you're watching beyond 100 days. america withdraws, russia fills the void. we are entering a new phase in the syrian conflict over which the west has no control. president trump says he will support sanctions in turkey, but so far as having the desired effect in ankara. the queen speech new legislative programme. but it will all count for naught unless boris johnson programme. but it will all count for naught unless borisjohnson secures a brexit deal and wins an election he has yet to be granted. also when the programme... also when the programme... a new week, and with it, a fresh stack of impeachment drama. a series of former trump officials give

evidence relating to the now infamous phone call with the ukrainian leader. plus the story of the two women who ended up having a lot more in common than just the driveway. you kind of know your neighbour, because you never know, it could be your sister you have been looking for! hello and welcome. i'm michelle fleury in washington. christian fraser is in london. the united nations says more than 100,000 people have been displaced asa 100,000 people have been displaced as a result of turkey‘s advance into northern syria. today, the turks we re northern syria. today, the turks were pushing deeper, a syrian government troops, newly allied to the kurds, began to deploy along the border. the syrian forces are backed by russia. turkey is a member of the nato alliance. ankara and moscow do have open channels of dialogue, but the risks don't really need explaining. meanwhile, the americans are bringing forward the withdrawal

of their troops. around 1000 will be relocated to iraq orjordan. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin is on the turkey— syria border. rolling into a hero's welcome. troops of the assad regime. they have been handed victory without firing a shot. arriving today in this town. look who's back. the kurds had to invite the regime in after washington left them alone to face a turkish invasion. and in this town, it is now in asad's hands, and his loyalists are resurfacing. i have kept this picture hidden for yea rs, i have kept this picture hidden for years, he says, waiting for this day. but not everyone here is celebrating. we met this man and his

family ona celebrating. we met this man and his family on a turkish side of the border. he was planning to go home once the militia were gone. not now. translation: i was shocked when they told me that the regime is now in control. we were happy when the turkish army went in. we were hoping to go back and live happily in our village. no one can go back with the regime there. his young relative mohammed wants to study medicine in the uk. he can't see a future in his homeland. i think this idea is impossible, because i think the syrian war is endless. does that make you feel sad? i am feeling sad for my country, for my people, what i can do for them. this is the latest phase in the endless war. turkey continues to pound northern syria. here, a drone

strike allegedly targeting a kurdish ammunition supply. we work with the precision of a jeweller, president erdogan claimed today. but the civilian death toll is growing. and what of islamic state prisoners being held by the kurds? well, turkey claims they were long gone when it entered this prison. ankara blames the kurds for freeing them. but turkey has opened the door toa them. but turkey has opened the door to a dangerous escalation here, and there are fears that it could move rapidly out of control. just before coming on air, i spoke to 0rla from the turkey— syria border. us troops have pulled out, the kurds are teaming up with syria, and things seem to be shifting remarkably quickly. how does it look from where you are standing?m remarkably quickly. how does it look from where you are standing? in less than a week, president erdogan has created a dangerous new reality here. north—eastern syria has been

turned into a battle ground. the latest figures from the united nations are that about 160,000 people have been displaced, and now we have a shift in the balance of power. the kurds have had no option but to throw themselves on the mercy of the assad regime, because they feel utterly abandoned, and have been abandoned, in effect, by their allies the americans, so they have had to turn back to president assad. his troops have been moving into towns today. we know american troops are going to be pulled back from the border, so this is a new moment, and there is a fear this is a situation that could spiral very quickly out of control. internationally now, a growing sense of crisis. but the latest we have heard from president erdogan is really the same message we have had from him from the beginning —— no change. he has said again today that he will press on with this offensive, with this invasion of northern syria, though thatis invasion of northern syria, though that is not a phrase he uses. but he says he will press on with his

operation, no matter who says what. he says that international criticism is not something he is prepared to listen to. he has said that he will continue until victory is assured. you have got the us and europeans threatening retaliation is, whether thatis threatening retaliation is, whether that is through sanctions or other measures. are there any signs that this increased pressure from the international community is working? so far, no, and i have to say, president erdogan is absolutely friendless in this endeavour. you will not find an international voice in support of him now. quite the reverse. there is an absolute crescendo of condemnation, which has been building steadily over the past six days, since this offensive began. there is criticism from the eu, from the arab league, from the united nations secretary—general, who said again today that he is gravely concerned. he called for restraint and negotiation, and he warned about the risk of unintended

consequences, specifically, that people connected with iis would be able to gain their freedom in the chaos of this turkish military offensive. —— connected with i asked. we know that has already happened. 0ne jailbreak involved five iis fighters, and then there was a camp where hundreds of people, mainly women and children who were connected with islamic state, relatives of is fighters, managed to get free when that camp came under attack by turkish forces. so there isa attack by turkish forces. so there is a real sense here that this very volatile situation could spiral very easily even further out of control, andi easily even further out of control, and i think that is why the international pressure is so acute now, but the indications from president erdogan are that for now, at least, he intends to fight on. 0 rla at least, he intends to fight on. 0rla guerin, thank you so much for bringing us the view on the ground on the border between turkey and syria. let's get the thoughts of a former state department adviser, now professor of middle east studies and

international affairs atjohns hopkins university. we heard all of their saying the turkish president will not back down from this syria offensive. at the same time, it does seem as offensive. at the same time, it does seem as if we are headed towards an increasingly dangerous confrontation? well, once you start a military offensive, countries don't easilyjust back down, because they are getting criticisms from the outside. president erdogan has now made a strategic decision that the kurds are an existential threat to turkey, and he is going to push them away from the turkish border and in that sense, is also banking on domestic political support. the kurds are a sensitive issue within turkey. turks and kurds have been at disagreement, and i think unless there is domestic push back against them, he will not cease. he is in them, he will not cease. he is in the middle of a military campaign. he will not stop now. if he did, he would probably fall from power. so i

think it is foolhardy to think that you are going to hold this up. i think if he were to respond to international pressure, it would be after a point in the campaign. he must get to a plateau and then maybe he will pause and see where he is. i think in terms of his calculation, president putin and russia are far more important than the rest. i think erdogan is dismissing western criticism is something they have to do to please their own home constituencies, and in particular, president trump. he gave him the green light, and he is turning round saying, we will put sanctions on him if he does not do this very nicely and cleanly, but in reality, where the line is going to stop, how far it is going to go, whether this does actually become a dangerous confrontation, or that assad and erdogan arrive at an agreement, is up erdogan arrive at an agreement, is up to putin. i want to read you this tweet from president trump, who was speaking about isis prisoners. he started by saying...

the key thing, though, at the end of that tweet, he says, do people really think we should go to war with nato member turkey. where does this leave nato in the middle of this? you have got the us and turkey, both members of nato.|j think turkey has been drifting away from nato for some time, and this will actually help that, but the reality is that the united states at some point had to make this choice. they could have done it much better, prepared the ground much better, but turkey will never accept 50,000 — 60,000 armed kurds on its border. it would just never have happened. and others including syria, iran, turkey, none of them would have accepted another autonomous kurdish region. so technically, the us would have had to have been prepared to stay in syria for the long term in order to protect these turkish fighters, and i think... and alli? and alli. and i think right now, the

isis issue is the issue everyone refers to, but isis is giving up its militia in syria. there are 60,000 armed fighters that belong to the us military ina armed fighters that belong to the us military in a way, and the united states just gave them up. military in a way, and the united statesjust gave them up. the syrians who are advancing to the border, they are poorly equipped and lighter numbers, and finding it difficult to advance even to idlib. so they are no real match for the turks. the concern within the state department must be that russia must come in behind them to support this advance? i think russia will negotiate a sort of line of fire between the syrians and the turks. the syrians right now are gaining tremendous political advantage. they are basically creating an alliance with the kurds that is going to a lwa ys with the kurds that is going to always be against the anti—s said,

isis, al—nusra fighters that were fighting assad. so in no way, this fits assad's desire to assert authority over syria. but i don't think assad wants to go to war with turkey, nor did the turks want to stay deep into syria indefinitely, so stay deep into syria indefinitely, so at some point, they have to negotiate with the endgame looks like. we have no say, the uk nor europe, in that negotiation. it will be done by president putin. absolutely. really interesting to hear your thoughts. thank you very much for being with us this evening. i have to pick up on one of the tweets president trump sent today, and bear in mind the context. we have is prisoners escaping from prison is that are manned by the kurds, we have got reports of summary kurds, we have got reports of summary executions in northern syria, we have the involvement of the russians, american troops withdrawing... what does the president tweet this morning? this.

well, he is a master of distraction, and of course, this at a time when his decision in syria has drawn so much criticism from across both sides, including many in his own party. he has not even given us the number two vote! the state 0pening two vote! the state opening of parliament, anyway. a british tradition that closes one legislative session and opens the next. normally reserved for a government with a working majority. these are not normal times. the conservative party has a majority of —42, but then, getting the queen to read out all the policies you will present at the general election, which you are hoping to have very soon, is perhaps not the worst idea. no matter that the speech the queen gave is likely to be defeated in the commons whenever it is put to the vote, either this week or next. still, it was all the good spectacle. the queen, as is traditional, arrived at the palace of westminster ina arrived at the palace of westminster in a carriage procession, later delivering that speech from the

throne in the house of lords are flanked, as you can see, by the prince of wales. the speech was in fa ct prince of wales. the speech was in fact the longest since 2014. it contained no fewer than 26 beaches of legislation —— pieces of legislation for the coming year. lots of pomp and ceremony there. the opening line of the speech, prepared for her, it should be said, the queen noted that it was her government's priority to secure the uk's departure from the eu by the sist uk's departure from the eu by the 31st of october. a third of the new bills proposed relate to brexit. there is a new withdrawal bill along with new immigration, farming and fisheries legislation. elsewhere, all the standard stuff you might expect. plans to strengthen the health care system, address violent crime, improve education, broadband, trains, and so on. yes, pretty ambitious for sure. achievable? maybe not. here is what the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, had to say about the prime

minister'splans. there has never been such a farce as a government with a majority of —45 and... and a 100% record of defeat in the house of commons, setting out a legislative agenda they know cannot be delivered in this parliament. we arejoined now be delivered in this parliament. we are joined now by mike russell, be delivered in this parliament. we arejoined now by mike russell, a member of the scottish national party, and he joins member of the scottish national party, and hejoins us from the snp conference in aberdeen, which is halfway through. thank you for coming on the programme. if i could kick off by saying, is borisjohnson -- if kick off by saying, is borisjohnson —— if boris johnson kick off by saying, is borisjohnson —— if borisjohnson can get any kind of deal, a big if, is that something members of your party could get behind? no. there is no question of getting behind a deal of the nature that boris johnson getting behind a deal of the nature that borisjohnson is talking about. johnson is not even behind his own deal. if it is what we believe it is, it was the type of deal he resigned from the cabin is over. we

have offered, and i am the scottish government minister responsible for brexit and negotiating with the uk, we offered a compromise in december 2016 that allowed everybody to move forward on the basis of staying in the single market and customs union. this was rejected. borisjohnson‘s proposals today would be disastrous for scotland. the end of freedom of movement would be disastrous for the city i sending in, aberdeen. so we will not be voting for it. but then, we don't know if it will ever pass the house of commons. indeed, we don't know if there is a deal. the prime minister of finland this afternoon were saying there wasn't enough time to come to a deal for the european council this week. that bodes rather real for what boris johnson wants to do. mr russell, ian blackford told your conference yesterday that the snp have prepared a confidence motion against the government. why? because you can't advance that motion. well, you can't advance that motion. well, you can't advance that motion. well, you can always table a confidence motion and encourage people to vote for it. it is the role of labour to do that. well, no, it is the role of

any opposition party, according to the rules of the house of commons. they are entitled to do it. the labour advantages, they get it taken automatically, whereas other opposition parties don't. we are the second largest opposition party. what a general election is the right thing at this time. we need to secure the fact that there would not bea no secure the fact that there would not be a no deal and the legislation exists for that, and it is astonishing that borisjohnson has insisted that the queen read out the date of leaving, when, if there is no deal, that date would be illegal. and once that is secured in terms of their not being a departure under a no deal, there could be a general election. i hope labour and the liberal democrats, and ourselves and plied comrie and the greens will support that with those tories who are no longer members of the tory party and produce a result. -- plaid cymru. it is interesting you put it in that order, because the many people on the labour benches would wa nt people on the labour benches would want a referendum first. you clearly don't want brexit of any description. if he proposed a

referendum, that could be your best opportunity to see it off, to see brexit off? there is a hierarchy of things that are desirable. we have said we think an election is now necessary, and they should be one. we have also said if that doesn't happen...m they should be one. we have also said if that doesn't happen... if he went for a referendum first, would you support that? we would support an election first, if an election doesn't happen, then we would support a referendum. what we won't support a referendum. what we won't support is a terrible deal that would be immensely destructive to scotland, and when we did not vote for, and that is the key issue. scotland, and when we did not vote for, and that is the key issuelj scotland, and when we did not vote for, and that is the key issue. i am just interested in the order you put it, though. you are saying an election first and referendum. many on the labour benches say the reverse. and there is still dialogue going on. you and i are not members of the house of commons. there is dialogue going on there about how we should move forward. what we need to see is the people's voice being heard. what we are hearing is boris johnson's voice, and that is not a voice with which scotland agrees. mike russell from the snp conference in aberdeen, thank you forjoining us on in aberdeen, thank you forjoining us on the show.

and as he points out, a busy week. the queen's speech kicked things off, but there is a lot more to come on the brexit front. that's right, a critical week, we have, of course, the uk and eu likely needing to have a brexit deal in place by wednesday so it can be signed up ahead of that eu summit which begins on thursday. that is the european council coming together in brussels. eu leaders will either give the deal the green light or consider offering an extension to article 50. then, the uk parliament will meet on saturday, super saturday, as it has been built, for a special sitting. if there is a brexit deal on offer, the prime minister could try to get approval for it. mps could also try to hold a second referendum or might even be asked to vote for no deal. it is also a function of the law requiring the prime minister to brussels and asked for an extension if there is no deal agreed under the ban act.

let's speak to catherine haddon for the institute for government, they're in westminster. we talk about this queen's speech as being a party political broadcast today. if a queen's speech is voted down, normally, someone else takes over, but we are not in normal times, are we? we are not, and it has been a very unusual queen's speech from that point of view. you would expect if the fixed—term parliaments act came into play, if the government lost its speech, it would try to have an election or resign in favour of the opposition. the difficulty is, at the moment, the government does want that general election, but the opposition are not granting them it, and at the moment, there is not a clear alternative government that can be formed, so that allows the government to stay in place, and thatis government to stay in place, and that is the real difficulty with what happens over the next week. talk hypotheticals for me, if you would. we know what saturday is slated for, for the commons to debate the deal that he hopefully

comes back with. but let's say there is no deal. what with the purpose of it be? from the government point of view, it might be an opportunity to try and put some form of vote down on no deal, because remember, the benn act says that if the commons has not voted for a deal or in favour of no deal, you have got to ask for an extension, and that would be the government's opportunity to show that parliament has rejected its preferred option. so if we are all about gearing up for an election, that is an opportunity to do that. of course, it might also be a chance when the other parties try and get hold of the agenda again. it is more difficult for them to do so. it depends on how the day's proceedings go. they meet at 9:30am that morning, but we expect the government at the moment to be in control of the day's events. another scenario that is being discussed is, on the off chance that a deal is within reach but may be more time is needed, what happens this saturday?

is there a chance that parliament would allow that to drag on? would they require borisjohnson to seek an extension? would he accept that? where would that leave us? again, thatis where would that leave us? again, that is going to come down to the politicians to decide, and the opposition to decide if they will support it. it is theoretically possible of the european council, the eu and uk, cannot come to a deal but feel like one is close, they might be able to fit in a special counsel to get that through, and that might need a short extension, partly to get through this saturday deadline for the benn act's call for a deadline to be extended. thank you for explaining all of that to us. christian, this is the key thing people have been going back and forward about. it is this extension idea, if talks, given how complicated things are, if more time is needed, what does borisjohnson do? he has been so opposed to asking foran do? he has been so opposed to asking for an extension and so wedded to

that 0ctober for an extension and so wedded to that october the 31st deadline. yes, and! that october the 31st deadline. yes, and i noticed steve baker was asked today if he would over an extension if it was a technical one, and he did not give an answer. this might be why. look at the polling figures. in the last couple of weeks, the tories have sort of pulled a lead, an eight—point lead on average. ido on average. i do not think that is it! there you go. 34%. the lib dems are on 18%, and labourat there you go. 34%. the lib dems are on 18%, and labour at the moment are stuck on a fairly miserable 26 points. but the polling guru john curtice was writing in the times this morning, a six—point lead would leave the tories with no more than 313 seats, so still struggling to form a majority. but with an eight—point lead, that could give them an extra 10—12 seats. so they have the brexit party breathing down their neck, the idea that we leave, do ordie, and their neck, the idea that we leave, do or die, and october 31 working for them. do they really want to test that lead by saying they want a

few weeks? yes, we have this agreement in principle, but we need agreement in principle, but we need a few months to get the technical and legal thing sorted out. that could be problematic in those polls. it is an existential threat to the conservative party. as borisjohnson said, kick the can, kick the bucket. right, let's bring you some live pictures from catalonia and barcelona. look at those crowds gather there tonight. and they are gathered there because in madrid today, they have sentenced those who we re today, they have sentenced those who were in prominent positions during catalonia's vote on independence. not the 25 year sentences that prosecutors had sought, but some fairly stiff sentences for 12 people who were jailed for expressing their political beliefs. in some insta nces, political beliefs. in some instances, you would think there might be quite a reaction in the european union, but we have not had much of an outcry elsewhere in europe. but certainly, angry scenes there in barcelona, and a quite

indignant statement today from the former catalan president, who you will remember, escaped to belgium before he could be arrested in 2017. i think we are hearing nine people so i think we are hearing nine people so far have been jailed. nine politicians and a few activists, yes, alongside them. so some fairly stiff sentences. the vice presidency is the most senior of those who were sentenced in madrid today. —— the vice president. and clearly a lot of anger there in barcelona. the us navy celebrated its 244th birthday on sunday. happy birthday indeed! and what better way for a politician in 2019 to send his or her best wishes to the military than via twitter? yes, but as a republican congressman of florida learned, do check, check, check again your stock images.

because the ship he posted was not pa rt because the ship he posted was not part of the us navy fleet, but rather, the russian battle cruiser! eagle eyed twitter users pointed that out. good afternoon. pretty wet weather on the way for many parts of the uk for the remainder of today, and for some, the prospect of torrential downpours as we see intense thunderstorms crowding into the south—east of england and east anglia in the coming hours. 0n the roads, conditions are likely to be treacherous. more persistent rain across the midlands, but we are more concerned with these showers, running on into next evening. eventually, they will push out into the north sea, along with this area of rain, and some mist and fog develops, with light areas behind the rain. still some showers to the west overnight, but generally a dry picture by tuesday morning. pretty

mild on the whole, a few chilly spots in rural scotland. for tuesday, a much drier day in comparison to today, and i think there will be the chance of seeing some sunshine too, although where we just have the remnants of that area of low pressure in the north sea, we could continue to feed in some cloud to eastern areas of scotland and eastern england. it will take awhile for some mist and fog to lift across england and wales, but in comparison to today, relatively dry story, light winds, and top temperatures in the mid teens. no need to cast your eye too far west to see our next band of rain, waiting to come in. worst of that pushing its way through overnight into wednesday. they will be a very wet night. some of this rain will be heavy and it could be thundery as well. by wednesday daytime, very wet to start across central and eastern parts of england, but come the afternoon, a lot of sunshine here. the same for northern ireland, scotland getting stuck with some lingering showers in the second part of the day. but

after a wet night, wednesday daytime as it fares at the moment not looking too bad. the timing of that rain subject to a little change. the story for the remainder of the week, has us all struggling to avoid the downpours. a deep area of low pressure will also mean some fairly strong winds. this is the fellow i am talking about. it comes to sit across the uk on thursday and friday and whips bands of showers across its centre. so in some areas, showers could merge into longer, more persistent spells of rain, and there could be some very showery prospects for all of us on thursday and friday.

this is beyond 100 days. we are in washington and london. our top stories, borisjohnson sets out his plans for britain endocrine speech but overshadowing them is if the uncertainty of the deal over brexit. coming up in the next half hour, president trump's top russian adviser testifies in the impeachment inquiry examining dealings with ukraine. potential evidence that russia is behind the attacks on hospitals and rebel head parts of syria and we will talk to one of the investigative journalist who uncovered the story.

26 new pieces of legislation in today's cream speech, everything from crime to care for the elderly but everybody knows there is no prospect of that legislative programme being delivered unless and until boris johnson has programme being delivered unless and until borisjohnson has returned with a majority. those fortunes are closely entwined with what happens this week in brussels. something happened last week that gave boris johnson and his irish counterpart cause for optimism and although we don't know all the details, not yet there has been plenty written about it this weekend. it is called a dual customs system. so under this plan northern ireland would be the eu western union with the rest of the uk, but with a package of tariffs on all those goods entering from great britain. the items that stay a night in ireland as part of the uk custom system would be eligible for a

rebate. eu tariff rates would only apply to those goods across the northern ireland border into the republic and of course the eu single market but it's complex. what happens for instance in a multilayered supply chain, how do you keep track of those goods and stop smuggling? and so on. there are a mountain of legal issues that concern the eu. with all these intricacies to deal with, what is the eu perspective on whether or not a beer can actually be struck this week? how are you up more from brussels. you need there is hope for a beer but the question is when. germany, france and all the other eu member states meet at the fa can actually live with. be wary of getting something done last minute just to get it done and over with could leave them with problems in their single market or for the northern ireland peace process for yea rs northern ireland peace process for years to come. negotiation could continue today and that means dumping block remains how to replace the average backstop particularly when it comes to customs. so you

have to ask if all of that can really be solved in three days' time when eu leaders descend on brussels for their sonic. the political where we is fact and dubbing a crucial player in all of this as well as powers of france and germany but actually, their eyes are from it —— for me on monday. and the mounting pressure on boris johnson. for me on monday. and the mounting pressure on borisjohnson. he's the one who promised then you brexit deal this week and he's the one who said who would not be asking for a new brexit extension. so the eu hope is that under all this pressure, the prime minister will feel obliged to ta ke prime minister will feel obliged to take it towards the preprepared and preferred eu option which is essentially to keep northern ireland and the easier customs union after brexit and the prime minister said he absolutely does not want to do this and so if he does not, then all is not lost for those in the eu who wa nt is not lost for those in the eu who want a beer because the illegal brexit deadline is the end of this month, not this week and of course if there is a request for a new

brexit extension than that brexit deadline willjust brexit extension than that brexit deadline will just jump forward brexit extension than that brexit deadline willjustjump forward once again. joining us from westminster is that brexit spokesperson, got too happy with us. i heard the with gary be there this morning and she says the prime minister assured her yesterday that know the details would be afforded to anybody in northern in this process, is that your understanding? we will be seeing from borisjohnson so far this simple proposal will not be a cce pta ble this simple proposal will not be acceptable to you up and want to be a cce pta ble acceptable to you up and want to be acceptable to you up and want to be acceptable to people of ireland. we are all in the dark, it's only boris johnson who are in the light when it comes to the proposals on the table. if there even our proposals. we know that you up have sat down what we consider to be very fair guidelines in all of this. in the protection of our peace protest and that fighting agreement and to be able to do that and to meet those deadlines, the british government have to live up

to their responsibilities of that peace process and understand there can never be any hardening of the border on the border of iran, that simply not acceptable and the proposal and was never and never acceptable. the british government need to need to get to be you and me to understand that our peace process is the bottom line and all of this and they need to understand when all the negotiations and talk and theatrics of this today comes to one and the backstop is ultimately what was negotiated and compromised on and that's what we are going with.|j resume sinn fein has spoken and do you have any idea what sparked big change in the lead in dublin because there was a change in mood on thursday. i think information around borisjohnson has thursday. i think information around boris johnson has been thursday. i think information around borisjohnson has been kept fairly tight—lipped but there can be no doubt that boris johnson has tight—lipped but there can be no doubt that borisjohnson has had to move substantially and that is the

information that is being provided because the irish and their only too well that he cannot be responsible for any hardening of the board and he does not... would a dual customs system work? i think the european system work? i think the european system has outlined a number of problems with this process and they area number of problems with this process and they are a number of issues with goods into the european union and there is a lot of information that would still have to be categorised and catalogued in those situations but that's work that has to be outlined andi that's work that has to be outlined and i think the bottom line and out of this is that there must not be any hardening of the border and any customs arrangements on the island of ireland and let eberly boris johnson needs to bring the parliament to that final line that's what he has to do. however we have little in this house of ps beside me had his evening they have rejected every single proposal that has been put on the table so far and that's why we remain strong in our line and

they must remain firm in whatever is done so. you talk about redlines, i guess you could argue boris johnson's red line is he wants britain to leave the customs union, is there any scenario under which you can see some sort of deal that accommodates that being reached? borisjohnson accommodates that being reached? boris johnson wanting accommodates that being reached? borisjohnson wanting british to believe it is entitled to wanting put to leave, the people of england and wales billeted to be the people of northern ireland did not vote to be if we voted to remain, there is no mandate whatsoever for brexit on our island and i think this is what borisjohnson our island and i think this is what boris johnson and brexiteers our island and i think this is what borisjohnson and brexiteers have to come to terms with. they can have their brexit but they must believe ina way their brexit but they must believe in a way that protects and respects irish interests and the fighting agreement. thank you so much for joining us. it is also the start of another busy week here in the

impeachment inquiry examining the beatings the president, his administration and his allies have with ukraine. there are some of the photos you need to know. appearing for us this week is the former top russia adviser, and she is testifying behind closed doors before three house committee today and she left the administration in the summer before trying's phone call with ukraine in the event took place that should be familiar with the events leading up to eight and she may face questions about how records of the president's phone call with foreign leaders was stopped. another key witness is gordon sunderland, the us ambassador to be european union found the text m essa g es to be european union found the text messages he exchanged with this man, bill taylor who was the acting us ambassador in the ukraine. at some point mr taylor seemed to be under the impression according to text m essa g es the impression according to text messages said that military aid was dependent on the investigation into the bidens and the other key figure of course in all of this is rudy giuliani and it is meant‘s presnel

counsel who is under criminal investigation. the suspicion is that they were operating a ukraine policy outside of the national security council. a sort of shadow diplomacy. despite efforts by the white house to stonewall the investigation what is clear from the witness list and documents being requested is that house democrats are draining into two areas, ukraine and obstruction of justice. from what two areas, ukraine and obstruction ofjustice. from what we are doing now by a former us assistant attorney and author of how to read the constitution and thank you for joining us on the programme. starting with the testifying behind closed doors today, how significant is the information she will be able to provide investigators today? she's probably not one of the most critical witnesses in the overall investigation but we don't have like we did with whitewater 18 who did this where congress has to go methodically step—by—step. she will talk about the protocols and the

institution of the state department generally and how they would have treated the information and also whether the training ambassador being sent home might have had something to do with the discomfort around this ask for a criminal investigation by the ukraine into a political bible of president trump. 0ver political bible of president trump. over the weekend, we heard from adam schiff, basically suggesting on american tv that the whistle—blower who initiated the complaint brought all of this delight might not be asked to testify for safety reasons. is that necessary that that whistle—blower come forward or not? i actually don't think it's necessary , i actually don't think it's necessary, i think this is one area of confusion where a gem administration talked about the credibility of the whistle—blower but that's really a hand off of the baton on this issue and on the story to be the first this first hand witness is and get subpoenaed documents and talk to people that we re documents and talk to people that were involved and it looks like the

com plete were involved and it looks like the complete stonewall effort is not working, we are seeing witnesses complained that the white house has limited power to stop people from complying with the congressional process. all this boils down to whether there was a quid pro quo and whether there was a quid pro quo and whether there was a quid pro quo and whether the ukrainians thought there was a quid pro quo and whether those in mind administration thought can i bring up these texts from bill taylor that we were talking about in the introduction. bill taylor says based on one of these text messages. and the reply was:. clearly when you look at that military was under some impression that they have to get an assurance from the ukrainians. two pieces here. we don't necessarily need a quid pro quo for this to be problematic and impeachable conduct because you could make the argument

that the president using the power of the office to essentially aid himself in the election to the president the regarding of whether or not but included the holding back a $400 million or not expressly an event itself to be an abuse of office. we see from the summary of the transcript at the white house release we see from those pretty damaging text messages that this is any was than understanding and the timing of the withholding of the eight and there was an understanding that what they do this for me or else and that most of us into common law, potential common—law crimes and extension which bribery is expressed in addition to possible campaign finance violations which could be triggered just by virtue of making the request even if it was not tied toa the request even if it was not tied to a withholding of the aid. thank you for talking us through the latest on this investigation. 0ther the weekend the new york times

appointed that pretty graphic and violent video was shown this was at a meeting of president trump support there is and it depicted a likeness of the president shooting, stabbing, and assaulting his political opponents from everyone including john mccain to members of the media ina john mccain to members of the media in a church. it looked like a very bad taste parity in a scene from the fm kings men. the white house press secretary said via eight—week —— tweet. it has been quite a bit of response here. there is the widow of john mccain. and a number of other tweets as well from various other sources of a bequest of the last 24 hours. i thought the response actually from the white house was pretty slow to say this was on a trump property in

miami. there was a lot of talk of whether or not the white house should have been faster at condemning this. but you have to look back at the president's past behaviour. this is someone who calls the media for example an enemy of the media for example an enemy of the people and that he himself you remember that video you posted a while back, this was a video showing him supposedly boxing or wrestling a man to the ground and then on top of this man's had was the logo see a man that is a pattern of behaviour and that explains why we saw a bit of that delay coming out against this. trying to put some distance between them and that video, donald trump video and figure huckabee sanders were among the speakers at that event. let's have a look at some of the other news. we will be able... law and justice lost its majority in the less powerful upper

house, the senate the turnout was the highest since the end of communism 30 years ago. turkish voices and bart yesterday 18 from the un children's agency in syria removed three children thought to be british along with 24 of the weapons from the detention camp. the three children were brought to see me at five years ago from london when their mother and fatherjoined the islamic state group. parents along with two sisters and two brothers we re with two sisters and two brothers were killed in the final onslaught against i asked. the parents saw the motorcyclist killed in a car crash in the uk and cctv footage captured the raf base and makes it a clear cut case. the mother and father have travelled the united states to appearfor the women travelled the united states to appear for the women allegedly involved to fly back to the uk to face justice. they left the involved to fly back to the uk to facejustice. they left the uk involved to fly back to the uk to face justice. they left the uk under diplomatic immunity. she has offered to meet the parents. we told you

about the faux pas committed by republican congressman who while listening the us may be happy 200 44th birthday on sunday, managed to upload a picture of a ship. we did not show you that ship which was being when we are telling you how long it went. there is the russian ship he posted, what was about it was that once i he went all in and he went for the library of videos from the us military day varies, navy, army, marines, you name it. the whole nine yards, but check, check, and check ident stock photographs before you post something like that on an important anniversary like that. this is beyond 100 days, still to come, and adopted woman spent years of searching for her long—lost sister across the country, she found her

much closer than she ever imagined. hundreds of colleagues, family and friends attended the funeral of pc angela harper in oxford today. at 28—year—old officer who had been married for four weeks was killed by responding to a report that burglary in august. three teenagers have been charged with his murder. just weeks after his wedding day, the funeral of pc andrew harper. hundreds of his collea g u es of pc andrew harper. hundreds of his colleagues lined the route, a city siding. —— silence, to remember a 28—year—old officer killed in the line of duty. inside 0xford's christ

church cathedral, his widow led the attributes. they met at school, and married just 28 days before he was killed. she told the congregation we often talk about how lucky we were. . . she placed his ceremonial police hyped up on his coffin, pc harper was killed while responding to reports of a burglary in august. she said: your smile is infectious, your humour, relentless. even in that dark pet —— darkest of times you made me laugh. your personality shone through in everything you did and i'm so very, very proud of you.

in the pouring rain, officers from around the country joined in the pouring rain, officers from around the countryjoined members of the public. it has long been suspect that that russia is behind some of the attacks on hospitals and clinics in rebel held areas of syria and its thought to be part of president putin's strategy to help his syrian ally question all resistance to his will. suspicions are one thing, proof is quite another. and now thanks to some seriously impressive forensic research by the new york times, that proof may exist. generalists that you can cross reference russian air force radio recordings, pains but and witness icons and bombings of four hospitals in a 12 hour period in may and they were able to tighten russian pilots to each one.

congratulations, it's an extra in a piece of work. talk to us, how you did that, how you cross matched the radio recordings in the logs and eyewitness accounts to pinpoint where they were at any given time. we have been looking at a tax and health care for some time because it's been going on for so long and doing a reporting we had a break in the story as a source who had to remain anonymous for their safety, had been intercepting radio communications between pilots and ground control as they are on bombing missions and so we have already done a lot of appointing about the times of attacks and said ten days and we were focusing in on hospitals that were added to un strike list that was provided to

russia and we just looked focused on the many days of audio that we had around those times to see if we could detect any patterns and we we re could detect any patterns and we were able to decipher the code words that they russian pilots used when they were preparing a tap and confirmed and attacked and they land at precisely within minutes that when mrs told us the attacks happened. recklessly or intentionally bombing hospitals is a war crime. why would the russians do that? what we are seeing in syria, it's broken all the no harms of war and crossed all the redlines and the strategy is to make life in a position held parts of syria unlivable for the syrian population and hundreds of medical facilities have been bombed over the course of the nine—year war and hundreds of medics have been killed during that and that's reaching one of the

old est laws and that's reaching one of the oldest laws of war and predates the geneva conventions and organisations who advocate for medical organisations and the protection of hospitals and medics, they say this isa hospitals and medics, they say this is a redlined issue that has not been treated in the same way chemical attacks as awful as they are have been. thank you for your appointing and for joining are have been. thank you for your appointing and forjoining us on the programme. last week we told you about jason donovan and programme. last week we told you aboutjason donovan and how programme. last week we told you about jason donovan and how he came to the rescue of his neighbours. dressed in only his underpants to put out a house fire. this week and what could become our regular slots we have another story about neighbourly goings on. henry harris was adopted as a child and spent yea rs was adopted as a child and spent years searching for both her birth pa rents years searching for both her birth parents and their half—sister. she scoured the country and spent evenings searching on facebook and wondering if that many donjohnson she found buried any resemblance to

her at all, it never occurred to her that donjohnson, her at all, it never occurred to her that don johnson, the her at all, it never occurred to her that donjohnson, the donjohnson might be saps a few metres away from her in the house next door. my name is henry harris. i was adopted when i was is henry harris. i was adopted when iwas an is henry harris. i was adopted when i was an infant. i grew up in wisconsin. i met my husband in 2008, we bought this house. here in 0ctober we bought this house. here in october of 2011. and ifound out i was pregnant. that's when i went through the adoption agency and found out all my information about where i came from, birth mum and breath dad and i found out that i had other siblings but i could not find my half—sister, her name was donjohnson. he find my half—sister, her name was don johnson. he did find my half—sister, her name was donjohnson. he did not realise it had a shared driveway so than your neighbour moves in and i did not even introduce myself to remember that because i was like whatever. my name is don johnson.

that because i was like whatever. my name is donjohnson. i was raised in wisconsin in a small town i did not know who my biological father was until i was 18, we moved to eau claire and we did look at 20 plus houses, my husband came over and saidl houses, my husband came over and said i met then your neighbours and they said a local. what was her name? don. whatare they said a local. what was her name? don. what are the chances. i left home one day and a big truck pulled into a driveway and there was a big red banner wrapped around and it said johnson. and i'm like oh my god. it's don johnson. it said johnson. and i'm like oh my god. it's donjohnson. so i pulled up god. it's donjohnson. so i pulled up the obituary and it says. the phone lights up and it says this is hillary next to her neighbour, if your last name johnson? i said yes i was mr doyle queen fest in 1983 and she said who's your breath dad? and he passed away in 2010. on my gosh

it's her. it's don johnson. i said you and me have the same that going to be and she said yeah i'm your sister. i was just in to be and she said yeah i'm your sister. i wasjust in shock. to be and she said yeah i'm your sister. iwasjust in shock. now what's her dynamic going to be like? the next day i ended up bringing pictures of her biological father because she never met him. and brought her flowers and a card and said welcome since i'm glad to meet you. very fortunate that i have a really good connection together. be kind to your neighbour, you never know it could be the sister you are looking for. isn't that amazing? i can't even begin to imagine finding an unknown relative living right —— right next door. when you change their hairand take right next door. when you change their hair and take the hair away they do that and it's a bit like

each other. that tells you why you should be good to your neighbour. you never know. you never know. we'll see you tomorrow. some pretty wet weather on the way for many parts of the uk for the remainder of today. for some the prospect of torrential downpour is as easy intense thunderstorms crowding into the southeast of england and east anglia in the coming hours. particularly if you're heading onto the roads, the condition can be treacherous. persistent rains but these are the heavy showers they are most concerned with running on into this evening and eventually they will push out into the north sea along with this area of rain during tuesday, some mist and fog developing as the winds fall and few showers continuing to the rest of the night. generally a great picture by the time we get into tuesday

morning and pretty mild on the whole test a few chatty spots in scotland. and then fight to say, a much drier day in comparison to today and at the chance of seeing some sunshine. we do have the remnants of the area of low pressure in the night see and read the c picker crowd and across the night list of england just take a wild for some of the mist and fog to lift across england and wales and in comparison to the day a much drier story that it could be light winds and temperatures in the mid teens. don't cast your eye too far west to see our next band of rain waiting to come bring its way in. the west of that pushing its way overnight tuesday into wednesday. it will be a very wet night, it will be happy and pantry as well. by wednesday bedtime very wet to start a central and eastern parts of england but, in the afternoon of sunshine getting scott with some lingering showers to the second part of the day. after a wet night, at a

time asa of the day. after a wet night, at a time as a affairs at the moment not looking too bad of course the timing of that rain is subject to change but the story for the remainder of the week really has us all struggling to avoid the downpours, a deep area of low pressure so it will mean some fairly strong winds. this is that that i am talking about, it comes to sit across the uk to thursday and friday and it will lip bands of showers around its centre selling some areas showers could merge into longer or persistent spells of rain and we could see some pretty significant spells of rain and we could see some pretty sig nifica nt shallowly prospects for all of us and friday.

this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds. the headlines at 8pm. the queen sets out the government's legislative agenda in a speech and ceremony stooped in centuries of tradition, yet at the heart of it — brexit. my my government's priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union on 31 october. while the labour leader is dismissive, the prime minister says he aims to create a new age of opportunity for the country. at the heart of this speech is an ambitious programme to unite our country with energy, optimism, but also with the basic common sense of one nation