you're watching beyond one hundred days... iran's foreign minister has warned of "all—out war" in the event of a us or saudi military strike against his country. the us secretary of state says he's building a coalition to stand against iran, with all options on the table. the uk and france say they are still trying to keep the nuclear deal with iran alive, but the uk's ambassador to the un has told this programme the attacks have changed the context. it's fairly challenging at the moment to keep the nuclear deal going. we still want to do that. if it is established that iran did launch the attacks on aramco, that makes the international situation very difficult. david cameron reveals that while prime minister he asked the queen to "raise an eyebrow" at the prospect of scotland

voting for independence. also on the programme... the canadian prime minister justin trudeau says photographs that have surfaced of him wearing brown face at a party, are racist and he has apologised, just weeks ahead of a general election. and the areas of natural splendour which are severely under threat— we've a special report from colorado, the latest battle ground in trump's war to protect the oil and gas industries. hello and welcome. i'm michelle fleury in washington and christian fraser is in london. saudi arabia says all options remain on the table, after last weekend's attacks on two of its oilfacilities. despite all the denials from tehran, the information so far seems to show iran was deeply implicated in these attacks. and what happens next holds huge implications for the region. britain and france have dismissed

any idea that the houthi's any idea that the houthis were responsibe, but they are not yet ready to confirm the attack was launched from iranian soil. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo who travelled to the united arab emirates today, says they will take their lead from riyadh. i think it's abundantly clear and there is an enormous consensus in the region that we know precisely who conducted these attacks was iran. i didn't hear anybody in the region who doubted that for a single moment. but complicating the situation for riyadh is that it has no way to de—escalate the standoff itself. iran is demand that crippling sanctions on its exports be lifted and that is something only the united states can grant. so what role does the united nations play in all this. i have been speaking to the uk's ambassador to the un, karen pierce. at the moment, the united nations hasissued at the moment, the united nations has issued a statement through the secretary general, statement of concern, statement of solidarity

with saudi arabia but the issue has not yet come to the security council. it would be for saudi arabia as the country that was attacked, to bring it to the security council and we understand saudi has onlyjust ascribed the blame to iran. for the uk, we are still looking at evidence and making oui’ still looking at evidence and making our own assessment. we are in a dangerous position and there won't be enormous confidence the un security council would be able to do anything constructive, because it doesn't have a great track record in syria, with north korea. we see the russians and the chinese taking composition and the security council taking another. what can he do on iran? i think it would be a question of what did saudi arabia ask for. because saudi arabia mightjust want to have a discussion, a debate in the security council. they might not ask for measures to be taken by the security council. we would have to see how they wanted to pursue this.

for them, it might be an issue of self—defence. it is obviously a very serious thing, world energy supplies have suffered. it is a matter of international peace and security, but whether or not the security council needs to authorise any action, any sanctions perhaps, we will have to wait and see. do you think you could get a resolution through? it would be very difficult if it involved iran because the russians today, have been very unwilling to put any criticism of iran ina unwilling to put any criticism of iran in a resolution. i won't ask you what, if any intelligence you have seen, but i assume the americans have their own intelligence and what happened? people think about the attacks on the tankers. the number of counties have their own intelligence sources. we and the americans probably tend to have rather more comprehensive sources perhaps than some of our partners. but there tends to be a

sharing of information but each country reaches its own national assessment. are you confident it did come from southern iran? the british government has not established that and has not made a statement about provenance. so you are keeping an open mind on that? there is a lot of supposition and it is unfair to say it is unlikely that houthis, although they could have done it, it did do it. the scale, it is nothing like the houthis have launched before and we know saudi arabia have now said, the attack came from the north and came from iran. it is the evidence we will weigh up ourselves but we do take very seriously, the saudi assessment. there was an interview yesterday from liam fox, the former defence secretary, he ta kes the former defence secretary, he takes the view thatjc poa is as dead as a dodo, is that the official uk position within the security

council? it is not the official position but it is very challenging at the moment to keep the nuclear deal going. we still want to do that, the french, germans, russians, chinese, eu want to keep the deal going but over the past few months, iran have stepped out of the deal three successive times. iran needs to come back into full compliance with it and that is the bit that is challenging. obviously, if it is established that iran did launch the attacks on aramco, it makes the international situation very difficult. the nuclear deal is very important for europe's security. uranium sales can reach in western europe and it is part of the global nonproliferation regime and we want to persuade houthis to return to full compliance. the iranian foreign minister hasjust said in full compliance. the iranian foreign minister has just said in the last few minutes, they are not confident they will get all the visas they wa nt to they will get all the visas they want to attend the un general assembly next week. if you want to

talk to the iranian side, they have to be there in the room, don't they? that is fair and the americans have a host nations agreement with the united nations, which sets out the conditions for america hosting the un and that includes granting visas. would you encourage them to grant the visas and get the radiance there? we would like the un to function like it was meant to and thatis function like it was meant to and that is bringing ministers there. we have learnt the un have issued visas allowing the president and the foreign minister to travel to new york. that will be so crucial because it is a chance for conversation, dialogue and people are saying that is the way you are going to get to de—escalation. of course, given the provocation, people are looking to saudi arabia to see what their response will be and when we know what that is, the question for the americans will be, do they have to take any

responsibility for whatever saudi decides to do? yes, what i got from the ambassador today was, they don't know which way saudi arabia is going to go. although they have been very vocal in private, formally, within the un and within the un structures, they have been disinclined to escalate things with iran. she talked about the gyre and the bombing of the tankers, in that instance, he saw iranian revolutionary guard taking a bomb off the side of the ship, the saudis did not want to point the finger directly at iran. this is on a different level, the aramco attack and they don't know how far saudi arabia would want to take it. all eyes of course will be and what happens there. meanwhile... the former prime minister david cameron has revealed that he asked for help from the queen ahead of the scottish independence vote in 2014. the monarch is supposed to remain neutral. and the idea mr cameron had tried to appeal to her majesty to at least "raise an eyebrow" at the prospect

of scotland breaking away, has caused quite the storm. in the final few polls ahead of the referendum in 2015 the yes side was pulling ahead and mr cameron was panicking. i remember conversations i had with my private secretary and he had with the queen's private secretary and i had with the queen's private secretary. not asking for anything that would be in any way improper or unconstitutional, butjust a raising of the eyebrow, even, you know, a quarter of an inch, we thought would a difference. alex salmond, who resigned as scotland's first minister in the wake of the result, said... "mr cameron's actions were not only improper, but showed how desperate the no side was during the final stages of the independence campaign." mr cameron argued on radio this morning that there was some context, mr salmond he said had already dragged the queen into the debate. the context for this, which doesn't, i think,

quite come out in the programme, is at the time alex hammond was going round saying that her majesty would be a proud monarch of an independent scotland and this concerned me because obviously my side of the argument couldn't really say anything about that. so i had conversations with private secretaries and the like, but i never asked for anything improper to be said or done. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is here with me now. there has been no official comment from the palace but we are aware there is some displeasure? the palace has let it be known that his displeasure. that can only mean it is the queen herself who is displeased and she will be displeased and she will be displeased because she will feel greatly let down i think, by david cameron having talked about this. the golden rule of the relationship between the monarch of the united kingdom and her prime minister, all exchanges should remain confidential but he has talked about this quite

openly. i think it is probably unfairto blame openly. i think it is probably unfair to blame david cameron as having been the only person who instigated, who put this idea into the queen's mine. the one thing the queen does care deeply about is the unity of the united kingdom. she talked quite explicitly about it in 1977 at the time of her silver jubilee. i believe there were other members of the royal family at the time of the scottish referendum he we re time of the scottish referendum he were trying to find some safe and a cce pta ble were trying to find some safe and acceptable wait for them to express their concerns. david cameron came along, said what he said and perhaps that was just the final bit of endorsement they were looking for? you use that word endorsement, i guess that is the bit that is displeasing to the queen, this idea she has been dragged into a situation when the whole point is the institution should be nonpolitical? yes, she has been absolutely punctilious throughout

her reign. although the one subject in the 63 years she has expect a view on is the importance of the unity of the united kingdom. i think on this occasion, she chose her words with her advisers terribly carefully. all she said was, head of state saying, think carefully about the future. how anodyne must that scene, except in the context of a tightly framed contest, campaign over the scottish independence and that was seen as an encouragement by the monarch to think carefully about the monarch to think carefully about the implications of separation, and of course, that is what was intended. it was an issue that divided the country and another issue faces the country which is equally causing divisions, brexit. we are seeing this request of the queen to prorogue parliament. are we seeing the politicisation of the monarchy? we are not. although the

particular displeasure being felt at buckingham palace and by the monarch herself, i am sure, it's partly because the comments by david cameron has reopened what was said five years ago in the context of the scottish referendum and this is happening, just as she has been dragged into this highly controversial prorogation, suspension of the british parliament by another prime minister. she has a lwa ys by another prime minister. she has always wanted, and her advisers are very, very keen that she should remain completely out of politics. i think she was prepared to do what she did and was content to do what she did and was content to do what she did and was content to do what she did over the scottish referendum, tojust she did over the scottish referendum, to just say, she did over the scottish referendum, tojust say, think carefully about all of this. i am pretty sure she will not have been happy, not content to have been, in effect, boxed in by borisjohnson into prorogue in parliament in such, as it has turned out, in such a hugely, controversial way. as it has turned out, in such a hugely, controversialway. such are the times we live in at the moment. nicholas witchell, thank you for

your thoughts. justin trudeau has established canada as an open and welcoming country. "through diversity we are stronger," was the mantra. so how on earth does a man like that, think it a good idea to dress up and brown his face. a new photo published by time magazine shows canada's prime minister at an ‘arabian nights'—themed party in 2001 at a private school where he was teaching at the time. and notjust one photo, two others of him in blackface have now come to light, in the last 12 hours. he himself admits that it such behaviour was racist. his party the liberals are neck and neck in the polls with the conservatives, a month out from elections, and this is immensely damaging. our correspondent nick bryant is in ottowa and sent this report. when he first emerged as the canadian prime minister, he became a golden boy of international politics. youthful, telegenic, a leader who seemed to embody the values of modern day progressiveness and political correctness. so this photo has shocked supporters and opponents alike. it shows him wearing black face

make—up at a private school gala in 2001. an arabian nights costume party where, as a 29—year—old teacher, he was dressed as a from aladdin. addressing reporters on his plane, the doe eyed prime minister looked like a deer caught in the headlines. there are people who've made mistakes in this life and you make decisions based on what they actually do, what they did and on a case—by—case basis i think. i deeply regret that i did that. i should have known better, but i didn't. today, a video has emerged from the early 1990s showing a young justin trudeau covered in dark make—up and making faces. the emergence of the blackface photo comes amidst of an election campaign where mr trudeau had already been suffering from a corruption scandal that has hit him

and his governing liberal party. his opponents are piling in. i believe that canadians might have been able to accept his apology if he had have been truthful and open. if he hadn't based that apology on a lie. so once again we see justin trudeau, one set of rules for himself and one set of rules for the rest of us. any time we hear examples of brown face of blackface and, it's making a mockery of someone for what they live, what their lived experiences are. i think he needs to answer for it. he needs to answer the question why he did that. justin trudeau has always sought to portray canada as one of the world's most successful multicultural countries. here, he greeted syrian refugees at the airport as they were granted asylum. the blackface photographs are now recognised as a racist caricature, damages and contradicts his political brand. justin trudeau has positioned himself as a liberal counterpoint to donald trump south of the border. so this is embarrassing both here and internationally. the question is, will it imperil his election? nick bryant, bbc news, ottawa.

let's go to winnipeg. these are live pictures. he is out on campaign at the moment and we expect him to address these photos that have come to light and if we get that of course, we will take it to it. the lawyer for former british prme minister, sirjohn major, says borisjohnson suspended parliament to stop mps "interfering" in brexit. he made the claims on the final day of a three—day supreme court hearing on whether the decision to prorogue parliament was unlawful. the president of the supreme court, lady hale, said thejudges would announce a decision early next week. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his rival benny gantz are struggling over the terms of a unity government, after the country's latest election. about 60% of votes have been counted, but no clear winner has emerged. prime minister netanyahu and the likud party arejust behind his main challenger, mr gantz.

the trade war between the us and china will lead to the lowest global growth levels in a decade, according to the international economic body, the oecd. the think—tank forecast that the global economy will see its weakest growth this year since the financial crisis almost a decade ago. it said growth will slow to about 3%, down from 3.6% in 2018. burger king has announced it will stop giving away plastic toys with children's meals in the uk. the fast food company says it's part of its efforts to reduce plastic waste, and comes after children petitioned both burger king, and its rival mcdonald's, to stop giving away the toys. now to the latest drama here in washington. a whistleblower inside the trump administration has filed a complaint about a troubling "promise" the president had made to a foreign leader. that's according to the washington post. the newspaper does not say

which leader trump was speaking to or what he pledged to deliver. but we know that the president did have interactions with at least five foreign leaders during the time period in question, including both vladimir putin and kimjong un. the president has responded by tweeting is anybody dumb enough to believe that i would say something inappropriate with a foreign leader while on such a potentially "heavily populated" call. but democrats in congress are crying foul, saying information about the case is being withheld from them. we're joined from los angeles by ron christie, former advisor to george w bush. it has been a long time, we have missed you on the show, welcome back. if i could start with the democrats, we have heard from representative adam schiff, coming out and basically saying that information is being withheld from congress, there is manipulation going on at some level. these are

serious accusations? good afternoon to you and i miss you both, so it is good to be back. i think the media is making a lot of speculative comments that they don't necessary have a sense of what is going on. when i worked in the white house for four years, president bush often spoke to foreign leaders on a daily basis. those phone calls were recorded and they were put in the historical record. so the notion president trump would have said something troubling or made a promise to a foreign leader, that would have already been captured and catalogued. a lot of democrats on capitol hill are trying to make politics out of this because it is intelligence matters and it is classified. if they don't know what those materials are, they shouldn't be speculating about it.|j those materials are, they shouldn't be speculating about it. i watched an interview today, a former cia employee and he was giving an

interview to cnn and he said it is not thejob of interview to cnn and he said it is not the job of us intelligence to listen to the president. he can do what he wants, whether he is talking to vladimir putin or kimjohn what he wants, whether he is talking to vladimir putin or kim john so why did someone in that room in an intimate setting feel there was something so concerning that they had to go to the inspector general? good evening, christian. i believe this is an instance where this might be an individual who does not like president trump. once again, president trump. once again, president bush, his phone conversations with foreign leaders, they were recorded. it wasn't intelligence personnel recording them, they were recording them for them, they were recording them for the historical record and posterity. if you want to talk to the media about something the president has done, put your name in front of that instead of hiding around the cloak of anonymity. so a former official says something about a conversation the president has had, it is

disgraceful. president obama said to russian president medvedev, i will talk to vladimir putin about this after the election, i have some things to clear up. that was caught ona things to clear up. that was caught on a hot mic and the media did not make anything about it. although i am nota make anything about it. although i am not a big fan of president trump, i think this is being made more than what it is. this isn't the first time the president's handling of intelligence has come up as a question? no question, michelle. the president's daily brief contains very classified and sensitive information. we just saw the president on the border wall yesterday, wanting to talk about the sensors and a general side, mr president, perhaps it's best we do not get into it. for those who have had the privilege to handle classified information, recognise how serious and what a privilege it is to possess that information and sometimes i think the president is a

bit cavalier about it but in this insta nce bit cavalier about it but in this instance i want to see somebody‘s name behind the allegations, the so—called whistle—blower. put your name where the statement is unless evaluate your statement. the difficulty is again the administration standing up to congress. you havejoseph maguire, the acting director of national intelligence, who has refused to share any of the allegations with congress, which he is obliged to do. however we feel what intelligence operator has said, he has a duty to report that it congress? he does, and congress has constitutional responsibility to ascertain the truth of the matter. what the acting director of national intelligence should do is to go to capitol hill, meet with the ranking member of the intelligence committee behind closed doors and assess what this complaint was and allow congress the opportunity to have an oversight in

this investigation. it is incumbent upon the administration to be incumbent as possible to allow congress to have an absolute strong sense of what is going on and what steps a re sense of what is going on and what steps are being taken to ensure there hasn't been a breach of intelligence on sensitive matters. before i let you go, i have a leak of my own here. this is an e—mail i received this morning from our north america editorjohn sobel. he is on a book tour. he is in liverpool. one woman put her hand about book launch and asked the question, i like that ron christie, he says it straight and he is so handsome. can you tell him my name is veronica from haswell andi him my name is veronica from haswell and i would like to meet him. that is on the wirral. some applaud and then five other women said they think ron christie is handsome also.

and how they like katty, but not in the same earthly way. thank you, veronica. i am not sure what earthly way we are making reference to, but i am glad you and michelle are here with your earthly presence to guide us through the day's events. i am just here to make you lot look good. thank you, veronica. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, a new battle ground opens up in colorado over the environment, where the trump administration is trying to repeal obama—era rules that banned oil and gas drilling in parts of the state. and do world leaders really care

about climate change? we'll hear some more from my interview with the uk's ambassador to the un karen pierce ahead of next week's general assembly session. that's still to come. for many it has been a glorious date with clear, blue, sunny skies thanks to an area of high pressure. it seems like this glorious place in conway in north wales. but it wasn't sunny everywhere. northern scotland had thick cloud that loitered in the northern isles butted to clear away from mainland. we did have times in the day in scotland where there was a great picture, even drizzle a round earlier in argyll and bute. overnight, we could see drizzle at times in shetland, but otherwise it isa dry times in shetland, but otherwise it is a dry night with clear skies initially. mist and fog patches are likely to develop in northern ireland, north—west england, southern and central areas of scotland. it could be a murky stop

for some. it will be chilly, temperature seven to 10 degrees in the towns and cities. in the countryside, temperatures will be lower, perhaps down to around 2 degrees also. a cold start on friday morning, the mist and fog taking a while to clear away and the sunshine coming out. cloudy start in shetland. but eventually we will see the sunny skies working into shetland in the afternoon. it will bea shetland in the afternoon. it will be a warmer day tomorrow with temperatures reaching into the low 20s, temperatures reaching into the low 205, 21, 20 2 temperatures reaching into the low 20s, 21, 20 2 degrees also. typical temperatures. first part of the weekend, things looking good weather—wise. warmer air from france, so if anything temperatures will be that little bit higher. any early morning mist patches will lift quickly this time with more of a breeze around. the onshore winds keeping things cool around the coastline of north—east england and north—east scotland. later in the day we will see signs of a change in the david chalmers breaking out

across eastern areas. temperatures up across eastern areas. temperatures up to 2a degrees in cardiff on 2a in london. the second half of that weekend sees a cold front moved its way into the country but there is a lot of uncertainty about exactly where this area of rain is going to be. the areas most likely to see rain, wales and south—west england. the best chance of staying dry towards the north—east of the uk. some uncertainty with the details about where this band of rain will end up. what isn't uncertain is we will see a change to cooler and fresher conditions for northern ireland, wales and south—west england. that is your weather.

this is beyond one hundred days with me, michelle fleury in washington. christian fraser is in london. our top stories... a new video emerges of canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau wearing blackface a day after he admitted such behaviour was racist. the white house strips california of its right to set its own vehicle emissions standards rolling back obama—era environmental standards. coming up in the next half hour... the european commission president says talks with borisjohnson had been "positive" a day after comments that he had "no emotional attachment" to a contraversial part of the brexit deal known as the backstop. plus, the parents of children killed at the sandy hook shooting release a harrowing video about mass shootings.

california leads the us in developing standards to reduce pollution from cars and trucks. but for how much longer? the trump administration is officially revoking the state's ability to set its own auto emissions standards. at a press conference, the head of the environmental protection agency andrew wheeler said having one standard will provide stronger "regulatory certainty" for the car industry. but in july four automakers — ford, honda, bmw and volkswagen — sided with califronia, saying they don't want weakened emission standards.and california has said it will challenge —— sided with california. the decision in court. earlier, i caught up with the man who will lead the state's legal battle california attorney general xavier becerra. california attorney we california attorney have seen donald trump in the administration

we have seen donald trump in the administration make their move. what is california pots our response going to be? our response is going to be what has been. we are not stopping. california cannot afford to backslide and become a polluter again. weak calf to go as far as we can again. weak calf to go as far as we ca n towards again. weak calf to go as far as we can towards clean energy, clean vehicles and we have seen the success from that. economically we are the fifth—largest economy now in the world. and we do not intend to spot. we've passed great britain to become the fifth largest economy in the world. and that comes as a result of all the innovation, all the investments in cleaner technologies. why would we stop somewhere because this administration is trying to break the rules in order to make us stop? i guess the question is in legal terms can the epa, the environmental protection agency, cancelled wave overnight? well, we are getting prepared to argue that in fact they do not have the legal authority to do not have the legal authority to

do what they are proposing. we are prepared to take whatever action is necessary to make sure that we move forward. what do you do when you have an administration that is keen to rollback regulations and essentially as a state, what rights do you have and what can you do to fight this? our best weapon has been the rule of law. whether it is the tenth amendment that gives states particular rights under our constitution or whether it is the only laws that govern how the epa and national highway traffic safety administration operate. we are working under those same rules. that is how we got the waiver that allows us is how we got the waiver that allows us to have a very strong air standards for our vehicles and we expect that the epa will follow the same rules. and yet you have got the epa basically coming out, the head of the epa coming out and saying that these regulations will make it easierfor the car that these regulations will make it easier for the car industry. if the

intention of the car industry is to go back to a polluting way of building less efficient vehicles, then that is probably accurate. but i believe even in the auto industry certainly the vast majority of americans and our laws call for us to move towards cleaner burning engines, cleanervehicles, to move towards cleaner burning engines, cleaner vehicles, and ultimately a cleaner environment. we are not going to wait to try to see with this administration comes up with. we will continue moving forward and quite honestly much of the auto industry is ready to move with us as he said also the vast entry of americans. one of these things this waiver grants is that it allows other states to opt into california's higher admission standards. going forward in this legal battle, you start to get any support from 12 states and the district of columbia that follows california pence ——'s district of columbia that follows california pence ——'5 high admission standards? absolutely. the immense ration in a press conference today

was claiming that california is a force in the country to move in its direction. right there they stated a tremendous fiction. states have chosen to adopt california's standards. no state is required to, and california had to apply to receive this waiver with the federal government. it did notjust act alone. and as you can see, the case that the federal government, the trump administration, is making to try to attack california's authority is based on fiction and is very flimsy. as i said, why should we wait for this administration to act for us to continue to watch as mudslides increase, wildfires increase? we are going to continue doing what has made california the economic engine for this country. the california attorney general, thank you for coming on and sharing your response to this latest development. think you. the efforts by the trump administration to overturn environmental regulations stretch far beyond california. his government took a big step

towards opening up alaska's vast wildlife refuge for oil and gas drilling. the trump administration announced plans to the repeal one of the obama era's most sweeping environmental rules taking away federal safeguards from miles of waterways and vast areas of the arid west. it creates colorado as another climate change battleground and from there our north america correspondent, aleem maqbool reports. the north fork valley in colorado is an area of stunning diversity in landscape. lush green valleys besides striking, stark desert terrain, plateau mountains, and dense pine forests. but it also sits on one of the largest shale gas reserves in the us leaving these pockets of untouched splendour severely under threat. perhaps now more than ever. well, this gas well has been in operation not farfrom north fork for many years but the trump

administration is pushing aggressively for more wells to be drilled on public lands, but that includes areas of natural beauty, and even wildlife refuges. in just its first year, the trump administration offered up nearly 12 million acres of public lands to oil and gas companies, six times as much as the obama administration the previous year. this land was only settled 100 years ago... those opposed to energy companies developing here say they are just not being listened to. why are we trashing some of our remarkable landscapes and pristine landscapes just so somebody can make a profit? it doesn't make sense. why the rush to get at these areas that we will never be able to put them back in the same way? but the current administration is proud that us oil and gas production is going up. this is an opportunity maybe for us

to be able to export. we can export now into japan, we have some contracts... but at what expense to the environment? well, again, iwill point to my state. we have some of the most stringent environmental requirements put in place. in fact, environmental regulations like on emissions, on protecting wildlife, on drilling, and pollution have been overturned at an astonishing rate in favour of oil and gas companies. we've seen attacks on some of our most fundamental regulations meant to protect our natural resources. really bedrock environmental regulations and we've seen definite efforts by the trump administration to reduce the amount of input that the community can provide to these important decisions. already, more than 50 rules to protect the environment have been scrapped and all signs are even more on their way out. good for the us oil and gas industry, bad for the environment,

and for climate change. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in the north fork valley, colorado. and stunning vistas there. so going by that example, how committed are world leaders to the sort of revolution that is required to tackle climate change? and what hope is there if the us president is cancelling emission targets and treating it all as one big hoax? next week 193 leaders will gather in new york for the un general assembly, an opportunity perhaps to impart some ambition. we have been hearing earlier in the programme from the uk's ambassador to the un, karen pierce. and i asked her whether donald trump's indifference to the climate change debate made it impossible. the us after all is the world's second—biggest polluter. there is a lot of work going on on climate and we are already behind the targets of the cute global community has set itself. in the un

secretary—general has really been pushing very hard for nation states to speed up there in fermentation and you have british legislative commitment to reduce emissions by net zero by 2050. we are in a different place from the americans on climate for some i'm sure the prime minister will want to raise the climate issue with the president. he has done so before. mrs may did it before him. other european leaders will be doing that with the president. i read a statistic today that the world will need one third more energy by 2040. as people come out of low incomes, and that is the equivalent of the energy currently consumed by china, india, and africa. all three of them together. that is extraordinary. the figures are staggering. in the last 20 years we have not changed our consumption of coal. do you think the 193 l that will get there, do you think they really understand and

are motivated to do something? whether people really understand is a good question. i know the secretary—general is worried certainly in some countries they have not yet internalised exactly what the scale of the problem is and therefore are ready to take steps. but what the un are hoping is that at the beginning of next week, various pledges will be made. and other world leaders willjoin those particular pledges. and then work will begin on mapping out how to implement them. as you have pointed out, we have some catching up to do. the un sets out nine pillars of work where actions are particularly needed. we the brits with egypt and bangladesh are running something on resilience which is all about helping developing countries cope with natural disasters, get better at predictability, get better at recovery. the french for example are looking at financing to help deal

with climate change and there are other parts... you're breaking a deposit working independently? the most important things with you and and others believe that work is critical had been broken down into nine pillars and are each led by a different group of countries. we will be making further commitments under the resilience pillar. we hope some people willjoin us, other people willjoin the french group and so on. hopefully this will help address the issue you have mentioned. but i do not think we should downplay the seriousness of it at all. it is not just it is notjust politicians making commitments to this. we have heard jeff bezos making a climate pension. saying that amazon will meet the ideas of the paris climate agreement ten yea rs ideas of the paris climate agreement ten years ahead of time. reducing emissions is going to be something they're going to make the core of they're going to make the core of the retail giant's strategy doing it

ina number of the retail giant's strategy doing it in a number of ways, buying electric vehicles, about 100,000 over the next few years. you will see that. the other thing they are pledging is about 80% of an amazon's energy coming from renewable sources. they hope to achieve this by 2024. this is sort of something we are seeing in the real world, businesses essentially implement a strategy. it also ties into another issue we have been talking about this week and thatis been talking about this week and that is the role of corporations beyond just towards shareholders but also to other stakeholders. that is good news, isn't it about amazon? i wonder if it will stop this. how many of us get this? and screwdriver and a giant box or a pair of drumsticks? this is tom richardson who ordered a pair of drumsticks and it came in that box. and that is the problem, isn't it? that is a com plete problem, isn't it? that is a complete waste, they could send that out tomorrow and sent it in a back and then we are all happy. i think you see that with a lot of on—time retailers. you get your groceries

and huge boxes and lots of styrofoam and huge boxes and lots of styrofoam and bubble wrap. maybe that will be the next wave. the uk government says it has given the eu ideas on how it intends to replace the irish backstop, in a series of confidential "non—papers". we are told a non—paper is a list of options the uk thinks might be worth discussing at technical level. so, not a formal proposal. the government has made it clear it is not going to put anything like that on the table, until there's a reasonable level of confidence the commission and the council will engage with their offer. so, what might be in these non—papers? well in place of the much maligned backstop, that insurance policy for keeping open the border on the island of ireland. mrjohnson is suggesting a unified single market for agriculture between northern ireland and the republic so that livestock and food can move across the irish border unhindered. there would be customs and regulation checks on the island but away from the border itself. no customs union with the eu for northern ireland or the uk as a whole.

and a so—called "stormont lock". this is the tricky one because it would give the people of northern ireland a unilateral choice over their arrangements. but it is clear that in the background london and dublin are talking extensively. i thought we were going to go to justin trudeau. i do apologise. let's pick that up. leader arlene foster was in dublin to meet the irish prime minister leo varadkar. let's speak to ben lowry, deputy editor of the newsletter, a unionist publication — who's in belfast. good to see you. the uk has sent some doc mr brussels ahead of these technical talks from office of do you get the sense from a unionist perspective that is helping?m you get the sense from a unionist perspective that is helping? it is nearing but only slightly. i think the dup alone uses very careful language. they are on for the boris johnson plan but that borisjohnson plant seems to me in long way from

what the irish government wants and what the irish government wants and what the irish government wants and what the eu want to. and what the backstop britain agreed to was which is it is a comic in thing. northern ireland would stay fully in the single market and northern ireland would stay in the customs union. —— it isa would stay in the customs union. —— it is a complicated thing. but northern ireland would potentially forever be on the eu side of the divide. now by what unionist say is bringing the thing that has the most cross—border cross land trade which is agriculture and effectively accepting that would forever be decided by the eu, no one uses language as blunt as that. it's a very big move. it is a big move by unionist. there are hard—won unionist. there are hard—won unionist who would not like it, but it seems a long way from what dublin would accept. —— hard—line unionists. it does put pressure on dublin to move somewhat in response. 0k, dublin to move somewhat in response. ok, let's talk a little bit about the stormont walk. there is no

assembly in northern ireland at the moment. but there is a think and eagerness to get it back up and running. the issue i see for unionists is this. if you did not have an opt out for the eu was from brussels overtime into the future, northern ireland would begin to look much more like ireland, part of the european union and slowly drift away from the rest of great britain. imaginea from the rest of great britain. imagine a scenario that is a big success. people who are anti—brexit scoff at that idea but at least it isa scoff at that idea but at least it is a possibility. imagine that britain begins to diverge over the decades more and more from the european union. the european union begins to break apart or whatever. if you have the backstop as originally was, a full backstop, northern ireland would forever be on the eu side of that. i have been looking at this for coming up to two yea rs looking at this for coming up to two years since the backstop came in talking to experts and even experts don't agree on what the

constitutional implications of that are. by bringing it back to the assembly, again it is putting a little bit of pressure on the eu and ireland to suggest that. remember what happened in 2017? theresa may even though she was backed up by the dup did this deal and then there was a phone call from arlene foster and so on, theresa may came back in a few days they put forward a revised deal which included a stormont walk which is for the assembly here. now one thing for unionists here to say is that britain pushed home and that, and when we got through to the withdrawal agreement, that was gone. the stormont moment —— element was gone. at the same time, again the picture, there is debate whether stormont could do much about it because the entirety of the european union when it comes to regulation changes is not going to be stop by stormont. is so much still to discuss. so little time, but ben lowry, grateful for your time. thank

you. we will need the latest from justin trudeau who is speaking live in winnipeg. this is beyond 100 days. still to come, we'll be speaking to one of the parents behind this newly—released video, showing how everyday items can be used to survive a school shooting. the rugby world cup kicks off in japan tomorrow, that's the weekend sorted, with the hosts playing russia in tokyo. all 48 matches of the tournament are expected to be sold out — despite japan not being a traditional rugby nation. katie gornall reports. tokyo is a sprawling enchanting city. it's a place where the moderns nestles alongside the traditional. and it's a new frontier for a sport hoping to make a good impression. excitement is building. 15,000 people turned upjust

to watch wales train in southern japan, and the country's commissioner for sports believes this tournament could leave a lasting legacy. translation: this is the first time the world cup is coming to a country that has no tradition in rugby. for us injapan, we are really excited to have the tournament. so i am hoping that the rugby becomes part of our culture. for that to happen, more children need to pick up a rugby ball. right now these boys at this high school in tokyo are in the minority. they hope the world cup will change that. translation: since we japanese don't know much about rugby, i'm hoping that we get a better understanding. all the best players from all over the world are coming to japan. so i'm going to watch them play and try to learn something from them. four years ago, they taught south africa a lesson when they beat the two—time champions in their opening game. it went down as the biggest upset in the tournament's history, and has raised expectations at this world cup. here in downtown tokyo, you do get the sense that japan is embracing this world cup.

there are posters and adverts for the big stars all around here. but of course what will really help capture the public‘s imagination is excitement on the pitch. and there are signs that this could be the most open world cup yet. it's unfamiliar territory but in the neon glow ofjapan, rugby might have found a new home. katie gornall, bbc news, tokyo. a day after photos immersionjustin trudeau wearing black face immersion 2001, a new video emerged of a similar episode from the 19905. the canadian premise or said he is sorry for the pictures and has been speaking in winnipeg. for the pictures and has been speaking in winnipeglj for the pictures and has been speaking in winnipeg. i want to begin by saying a few words to racialized canadians who face this

commission every time an everyday day and there was even in place in canada. what i did hurt them, hurt people who shouldn't have to face intolerance and discrimination because of their identity. this is something that i deeply, deeply regret. darkening yourface regardless of the context or the circumstances is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface. that was a statement that the canadian premise are made a few minutes ago. he is taking questions and what step into a bit of that. and he is talking in french and english. hopefully he will switch to english. hopefully he will switch to english shortly. speaks french he was... he was

repeating the same and he was making in english. the families of children killed in the sandy hook massacre have put out a video, showing how everyday items can be used to survive a school shooting. sandy hook promise is the organisation behind the ad, they're a not—for—profit which aims to educate schools and communities about the warning signs before an act of violence happens. 20 children and six staff members were killed at the school in connecticut when a gunman opened fire with a semi—automatic weapon back in 2012. we don't need to tell you how many incidents there have been since. in a moment we'll be speaking to one of the campaign's founders, but first let's take a look at the clip. just a warning — some viewers may find the content and style of the video upsetting. these new sneakers are just what i needed for the new year. screaming. gunfire. thisjacket is a real must—have. my parents got me the skateboa rd i wanted. it's pretty cool. gunfire. alarm ringing. these scissors really come in handy in our class.

joining us now is nicole hockley, co—founder of the sandy hook promise. nicole, why did you put this video out, what was it that you were trying to get across? what we're trying to get across? what we're trying to get across? what we're trying to do with this video is to bring to parents attention the reality of what our kids are experiencing in schools today in america. it is a little satirical about using these back—to—school essentials to survive a school shooting, but it is really promoting the point that the only real essential that is needed is to recognise the signs of violence and ta ke recognise the signs of violence and take action to intervene. but pa rents take action to intervene. but parents aren't just take action to intervene. but parents aren'tjust in touch with active shooter drills and walk down drills that our kids are going through and practising all the time rather than reactionary tactical strategies and what to do when violence occurs we should be teaching them how to prevent it from happening in the first place. presumably this is all very

personal. you lost your six—year—old son dylan but you have another son jake who you had to take back to school. yes, jake is now in year ten. he is 15 years old now. and he has seen this psa as well and is proud of the work we did. both of my children were born in england, we lived there for 18 years and never encountered gun violence and yet within two years of moving back to america, my august son was killed in his first grade classroom. that's an a cce pta ble his first grade classroom. that's an acceptable and parents here need to understand that this is not normal in america. —— my youngest son was killed. schools should be the safest bases to be in a community. killed. schools should be the safest bases to be in a communitylj bases to be in a community.” congratulate you on your video and shows how the horror is. tell me what bills are in congress and the moment and what you hope will get past. bring that there are bills stalled in congress for universal background checks to ensure appropriate access and for things

like extremist protection orders so that you know the signs of someone who is at risk there are actions you can take to temporary separate them from theirfires. can take to temporary separate them from their fires. nicole hockley thank you. thank you for watching. hello again. for many of us it's been a glorious day with, in many cases, clear blue, sunny skies thanks to an area of high pressure. it seems like this is pretty commonplace and what a glorious picture that is from conway in north wales. but it wasn't sunny everywhere. northern scotland had thicker cloud that loitered in the northern isles but it did tend to clear away from mainland. we did have times of the day in scotland where there was a grey picture, even drizzle a round earlier in argyll and bute. overnight tonight, we could see a little bit of drizzle at times in shetland, but otherwise it is a dry night with clear skies initially. mist and fog patches are likely to develop in northern ireland, north—west england, southern and central areas of scotland. so it could be quite a murky start for some. it's also going to quite chilly,

temperature seven to 10 degrees in the towns and cities. in the countryside, temperatures will be lower, perhaps down to around 2 degrees or so. a cold start for some of us on friday morning, the mist and fog taking a while to clear away and then the sunshine coming out. cloudy start in shetland, but eventually we will see the sunnier skies working into shetland as we head through the afternoon. it will be a warmer day tomorrow with temperatures reaching into the low 20s, 21,22 degrees or so, fairly typical temperatures. first part of the weekend, things looking good weather—wise. south easterly winds bringing warmer airfrom france, so if anything temperatures will be that little bit higher. any early morning mist patches will lift quickly this time with more of a breeze around. the onshore winds keeping things cooler around the coastline of north—east england, eastern scotland. later in the day we may see signs of a change with showers breaking out across western areas. but ahead of that it is a warmer kind of day — temperatures up to 24 degrees

in cardiff and 24 in london. the second half of the weekend sees a cold front move its way into the country but there is a lot of uncertainty about exactly where this area of rain is going to be. the areas most likely to see rain, wales and south—west england. the best chance of staying dry — towards the north—east of the uk. some uncertainty with the details about where this band of rain will end up. what isn't uncertain though is we will see a change to cooler and fresher conditions for northern ireland, wales and south—west england. that's your weather.

this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm: displeasure at buckingham palace, after david cameron reveals he sought the queen's help ahead of the scottish independence referendum. not asking for anything that would be in any way improper or unconstitutional, butjust a raising of the eyebrow. judges at the supreme court will rule early next week on whether borisjohnson's decision to suspend parliament in the run—up to brexit was lawful. the death of pc andrew harper — prosecutors drop a murder charge against a 20—year—old man. three teenagers appear in court charged with murder. japan catches rugby fever. the world cup is held there for the first time,