suggests environmental groups might be to blame for starting them. what jair bolsonaro isn't doing is coming up with a plan for dealing with blazes that are almost twice as big this year as usual. his environment minister was booed and heckled today at a un climate change meeting and mr bolsonaro's government has been accused of implementing policies that exacerbate the situation. so how bad are these fires and what could be done to stop them? a short while ago i spoke to gina mccarthy, former administrator of the environmental protection agency.

how bad is the situation in the amazon at the moment? right now it is pretty startling. the amazon looks like a burning inferno and we do recognise that the policies of the president in brazil right now, is basically he had an open season on the amazon for ranchers, farmers, miners and logging. what has happened as he has opened up so much land in the dry season, it is going to start burning. we see now the kind of smoke that is travelling 1800 miles away and darkening skies. this is terrifying and it should be an incredible wake—up call to the rest of the world that we cannot let the amazon deteriorate like this and expect we can control climate change. we need the anna sloan and we have to take action. jair

bolsonaro says brazil does not have the resources to deal with these fires, he said it would take up to many fireman today, is this global interest so should the rest of the world step in? i think the rest of the world is willing to step in but this president needs to send a signal that he is going to change his rulings and behaviours that basically said it was perfectly fine to destroy the amazon and that it was brazil's alone resource. it is the world's resource and she knows it as well as everyone else so of course the rest of the world needs to contribute and help to control that but his policies allowed this to happen. needs to change his behaviour, he cannot expect the rest of the world to allow him to keep his open season on the arm is on and

also then come in and try to put a band—aid approach. —— on the arm is on. it is not about the fires today but about the amazon generally. the fires are a 70% increase on last year. that is correct. what do you mean by saying the rest of the world cannot allow him to keep on like this with these policies? what we have to look at is working with him in brazil to understand how to boost their economy, which is essentially what he is arguing here. we need to move into the economy to boost our strength in brazil, he says. the rest of the world has to tell him thatis rest of the world has to tell him that is not what you have to do, we can work together to make sure we are supporting brazil and other countries that are struggling to grow their economies but not destroying the health of the planet and the health of all the people in it in order to make that happen. thank you very muchjim mccarthy for

joining us. thank you. a lot of focus in the us is well on those fires. the pro—democracy protests that began in hong kong injune is showing no sign of ending. a sit—in at yuen long train station today ended with a stand—off when protesters pushed police back from the station entrance with fire extinguishers and closed the gates, briefly locking themselves inside. the elite raptors were on standby, armed with bean bag guns and tear gas but no shot was fired. police in california say a hotel worker may have prevented a mass shooting after the worker reported that a disgruntled colleague had threatened to shoot staff and guests. acting on the tip—off, officers arrested a 37—year—old man who was found to have weapons and ammunition at his los angeles home. it comes amid a wider fbi effort to prevent such shootings following attacks in el paso and dayton that killed 31 people. taylor swift says she plans to re—record her old songs

after her back catalogue was bought by a music manager she has accused of bullying. scooter braun acquired her former record label and now owns the rights to her first six albums. he has never responded publicly to the allegations. qantas will run test services of its planned 19—hour flights to determine whether passengers and crew can withstand the marathon journeys. the airline wants to operate non—stop services from sydney to london and new york by as soon as 2022. if launched, the services would be the world's longest direct flights. the trial flights will begin later this year, each carrying up to a0 passengers who will have their health monitored on the journey. that sounds like my idea of hell on earth, imagine being on a plane that long. david — this is not a trick

question by the way — where do you keep your credit cards? my wallet. so when apple released its new titanium payment card — users were baffled to see a warning advising owners to keep it away from leather and denim. the tech giant warns keeping it in a leather wallet or in the pockets of yourjeans could cause "permanent discolouration". jason hirshcorn picked up on that sentiment — ‘i got a new outfit for use with my apple card', he tweets. forget the wallets, you need to hone your outfits, but is my kind of credit card. this is beyond one hundred days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — pakistan's prime minister talks tough about india's actions in kashmir — so what are the chances of reaching a resolution to the conflict?

and we'll be taking a closer look at microplastics — the tiny pieces of plastic turning up all over the world. the biggest study into their risk to human health has just been completed. we've got all the results. that's still to come. hello again, for many of us the weather is set to get warmer this weekend, hot in places with temperatures reaching as high 30 celsius. today however we have some rain to content with. this weather front is wriggling and weaving around northern england, into parts of northern ireland and another one bringing patchy rain across wales as well. through the rest of the day, it will be wet in north—west england but some patches the rain crossing the pennines so it could be awkward in headingley over the next couple of hours but ultimately, it will get dry here. the best of the day's

weather is across the south—east where temperatures reached 25 degrees. overnight, our weather front degrees. overnight, our weather fro nt m oves degrees. overnight, our weather front moves northwards across scotland, taking very heavy outbreaks of rain with its across western areas. in the south it is a dry night, temperatures around 1a or 15 degrees. friday, the wind moves southwards, bringing mean across scotla nd southwards, bringing mean across scotland and into shetland in the afternoon. further south, a quality start in places but more sunshine with temperatures rising, highs of 20 celsius as we had to friday afternoon. for the weekend, we tap into warm airfrom afternoon. for the weekend, we tap into warm air from the afternoon. for the weekend, we tap into warm airfrom the near continent, these weather fronts affecting the far west, bringing thick clouds and some rain. but for most on saturday, it is a fine start to the weekend with plenty of sunshine. temperatures will surge

upwards in the sunshine, hitting the 30 degrees mark in scotland —— in england. 23 in newcastle and edinburgh, feeling pleasant in the sunshine. a similar prospect for most of us on sunday, feeling warm in the sunshine, it should stay dry as well. temperatures reaching 30 celsius in the hottest parts of eastern england, temperatures rising in the north as well, 2a in newcastle. those who have the bank holiday monday, the warmest weather in eastern england but there is uncertainty as to weather we will see showers bidding and later in the day. —— moving in later in the day.

you're watching beyond 100 days with me, katty kay, in washington. david eades is in london. our top stories: the british pm gets a warm welcome in paris — but the backstop issue still looms large over any brexit deal. a rollercoaster week in the white house — as president trump throws out one extraordinary suggestion after another. also on the programme: communication breakdown over kashmir. pakistan's prime minister vents his frustration, saying there's no point talking to india anymore. and take a look at this — what do you see? the latest optical illusion confounding the internet.

pakistan's prime minister says he's given up talking to india about the kashmir conflict. this does not bode well for one of the most tense regions of the world. imran khan says that his efforts at dialogue have been rebuffed so there is no longer any point in seeking a dialogue. tensions in the disputed kashmir region flared earlier this month when india revoked the special status the indian—administered side had held for decades. this status gave significant autonomy to the muslim—majority. the move has angered pakistan, and its leader imran khan warned donald trump in a phone call on tuesday that it could lead to a "potentially explosive situation". i'm joined now by tim roemer, former us ambassdor to india. when you hear enron is he being hyperbolic or are you concerned this could be increased tension in

kashmir? certainly this is one of the most potentially unstable and volatile places in the world. we see a lwa ys volatile places in the world. we see always the middle east, hong kong and now we have kashmir. when one side shuts down communication, even though president trump has been talking to both leaders this week, encouraging them to talk to one another, we would hope pakistan would reconsider that. how would you expect the indians to respond to that kind of comment from imran khan given that they need to appear strong before the electorate when it comes to kashmir? the answer that, you have to go back and try to understand why this happened. i would propose that it happened for three reasons. one is that he is looking very carefully at the region and his threat of terrorism against india, which has been a long—standing threat from pakistan,

and he sees the us potentially pulling out as a stabilising force out of afghanistan. that concerns him because we have been somebody that has been occasionally putting pressure on pakistan to quit the strategic games and playing by the exporting terrorism to afghanistan and india. secondly he saw the president's gaffe on this issue, saying that he had asked him to mediate. we all know that would be like saying indians like baseball better than cricket. it is just not true. thirdly, he has the support and his party. the base of the party has always favoured him doing something like this. and a resounding election victory. yes. however big a statement to make it from imran khan and his anxieties it is fairto from imran khan and his anxieties it

is fair to say that generally speaking there is far less sympathy towards pakistan than there is towards pakistan than there is towards india over the last decade or two decades because of the issue of possibly harbouring terrorists. where does that leave the us administration in terms of working with both sides? can imran khan expect the us, donald trump, to be even—handed here? expect the us, donald trump, to be even-handed here? i think president trump is going to talk to him at the g7 and the next two or three days and he will talk about bilateral trade and he will talk about kashmir and encourage them to keep open lines to imran khan and others in pakistan. there are all kinds of back channel ways the two countries talk. there is a role for the united states to try to rein down the tension and make sure this volatile region doesn't get more violent.

also longer term the united states is in also longer term the united states isina also longer term the united states is in a very strong position with india these days in a strategic partnership and we should continue to stress terrorism is one of the fundamental causes of problems in that area, back india on that particular concern, because india has been attacked several times from a group which came from pakistan directory. terrorism should continue to be at cornerstone of our policy. we can also talk to the pakistanis about terrorism. they potentially can be helpful to us in afghanistan with a possible withdrawal of our troops and we should be very straight with the pakistanis on terrorism, saying you cannot do this and lie to us about what you are doing with strategic depth, exporting this. when it comes back to two nuclear states, are your fears growing when you hear some of

this language about what might happen? because the issues around kashmir have gone on forever it feels but certainly for decades. as i was saying of camera, i was up in kashmir in 2011 and it was one of the only ambassadors in the last a0 or 50 years to go out there, there are or 50 years to go out there, there a re lots of or 50 years to go out there, there are lots of things up there in terms of economic issues, inequality, it's not just a religious of economic issues, inequality, it's notjust a religious issue, it's aboutjobs notjust a religious issue, it's about jobs and development. notjust a religious issue, it's aboutjobs and development. there is aboutjobs and development. there is a possibility in the middle and longer term that moves to try to encourage morejob longer term that moves to try to encourage more job creation, longer term that moves to try to encourage morejob creation, more economic development, better political representation, that this could do some things to change the situation up there in the medium to longer term. thank you. imran khan raising the spectre of the nuclear

issue and calling him a fascist is not helping the tensions. fair to say greenland has occupied more of our air time this week than it usually does. today, the us was trying to clean up the diplomatic fallout from president trump's attempt to buy the island and the spat with denmark that his plan led to. mike pompeo called his danish counterpart to express appreciation for the relationship. yesterday, we told you the idea of acquiring the island was first mooted 150 years ago. but recently it's gained new interest notjust from the us, but from russia and china too. joining me to discuss this is dr dwayne ryan menezes — founder and managing director of the polar research and policy initiative. here are the one who put us on the track of the history lesson. this is your neck of the woods. your field. you have something to thank donald trump for you have something to thank donald trumpfor in

you have something to thank donald trump for in terms of raising awareness. absolutely. i wish it had not worked out this way but i shall ta ke not worked out this way but i shall take the opportunity that has presented itself. for a long period of time we have tried to explain to britain by its foreign policy has to ta ke britain by its foreign policy has to take into account the arctic region, since the second world war we focused on churchill's three circles, the us, europe and the commonwealth, and we have often in ignored it. the days of its political and significance is already there. in terms of these geopolitical strategic interests what are the real key magnets that will draw the big powers to greenland? mining, to me, is the real key economic driver. apart from national and international security considerations that has prompted the developments in the past week. we

are not accidentally the same us and china trade was. china has a com plete china trade was. china has a complete dominance over the space. greenland has got plenty of them? greenland has got plenty of them? greenland would be the second largest holder but 38 million tonnes and greenland would have enough deposits to satiate global demand, a quarter of global demand, into the future. america needs those and is dependent on chinese exports and discuss america potentially a way out of complete dependence on china. china is already involved in greenland. the russians are also looking at the island. is it such a bad idea for america to suggest that they take a controlling interest in greenland? they take a controlling interest in greenland ? perhaps even they take a controlling interest in greenland? perhaps even buy it. from

1867 for 150 years the idea of america potentially acquiring greenland has been rated. there was an idea floated several times that britain should acquire part of the area. denmark tried to pawn off iceland to its northern territories by selling it off to the us or to great britain in the past. it is not without historical precedent. what makes the situation slightly odd is that it makes the situation slightly odd is thatitis makes the situation slightly odd is that it is trump presenting it in the 21st century in 2019 when this is quite archaic, and archaic way of viewing the world, and dealing with opportunities arising in the name of it. i think we have to leave it there. thank you for putting that in perspective. it is fascinating that greenland... you can understand insta ntly the greenland... you can understand instantly the appeal of getting your hands on that piece of land. as the

chinese have already seen. quite. just as the strategic which is becoming more accessible, as you say mrtrump to do becoming more accessible, as you say mr trump to do a favour helping get these lines out. five years ago, malaysian airlines flight mh17 was shot out of the sky in eastern ukraine with 293 people on board. the plane was flying over a part of the country beset by a violent armed conflict between pro—russian and pro—ukrainian forces. instantly, the internet became filled with misinformation, contradictory explanations, and conspiracy theories over who was responsible. it took two years for international investigators to confirm that the russian—made buk missile which downed the plane had in fact been brought in from russian territory, and fired from a field controlled at the time of the crash by russian—backed separatists. after five years, arrest warrants were finally issued two months ago for four men who were charged with the murders. throughout that time the bellingcat journalism website —

which specialises in open—source investigation — was scouring publicly—available information to hunt for clues. they were the first to establish hard evidence of russian—involvement in the downing of the flight, and this week the final episode of their new podcast illustrating how they did it was released. we'rejoined now from leicester by bellingcat founder and host of its podcast elliot higgins. this kind of reads almost like a thriller that you put together tracking down the clues to how this was done. all of the information you got to prevent russian involvement was available to the public, is that right? yes, pretty much everything was available to the public through online sources. people posting videos on youtube, sharing stuff on social media, and we were finding the stuff and digging through a large haystack but we had a lot of needles to find if you know where to

look. give us an example, for example you used one image that was available on the internet, a geolocation image, and your deconstructed bobs are not to, come up deconstructed bobs are not to, come up with where the missiles were passing through. yes. one example is a photograph that was being shared online supposedly in a town in eastern ukraine and it showed a mac to launcher on the back of the transporter and we wanted to know where it was taken. one of the clues was a shop sign so we could google the name of the shop and i suppose a town it was then nun that gave as a result that it was a page that listed the street name and the shop and we put that back into google and we find two interesting things. one was a court document where there had been a fight in the shop and that gave the full address and one was videos showing a guy filming on the

streets but he showed the street he was driving the same streets we were looking for in this location so by using the separate pieces of information we could bring them together and verify whether something is where it was claimed to be. it is part of the bigger picture you pulled together because you also turn the likes of twitter and interestingly, notably, for the insta nt interestingly, notably, for the instant reaction to blasts happening in the vicinity ofjust anyone who might have been there and tweeted about it. yes, because what happen very soon after mh17 was shot down you had different narratives. russia claiming it was a ukrainianjet and you saying it was russia so establishing what was to this very difficult at first. we were using geolocation and we look through social media posts that were being made is that nasa will and she was passing through the town at the moment the show was launched because

it is one thing to say that could have been posted any but if you can find the posts made in the moment, not ours afterwards, you can say this as someone reacting to something they have seen, notjust by making up a story to fit the narrative being pushed by one side or the other. then we come down to the use of satellite imagery. explain how that adds to the spot so you are building up. it is like a thriller. that provides the clarity for you to almost see for yourselves what you thought was going to be the case. there was one piece of satellite imagery that was very useful. this was made public. we know the approximate rate of the missile launcher and where it was at certain times and there was one road that was captured on a satellite image that was taken at 1108 in the morning of mh17 being shot down and it shows the convoy as it is driving

down the road. what is remarkable about this piece of footage is someone from the momentjust before that happened so we have a piece of video footage that shows this convoy coming down the same road where literally minutes later it has been ca ptu red literally minutes later it has been captured by a satellite image so you can captured by a satellite image so you ca n cross — refe re nce captured by a satellite image so you can cross—reference and get a sense of what was happening. thank you. it is fantastic. it is real investigative journalism and it is all they are on the internet if you follow all of those close and dissect those images and photos pieces together like a puzzle. congratulations on all the work you did on investigating that. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — microplastics are bad and they pose a risk to human health — well at least that's what we've told until now. new evidence might

suggest otherwise. more than 700,000 teenagers across england, wales and northern ireland received their gcse results today. there's been a slight increase in the overall pass rate and the percentage of top grades this year. in england, there were warnings that the exams were harder and tougher on less able students. our education editor branwen jeffreys reports from devon. two years of pressure, weeks of exams. finally, results day. tears and hugs. there's so much riding on this. happy they're all over and done with. i've got a—levels to go yet, though. grades in england went from nine down to one, with more sitting academic subjects. there is a lot of relief here today. gcses in england have been much harder in the last few years but despite that top grades are up slightly and that's

partly because the system is being so heavily managed. so, the pass marks for some harder papers are set lower. for a grade four gcse this year higher maths needed just 22%. physics 27%. french 31%. i passed everything. gcses are different around the uk but northern ireland still seems to get the best results, both on top grades and passes overall. in wales, a small increase in passes, but still one of the lowest levels for ten years. in barnstable, after results, time to sign up at college. technical options are growing, with new t levels round the corner, and, for some, the opportunity to resit some gcses.

you may have heard us talking about micro plastics on this programme — and the risk they pose to human health. they're tiny pieces of plastic debris — and they've been found in rivers, lakes, drinking water supplies, and in bottled water. last year, the world health organisation agreed to launch a review into the issue while speaking to bbc news. now the results are in — and they're actually less alarming than you might expect. the initial evidence suggests that micro plastics in drinking water do not present a risk to human health. imogen foulkes has more from geneva. micro plastics are everywhere. tiny particles created when our rubbish — plastic bags, packaging, bottles, even clothes — break down.

from the arctic ice fields to the tropical oceans, in the air, in ourfood and in our drinking water. we have no choice, then, but to swallow them, so what could that mean for our health? after having reviewed all the data, i think our message is one of reassurance to potentially worried consumers that the health risk were assessed to be low, given what we have seen, but we also believe that a lot more research needs to be done to be able to be more conclusive about certain areas. one being particle toxicity, what these particles... where they disseminate in the human body. the who report suggests most micro plastics pass harmlessly through us but this is just the first study with limited information. more detailed research is needed. in the meantime, the recommendation is focus on eradicating long—standing well—known water risks. there is 2 billion people in the world drinking

faecally contaminated water, which is a staggering number, and there is almost1 million deaths per year from diseases, diarrhoeal disease, so from water or pure sanitation. so that's really what people need to focus on, especially in africa and south asia and places where there is insufficient or inadequate water supply and sanitation. but the who also says we must limit our use of plastics. they are polluting our planet and the long—term health implications notjust in water but in the air and in ourfood have not yet been properly assessed. here in the us — the idea of the family farm stretches back to the country's founding, but recently many are falling on hard times. the combination of economic turmoil and changes in the industry are forcing some to sell — including the voelker family. their dairy farm in wisconsin has

been milking cows since 19a2, but now they are getting rid of their remaining stock and looking for what comes next. my life pretty much revolves around the farm. it's what i've always wanted to do. i guess i've always wanted to farm. started in 19a0 by my grandfather and then it was passed on to my father. i took over in 2013. it's always been important to me. this is the kids coming trick—or—treating. that's the milkjar. so when they come trick—or—treating you have to come to the barn to trick—or—treat. there's been a shift towards larger farms but i always figured there would be a place for smaller farms. with the economy and everything

i don't see a future i don't see a future in that, i guess. the price of milk hasn't resolved as fast as all our expenses has. if he had to pay me what i do he would be going backwards, so i'm doing what any father would do to help him through, so i don't mind, but when you can't see him progressing it's a little bit harder to work that hard. i think everybody has accepted it's time to move on. my daughter comes in and helps as much as she can. she enjoys it. it's really nice she's been able to do that. it's going to be something that's kind of sad that she won't get to see as she gets older, i guess, but not much i can do about it, i guess. it's been generations, so that's what you expect is that your grandchildren would have the opportunity to carry on the tradition.

if i start to feel real emotional then ijust think it's a relief too. my son will have some kind of a life rather than just donating everything for the sake of not. i still wonder sometimes if it's the right decision for me or not. i've never really been off the farm, so i've never had that experience. getting up and the first thing thing i do is doing chores in the barn. it will be different, that's for sure. what is it about the internet and optical illusions? it seems we just can't

get enough of them. only the other week, we were scratching our heads over the arrow that would only face east. not to mention that blue or gold dress that caused mayhem years before that. cue latest confusion — bird or bunny? i can't even see door—to—door directors. i've got the bunny again. clearly it is a raven. there is no way that the bunny rabbit. look at its peak. you have had so many moments this week. we are being told that mr trump will meet individually with g7 leaders so don't expect a quiet

weekend. plenty of potential for mourners over the course of the weekend. we will be back on monday. —— more news. our weather is set to get halted over the next few days. the highest temperatures are likely across over south—east england and we could be looking at 30 degrees for summers we had three and sunday. today has a lwa ys had three and sunday. today has always been about the weather contrast. there has been pleasant sunshine across southern areas and further north we have had thick cloud bringing bursts of rain across northern ireland, northern england and parts of western scotland. overnight rain will continue its journey northwards. it is always going to be heaviest in western scotla nd going to be heaviest in western scotland but they will be rain getting through the central belt in the eastern areas. further south are largely dry picture with some cried

around and maybe a bit of nest. it isa around and maybe a bit of nest. it is a milder night than of late. tomorrow our area of rain continues its journey northwards to eventually the rain clears away from mainland scotla nd the rain clears away from mainland scotland but turning wait for the time in orkney and rain arriving in shetland during the afternoon. the best of the sunshine and highest temperatures will be across southern parts of england and wales. top temperature is 28 celsius and turning them across northern england and a good part of northern ireland and a good part of northern ireland and scotland with temperatures pushing into the low 20s. on to the weekend we are going to start to get winds coming from the continent but we had this weather front across western areas which means it is not entirely a dry picture and there could be a few showers around across western parts but otherwise any early morning flight will tend to break up and we will be looking at prolonged spells of sunshine for many parts of the uk. it is going to get hotter with temperatures

reaching 30 degrees and temperatures rising further north as well with highs of 23 in edinburgh. sunday the second half of the weekend another reasonably straightforward day although there could be a few patches of low cloud affecting some of the north sea coasts otherwise plenty of sunshine around for the majority of us and another hot one with highs of 30 degrees. temperatures rising further across northern areas, 2a in newcastle and edinburgh. uncertainty in the forecast through monday. eventually the weather will turn cooler and more unsettled as the week goes by.

this is bbc news, i'm samantha simmonds. the headlines at 8pm. the french president tells borisjohnson the irish backstop is "indespensible" — despite the pm wanting to scrap it. under no circumstances will the uk government be instituting or imposing any checks or controls at that border. why a no—deal brexit could lead to more domestic waste ending up in landfill sites in england — guess where it will end up. the gcse pass rate is up slightly, and that's despite warnings from teachers that some students struggled. a man who filmed a model of grenfell tower being burned on a bonfire is found not guilty on two charges of posting grossly offensive material.